County School Head Scott to resign September 1
Clarence J. Scott the Comanche county superintendent for 18 years will resign Sept 1 to take a senior counselor role with the vocational rehabilitation service covering five counties. The county board of commissioners will name his successor, with Emily Woesner and Furman Lowry among those mentioned. Floyd Wood will stay as counselor under Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence J. Scott
Co Unty
Lowry
Emily Woesner
Lawton
Furman
Randlett
Chattanooga
Mt. Scott
State Board of Education
Joe Story
Story
Faxon
Scott
Comanche County
Comanche County Central Committee
Waoge
Central State Teachers College
Edmond
Oklahoma City University
Okahoma
The
Vocational Rehabilitation Service
Comanche
Catton
Jefferson
Stephens
Love
Floyd Wood
Act Safe GOP Says Truman Faces Taft Hartley Repeal Hurdles
Republicans argued that President Truman cannot repeal the Taft Hartley act with the current congressional makeup. They said even a Labor Day speech in Detroit would not shift 27 of 33 Senate seats to repeal and that only revision rather than full repeal may be feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Detroit
Congress
Senate
House
Hickenlooper
Iowa
O'Mahoney
D-Wyn
Burglars Enter Two Restaurants At Lawton
Burglars used butcher knives in two break ins at Lawton dining spots. Thieves stole 30 dollars in nickels from coin boxes at White's Drive Inn and Wichita Lunch Room. In another incident a 82 caliber pistol and darts were reported missing from the Wichita Lunch and a 38 caliber pistol from Cecil Easton Hardware. Entry came through exterior lights and rear windows. White's Drive Inn window entry noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
White's Drive Inn
Second
Arlington
Wichita
Cecil Easton
Nelson McPherson
Bill Dixon
Thite
Lightning Kills Oklahoma Rodeo Performer Kenneth Tisdale
A bolt of lightning killed 21 year old Kenneth Earl Tisdale, a rodeo performer from Tipperary near ALUKA. The fatal event occurred yesterday while he worked in a field. his wife was among the others present, with others escaping injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Aluka
Vmia
Tipperary
Kenneth Earl ‘Tisdale
Tisdale
City Faces Tight Budgets as Expenses Outpace Revenue
City officials warn budget requests must be cut drastically to keep income within municipal limits. Finance committee members, led by Harold Shore, decline to publish exact figures, seeking another week to trim. Water-rate hike to 2.50 boosts revenue but salaries and a 21 000 pavement installment strain finances. A new fire alarm system is proposed, water pressure issues persist, and deep wells resume operation while plans to audit water and disposal plant needs proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Harold Shore
Eanally
Julius Johnston
Marvin Cameron
Charles Gallaher
Andy Crosby, Jr
Cheal
Lawton’ Heights
Cameron Deep
Cameron
Harmon Parks
Malvin Cameron
Henry Sehfumbohm
Earl Fox
Carl Brown
Jefferson
U S Accepts Soviet Order to Close American Consulate
Secretary of State Marshall announced the United States will accept Moscow's order to close the American consulate in Vladivostok. He called the move regrettable but not a serious matter and noted further closures of Soviet consulates in New York and San Francisco.
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U.S
Washington
Marshall
United States
Russia
Vladivostok
Marshal
Pacific
Iite
Moscow
Leningrad
New York
San Francisco
Rusalana
Amtorg Trading Organization
State Department
Okaans Kasenkina
Charles E. Bohlen
UU. S
Sea
Old Ford Car Central to Hiss Chambers Probe
The Ford roadster figure rises as Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers testify before the House committee. Stripping testimony links the car to a Communist organizers use, with Hiss denying ownership transfer and the panel warning one man faces perjury charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Ford
Hiss
State Deepartment
Chambers
George Croaley
Gaye
Committee
Robert E. Striping
Hime
Communist Party
Stripling
Alger’ Hiss
Cherner-Motor Co
Bias
Chama Ar Crosley
J. Parnell Thorns
R-Nj
Eisa
Russians Shoot German Agent in Berlin Border Zone
Berlin reports indicate border shootings keep tensions high as a German intelligence agent for the U S army is killed while fleeing the Soviet zone near Coturg. The incident follows earlier confrontations at Potsdamer Platz as guards withdraw and German police report violence at the boundary. Russian commandant Kotikov accuses authorities of disrupting city peace and aiding black market activities. Peace talks in Moscow draw cautious optimism with a Berlin conference proposed by Stalin to discuss financial experts.
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Nuernberg
Coturg
Potsdamer Pletz
Berlin
Russiat
Alexander Kotikov
Ilegally
Soviet Teacher Describes Leap From Consulate in Escape Bid
Oksana Korenkina, a 42 year old Russian schoolteacher, says she jumped from a third floor window at the Soviet consulate in New York to escape after being confined. She states she did not intend to kill herself and did not want to return to Russia. She accuses Soviet officials of pressuring her to frame her story for reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oksana Korenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Russia
Birs. Kosenkina
Valley Cottage
Alexander Fanyushken
Yakov M Lomakin
Lomakin
Lomskin
Leningrad
Iosenkina
Soviet Union
America
Keen Teens Square Dance Event At Camp Fire Night
Camp Fire Keen Teens host a square dance at 7 30 tonight on the Fields and Dunning court for members prospective members boys and adult friends Miss Gloria Echols Camp Fire Girls executive directs the Keen Teens Swing with invited teachers including Dr and Mrs Foote Julius Johnston Harold Johnson Glen Fuqua and others Hostess and invitation groups organize decorations refreshments and guest lists feature senior high pledge attendees and numerous local families plus out of town guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fields-Dunning Court
Bill Bullock
Kathryn Ellenburg
Tommy Keegan
Lugene Williams
Dorothy Lanmoon
Jimmy Reynolds
Bobby Reynolds
Sonja Reynolds
Camp Fire Girls Organization
Kota-Devo Group
Ira C. Lanman
Camp Fire Keen
Gloria Echols
Camp Fire Girls
Lewis
Foote
Jess Griffin
Roy Emery
Rusty Williams
Virginia Barnes
Yvonne Ballou
Katy K. Keathley
Shirley Ray
Kathleen Jennings
Nancy Wilson
Joann Buchanan
Janet Aurell
Mary Sué Scott
Ann Kirkpatrick
Reta Gay Werren
Alice Claire Shoemaker
Peggy Doty
Robin Alford
Marcille Burns
Pat Drummond
Beverly Clements
Velma Nagle Wynvile Ketchum
Joey Johnston
Patricia Holzapfel
Camp Fire
Sandra Taylor
Dorothy Lanman
Barbara Dallon
Shiey Jean Carmichael
Doris Laurser
Marilyn Stephens
Lois Chapman
Glenn Johnson
Charlies
Drew Jerry Long
Don Wheatley
Joe Sirdie
Charles Johnson
Bob Hendrick
Richard Neptune
Robert Forbess
Franklin Jack
Bob Drewry
Jack Shank~ Jin
Donald Sherry
Sidney Milan
Billy Doty
Harold Billl
Russell Teague
Paul Gross
Bobby Harper
Dphil W
Jimmy
Max Carter
John Branscum
Myron Burton
Bob Stafford
Johnny McKee
Carrol Dingosch
Dean Lathan
Ronald Ramming
Jarrell Jennings
Alien Johnson
Donald Kendy
John Bowen
Fowler Testifies Torture Led to Slaying Confession
Ex policeman EB L Fowler testified he confessed to killing waitress Helen Beavers after a highway patrolman allegedly pulled his hair and slapped his face. He described torture by Patrolman Ted Payne and State Crime Bureau Chief Jake Sims, and said county prosecutor Hege Branch was involved. The judge allowed the confession as evidence despite defense objections, with jurors to decide its legality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pancan
Okla
EB L
Lefty
Fowler
Ted Payre
State Crime Bureau
Jake Sims
Hege Branch
Witnean
Branch
Chickasha
Okla Jah
Arthur Marmaduke
Payne
Shawn
O. K. Bivins
Sims
Stephens County
Have Your Constitution Follow You On Vacation
A quirky note urges readers to mail their Constitution to a vacation address to keep up with papers while away. It advises providing the vacation location and dates to ensure delivery to the user during travel.
Services Set For Mrs. Cunningham
Funeral services for Eleanor Paralee Cunningham 79 of Lawton will be held Thursday at Altter Funeral Home. Rev. WA Wilcoxson and Rev. W C Wandell will officiate. Burial follows in Pecan cemetery beside the late J A Cunningham. Survivors include two daughters six sons twenty grandchildren fourteen great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. She was a Methodist church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Paralee Cunningham
Lawton
Altter
WA. Wilcoxson
First Baptist Church
W. C. Wandeil
Paradise Valley Baptist Church
Pecan
Mra Cunningham
J. A Cunningham
Insho
Fieanor P. Hennevece
McMinsville
Tenn
John Cunningham
Luther Cunningham
Raymond Cunningham
Floyd’ Cunni
Jim Cunningham
Lawtex
Clayton Cunningham
Dallas
Tex
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