Fish And Game Commission Plans Budget Cut
Oklahoma City OK The State Game and Fish Commission adopts a plan to trim budgets by 10 percent cut ranger staff by 10 to 15 and share magazine costs saving about 200000 annually to balance the budget. Patronage concerns arise as rangers are state senators patronage. offices remain open. bids on Gates Creek lake awarded later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Game and Fish Commission
Raymond Gary
Game and Fish Agency
Senators
Commission
Louis Burtchi
Chickasha
Burtchi
James McMahan
Dan Tankersley
Gates Creek
Choctaw County
M. A. Swatek Co
Park-Ward Construction Co
City Jail Swells With 26 Arrests After Busy Weekend
The city jail bulged after one of the largest arrest weekends in months as 26 people were hauled in Saturday night and 27 remained imprisoned Monday morning. Reports include assaults with a knife, threats of bodily harm, vagrancy, and drunkenness, with several suspects released on bonds or to military authorities.
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Helen
Bell
Billy W. Binning
Peggy Barker Page
Houston
Tex
Douglas Y. Tester
Tinker Afb
Oklahoma City
John L. Overby
Oak
F. D. Hollis
Herman Davis
Jack Wendell Coryell
Leslie V. Ray
Roosevelt Wakely
Sgt
Chris Puckbee
Joe Niedo
Apache Rt. 1
Dale W. Huffman
Clarence James
Washington
Irene Fountain
Joseph Mastella
Fire kills man after tavern incident near Temple
A man identified as Wood died in a blazing car near a tavern after witnesses moved his car to safety and pulled him from the smoke filled vehicle. Firemen couldn’t determine the cause while Wood’s funeral is set for Tuesday in Temple. Also reported are Oklahoma agricultural prices and livestock listings from Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ham
Graham
Wood
Temple Fire Department
Temple
Byrle Wood
First Baptist Church
K. M. Anderson
Loyd Bryant
Church of Christ
Masonic Cemetery
Pearson Funeral Home
Oklahoma Democrats weigh re election bids for Doenges and Hester
Doenges of the Doenges Hester faction discusses a possible bid for re election as Oklahoma Democrats prepare to elect new state party officials in February. Hester says he has encouragement to run but will decide later, aiming to help the party in the 1956 campaign. Doenges notes his term ends with the national convention and will decide by year’s start.
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Ber
Doenges-Hester
Doenges
Oklahoma
State Central Committee
Bartlesville
Hester
Tulsa area wreck claims multiple lives in weekend crashes
The Oklahoma highway patrol reported a fatal crash eight miles south of Tulsa when a car ran a stop sign. Mrs. Winn died from a broken neck and skull fracture, and her husband Walter C. Winn was critically injured. Nicola Harroz and his wife were also badly hurt. A second fatality occurred from a head on collision in Hughes county. Additional crashes near Collinsville and Clinton left several injured or dead, including Lorene Miller, granddaughter of Mrs. Lowlar.
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Oklahoma City
Harroz
Darks
Shi
Hughes County
Lorene Marie Miller
Howard Hughes style aviation pioneer inspired risk and growth
The article profiles a daring inventor who built a bamboo frame plane in an abandoned Santa Ana church and evolved into a major aviation entrepreneur. He opened by the jumper at will, completed early air mail feats, and led a company credited with pioneering multipurpose aircraft. He moved through distant plants in Baltimore and Omaha, with a planned expansion near Denver. Born in Macksburg Iowa, he grew from poverty to a prominent bachelor industrialist.
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Martin
Santa Ana
Calif
Mary Pickford
Wright- Martin Corp
New York
Cleveland
Middle River
Baltimore
Omaha
Neb
Denver
Colo
Macksburg
Iowa
Liberal
Salina
Kan
California
Dairy Farmer Hails School Milk Program
Dallas reports Martin D. Garber head of USDA food distribution praises the special school milk program for expanding dairy markets. In Texas over 2,000 public schools participate, up from 1,377 last year, with milk priced at two to three cents per half pint. Garber notes milk consumption rising about 50 percent since the program began and cites broader USDA responsibilities including the national school lunch and surplus foods programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
USDA
Dallas
U.S. Agricultural Department
Martin D. Garber
Enid
Okla
Washington
Agricultural Marketing Service
Southwest
Texas
Garber
Southsion
John J. Slaughter
Murder in Nightgown Shocks Skokie Police Chief
William Griffin reports Todd, a hospital detainee, described a night of quarrel and double morphine and nembutal injections with his wife. He claimed he tried resuscitation after finding her body turning blue. Autopsy pending. Todd once worked as a staff physician and claimed Army Medical Corps service.
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William Griffin
Skokie
Todd
Griffin
Jerry Kearns
Cook County
Army Medical Corps
New York City
Pre Enrolment At Northeastern State College Dec 12
Pre enrolment for the second semester at Northeastern State College in Tahlequah Oklahoma begins December 12. Dr. L H Bally, dean of instruction, announced the regular enrolment starts on date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tahlequah
Okla
Northeastern State College
L. H. Bally
Aneer
Eisenhower urges citizens first in public life
Eisenhower framed government noninterference as protecting the public interest and urged delegates and union members to see themselves as Americans first. He linked the message to highway programs and other administration proposals for Congress, finish by criticizing Communist methods abroad.
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Eisenhower
Congress
World shows Lawton interest via letters to chamber
Letters from Hawaiian islands to Pocahontas Arkansas stream into the Lawton Chamber of Commerce seeking information on Lawton. Students nationwide request details about cultural and recreational programs, housing, churches, and sites near Fort Sill. Secretary staff share city maps brochures and local history, noting Geronimo burial lore and Lawton origin stories.
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Hawaiian Islands
Pocahontas
Ark
Chamber of Commerce
Lawton
United States
Oklahoma
Wichita Mountains
Pat Pearson
Perman Henderson
Henry Howell
Geronimo
Phipps
John Kolb
Austin
Santa Fe Railroad
Far
Fort Sill
National Geographic Says Indians Have Brown Skin
The National Geographic Society states that American Indians do not have red or copper colored skin. Early explorers labeled Native people as Redskins due to painting practices with red ocher and plant-based paints. The Indian skin is brown.
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National Geographic Society
Pumpkin Pie Enhancement With Citrus Zest
A culinary note suggests adding a teaspoon of grated lemon rind to the shortening when mixing pastry for pumpkin, sweet potato, or carrot pies to introduce extra flavor. The tip emphasizes citrus zest as a brightening element in the crust.
Reserve Program Boosts Economy in Lawton Area
The U S Army Reserve program supports Lawton with a $151,583 payroll and 241 active reservists from Lawton and nearby towns Apache, Frederick, Duncan and Waurika. The force includes multiple units led by Cols. Bob Hughes and Ralph Wolverton, plus a 4155-8 USAR School and Fort Sill staff. A forum at the Chamber of Commerce outlined training plans, and a new reserve armory costing about $166,000 will be built west of the National Guard Armory.
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United States Army Reserve Program
Lawton
Apache
Frederick
Duncan
Waurika
37Th
Inf
Bob Hughes
Ralph Wolverton
Fort Sill
Chamber of Commerce
Maj
Rawlins Morris
Ewing Gafford
National Guard
Pecan Growers Meet in Okmulgee Oklahoma
Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association holds its annual meeting in Okmulgee on Tuesday and Wednesday with prizes for the best pecans entered.
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Okmulgee
Okla
Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association
Talara raft voyage echoes Kon Tiki attempt
Four men and a woman sailed from Talara Peru Sunday by raft toward Polynesia in an effort to duplicate the Kon Tiki voyage.
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Talara
Peru
Polynesia
Bar Meeting Will Attract 7 Area Lawyers
Seven area and county lawyers are slated for the 51st annual Oklahoma Bar Association meeting at the Biltmore hotel in Oklahoma City from Wednesday through Saturday. The program lists John W. Tyree Lawton Sam Wilhite Anadarko Luther Eubanks Walters Stansell Whiteside Altus Red Ivy Waurika James A. DeBois Duncan and Cecil R. Chamberlin Frederick as participants with alternates including Leslie Pain Lawton Walter Morris Anadarko Funston Flanagan Walters Thomas G. Braddock Altus Richard Stone Waurika Gene M. Gardner Duncan and Anthony M. Massad Frederick. Tom Clark Washington DC associate justice of the US Supreme Court will speak at the Friday night banquet.
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The
Oklahoma Bar Association
Biltmore Hotel
Oklahoma City
John W. Tyree
Lawton
Sam Wilhite
Anadarko
Luther Eubanks
Walters
Stansell Whiteside
Altus
Red Ivy
Waurika
James A. DeBois
Duncan
Cecil R. Chamberlin
Frederick
Leslie Pain
Walter Morris
Funston Flanagan
Thomas G. Braddock
Richard Stone
Gene M. Gardner
Anthony M. Massad
Tom Clark
Washington, D.C
United States Supreme Court
Bar Association
Eden To Visit the End Of January in Washington
British Prime Minister Eden will meet President Eisenhower in Washington at the end of January to plan cold war strategy amid Russia's assertive stance. White House press secretary James C. Hagerty confirmed the invitation and acceptance for a few days’ visit.
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Gettysburg
Eden
Eisenhower
Washington
White House
Russia
James C. Hagerty
United States
Primatene Tiny Tablet Promises Asthma Relief
A new tiny tablet labeled Primatene is claimed to stop asthma attacks and provide hours of relief without prescription. The ad touts the formula as most prescribed by doctors, opens airways, reduces mucus, and eases tension, promising sleep and freedom from spasms for 98 cents with a money back guarantee.
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Whitehall Pharmacal Company
1956 Oklahoma high school convention set for Lawton
Federation of Oklahoma High School Student Councils selects Lawton High School as site for the December 1956 convention. About 350 state students anticipated, including Negro and white delegates, with Ohio Toledo national event planned for June. Lawton named state council secretary for 1956.
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Federation of Oklahoma High School
Lawton High School
Jerry Brammer
Ponca City
Lawton
Brammer
Negro Association of High School
Wich
Toledo
Ohio
Rosalie Thomson
Susan Hawkins
Pete Love
Glenn Dosser
LHS
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el Reno
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Broilers
Muskogee
Tulsa
Laverne
Vinita
Pauls Valley
Alva
Elk City
Woodward
Watonga
Laverne, Woodward
Pecans
Shawnee
Dairy Farmer
IEE
Greer Addition Nursery
North 31St Street
American Automobile Association
C Avenue
Lawton Municipal
W. H. Phipps
Pocahontas, Ark
Iece
Sheridan Road
Sheridan Rd
McKee CO
Pho
Mistletoe Lodge
F&am
Columbia
J. F. McElwaine
W. M
Airlines
Los Angeles
Fort Worth
Suny Hilt
San Antonio
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
D Ave
D Avenue
Buster Wyatt
Sible
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