10 County Democrats To Attend Parley
About 20 county Democratic workers are expected at the state Central committee meeting in Oklahoma City Monday to name new party officers. Charles Jennings will head the local delegation as chairman of the rules and order of business committee. Gov. Gary and Mrs Gary will be honored at an 8 o clock breakfast by the Jefferson Bryan club. Loyd Benefield is expected to be chosen state chairman, with Gov. Gary backing him. The committee may also endorse Jim Arrington to succeed W C Doenges as national committee man, while Bertrude Fields seeks re election as national committeewoman.
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Democratic Party
State Central Committee
Oklahoma City
Charles Jennings
County Central Committee
Rules and Order of Business
Jefferson-Bryan Club
Raymond Gary
Biltmore
Loyd Benefield
Smith Hester Purcell
Benefield
Gary
Jim Arrington
Stillwater
W. C. Doenges
Bartlesville
Doenges
Chicago
Bertrude Fields
Oklahoma
LHS Brings Film Projects to Highlight School Life
Burris outlines production plans for a full length film about Central Junior High and city schools. About 1600 feet of footage will cover administration, facilities, student activities, sports, and the auditorium dedication. The project gains support from Board of Education members and superintendent John Shoemaker.
Traffic Charges Fill Municipal Court Session
Judge J Merle Oaks disposed of over half of 17 cases Saturday afternoon with traffic offenses dominating. Defendants included Phillip Sanchez 29 of 1516 Hoover fined 15 and Donnie R King 17 of 1905 N 13th fined 20 for speeding.
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J. Merle Oaks
Phillip Sanchez
Hoover
Donnie R. King
N. 13Th
Richard A. Conner
Fort Sill
Billy Clyde Garrison
S. 24Th
Glenn Johnson
Edgar E. Elliott
Shirley Brittain
Tommie Johnson
Garfield
Gary Andrew Hawkins
Duncan
A. H. Dowdy
Joe Clayton Laquey
Jack Sledge
Charles Bardsher
Tina Spottedhorse
Johnny Mae Walker
S. First
Bomb aboard Illinois Central train injures mail crew
A crude bomb wrapped in brown paper exploded on the City of New Orleans mail car near Chicago. A. A. Dix and Payton described the blast as a red flame that sprayed mail sacks and damaged a shoe box containing nitro glycerine components. Fragments including a dry cell battery and a light bulb were recovered and sent to Washington for analysis.
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Payton
Wells
Zarza
Washington
Memphis
Tenn
Jackson
Miss
New Orleans
Patrol Nabs Two For Drunk Driving
Lt. C. W. Adams and Trooper W. W. Flanagan booked two men into county jail Saturday night for driving while intoxicated. One 21 year old Fort Sillman was arrested north of Fletcher after veering the patrol car off the highway, causing four cars to stop and a truck to go into a ditch. A second Fort Sillman received a reckless driving summons after an 11th hour arrest around 6:50 p.m. Harold Newby Jordan, 22, Rocky Hill Kentucky, paid five dollars and costs after pleading guilty to passing in a marked zone. Peace Justice Marvin Cameron imposed the fine.
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C. W. Adams
W. W. Flanagan
Adams
Fort Sillman
Fletcher
Harold Newby Jordan
Youth Center plans and new director at Lawton commission
Center agers a voice in the building s activity and operations. Plans also are being made for several combo dances including decorations at the youth center. Several teachers were named as Possible applicants for the temporary director s position. However commissioners will hold interviews with those interested in the part time job. A new director will probably be hired at the commission s next meeting scheduled at 3 p.m. Thursday since Pope s resignation becomes effective March 1. Discussion also was conducted at Saturday s meeting concerning adding several air conditioning units to the youth center building for summer use. The youth center is open five nights a week from 7 9 p.m. and also from 2 30 5 p.m. The building is closed Tuesdays and Sundays. Veterans of Spanish American War hold meetings in the building once a month on Sunday afternoons and Lawton Senior Citizens club meet at the center every other Tuesday Barnes said. Commissioners again expressed grave concern of the small attendance at the youth center and an apparent lack of interest. About 85 Lawton students have paid their membership dues since Jan 1. About 900 youth center membership cards were issued at the same time last year.
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Agers
Commission
Pope
Lawton Senior Citizens Club
Barnes
Lawton
Youth Center
Hub Cap and Bicycle Thefts Reported
Police logged Friday night thefts of hub caps from four cars and a bicycle. Paul Pickett reported four hub caps taken from his 1954 Studebaker at 224 A. Bill McNeal said two caps were stolen from his 1953 Buick. Edwin Piper reported two hub caps stolen from his 1948 Cadillac at home. Cecil Powell reported an English racer bicycle stolen from St. Marys High School.
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Paul Pickett
Monroe
Studebaker
Bill McNeal
Columbia
Edwin Piper
Cecil Powell
St. Mary’s High School
U S Arms Shipments Stir Middle East Tensions
Washington faced controversy over a Saudi request in 1955 for a limited number of tanks. The U S agreed to ship 18 light M41 reconnaissance tanks in February after Saudi payment in November. The State Department contrasted this with Soviet bloc arms to Egypt and cited numerous unacted Middle East requests exceeding 150 million dollars.
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Washington
United States
Middle East
Israel
State Department
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Near East
Marines Reach Families After Death Reports Reach Home
The Marine Corps rushed to correct false death reports as 32 Marines were told to phone home. Sgt. Richard W. Hall and others described parents’ disbelief and eventual relief after hearing their sons were alive. Some families learned before official telegrams arrived, sparing long waits.
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San Francisco
Marine Corps
Richard W. Hall
Mt. Kisco
N.Y
Mom
Donald Lee Alcorn
Lockland
Ohio
James E. Bacon
San Diego
Calif
Defense Department
City seeks temporary easement for water site testing near Elgin
Lawton officials petition for a temporary 90 day easement on the Ingram pasture lands in northwest Section 28 Town 4N Range 11W to permit drilling test holes up to 90 feet deep for a proposed municipal water supply. The plan includes ingress and egress across adjoining tracts and emphasizes no permanent damage to the land.
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Township Four North
West Indian Meridian
Upper
Comanche County
Elgin
Lawton
Ingram
Stalin Leadership Critique Marks Shifts in Soviet Thought
Mikoyan confronts Stalinist texts criticizing production forecasts for the United States Britain and France. He calls for Marxist Leninist review of Stalin's Economic Problems of Socialism in the U S S R and argues for deeper West study and broader capitalist analysis. He questions 1918 1920 Revolution narratives and cites alleged sabotage claims regarding Trotsky Bukharin Kamenev and Zinoviev with purge-era context.
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Mikoyan
U.S.S.R
United States
France
Britain
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Trotsky
Bukharin
Kamenev
Zinoviev
West
Auto Overturns Injuring Two Lawton Men West Of Lawton
Two Lawton men were injured when their 1955 Chevrolet ran off U S 62 nine miles west of Lawton and overturned. Driver Frank Burns 39 of 214 2 E is listed with shoulder and rib injuries after the crash and passenger Roy Hale 41 of Lawton sustained unknown injuries. A second passenger Charles Roger of Vesta California was not injured. Troopers Norman Carroll and Duke reported the car travelled east on U S 62 left the south shoulder went across the highway and overturned in a bar ditch.
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Lawton
U.S. 62
Frank Burns
Roy Hale
Charles Roger
Vesta
Calif
Norman Carroll
Duke
U. S. 62
Bankers Agenda At Lawton Bankers Convention
Bankers meet at 8 30 a m Wednesday at the Lawton Country club with a noon luncheon in the Lawtonian ballroom. The Oklahoma Association of State Banks convenes at 11 a m in the Geronimo room. J W Glass will open business at 1 30 p m with Rev Russell T Rauscher giving the invocation. Principal speaker is Raymond J Doll of the Federal Reserve Bank Kansas City Mo with remarks by Thomas D Tarpley of Citizens National Bank Muskogee. Wives adjourn to 1 30 p m entertainment in the Artillery room. Committees include Nominating and Resolutions with bankers from Hinton Anadarko Roosevelt Mountain View and Frederick.
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Lawton Country Club
Lawtonian
Oklahoma Association of State Banks
Geroniquo
J. W. Glass
Hydro
Russell T. Rauscher
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Raymond J. Doll
Fort Sill National Bank
George Whitten
City National Bank
Exall English
Ralph Mc. T. Pennell
William F. Wulf
J. R. Montgomery
Rumbaugh
R. C. Brown
Security Bank & Trust Co
Calvin Darnall
C. E. Price Jr
Funeral Rites Set for Eight-Day-Old Kathy Ann Baker
Graveside rites for Kathy Ann Baker eight-day-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Baker 118 S First will be held at 10 am Monday at Highland Cemetery The infant died about 1030 pm Friday A twin brother Edward died Feb 11 and was buried last Monday in Highland cemetery Baker is a civil service employee at Fort Sill The couple have two other children Fletcher Funeral Home of Lawton is in charge of arrangements
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Kathy Ann Baker
Eugene Baker
Highland Cemetery
Edward
Baker
Civil Service
Fort Sill
Fletcher Funeral Home
Lawton
Guards to Attend Church in Uniform Across Oklahoma
Oklahoma City February 18. Uniformed Oklahoma National Guardsmen will attend church in 78 cities and towns Sunday. Following services, 45th Division soldiers will host open houses at local armories to promote new enlistments.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma National Guardsmen
45Th Division
Youth Leadership Hopefuls Named
Lawton Elks select Jerry Lee Brammer and Elizabeth Mary Ryan to represent Lawton in the state youth leadership contest at Cameron College. Each receives a $25 savings bond. state prizes total 100 75 and 25 dollars, with national prizes of 1000 500 and 300 for boys and girls. Competition rests on leadership reports from peers and mentors. Harold Carey chairs the Youth Program committee, with Fuzz Barnes Ray Nowlin Harvey Mathis and Tom Cullen.
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Jerry Lee Brammer
Dearborn
Elizabeth Mary Ryan
McGlachlin
Lawton Elks Lodge
Cameron College
Lawton
Elks
Harold Carey
Fuzz Barnes
Ray Nowlin
Harvey Mathis
Tom Cullen
Pike Roads Committee Pushes Three Pike Packages
Pike chairman Wade and J C Kennedy with Ted Ralston drive an all or nothing plan to sell three pikes the northern route likely via Oklahoma City Turner Turnpike the southwest leg toward Randlett and the southern leg toward Dallas The authority hires Wilbur Smith and Associates for 125000 in two contracts and DeLeuw Cather for 87000 plus 1.9 percent of construction cost as consultant Feasibility reports on all routes expected by Aug 1 and seeks a 289000 state loan for traffic and cost studies
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Wade
Chamber Roads Committee
J. C. Kennedy
Ted Ralston
Gary
Randlett
Dallas
Wilbur Smith and Associates
New Haven
Conn
Oklahoma City
Smith
DeLeuw, Cather and Co
DeLeuw, Cather
State Highway Department
Ice sales to Eskimos lure former Okla City man
Homer Moseley a 48 year old ice and refrigerator man says selling his black ice at 13 dollars a ton to Alaska natives is lucrative He claims to run the only refrigerator supply in the Alaska territory and notes that Eskimos heat homes year round making ice a needed commodity He dismisses the igloo stereotype and recalls Anchorage plant opening after World War I with customers who laughed at him but soon stopped snickering.
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Oklahoma City
Homer Moseley
Alaska
Moseley
Igloos
Concentrated Farming Power in the United States
About nine percent of U S farmers generate half of the nation s farm output, highlighting the high impact of a small producer segment on overall agricultural production.
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U. S
Immunization drive fields polio vaccine for counties
Health officials plan first shot clinics in Comanche Tillman and Jackson counties as 18 920 Comanche children aged one day to 14 years are counted. About 50 percent may receive shots, 10 000 doses ready, with private clinics for later doses. Nurses and Dr Miller lead the effort amid clinic suspensions and parental consent drives.
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Miller
Comanche County
Jackson County
Dorothy Cooper
Altus
Health Department
United Nations cites medical schools and annual graduates
The United Nations reports 595 medical schools across 85 countries with annual graduates ranging from 20 000 to 60 000, indicating substantial variability in output and capacity.
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The
United Nations
Home Damaged By Small Fire Ablaze in Ton's Southside Area
A small fire at 2106 Washington damaged the home of George H. Williamson causing about 100 dollars in structure damage and 50 dollars to contents. Firemen Marvin Mulligan S T Smith and C C Capps reported the blaze started above the stove and burned a ceiling hole. No injuries were reported.
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George H. Williamson
Washington
Marvin Mulligan
S. T. Smith
C. C. Capps
Lawton
Southside
Capps
Crash at Luga airfield injures troops bound flight
A RAF Luga airfield crash involved a large 50 to 60 seat charter plane returning after trouble. Wreckage burned as rescuers arrived. flight was a troop transport chartered by the War Office. Two Ministry inspectors were en route to Malta to investigate. reference to a 1953 York disaster remains unresolved.
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Luga
Scottish Airlines
War Office
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Malta
London
Atlantic
Jamaica
Retina Detachment Urges Prompt Treatment Says Institute
The Better Vision Institute notes that partial or complete detachment of the retina from the eye’s lining causes vision problems and requires rapid medical attention to preserve sight.
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The
Better Vision Institute
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