Chicago Butter Chicago Aug 27 Market Summary
Chicago butter priced at 65c per pound for 93 score with steady market after 1,013,516 pounds offered. Oklahoma City reports include poultry and egg prices, butterfat and wheat quotes, and strong cattle and hog markets with mixed prices. Oil and gas lease sale details announced with sealed bids due Sept 28 1953 and strict payment terms.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
F.o.b
Altus
Shawnee
Vinita
Seminole
Muskogee
Poteau
Cordell
Tulsa
Blackwell
Chickasha
Ardmore
Alva
Lawton
Eaid
Laverne
Durant
McAlester
Elk City
Fairview
Enid
el Reno
Kingfisher
Hennessey
Oklahoma
Medford
Vici
Hobart
Frederick
Guyman
Hooker
U.S
Cres
Rogers
Ark
USDA
Eer
Torture Victim Center Of Probe For Cards Dice
Oklahoma City police intensively questioned Gurley B. Lenn as a $6,000 robbery and torture case unfolds. Lenn, 61, headed OC Novelty Co a plant for crooked gambling gear shipping equipment nationwide. He and wife Helen, 40, were attacked at home and subjected to seven hours of torture with an electric soldering iron. Robbers took $4,800 cash and jewelry worth about $1,800.
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Oklahoma City
Gurley B. Lenn
Helen
L. J. Hilbert
Lenn
OC Novelty Co
Lena
POW exchange advances as two-thirds of US prisoners freed
Thursday delivered 144 more Americans to freedom, raising total repatriated to 2,278 of 3,313. Officials say 470 Allied officers remain, led by Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, with no word on Dean’s return. Reds to release 250 South Koreans, 4 Britons, 2 South Africans. final week of 30 day truce sees 2,400 North Koreans repatriated.
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U. S
Reds
William F. Dean
Dean
U.S
Air Force
Red Cross
Red
Kaesong
Guidetti
Reilly
Vadala
Escapee Captured In Cow Pasture
Billy J. Piris of Oklahoma City, 23, sleeping in a cow pasture seven miles west of Vinita after escaping last night from the McAlester State Penitentiary band during a rodeo. He is serving seven years for burglary and surrendered without resistance.
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Vinita
Okla
Billy J. Piris
Oklahoma City
Here
McAlester State Penitentiary
Piris
Bandmasters Convene for Lake Texoma Outing 1953
The Southern Oklahoma Bandmasters Association starts the 1953-54 year with a three day Lake Texoma outing at Catfish Bay near Kingston. Officers to be chosen include a new secretary treasurer replacing Jim Snodgrass who moved to Pauls Valley. Pre-registered leaders from 19 high schools and Cameron College attend, with representation expected from Lindsay Tipton Altus Snyder Roosevelt Grandfield Temple Waurika Walters Duncan Apache Healdton Fox Velma Alma Comanche Marlow Empire Ringling and Lawton.
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Southern Oklahoma Bandmasters Association
Lake Texoma
Catfish Bay
Kingston
Jim Snodgrass
Velma-Alma
Pauls Valley
Terry Laughlin
Healdton
Kenneth Smith
Duncan
Cameron College
Lindsay
Tipton
Altus
Synder
Roosevelt
Grandfield
Temple
Waurika
Walters
Apache
Fox
Comanche
Marlow
Empire
Ringling
Lawton
Electrocution Fatality Tied to Home Wiring
A fatal electrocution occurred in a carpenter shop converted from a residence. A city official doubted the wiring would pass inspection. The deceased child, born December 2, 1950, was five feet from a ground wire conduit running from the meter box to the ground. The boy’s father, 22, works at Lester Stout Service Station at 602 C. Funeral home staff say the deaths likely happened around 9:15 a.m.
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Lester Stout
Thomas
Thousands View Remodeled Dixie in Lawton Open House
The Lawton Dixie store opened regular business after an open house drawing several thousand spectators. The remodeling touched interior and exterior, expanding shopping space by adding the former Security Bank and Trust corner. The bank relocated to Fifth and C.
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Lawton Dixie
Koehler
Dixie Store
Lawton
Security Bank and Trust Company
Fifth and C
Stream Harnesses Underground Water for Hotel Cooling
An underground stream encountered during Lawton’s new Community hotel construction is to be used for air conditioning. Clyde Shelton, authorized by the board, will lay 10-inch perforated pipes to collect water at about 60 gallons per minute, feeding a storage pit. The system will cut city water use, though cooling towers remain, and costs are estimated near $1,000 with expected strong savings as the 10-story project progresses toward the first floor.
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Lawton
Fourth and E
Clyde Shelton
Shelton
Little League World Series semifinals set on Thursday
In Williamsport on August 27 Schenectady New York and Camp Hill Pennsylvania faced off in the semifinals of the seventh annual Little League World Series as Birmingham Alabama and Front Royal Virginia waited to play Friday.
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Williamsport
Schenectady
N. Y
Camp Hill
Birmingham
Ala
Front Royal
County Eyes Sale Of Seized Whisky
Sheriff Everett Hale surveyed crammed liquor vaults and planned Comanche county’s fourth annual booze bargain sale. He will inventory about 400 cases of whisky wine and gin for sale to an out of state dealer. Past sales raised roughly sixteen thousand dollars, mainly for schools, with some to Lawton city government. Different years yielded seven thousand three hundred fifty one, five thousand nine hundred, and about two thousand seven hundred. After inventory, forfeiture to the county will be requested and bids sought from out of state dealers before the sale date set.
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Everett Hale
Comanche County
Lawton
Hale
Otis Waldron
Waldron
United Nations debate stalls as conference options clash
British delegate Sir Gladwyn Jebb questions Soviet aims after Vishinsky denies veiled threats. Proposals before the UN committee include inviting South Korea and 16 UN members, inviting Russia, inviting India, and a Soviet plan for a 15 nation conference. US opposition and British sponsorship frame the hearings as a potential wrecking of a conference not yet opened.
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Gladwyn Jebb
Lodge
Vishinsky
Russia
North Korea
South Korea
U. N
Korea
India
United States
Britain
France
Red
Andrei Vishinsky
Central Airlines to begin Lawton service in October
Central Airlines will start two daily Lawton Oklahoma City Dallas round trips on October 1 with Lawton as an intermediate stop. Direct Lawton to Dallas flights will run this year due to Duncan airport un readiness until January 1, with Chickasha also as a stop en route.
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Central Airlines
Lawton
Dallas
Oklahoma City
Joe McCain
Keith Kahle
Central
Kahle
Duncan
Chickasha
Continental
City safety group eyes stricter traffic law enforcement
Gallien urged tighter meter enforcement and overparking tickets possibly raising 40000 to 50000 dollars yearly for the city. Jimmy Sullivan accompanied him to Lawton for the conference, while budget strains limit police expansion unless new revenue is found. Mayor Joe McCain presided as council members Olmstead and Botkin joined in discussing needs and future handover to the Lawton Safety Council next month. Henry Zwaan led the safety leaders in the parley.
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Gallien
Lawton
Jimmy Sullivan
National Automobile Theft Association
Purdue
Jake Witzel
Joe McCain
M. E. Olmstead
Leroy Botkin
Institute
Safety Committee
Police Department
Lawton Safety Council
Henry Zwaan
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Chicago
State Poultry & Eggs
Wm. J. A. Johnson
Oil & Gas Division Commissioners OF the
Land OF
Thomas J. Lee
Donnie Dilworth
New York
Dixie
Blunt Zorger Jewelry
E Avenue
M. B
County Eyes
United Nations
Dias
Raskin’s
Pyeceli
Atlas
Zwaan
Fenth
Gilbert Woods Drug Company
D Ave
Lawton Theater
Babbitt-Peller
D Avenue
L. Pollard Sporting Goods
Typewriter Serv CO
J. D. Suggs
Wolverton Harware
E Ave
M & D Finance CO
G. Andrews
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