Lawton Teachers Prep for 1954-55 Start
Lawton ISD readies for the new school year as 302 teachers join the staff, including 60 new to Lawton. Enrollment rules require six-year-olds by Nov 1 1954 and birth certificates at registration. The opening includes a teachers’ workshop with speeches by John Shoemaker and local education leaders.
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Jeanne Howell
Isd
Ene
Iowa
Lawton
Thelma Talla
Lawton Public Schools
John Shoemaker
G. G. Goodier
Lawton Parent-Teachers Association Council
Opal Ford
National Education Association
New York City
Nancy Amis
Tulsa University
Oklahoma Is For Economic Education
Shoemaker
Ford
Classroom Teachers Association
Venna Lee Wallace
Lawton Unit
Oklahoma Education Association
Lawton Dea
Wesley Silk
Delinquent Tax Warrants Ready in Comanche County
Comanche County treasurer plans to hand over 50000 dollars in tax warrants to Sheriff Everett Ray Hale on Wednesday. Hale will be first local sheriff to enforce personal property tax delinquencies under state law, with up to 60 days for payment before seizure and sale. Some taxpayers reportedly owe up to ten years.
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Comanche County
Everett Ray Hale
Hale
Bank Robber Steals 30000 From Bossier City Branch
A lone bandit wearing sunglasses and a straw hat robbed the North branch of the Bossier City Bank and Trust Co. taking about 30 000 to 35 000 after demanding cash from teller John E Webb Jr. A woman teller briefly interrupted the theft before the money was taken again. A second report from Humble Texas states a bald headed gunman with a painted mustache used a sawed off shotgun to seize 10 000 to 20 000 from the Humble State Bank, fleeing east in a black sedan.
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Bossier City
Bossier City Bank and Trust Co
John E. Webb Jr
Webb
Humble
Tex
Humble States
Crosby
Court Rejects Immunity Plea By Batchelor
An eight man Korea veteran court martial board in San Antonio rejected Cpl. Claude Batchelor’s bid for immunity claiming a UN explainer’s pledge absolved him of charges. Batchelor, a POW who stayed with communists then returned to American lines, faces conspiracy charges with Chinese forces. The defense filed motions to dismiss. immunity claims were rejected as were due process issues. The judge advocate general’s office directed the procedural rulings while the president-court foreman kept order and will vote on guilt or innocence.
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San Antonio
Korea
Claude Batchelor
United Nations
U. S. Army
Batchelor
Donald L. Manes Jr
Judge Advocate General's Office
Joel Westbrook
Westbrook
Manes
Col
Charles W. Stratton
Fort Sill
Stratton
Reserve Army personnel sign up at Fort Sill school
Registration opens for the Fort Sill Army Reserve School expanding to two more branches this fall Medical Service Corps headed by Maj James Thiriot of Chickasha and MOS branch for enlisted reservists The school operates four branches including Command and General Staff Adjutant General Artillery and JAG Lt Col Henry Ford of Lawton leads the command staff. Registration runs through November with sites in Oklahoma City Stillwater McAlester Clinton Enid Tulsa Bartlesville and Muskogee. Preliminary enrollment last Tuesday totaled about 55 with over 70 more expected for regular courses and about 35 for MOS
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Lawton
U.S. Army Reserve School
Fort Sill
Medical Service Corps
Oklahoma City
Stillwater
McAlester
Clinton
Enid
Tulsa
Bartlesville
Muskogee
MOS
James Thiriot
Chickasha
Command and General Staff
Adjutant General
Artillery
Judge Advocate General
Henry Ford
William F. Wulf
Floyd Jackson
Grocers Drop Safeway Fight in Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma Retail Grocers Association has dropped its injunction suit against Safeway Stores over price cutting and trading stamps. Judge A P Van Meter issued a temporary injunction decision last week. Safeway attorney Crowe said the association dodged the issue and sought final judgment.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Retail Grocers Association
Safeway Stores, Inc
Oklahoma
George Miskovsky
A. P. van Meter
Vv. P. Crowe
Safeway
Association
Target Date Set For Army's Issue Of New Uniforms
The Army will begin issuing a new green uniform to enlisted personnel about two years from tomorrow with olive drab phased out by late 1960. A green version will start around Sept 1 1956 and replace olive drab in formations. two green uniforms may appear by late 1958. Accessory colors will shift to black with tan socks and green visors. overseas caps gain leather trim. chevrons switch to green and gold.
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Washington
Army
Women join Civil Defense training as officers object
Twenty four embarrassed Civil Defense policemen yield as women express interest in judo and operating a submachine gun. Mrs Pauline English persuades a resistant group saying she came to learn all Civil Defense duties. Police Captain Tom Phipps notes women can play an important nursing and support role.
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Frosty Troy
Civil Defense
Pauline English
Eng‘Gete
Seterene Ta Biaeeobaan
Tom Phipps
Lawton
Phipps
County Officials Discuss Discarding Old Tax Records Plan
Representatives from 11 counties in Oklahoma Sixth District met to study a proposal by County Treasurer Lillian Waid to discard tax records 15 years old and older. The plan aims to ease handling by treasurers clerks and court staff and will be presented to the state convention's legislation committee.
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Oklahoma
County Officers Association
James Stewart
Waurika
Jefferson County
Dewey Hodges
Anadarko
Caddo County
Helen Gossman
Arapaho
Comanche
Lillian Waid
Dorothy Milwood
Walters
Cotton County
Oklahoma County Officers Association
Miss Waid
Miss Ward
Helen M. Gossman
Custer County
Canadian
Grady
Stephens
Jefferson
Cotton
Caddo
Kiowa
Tillman
Jackson
Greer
Harmon
Oklahoma City
Gossman
Death suspect slashes wrist in jail cell
Beam Payton slaying suspect Bob Hendrix, 60, ex convict, allegedly confessed before slashing his left wrist and arm with a concealed razor in his jail cell. County Attorney Louis Thomas said Hendrix, under guard at a hospital, appeared out cold but not severely bleeding as Payton’s body lay decomposed near here after last seen August 21.
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Vinita
Okla
Beam Payton
Louis Thomas
Thomas
Bob Hendrix
Hendrix
Payton
Here
Scare Reportedly Fatal To Boy's Brother In Housework Dispute
Police say Charles Young told officers he aimed a .22 rifle at his brother during a dispute over chores at Parkland. The incident occurred as the younger sibling allegedly resisted doing his share of housework.
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Parkland
Charles Young
Dulles Seeks Policy Review After EDC Collapse
Secretary Dulles called for a prompt NATO Council meeting and a reevaluation of U S foreign policy after France rejected the European Defense Community. He urged Western powers to swiftly restore West German sovereignty and boost regional security. President Eisenhower called the move a setback but affirmed continued effort against world communism.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
NATO Council
European Defense Community
EDC
Kfy
Britain
France
West Germany
French National Assembly
Europe
Eisenhower
French Action
Des Moines
Iowa
State Department
Manila
Southeast Asia
Refuge Approved For Film Shooting in Wichita Mountains
Hollywood studio Repulic Studios gains permission to shoot Santa Fe Passage scenes in the Wichita Mountains using local buffalo and longhorn herds. Rep. Victor Wickersham announced the Washington and Albuquerque agreement after talks with Wildlife Service officials and Albuquerque refuges supervisor George Clay. Five executives from the studio visited last week, hosted by Frank Ru and a tribal dance powwow.
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Rod Cameron
Wichita Mountains
Washington D.C
Republic Studios
Hollywood
Calif
Victor Wickersham
Washington
D. C
Albuquerque
N.M
Albert N. Wie
The
and Wildlife Service
Wahine
D.c
George Ae Clay
Oklahoma
Frank Ru
Craterville Park
Spoccer
California
Bill Whitne
Lawtonian
Area Weather Forecast Not So Hot
Partly cloudy and warmer conditions with high in the low 90s and a low near today’s high. Forecast shows continued warm weather and chances of rain later today into Wednesday with near record heat in the region.
McCarthy and Watkins Clash Over Censure Inquiry
Tense Senate hearing opens with McCarthy and Edward Bennett Williams challenging the process as Chairman Watkins rules Johnson’s seating on the committee unchallenged. Johnson defends his March 12 statement amid quotes about loathing McCarthy and discusses Senate leadership role in possible changes. Page reference notes continued coverage.
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Senate
ncCarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Edward Bennett Williams
Sai Mson
Congress
Joe McCarthy
Watkins
Utah
Johnson
Williams
Johns
Denver
Sen. Flanders
R-Vi
Flanders
Senate Democratic Party
Potter Dirksen Split on McCarthy Blame in Army Fight
Washington August 31 Up two Republican senators Potter and Dirksen issued sharply differing statements on how much to blame Sen Joseph R McCarthy in the Army McCarthy dispute Potter blamed McCarthy while asserting Cohn urged the army to obtain David from Cohns friend Pvt G But Everett Dirksen endorsed a critic editorial and claimed no strong pressure was found The two statements accompanied the Republican majority report as its four members prepared to release the full record of the televised hearings tonight See POTTER Page 2
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Charles E. Potter
Subcommittee
Roy M. Cohn
Army
Davia Fr Cohn
Pvt. G
Everett Moe
Rtll
Ggg Crea
Schedu
Potter
Dirksen
Detroit News
Stevens
McCarthy
Potter-Dirksen
Fast Moving Hurricane Hits Coast Nine Perish
A fast moving hurricane along the Atlantic coast killed at least nine people in New England and one in New Jersey. It struck New Jersey and New York before slamming Rhode Island Massachusetts and Worcester and Dartmouth deaths were reported. Emergency statuses were declared across several states as winds reached up to 100 mph. The storm named Hurricane Carol battered Cape Cod and Long Island Sound while power lines were damaged and millions in damage were forecast.
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Boston
Atlantic
New England
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
Massa- SS
Bristol
R. L
Oakland
Warwick
Newport
R. E
Worcester
Mass
Dartmouth
New , Conn
Providence
Westerly
Cape Cod
Massachusetts
Carol
Long Island Sound
Connecticut
Hampshire
Maine
Polio Cases Rise to 383 in State Report
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports 17 new polio cases, bringing the year total to 383, ten more than the same point in 1953. Of 115 hospitalized patients, 23 remain in the acute stage.
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National Foundation For
Weather sketch shows near miss showers and storms
Forecast risks showers in Lawton with lingering unsettled weather. Temperatures cool slightly and Wednesday brings warmer skies with near 70 low and near 100 high. Overnight Lawton reading 71 after northeast winds and an electrical storm. Enid reports heavy rain. windstorm damages outbuildings in Spencer and unroofed structures near Valliant. Oklahoma City area sees strong winds and isolated heavy showers.
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Lawton
Enid
Spencer
Oklahoma City
Valliant
Okla
Isola
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Raymond C. Green
Rusty
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