Grand Jury Opens Sick Ballot Probe in Wagoner County
Wagoner county grand jury began an inquiry into absentee ballot and State Emergency Relief Board fund irregularities. Attorney General Mack Williamson appeared, jurors were selected in about an hour, and the panel heard about the first six witnesses who supposedly received relief checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Revs
Virgil Meadows
Coweia
W. D. Collins
Olin Cole
Frank Baker
Dallas Culp
Wagoner
G. E. Helm
A.H. McGrew
Broken Anew
Hurst Hogan
Porter
Wilcoxen
O. K. Bivins
State Crime Bureau
Gang Mom
Bertie Bucker
Ruth Stark
Pearl Stacy
Geneva Bradfield
Rufus Presely
Juanita Hayner
Wagoner County
Max Findley
Bivins
Steele Westbrook
Oklahoma City
Wagener
Oklahoma
Grand Jury
Cellmate Murders McAlester Convict
McAlester Prison inmate Daniel Charles Brantley of Oklahoma City was stabbed to death in his cell after an argument with cellmate Donald Ray Haddock of Tulsa. Haddock told officials he used a butcher knife from the guards mess near the canteen while Brantley allegedly demanded he move from the cell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAlester
Daniel Charles Brantley
Oklahoma City
State Penitentiary
Donald Ray Haddock
Tulsa
Clint U. Gladden
Brantley
Haddock
Children Running Booze Joint Charged by Officers
A city bootlegger faces liquor possession and contributing to delinquency charges after a weekend raid at 410 N Railroad. County Attorney Redman says the man’s four children, ages 11 to 17, helped run the joint. Police reports note the eldest daughter, 17, said she was left in charge, while an 11-year-old vowed to be a bootlegger. The case, filed before City Judge Ralph Cline, sends Rogers to county jail awaiting arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
410 N. Railroad
Manville Redman
William L
Shortie) Rogers
Redman
Rogers
Hank Bartels
Collie Wallace
Ralph Cline
Nasser to reply on Suez talks in Cairo
Cairo officials said Egypt would answer tomorrow to a request for talks on the Suez Crisis. President Nasser is expected to agree to meet Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies five nation committee, with conditions not to be bound to accept the plan for international canal control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Nasser
Robert G. Menzies
London
Suez
Menzies
Adlai Estes Begin Flying Tour Of U S
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver launched a whirlwind national flying tour to build what they predict will be the greatest grass roots campaign of all time. They depart for Santa Fe New Mexico for planning conferences with regional leaders and will travel by automobile for day and night stumping to rally voters.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Santa Fe
N. M
Stevenson-Kefauver
Vancouver
Wash
Sioux City
Town
Knoxville
Tenn
Simms
New Mexico
John Simms
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Wyoming
Arkansas
Arizona
James E. Finnegan
Philadelphia
Stevenson
Hy Raskin
F. Joseph Donohue
Washington
Kefauver
Clayton Fritchey
Wilson W. Wyatt
Louisville
Katie Loncheim
Democratic Women's
Area Crash Claims Life Of Hewett At 22
Area crash near Waurika left six others injured. Frank W. Hewett 22 of Fort Sam Houston Texas died at 3 45 a m in Sheppard Air Force Base hospital. Also injured were Lucille Johnson 24 Kathy 9 Janis 1 2 Amarillo mother Inez Woodall 32 and daughter Linda Kay 9 Capt Dot Miller 47 of Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
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Frank W. Hewett
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Waurika
Hewett
Sheppard Air Force Base
Lucille Johnson
Yakima
Wash
Kathy
Janis
Amarillo
Inez Woodall
Linda Kay
Capt
Dot Miller
Fort Leonard Wood
Two Dead in Y Junction Accident Near Fort Sill
A bloody head on collision near the Lawton Duncan Y on SH 7 late Saturday night killed Fort Sill soldier Bobbie L. Partridge 23 and 11 year old Foster youth Bill Herman Thompson. Four others were seriously injured including two Lawton workers Victor and John and Hoyt Bradford. Victor and John were Fort Sill or city employees. The crash occurred about 11:30 p.m. with no skid marks. Partridge and Thompson died on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton-Duncan
Fort Sill
Foster
Lawton
Bobbie L. Partridge
Bill Herman Thompson
Thompson
Jessy Ray
John
Victor
Lawton City
Gene Birch
Hoyt E. Bradford
Ca. A
Weeda Hospital
Duncan
Fort Sill Hospital
Paul Scott
Partridge
Thompson Boy
Farmers Home Administration Briefings Held Here
About 60 FHA personnel from 19 counties will be briefed today and Tuesday on changes in laws expanding loan authority. The moves allow loans for operating and developing farms, refinancing debts, and off farm income support, with roughly 100 local farm families served by Leonard Wiley. James G. Powers will arrive for the two day meeting with representatives from Blaine to Comanche counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FHA
Farmers Home Administration
Leonard Wiley
Comanche County
Leonard Downing
Frederick
Fred Belisle
el Reno
Vernon E. Burmet
Stillwater
Farm Loan
Congress
Comanche
Wiley
James G. Powers
Blaine
Caddo
Grady
Kingsfisher
McClain
Canadian
Beckham
Custer
Greer
Kiowa
Roger Mills
Washita
Tillman
Jackson
Harmon
Jefferson
Stephens
Catton
Price Daniel Rivalry Narrow as Texas Gubernatorial Race Nears
In Dallas Texas Sen Price Daniel leads Ralph Yarborough by a slim margin as the official canvass looms. Daniel 697 732 votes Yarborough 695 209 with 2 523 separating them and corrections favoring Yarborough in some counties. The state canvass will be held Sept 10 in Fort Worth and could shift the result. If Daniel wins he plans to resign the Senate prompting a special election. A Republican may emerge in a largely Democratic Texas race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Price Daniel
Ralph Yarborough
Daniel
Yarborough
Texas Election Bureau
Robert Johnson
Election Bureau
Austin
Fort Worth
Corrections
U.S
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
Senate
Garbage Men Weigh Union Move In City
City garbage collectors were approached about joining a labor union. A Sunday meeting with two union reps yielded no official action or confirmation of organization. Mayor Ellsworth said no formal word had arrived and noted rumors, while firemen had recently joined the International Association of Firefighters, an action he denounced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stub Farms
City Sanitation Department
C. R. Ellsworth
Lawton
International Association of Firefighters
Sioaf of L
Ellsworth
Wind and Heat to Persist Two More Days in Lawton Area
Forecast calls for warm windy weather through Tuesday in the Lawton vicinity with afternoon highs in the upper 90s and nights in the 60s. Southerly winds reach 10 to 20 mph. Sunday high reached 93 in Lawton. Fort Sill 69, Hobart 98, Altus 94.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Fort Sill
Hobart
Altus
Elgin dam site feasibility eyed by city committee
Mayor Ellsworth’s water committee met to chart action for a multi million dollar water expansion. Engineer Hendrick presented a report finding the Elgin East Cache creek site suitable for a reservoir and earth fill dam with a 62 000 acre foot capacity and a 4 327 843 dollar construction cost plus land and relocation needs totaling up to about 5.5 to 5.9 million dollars.
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C. R. Ellsworth
Lawton
Fort Sill
Wyatt Hendrick
Elgin
Cache Creek
Lawtonka
Coust
Hendrick
Elgin Reservoir
Lake Lawtonka
Rock Island
Chandler Creek
Porter Hill
East
U.S. Geological Survey
City Retail Sales Gain Across Southwest Oklahoma
Lawton held third in state retail earnings for June with 399 734.09 in Comanche county totalling Jasper last year. July city collections reached 94 817.95 with Oklahoma City and Tulsa leading. County leaders were Oklahoma and Tulsa counties, while Comanche again topped county sales in July. Nine of twelve southwestern counties posted July gains. Greer and Jefferson districts showed declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Comanche County
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Okahoma County
Tulsa County
Garfield County
Kay County
Stephens
Oklahoma
Comanche
Beckham
Harmon
Kiowa
Jackson
Tillman
Caddo
Cotton
Grady
Greer County
Jefferson
New Loyalty Form Drafted
Washington (UP) The Defense Department has drafted a new simply worded personnel security questionnaire set to take effect November 1 for military recruits and draftees. It marks another step in the department's year long revision of security procedures after criticism of guilt by association and guilt by kinship practices. The Landy case, where a Merchant Marine Academy graduate was denied a naval commission because his mother was a Communist, is referenced in ongoing public and congressional criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Eugene W. Landy
Merchant Marine Academy
Estate of City Man Buckingham probate slated
Hearing on the will of Harry Buckingham, 87 year old city recluse, will be held at 9:30 a.m. September in the Comanche county courtroom. The estate, about 108,943.91, includes Oklahoma real estate in Lawton Kingfisher and Lawton. Guardians are Evelyn Brownell Coman and attorney William J Porter. The will dated August 1 1950 left all to sister Lallie Buckingham Brownell and niece Evelyn Brownell Coman. Estate real and personal property listed includes Lawton Lot 15 block 48 Original Townsite 27500 etc.
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Harry Buckingham
Comanche County Court Room
Lawton
Kingfisher
Kansas City
Clay County
Kan
Evelyn Brownell Coman
William J. Porter
Buckingham
Lallie Buck Angham Brownell
Stanford University
Calif
Oklahoma
Woods Addition
State Senator Logan Itt Hospitalized in Lawton
State Senator Bill Logar of Lawton 3 is reported in serious condition at Southwestern Hospital where he has been under treatment since last Thursday. Family says no visitors are allowed. He will not seek re election this year after about 18 years in the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Logar
Lawton
Southwestern Hospital
Logan Sia
Stek Ee
Ale
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Gadsden
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