Farm Bureau Drives for Benson Program Support
The American Farm Bureau Federation backs Secretary Benson in urging farmers to press Congress for the flexible price supports plan. The group plans local mobilization to reach 1,591,000 farm families to urge lawmakers, challenging the view that farmers want rigid high supports.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Administration
Aeccg Son
Agriculture Department
Truman
Howard H. Gordon
Commodity Stabilization Service
Commodity Credit Corp
CCC
Gordon
New York State
James A. McConnel
Congress
Th Benson
Farm Bureau
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Agriculture Committee
Stillwater
Okla
Omaha
Neb
Federation
Bureau
Allan B. Kline
Kline
80Th Congress
Oklahoma City Market Report and State Poultry Prices
Oklahoma City markets show cattle and calves steady to firm with limited hog and sheep activity. Slaughter cattle and stockers firm. hog prices mostly steady to down. sows 21.00-23.00. lambs 18.00-22.00. poultry prices steady to up with district variations. butterfat quoted at 55-63. wheat bids active across regions. pecans weak with occasional bids.
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Oklahoma City Livestock
Oklahoma City
USDA
State Department of Agrculture Today
F.o.b
Muskogee
Vinita
Poteau
Shawnee
Lawton
Ardmore
Tulsa
Alva
Chickasha
Pauls Valley
Elk City
Durant
Chandler
Enid
Laverne
McAlester
Blackwell
el Reno
Hobart
Elkee
Dopey Doc Sends Cheer From Far East Bases
Doc notes a reader, Lt. J. B. Nix, stationed at Johnson Air Force Base Japan. Nix is a Sabrejet pilot and past St. Mary’s and Oklahoma A&M, stationed in the Far East since last April. March 15 looms with a message that money talks but not loudly.
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Doc
Johnson Air Force Base
Japan
J. B. Nix
Dearborn
Lt. Nix
St. Mary’s
Oklahoma
Far East
J. B
Aggies Name King Queen at Sweetheart Dance
Cameron College students yesterday named two freshmen as king and queen for the annual Sweetheart dance on February 15. Queen Sammy Thomas, daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Thomas of 1310 Gore, and King Jerry Messick, son of Mr and Mrs Clyde Messick of Mountain Park, headlined the selections with sophomores Wilma Junean and Charles Jackson as runners up.
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Cameron College
Sammy Thomas
Sam Thomas
Gore
Jerry Messick
Clyde Messick
Mountain Park
Wilma Junean
E. E. Edgman
Cache Road
Charles Jackson
Seminole
Battle Looms For NY Central After Young Rebuff
New York central rail line faces a high stakes struggle for control as Robert R. Young rejects the board’s actions. From Palm Beach he accuses Morgan interests of nonownership and vows to defend shareholders and the public.
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New York
Robert R. Young
New York Central Railroad
Young
Palm Beach
Fla
Morgan
Fort Sill appoints Lt Col Phillips as new Post Chaplain
Chaplain (Lt Col) Hudson B Phillips, from Lancaster New York, assumes duties as Fort Sill's Post Chaplain after service at 5th General Hospital Stuttgart Germany. A Colgate University graduate with a BD, he studied at Harvard Chaplains School and Carlisle Barracks. He served in the Pacific during World War II and with occupation forces in Japan. He and Mrs Phillips reside on post with two Hudson Jr. and John 19, and a daughter Ann 16.
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Hudson B. Phillips
Lancaster
N. Y
Fort Sill
Artillery Center
Phillips
5Th General Hospital
Stuttgart
Germany
Colgate Univerity
Hamilton
Colgate-Rochester Divinity School
Chaplains School of
Harvard
Carlisle Barracks
Pacific
Japan
Hudson Jr
John
Ann
Vietminh Advance Near Luang Prabang in Laos Clash
Vietminh forces pushed toward Luang Prabang Laos advancing 19 miles in 24 hours with a vanguard within nine miles of the royal capital. French and King Sisavong Vong vow to defend. division 308 moved from Dien Bien Phu area to Laos. objective unclear. Luang Prabang garrison reinforced.
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Laos
Hou
Luang Prabang
Sisavong Vong
Vietminh Division
Dien Bien Phu
Viet Nam
Senha
French Union
Wrong Man Recalled as Bank Mistaken Payment Case
Federal agents moved a man to jail for arraignment on receiving money under false pretenses after bank officials admitted they paid the wrong Perry. The legitimate Perry had departed California with no forwarding address, while truck driver Perry was traced through the state department of motor vehicles.
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Perry
California
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Sets Near Finish For Senior Play At Lawton High
Lawton high school prepares the senior play George Washington Slept Here with the speech department painting early American scenery. Under Mrs. Henry T. Ford the three act comedy opens February 22 and 23 in the school auditorium with ticket sales starting next week.
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Lawton High School
George Washington
Henry T. Ford
Speech Meet schedules and judges listed for area high schools
The notice outlines Speech Meet events in the library rooms with judges Miss Arda Frans Mrs. Marcille Sutherland and others. It covers humorous literature extemporaneous speaking oral poetry dramatic literature and public address with multiple rounds starting at 1 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. The afternoon debate featuring El Reno Clinton Lawton Duncan, radio plays and one act plays follow with a long list of participants and judges including Allen Sasser and J. Kytle.
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Arda Frans
Marcille Sutherland
Lyle Work
Suzanne Black
W. J. Becker
June Edgeman
Jessie May Hines
Dorothy Leister
B. J. Wheatley
Sarah Chapman
Francis Wright
Anne C. Swanson
Russell Peterson
Mary Klass
el Reno
Clinton
Lawton
Duncan
United States
Allen Sasser
Ewing Gafford
Russell Rauscher
Bennie Stehr
Stanley Dieh
Ken Lyon
Verna Lee Chandler
Shirley Cartwright
Pat Olson
B. C. White
Don Merrick
Carmen Kinsey
Mary Krehbiel
D. R. Merrick
Dan Cunningtubby
Chickasha
Mrs. Georges
Benne Daniel
Mary and the Fairy
And
Night Life
Jack Kytle
Bill J. Wheatley
State Range Feed Conditions Improve in Oklahoma
Range feed conditions in Oklahoma are slightly below normal but better than last year. Wheat and small grains are short in many areas, hay and sorghum shortages persist, and pre-ens are difficult to obtain. Topsoil is dry in central and western areas, farmers worry, while the eastern third received rain. Cattle remain in fair condition with few winter losses. calf prospects are satisfactory. January marketings and movement remained active despite wheat pasture limits.
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Oklahoma
Federal
Fort Sill Funds Drive Seminar Announced
Board chairman announced a broad invite list for a meeting to discuss consolidating fund drives. Attendees include Appeals Review board and numerous Scout, YMCA, civic, and medical groups. Col Manly and Maj Gen Hart stated aim to curb annual drives and coordinate with the city.
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Cavanagh
Fort Sill
Col
L. L. Manly
Artillery Center
Charles E. Hart
Funeral Rites for John S. Cox 65
John S. Cox died at 7 a.m. Thursday at 1108 Park after months of illness. Born Sept 12, 1888 in Sulphur, he moved from Denison to Lawton in 1930 and married Reba Armstrong on March 4, 1938. Survived by wife two daughters three sons two brothers two sisters and 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Arrangements announced by Lawton Funeral Home.
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John S. Cox
Park
Cox
Reba Armstrong
Denison
Tex
Stella Hollingsworth
Mable Stém
Delbert
Summit
City
Tucumcari
N. M
Carpenters
Lawton
Meeting schedules officers for coming year at Chest office
The Chest office plans a meeting to elect officers for the coming year. Outgoing officers include Williams and Col L L Manly with James Porter reporting final campaign figures. Nominees for seven directors feature Ben Ansley Charles Appel Ray Babbitt Ford Mugg and others for the forthcoming board.
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No. Wulf
George Dent
John Keathley
Hugh Bish
Harold Liebe
Frank Ol Lee Woods
Jay Dee Fountain
Williams
Col. L. L. Manly
James
Porter
Cecil Conner
F. E. Weller
E. P. McMahon
Mary Pokorny
Dan Becker
A. P. Burns
James A. Black
Lindsey H. Whitten
J Jerry Mustain
Emmett Keough
James A Neil Ashlock
W. Wulf
Elbert Whitwell
D. Nicklas
Ors
Ben Ansley
Charles Appel
Ray Babbitt
Bill Bentley
Eugene Bowman
Ford Mugg
George Page
Dean Paramore
Ross Porter
Harold Puttkamer
Frank J. Bill Rev
Marvin Trope
Jack Webb
T Winter
Warren Wolverton
Americans volunteer to fight Communists in Indo China
Washington reports Americans are sending letters and calls offering to volunteer for Indo China combat. The French will not disclose numbers. offers come from pilots, mechanics, doctors, and youths. An official spokesman says it is illegal for Americans to join foreign military forces abroad and that citizen loss applies.
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Washington
Lll Ge Geo
Indo - China
Lawton Student Named Proxy Of Photography Fraternity
Tom Ford son of Mr and Mrs Henry T Ford 715 N 13th has been elected president of Kappa Alpha Mu photography fraternity at the University of Oklahoma. A junior this student also serves as president of the Public Relations club and is a
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Tom Ford
Henry T. Ford
N. 13Th
Kappa Alpha Munigraphy Fraternity
University of Oklahoma
Driver Training Program Lauded in Oklahoma Schools
Cache school students learn that a safe driver is trained through a program using a car loaned by a local dealer. Statewide figures show trained drivers are about four times safer, with 1,100 trained and 1,100 untrained noted in a survey.
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Cache School
Lawton
Cache
Oklahoma
T. Raley
Highan Pees Oe Eee
Raley
Talaed Baccone Bo
Eisenhower applauded as rivals comment on addresses
Senator Gillette of Iowa said the President did not go far enough while Senator George of Georgia noted the general public supports Eisenhower. The Democratic leader affirmed the President's attitude as that of a gentleman and an American.
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Gress
Eisenhower
Sen
Gillette
Iowa
Sen. George
D-Ga
Area Man To Return To Navy Duty From Leave
Tahbonemah son of Mr and Mrs George Tahbone of 1312 Lake plans to leave here today to return to navy duty aboard the destroyer USS Walke in Long Beach California following a 16 day leave spent with his parents.
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Tahbonemah
George Tahbonemah
Lake
Long Calif
Walke
Hiss
Goel Ga Beach
Immigrant wife seeks review as deportation threat looms
Mrs. Wiatrek faces possible deportation from the United States amid visa questions. She says her husband fled after their marriage and she writes daily while awaiting consular consent and U.S. authorities. Texas Senator Johnson and Rep. Kilday are engaged in the case, with counsel Edward A. Collins involved.
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Mas
Wiatrek
New York City
Edward A. Collins
Texas
Lyndon B ._ Johnsoners
Paul J. Kilday
San An
Dulles Speech on Europe and NATO Defense Role
The secretary emphasized NATO as a defense body directed at no one and stated the United States has not intruded in European affairs. He argued European states must determine their future security and that U.S. involvement depends on Europe’s stance amid Soviet proposals.
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NATO
United States
Ian” Genement
Radio TV Conference Planned by Okla Feb 1
12th annual University event expected to attract about 200 radio leaders and educators from six states.
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Okla
University of Pat
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Laney McDaniel
Joy Renner
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Jerre Beth Senn
Arlene Moyer
Pat Senn
Birdena Titterington
Bob Maynard
Lavon van Buskirk
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Shirlee Taylor
Joyce Henderson
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Michael Jackson
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Duane Monkres
Noema Laxson
Mary Rosemary Pierce
Pat Botkin
Don Scott
Jimmy Sisk
Trefana Driskill
Josie Walter
Anita Easey
Harlow Ballard
Jack Moore
Ginger McDonald
Dusty Bonner
Rosemary Pierce
Rebecca Littleton
Jo Ann Walter
Jerry Salyer
Val Frakes
Allen Isbell
Ardella Anderson
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George Kouri
Sidne Koons
Peggy Elledge
Charlene Price
Doris Joyner
Liz Ryan
Sam Hamra
Ell Zwick
Eddie Harp
P ' Elledge
Joan Woodward
Irene Overall
John Waller
Ae Kouri
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Jim Hogan
Bruce Friedrich
Beverly Alspaugh
Tony Puckett
Dwain Sandlin
Jan Hellyar
Don Law
Buff Burtis
Wayne Meed
Nancy Dunlap
David Rainey
Stacy Nash
Lewis Dennard
Bill Broach
Carole Engleman
Gloria Taylor
Mary Jan Breashears
Ann Goodwin
Virginia Neill
Kay Kaiser
Sue Anderson
Joan Pitzer
Jo Hogan
Bill Smith
Kay Stone
Beverly Allspaugh
Alma Nell Armstrong
Freda Sue Miller
Janet Folker
Charles Payne
Pat Walker
OUR Evangelist
Dr. J. Howard Williams
Southwestern Baptist Seminary
Ft. Worth
H. Tom Wiles
Marland Tahbonemah
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Lawton Recreation
Paklok
Jewel
JO G. Andrews
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