Sheriff Denies Beating Reporter in May Jail Incident
Shawnee Oklahoma updates report that Potawatomi County Sheriff Harrington denied beating reporter Jim Bradshaw with fists during an May incident as defense rests cross examination. He acknowledged slapping Bradshaw after alleged resistance, citing that he struck with the flat of the hand and did not hit him while on the floor. Three defense witnesses testified alongside Harrington in the $30,000 suit as jury prepares to deliberate.
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Shawnee
Okla
Pottawatomie County
Jim Harrington
Jim Bradshaw
Harrington
IGO
Bradshaw
Otis Treat
Undersherif Hugh Crow
D. D. Johnson
Lucille Nutt
Initiation of 20 DE Club students at Dan Jennings lead event
Dan Jennings, president, conducted initiation rites for 20 Lawton junior and senior high School Distributive Education students last night. Initiated were Betty Cole Bonnie Carpenter Marshall Collier Lavelle Davis Freida Earls Leigh Ewing Dale Fordacey Laqueta Forducey Barbara Hall Jeanette Howard Sally Johns Bob Ledford Carmen Moralz James Nix Thomas R. Petty Rudie Stevens Chandler Jerry Strickland Walton Sorrow Ruth Thur Anita Wilkinson. Assisting with ceremonies were Virgil Hughes Sue Buzbee Joan Cherry Hope Kirkpatrick LaDell Wade Roy West Glen Strawn. Milton C. Worley is coordinator for the DE class and club. Glenda Dean and Sharon Massad, associate members, officiated at guest book and refreshment table.
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Dan Jennings
Lawton
Betty Cole
Bonnie Carpenter
Marshall Collier
Lavelle Davis
Freida Earls
Leigh Ewing
Dale Fordacey
Laqueta Forducey
Barbara Hall
Jeanette Howard
Sally Johns
Bob Ledford
Carmen Moralz
James Nix
Thomas R. Petty
Rudie Stevens Chandler
Jerry Strickland
Walton Sorrow
Ruth Thur
Anita Wilkinson
Jaycee Basketball Tourney Highlighted in State Magazine
The second annual All States Jaycee basketball classic was featured in this month’s Sooner Jaycee, the Oklahoma Junior Chamber of Commerce publication. An article also covered Lawton Jaycees work to attract new industry for the city.
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Oklahoma Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lawton Jaycees
Hospital News Items Admitted and Births Reported
Admitted list includes Mrs. James Kinnaird, DeWayne Cochran, Mrs. Mary Martin, Mrs. Gertie Redding, and others with medical or surgical notes. Birth announced for daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill G. White born Feb 15 at 10 05 pm, weight 7 pounds 114 ounces. Also listed are dismissals and multiple patients under care across Oklahoma locations.
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James Kinnaird
DeWayne Cochran
E. E. Cochran
Mary Martin
Chattanooga
Gertie Redding
Brent Magee
Walters
Cletus Hill
Bill G. White
J. W. Gladney
Ash
Johnny McClung
St. Rt
Roland Pointer
Elgin
Jack B. Fatum
Carl Harrel
Indiahoma
Arthur W. King
Oak
Clyde B. Thompson
Myrle A. Constant
Fletcher
Riley Winham
J. M
Minimum Wage Law Reminder Raises Pay to One Dollar
The Department of Labor reminded employers that effective March 1 the minimum wage rises from 75 cents to $1 per hour for 2,100,000 workers engaged in interstate commerce. Some groups remain exempt, overtime rules and child labor limits unchanged, with A P Vickery of the Wage and Hour Division listed for inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Labor
Pat W. Carney
U.S. Dept. of Labor
Carney
A. P. Vickery
Commerce and Exchange Building
Oklahoma City
Okla
Little Theater Cancels Meeting for Rehearsal
Lawton group cancels tonight's regular meeting due to full dress rehearsal for Claudia. The production runs Friday and Saturday at Cameron College auditorium. A regular session will be held at 8 p.m. February 23, led by president Craig Pierson, at 1410 North 15th.
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Lawton Little Theater
Claudia
Cameron College
Craig Pierson
Mystery of the Incas shown at Chamber luncheon
At a Wednesday luncheon the Junior Chamber of Commerce presented a film titled Mystery of the Incas. Fred R. Harris served as program chairman during the Hotel Lawtonian event.
Public Records Divorce and Marriage Notices
Superior Court records show multiple divorce grants petitions filed and several marriage licenses issued. Names include Baskett Belew Pridgeon Hardage Henley Watkins Hastings Carter Griner Ward Kalpkoff Young Callaway Abshere Peters and others with spouses listed. licenses feature numerous Oklahoma City Lawton Fort Sill and adjacent areas with varying ages and residences.
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Superior Court
Elsie Baskett
Jack Ardale Baskett
Charlene P. Belew
Robert Belew
Bobbie Pridgeon
Albert L. Pridgeon
Roy H. Hardage
Dorotha Hardage
Leo E. Henley
Barbara L. Henley
Thomas E. Watkins
Edna E. Watkins
Mary Hastings
Clarence E. Hastings
Pauline Carter
George M. Carter
John W. Griner Jr
Audrey Jean Griner
F. N. Ward
Mattie May Ward
Bse Kalpkoff
Joe Kalpkoff
Melba Young
Clarence Young
Wanda Tuck
Henry F. Tuck Jr
Mary Louise Young
Kenneth D. Young
Leta Grace Eakin
Carl E. Eakin
Katy Callaway
Jimmy Don Callaway
Mary A. Abshere
Harold Wayne Abshere
Jim D. Peters
Mary E. Peters
Pageant rehearsal plans and transport arranged
Sunday’s rehearsal drew about 75 participants for the Pageant’s middle section. Eddie Kouri oversees transport. Lawtonians needing rides to the Holy City grounds on Sunday should meet at the Congregational church and call Kouri before Sunday to offer a car.
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Page One
Dallas Turnpike Leg May Crowd Southwest Route
Turnpike authorization of the south leg to Dallas faced protests from local legislators and others who feared it could sideline the southwest route. Safeguards existed to halt Dallas construction without guarantees the other legs would be built, but boosters fear the next legislature in January 1957 may remove them. Further financing delays heighten this concern, according to a booster.
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Dallas
City Student Named President of University Finance Club
Len Leva of Lawton was elected secretary treasurer of the University of Oklahoma finance club for the spring semester. A junior in finance, he is the son of Mr and Mrs Ben Leva of 1502 Arlington.
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Len Leva
Lawton
Finance Club
University of Oklahoma
Leva
Ben Leva
Arlington
Sears Profit Sharing Fund Surges for Lawton Employees
Eighty nine Lawton Sears Roebuck employees learned their fund investment rose to 348,078 dollars announced by local manager O B Lord. The meeting noted 7,663 shares of stock and 72,712 dollars cash in the fund with total fund assets over 850,000,000 nationally.
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O. B. Lord
Lawton Sears, Roebuck and Co
Stanley D. Noble
Center
Savings and
Chicago
W. E. Lusby
Territorial
Dallas
Lawton Sears
Noble
Sears
Texas
Lawton
Roebuck and Company
Chicago, Ill
Tex
Lord
Princess Margaret Religion Rumors and Royal Line
The report recalls rumors of Princess Margaret becoming Catholic and leaving the line of succession, details denials by the Duke of Norfolk and Vatican circles, and notes her deep Anglican faith influencing the Townsend decision, with the Church of England opposing remarriage after divorce.
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Edward VII
Mary
Margaret
Peter Townsend
Prince Charles
Anne
Daily News
Duke of Norfolk
Britain
Pius XII
Vatican
Duchess of Norfolk
George VI
Buckingham Palace
RAF
Church of England
Court testimony details Bodard check dispute and O Neal case
The trial recounts Mrs Bodard claiming she paid a $149 check with funds later, Skinner accounting for receiving the check, and rebuttals set for the afternoon. The O Neal verdict marks a second conviction for robbery tied to a Fort Sill soldier’s 1954 attack, with appeals based on prior incompetent testimony. Brandt faces potential sentence suspension amid questions on prior felonies and forged check charges involving a stolen form from Harry Russell Lumber Co.
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Arthur Cavanagh
Leslie Pain
O’neal
Fort Sill
Southern Club
Brandt
Harry Russell Lumber Co
Russell
Harry H. Russell
Harry Russell
Robert Travis
Department of Public Safety
Travis
Safeway
M. T. McCracken
James R. McCracken
Everett R. Hale
Bennie Wallis
Candy Jo Neal Williamson
Manville Redman
Eddie Williams
Nemiah Colbert
Rob
Postmasters in Oklahoma Hear Updates on Mail System
Postmasters visit to review needs stalls free loading claims. Oklahoma inspectors will assess requirements as postal officials from Comanche county and beyond share ways to modernize delivery. Notables include Margaret Cummins of Chattanooga with five staff and three carriers serving 600 residents daily.
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Oklahoma
Comanche County
Young Girl and Soldier Arrested in Lawton
A 14 year old Lawton girl and a 22 year old Fort Sillman were taken into custody by city police after living together as an unmarried couple in an South Lawton apartment. The incident was part of five arrests Wednesday night. An 18 year old is being questioned in a Tuesday burglary at Bad Story's Cleaners. Police also charged Charlie Lee with illegal liquor possession running a joint and maintaining a nuisance after a C street raid. Lee posted bonds. Three minor thefts and a stolen car report remain under investigation. The stolen 1949 Packard belonged to Robert Hutchins. Bicycles were reported stolen from two locations, and hub caps were taken from a Fort Sill vehicle.
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Lawton
Fort Sillman
South Lawton
Otis Waldron
Robert Hutchins
John Elkins
Lake
Jimmy Lehew
14Th and
Gore
Fort Sill
Darrell Mose
World Day of Prayer Observance At Local Churches
Prayer by Mrs C L Parsons will open events with a benediction as all participating churches stay open for personal meditation from 7 a m to 7 p m. Sanctuary at First Baptist will host Friday meditation from 11 a m to 1 30 p m for downtown businessmen and church members. The event is sponsored by the General Department of United Church Women of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States.
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C. L. Parsons
The
First Baptist Church
General Department of United Church Women
National Council of the Churches of Christ
United States
Hospital Keeps Accident Victim Jerry Donoho In Fort Sill
Jerry G Donoho a six year old boy son of Elmer E Donoho of 1726 Ash remained in Fort Sill Hospital overnight for observation after being struck by a car near Whittier school on Wednesday the car driven by Regina Saffa 19 was charged with reckless driving and driving without a license and posted two bonds of 20 each in municipal court the child had a fever and was not released today.
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Jerry G. Donoho
Whittier School
Fort Sill Hospital
Elmer E. Donoho
Ash
Regina Saffa
Donoho
Laird Street
Oak
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Jaycee
State Magazine
Eeoasiiodas
A L. Pollard Sporting Goods
D. Ave. Pho
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
D Avenue
Corine Conlee
McKinley
James W. Barnes
Euclid
Howard Thompson
Medicine Park
James Lancaster
Duncan
Clinton Turner
S. Seventh
Oresa Grant
Ponca City
Edna Satoe
Dorothy Tate
Apache
Lewellyn Kawaykle
Chip Nahwooksy
Dorothy White Man
Longdale
Pauline Pena
Faxon
Leona Kingfisher
Little Theater
Lawton Municipal
Public Records
Charles Douglas Hasenbeck
Elgitt
Beverly Ann Stanton
Velma Lee Woods
Washington
Fritz Murray
Florence Fulton
Waco
Leroy Butler
Monroe
Rosie Bush
Lawrance A. Black
Gwendolyn L. Philpott
Joe Gary Brooks
Etta Lee Singleton
Lincoln
Roland W. Crawford
Ira Pauline Boice
Raymond Jackson
Altus
Anna Gale Polk
Headrick
Don R. Howard
Ruby Sumpter
Francis Lamar Lewis
Beverly Lucyle Johnson
Thomas C. Cartney
Marcia Ann Johnson
Edwin Andrew Clift
Wynne Mae Edwards
Anadarko
Jerry Conrad George
Bedford
Ind
Patricia Lou Goodin
Legal Age
Morford Drive
Pageant
Eugene L. Bowman
Bill Crawford
Redman
Margaret Ludwig
Ludwigs
Margaret Cummins
National Association of Postmasters
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Cummins
Charles Warren
Brinkman
Albert Smith
Devol
Lydia M. Simpson
Loveland
Sherri Fisk
Bennie Stephens
Kleinegger
Woodward
Wichita
Kansas
Nebraska
Graham's
Graham
Graham Pest Control
Sil Man
M. B. Dickson
Baylor
Zale Jewelry Company
C.O.D
Sherman Hylton
Bonifield
George Glasby
Mercury
Buster Wyatt S. W
America
Zale
Tawres Fogal Pane Hater
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