Sill Helicopter Pilot Awarded DFC In Ceremony
Fort Sill Chief Warrant Officer Billy T. Wester, 35, of the 45th Transportation Battalion, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for a 24,520 foot altitude record set October 17, 1954 at Bridgeport Connecticut piloting an experimental Sikorsky XH-39. The ceremony included three helicopter units and a flyover, with Lt. Col. Charles Ernest as reviewing officer. Wester, from Edna Kansas, also holds the official world helicopter speed record of 156,005 miles per four hours set August 26. He began service in 1941, served in World War II, Korea, and holds multiple medals and ribbons.
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Billy TI. Wester
45Th Transportation Battalion
Post Field
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587Th Transportation Company
110Th Transportation Company
284Th Transportation Company
99Th Transportation Detachment
97Th Army Band
Wester
United States Army
506Th Transportation Helicopter Company
Fort Benning
Georgia
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
Connecticut
Sikorsky
Edna
Kansas
Cwo Wester
Army Air Force
5Th
Army Aviation
Sill
6Th Helicopter Transportation Company
United Nations
Guilt By Kinship Charge Dropped Airman Branzovich Cleared
Secretary of the Air Force Don ald A. Quarles personally cleared Airman 3rd Class Stephen Branzovich of guilt by kinship charges that he was a security risk due to his father being alleged communist. The Air Force Reserve action against him was halted and under review other cases involve mothers and security concerns in the Navy and Coast Guard.
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Washington
Donald A. Quarles
Stephen Branzovich
Air Force
Air Force Reserve
Branzovich
Farrell
Armed Services
Eugene D. Landy
Coast Guard
Morton Pierce Gaston
Navy
Quarles
The
City Pushes Sewer Rates Talk With Sill Corp
City officials plan to renegotiate Artillery Village sewer rates with Sill corporation after no-show by Sill executives for a Friday meeting. May 22 1952 contract set 35 cents per unit. council seeks new rates, arguing contract allows renegotiation after two-year gaps, despite Sill lawyers claiming only at set two year intervals.
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Sill Corporation
Artillery Village
C. R. Ellsworth
Water Committee
Warren Chrisman
Better Government group schedules Monday meeting
Lawton's Better Government Inc plans an 8 p.m. Monday session in the Civic Room of the Security Bank Building to expand its board to 15 directors and review a charter. The meeting continues the group's probe into Lt. Cullen T. Raley’s demotion and transfer from the Lawton district to Oklahoma City before his resignation from the patrol. References to related actions against Capt. Norman Holt and other patrolmen frame the inquiry as officials cite inefficiency as the motive. Dr. William Green urges all interested citizens to attend.
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Security Bank
Lawton
Better Government Inc
Citizens Group
Cullen T. Raley
Highway Patrol
Raley
Oklahoma City
Patrol
Jim Lookabaugh
Raymond Gary
Norman Holt
Bud Williamson
Holt
Williamson
Norman Carroll
Carroll
McAlester
William Green
Better Government, Inc
Pike Authority Takes Bids Tuesday
Oklahoma City Aug 27 The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority will take bids Tuesday on 25 miles of dirt work and 22 bridges as part of a 5.5 million letting for the northeast turnpike. The work covers the Tulsa to Missouri line project, placing under construction all but 18 miles of the 88 mile strip. Bids are due at 2 pm Tuesday with contracts awarded Wednesday.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Northeast Turnpike
Tulsa
Missouri Line
Joplin
Polio Patients Released From Memorial Hospital
A polio patient was discharged from Memorial hospital’s isolation ward while another remains in fair condition. Carolyn Sue Davis, 15, of Duncan, has been moved from isolation but stays hospitalized with paralysis in both legs and one arm. Eddie Ray Reece, 13, of Walters, was admitted late Thursday and is still in isolation. he has been ill about 10 days.
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Memorial Hospital
Carolyn Sue Davis
Edward Reece
Walters
Memorial
Divorce Notice from Formosa Wife Seeks Dissolution
In Taipei the wife of Hu Ku-fang states she was married six years ago and often left home. She admits possible infidelity and reports that with Hu Ku-fang's consent she has obtained a divorce. The notice reflects a rare public acknowledgment of marital dissolution in local papers.
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Taipei
Formosa
Hu Ku-fang
Lauck To Speak At Conference Of Credit Groups
Chester H. Lauck of Continental Oil will headline the All-State Credit Conference in Lawton October 22 and 23 at the Hotel Lawtonian. The event unites four state groups with more than 300 attendees expected. details include a dinner dance, a style show, and arrangements led by the Lawton Credit Women's Breakfast Club.
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Lauck
Lawtonian
Chester H. Lauck
Lum
Tum & Abner
B. K. Fowler
Continental Oil Company
Houston
Tex
Sue Osborn
Chamber of Commerce
Perman Henderson
Gale Sadier
Vernon Greer
Gordon Kilgore
LaVerne Shop
Mildred Hunter
Gabby Woman Hikes Fire Damage In Huntington
Fire in Huntington West Virginia caused 6900 dollars in damage before firefighters contained it. A neighbor tried five minutes to stop a woman from using a telephone line. a child pulled the alarm. One home destroyed and two heavily damaged leaving 19 homeless. No serious injuries reported.
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Huntington
W. Va
John W. Gallagher
Gallagher
West End
Injunction Issued Against Picketing In OG&E Strike
A permanent injunction barred AFL Boilermakers from picketing the Oklahoma Gas & Electric plant under construction near Muskogee. District Judge Andrew Wilcoxen Jr. granted the order after witnesses spoke. the company cited 21 violent acts since the June 27 strike and noted about 16 workers carried weapons when crossing the line, now manned by AFL Teamsters who took over after a temporary restraining order.
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Muskogee
Okla
AFL
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co
Andrew Wilcoxen Jr
AFL Teamsters
Teamsters
British Laborites Near Showdown at Margate Conference
London reports a leadership contest within Britain's Labour Party as leftist Aneurin Bevan challenges Hugh Gaitskell for the treasurer post. The Margate conference October 10 to 14 will decide, with unions backing Gaitskell and the treasurership granting a seat on the National Executive Committee. Both men seek the party leadership held by Clement Attlee.
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London
Britain
Labor Party
Aneurin Bevan
Hugh Gaitskell
Gaitskell
Margate
Bevan
Socialist Party
Clement Attlee
Vice Chairman of SCD Board To Leave Area
John Storer, vice chairman of the Comanche county Soil Conservation District board, has resigned after selling his farm southeast of Lawton and moving to Washington. He will be replaced by a farmer or rancher from the southeast quarter of the county. the three elected members remain T. R. Keegan of Lawton as chairman, Rudolph Buckwald of Faxon, and Don Hooper of Fletcher, with Cal Wilkerson of Indiana as secretary and appointed member assisting.
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John Storer
Comanche County Soil Conservation District Board
Jean Matthews
SCS
Storer
Lawton
Washington
Othr Board
Cal Wilkerson
Indiahoma
T. R. Keegan
Rudolph Buckwald
Faxon
Don Hooper
Fletcher
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