$2 Million Bond Sale Tentatively Slated March 18
City councilmen tentatively set March 18 for selling 2,009,000 in scalerworks bonds to fund part of a 6,182,840 water improvements project. The dam on Cache Creek between Elgin and Porter Hill will impound about 65,000 acre feet to augment Lake Lawtonka supply. First bond series carry interest slightly above 3.48 percent. Funds from earlier series covered land, clearwell work, appraisals, and costs.
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Monroe Calculating Machine Co
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Carson Machinery Co
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Planing and Zoning Commission
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Stitt Pair
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Walter Collections
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Reio
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Fort Sill
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Dison
Gove Blvd
Frank Sandrayno
Ardranno
Suil
Red Is Nabbed In Plane Seizure
South Korea reports arrest of a high ranking Communist agent believed to have masterminded the seizure of a South Korean airliner diverted to North Korea. The plane flying from Pusan to Seoul carried two American pilots and 34 aboard. North Korea and Panmunjom sources describe casualties and defections. The United States supports the seizure theory as officials seek the safe return of all passengers and crew.
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Worea A
North Korea
Panmunjom
GN. Command
International Reef Cross
Airliner Crash in Cairo Leaves Co-Pilot Dead
Twenty people escaped serious injury when a KLM DC8B crash landed at Cairo Airport possibly due to landing gear failure. The co pilot was killed. Eight crew members and 13 passengers were aboard en route to Amsterdam. Causes not yet known.
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Cairo
KLM
Amsterdam
Senator Hayden Begins 47th Year in Congress
Washington Sen Carl Hayden of Arizona marks his 47th year as a member of Congress after 14 years in the House and a long Senate tenure. As chairman of the appropriations committee and president pro tempore, he ranks third in line for the presidency while remaining one of Congress's most unobtrusive figures. Hayden says he aims for a fair day's work and letting results speak for themselves.
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Washington
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Congress
Hayden
House
Senate
Joe Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Tye
Gracie Allen Quitting Show Biz Next May
Gracie Allen announces she will retire from show business next May after 37 years, to become a full-time homemaker. George Burns plans to remain active in entertainment with McCadden Productions and their TV ventures, while Gracie shifts focus to home and family.
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Gabby Dimwit
George
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Burns
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McCadden Productions
Bob Cummings
People’s Choice
Jackie Cooper
Alien
Gra
San Francisco
Burnis
Chilean Officers Plan Visit to Fort Leavenworth
Twenty officers from the war academy of the Chilean Army will arrive at Fort Leavenworth tomorrow for a few day visit with U S Army Command and General Staff College. Brigadier General Manuel Monit Martinez will lead the group. They come from Fort Knox Kentucky and will depart Sunday for Fort Sill Oklahoma.
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Leavenwoorth
War Academy
Army Sets April Draft Call for 15 000 Men
The Army today issued a draft call for 15 000 men in April. The monthly draft is expected to stay around this level through June, bringing the total inducted since September 1930 to about 2,909,420 men.
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Marek
Oilmen Approve Cut in Oklahoma March Output
Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary and the Oklahoma Corporation Commission agreed with oil industry leaders to reduce March oil production to curb oversupply. The state will slash output starting March 1, with a targeted daily drop around 50,000 barrels from the current 585,000 barrel allowance, though exact figures were not disclosed.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Raymond Gary
Okahoma Corporation Commission
Oklahoma
Commission
Gary
Linehan
Dx-Sunray
Indushs
Street Sanding Program Is Set
The city council street committee will develop a program for early morning sanding of intersections when ice and snow require it. Bob Dunn of Lawton Safety council urged adoption of a plan following a February 13 safety group recommendation. Dunn noted workers face delays and smacked traffic while Whirkpatrick cited his 90 minute commute during last week's icy weather.
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Bob Dunn
Lawton Safety Council
Dunn
E. W. Whirkpatrick
Post
Republican Leaves Race For Governor
Oklahoma City insurance man Irvin Hurst quits the governor race. A former Democrat who switched parties last year cites lack of finances and insufficient support from party leaders and donors as the reason for his withdrawal.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Irvin Hurst
Hurst
Lent Period Opens With Ash Services
Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent with ashes distributed to Catholics and other denominations. Special services were held in churches across many lands. Lent lasts 43 days plus six Sundays until Holy Saturday, April 5. Separately, the American Cancer Society notes skin cancer, though over 90 percent curable, causes about 3,590 deaths annually in the United States.
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New York
United States
American Cancer Society
Around The World Featured At BPW Club Banquet
The Business and Professional Women's Club held its annual international relations banquet at Old South Cafeteria with 13 allied officers from Fort Sill and 16 members of the Lawton International club in attendance. Guests included Lt Col Habib Ahmad of Pakistan and Col Ta Feng among a long list of officers and international guests. programs featured performances from Japanese and European groups and a square dance demonstration by Cameron Indian club members.
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Old South
Fort Sill
Lawton International Club
Clyda Hargraves
B&pw Club
Marie Detty
Margie, Becker
Betty Raulston
Ta K. Feng
Liu Han Fu
Chao Yun Yu
Tong King Chao
Habib Ahmad
Pakistan
Delores Cherier
Europe
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Sally
Gene
Smith
Ernest Hunter
Cameron Indian Club
Khim Maung Latt
Burma
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Ali Shaegh
Iran
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Sin Han Fu
Chao Ming Chu
China
Peer Badshah Gilani
Antonio N. Concepcion
Philippines
Pham Kim Chung
Phan Dinh Tung
Viet Nam
Thomas O. Lynch
Nn Wright
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McCuistion
Lili Griswold
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Henrietta Ortiz
Mexico
Chlitis Jackson
England
Britta Swatosh
Betty Bochantin
Erika Aske
Kathy la Fleur
Trudy Trexler
Germany
Aiko Gavigan
Sashikito Castle
Japan
Lillian Farrar
Jawai Myrtle Howie
Canada
Gloria Escalero
Domienican Republic
Rafael Moreno
Spain
Rosline Stanard
Velda M. W
Auditors Challenge Haskell Purchases
Oklahoma City state audit challenges payments by Haskell County commissioners for truck repairs and a rebuilt motor for unowned trucks, travel pay for hospital patient transport, out of state chemical purchases at higher prices, mingling of private and official business, and alleged rental overcharges. The audit covers fiscal years 1954-55, 1955-56 and 1935-57, naming commissioners Arthur E. Hendricks J. W. Thompson and William H. Prince.
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Haskell
State
Wendell G. Brawley
Scott Burson
Arthur E. Hendricks
J. W. Thompson
William H. Prince
Doyle Sewell Motor Co
Oklahoma City
Lawton High Among 55 Schools in State Tournament
Lawton high school joins 54 other schools in the 24th annual speech tournament at Central State college Edmond March 21 and 22. Contestants will be announced later by instructors Mrs Opal Ford and Kinley McClure.
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Lawton
Central State College
Edmond
Opal Ford
Kinley McClure
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