Record Enrollment Seen For Schools 7 329 In By Noon
Lawton public schools expect a record total near 7 900 as about 7 329 pupils registered by noon with 500 seventh graders to enroll later. Taft and Howell are heavily crowded. Taft 632 today, Howell 518, Swinney 395, Post 551. Fort Sill Indian School opened with 80 Navajos and local students.
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Lawton
Bithaseerk
St. Mary’s School
Fort Sill
New Mexico
Arizona
Howell
Swinney
Taft
Post Pry Cig
Whittier
McKinley
John Shoemaker
Lawton High
LHS
Emerson
Lincoln
Post
Roosevelt
Washington
Will Rogers
Woodrow Wilson
Army warns ROTC graduates may miss commissions in 1955
Washington reports that budget cuts and fewer officer vacancies could prevent some ROTC students from being commissioned in 1955. The Army will try to place 1953 54 graduates but offers no guarantee. Non commissioned graduates face the draft with possible special treatment.
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Washington
Army
Navy Pilot Sets Unofficial Altitude Record at 83 325 Feet
The Navy announced that Lt Col Marion E Carl USMC flew the rocket powered Skyrocket to an unofficial world altitude mark of 83 235 feet during tests at Edwards Air Force Base California. The D 558 II lifted to 34 000 feet aboard a mother B 29 before its sensational climb surpassing the 79 484 foot record by Bill Bridgeman.
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Washington
Navy
Marion E. Carl
USMC
Edwards Air Force Base
Muroc
Calif
Bill Bridgeman
Duncan Ex Convict Back In 15 Days
Ex convict Bill Culpepper, 38, was sentenced to two years in prison just 15 days after leaving McAlester State Penitentiary where he had served his fourth term. He has racked up 36 years since age 16 after prior behavior reductions. Culpepper broke into a drive in screen door and was charged within 45 minutes, pleading guilty before District Judge Arthur Marmaduke.
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Arthur Marmaduke
City Man Elected Girl Scout Chief
Thurston D. Nicklas Lawton attorney was elected president of the South Central Girl Scout council which covers 13 counties including Comanche Cleveland McClain Garvin Murray Carter Love Canadian Grady Stephens Jefferson Cotton and Caddo. The council assigns staff to assist local volunteers and teach across the region. Interested professionals are urged to apply.
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Thurston D. Nicklas
Lawton
South Central Girl Scout Council
National Organization
Comanche
Cleveland
McClain
Garvin
Murray
Carter
Love
Canadian
Grady
Stephens
Jefferson
Cotton
Caddo
Nicklas
Girl Scouts
Soviet Police Attack Hungry East Germans Near Berlin
Reports from West Berlin say East German police beat men and women returning with American Eisenhower food packages. Officers seized parcels at three border points as East Germans accused of smuggling food into West Berlin faced arrests amid mass political tension.
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Berlin
Eisenhower
East Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
ADN
Soviet Zone
Fresh Rains Drive Texans From Homes
In Robstown Texas crowds retreated to churches and a national guard armory as fresh floods left the town a lake. Three inches of rain compounded 20 inches in the past week, flooding Robstown and 11 other towns, driving 4,500 from homes. Water began receding Sunday but more rain swelled the area again. The Rio Grande threat eased but risk remained in Cameron County as authorities warned of possible minor flooding. See FLOODS, Page 2.
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Robstown
Tex
National Guard
Texas
Linton
Lester Newell
Philadelphia
Cameron County
John Sellick
International Boundary and Water Commission
Rio Grande
Pickets Become Workers Classification Upped In City
Lawton ends 11 day telephone strike as pickets leave the city building at 9 a.m. and female voices resume switchboard duties. Union members seek 14 seniority items including Lawton station move from No 4 to No 3, with terms of service interruption provisions under dispute. Both sides pledge to handle grievances to prevent service interruptions.
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Lawton
Telephone Company
No. 4
No. 3
George Page
Strike Ends With One-Year Pact For CIO Workers
A six state strike by 53,000 CIO Communications Workers ended after night-long talks in a St. Louis hotel. The one-year contract raises weekly wages by 1.50 to 3 dollars, depending on seniority, costing eight million annually and to be recouped via higher rates. A grievance arbitration system replaces a no-strike clause, though workers may strike during grievance procedures.
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ST. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
CIO Communications
Frank P. Lonergan
CWA
Lonergan
Southwestern
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Arknsas
Illinois
Federal Conciliation Service
Missouri Mediation Service
Fort Worth
Borger Tex
Wichita
Kan
Jonesboro
Ark
Lawton and
Nicoma Park
City Group Approves Park Land Plan For 310 Acres
Two car crash near Marlow injures Goree, Texas men Albert Ussery and John Shahan face surgeries and injuries while Richard Beck escapes unharmed. The city planning committee approved the master plan for park land acquired from the government, detailing a coliseum, museum, arts center and extensive parking and traffic plans. The proposal centers on a hub north of Ferrison Fifth street with multiple highways, a traffic circle, and a forthcoming McMahon auditorium contract toward See PARK LAND, Page 2.
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Goree
Tex
Marlow
Albert Ussery
Ussery
John Shahan
Little Beaver Creek
Lawton
Richard Beck
Seward
Shahan
Oklahoma City
Institute of Community Development
University of Oklahoma
Jake Witzel
Institute
Ferrison Fifth Street
McMahon Auditorium
See Park Land
Reds To Free 100 Yanks Today Panmunjom Prisoner Exchange
Reds free 100 Americans today amid indications up to 500 more may be released. The exchange also frees 250 South Koreans with promises to send back 400 prisoners tomorrow. Lt Col James P Carne of the Gloucestershire Regiment is named among British to be handed over. The joint arms talks heard Reds reaffirm all returning prisoners, with protests over Allied support to Chiang Kai-shek and alleged Nationalist actions on Cheju Island. About 1,200 Indian guards to arrive at Inchon Tuesday.
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Panmunjom
Reds
James P. Carne
Red
Carne
Britain
Gloucestershire Regiment
Imjin River
Nes
Peiping
Kaesong
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Blackshear M. Bryan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Lee Sang Cho
Kose Island
Gen
Lee
Pusan
U. N
Cheju
Red China
Neutral Nations
U. S
Here
Oklahoma Toll Road Petition Drives Toward Referendum
Oklahoma City August 31 The Oklahoma Free Roads Association reports about 80 000 signers on an anti toll road petition far exceeding the 47 449 required to trigger a statewide vote. President Lyman Beard says signatures will be filed Wednesday, potentially forcing votes on two toll road bills. Governor Johnston Murray has not committed to a special election. If delayed to November 1954, toll road construction could be stalled. The anti toll camp remains confident they have won to kill future toll roads.
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Oklahoma City
The
Oklahoma Free Roads Associaton
Lyman Beard
Beard
Secretary of State
Johnston Murray
Stock Market Sags To New Year's Low
New York traders drove the stock market to a yearly low with heavy selling. The panicked rush pushed many key stocks down between 1 and 3 points, with around a point losses common before a partial recovery. About 2.2 million shares changed hands, up from Friday's 1.06 million.
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New York
Frederick Girl Joins Sister In Polio Ward
A 10 year old Frederick child joined her nine year old sister in Memorial hospital polio ward over the weekend. Donna Sue Bagley daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Bagley Frederick is latest patient admitted. Loretta was sent to the polio ward in August.
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Frederick Child
Memorial Hospital
Donna Sue Bagley
Lloyd Bagley
Frederick
Loretta
Italians and Slavs Trade Taunts Over Trieste Dispute
Trieste remained calm as Italy and Yugoslavia traded accusations over the free territory. Yugoslavia denied Italian charges that Tito planned to annex Zone B south of the port and claimed Italians sought to seize Zone A with Anglo American backing. US diplomats in Rome and Belgrade viewed tensions as not alarming.
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Trieste
Adriatic Free
Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste “‘Free Territory
Tito
Ales Bebler
Idrija
Bebler
U.S
Rome
Belgrade
Sapulpa Indian 21 Shot in Tavern Brawl
Sapulpa Indian Earl Watashe aged 21 was shot to death in a Sapulpa tavern fight on Sunday. Willie Peters, 55, of Sapulpa, arraigned on murder charges, pleaded innocent in justice of peace court. Preliminary hearing set for Sept. 4. held without bond.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Earl Watashe
Willie Peters
Justice of Peace
Grounded Texas Airmen Stop Chase On 90 MPH Patrol
Two Negro airmen from Sheppard Field Texas were grounded after a midnight chase on U S 270 near Lawton. David King 22 drove a late model Lincoln at about 90 mph with two women. City and state officers set a roadblock south of Hawkins Drive and halted the car. King was jailed on speeding at night charges, posting bond after initially pleading not guilty.
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Sheppard Field
Tex
U. S. 270
Lawton
Justice of the Peace
Marvin Cameron
David King
H. D. Morgan
L. L. Kelsoe
King
Air Force
Morgan
Kelsoe
Hawkins Drive
Cameron
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EU Kyin Shin
Bell
City Group
Okays Park Land Planning
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Frederick J. Stumpges
Sheboygan
Wisc
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Korea
Marine Corps
Tokyo
Pike
Sapulpa Indian
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