Boxing Night Delights Crowds With Youthful Ring Action
An Oklahoma boxing event drew a lively crowd as 95 and 105 pound youngsters shone in open and novice bouts. Spectators, including military officers and families, praised sportsmanship and the dramatic punch that halted a major contender. The night built to a finale as fans planned return for Friday’s finals.
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Ringsiders
Thomas FE. de Shazs
U. S. Artillery and Guiders Missile Center
Mercer C. Waller
Paul A. Gagan
Trip
Oklahoma City Market Prices for Wheat Eggs Butter and Livestock
The state Board of Agriculture reports prices for wheat No. 1 hard around 2.00 to 2.10 in several towns, No. 1 steady with adequate to short supplies, eggs steady with regional availability. butter Chicago market steady with varied wholesale prices. Oklahoma City livestock show cattle mostly steady with calves and stockers mixed, hogs uneven with sows steady and top values near 19.00 for some barrows and gilts.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Agriculture Today
Guymon
Hooker
Atva
Blackwell
Enid
Medford
Vici
Reno
Hennessey
Kingson
Hobart
Clinton
Edmond
Frederick
fLo.h. Farm
Muskogee
Tulsa
Vinita
Shattuck
Elis City
Alva
Watonga
Pauls Valley
Lawton
Egrs
Oklahomia City
el Reno
Elk City
Oklahoma City Livestock
USDA
Layton Man Denied Vagrancy Charge In Bond Release
Milton Dale Perkis a 22 year old Layton man was released from county jail on a $900 property bond after pleading innocent before Peace Justice Woodrow Giles on a vagrancy charge. Giles set a trial for 2 p.m. February 12 after the bond was posted by the suspect's mother.
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Milton Dale Perkis
Layton
Woodrow Giles
Giles
Eisenhower Talks Court Experience and Middle East Policy
President Eisenhower says a Supreme Court nominee should have prior judicial experience but may consider exceptional lawyers. He stresses political considerations will not affect the pick. He discusses Western Europe oil needs, Saudi and Iraqi relations, and anticipated talks with a Lebanon official. He notes Gordon Gray will succeed Ike’s ODM chief Arthur Flemming.
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Arthur 5. Flemming
Office of Defense Mobilization
Gordon Gray
Defense
Gray
North Carolina
Army
Truman
Giserhower
Supreme Court
Stanley Reed
Herbert Brownell
John W. Davis
Elihu Root
Eisenhower
Europe
Western Europe
Middle East
United States
Britain
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Mideast
Abdulah
Iraq
Lebanon
Hospital News Items Summary
Centered hospital notices list admissions and births. Names include Quanah Abtone Anadarko Ruth Standingwater Enid and Charlene Martin Cyril among admissions. Births reported for Sidney Land 1706 Ash February 5, weight 3 pounds 4 ounces and Paul H Jung 308 Arlington February 6, weight 6 pounds 10 ounces. Numerous other patients and outcomes noted with addresses and medical notes.
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Quanah Abtone
Anadarko
Medival
Fremont Methvim
Carnegie
Ruth Standingwater
Enid
Charlene Martin
Cyril
Johnnie Kahdot
Max Silverhorn
Apache
Sidney Landson
Ash
Paul H. Jung
Arlington
Flora A. Steele
Ferris
Medical
Jacquetta Sue Rhoads
Clarence Rhoads
Euclid
James McDonald
Rt. 1
G. Winn
Eim
Walter Bradley
Garland Anderson
Comanche
James J. Fraizer
Columbia
Francis E. Baden
Logan
Cecil G. Bower
George W. Stinnett
Park View
Gary Lee Schlottach
Edwin Schlottach
Belle Harrod
Jacob A. Hurley
Etta Spurlock
Temple
William 5. Smith
Henry F. Tuckle
Wayne L. Kern
Max Kern
Alvin Setzer
Stephanie C. Lysinger
Frederick Lysinger
D. Sutton
Perry Willis
Snyder
Clyde G. Olwell
la Sill
L. ¥. Howard
Roosevelt
Edwin Rumbaugh
John R. Radford
Georgia Hendershot
Nancy Jane Brown
Tom Torgerson
Qlasite
Sur- Berg
Cameron Plans Fund Allocation For Construction And Repairs
The Cameron committee earmarks 356000 for new construction 125000 for repairs and maintenance and 313713 for operations Most repairs funds will cover street repairs at the junior college and equipment for various departments Advertising bids for new construction cannot occur until funds are available The town expects a 375000 gymnasium to be completed in about two weeks and a 17482 barn near completion for Aggie animal husbandry lab work.
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Howell
Cameron
Aggie Animal Husbandry
Editor Raps Gary For Censorship
Oklahoma City editor Wallace Kidd, Anadarko publisher and Sigma Delta Chi leader, denounces withholding letters written by a condemned man. He says public officials have no right to suppress private dying communications and warned of an implied cover up if letters remain hidden.
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Oklahoma City
Wallace Kidd
Anadarko
Sigma Della Chi
Society of Newspapermen
Kidd
Ifll
McLeod withholds letters from Hendricks execution
Prison warden H C McLeod discussed Hendricks letters with the FBI and state crime bureau after the condemned man requested the letters be shared with newsmen and then later said they should be disclosed only after death. The letters criticized officials and the Pardon and Parole Board.
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Greenlease
Kansas City Bay
McLeod
H. C. McLeod
McAlester
Federal Bureau of Investigation
State Crime Bureau
Gary
Pardon and Parole Board
Hendricks
Tulsa Tribune
Nolen Bulloch
Jim
Maintenance Superintendent Sought For Ardmore AF Base
Ardmore Air Force Base in Oklahoma seeks a construction and maintenance superintendent with pay at $3.06 an hour. Applications for examination are available at the post office as announced by the U. S. Civil Service Commission.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Ardmore Air Force Base
Oklahoma
15 LHS Bandsmen Win State Honors
Fifteen Lawton high school musicians lead the largest single delegation from one school chosen for the 1957 Oklahoma All State High School Bands. They join 218 top young players selected from over 400 applicants for auditions at the University of Oklahoma February 21 to 23.
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Lawton High School
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
Lawton
Carole A. Montgomery
Ethel Schmehling
Peggy Wickman
Jack Reynolds
Eugene Hamm
Barbara McCoy
Karen K. Nowlin
Jeanette Cox
Dainds E. Laird
James Long
Milton McCrary
Jimmy Bernhardt
Richard Malone
Gary Cooper
Gas blasts rock Reno area injure several and evacuees
A series of propane gas explosions in Reno began at 1 03 p m as gas odors detected in Patterson store basement prompted evacuations of five buildings The blasts killed two men Frank Spina and another man and injured many others Officials credited Orville Owen a power company trouble shooter for warning people and evacuating the area Gas pockets and gas mains were identified as factors with authorities closing lines and resuming checks hours later The Virginia Street gambling district remained largely unaffected and most evacuees were allowed to return after five hours
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Bue
Karl Evans
Evans
Paterson Men's
Sierra Pacific Power Co
Fire Department
Orville Owen
Power Company
Paterson
Gray Reid
Reno
Elks Club
Sierra Street
John DuPrat
Frank Spina
Virginia Street
2Nd
Mapes Hotel
Sierra
1St Street
John Paget
Reno Air Defense Filter Center
Bankers Trust
Scouts Dismissed Friday to Observe Scout Anniversary
Central junior high will dismiss Boy Scouts at 10 a.m. Friday to mark the 47th anniversary of the organization. The remainder of the day will have the scouts visiting local businesses to learn about various professions. Uniforms and Scout IDs required to be excused.
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Central Junior High School
Boy Scouts
Speeder and Drunk Driver Sentenced in County Court
Terrell M. Speed, 45, of 313 Park, was ordered to pay a $10 fine and serve 60 days in jail after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated in county court. Judge John P. Fullerton imposed the punishment. A Fort Sillian, Robert Reagan, 22, received a $100 fine and 11 days in jail for reckless driving after highway patrol troopers pursued speeds up to 120 mph on U S 62 west of Lawton. The arrest occurred at a roadblock near ith and lee, with further charges pending in municipal court.
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Terrell M. Speed
313 Park
John P. Fullerton
Lillian
Robert Reagan
Justice of Peace
Marvin E. Cameron
Reagan
Dan J. Combs
W. W. Flanagan
Lawton
U. S. 62
Ith and
Lee
Local Ward Campaigns Set For City Primary Contests
Politics page outlines candidates for Lawton Oklahoma city races with Ward 1 incumbent I C Parks facing Lester McKenzie while Ward 2 attracts Bauman and other hopefuls including White, Stout, and Bob Russell. Ward 3 sees Emery Cowley and incumbent Blunt Zorger under challenge from Herman Jackson and mentions March 19 primary date.
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White
Lester Stout
Oarks
Bob Russell
Ozman
I. C. Parks
Lester McKenzie
Blunt Zorger
Herman Jackson
Negro Barber
Area Men In Service Leave For Azores
ASC Harvey W Townsend, 15, son of Mr and Mrs C H Townsend of 7016 Park, is on leave at home before leaving Lawton Saturday for the Azores Islands off Portugal. He completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Texas after entering the Air Force on Oct 9 1956 and attending Lawton High School. Airman Marshall Collier, 18, son of C B Collier of 2329 Cornell, completed the first phase of basic training at Lackland AFB and is now in the advanced basic course preparing for one of the Air Force 43 major career fields.
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Emery Cowley
Barber
Corwin
Cameron College
Lawton High School
Bauman
Lawton
Elgin
Coumerl
Banman
Florida
ASC
Harvey W. Townsend
C. H. Townsend
Park
Townsend
Lawsan
Azores Islands
Portugal
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Air Force
Airioan
Marshall Collier
C. B. Collier
Cornell
Lackland Afb
Collier
Lackland
Sillman Charged Over Unlicensed Driver Permit
Jack Amerson Blevins Jr., 18, of Fort Sill was charged this morning by County Attorney Warren Crane in Justice of Peace Woodrow Giles court with permitting an unlicensed driver to operate a motor vehicle.
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Jack Amerson Blevins Jr
Fort Sill
Warren Crane
Justice of Peace
Woodrow Giles
County Convicts Up For Paroles in February Board Meeting
Two Comanche county men seek parole from McAlester State Penitentiary as the state parole board prepares its February session February 25 and 26. Donald E. Hammond, three-year term for second degree burglary in 1936, and Will S. Shaddix, 15-year sentence for first degree manslaughter in 1952, lead a list of fourteen applicants. Others include Bob Walker, nine years for murder from Creek county, and Lloyd Briggs, life term for murder from Tulsa county, with Walker imprisoned since February 7, 1912 and Briggs since December 13.
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Comanche County
McAlester
State Pandon and Parole Board
Donald E. Hammond
Will S. Shaddix
Bob Walker
Creek County
Lloyd 0. Briggs
Tulsa County
Walker
Briggs
Lees
Plans For Junior High Party To Be Outlined In Hi Lites
Central junior high students will learn details of an all school party in the fourth edition of Jr Hi Lites going to press Friday. The issue will also include plans for the Pep club annual party on March 8, editor Miss Sue Lacy said today.
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Central Junior High School
Jr-Hi-Lites
Sue Lacy
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