Infant dies from aspiration of vomit in Lawton
Three month old Ruby Jane, daughter of a Lawton Army couple, died after apparently breathing vomitus into her lungs this morning. Police say the mother gave paregoric at 7 a.m. and a bottle around 6 a.m. She found the child unresponsive around 10 a.m. and the death is listed as aspiration of vomitus. Survivors include the parents a sister two and a half with arrangements pending Becker Funeral Home.
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Lawton
Bob Jones
Junior Hawkins
Thomas F. Holden
Jones
Hughbanks
Fort Sill
Ruby Jane
Janice
Dennis
Becker Funeral Home
Plans Launched To Improve Downtown Parking
The Lawton police department and a business executive committee launch a plan to curb all day parking by enforcing meters more strictly. Neil Kissick leads a chamber sub committee to work with police and meet Fridays to review progress. Police Chief Ralph Hennessee says four meter checks daily will begin Saturday and three over parking tickets will trigger payment notices or warrants. Kissick says the goal is to free spaces and boost business, encouraging workers to park outside the business district.
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Lawton
Neil Kissick
Chamber of Commerce Retail
Kissick
Ralph Hennessee
Plains
Hennessee
Chamber Offrce
Frederick airport rehabilitation to house Spartan maintenance unit
Frederick air port will host a Fort Sill Spartan Aircraft maintenance branch after the Army obtained a lease on three hangars. Rehabilitation, not new construction, could start within a month with costs estimated between eighty thousand and one hundred twenty thousand dollars. The lease, signed for one dollar per year by Col. Stanley G. Rieff, clears the way for specifications to be prepared within a week and bids to be sought shortly after.
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Frederick Municipal
Fort Sill
Spartan
Army
Army Engineers
PIO
Frederick
Driver Unconscious After Cab Hits Frisco Locomotive
Dick Douglas Davidson, 29, a Layton cab driver, remained unconscious and in critical condition after his vehicle collided with a Frisco diesel locomotive on Sheridan Road. He sustained multiple fractures, a skull fracture, and possible internal injuries, with investigators saying he likely entered the railroad crossing at high speed before impact.
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Dick Douglas Davidson
Lawton
Sheridan Road
Cupid Dominates Lawton School Valentine Day
Cupid was king in Lawton schools as students exchanged valentine cards in elementary and junior high rooms. Frilly and comic valentines were placed in decorated boxes and refreshments were served by teachers and home room mothers. A sweet heart dance at Lawton High capped junior high activities with Tim Guzzle's orchestra. A Lawton Duncan basketball and sweetheart dance followed tonight with admission by ticket stubs.
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Dan Cupid
Lawton
Lawton Boys
Tim Guzzle
Lawton High School
Tulsa Blast Kills One and Injures Four at NCG Plant
An explosion at the National Cylinder Gas Co. plant in Tulsa killed at least one man and injured four others in critical condition. Identifications were not confirmed, but casualties reportedly included Plant Supt. Hobart Treece, shipping clerk G. H. Goldman, plant manager Bill Weekley, and other staff.
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Tulsa
Okla
National Cylinder Gas Co
Hobart Treece
G. H. Goldman
Alice Parker
Charles Halpine
Bill Weekley
Kansas City
NCG
Jimmy Francis
Eisenhower Lays Wreath at Lincoln Memorial
President Eisenhower placed a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on February 12. He stood bareheaded and appeared to be praying after positioning the wreath before the statue of the first American president, born 145 years ago.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Lincoln
Republica
Ican
Molotov presses Trieste clause in Austrian talks
Molotov demanded that the Trieste demilitarization be included in the Austrian independence treaty discussions. The Big Four faced insistence as Yugoslavia opposed linking Trieste to Austria, while figures like Figl urged timely independence and revised economic terms to favor Austrian sovereignty.
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Berlin
Molotov
Trieste
Adriatic
Italy
Yugoslavia
Leopold Fig
Austria
Russia
Figl
United States
Britain
Fig
West Coast men under arrest in California scout killing
Two California slayings suspects, George Long of Astoria Oregon and Leo Densmore of Los Angeles, refused to talk but are named as top suspects in the bludgeon death of David Johnston. They were nabbed in El Reno Oklahoma in a 1953 Packard owned by Johnston. California police had identified them before the arrest and plan to extradite for murder charges.
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Okla
California
George Edward Long
Astoria
Ore
Leo Densmore
Los Anges
David L. Johnston
van Nuys
Calif
Los Los Angeles
Lee Harvey
Top
L. V. Smith
Depa
Los Angeles
Duc
Densmore
Long
Johnston
Rain Forecast Delayed and Warm Trend Expected
The weatherman postponed rain to about next Monday or Tuesday with a new estimate of .20 inch for southwestern Oklahoma. Temperatures will run three to five degrees above normal through next year with highs around 56 and lows near 28. A warm trend is forecast early in the five day period as winds freshen for Saturday. Saturday should see near 60 after a low around 32 to 37 earlier in the week. Thursday reached a chilly high of 51 with a freezing morning low.
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Oklahoma
Mercury
Ing
United States to Aid Pakistan Amid India Protests
U S officials say substantial military aid will go to Pakistan after a survey mission reviews its armed forces. Agreement with Pakistan and Turkey may be announced soon to form a broader defense pact shaping Asia and the Middle East.
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Washington
United States
Pakistan
India
Turkey
Defense Department
Nehru
Asia
Free World
Satna
Senate Leader joins critics of GOP blasts
Senate Leader Knowland backs moderating GOP critique of Democrats. He rejects blanket attacks on the Democratic Party while signaling willingness to criticize specific acts of the prior administration. President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon urge softer partisan language amid Lincoln Day speeches.
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Senate
Washington
Knowland
Eisenhower
Nixon
Democratic Party
Ey Nixon
Sen
Jenner
R-Ind
Columbus
Ind
Kome
Lawton-Fort Silk Community Chest to elect seven directors
The annual election for seven new directors will be held February 26 during the Lawton Chamber of Commerce Forum luncheon at noon. Eligible voters include those who normally attend the chamber meeting and wish to participate in the community chest governance.
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Lawton-Fort
South Korea Offers Division to Anti Communists in Indo China
Seoul said it has offered a full army division to anti Communist forces in Indo China and sought help from retired U S official James Van Freet. Pyun Yung Tai cited the move in context of two Laos cabinet sanctioned appeals as 10 000 troops push toward Luang Prabang. French ministry in Paris reportedly had no information on the offer.
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Seoul
South Korea
Indo-China
U.S
Indo-China Aid Boosts Studied in U S Plans
The administration weighs steps short of direct intervention to aid the French Viet Nam forces. Reports say a flow of weapons from Communist China to the Viet Minh is possible, with defense officials confirming that South Korea’s Syngman Rhee offered to send American-trained divisions to assist Indo-Chinese forces.
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Washington
China
United States
Syngman Rhee
White Inspects Sill Training at Fort Sill Visit
Lt. Gen. L. D. White, commanding general of the Fourth Army, inspected Fort Sill training during a one day visit. He was honored with a 15 gun salute at McNair Hall and hosted at a Fort Sill Officers Club reception. Maj. Gen. Charles E. was on hand to greet him on arrival.
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L. D. White
Fourth Army
Post Field
Fort Sill
White
U. S. Constabulary
Germany
McNair Hall
Charles E. S
Fortill
Tobie Chandler
Ft. Knox
Attalian
Sill
I. D. White
Charles E. Hart
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