Enrollment drives start as Lawton high opens classes
About 300 seniors begin registration for the 1957 term at Lawton High School with long lines in corridors and principal Hugh Bish predicting at least 30 more to enroll today. Fellow students from Douglass High and Tomlinson Central Junior High also scheduled to enroll. classes begin September 3.
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Lawton High School
Thelma Stinson
Jack Greear
Bill Dixon
Hugh Bish
Douglass High School
Tomlinson
Central Junior High
Fuiay
Central
LHS
Douglass
Sinking collision sinks City of Buenos Aires riverboat
In Buenos Aires the City of Buenos Aires riverboat sank after a Tuesday collision with the U S freighter Marmac surf killing 54 Argentines. U S sailors from Marmac were held aboard the freighter pending investigation as authorities search for missing aboard the riverboat.
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Buenos Aires
U.S
Silverio Brizucla
Kenneth Sommers
San Francisco
Coast Guard
Miguel del Casio
Mormacourt
Rosario
Parana
Uruguay
Concepcion
Area Weather Forecast Clears to Partly Cloudy Through Friday
Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through Friday with little temperature change. Today and Friday highs in the upper 90s, tonight’s low near 68, 11 am reading 92, Wednesday high around 100.
Thurmond Stays Standing After 18 Hour Civil Rights Filibuster
Senator Strom Thurmond extended his 18 hour plus filibuster against the civil rights bill reaching 3:08 p.m. EDT. He persisted amid interruptions and temper flashes, aided by occasional breaks and support from allies as he set his sights on longer record attempts.
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Washington
Strom Thurmond
Senate
South Carolina
Democrat
Thurmond
Robert M
Laclette Crwis
LaFollette
Wayne Morse
D-Ove
Morse
City approves raises for clerk and other workers
An ordinance adopted by the city council grants a $50 monthly raise to Clerk R. M. Dodson bringing his pay to $435. The raise, effective Sept 1, accompanies added duties supervising janitorial services in city buildings. Firefighters and police receive $5 and $25 monthly increases, hourly workers gain 10 cents, and non uniformed staff get $20 boosts. City Engineer Douglas L. Smith earns $650 and Mayor Ellsworth $825.
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Sussin Las
R. M. Dodson
Springs
Clpric
Board of Commissioners
McMahon Auditorium
Douglas L. Smith
G. RB. Ellsworth
Ron Whealley
Pete Fuller
Jimmy Warren
Capls
Otis Waldron
Cal Sims
Frank Murphy
Lela J. Wilson
Walter Ashbery
Cleo Stout
W. J
Mame
Doctors Urge Priority Plan for Asian Flu Vaccine
Washington health officers urged the U S surgeon general to assign priority for Asian flu vaccination. They proposed three groups: medical workers and heart staff, those needed to maintain essential community services, and TB patients plus others with serious medical problems. Group two may vary by locality and committees should advise on essential occupations.
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Washington
Assn. of State
United States
U.S
Showers Forecast Across Oklahoma Over Labor Day Weekend
Weather bulletin predicts showers and scattered thundershowers in western Oklahoma amid a Labor Day weekend, with clear to partly cloudy skies otherwise. Highs in the upper 90s to 100s, lows near 68, Hobart records 101 as hot spot while Guymon 90, Lawton 100, Altus 99.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Hobart
Guymon
Altus
Guymion
Faithful Petties Shielding Master Faithful Petties Shielding Master
A shabbily dressed farm laborer and his dog were struck on U S 30 at Crown Point Indiana. The dog shielded Anton Petrovich as police arrived and shot the dog as Petrovich lay dead.
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Crown Point
Ind
UPI
Anton Petrovich
U.S. 30
Here
Petrovich
al Pol
Reds Refuse Western Plan To Limit Arms
London reports Russia rejected the NATO backed disarmament package calling it of no genuine value. Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin dismissed the plan in a fifty minute speech as insufficient to meet Moscow’s demands. The United States Britain France and Canada presented the plan which aims to curb nuclear weapons with self defense caveats.
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London
Russia
Valerian Zorin
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Mount Etfort
Firlain
NATO
Coffman Bitten by Dog as Animal Dies
A Switch Uniontown report states Alva Coffman was bitten by a dog on Wednesday and the dog died shortly after the incident.
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Uniontown
Alva Coffman
Trial Lawyers Row On Scandal Tales
The Confidential libel trial in Los Angeles features heated exchanges over what constitutes a bedroom story as prosecutors and witnesses clash. Judge Walker delays ruling while references to Sinatra Dale Dandridge Calvet and Mike Todd surface amid sensational testimony.
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Los Angeles
Corinne Chive
Dorothy Daarliige
Franz Sinatra
Alan Dale
Dist
William L. Ritz
Fano
Sinatra
Dale
Dandridge
Ritai
de Stelano
Ritzi
Herbert V. Walker
Rifai
Ubon
Mike
Todd Todd
New York
Thal
Luise Squires
Jeep Accident Claims Two Fort Sil] Soldiers
Two soldiers died and another was injured late Wednesday when a quarter ton jeep plunged over an embankment two miles west of Gale near South Sundry road on West Range. Pfc Raymond M. Holbrook, 19, and Sp4 Haskell S. Brachard, 21, both of C Battery 6th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, were killed. Sp4 James R. Owens, 19, also of the same unit, was treated for facial and neck injuries and listed in fair condition at the U.S. Army Hospital. Owens, the driver, told investigators Bradford was giving driving instructions when the accident occurred, with brakes applied and the vehicle sliding over. The jeep ended upright but then lurched over a six foot embankment. Investigation continues.
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Fort Sil
Gale 4
South Soundry Road
Ave PLC
Raymond M. Holbreath
Sps
Haskell S. Brachard
C Battery
6Th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
James R. Owens
U.S. Army Hospital
Robert Tsren
Owens
Bradford
Kren
South Boulevard
Sheridan Road
Alvin F. Yocum
West Range
Lreal Holbrook
Col BR
Foreign Aid Bill Passage Delayed in House Action
The House recessed at 1:25 p m without debating the compromise foreign aid bill as Senate clearance of a civil rights bill is awaited. House leaders paused to keep a quorum in town before adjournment while a conference committee finalized a final figure about one billion dollars under the president's initial request and roughly six hundred million under prior authorization.
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Washington
UPI
Sam Raybirn
House
Senate
Hisenhower
Congress
Sill Escapee Is Captured
An 18 year old prisoner who escaped from custody at Fort Sil was captured on post shortly after noon today. Pvt Qrenthat Shelby of Amarillo Texas held for AWOL did not resist and was taken into custody by post engineers personnel who called military police. Earlier state and local agencies were notified to watch for the escapee.
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Fort Sil
Pvt
Qrenthat Shelby
Amaril
Tex
Post Engineers
Excise Board Approves Town and School Budgets
The Comanche County Excise Board approved budgets for seven towns and eight independent school districts. The county budget remains unfinished and will be taken up at 2 p.m. September 4. Lawton and dependent districts await next week’s action due to a minor technicality.
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Excise Board
Comanche County
Lawton
Law
Jon
Cache
Indwahoma
Sterling
Geronimo
Fletchher
Elgin
Chattanooga
Fletcher
Indiahama
Board of Commissioners of
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
County Free [Air Board
Lawton Independent School District
Eight Hurt In Bronx Subway Collision
In the Bronx an elevated New York subway crash injured at least eight people and trapped motor man William Hochstein in his cab for nearly three hours. His mangled left foot was amputated after doctors freed him, as rescuers cut away twisted metal with torches.
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New York
Bruns
William Hochstein
Dens Target Dulles In Coming Ballot War
Sen Smathers announced Democrats will run against Secretary of State Dulles in next year’s campaign for Congress. He linked Proxmire’s Wisconsin upset to criticism of Eisenhower foreign policy and noted Dulles as a focal point for Republican attacks. Proxmire will be sworn in as Wisconsin’s first Democrat senator since 1932.
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Washington
Smathers
Fla
Dulles
Batte
Congress
Comtmittee
Eisenhower
Willian Proxmire
Senate
Wisconsin
Proxmire
Walter J. Kohler
Dean Achesyn
Hdmathers
Local Stores Plan Late Hours for Family Shopping Day
Lawton stores in Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma will stay open until 9 p.m. today and again until 9 p.m. Saturday for Family Shopping Day. Labor Day Monday will be observed quietly with some shops closed, as the city treats it as a legal holiday per the Chamber of Commerce.
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Lawton
Ijl
Oklahoma
Chamber of' S Commerce
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Veo
Jelerk
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Texas
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Knowland
California
Lee HN
Tay Attrberry
Alu
Lawton School District
Bronx
Dens
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