Shoemaker Reports on City Schools Plans and Progress
John Shoemaker superintendent outlined opening plans for 1955 56 and progress on the school building program before the Citizens Council on Education. Dr Ernest Winter reported 4500 bicycles tagged at elementary schools last May with some schools missed. Darold English urged continued coverage until all schools including Lawton’s new elementaries are reached. New committees were formed for 1955 56 and will report September 29 at the high school. Twenty members attended.
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John Shoemaker
Citizens Council On Education
Ernest Winter
Darold English
Winter
Lawton
English
Couple Sought In Killing Of Man On Wedding Eve
Palm Springs police issued murder warrants for Betty Meiers and Robert Miers in the slaying of Donald E. Graham a 60 year old building inspector found dead in his home on the eve of his planned marriage. Graham was known to have carried substantial cash and socialized at night clubs with a couple Thursday night. Graham’s fiancée Marie Everett arrived in Palm Springs and learned of the death. Police traced the couple to Baldwin Park and found the victim’s car abandoned near Banning with an Idaho license, suggesting a flight from the scene. The motive is believed to be robbery.
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Marie Everett
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Donald E. Graham
Palm Sponge Calif
Graham
Buck Maff
Lyn Waite
Palm Springs
Calif
California
Betty
Mike) Meiers
Baldwin Park
Robert Kenneth Miers
Miers
Pocatello
Idaho
August G. Kettman
Kettman
Los Angeles International Aiport
Nick Mass
Banning
Everett
C. R. Ellsworth
Bill Adelman
Cowboys
Ron Wheatley
Severson
Ralph Hennessee
Funeral Rites Planned for Rollin T Holbrook in Comanche
Rollin Thomas Holbrook aged 30 of Comanche was killed in a Friday two car crash near Yazoo City Mississippi when a tire blew out causing a plunge into a 55 foot canyon. Bob McGee of Dothan Alabama also died. Survivors include his parents one sister Hazel and four brothers. Funeral services pending with Boydston Funeral Home chapel to host interment in Comanche cemetery once brothers arrive from Chicago.
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Comanche
Rollin Thomas Holbrook
Rt. 3
Yazoo City
Mississippi
Holbrook
Bob McGee
Dothan
Alabama
McGee
Hazel Holbrook
Charles
Harold
Leroy
Chicago
Albert
Boydston Funeral Home
Frank Lovelace
Comanche Cemetery
Firework Restrictions Vary by State
All but eight states limit fireworks usage, reflecting a patchwork of rules. Authorities report stricter controls in urban areas, with several states enforcing permits, curfews, and bans on certain devices to reduce hazards and fire risk.
Gasoline Cowboys Will Appear On Louisville TV Show
Lawton Oklahoma hot rodders group Gasoline Cowboys will be featured in a 13 part Louisville television series. WTUL TV writer Florence Severson visited to gather material on the club for a script highlighting safety education and rodding practices.
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Gasoline Cowboys
Louisville
Lawton
Florence Severson
Stillwater
Wtul-Tv
Onlv
The
Lawton Club
Severson
Adelman
Cowboys
Moore
Norman
Airport
Cussing Cashier Foils Bank Bandit in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a bandit flashed a gun and handed a note to bank cashier Mrs. L. L. Michaels, who 60, defied him by tossing the note back and telling him to go to hell. The suspect, Paul Anthony Ricci, 44, was arrested hours later by FBI agents and charged under federal bank robbery statutes for possessing a toy gun.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Paul Anthony Ricci
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Rollin T. Holbrook
Zwaan
States
Eugene L. Bowman
Roger Wilkerson
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Mgr
Ratcliffe‘’S Book Store
Lawton’s
Opportunity Unlimited
Oklahoma
Chartered Life
Texas
Ora W. Walk
C.L.A
Southwestern Life Insurance Company
1710 Electric Building
Fort Worth
Southwestern Lit
James Ralph Wood
Business Life Insurance
Dallas, Texas
Pension
Group Life Insurance
Roots Bank Bandit
Wolverton Electric and Appliance
S. 5Th
Sheridan Rd
Earl
Cheeny
Fowlers
Endurance
Cache Road
House of Wakefield
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