Toll Mounts In State Traffic Tragedy
Associated Press report lists victims from a weekend highway crash spree. Names include Kenneth Marvison 16, Donald Janney 20, Debhert Danker 24, Karl Steger 21, and Donald Burgess 8. Incidents occurred near Moorewood, Ardmore, Cushing, and Midwest City with sites at US 70, State Highways 18, 3, and 3 east of Midwest City.
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Torlay
Kenneth Marvison
Lerdey
Donald Ro Janney
WL Va
Debhert Ree Danker
Welle Rion
Emen Karl Steger
Oklahoma
Donald Burgess
Lecoy Bow
Moorewood
Custer County
Janney
Ard- Snore Air Force Base
Ardmore
Danker
Cushing
Santa Fe
Midwest
Arts and Science Fair Date Set
Preliminary plans for the 1957 Arts and Science Fair were announced by Thelma Talta elementary coordinator. The fair will be held at Tait Elementary School March 14 and 15, coinciding with the Southwest Oklahoma Education Association convention. In charge are Nona Lowe Doris Watts and Dean Dillingham. John Adams elementary principal Roberts heads the committee for exhibits.
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Thelma Talta
Tait Elementary School
Southwest Oklahoma Education Association
Nona Lowe
Doris Watts
Dean Dillingham
Roberts
John Adams Elementary School
Dress Revue Promises 600 Entries at Comanche County
Frida dress revue draws 600 or more entries with judging in Fort Sill Indian School auditorium. Top boy and girl advance to state round-up in Stillwater. County home demonstration agent Clara Kelley says participants enter clothing requirements for their 4-H year, with boys choosing school, sports, farm or church wear.
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Comanche County
Fort Sili
Stillwater
Clara Kelley
Career panel set at Lawson High School
A career panel discussion will be held at 2:30 pm Thursday at Lawson High School. Hugh Bish announced the event with Karey Fuqua as moderator. Panelists include May-to-C. B. Ellsworth and Ritay Crabtree of the Lawton Dental Technicians Association. Sponsored by the Downtown Kiwanis club for Lawton High School students.
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Lawson High School
Hugh Bish
Karey Fuqua
Southwestern Hospital
OEA Convention Program Reaches Southwest Oklahoma
The 12 page convention program for the Southwest Oklahoma Education Association is printed for the March 14-15 event at Hotel Lawtonian. Lawton High School’s photo is featured. About 2,000 teachers are expected to attend, says John Elkins president of the Lawton OEA.
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Southwest Oklahoma Education Associaion Convention
Southwest Oklahoma
John Elkins
Lawton Oea
Lawton High School
Lawtonian
Elkins
Local NEA Centennial Dinner Planned for April 4
Miss Joanne Shackelford said this week that committee chairmen for the April 4 National Education Association Centennial dinner will be named. Co chair Miss Charlotte Hubble will join, with posts for decoration program food and arrangements. The event is set for Lawton high school cafeteria.
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National Education Association
Joanne Shackelford
Shoemaker and McCracken Attend OEA Board Meeting
John D. Shoemaker city superintendent and Ward McCracken principal attend a state board of directors meeting in Oklahoma City. They represent Lawton unit as state delegates of the Oklahoma Board of Education Association. A note on platinum adornment by South American Indians precedes Columbus discovery.
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John D. Shoemaker
Ward McCracken
Setters
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Education Association
Shoemaker
McCracken
Lawton
OBA
Columbus
America
Diggers Seek Man's Body To Aid Widow
In Mempis Tennessee Arthur Wright vanished January 27 after crossing a drainage ditch near his home. A large volunteer search with shovels, sandbags, and a bulldozer digs the damp bank near the 40 foot ditch to locate his body so his widow can resume his disabled veteran pension.
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S. Tenn
Arthur Wright
Wright
A Vs. Wright
Veterans Administration
Eads
Here
Memps Naval Station
Wolf River
Heroic Dad Rescues 3 Children From Submerged Car
Jerry Ballard, 45, leaped into a lake yesterday to pull his three children from a locked car that slid into the water. He smashed a window to reach them, then tows them to shore as bystanders assisted.
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Little Rock
Ark
Jerry Ballard
Hely Beret Ballard
Marine Recruiter Opens New Post in Muskogee
Szt. George Kinslaw, a member of the local Marine recruiting office for seven months, is opening a low sub-station in Muskogee. Bill Schoolcraft, chief Marine recruiter for the area, will continue to direct the local office.
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George Kinslaw
Muskogee
Bill Schoolcraft
Swine Breeders Sale Set In March in Kingfisher
The Oklahoma swine breeders annual spring sale will be held in Kingfisher on March 23. Sale manager Clyde Reed says some of the finest breeding hogs in the nation will be auctioned. Breeders must consign by February 15 and send entries to Reed at Oklahoma AG I Stillwater.
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Oklahoma
Bridegroom Killed in Shower Fall on Wedding Night
Mrs. Eileen Johnson Niva prepared to bury her husband Arthur 47 after a Detroit hotel shower fall on their wedding night. He slipped twice while showering after their Saturday reception and died on arrival at a hospital at 5 am.
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Detroit
Eileen Johnson Niva
Arthur
Kiva
Man Murders Sister and Husband Near Zanesville
Russell McCoy a 22 year old described as temperamental and moody is charged with murdering his half sister Louise Lee 46 and her husband Lloyd 39 near Zanesville Ohio and setting their log cabin afire. He is also accused of stealing their auto and committing three robberies in Columbus tied to a nationwide alert that he may head to California. Authorities say the motive is undetermined and McCoy previously served in the Army until dishonorable discharge for AWOL.
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Columbus
Ohio
Russell McCoy
Zanesville
McCoy
Louise Lee
Lloyd
Muskingum County
David Weissert
California
Lee
Weissert
Beulah
Lees
86 Negroes Jailed In Moonshine Raid
In Atlanta area authorities arrested eighty six men and women in what was described as Georgia s largest illegal moonshine operation raid. Warrants were issued for forty more and expected to be served. The 86 face liquor control law violations and bonds ranged from five hundred to twenty five hundred dollars. A similar six county operation in May 1995 produced a large one day tally.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Miss Thelma Talla Named Secretary of OASCD
Miss Thelma Talla, elementary coordinator, was elected secretary of the Oklahoma Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development at the 12th annual conference in Stillwater. Irene McGoodwin of Ardmore is president for 1957-58.
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Thelma Talla
Oklahoma Association For Supervision
Irene McGoodwin
Ardmore
Miss Talla
OASCD
Stillwater
Burris to Speak to Weatherford Future Teachers of America
W. C. Burris, Lawton high school vocational photography instructor, will address Southwestern State College chapter of Future Teachers of America tonight in Weatherford. He will screen the 30 minute color film A New School For A Progressive Community about Lawton High School.
Sill Chamber of Commerce approves last year decorations plan
Lawton Chamber of Commerce Christmas decorations committee will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Chamber office to approve bills for last year s Yule decorations. Committee members include RL Gilbert chairman Jack Raulston and Jack McBee.
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Lawton Chamber of
Hotel Visit Eyes Lawton As 1958 Vet Meet Site
M W Riemenschneider secretary of the Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association toured the Hotel Lawtonian in Lawton over the weekend. Lawton is being considered as the site for the association’s 1958 state convention.
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M. W. Riemenschneider
Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Lawtonian
Funeral Rites for Charles H Sprague Held
Funeral services were held at Becker Memorial Chapel for Charles H Sprague 50 with Rev Jack H Ashmore officiating. Burial followed in Rock Creek cemetery. Sprague an employee of Chicago Bridge and Iron Co died in Monroe Louisiana after an industrial accident. His wife Rosa Lorane Leonhardt survives. Bearers included Tom Kenneth Charlie John Sean and Lawrence Leonhardt.
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Charles H. Sprague
Becker Memorial Capel
Jack H. Ashmore
Rock Creek Cemetery
Sprague
Chicago Bridge and Iron Co
Monroe
Rosa Lorane Leonhard
Lawton
Tom
Kenneth
Charlie
John
Sean
Lawrence Leonhardt
Teachers To Vote On Social Security Plan Here Again
Local teachers receive notices this week of a social security election set for May 14. Administrative assistant John Elkins notes the 90 day legal notice. A 1956 May election failed but many Oklahoma schools have since adopted the plan, prompting a second Oklahoma vote after Lawson board approval. A letter to Gov. Raymond Gary requesting a second election followed board action.
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John Elkins
Elkins
Oklahoma
Lawson Board of Education
Raymond Gary
Dance Planned Friday Night After LawtonE Reno Game
A dance will be held in the Latyan high school cafeteria after the Wolverine Reno basketball game Friday night. Sponsored by the student council the dance is open to all LHS students and their dates. Admission is 50 cents. Brad Agnew student body president said.
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Laty Tan High School
LHS
Brad Agnew
Greek War Leader Fails Polish Reds
In Warsaw, Greek guerrilla head Markos Vitaliades urged Greek exiles in Poland to stay put until he can return as a political force. About 15,000 Greeks sought asylum in Poland after the 1946-49 uprising. around 500 families have applied to repatriate. The new Greek government cooperates with Greek legation officials to arrange return. Vitaliades, once blamed for defection, was long thought dead or imprisoned. his reported appearances in Polish towns sparked alarm among Greek colonies.
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Warsawp
Poland
Markos Vitaliades
Markos
Wroclaw
Style Show Planned by Fort Sill Indian School Students
Fort Sill Indian School students will present a style show at 30 p.m. Wednesday in the school auditorium announced by Superintendent Walter Gray. The event prepares for the annual county 4H club dress revue at FSIS Friday. Wesley Silk Layton high guidance director attends a testing conference at the University of Oklahoma today and Tuesday.
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Fort Sill
Wesley Silk
Layton High School
University of Oklahoma
Sugar Ray Rejoins Mistress After Train Journey
In Oakland California Sugar Ray a four year old terrier wandered off a baggage car at Berkeley and was reunited with Mrs A L Newcomer and the Southern Pacific Railroad. The dog rejoined her mistress yesterday after a trek that caused a brief delay at the Los Angeles station.
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Oakland
Calif
Sugar Ray
A. L. Newcomer
Southern Pacific Railroad
Berkeley
Newcomer
Los Angeles New Station
Mrs Newcomer Hotel Worker Relocated Across Coast
Mrs Newcomer 2% formerly lived in the St John Hotels lobby in Oakland where she had worked two years ago. Wife of a Navy man from Ellis Kansas her husband was recently transferred to Long Beach after living in Honolulu.
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Lawton Constitution
St. John Hotels
Oakland
Newcomer
Ellis
Kan
Honolulu
Long Beach
New Treatment Promises Non surgical Pile Relief
A New York report touts a healing substance Bio Dyne later named Preparation H that shrink hemorrhoids and relieve pain without surgery. Doctors observed rapid pain relief and actual shrinking in many cases, lasting months, with patients declaring piles no longer a problem. The cure uses suppositories or ointment with applicator, sold in drugstores with satisfaction guaranteed.
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New York
N. Y
Onager Belongs to the Dante Y Family
An onager is identified as part of the Dante Y family. The note specifies ownership within a lineage context.
Three Area Men Enlist In Army
Three area men enlisted in the Army for a three year term at the local recruiting office last week. Enlistees were Hubert W. Jackson Duncan Ray Bishop and DeWayne D. Overbey. Re-enlisting were Sgt Nathaniel E. Guydon Sgt Jesse T Taylor and Pvt Travis D Worrell. Army recruiter Bill Bradley said the office is now processing men enlisting in the Army reserves under six months and two years terms.
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Army
Hubert W. Jackson
Lula Rearick
Carroll Ray Bishop
Tillet Bishop
Duncan
DeWayne D. Overbey
Thomas H. Overbey
Roosevelt
Nathaniel E. Guydon
Jesse T. Taylor
Travis D. Worrell
Bill Bradley
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Leslie
Pierson
Becker Memorial Chapel
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Charlie D. Bevis
Lawton Funeral
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Escelsior Springs
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Nari
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RCA Victor TV
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Downtown Appliance CO
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28Rd
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Lawton Morning Press
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