Labor Council Set Meeting At Lawtonian Feb 11
Oklahoma State Council of Machinists will convene at the Lawtonian Feb 11 with about 100 delegates and visitors. Jim Witcher of Shawnee arranged the one day meeting as delegates from Lawton Tulsa Muskogee El Reno Shawnee and Oklahoma City prepare to attend. Special guests include electricians laborers motion picture operators and Spartan employees. Toby Morris district judge will be the principal speaker. A Wichita Mountains tour is tentatively planned.
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Lawtonian
Oklahoma State Council of Machinists
Jim Witcher
Machinists Union
Shawnee
Lawton
Tulsa
Muskogee
el Reno
Oklahoma City
Severe Winter Continues Grips Oklahoma With Snow and Frost
Eastern counties reported up to two inches of moisture as cold fronts blanket the state. Forecasts shifted from clearing skies to freezing rain in the southeast and widespread snow Friday. Snow drifts hamper travel near Blackwell while a 24 inch to 2 inch snowfall is logged in multiple towns. Temperatures dip to near zero in the Panhandle and rise to 15 to 20 in the southeast with a warming trend expected by weekend. Gas demand climbs in Lawton Fort Sill as winds chill and supplies hold steady. Crops face damage from last night’s freeze though moist ground may help roots remain insulated. alfalfa and small grain risk damage unless snow protects them.
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United Press
State Highway Department
Bartlesville
Pawhuska
Enid
Blackwell
Beaver City
Boise City
Buffalo
Alva
Guymon
Fairview
Woodward
Shattuck
Vinita
Panhandle
Oklahoma
Lawton
Fort Sill
Ford Mugg
Consolidated Gas
Mugg
Muggs
Lewis Haydock
Haydock
All-accident deaths total 92000 in 1955 rise 3 percent
The 1955 all accident death toll reached 92000, up 3 percent from 89432 in 1954, with motor vehicle fatalities driving the increase. Home deaths fell slightly to 27000, work injuries rose to 14200, and non motor public deaths showed a small gain. Falls, burns, drownings and firearms deaths varied little from 1954.
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United States
Idaho
Arizona
Minnesota
North Dakota
Kansas
Oregon
Nebraska
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
New Jersey
Iowa
Maryland
Korea hunts for assassins massive national manhunt
Korea grounded all airplanes and doubled the reward for capture of two gunmen who killed Maj. Gen. Kim Chang Yong, chief of the ROK counter intelligence corps. The ambush near his home prompted a nationwide security clampdown as the 620,000 strong army cancelled leaves.
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Seoul
Korea
Republic of Korea
ROK
Kim Chang Yong
Syngman Rhee
Assault on Firearms Skills Brings Lawton Honor
In 1954 and 1955 the officer fired identical 99.6 scores on the Highway Patrol Practical Pistol Course, a FBI test with silhouetted targets. He made 49 of 50 kill zone shots and retrained later at Stillwater. Combs and his wife Theresa and two daughters moved to 1910 Elm as Lt. Mussen notes Lawton remains short one trooper.
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Highway Patrol
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Combs
Stillwater
Theresa
Elm
Brenda Lee
Danetta Lyn
F. A. Mussen
Lawton
Violence at Western Lounge and Drive-In Robbery
A bar maid at Western Lounge said a customer struck her with a beer bottle as she returned from a phone call. Police arrested one man and sought his companion. In a separate case at a drive-in Frost reported two men robbed him of four twenty dollar bills and four ones after forceful entry into his car.
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Lois Billery
Western Lounge
Memorial Hospital
Frost
GMAC Opens Lawton Branch With Local Executives
GMAC opens a Lawton branch joining eight southwest Oklahoma counties. The branch manager, a 1933 hire, will reside at 2918 Bell with his wife and one daughter. Three other executives include Holland born at Bartlesville and Pearce from Arkansas, with careers across Oklahoma and Texas tech. The office spans over 3250 square feet and will staff from Lawton labor pool as needed. Operations start Monday with formal dedication later.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
GMAC
Bell
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Tex
Holland
MIC
Bartlesville
Connors Junior College
Warner
Northeastern State College
Tahlequah
Oklahoma City
Enid
Pearce
Arkansas
Ouachita College
Arkadelphia
Ark
Ardmore
Ada
Amarillo
Jones
Idabel
University of Oklahoma School of Business Administration
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N. 26Th
Licking River Rises in Kentucky Flows to Ohio
The Licking River begins in southeastern Kentucky and travels northwest for about 80 miles before emptying into the Ohio River.
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Licking River
Kentucky
Ohio River
City Police Car Damaged In Crash
A police car and a civilian car collided at Second and Dearborn around 3 pm Wednesday. Detective Melvin Simmons reported the 1954 Chevrolet unit involved. Mrs. Virginia Hogan, 23, lived at 21042 Dearborn drove the other car. Hogan's child was thrown to the floor but not believed injured. Police car damage is estimated at 130 dollars, the other car at 200 dollars. Highway patrol investigated. report unavailable today.
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Second
Dearborn
Melvin Simmons
Virginia Hogan
Cityans Attend Rites In Capital
Mr and Mrs C B Matthew of 705 Columbia attend funeral services in Oklahoma City for Mrs R L Murdoch about 50 who died Tuesday afternoon She was the sister in law of Mrs Matthew and the daughter in law of Mrs Jeanette Murdoch of 705 Columbia.
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C. B. Matthew
Columbia
Oklahoma City
R. L. Murdoch
Snowbound School Becomes Safe Haven During Six Foot Snow
A winter storm trapped a city bus and at least 20 cars near a school. Students slept on cots in the teachers lounge while adults lounged with games and a piano. Stranded parents and teachers spoke of fright, yet were safe as officials checked by phone.
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Nabors
Carolyn Emerson
Emerson
J. Earl Hewes
Sycamore St
Jamestown
N.Y
Oklahoma tests to rate high school teaching quality
The science foundation grants five thousand dollars for administrative costs as the Oklahoma Curriculum Improvement Commission coordinates a statewide testing effort. Aimed at assessing nine areas including science and mathematics, the Iowa Educational Development test will be used to gauge strengths and weaknesses in math English and other subjects across Oklahoma schools. Pre-testing conferences start this month at state college campuses and actual testing occurs in March with results in April.
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Science Foundation
Oklahoma Curriculum Improvement Commission
Lawton
Oklahoma
Shoemaker
Iowa
Tahlequah
Edmond
Weatherford
Alva
Ada
Durant
University of Oklahoma
Standifer Keas
The
Curriculum Commission
Frontiers of Science Foundation
Chester Swanson
Oklahoma City Schools
J. Rud Nielsen
L. P. Jorgenson
Andrew Holley
Oklahoma A&m School of Education
Claude Boatman
Central State College
T. Harry Broad
Tulsa Webster High School
Stan Keas
State Department of Education
B. Roy Daniels
Norman High School
Truman recalls Formosa policy clash with MacArthur
Arthur Truman writes stressed need to keep Formosa from hostile hands and defend it as a buffer in Asia. He notes U.S. policy denied designs on Formosa while opposing Korean War spread and criticizes MacArthur's public statements as unofficial policy. Truman praises the general as a master strategist and recalls Wake Island meeting in October 1951.
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Arthur
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Formosa
America
U. S
United States
Truman
MacArthur
White House
Gen. MacArthur
Wake Island
Court Notes From Local Civil Probate and Licenses
Selected Investments Corp. sues Cummins for deed foreclosure on Lot 47 Block 2 Woodhouse Subdivision Lawton. Norman Plumbing Supply Co. sues Hawley on account. Federal Insulation Co. sues Robh and White on account totaling $454.84. Hooper et al. sue Crabill et al. to quiet title on multiple Lawton tracts. Clayton Jones seeks letters of administration for Ott Jones estate valued under 10000. hearing Feb 18. Margaret Goode seeks probate for C. W. George will. hear Feb 14. Beer license applications filed for Python Club 1114 Lee Sooner Lanes Coffee Shop and Mt. Scott Bait Shop Medicine Park. Pursley license for 1809 Sixth.
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Superior Court
Selected Investments Corp
Billy C. Cummins
Woodhouse
Lawton
Norman Plumbing Supply Co
Jim Hawley
District Court
Federal Insulation Co
M. O. Robh
Frank White
Roy B. Hooper
James N. Crabill
Fields and Dunning
Sunset Place
Comanche County
Clayton Jones
O. S
Ott) Jones
Margaret Goode
C. W. George
Dwight Malcolm
Paul Goode
Andrew George
Python Club
Lee
Sooner Lanes Coffee Shop
S. 23Rd
Ewing Taylor
Mt. Scott Bait Shop
Medicine Park
Clyde E. Pursley
Public Records and Marriage Licenses Summary
Divorce petitions listed include Emma Lee Brooks John C Brooks care Wallick Robert Wallick Rubena Sparks James Sparks Jean Madden Reed Madden Bobby Ingram Myrtle Ingram Delma Mitchell Margaret Mitchell Mary Frances Kosechata Henry Darrell Kosechata Phyllis Loyd Pearl Loyd. Several marriages recorded for Powell Barrett Eschler Hennessee etc. including Barrett, Barrett, Wade, Land, Myers, Brown, Brunk, Wilkinson Williams Carney Sprole. اشاره to custody and child support in one case.
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Superior Court
Emma Lee Brooks
John C. Brooks
Care Wallick
Robert Wallick
Rubena Dee Sparks
James W. Sparks
Jean Madden
Reed R. Madden
Bobby Ingram
Myrtle Ingram
Delma Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell
Mary Frances Kosechata
Henry Darrell Kosechata
Joe Powell
Snyder
Dorothy Jean Barrett
Indiahoma
Eddie Eschler
Walters
Claudia Hennessee
Lee
Lester A. Earl
Wanda Anne Clark
Smith
Larry Drew Topp
Fort Worth
Tex
Dolores Jean Wade
Robert Alfred Frith
Fort Sill
Leona Rosalee Kepford
Lawton
Kenneth Land
Grandfield
Pay Myers
Wichita Falls
Raymond Holloway
Columbia
Dorothy Pearl Brown
Lacy R. Buchanan
Phyllis Elliott Brunk
Mullens
W. Va
William Taylor Wilkinson
Mary Ann Williams
Grandeld
E. M. Carney Jr
Audrey May Sprole
Cityan Named To Insurance Firm's Board
Ted R. Warkentin, president of Southwestern Stationery and Bank Supply, elected to the Home State Life Insurance Co. board. Warkentin, a civic leader and Hereford breeder, co-owns Decem Drilling Co. and other Oklahoma City interests, with stakes in TV and radio stations and an Enid TV outlet. Home State Life reports 25 years in business, 175,307,206 in life insurance, serves about 250,000 policy holders, and paid out over a million in 1955. The firm wrote 23,842,317 in new business in 1955, exceeding its total in force 20 years earlier.
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Ted R. Warkentin
Southwestern Stationery and Bank Supply
Home State Life Insurance Co
Norman A. Morse
Warkentin
Decem Drilling Co
Decem Production Co
Bix “xX” Drilling Co
Oklahoma City
Midland
Tex
Enid
Lawtonian
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp
Cow
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Pearl Benjamin Loyd
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