Robbery suspects tied to hijacking and car theft
Police arrested three youths after a robbery tied to a hijacking on a country road. A mother signed a disorderly complaint, turning over a pistol claimed stolen from Bell. Detectives linked the weapon to the hijack and theft of a 1946 Mercury owned by Tommy Barnhill, with Archie facing charges after waiving a preliminary hearing.
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Kenneth Stradley
Fred Mitchell
Bell
Cleo Stout
Melvin Simmons
Skinner
Arvil Roberson
Carl Phillips
Archie
Cpl. Rotherman
Rothermall
Tommy Barnhill
Lawton
Cameron
Lawton eyes trailer plant growth with Rock Island aid
Ellsworth outlined a 30 000 square foot trailer plant plan costing about 62 dollars per square foot with three buildings plus rail spurs from Rock Island to Lawton. Greater Lawton Inc. members have bought 100 shares each to fund a rapid push, aiming for 50 initial jobs rising to 125 with local training and wages around 1.35 to 1.50 an hour.
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Ellsworth
Lawton
Greater
Allen Bilbrey
Greater Lawton, Inc
Mayor’s Committee Today
Harper-Johnson
Mt. Scott Canning Company
Moore Hat Co
Lawton Meat Supply
Bilbrey
Greater Lawton
Floods flood Oregon and northern California highways
Heavy rains and high winds across Oregon and northern California disrupted roads. Roads blocked by floods and slides isolated Mendocino and Humboldt counties while utilities faltered and a man was killed by a fallen tree amid widespread evacuations and emergency declarations.
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Oregon
Herman Runkel
Ukiah
Mendocino
North Bend
Sexton Summit
Victor Clarence Flury
Coast Highway
Redwood Highway
California
Portland
Business
Portland Factory
Russian River
Smith
Humboldt
del Norte
Arcata
Eureka
Redding
el Norte County
Crescent City
Impostor Jones vanishes after prison scam claims
Demara era impostor posing as Dr Joseph Cyr flees Huntsville after being hired as lieutenant of guards at Wynne farm prison. He boasted a Doctor of Education degree and forged credentials from Peabody College and other institutions. FBI fingerprint check underway. no crime alleged by Huntsville officials.
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Ellis
Wynne Farm
Huntsville
Jones
Peabody College
Nashville
Tenn
University of Texas and
Georgia Teachers College
Collegeboro
Director of Youth Service
Prison Association
Des Moines
Iowa
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Demara
Joseph Cyr
Holiday travel surge trims flights and buses this season
Travel patterns show Continental Airlines adding two extra flights to Kansas City while overall business peaks for air and bus travel shifted earlier. Fort Sill and Lawton travelers favor automobile trips this year, with highway patrol urging motorists to exercise extra caution during the holidays.
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Oklahoma City
Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex
Continental Airlines
Robert Botkin
Continental
Kansas City
Botkin
C.E
Chuck’’ Stevenson
Union
Young trooper seeks Fort Sill future after Camp Chaffee training
Robert Fulton recalls Jesse and a kinship that faded as the Young trooper, serving at Camp Chaffee Arkansas, plans to stay near Fort Sill with his wife in Lawton. The 18-year-old private trains at the 617th, pursuing survey work and hoping to excel, amid family tales of a bank raid in Adair Iowa and a possible Creston stop.
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Robert Fulton
Steamboat Fame
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Lawton
Fort Sill
617Th
James
Fulton
Iowa
Jesse
Adair
Creston
Robert
Mapleton
Creton
Wilfred Niedo to study dry cleaning at Tech
Wilfred Ralph Niedo of Indiahoma will study dry cleaning at Oklahoma A&M Tech in Okmulgee starting the second semester January 9. School officials announced his admission has been accepted.
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Wilfred Ralph Niedo
Indiahoma
Oklahoma A&m Tech
Okmulgee
Bradshaw recounts captivity in Canton during 1951 arrest
Bradshaw and his wife were arrested by Chinese Communists on March 2, 1951 in Canton. He describes abominable conditions, irregular questioning, and limited meals in an eight by ten foot cell shared with three others. He recalls handcuffs on February 26 to 28, 1953 and forced exercises. A Red Cross food parcel improved his diet.
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Bradshaw
Canton
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Dr. Cyr
Travel
Bradshaws
Red Cross
Red China
America
Sengat Diamono Retailers
Tales Jewelers
In Tech
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America’s
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