Nine Boy Killers Sent To Prison
Nine teenage youths were sentenced for the gang war shotgun slaying of 17 year old Kenneth Sloboda in Chicago. Clement Macis, 15, received 16 years the heaviest term after murder conviction while eight others drew 1 to 5 year ranges up to 4 to 14 years for involuntary manslaughter. Five cooperating teens face sentencing later.
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Chicago
Clement
Cookie) Macis
Thomas Kluczynski
Macis
Kenneth Sloboda
Two Men Jailed For Burglary in Five-C county Ring
Walters Oklahoma two men held on burglary charges broke up a ring operating in five counties. Winfield Gilespie thirty two and Robert Whetstone thirty from Grand Prairie Texas charged with multiple burglaries in Cotton Jefferson Johnston and Stephens counties. They confessed to Kiowa County school burglary. Two alleged accomplices named: Charles Smiddy Duncan and Gene Bohanon Ravia. Smiddy charged in Jefferson and Stephens counties. Bohanon faces no charges yet.
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Kiowa County
Fitzsimmons
Charles B. Smiddy
Duncan
Okla
Gene Bohanon
Ravia
Smiddy
Jefferson
Stephens Counties
Bohanon
Waitress case joins varied police and court actions
A waitress may identify suspects who forced her into a car and injured her on a country road south of town. Patrolmen Rhoads and Logan investigated the incident. Thursday saw arrests including A. C. Hall for assault and obscene language, with Deana Hall and Claudia Nurse signing complaints. Two more arrests for drunkenness and Tommie Johnson charged with improper passing. Municipal court saw $102 paid, including fines from a 19-year-old Lawton woman. Regina Saffa forfeited bonds for reckless driving and driving without a license. Judge Oaks found Arthur James Johnsey guilty of failing to yield, with an $11 fine, and Richard A. Henry and Frank Jones faced related charges. Others, including a 56-year-old Lawton man, paid fines for public drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murl Rhoads
Bryan Logan
A. C. Hall
S. 13Th
Deana Hall
Claudia Nurse
Tommie Johnson
Garfield
Lawton
Regina Saffa
Cherry
J. Merle Oaks
Arthur James Johnsey
Sycamore
Richard A. Henry
Fort Sill
Frank Jones
Jefferson
Jones
Sammie Williams
Britain prioritizes ballistic missile program in nuclear race
Britain’s defense chiefs on Friday announced high priority for developing a ballistic rocket, an unmanned intercontinental missile able to deliver a decisive nuclear strike. The disclosure places Britain in the same race with the United States and Russia as both aim to build a 5,000 mile plus ICBM.
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London
Britain
United States
Russia
Burns and Allen Sued Over Son’s Car Crash
George Burns and Gracie Allen face a $60,000 damages suit in Los Angeles after their son Ronald, 20, allegedly hit the Franlichs’ car on March 2, injuring them. Ronald is also named in the action.
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George Burns
Gracie Allen
Los Angeles
Ronald
Henry Franlich
Oklahoma City Market Reports Mixed For Livestock and Dairy
Oklahoma City cattle and hog markets offered little trade due to sparse offerings while cattle and calves were nominally steady. State poultry and eggs prices show No. 1 hard wheat steady, various regional egg quotes, and butterfat prices across multiple Oklahoma locations with a generally steady tone.
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Oklahoma City Livestock
Oklahoma City
USDA
State Department of Agriculture Today
Bison
Hennessey
Clinton
el Reno
Enid
Kingfisher
Yukon
Blackwell
Frederick
Hobart
Lawton
Medford
Vici
Guyman
Hooker
Broilers
Muskogee
Tulsa
Vinita
Alva
Woodward
Laverne
Watonga
Pauls Valley
Sayre
Elk City
Stricken Europe Faces Famine and Freezing Winter
Europe faced its worst winter of the 20th century with at least 611 deaths and widespread crop losses. Floods hit Yugoslavia and Turkey, ice trapped fuel ships, and storms disrupted nations from Spain to North Africa. France alone reported crops worth over half a billion dollars ruined. Italy warned of tremendous damage. Death toll tallies list France 147 and Britain 90 among others. Snowbound communities number near 600 as freezing temps lingered.
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London
Europe
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Spanish
North
Africa
France
Ministry of Agriculture
Italy
Britain
Denmark
Greece
Germany
Austria
Netherlands
Spain
Portugal
Switzerland
Belgium
Sweden
Poland
Norway
Libya
Morocco
Stevenson Habeas Hearing Linked to Coffee Shop Killing
Stevenson's habeas corpus case proceeds with a Feb 21 hearing while he remains jailed without bond over the Jan 23 shooting at Griffin's coffee shop. Griffin died en route to hospital. Stevenson is charged with firing a .32 caliber pistol. He is the father of Horace Stevenson, a former Douglass high school star killed last September.
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Stevenson
Griffin
Horace Stevenson
Douglass High School
Court sentences mixed in robbery perjury cases
A court term handed concurrent five and two year sentences for bery and perjury while several co defendants faced harsher terms including a 10 year term for Bell and five years for Archie in the Fort Sill robbery case. Trials included embezzlement and a check fraud linked to All American Beauty Shop owner Mrs Williamson and testimony disputes involving Williamson.
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Manville Redman
Archie
Utah
Carl Bell
John Calvin Skinner
Benjamin Rotherman
Fort Sill
Skinner
Bell
Freddie O'Neal
Thomas Otto Evans
Tom Hawkins
M. B. Capshaw
Capshaw
Wallis
Williamson
Hondo
Tex
Oklahoma City
Candy
Wichita Falls
Vernon Field
Arthur Cavanagh
Warren Crane
Sterling Grocers Sold After 36 Years in Business
Mr and Mrs Alex Richardson long time Sterling grocers have sold their entire stock ending their 36 year run in the trade.
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Sterling
Alex Richardson
Mayor Praises Army Reserve in National Defense Week
Lawton mayor lauded the local Reserve Officers association for 32 years of civic service and proclaimed February 12 to 22 as National Defense Week. The message urged patriotic gestures and participation, noting 31 reserve officers led by Capt Cedric O. Bourn.
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C. R. Ellsworth
Lawton
U. S. Army’s Reserve Officers Association
Reserve Officers Association
Cedric O. Bourn
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Fort Sill
P.O. Box
Maj
Rawlins Morris
Youths Injured In Post Chase On Fort Sill Reservation
Roland Pointer and Johnny McClung were hospitalized with injuries after their car overturned on a road within Fort Sill’s northeastern reservation following a chase by military police. Cassady Harris of Fletcher was uninjured. Pointer suffered a broken leg and McClung a scalp laceration.
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Roland Pointer
Johnny McClung
Lawton Star Rt
Memorial Hospital
Military Reservation
Fort Sill
Cassady Harris
Fletcher
Quinette Gate
Elgin
Pointer
McClung
Weather roundup for Oklahoma Nebraska Kansas region
The report notes a low of 21 in the night and highs of 63 in Hobart and Altus. The five day forecast for Oklahoma Nebraska Kansas indicates average temperatures rise by Friday night through next Wednesday. rain or snow possible in Kansas and northwest Oklahoma mainly over the weekend with precipitation over an inch expected in southeast Oklahoma.
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Hobart
Altus
Oklahoma
Nebraska - Kansas
Kansas
Business Women Hear Talk On Publication Department
Mrs. Peter B. Stams spoke at the Lawton charter chapter meeting of the American Business Women’s Association. She described the Publication Department’s editing of field manuals and Army materials, with ROTC and reserve course work, and noted world wide use by the U.S. Armed Forces. Plans included a March 11 style show at the Hotel Lawtonian and a March 25 Hand of Friendship event led by Mrs. George A. Blois.
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Peter B. Stams
Department of Publication
Artillery and Guided Missile School
Lawton
American Business Women’s Association
Starns
U.S
Washington, D.C
Army Field
Fort Sill
Lodell Goodey
Lawtonian
Jewel Montgomery
Elton Wilkerson
George A. Blois
Ruby Harris
Boss Breakfast Plans Readied
Plans for the Credit Women's Breakfast club annual Bosses breakfast were mapped at the Thursday morning meeting. Ola Mae Recer, president, was appointed delegate to the seventh district convention in Wichita Kansas April 7 9 and to the 42nd annual International Consumer Credit convention in St Louis June 17 21. New members include Margo Driskel Inez M Ward Sally Russell Patsy R Dodson Kay Oakley Kathryn Hall Alice Dezelle. Helen Mitchell was a guest. Ann Hert won the door prize donated by Neeley Weeks. Anna Margaret Henderson conducted an education program with Miss Hert Mrs Recer Mrs Weeks Mildred Hunter and Delories Butler participating. Thursday's breakfast was held in the Artillery room at the Hotel Lawtonian.
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Credit Women’s Breakfast Club
Ola Mae Recer
Wichita
Kan
International Consumer Credit
St. Louis
Margo Driskel
Inez M. Ward
Sally Russell
Patsy R. Dodson
Kay Oakley
Kathryn Hall
Alice Dezelle
Helen Mitchell
Ann Hert
Neeley Weeks
Anna Margaret Henderson
Miss Hert
Recer
Mrs. Weeks
Mildred Hunter
Delories Butler
Artillery
Lawtonian
German POW Returns to U.S. to Seek Citizenship
Gerhart Jud, a former German prisoner of war held at Ft. Campbell during World War II, arrived in Clarksville with his wife and 9 month old son Werner. He plans to settle with his former overseer Haywood Wyatt, who sponsored his return and hopes for naturalization.
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Clarksville
Tenn
United States
Gerhart Jud
Ft. Campbell
Werner
Haywood Wyatt
Eisenhower vetoes gas bill overturning 1954 court ruling
President Eisenhower rejected legislation to exempt about 5000 gas producers from direct rate regulation by the Federal Power Commission. Opponents warned it could add up to 800 million annually to consumer bills, while supporters said it would restore producer competition and curb unreasonable rates.
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Federal Power Commission
Supreme Court
FPC
Thieves end courtesy boxes for overtime parking
Ashland city officials removed 62 courtesy fine-o-meters eight months after installing them to speed penalties for overtime parking. The red boxes allowed drivers to drop a quarter in an envelope within an hour of a ticket, with a dollar fine after one hour, but many boxes were robbed and some motorists parked all day for 25 cents.
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Ashland
Station Remodel At Sterling Adds Gasoline Pumps
Special: The service station owned by Buck Alexander is being remodeled and gasoline pumps installed, marking updates to the Sterling facility.
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Sterling
Buck Alexaner
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