Council Heights Apartments Net $370,277 In Sale
Thirteen apartment buildings in Council Heights were sold Wednesday for 370277 to the Federal National Mortgage Association. The agency also bought 78 refrigerators and 78 stoves valued at 6667 as part of the deal to satisfy a 515025 judgment against the developer. Foreclosure had been ordered on June 22 last year. The project, begun in 1951 for 1000 units, was initially reserved for Negro families before becoming non segregated. The sale was conducted by U S Marshal Ken Greer at Council Heights and the county courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Heights Addition
Federal National Mortgage Association
Federal
FNMA
Council Heights
E. Gore
Ken Greer
U.S. Marshal
Oklahoma City
U.S. District Court
State Poultry Egg and Meat Prices Oklahoma City Market
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture reports prices across wheat, bison, broilers, hens, eggs, butterfat, and cattle, hogs, and sheep. Notable figures include No 1 hard wheat around 2.04 to 2.05, eggs at 31 to 35 cents, and cattle auctions in Oklahoma City with steers 15.00 to 16.50 and calves 14.00 to 17.00, hogs mostly 12.00 to 12.75, and lambs around 18.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Guyman
Hooker
Blackwell
Frederick
Hobart
Lawton
Medford
Vici
Clinton
el Reno
Enid
Kingfisher
Yukon
Bison
Hennessey
Broilers
Muskogee
Tulsa
Vinita
Elk City
Sayre
Pauls Valley
Watonga
Laverne
Alva
Woodward
USDA
Fryers Bs Ncisibdiairaimente
Cardnpiedecs
TV Heart Program showcases leaders in heart research
A TV special hosted by Steve Allen features top researchers and entertainers to aid the American Heart Association heart fund drive in February. Notables include Jaye Morgan, Bambi Linn, Rod Alexander, Eddie Cantor, Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Dr Irving Page from Cleveland discusses research progress and Dr Paul Dudley White delivers a presidential message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Allen
American Heart Association
Oklahoma State Heart Association
Jaye P. Morgan
Bambi Linn
Rod Alexander
Eddie Cantor
Frank Sinatra
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Irving Page
Cleveland
America Heart Association
Paul Dudley White
Boston
Eisenhower
Students Win Quiz Program At Central Junior High
A quiz program between seventh graders nicknamed Muddled Minds and freshmen Scrambled Brains took place during Central Junior High weekly assembly. Seventh graders led by Billy Nolen with Ben Ansley as master of ceremonies, won after questions covered history literature comics and state topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Junior High School
Lorena Fullerton
Joe Thornton
Elva Lewis
Gary Anderson
Ben Ansley
Jane Babbitt
Sherry Littlefield
Charles Brooks
Billy Nolen
Joyce Isaacs
Fern Hooper
Charles Evans
Beverly Mitchell
Jack Rhodes
Barbara McCoy
Kay Haines
Robert Meek
Nancy Page
Nancy Walker
Core Test Suits May Be Brought In Court Friday
Warren Chrisman city attorney said a Superior Court suit will be filed Friday to obtain a court order allowing an engineer to enter property for core testing on the proposed municipal lake site near Elgin. A condemnation action to secure an easement is also planned, expected to be quicker and as effective as a mandatory injunction. City officials authorized the court action after landowners were served notice they oppose testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Chrisman
Superior
Municipal Lake
Elgin
McGlachlin Street McLeods Cause Confusion Everywhere
Two women named Mrs McLeod on McGlachlin Street Fort Sill are confused by telephone and mail mix ups. Mrs W E McLeod at 1649 reports chaos from 1616 neighbor Mrs Glenwood P McLeod receiving most calls. Both share numbers 7385 W and 3491 Lawton line, sparking calls from their five children and friends. Their husbands are Maj McLeod and Maj McLeod’s Iceland tour, with both families at Fort Sill since 1949 and 1954 respectively. Name mixups persist as W E McLeod briefly used Bill E alias due to National Guard records.
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W. E. McLeod
H. C. McLeod
State Penitentiary
Iceland
Fort Sill
Maj. McLeod
Command and General's Staff College
Ft. Leavenworth
Kaw
McLeod
W. E
William E.) McLeod
Bill E
W.E
National Guard
Free Commodities Distribution Plans In Central District
Commissioner Emil Woesner announced free commodities will be distributed to needy certified families in Comanche county’s central district over Friday Saturday morning Monday and Tuesday. Distribution starts at 9 a.m. and 780 families or their representatives must bring certification cards. Eastern district families received commodities Wednesday and western district officials began today.
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Comanche County
Emil Woesner
Woesner
Mother and four children killed in Des Moines fire
Five people perished in a fire at the Fort Des Moines veterans housing project near Des Moines. Victims include Mrs Bernon Tedrow and her children Rose Marie 11 Terry 9 Veronica 7, plus neighbor girl Margaret Ann Hutchinson 11.
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Des Moines
Fort Des Moines Veterans Housing Project
Bernon Tedrow
Rose Marie
Terry
Veronica
Margaret Ann Hutchinson
City Negro Boy Who Fought For Life Dies
Earl Gene Williams 22 of 112 Arlington Drive dies after an eight year battle following a July 5, 1948 shooting in Temple by a playmate. He was bed-ridden, self-supporting, and well known for braiding military decorations, model airplanes, and photography. He remained active in school, church, and community, receiving many gifts and assistance from agencies and teachers. Survived by parents, maternal grandmother, sister Elizabeth Williams, four aunts and uncles. Services to be announced.
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Earl Gene Williams
Arlington Drive
Williams
Temple
Lawton
Grand Central Station
Walter Williams
Young Williams
Douglass
Shaw
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Caroline Smith
Elizabeth Williams
Texas Southern University
Houston
Shaw Funeral Home
Six County Burglary Ring Cracked by Cotton County Officials
A six county burglary ring was believed cracked in Oklahoma today as two Grand Prairie Texas men, 30 and 32, confessed to a string of break-ins beginning January 22. The pair admitted operations across Cotton Jefferson Johnson Stephens Kiowa counties, naming other participants and detailing loot from multiple towns and businesses. Cotton county officials sought FBI help to locate a Duncan man tied to the cases.
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Johnson
Stephens
Kiowa
Cotton County
Bill Dyer
Grand Prairie
Hubert Bartlett
State Crime Bureau
Walters
Jefferson
Dyer
Waurika
Bill Anderson
Jefferson County
Hugh Fitzsimmons
Tishomingo
Duncan
Hastings
Pleasant Ridge
Shamburger- Langford Lumber Co
T. H. Rogers Lumber Co
Texas
Comanche
Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Guard Deferred Induction Rules For Registrants
The order defers men aged 18 to 28 who enlist in the National Guard or ready reserve, exempting them from peacetime induction while they serve. If they fail to meet satisfactory service, they face 24 months of training and service before other registrants. Doctors are unaffected. Aliens admitted temporarily from treaty countries are exempt from registration and induction.
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National Guard
United States
Heater Fire Damages Home at 902 I Avenue
Firefighters reported a smoldering blaze in a frame house causing about 300 in damages. The fire started near a heater close to a wall and spread through the kitchen floor into wall closets, requiring wall removal to reach the flames. Owner identified as Mrs. Hazel Cagle. she was away when a neighbor notified authorities about the 9 45 p.m. incident.
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Hazel Cagle
Woman Arrested on Bigamy Charge in Texas
Sheriff's deputies arrested a 27-year-old wife of a Fort Sill sergeant under a felony warrant for bigamy. Extradition proceedings have been requested as Eastland, Texas officers held the woman in county jail this morning.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Fort Sill
Eastland
Tex
Texas
Grenade Found During Home Move At Fort Sill
An Explosives Ordnance Detachment member recovered a fragmentation hand grenade in Lawton after a house move at 1315 Oklahoma. MSgt W D Horn warned the device was very dangerous and could kill nearby people if it exploded. Police were alerted by a mover who carried the grenade before placing it on the ground and calling authorities. Army EOD at Fort Sill, led by 1st Lt Joseph Wrable, urges reporting of any such items to military or local police units and lists contact numbers for key personnel.
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Explosives Ordnance Detachment
Fort Sill
Lawton
W. D. Horn
EOD
Oklahoma
Horn
Army
Sheriff's Department
Military Police
Joseph Wrable
Sgt. Horn
Charles Miller
Jackie Barnwell
Veterans sign up again at Lawton Fort Sill station
Four veteran U. S. Army men totaling 50 years of service reenlisted at the Lawton recruiting station for duty at Fort Sill. The men named were James L. Landrum 16 years Riley Winham 15 years Clarence R. Holt 13 years and Raymond K. Newport 6 years.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Robert D. Mason
James L. Landrum
Riley Winham
Clarence R. Holt
Raymond K. Newport
Pest Disease Control Program for Lawton City
Lawton will join Pueblo Cedar Rapids Anniston and Laredo as one of four U S cities to host a two year federally sponsored vector borne disease control program. The effort focuses on sanitation rodent and insect control with chemical use strictly supplementary. A citizen meeting in April will discuss the project.
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Lawton
C. R. Ellsworth
Pueblo
Colo
Cedar Rapids
Anniston
Ala
Laredo
Tex
Ellsworth
C. E. Gerhardt
U. S. Public Health Service
L. K. Rachels
County Sends Two Men Draft Notices
Comanche county issued February induction notices for Paul Wege Jr. and Thomas K. Adkisson. Wege, a 25 year old Oklahoma A&M graduate rancher, and Adkisson, 20, volunteered. Draftees report February 21 for processing in Oklahoma City before assignment to Fort Chaffee Arkansas or Fort Bliss Texas. The county’s January quota was two, with six slated for March, totaling 10 in 1956 so far.
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Comanche County
Carla Williams
Paul Wege Jr
Paul A. Wege
Meers
Thomas K. Adkisson
G. A. Adkisson
Oklahoma City
Adkisson
Wege
Oklahoma A&m
Budget Discussed By BPW Members Luncheon
Budget talks dominated the BPW luncheon at Old South cafeteria banquet room. Finance committee chair Gladys Harris and members Marilyn Humble Fontanelle Blanchard Dixie Scruggs May Parks Leta Smith Virgie Cleveland Annie Laurie Montague Pauline Joyner spoke. New members Addie Sheets and Clyda Hargraves were introduced. Guests Zelma Shackleford Hank Mattison Marilyn Crane Wanda Lee Allen attended.
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Old South
Gladys Harris
Marilyn Humble
Fontanelle Blanchard
Dixie Scruggs
May Parks
Leta Smith
Virgie Cleveland
Annie Laurie Montague
Pauline Joyner
Zelma Shackleford
Hank Mattison
Marilyn Crane
Wanda Lee Allen
Senior Citizens Program At Lawton Recreation Center
Entre Nous club members presented a Valentine party program at the Lawton Recreation center. Vic Condrey read The Biggest Valentine and a memory skit was performed by Mrs Walter Ford and Mrs S W Carmichael. Accompanied by Mrs W W Godlove the group sang. Hostesses were Mrs Pearl Evans Mrs John March and Mrs Bill Walker.
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Entre Nous Club
Senior Citizens’ Club
Lawton Recreation Center
Vic Condrey
Walter Ford
S. W. Carmichael
W. W. Godlove
Pearl Evans
John March
Bill Walker
United Front revival seen in West Europe
Washington reports the Soviet high command plans a revival of the united front tactic to gain power for Western European Communist parties. Khrushchev’s Moscow speech is read as endorsing parliamentary paths to power and cooperation with non Communist groups, signaling broader aims beyond East West stalemate. Molotov’s earlier error is cited as a potential cause for leadership shifts.
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V. M. Molotov
West Germany
Cologne
John M. Hightower
Washington
High Command
United Front
U. S
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
Molotov
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
France
Italy
Europe
Former Operator of Negro Joint Is Found Guilty
Judge J Merle Oaks in municipal court found Walter Brown 41 formerly operated Walt's Playhouse 1806 Washington guilty on three charges and assessed $60 in fines A fourth charge continued to Feb 17 All four stem from a Jan 29 raid The club was placed off limits to military personnel and under a temporary injunction by the state Brown appealed all convictions and remains free on $200 bond Norwood found guilty on a public nuisance charge with $20 fine but also appealed. other charges dismissed.
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J. Merle Oaks
Walter Brown
Walt’s Playhouse
Washington
Brown
Walt
Washington Street
Armed Forces Disciplinary Control Board
Sherman Norwood
New York
Norwood
Sheriff Recovers Two Power Mowers From Golf Club
Sheriff Everett R Hale announced the recovery of two power mowers stolen January 30 from Lawton area golf course clubhouse on U S 277. No arrests will follow due to cooperation in the return. One mower was slightly damaged. The mowers were found in the southern part of town.
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Everett R. Hale
U.S. 277
Lawton
Hale
Aggie ROTC Rifle Team Wins First In Trophy Shoot
Cameron college ROTC rifle men placed first among junior colleges in the fourth Army ROTC rifle contest for William Randolph Hearst trophies. Capt. Robert Starr noted the Aggies ranked 19th among 47 colleges overall. Fred C. Carmichael tied for fourth in individual scores with 190 of 200, competing from 283 entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron College
William Randolph Hearst
Robert Starr
Fred C. Carmichael
Park Improvements Planned By C of C
The Chamber of Commerce city beautiful committee discussed possible improvements for Metropolitan Park and cleanup of approaches to Lawton, along with streets and alleys in the city. The committee consists of presidents of various city service organizations, with Charley Snyder serving as chairman.
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Metropolitan Park
Chamber of Commerce
City Beautiful Committee
Chamber
Lawton
Charley Snyder
City Beautiful Group
Aggie ROTC selects Sue Baird as honorary captain
Sue Baird, a first semester freshman from Frederick, today was named honorary cadet captain for B company of Cameron College's ROTC unit. She attended Abilene Christian College last semester, replacing freshman Sharon Massad who was chosen last semester.
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Sue Baird
Frederick
Cameron College
Abilene Christian College
Sharon Massad
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