Combat Vets Boost Recruiting In Lawton Army Office
U S Army taps long service combat veterans to recruit for technical fields with new training. MSgt J N McMurry, Lawton recruiter in charge, says courses worth about 25000 dollars are available. McMurry, Ardmore native, 36, lives at 816 N 35th and plans to retire here after more service. Two other staffers, Mason and McAdoo Jr., also have extensive overseas backgrounds and long service histories in the recruitment post.
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U. S. Army
Lawton Army
Oklahoma
J. N. McMurry
Fort Sill
McMurry
Ardmore
Lawton
Artillery Officers Candidate School
United States
Germany
Africa
Italy
France
Bessie
Mason
Army
Pine Camp
N. Y
Ninth Armored Div
27Th Armored Infantry Bat
England
Belgium
San Francisco
Japan
Korea
Ankara
Turkey
John B. McAdoo Jr
European
Williams
U.S. Army
Lfc
Robert D. Mason
State Farmers To Face Some Problems In '56
Oklahoma A&M College economists foretell 1956 will mirror last year's farmer income decline with high production, large surpluses, and costly marketing. Cotton price supports may fall for southern cotton, wheat supports at least $1.81 per bushel, and cattle prices likely flat with possible slight declines. Hog prices expected low but hog slaughter prices improved last fall.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma
Oklahoma A&m College Economists
Aggie
Markets Grains Oklahoma City Livestock Results
Weekly livestock report from Oklahoma City shows fed cattle mostly lower, cows steady, calves weak. price ranges for steers and heifers across weight classes and grades. hogs mostly steady after early gains with U S 1-2 barrows and gilts quoted 14 to 15 dollars per hundredweight, varying by weight and grade.
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Oklahoma City
U. S
Moonshining Is Big Business in West Virginia Hills
Bluefield reports that Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit agents view moonshiners as high risk operators. With six-barrel outfits and 300 gallon mash tanks, makers can yield 88 gallons weekly, meaning $924 weekly tax losses at 10.50 a gallon. About 100 stills operate across six southern West Virginia counties, while operators often use high powered cars and even planes.
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Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit
West Virginia
McDowell
Raleigh
Mercer
Summers
Wyoming
Monroe
ATA
Bluefield
Welch
Two Hurt In Bus And Truck Crash On Ice In Claremore
In Claremore Oklahoma on February 4 two Greyhound passengers were hospitalized after a bus collided with a semi trailer on icy US 66. Injured were Clifford Lamontague 26 of Fort Worth and Patricia Nowecky 15 of Chicago with Nowecky suffering a broken leg while Lamontague had minor injuries. The truck driver William Lee Wolf Neosho Missouri skidded on ice toward the oncoming bus but missed it. as the bus swung around it struck the rear of the truck. Bus driver Earnest Lavee Slaton 44 Fort Worth said 26 passengers were aboard.
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Claremore
Okla
Greyhound
U.S
Here
Clifford LaMontague
Fort Worth
Patricia Nowecky
Chicago
Ill
Miss Nowecky
LaMontague
Owne
William Lee Wolf
Neosho
Earnest Lavee Slaton
Ford dealer Jake Witzel enters hospital for rest
The South western city Ford dealer and civic leader Jake Witzel has entered South western hospital for a two week rest his wife reported Saturday. Mrs. Witzel said he had been overdoing himself and doctors advised him to take it easy for a couple of weeks.
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Jake Witzel
Ford
Southwestern Hospital
Warranty Deeds in Lawton Area From Various Transfers
ASTRUCTION of property transfers listed include Emmett Long and Merl Long to Roy and Barbara Lawson with 25 feet, College Addition parcels. B J Pruett and Nelda Pruett to Eugene and Birdie Bowman. Jessie Havron and Zekie Havron to Robert and Gertrude Bills. Loyd Megison and Vera Megison to Ted and Blanche Smith. J C Riddle Jr. and Vernie Riddle to J C Riddle and Lonnie Riddle. James Lewis Spence and Doris Spence to James M Griffin and Oma Lee Griffin. Edward Cornwell and Hettie Cornwell to James Aust and J D Aust. and other replat and subdivision transfers with stamp values shown. Also listed are cattle market figures and lamb prices from Friday’s slaughter, including various weight classes and price ranges.
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Lawton Constitution-Morning Press
Bor
Moore
Emmett Long
Merl Long
Roy R. Lawson
Barbara A. Lawson
College
B. J. Pruett
Nelda M. Pruett
Eugene L. Bowman
Birdie Bowman
Greer
Loyd C. Megison
Vera P. Megison
Ted Smith
Blanche Smith
Liberty Heights
J. C. Riddle Jr
Vernie Lee Riddle
J. C. Riddle
Lonnie Riddle
West Mt. View
Jack C. Shankitin
Mary Ann Shanklin
Karl J. Williams
Robbie N. Williams
Good Acres
D. F. Roberts
Eva Roberts
Frank Scheetz
Virgil C. Cox
Ella Cox
Audrey Cothran
Lawton Heights
Williams
Joseph Ferland
Esther E. Ferland
Longview Addition
Louis J. Arnau
Beulah M. Arnau
Donald Eugene Tabor
Julia Ta
Inter-American council classifies three mile limit study
The Inter-American jurists' council voted to declare its resolution denouncing the three-mile territorial limit a preparatory study. The council, meeting here, approved a U.S supported Cuban resolution and left further action to the maritime conference opening March 15 in Ciudad Trujillo.
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Council
Mexico City
Inter-American Jurists’ Council
Ciudad Trujillo
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