Merchants Targeted Over Oklahoma Wage Law Fight
Oklahoma lawmakers accuse druggists and hardware dealers of organizing opposition to a proposed 75 cent an hour state minimum wage bill. Rep. Robert Cunningham says he will introduce the measure as backers from labor push to apply federal wage standards to all Oklahoma businesses. The Oklahoma Pharmaceutical Association warns the bill aims to extend interstate wage rules statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Robert O. Cunningham
Oklahoma Pharmaceutical Association
Crown Drug
Katz Drug
Oklahoma
Earl Rhodes
Pete Weaver
Cunningham
Emyes
Wife Killer Gets Life Imprisonment
Paragould Arkansas. De-Wane Tatum 27 receives a life term for the shooting death of his wife Juanita 23 who was pregnant and holding a 14 month old when killed by a .22 rifle Oct 14. Greene County Circuit Court jury deliberated about an hour before verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paragould
Ark
Tatum
Greene County
Juanita
City and State At a Glance Inquiries and Data
A compiling of key civic statistics covering population government structure and officials education health recreational facilities financial institutions industries utilities and media. The list seeks totals by category such as population size growth rates schools facilities firms trades and public services.
USO YMCA Interior Upgrades Continue At Fourth and B
Interior work at the USC YMCA continues with new counter at the snack bar new flooring for multiple rooms and new furnishings planned. Local contractors under oversight of the club director and building chairman conduct flooring by English Furniture painting by Harold Lund plumbing by Jo G Andrews and draperies by Home Decor and Air Conditioning. The facility remains open during repairs Hallett said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USO
Usc-Ymca
Jake Witzel
W. D. Ford Jr
English Furniture Company
Harold Lund
Jo G. Andrews
Hallett
Employment Dips in Comanche County in November
Lawton State Employment Service reports November job losses amounting to 650 from a year earlier and 825 fewer jobs than October, totaling 16,725. Harvest slowdowns and service-sector cutbacks cited. 708 nonfarm placements made, clerical workers form 28 percent of applicants, and officials urge employers to list openings for free public aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
John Looney
Lawton
Looney
Public Employment Service
Meningitis Victim Gilmore Infant Improves
Deborah Darlene Gilmore a five month old infant daughter of Mr and Mrs William Gilmore improved to satisfactory condition at Memorial hospital authorities said She had been in isolation since admission on December 5 and was listed in critical condition earlier
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah Darlene Gilmore
William Gilmore
Memorial Hospital
Gilmore
Assistant Provost Marshal Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
Maj Harlan M Loye assistant provost marshal Artillery Center promoted to lieutenant colonel. Resident 2826 N 23rd, stationed since October 1951. Born Nashua Iowa, raised Faith South Dakota, former Aberdeen police sergeant, long with 147th Field Artillery and South Dakota National Guard. Participated in New Guinea campaigns 1942 44 and Korean campaigns 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan M. Loye
Col. Loye
N. 23Rd
Nashua
Iowa
Col. Love
Faith
S. D
Aberdeen
147Th Field Artillery
South Dakota National Guard
Southwest Pacific
I Corps Artillery
New Guinea
Fort Sill
Douglass High Christmas Program Presented as Nativity Scene
Douglass high school presents The Nativity Christmas program at 8 p.m. Friday in the school auditorium with no admission charge. The Douglass chorus will sing carols and depict Christmas Scriptures in tableaux. Faculty sponsors are Mesdames Hargrove and Sadberry. Betty Ruth Washington is narrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass High School
Mesdames Dora Hargrove
Novella Sadberry
Betty Ruth Washington
E. M. Andrews
LeEster Alexander
Ronald O’neal
Herbert Hagler
Henry Dillard
Elwood Williams
Joe Davis
Leo Guest
Eugene Ray
Charles Butler
Tommie Johnson
Carnell Fisher
Larmeter Baker
Fannie Simpson
Gladys Miller
Ola Patmon
Mary Alexander
Loretta Wallace
Marilyn Smith
Maude Seesaran
Juanita Jones
Evelyn O'Neal
Cornelia Parker
Shirley Johnson
Elizabeth Simms
Ben Esther Troutman
Teolar House
Estella Joseph
Dorothy Franklin
Robert Stevenson
R. C. Butler
Collis Allen
City Negro Starts Two Year Sentence
Lawton 24 year old Louis Bouye began a two year term for the Aug 27 burglary of the Snyder Frisco depot. Bouye pleaded guilty to second degree burglary after Frisco Railroad Detective C D Hayes arrested him in Altus last week. He stole $80 from a depot drawer and had a prior police record in Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Louis Bouye
Hobart
McAlester
Snyder Frisco
Bouye
Frisco Railroad
C. D. Hayes
Altus
Hayes
Louis Eliasberg’s Unique Complete US Coin Collection
Louis Eliasberg retains the only complete set of United States coins by date and mint, a singular collection unmatched in the nation. This rare assemblage comprises every issued specimen, defining a historic numismatic record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Eliasberg
United States
De Luxe and Giant Christmas Cards Dominate Season
Card dealers report religious cards now sell five times their ten year level while giant and studio cards attract top buyers. Shoppers favor floral designs, Santa, winter scenes, or bells as the five best motifs shift little year to year.
Buffalo calves endure branding and testing on Oklahoma range
Wisconsin researchers Clarence Rohovetz Jeff Faust and Sam Scheinberg assisted branding and testing of buffalo calves at the Wichita Wildlife Refuge near Oklahoma. The trio, visiting for the first time, documented the process while noting Oklahoma’s mild climate compared to Wisconsin. They observed the longhorn herd and history of the Wichita Game Preserve established by Theodore Roosevelt in 1905. The work concludes Saturday as calves return to their 91 square mile home range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Rohovetz
Jeff Faust
Sam Scheinberg
Wisconsin
Scheinberg
University of Wisconsin
Rohovetz
Buffalo
Oklahoma
Faust
Wichita
Theodore Roosevelt
National Forest Service
Congress
American Bison Society
America
Wichita Wildlife Refuge
Oklahoma City Market Reports Poultry Eggs and Livestock Prices
Oklahoma City market data show statewide poultry and egg prices with No 1 eggs steady around 32 to 35 cents for various sizes and regional price spreads for broilers and hens. Livestock at Oklahoma City market on December 16 includes cattle and calves with mixed bids. utility cows 8.00 to 10.50, bulls to 12.50, slaughter calves 13.00 to 18.00, and sheep with feeder lambs around 16.50 and natives 17.00 to 17.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Bison
Frederick
Alva
Ennessey
Kingfisher
Blackwell
el’ Reno
Enid
Medford
Vici
Yukon
Clinton
Hobart
Lawton
Oklahoma
Guyman
Hooker
Broilers
F.o.b
Muskogee
Vinita
Ardmore
Tulsa
Hens
McAlester
Elk City
Watonga
Laverne
Chickasha
Durant
Pauls Valley
Elk Reno
el Reno
Shawnee
Oklahoma City Livestock
P Usda
Credit Women Honor Bosses at Christmas Breakfast
Rev. Clayton S. Walder of First Presbyterian led a Christmas story I Gotta Idee at the Lawton Credit Women’s Breakfast Club event. Seventy members and guests attended in the church dining hall with invocations, carols, a vocal solo, benediction, door prizes, and themed decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton S. Walder
First Presbyterian Church
Lawton Credit Women’s
E. B. Lacy
Mollie Garrett
R. L. Gilbert
Melva Jo Garrett
Valder
Don Billingslea
Olamae Recer
No Trace Found Of Two Bandits Robbery at Liberty Heights Grocery
City police said no trace had been found of two bandits who robbed Liberty Heights Grocery at 17th and Ferris Wednesday morning. The armed pair escaped with about $1,000 in cash and checks.
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Liberty Heights Grocery
17Th
Ferris
State Workers Finish Boulevard Traffic Lane Plan
The Oklahoma state highway department completed an interim traffic lane plan for Fort Sill Blvd north of Ferris. Workers painted lines this week to mark entry and exit points while testing a permanent flow pattern from a recent traffic survey. Left turns across the boulevard are prohibited except at the underpass bridge Gate 4 and the Ferris intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill Blvd
Ferris
State Highway Department
State Office
Military Reservation
Gate 4
Rolling Quake hits Nevada and California with minor damage
A strong rolling earthquake was felt across Nevada and California shortly after 3 a.m. in Reno and San Francisco. Fallon reported light damage with cracked ceilings and loose bricks, while Lowden and surrounding areas faced brief power outages and no major destruction. Las Vegas felt two quakes with no damage reported. PG & E confirmed widespread sensing but no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elke
Nev
California
Reno
San Francisco
Fallon
George Wilkins
Wilkins
Lowlock
Las Vegas
Gambling Oasis
Pacific Gas and Eelectric Co
Califonia
PG & E
Tulsa Water Use Hits All-Time Record
Tulsa water users set an all-time record this year with 4,860,000,000 gallons, a 13 percent rise from 1953, marking the largest consumption since Tulsa drew its supply from Spavinaw Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Spavinaw Lake
Funeral rites held for William Hollerbach 66
William Hollerbach of 1110 Ash died of a heart ailment in a Lawton hospital. Services at 2 30 p m Friday at St John s Lutheran Church with Rev Donald V Hafeman officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. He owned Home Bakery in Lawton until 1944. Born May 25 1888 in New Orleans, he married Grace Staub in 1911 and moved to Lawton in 1917. He was Lutheran. Survived by his wife and others in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Billy) Hollerbach
Lawton
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Donald V. Hafeman
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hollerbach
Home Bakery
New Orleans
Grace Staub
Mobile
Ala
Legion Official To Speak Here
Elmer Fraker Oklahoma City department adjutant of the American Legion will address the Lawton Lions club Monday at noon. He will be introduced by Dr. Several post members will be guests. Program chairman is J. H. Crosby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Fraker
Oklahoma City
The
American Legion
Lawton Lions Club
J. H. Crosby
Pauls Valley Chamber Elects Tolbert President for 1955
Pauls Valley Oklahoma December 16 The chamber of commerce has elected Clifford Tolbert co owner of the Washita Valley Grain Co as president for the coming year. The chamber also has ten tentatively approved plans for a 1955 golden trend oil exposition next October.
Pope Pius XII Studies Show Small Hernia and Gastritis
Vatican officials announced from detailed X rays that Pope Pius XII, 78, has a small diaphragmatic hernia and gastritis. Doctors planned further study and an operation was considered likely, while a stomach ulcer was ruled out. The pontiff rested after a morning examination and Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius XII
Raffaele Paolucci Giggece
Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi
Msgr. Angelo Dell’Acqua
Vatican
Television Gift For Pope From American Schoolboys
A $4,000 television set trimmed in 18 carat gold is sent to the Pope as a gift from 15,000 American schoolboys and the brothers of Saint Francis Xavier. The set has arrived in Naples aboard the liner Cristoforo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Pope
Brothers of St. Francis Xavier
Naples
Cristoforo
Hair For A Lifetime Demonstration By Tribhologist Green
J Wayne Green of Rogers Inc. declares baldness preventable and offers a Lawton Oklahoma demonstration at the Midland Hotel on Sunday December 19. He cites scalp health and education as keys and guarantees satisfaction with a 30 day refund if not delighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
J. Wayne Green
Rogers, Inc
Green
Rogers
Lawton
Okla
Midland Hotel
Emphas
America
R. Fipple
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J. L. Rhodes
H. M. Love
U. S. Army
Douglass
City Negro
Lorance M. White, M.D
Security Bank
Fale
Longhorns
C. M. Pike
Koehler
Plymouth
Ron Cook
Jim Perrin
Pete Howenstine
U. S
Nevada
M&o
E Ave
G. Andrews
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
Eae Gata
William Hollerbach
Legion
Allen Century
Canada
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