Gasoline Well Sparks Tulsa Evacuation and Fire Fight
Firefighters raced to prevent a possible explosion at the American Camera Equipment Co. basement gas well in downtown Tulsa. Dozer crew, led by Fire Chief G. L. Sartain, captured high test gasoline and stored it to stop sewer contamination. Police and fire teams evacuated nearby businesses as Horace Mann Junior High stood empty during the tense shutdown.
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American Camera Equipment Co
Tulsa
Boston Ave
Dozer
G. L. Sartain
Horace Mann Junior High
WL. Thernton
P. W. Skelton
Fice
Oklahoma Natural Gas Co
Rocket Battalion To Fire Tonight At Fort Sill
Fort Sill's 86th Field Artillery Rocket Battalion will conduct annual training tests firing Honest John Rockets from Quanah range to an impact area near Signal Mountain tonight and Friday. The 682nd Field Artillery Battalion ran a rowline firing problem from Quanah range last night and this morning firing the 280mm gun.
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Fort Sill
86Th Field Artillery
Quanah Range
Signal Mountain
Public Information Office
682Rd Field Artillery
Qusnah
PIO
Cupid’s Valentine Day Parade Opens In Lawton
Early this morning Lawton wakes to Cupid at work as Valentine greetings flood the town. Children, teens, and adults exchange messages from playful to romantic while shoppers browse cards and lace adornments. A light spring mood fills the air as hearts, bows, and Cupid’s bow symbolically mark the day.
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Lawton
Dan Cupid
Valentine
Soviet Atomic Rocket Seen
London reports the British government says the Soviet Union is developing a nuclear headed rocket capable of climbing over 100 miles into space and speeds above 5000 mph. Defence Minister Duncan Sandys told the House of Commons Britain must be ready to respond with devastating retaliation.
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London
Soviet Union
Defense
Duncan Sandys
House of Commons
Britain
City Officials Discuss Lake Land Appraisal Plans
City officials met with Parker Costilow a professional appraiser to outline the scope of land needed for a proposed reservoir on East Cache creek. He described appraising land for lake areas railroad and pipeline rights of way and a 26 acre re appraisal of the Huckleberry property near Lake Lawtonka with optional mineral value analysis.
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Cache Creek
Parker E. Cositow
Fort Sil
Costilow
Lake Laad
New Lake
Lake Lawtonka
Huckleberry
Treasury Asks Congress to Boost Bond Interest Rates
The Treasury seeks authority to adjust interest bases on savings bonds and proposes raising the rate from 3 to 3.25 percent. Legislation would apply to Series E BK and H bonds issued after February and shorten E bond maturity from 9 years 8 months to 8 years 11 months. Early redemption values would rise to improve yields for holders who redeem before maturity. If held three years, new bonds would yield 3 percent versus 2.44 percent for current E bonds cashed in three years.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Senate
House
Skinner Escapes From McAlester Penitentiary
James Edward Skinner a 24 year old member of the Fairris gang escapes from McAlester State Penitentiary while en route to the prison school. He is serving a life term for the murder of detective Bennie F Cravatt during an attempted supermarket robbery in Oklahoma City in 1954. Police and highway patrol search the area with bloodhounds after a pole and a cut cyclone fence were found near the wall. Raymond C Price a fellow gang member remains jailed for the same murder.
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Mcalester
Okla
James Edward Skinner
Harbie Franken Fairris
Oklahoma City
McAlester State Penitentiary
Skinner
Dallas
Raymond C. Price
Cravatt
Fabris
H. C. McLeod
Price
Fairis
Israel Favors U S Plan on Gulf and Gaza Dispute
Israeli Cabinet reportedly accepted the U S plan to withdraw troops from Sharm el Sheikh with conditions and sought clarification on Gulf of Aqaba navigation. Israel still rejects ceding Gaza and warned UN force shifts would not meet security needs. Egypt denounced the plan as biased while Washington pressed for Egyptian cooperation via Hammarskjold diplomacy.
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Gaza Strip
Jerusalem
Abha Fban
Gulf of Aqaba
Sharm el-Sheikh
Gulf
Egypt
John Foster Dulles
Israel
Sinai Desert
Fhan
Dulles
United States
Red Sea
United Stat
United Nations
Gaza Strin
Moshe Leshem
Foreign Ministry
Sinai
Gaza
Washington
U.N
Dag Hammarsijold
Preacher Unmasked Lands In Jail Again
Calvin Laskey, who revived Elmdale Christian Church and grew membership to 70 in nine months, is jailed after FBI records show 26 prior felony convictions. Locals recall a pious, trusted pastor who used an alias Dear Barton and persuaded a class to confess faith on Easter. He pleaded guilty Monday.
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Elmdale
Kan
Calvin Laskey
Flint Hills
Kansas
George Dawson
Emdale
Laskey
Barton
Christian Church
Elmdale Christian
Towle
Joint Bands Set Concert Here Tonight at Lawton High
A 7 30 PM concert brings Lawson and Chickasha high schools together with 160 musicians under guest conductor James Neilson of Oklahoma City University. Chickasha's E Paul Enix leads three numbers while George Walters directs the Lawton High School band in selections by Holst Borodin and others. The program is free.
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Lawson
Chickasha
E. Paul Enix
Kenny
Holst
Borodin
LHS
George Walters
Fillmore
Pagel. Col
James
Neilson
Oklahoma City University
Lawton
Jimmy Long
Peggy Keele
Ike Approves Revised Middle East Resolution
The Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees revise core wording on Middle East action. Hagerty says the measure seeks further study but aims to grant the president authority to use armed force if needed to counter Soviet influence, with Senate approval anticipated.
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Middle East
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Armed Services Committees
Tr Thomasville
White House
James C. Hagerty
Dulles
Congress
U. S
United States
United Nations
Texans Tour City Hotel as They Plan Pampa Hotel
Texan businessmen touring hotels in Pampa praised the Lawtonian after a morning inspection and breakfast with directors. E O Wergeworth of the Pampa Chamber of Commerce said the hospitality was grand and noted $830,000 raised in three weeks to fund a planned community owned hotel. The tour continued with plans to determine hotel type for the future Pampa project.
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Pampa
Tex
Lawtonian
Wergeworth
Holiday Observance Feb 22 Closes County Offices
Comanche county courthouse city hall and federal offices including post office and local banks close Feb 22 for Washington's birthday observance. City business firms stay open per Chamber of Commerce. Army center declares holiday with minimal duty. Post office runs regular holiday schedule with no city deliveries. Commissary and main post exchange close at Fort Sill. Some facilities remain open on holiday at the post.
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Comanche County
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Army Artillery and
Bennie Stephens
Fort Sill
Woman Wins Beer License for Cache Road Tavern
County Judge John P. Fullerton approved a beer license for Mrs. Dorothy Amys to operate a new tavern 22 miles west of Lawton on U S 62. The sister of underworld figure Gene Paul Norris, she testified to good character and no serious convictions. She had not held a beer license before.
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John P. Fullerton
Dorothy Amys
Lawton
U. 5S
Amys
Gene Paul Norris
Cache Road
Amy
Amyx
Bee Beer Livense
Page
Blaze Kills Four in Rest Home in Council Bluffs
A sudden fire at a three story rest home in Council Bluffs killed 14 patients, with 13 others and staff hospitalized. Fire officials say an automatic detector system had been installed and inspections last August found the home licensed and compliant. A worker described the moment flames erupted trapping residents in beds as others fled the building.
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Council Bluffs
Town
Kenneth Palin
Edmund C. Zimmerer
Ivy Lee Gilmore
Zimmerer
Gilmore Nursing Home
Fort Si ll ROTC camps chosen for Fourth Army
Fort Sill will host a six week Field Artillery ROTC summer camp from June 22 to August 3 with about 800 cadets from colleges nationwide. Fort Hood in Texas will run the General Military Science camp the same period attracting around 1 450 cadets. Maj. General Thomas E de Stazo will command the Field Artillery Camp and Colonel Morman A Anderson will be deputy camp commander.
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Fort Si
Fourth Army
J. H. Collier
Fort Hood
Tex
United States
Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Thomas E. de Stazo
Fort Sil
Morman A. Anderson
Arkansas Polytechnic
Fussellville
Ark
Pace
Weekend Weather Outlook for Lawton Area
An approaching warm front brings near summer heat with highs around 80 in Lawton Friday. Southerly winds push up temperatures with a chance of a few showers later in the day as the high settles in the 70s and the overnight low drops to the 40s.
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