Cache Road widening plan gains approval amid paving district
Cache Road paving plan moves forward as property owners win city approval for a paving district to widen the main artery from Fort Sill Blvd to Sheridan Road. Council also expands the downtown district and designates outlying areas for business use, with a 15 day protest period and state highway reaction pending.
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Cache Road
Planning and Zoning Board
Lee Blvd
State Highway Department
Parently
Charles Ozman
Fort Sill Blvd
Sheridan Road
Bureau of Public Roads
Ozman
Jailing Of Yanks Called Close To An Act Of War
Senator Jenner declares Red China’s jailing of 13 Americans on spy charges perilously close to an act of war. He proposes blockading China until all prisoners are freed, while Dulles and Eisenhower oppose war action and push for UN involvement and world pressure.
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Washington
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Red China
Jen
Dulles
Eisenhower
United Nations
U. N
McCarthy
Historic Mural Saved From Highway Construction
The west wall of the old Indian arts and trade center near Lawton, moved in 1939 by WPA crews under Harold Redding, preserves Archie Blackowl fresco murals begun at Fort Sill Indian School. The wall, originally part of the school, now serves as the center’s main building wall.
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Old Indian Arts and Trade Center
Lawton
Harold Redding
Fort Sill
Archie Blackown
Questa
N. M
Redding
Condition Of Pope Still Unchanged At Vatican
The 78 year old Pope Pius XI remains bedridden with gastritis and hiccups. He is on a strict diet as Vatican officials hope rest will restore strength enough for him to take part in the Marian Year closing ceremony on December 8.
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Vatican City
Pius XI
Vatican
Murray Reverses Plan to Call Redistricting Election
Oklahoma Gov. Johnston Murray withdraws plan for a special election on congressional redistricting citing lack of funds. He expects Gov.-elect Gary to present the measure next year, likely during the 1956 election cycle.
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Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Murray
Raymond Gary
Gary
U. S. Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Petit
State Supreme Court
Douglas McKeever
Enid
Supreme Court
Tulsa
John Ladner
Dale Briggs
Knowland says he searched conscience before voting against censure
Senator Knowland California told the Senate he would vote against a censure of McCarthy after stating he searched his conscience deeply. He praised the special committee and noted the near end of general debate as other colleagues announced their positions.
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Knowland
Senate
McCarthy
Washington
Sen
California
MeVo
Oni Ea
MiemweEr Atil
Sen. Schoeppel
R-Kan
Long
D-La
Special Committee
Communist Party
Watkins
Utah
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Ksen
R-Ii
McCa
Dirksen
Winter Chill Sweeps Area Forecast
Lawton forecasts colder temperatures today and tonight with increasing cloudiness. Traces of rain early, partly cloudy this afternoon, and a fair night. High near 48, low around 28 degrees. Thursday expected high in the low 50s, with a 39 degree low earlier. Reading at 6 30 a.m 42 and low at 7 30 a.m.
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Lawton
County Attorney Opposes Clemency for Maudine Riddle
Lawton woman Maudine Riddle, age 34, convicted of aiding her brother in a 1949 beer-tavern killing, faces clemency consideration December 13 at the Oklahoma State penitentiary. Her sentence was reduced to 15 years manslaughter on appeal. County Attorney Redman will oppose clemency, citing the cited pleas and prior recommendation. Also scheduled to appear is Irvin Bernell, 40, accused in a 1939 Thanksgiving strangling of Ruby Barkley’s husband. he has been offered employment at El Reno.
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Manville Redman
Maudine Riddle
Lawton
Miss Riddle
Pardon and Parole Board
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Robert W. Henry
Cache Rd
Elbert
Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals
Redman
Githen Rhoads
Rhoads
Henry
Irvin C
Bernel
Lee Barkley
Bernellen
Ruby Barkley
Bernell
el Reno
SOS Spurs Search For Downed Plane
A Northeast Airlines plane with seven aboard vanished in snowy New Hampshire. Searches by land and air, including 30 planes, fear a crew member may survive. wreckage reported near Bald Mountain but unconfirmed by authorities.
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SOS
North Conway
N. H
Northeast Airlines
Field Hill
Civil Air Patrol
Bald Mountain
Berlin
Air Force
Boston
Milan
Stewa
Mary McKettrick
Dorchester
Mass
John McNulty
James W. Harvey
Watertown
W. Miller
Philadelphia
Daniel H. Hall
Montclair
Food Roll Totals Reach 2524 Certified for Free Distribution
Comanche County reports 2524 people certified for free food distrib ution to be held December 20 Commissioner Emil Woesner noted the number may rise as final lists are prepared and a requisition sent to Oklahoma The Tuesday afternoon tally covers 751 families with central district showing 602 families and 1925 people The surge follows a state ruling allowing older pensioners to apply for dependents authorities stated
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Comanche County
Emil Woesner
Woesner
Oklahoma
Draft Board Seeks 30 Missing Men in Comanche County
Comanche county draft officials ask missing registrants to report immediately or face FBI action. Local secretary Mrs. Carla Williams says many have left the county or provided invalid addresses. Call 4680 or report to Room 306, federal building, to avoid delinquency and possible induction.
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Comanche County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Carla Williams
James Miller
Elgin
Roy Mantooth
Sterling
Lowell E. Smith
Chattanooga
James Robles
Lawton
Thomas Nunley
Attic Cleaning Ad Promises Christmas Money
A vintage ad urges readers to clean out the attic for Christmas money claiming even a few cents can bring amazing results.
Widow's Death List May Grow
Oklahoma crime bureau Agent Ray Page reported a daughter of Mrs. Nannie Doss 49 confessed poisoner of four husbands has asked exhumation of her son and grandmother bodies. From Lexington North Carolina Mrs Melvina Hedrick sought the action saying she suspects something funny about the deaths of her son Robert Higgins and Mrs Louisa Hazle. The boy died in July 1945 in Jacksonville Alabama and Mrs Hazle in January 1953 in Lexington.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma Crime Bureau
Ray Page
Nannie Doss
Lexington
N. C
Page
Melvina Hedrick
Robert Lee Higgins
Doss
Louisa Holden Hazle
Jacksonville
Ala
Hazle
Susan Closes State's Case Against Sam
The state ends its case against Dr. Samuel Sheppard as Susan Hayes testifies to an affair, a bed sharing, and a ring, with details of two illicit meetings dating back to 1952. The defense seeks acquittal on the murder charge as the trial continues in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Susan Hayes
Edward Blythin
Sheppard
Miss Hayes
Los Angeles
Arthur Miller
Miller
Parrino
Lights Out burglar strikes Lawton duplex again
Lawton police report the so called lights out burglar ransacked a duplex at 1504 Bessie, stealing cash from two purses and a billfold. The break in occurred around 2 30 a m as residents Mr and Mrs Larsen and Mr and Mrs Reed Blanchard slept with electricity cut off. Officers note the suspect often returns to homes he has awakened in prior incidents.
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Lawton
Bessie
Cleo Stout
Glynn Coley
Dean Larsen
Reed Blanchard
Larsens
Ang
Blanchard
Larsen
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Bill Gross
Cache
Ner
China
R-Wis
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Barbara Billingsley
Stork Club
New York City
John Rogers Christoffers
Christoffers
Sherman Billingsley
Susan
State
Sam
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