Burglary Report Gathers Details From Local Stations
An early Sunday break in involved a north window at Sin Clair Service Station where a tire tool marked the cigarette machine and a $25 cash register amount missing plus cigarets and change. W. F. Marburger reported the loss. the cash register was unlocked. Patrolmen Melvin Kelley and Junior Hawkins found the broken windows. Additional reports include a missing black purse, a 22 caliber rifle, a brown corduroy coat, a six point handsaw, and two fender skirts from a 1955 Mercury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Marburger
Sinclair
Second and
Melvin Kelley
Junior Hawkins
Marburger
Edgar Holman
Bell
Gore
Co. S. Wimple
Price
James Cloat
Lee
Funeral Rites For Deborah June Williams Held
Funeral services for Deborah June Williams 7 month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Williams will be held at 2 pm Wednesday at First Pentecostal Holiness church 15th and D Rev J E Madewell pastor officiating Burial will be in Lawton cemetery Becker Funeral home in charge The infant died at 445 am Sunday in an Enid hospital She was born May 20 1955 in Lawton Survivors include a sister LaReeda Sue two maternal grandparents Claud Williams of Lawton and Mr and Mrs J B Collier of Enid and other relatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deborah June Williams
Harold Williams
Lincoln
Penetecostal Holiness Church
15Th and
J. E. Madewell
Becker Funeral Home
Lawton
Enid
LaReeda Sue
Claud Williams
J. B. Collier
Memorial marks Lawton pioneer Mrs Gensman death
Mrs L M Nick Gensman 76 Lawton musician longtime First Methodist member dies at Memorial hospital after months-long illness. Born June 5 1879 Guthrie Center Iowa she studied KU Chicago taught music in Lawton and helped organize the Schubert Music Club. Services Tuesday at First Methodist with burial Highland cemetery. Survivors include niece Mrs Lewis Cargill and nephew Edgar Van Cleef. Lewis Earl Kaulaity death followup service planned in Carnegie.
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L. M
Nick”” Gensman
Lawton Pioneer and Music Instrucor
Memorial Hospital
First Methodist Church
J. J. Stowe Jr
Highland Cemetery
Lawton Funeral Home
Property tax notices and schedule details for ad valorem
Continued from Page One assessment schedule lists delivery sites in Medicine Park Indiahoma Geronimo Faxon Chattanooga and Cache for March filing deadlines. Homestead exemptions and penalties for late listing apply with March 15 1956 cutoff. Intangible property rates fixed by law at 2 to 4 per 1000, with rules on real personal and public service property.
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Medicine Park
Indiahoma
Brenton’s
Geronimo Grocery
Faxon
Baugh’s
Chattanooga
Cache City
Good’s Drug
Paden
County Excise Board
County Board of Equalization
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Michigan Tops Timber Output in Great Lakes Market
Michigan supplies nearly half of the timber marketed across the Great Lakes region, anchoring regional wood products and impacting pricing and supply dynamics for adjacent states and industries. The report highlights Michigan’s dominant role in regional forestry and its influence on nearby markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Great Lakes States
Area Man In Service Airman First Class Bone
Dale M Bone son of Mr and Mrs Mamie E Bone 1211 Euclid has been promoted to airman first class in the Air Force He is stationed at Roslyn Air Force Base New York Bone is a maintenance and repair specialist in the electronic counter measure field He is a former student at Lawton High School.
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Dale M. Bone
Mamie E. Bone
Euclid
Air Force
Roslyn Air Force Base
New York
Bone
Lawton High School
Air Travel Breaks Record in 1955
American air traffic rose to nearly 42 million passengers in 1955, marking a 19 percent increase from 1954, according to the Civil Aeronautics Administration. CAA Chief Charles J. Lowen announced the record growth as airlines expanded routes domestically and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Charles J. Lowen
Daring boat rescues as floods sweep California towns
Rescue crews navigated debris filled choked rivers to save 33 people in Klamath while Santa Cruz begins rehabilitation after San Lorenzo River floods. Across flooded regions dogs and cats were pulled from roofs by boats as helicopter rescues neared completion and relief teams distribute aid and medical care. Civil Defense chief Val Peterson met Nevada's governor in Reno to assess damage.
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Klamath River
Klamath
Santa Cruz
San Lorenzo River
Coast Guard
Marysville
Yuba City
Civil Defense
Val Peterson
Reno
Nevada
Russell
Four Bandits Give Victims A Present
Kansas City dispatch reports four holdup men posed as deliverymen to gain entry Sunday and loot valued around 5000 dollars. Police recovered part of the haul in Johnson County, including two boxes of jewelry and a mink coat, identified by Mr and Mrs Ernest Plumber of Mission Hills as items stolen from their home.
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Kansas City
Johnson County
Kan
Ernest H. Plummber
Mission Hills
Christmas Day Peace Across World Broadcasts and Feasts
The article notes Pope Pius blessing 50 000 in St Peter’s Square Rome while American troops abroad celebrate with a traditional Thanksgiving turkey. Francis Spellman visits Korea by Army helicopter. 295 Navy icebreakers men aboard Edisto sing carols. Amid Iron Curtain, Porgy and Bess cast performs Christmas in Leningrad Baptist church. Moscow and Peiping report active services and Formosa’s Chiang Kai-shek hints at a near counterattack without a date.
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St. Peter’s Square
Rome
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
U. S
Soviet Union
Leningrad
Moscow
Peiping
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Ground dwelling tree kangaroo behavior
The tree kangaroo spends much time on the ground despite its name. It climbs to feed on fruits and foliage, escapes enemies, and sleeps on or near the ground.
U S Plane Crashes In Azores Islands
An American four engined airplane crashed on Terceira Island in the Azores Sunday night. Airport authorities reported the crash as flaming with unknown casualties. Officials could not identify the aircraft and noted no missing American planes in Europe, suggesting a possible military flight from U S or North Africa bases that refuel in the Azores may have been involved.
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Angrado Heroismo
Azores
Terceira Island
New York
U. S
Broken Bow Teen Shot Three Times Near Idabel OK
A 19 year old Broken Bow man, Russell Pennington, was in very serious condition after being shot three times in a gun fight near Idabel. He underwent emergency surgery at St Anthony's Hospital in Oklahoma City where attendants described his condition as serious. McCurtain county Sheriff Walter Irons said he was holding Pennington's brother in law.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
St. Anthony’s
Russell Pennington
Idabel
McCurtain
Walter Irons
Pennington
Christmas Day Crash Injures Family In Oklahoma
A family of six traveling on U S 277 near Randlett collided with a 1947 Mercury driven by Garcia. The Nutt family, en route to El Reno to visit relatives, included a husband and wife and their children. two adults were injured and a young daughter suffered a broken left arm while a son endured a broken collar bone and ankle. The other car occupants sustained multiple injuries including a broken jaw and fractured leg.
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Garcia
Nutt
U.S. 277
Randlett
Laos Counts Votes In Third Election
In Vientiane Laos began counting what was believed to be a record turnout in the third National Assembly election. Amid threats from Pathet Lao and Vietminh, no violence occurred as candidates aligned with those movements were barred. About 300000 men over 18 were eligible to vote with final results due Wednesday.
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Vientiane
Laos
National Assembly
Pathet Lao Movement
Vietminh
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Deborah Williams
L. M. Gensman
Lewis E. Kaulaity
Lewis Earl Kaulaity
Fort Sill
First Baptist Church
Carnegie
American Legion
Carnegie City
Everett Sadongei
Mountain View
Randolph Allen Holder
Robert Allen Holder
Fletcher
Dewayne Alfred Domebo
James Domebo
Anadarko
Don Juan Bayiddle
Melvin Bayiddle
Apache
Clarence Allen Jr
F. P. Flanagan
Wton
Dick Nutt
Graham, Tex
Medical
Connie Sue Nutt
Graham
Tex
J. D. Hawkins
Walters
Paul Peters
Dallas
W. E. Huber
Calpella
Calif
Wesley Pitts
Claude Thomas
Jerry Johnson
Atlanta
Martha Lipscomb
Ernest Aust
Fort Sill Blvd
F. T. Miller
Crosby
Bill Lund
Columbia
E. J. Blanchard
Ferris
Lawrence Giles
Jose Evagerra
McKinley
Terry Wayne Ekstrom
Carl Ellstrom
Kinyon
Fletcher McMasters
Duncan
Arda Frans
Cameron College
J. H. Peeples
Snyder
Rose Ellen Burkhart
Elsie McKenzie
Norie Prather
Fort Worth
Ruth Anita Pope
Norma Walter
Williams
Lillie E. Austin
Altus
Lynn Ballou
Star
Major Lee
Anna Bennett
Elmer
Mabel Warner
Joye Rutledge
Franklin Blevins
Bennie Melton
S. W. Melton
Summit
Leslie Stots
J. O. Stots
Billy Call
Lawrence Call
Donald Richard Cox
James Cox
Bill R. Tanner
Park
Jack Wesley Martin
Jack Martin
Davidson
Daryl McCall
Barbara Anin Swanson
R. G. Swanson
Olive E. Walker
Mt. Park
Larry Owen
Gene Owen
Oak
Robert GC. Williams
Manning
Clarence Alexander
Lawton Morning Press
KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
Epee
Eee Us
Bdoek Soo Realtors
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
D Avenue
Antarctic
South Pole
Ts Navy
Edisto
Navy
U.S
Azore Islands
Emis
Hoover
Adv
Frypans Ltd
Westinghouse
Onedia Community
Jackson
Zales
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