Burglary spree ends with Fort Sill soldier arrest
A Lawton crime wave including house burnings and purse snatchings is tied to a 21 year old Fort Sill soldier captured by Night Chief Pete Fuller after a purse snatching at 17th and Ferris. He confessed to several crimes and was questioned by state city and military authorities.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Pete Fuller
17Th
Ferris
Fuller
al Worthen
Gore
Oak
Gate No. 3
Kyle Moorehead
National Board
Lacy McKenzie
Moorehead
Eisenhower says fear of global war is lower now
President Eisenhower at a news conference said the fear of global war is at a lower level than at any time in the last few years. He distinguished between peace and an armistice and noted NATO leadership since January 1951. He discussed atoms for peace, foreign aid, and a potential Asia program, while avoiding a decision on a second term.
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Washington
Eisenhower
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Atoms For Peace
United Nations
State Dulles
Congress
Asia
Eisenhower says no attack on McCarthy
President Eisenhower refused to indulge in personal vituperation toward Senator McCarthy at a news conference. He said he would uphold Congress’s right to investigate and avoided naming McCarthy, directing reporters to the RNC chair for views on party impact. McCarthy had accused the administration of weakness toward communism and apologized to voters for a 1952 remark.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
Congress
Leonard W. Hall
Republican National Committee
Hall
Ike
Chou En Lai Warns U S Over Formosa Pact
Chou En Lai warned the United States through Peiping Radio that U S interference in China’s internal affairs would bring grave consequences. He called the U S Taiwan Formosa mutual security treaty a warlike provocation and said it endangers peace and risks a new war.
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Tokyo
Chou En Lai
China
United States
Red China
Peiping Radio
Chou
U. S
Peiping
Chiang
Formosa
Chiang Kai
New Chillbearing Down On Sooners
A mass of chilly air sweeps into the state bringing freezing temperatures. Lawton expects fair, cool weather with diminishing winds late today. Highs in the 50s, tonight's low around 28. Today's low was 31 and a midmorning reading near 45. Tuesday's high reached 52.
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Lawton
Area Weather Forecast: Cool, Fair and Winds Diminish
The forecast calls for fair skies and continued cool temperatures with winds easing later. Highs around 50 today and Thursday, with a low near 28 tonight and 31 this morning at 11 am. Tuesday’s high expected near 52.
Cache Road Men Eye Truck Route in Lawton
Lawton officials and Cache Road property owners push to divert state and federal funds from U S 62 widening to a truck route around the city. Oklahoma officials plan a December meeting with the State Highway Department and Bureau of Public Roads to discuss routing money along Railroad Street and widening Lee Street toward Gore.
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U.S. 62
Cache Road
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Charles Ozman
State Highway Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Ozman
Railroad Street
Lee
Sheridan Road
Gore State
Fort Sill Boulevard
Marian Year Ends With Broadcast Blessing From Pope
Vatican broadcast from Pope Pius XII closes the Marian Year as thousands in Rome kneel at St Mary Major Basilica. He blesses the world Urbi Et Orbi and reflects on suffering and sacrifice. In Cleveland, Dr Samuel Sheppard's dentist testifies about chipped teeth found after Marilyn Sheppard's murder.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
Rome
St. Mary Major
Vaticans
Pius
Urbi Et Orbi
Pius IX
Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Sheppard
Marilyn Shep
Richard E. Cook
New Health Chief Begins Duties for County Units
Dr. Charles H. Miller Jr. has arrived in Lawton to assume as director of the county health units serving Comanche Jackson and Tillman counties with headquarters at the County City Health department. He will visit the Frederick and Altus units and brings a long public health career with WWII service and international postings.
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Charles H. Miller Jr
Lawton
Comanche
Jackson
Tillman
No. 10
East B
Frederick and
Altus
Chicago
Northwestern University
Evanston
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Miller
Central
Illinois
132Nd General Hospital
South Pacific
Surgeon General
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Camp Ellis
Ft. Brown
Ft. Ringold
Texas
Rio de Janeiro
Belem
Ecuador
Institute of American Affairs
Oklahoma turnpike bid gains approval amid market glut
A bond syndicate bid on one of Oklahoma's three proposed turnpikes and won approval from the turnpike authority. The $68 million issue at 3.71 percent yields $65.7 million cash, with hopes to finance the northern and southern routes later as market conditions improve. Gov elect Gary and legislators supported the bid, while authority members noted disappointment at missing bids on the other two routes and discussed future financing options.
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Wire Services
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Turnpike Authority
Tulsa
Joplin
Wichita
Kan
Wichita Falls
Tex
Raymond Gary
Authority
Johnston Murray
Milt Phillips
Phillips
George Miskovsky
Wilbur Merritt
First Boston Corp
Two Plane Crashes Fatal To 22 Persons
A Royal Canadian air force Mitchell crashed near Headingley Manitoba, killing three of six aboard, including Flight Officer J W Daly aged 23 from Vancouver. Co Pilot F O A G Adams 33 from Glasgow and F O G R Hans 33, formerly of Loreburn Sask, died. In Greece a Greek air force Dakota crash near Athens at noon killed all 19 aboard, including fifteen Greek army lieutenants.
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Headingley
Man
J. W. Daly
Vancouver
F.O. A.G. Adams
Glasgow
Scotland
F.O. G.R. Hans
Lorebrun
Sask
Athens
Greece
Conestoga Wagon Presentation At Fort Sill Museum Birthday
A 123 year old Conestoga wagon will be presented Friday at Fort Sill Artillery Center Museum to mark the museum’s 20th anniversary. Emmett Keough will present on behalf of Paxton and Gallagher Co. of Omaha. Maj. Gen. Edward T. Williams will receive the wagon as a parade proceeds from the Old Corral to McNair Hall and back to the museum with a six‑horse hitch and Indian School participants.
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Artillery Center
Emmett Keough
Lawton Real Estate
Paul C. Gallaher
Paxton and Gallagher Co
Omaha
Nebr
Butter-Nut Coffee Co
Nebraska Prairies
Col. Ha . Larter
Sancee Tan
Corral
McNair Hall
Keough
Ward T. Williams
Warren G
City Creek Flood Control Plan Eyed
Army engineers recommend definite plans for a flood control project on Squaw Creek southeast of Lawton under the 1950 flood control Act. Rep. Victor Wickersham said a preliminary survey indicates feasibility. engineering details and cost estimates are being drafted for the improvement from First and Lee to where Squaw Creek joins Cache Creek, a three mile stretch with winding course.
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Army
Squaw Creek
Lawton
Victor Wickersham
First and Lee
Cache Creek
Intend Victim Fires On Bandit During Hold Up
George K. Moss, a service station attendant, shot at a would be robber who drew a revolver Tuesday night. Moss said he acted after the man demanded cash and threatened him at point blank range. The wounded gunman and three companions fled in a gray Dodge reported from Tulsa county. Moss, 39, said he did not know why he fired and admitted he was “crazy” for reacting.
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Oklahoma City
Tulsa
George K. Moss
Moss
Lawton Man's Bid Low On Sill Work
Floyd J. Freeman, a Lawton contractor, was the apparent low bidder for installing about 1,600 feet of 12 inch sewer line at Fort Sill. His bid of 21,803 was far below the government's 43,317 estimate. Announcement came from the Tulsa Corps of Engineers district office.
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Floyd J. Freeman
Fort Sill
Corps of Engineers
Tulsa
Turnpike Backers Fail To Attract Bids In Southwest
Lawton civic leaders voiced disappointment that financiers did not bid on the southwestern leg of Oklahoma’s turnpike system. Ron Stephens asserted the project isn’t abandoned and bonds may be sold soon, noting military interest in an improved highway for national welfare and defense. Milton Keating of the Chamber of Commerce echoed the sentiment.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Ron Stephens
Citizens Turnpike Assn
Stephens
Milton Keating
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Lawton Voters Face School Bond for New Elementary Build
Lawton voters are urged to approve a 500000 bond for an elementary school and auditorium to finish the new high school. Despite two new grade schools last summer, enrollment growth continues with pre school census showing 1000 more pupils yearly through 1960. Adams and Cleveland are to be built this year and will likely fill by the 1955 56 year, prompting district leaders to seek funds to keep pace with rising demand.
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Jeanne Howell
Abere Resesee
Lawton
Gia
Jefferson
Cne
Cleveland
Board of Education
Popu- Adams
Escape Plan Almost Fatal For City Convict
Lawton prisoner Sammy Ramos a 32 year old Mexican serving 10 years for first degree robbery crawled into a small three by twenty by twenty inch metal cabinet near the state penitentiary. He was found missing at 4 pm Tuesday and freed after guards heard pounding and cries for help. He was rescued half frozen with cramps and near suffocation after being confined in the cabinet and was then returned to custody.
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Lawton
iAlester’state Penitentiary
Sammy Ramos
Ramos
Otis Waldron
T. J. Kelley Distributing Co
Chaffee G Dies In Wreck
An Associated Press report states 20 year old Camp Chaffee Arkansas soldier Earl G Jarrell died at the scene when his auto overturned on U S Highway 64 south of ice. A fellow soldier was seriously injured and taken to Muskogee General Hospital in serious condition. The 1954 highway fatality toll reached 533 at this time, compared with 498 last year. Earlier Mrs Lou Dean Steele also mentioned.
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Associated Press
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Earl G. Jarrell
Muskogee General Hospital
Lou Dean Steele
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E. B. Seydell
Donald A. Ketchum
Denver
Seydell
Barbara Ward
Deane Downing
Shannon Jones
Miss Jones
J. H. Cline
Logan
Sears and Roebuck Co
Margie Dunbar
Fort Sillman
Stil
Lela Ri Pye Liem Ristmas
Sooners
Men Eye
Pope
Marian
Sam
Clifford C. Foster
Marilyn
Charles Miller JR
New York
City Creek
Turnpike
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