Polio Shots Target All Comanche Tillman and Jackson Children
First polio vaccine doses will be available for children from three months to 14 years in Comanche, Tillman and Jackson counties within six to seven weeks. Expectant mothers are included. The program covers only the first shot, with second and third shots to be sought from private physicians if more vaccine becomes available.
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Comanche
Tillman
Jackson County
Charles Miller Jr
No. 10
East B
County Medical Society
Comanche County
Oklahoma State Health Department
Dr. Miller
GOP Joyful As Eisenhower Trusts Health For Term Return
Washington Republicans hail a reassuring medical report on President Eisenhower after his Sept 24 heart attack. Democrats express gratification at his recovery while some insist he will decline a second term. Dr Paul Dudley White and five physicians say he may carry on for another 2 to 10 years. Adlai Stevenson says he is delighted by the favorable health news.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Paul Dudley White
Adlai E. Stevenson
Boston
Howard M. Snyder
Snyder
IEE
Eisenhower heads to Georgia on vacation
President Eisenhower flew to Georgia for a week at the estate of Secretary Humphrey near Thomasville. He travels with Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. Doud and a small staff, amid doctors reporting no medical barrier to running again if elected.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Georgia
John S. Doud
James C. Hagerty
Col
Tom Belshe
Thomasville
European Cold Wave Death Toll Hits 489 Across Europe
Europe endures a brutal cold wave with at least 489 dead across nations from France to Turkey. Subfreezing temperatures, heavy snow in St Tropez, and sea-ice threats pinned a 1,900 ton Swedish cargo ship Matilda toward Sweden. Rescue helicopters stood by as villages faced shortages of food and fuel.
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London
Europe
St. Tropez
French Riviera
Matilda
Sweden
Baltic
Denmark
Italy
Baltic Islands
France
Yugoslavia
Britain
Greece
Germany
Turkey
Austria
Netherlands
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
Belgium
Poland
Libya
Cloudy Cold Weather Forecast for Lawton District
Cloudy and colder weather is forecast for the Lawton district with rain or drizzle turning to snow tomorrow. Noon observations showed 36 degrees as the 11 am reading, with yesterday's high at 70 tying for the year's highest. Across Oklahoma, freezing mist affected the Panhandle and northwest counties while other areas stayed dry in normal winter temperatures.
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Lawton
U. S. Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Northwest
Associated Press
World Day of Prayer marks Lenten season in Lawton
Lawtonians join Christians worldwide in a Friday World Day of Prayer service. St Andrews Episcopal holds multiple services today and Holy Week schedule. Blessed Sacrament Catholic church also hosts Lenten services. A 1:30 p.m. unit service at the Episcopal church features several local pastors and church members as speakers. Downtown businessmen can meditate 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at First Baptist. The observance runs Palm Sunday to Easter and aims to unite Christians in prayer and support interdenominational missions.
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St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church
Blessed Sacrement Catholic Church
Lawton
Anne Wear Smith
First Baptist Church
United States
Oldest Aramaic New Testament On Display At Church
The Yonan Codex manuscript, insured for 1.5 million dollars, is shown at First Christian Church as the oldest complete New Testament in Aramaic. Exhibits run until 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, with plans to move to Duncan on Friday.
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First Christian Church
Duncan
Norman Yonan
Tom Clark
Lent devotion urges turning to God amid world tragedies
Dr. Robert Diffenbacher links Lent to humility before nature and limits of human power. The piece notes floods, hurricanes, and transport deaths beyond blame, urging spiritual guidance for Easter. The Aramaic Bible manuscript display in Lawton Lawton Fort Sill involves Norman Yonan and Dr Tom Clark with Congress Library display plans and facsimiles for U S institutions.
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Robert Diffenbacher
Christendom
New England
California
Yonan
Norman Yonan
Tom B. Clark
First Christian Church
Lawton
Homer Warner
Library of Congress
Lawton and
Fort Sill
Clark
America
U.S
Aramaic Bible Foundation
District of Columbia
Flash Flood Hits Arkansas Resort City Kills Woman
A predawn flash flood surged through Hot Springs Arkansas sweeping a 38 year old Nome Alaska woman from the top of a car where she and her husband hid. Her husband escaped as water five feet deep flooded Central Avenue and Bathhouse Row. Downtown damage ranged from 250000 to 14 million dollars per reports. the city’s bathhouses were temporarily knocked out of operation.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Nome
Alaska
Arkansas
Gus Dickson
KWFC
Central Avenue
Donald S. Libbey
National Parks Service
Hollie Barker
Court Action Near In Core Test Fight
City officials plan to sue for a court order to enter land in the Elgin area for core tests on the proposed municipal dam site. City attorney Warren Chrisman said the suit could be filed before Superior Court Judge Robert S. Landers. The council authorized Wyatt Hendrick to pursue the needed order and cooperate with him to gain access for preliminary engineering despite opposition from local landowners at a separate Apache meeting.
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Elgin
Warren Chrisman
Superior Court
Robert S. Landers
Wyatt B. Hendrick
Mendrick
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Contract Awarded for Comanche County Fair Barn Project
The W. R. Masters company of Fletcher won the contract for a 140 by 225 foot stock barn and show ring at the Comanche county fairgrounds. Despite Shamrock Engineering’s initial bid of 89,661.61, revised bids lowered the Masters bid to 74,432.15 and Shamrock to 74,939.50. Work begins after materials arrive and should finish in about 12 weeks with Armco Drainage & Metal Products handling steel work.
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Comanche County Free Fairgrounds
W. R. Masters Company
Fletcher
Shamrock Engineering and Construction Company of
Oklahoma City
Masters Company
Shamrock
Armco Drainage & Metal Products
Fairgrounds
Deserter Admits Texas Murder
Ray Allan Hunter an Air Force deserter from Sheppard AFB confessed to murdering Wichita Falls Texas employee Jackie L. Spangler last December. He said he shot Spangler three times then married, brought his wife to California in the victim’s car, and later surrendered with companions Lon Frey and Joyce Hunter. The trio were arrested in Tracy California. the gun believed used was found in the car glove compartment. The Wichita Falls sheriff will take Hunter back to Texas after extradition waivers.
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Stockton
Calif
Ray Allan Hunter
Air Force
Sheppard Afb
Jackie L. Spangler
Wichita Falls
Tex
California Highway Patrol
Hunter
Salineville
Ohio
Spangler
California
Tracy
Joyce
Lon J. Frey
Frey
la Grange
Ind
Edward Parker
Highway Patrol
Texas
Truck Driver Dies In Highway Wreck Near Ponca City
The Associated Press reports Nebraska driver Fred W. Glover 40 Nebraska City died when his double deck trailer loaded with hogs overturned on State Highway 40 about 12 miles south of Ponca City. Trooper Jim Stallings said he likely fell asleep. Dogs accompanying the rig were killed or injured and had to be destroyed. The state's highway fatality toll rose to 70.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Ponca City
Fred W. Glover
Nebraska City
Jim Stallings
Glover
Fight Over Intercepted Jail Letter Sparks Trial
District court opened the trial of John Brandt a 33 year old Oklahoma City man charged with second degree forgery. The defense sought suppression of evidence obtained from intercepted jail letters but the motion was overruled. Five witnesses testified including Harry Russell who described 18 stolen checks and identified one Brandt allegedly passed at Safeway on November 6.
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Ray Atteberry
John Brandt
Oklahoma City
Brandt
Freddie O'Neal
O'Neal
Criminal Court of Appeals
Pete Fullerton
Toby Morris
Manville Redman
Harry H. Russell
Harry Russell Lumber Co
Marie Newman
Safeway
S. Lith
James Shuler
Candy Jo Neal Williamson
Bennie Wallis
Russell
Car Hits Young Boy Near Whittier School
A six year old Whittier pupil, Jerry G. Donoho, was injured at about 8 49 a m when struck by a car on Laird Street near Oak. The vehicle driven by 19 year old Ragina Saffa of 1115 Cherry was owned by Sam Jabour. Donoho’s father said the boy had just exited the car on the curb side. Police reported the accident occurred 239 feet south of Oak and the boy was being treated at Fort Sill hospital.
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Whittier School
Fort Sill Hospital
Jerry G. Donoho
Sfe
Elmer Donoho
Ash
Laird
Oak
Ragina Saffa
Cherry
Sam Jabour
Ferris
Donoho
Henry A. Bartels
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