FFA Visitors Tour City Farms For Muskogee Group
Muskogee FFA members, nine students plus instructors and bank sponsors, toured Lawton city farms and Wichita Mountains spots with stops at Holy City Mt Scott and wildlife lakes. They also planned model farm visits in Wichita Falls and Fort Worth before returning. Al Green guided the group at Lawton’s local school farm.
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Muskogee Ffa
Bill Keeney
Lawton
Tommy Howdeshell
Clyde Fish
Muskogee
Lawton Future Farmers of America
Gene Beach
Holy City
Oklahoma City
Stockyards
Wilson Packing Company
Mt. Scott
Wichitas
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
al Green
LHS
FFA
Kidnapper Robbery Sighting in Oklahoma City
Police hunted a 27 year old gunman who abducted two young children from the home of cry manager Larry M. Dillard and staged a daylight robbery downtown. He used a note to threaten and bound the mother as he fled in a blue 1950 sedan after stealing an undisclosed cash amount.
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Oklahoma City
Larry M. Dillard
Larry
Mike
Dillard
Dulles Says UN Charter Inadequate For Atomic Era
Secretary of State Dulles warns the United Nations charter is a pre atomic age document. He urges major reforms to empower disarmament and mass destruction regulation. Bradley says science must shape strategy to ensure national survival against the Soviet tech leap.
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Dulles
Boston
United Nations
American Bar Association
U. N
San Francisco
Hiroshima
Jilted Massachusetts stenographer admits murder
In Somerville, Mildred McDonald 25 sobbed as she admitted killing Mary Di Rocco, 14, after learning her former boyfriend Joseph Di Rocco wed another woman. Police said she shot the girl five times, slashed her throat, and burned the body, dragging it to the basement before later attempting to douse the flames.
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New York
Massachusetts
Petite Mildred McDonald
Somerville
Mass
Mary di Rocco
di Rocco
Miss McDonald
Times Square
Associated Press
New York Daily News
David Murphy
Murphy
Massachusetts Employment Security Office
Mary
Bell Walkout Stalemate Prolongs Southwestern Bell Strike
Southwestern Bell workers strike enters seventh day as negotiators deadlock over a no strike clause. A federal conciliator may call another meeting while the company cites existing strong similar clauses in other contracts. A $500 reward is offered for information on saboteurs as pickets demonstrate outside the Oklahoma City plant.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
A. E. Johnson
CIO Communications Workers of America
CWA
Chesapeake and Ohio Telephone Co
Michigan Bell
Western Electric
Hamm New Chief of Memorial Staff at Comanche County
Dr. Leslie T. Hamm was named chief of staff at Comanche County Memorial hospital at the annual medical staff election. He succeeds Dr. Donald A. Angus, who served 1952 53. Additional officers elected include Dr. Charles Green as vice chief of staff and Dr. Royce Means as secretary treasurer. Executive board members are Dr. Angus and Dr. Byron Aycock. Department heads named include Dr. Bushart in surgery, Dr. Means in medical service, Dr. Angus obstetrical service, Dr. Green pediatrics and isolation, Dr. Dennis ophthalmology, Dr. Aycock otolaryngology, Dr. Graybill orthopedics, Dr. Hicks urology, and Dr. Caldwell laboratory and X ray.
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Leslie T. Hamm
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Donald A. Angus
Charles Green
Royce Means
Donald Angus
Byron Aycock
James H. Bushart
Robert P. Dennis
Charles Graybill
John Hicks
Avalo Caldwell
Murder Suspect Cleared By Jury
In Amarillo Texas on August 26 a Potter county Grand Jury formally cleared Walter Ellis, 46, of any connection with the Aug. 8 shooting death of Sarah Matilda Taylor in the area. The no bill followed Ellis testifying. no charges were filed. Sheriff Gaither said no new evidence was found and the case is closed. The sheriff had previously said Mrs. Taylor shot Ellis and then killed herself. Ellis was told he is free to leave the state and plans to remarry his former wife and return to California with their 17-year-old daughter.
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Amarillo
Tex
Potter County
Walter Ellis
Sarah Mattilda Taylor
Tulsa
Okla
Here
Ellis
Paul Gaither
W. O. Soule
Sonoma
Calif
California
Vishinsky Pulls Switch To Speed Vote On Red Idea
United Nations reporters describe a Soviet tactic to force an immediate vote on its plan inviting six fighting nations and nine neutrals to the Korean peace conference. Andrei Vishinsky submitted an amendment to the U N resolution that would place his 15 nation list ahead of the U S backed proposal. British observer Sir Gladwyn Jebb called Russia’s plan diversionary ahead of the full Assembly debate.
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United Nations, N. Y
Russia
U. N
General Assembly
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
United States
Korea
India
Gladwyn Jebb
Lawton High School Locker Signups Draw Crowds
About 1,000 students packed Lawton high school gym for locker assignments for 1953 54. Principal Hugh Bish and 13 teachers supervised as numbers were issued and lockers sold from 8 a.m. Seniors begin enrollment in the library, with juniors, sophomores, and other grades scheduled through the week.
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Lawton High School
Hugh Bish
LHS
Corporal Charged With Spanking Two Neighbor Children
Lawton corporal Cpl. Robert W. Millard, 25, admitted spanking two neighbor boys after police said they were scattering rocks in his yard. Police filed a police court complaint signed by the boys’ father Woodie Green. Millard posted a $20 bond.
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Lawton
Robert W. Millard
Summit
Woodie Green
Green
City Council Seeks Bids for Garbage Collection Contract
The City Council approved bid specifications for a citywide garbage collection contract aimed at cutting costs from last year’s $160,000. The plan, packaged as a large project, will lease existing equipment and publish notices in Oklahoma City Wichita Falls and Lawton papers. Opposition from Mayor Joe McCain and councilman Jake Witzel sparked debate at the regular meeting.
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City Today
Oklahoma City
Wichita Falls
Floyd Tice
Joe McCain
Jake Witzel
McCain
Witzel
Col Slocum named assistant Chief of Staff G-1 at Fort Sill
Col A N Slocum Jr, commanding officer of the Field Artillery Replacement Training Center since March 1952, is appointed assistant Chief of Staff G-1 replacing Lt Col John R Magnus. Lt Col Ralph J W Oswald assumes FARTC command to oversee its phase out as closure is set for December.
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A. N. Slocum Jr
Field Artillery Replacement Training Center
G-1
John R. Magnusson
Magnusson
Fort Sill
Command and Gen— Staff School
Leavenworth
Can
Ralph J. W. Oswald
FARTC
Cornell University
Slocum
George Patton
Africa
Sicily
Marine Command
Japan
Cornell
Pms&t
Far East
Supreme Commander
U. S
Col. Slocum
Living Costs Hit All Time Record Across Nation
Washington reports mid July cost of living reached a new peak pushing the consumer price index to 114.7 percent of 1947-49 levels. Auto workers face a one cent an hour automatic wage rise as prices climb again driven by higher food housing and medical costs. Rent hikes in Atlanta Cincinnati Detroit Kansas City and St Louis push housing costs higher. Household services such as laundry and dry cleaning also add to the rise.
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Washington
Chrysler
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Detroit
Kansas City
St. Louis
Beating Victims Get Police Guard
Oklahoma City police placed a guard at Wesley Hospital for Gurley B. Lenn and wife Helen after a six hour torture and holdup. The couple feared the two bandits would return. the assailants demanded location of hidden money from Lenn, operator of a novelty shop.
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Oklahoma City
Wesley Hospital
Gurley B. Lenn
Helen
Lenns
Lenn
Sefia
Reds To Free Jailed POWs Returnees Say
Panmunjom Kaesong reports indicate new U N pressure prompts North Korea to release jailed POWs and perhaps more prisoners than promised. 400 U N soldiers were returned today alongside 17 British and 250 South Koreans, with 150 Americans and 250 South Koreans due Thursday. total U S prisoner repatriations now exceed 2,100.
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Panmunjom
U. N
Kaesong
Red Peiping
Peiping
Pacific
John Pope
San Francisco
William F. Hase
Suspect Arrested In Robbery Probe
Lloyd Lawson a 45 year old Lawton painter told police he was slugged in the head with a bottle of prune juice and robbed of 600 dollars during a fight at his apartment. He was hospitalized with severe head gashes requiring over 20 stitches. Police jailed 47 year old Lawton man in connection with the robbery. Lawson identified him as the assailant.
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Lloyd Lawson
Lawton Painter
B. Lawson
Southwestern Hospital
Frank Sandranno
Bob Jones
Lawson
Lawton
Manville Red- Lee
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Bradley
Omar N. Bradley
America
Army
Navy
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Saturday Evening Post
Bulova Research and Development, Inc
Britain
Security Council
Assembly
Congress
Lee Dulles
Bell
Southwestern Bell
Shelby Gallien
Public Safety Institute of Purdue University
M. E. Olmstead
Ralph Hennessee
Jim Sullivan
Sullivan
National Automobile Theft Association
Reds
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