Oklahoma Bill Seeks Outside Pay Ban on Attorney General
Oklahoma House moved to bar the attorney general and assistants from drawing pay from outside sources. The debate focused on Attorney General Mac Q Williamson’s use of Graham estate funds for expenses as a trustee. Rep Lucien Spear led the charge, presenting travel claims. Williamson acknowledged drawing funds but said he would likely stop. An investigation into the Graham estate was proposed by Rep Charles Hammers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Rouse Tursay
Attorney General's
Mac Q. Williamson
W. A. Graham
Williamson
Es-Tate
Pryor
Gus Lee
Spear
Wight
Lucien Spear
Hugo
Williams
Candon
Snear
House
Suchas
Graham
James C. Nance
D-Purcell
William Bo
Charles Hammers
D-Muskogee
Weather Update From Page One On Rainy Lake Conditions
The lake area is very muddy with low clouds and rain in the forecast. Higdon notes Medicine Creek pours water into the lake while Jackson and Canyon creeks provide small inflows. lake level holds at 1713 feet, 31.45 feet below the spillway, with flood gates not yet reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Higdon
Medicine Creek
Jackson Creek
Canyon Creek
Wichita Mountains Wildlife, Refuge
Richard Hitch
Elmer Thomas
Refuge
Fort Sill Military Reservation
Little Medicine Ersek
Lake Elmer Thomas
Lake Lawtonka
Earl F. Ingram
East Cache Creek
East
Cache Creek
Lawton
Panhandle
Altus
Former Cameron Students Cast in A&M Play Slaughter of the Innocents
Two former Cameron college students have been cast in leading roles of Slaughter of the Innocents at Oklahoma A&M College. Howard Walker, 1955 Aggie music graduate, and Ron Lyon, an alumnus of Cameron, will headline the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron College
Oklaboma A&m College
Howard Walker
Aggie
Ron Lyon
Cameron In
Hospital Births and Discharges Tell Of Community Health
A hospital column lists many births including a Ben to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Loftus in Arlington at 1:31 p.m. on Feb 15 and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Willie Gaines at 4:14 a.m. on Feb 20. Numerous admissions include Orville Ware and Mrs. Lester Howell, with several others under medical or surgical care. Discharges note patients such as Benny Wallis, Susan Packs, and Mary Russell returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Loftus
Arlington
Ben
Willie Gaines
Patterson
Orville Ware
Allus
Lester Howell
Libert ‘Ty
Charles L. Mount
Wesley C. Chatham
Clarence Ditmore
Jefferson
Donald Conn
Benny ‘Wallis
Susan Packs
Robert Parks
Steve D. Phillips
Kingo
Mary Russell
Jirldean Jambert
County Line
Charles Taylor White
John W. Hale
Duinean
Harold Teague
Max Bender
Linwood Bender
Elgin, Sur-Gery
Clarence L. Dodson
Robert B. Mendrick
Laird
Billy L. DeVine
Geronimo
Patricia Wright
Pageant royalties case moves toward film assets sale
A Pageant group claimed five percent of Principle Films royalties or distributor gross receipts for a nationwide film. The district court awarded 110,115.13 in royalties in 1953, upheld by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in 1955. Unable to pay, the film company appointed a receiver to seize assets for sale once negotiations finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallmark
Oklahoma State Supreme Court
Chrisman
Lawton High Elects Honor Society Officers
Martha Tait heads the Lawton High School National Honor Society chapter as president for the second semester with Virginia Rice as vice president. Ten committee members plan the annual April banquet, including Judy Adams Pat Shelton Don Street Sally Haggerton Carlene Crow and Virginia Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Tait
Lawton High School
National Honor Society
Virginia Rice
LHS
Judy Adams
Pat Shelton
Don Street
Sally Hagherton
Carlene Crow
Vehicle Owners Warned On New 1957 License Plates
Comanche county vehicle owners who have not purchased 1957 license plates were warned that after March 3 they face seizure and sale of their vehicles and a $10 to $100 daily fine for no tag. Oklahoma Tax Commission guidance and Lt. Mussen of the Highway Patrol stressed that vehicles without proper current year plates will be seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Ralph Hennessee
Oklahoma Tax Commission
F. A. Mussen
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
City Council Approves Annexation and Jurisdiction Changes
The council denied annexing a drainage ditch area while excluding block 17 and blocks 7 11 15. Developer Carl Stephens asked annexation after surrendering water and sewer lines. a small park triangle may be returned to him after park committee review. Council also began study on Ferris Street expansion to the junior high, accepted bids on fire equipment, and approved district paving costs plus up to 1000 for the activated disposal plant. The engineer cited a 425000 bridge project and potential 10000 savings by removing the bridge. Final First St. paving estimate totaled 94388 232 with savings from in place curbs. Activator unit restoration at the disposal plant could boost sewage capacity by 750000 gallons daily. unit unused for a decade. Various department purchases and bids were authorized, including a rotary mower, San Antonio truck repairs, and bids on a parking meter cleaner. A hazardous pond at the new junior high site was drained. a shopping center builder secured 32nd and Ferrison lots for business use. Ward & Co. won eight tires and tubes for sanitation at 70.52 each. several bidders listed. A bid for an electric pump and motor up to 500 was authorized for filter plant cleaning. The Tartars, once large in Russia, now reside in Soviet territory and are described as Mohammedan with a Turkish dialect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Stephens
Cheyenne
Atlanta
Stephens
Park Committee
Ferris
Sheridan Road
Tomlinson Junior High School
First St
Douglas L. Smith
Sheridan
Street
M. J. Carpenter
F. Smith
Water Committee
Park Department
Sanitation
San Antonio
Tex
Dranedt
Ferrison
Iow
Montgomery Ward & Co
Ward
State Roebuck
Fink Automotive Supply
Goodrich
Goodyear Service Stores
615 Jobs Openings Filled In January
A total of 615 job openings were filled by the local employment office in January, up from 564 the prior month. Law ton area employment stood at 16 225 mid January, down from 16 525 in December, with seasonal factors cited. Wholesale retail, contract construction, and domestic sectors fell due to weather and Christmas layoffs, while overall help supply remained ample. Specialized openings remain hard to fill such as secretaries, insurance salesmen, and nurses. Unemployed residents and immigrants increased, and 69 applicants received vocational counseling with 24 taking the general aptitude battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Kidson
Lawton
Employment Service
City Civic Clubs Sponsor Five Jamboree Scouts
Five local Boy Scouts and Explorers receive $100 scholarships to attend the 1957 National Jamboree at Valley Forge Penn. Lawton Rotary Elis Lions and Downtown Kiwanis clubs awardees include Sammy Harding D L Stoddard J Bob Howard Jimmy Bernhardt and Jimmy Bobs. Leaders and scouts will tour Philadelphia Naval Yards visit major league game and spend days in Washington New York and Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Valley Forge
Penn
Tex McCoy
Euclid
Elks
Kiwanis Club
Jimmy Bernhardt
Jimmy Bobs
Eulid
Hunting Horse
Black Beaver Council
United States
Philadelphia Naval Yards
Gordon Wayne
Jack Sasser
O. L. Parsons
Service Corps
Washington
D.C
New York
Detroit
Mich
Plans Completed For Phi Theta Kappa Convention
Plans are completed for the Phi Theta Kappa national convention set for April 18 to 20 at the Hotel Lawtonian. Cameron College ghost chapter president Merrill Neal said about 300 delegates are expected for Lawton's first national parley with Jesse Bogue as principal speaker and a banquet and dance on April 19 in the Lawtonian ballroom. Charles Cremer is elected official delegate and Mrs. Jane Lowe is local sponsor. Many delegates will stay to attend the Wichita Mountains Easter Service on April 21 at Hely City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawtonian
Merrill Neal
Cameron College
Junior ‘College
Lawton
Jesse Bogue
Junior College Association
Charles Cremer
Free state food commodities urged for Lawton residents
Lawton recipients of state food commodities were urged to pick up supplies at the office of County Commissioner Emit Woesner. Distribution began Friday and few had visited. Available items this month include flour, cornmeal, powdered milk, cheese and rice. The office opens 9:11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. for distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Woesner
Coron
Aodities
Drunken Driving Charge Filed After Accident Near Lawton
A 20 year old Fort Sill man Albert Nichols Dewey was charged with drunken driving after a collision on U S 62 eight four miles north of Lawton. Dewey’s 1954 Mercury hit the rear of a 1953 Buick driven by Eugene Benton Shelley. No injuries were reported and total damage was about 585 dollars. County Attorney Warren Crane filed three other traffic charges this morning including reckless driving against Herbert Everett Wright Neal W Norton Gilbert Ignelgi and Robert Honeycutt. Wright and Norton were charged in local courts and Ignelgi and Honeycutt were charged in Giles and Cameron courts respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sillman
Lawton
U.S. 62
Albert Nichols Dewey
Fort Sill
Ralph Cline
W. W. Flanagan
Dewey
Eugene Benton Shelley
Electra
Tex
Warren Crane
Herbert
Everett Wright
Patterson
Neal W. Norton
Taft
Wright
Marvin E. Cameron
Norton
Woodrow Giles
Gilbert Ignelgi
Giles
Robert H. Honeycutt
Cameron's
Guard Opposes Six Month Active Duty for Teens
Subcommittee Chairman Overton Brooks says guard members can meet obligations at home via drilling and summer camp. The Army pushes six months active duty for new recruits while the Guard seeks 11 weeks for under 18. A guard commander reports six months improves readiness and recruitment, with parents reassured by better wartime survival if well trained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Subcommittee
Overtom Brooks
D-La
Army
Guard
Brooks
Sasent
Yester Guard
Stout Declares Candidacy for Ward 2 Council Seat
Lester Stout of 1704 Oak announced today his candidacy for the Ward 2 council seat now held by Arnold White. A 24 year Lawton businessman operating a Sheridan Road service station with his wife and two Cameron College students as sons, Stout had been weighing a bid after sailing two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Stout
Oak
Arnold White
Stout
Sheridan Road
Ferris
Lawton
Cameron College
Douglass Students Hear 3 Brotherhood Speakers
Douglass high school Hi Y and Tri Hi Y members hosted a special assembly Tuesday afternoon for National Brotherhood Week. Guest speakers were Chaplain Philip Cabasing representing Catholic faith, Chaplain A Lieberman Jewish, and Thomas L. Strayhand Protestant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass High School
Hi-Y
Tri-Hi-Y
Philip Cabasing
A. Lieberman
Thomas L. Strayhand
Committee Eyes Funds To Pay Teachers In Oklahoma
Oklahoma Senate Education committee moved to end basic aid for poorer districts to finance a guaranteed teacher raise but halted action. A proposed natural gas tax would raise about 4 million annually. The proposal targeted districts like Oklahoma and Tulsa. debate reflected tax burden on larger counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Senate Education Committee
Clem Hamilton
Parama
Oklashoma
Tulsa
Bob Trent
D-Caney
Basil Wilson
Mangum
Oklahoma County
Tulsa County
Garfield
Kay County
Washington
Hamilton
Europe aims six nation pool for nuclear power and trade
Euratom plans a six nation core for a common market with a regional pool for atomic materials and a unified nuclear program. Prime ministers resolved a half billion dollar annual fund for colonies and France’s Algeria status. beef consumption in the United States reached 160 pounds per person for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euratom
Spaak
Britain
Europe
Russia
United States
France
Africa
Belgium
Netherlands
Italy
West Germany
Luxembourg
Algeria
Funeral Rites For Dennis Wayne Bishop Graveside Today
Graveside services for Dennis Wayne Bishop son of Mr and Mrs Wallace Bishop will be at 3 pm Wednesday at the Post Oak Mission cemetery Indiahoma. The child died at birth in a local hospital Wednesday morning. Survivors include brother James Forrest Bishop and maternal grandparents Doug las Komahcheet of the home address and paternal grandparents T Bishop Rome Ga. Graveside services for Mrs Florence K Miller 78 were held at Highland cemetery at 10:30 am Wednesday with Rev Murphy Duncan officiating. Miller, an early day Law ton resident, died last week in a Pomona Calif hospital. Bearers were Curley Torlinson Arno Lund A B Gosselin Sam Maddux Earl Zorger and John March. Funeral services were held Feb 13 in Honolulu Hawaii for Maj Ret Frederick R Babcock 43 formerly stationed at Fort Sill. Babcock a budget officer with the Pacific Army headquarters northern and central France and fers at Fort Shafter since 1947 died Feb T. He was first stationed at Fort Sill in April 1898 and served with the 18th Field Artillery group and the 17th FA brigade before being sent to the ETO in 1944 where he participated in the Normandy invasion and campaigns of northern and central France and Germany. Maj Babcock entered the Army in Hawaii in 1929 as a private and was retired in 1945 at the rank of major on a disability suffered in Europe during World War I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Wayne Bishop
Wallace Bishop
Post Oak Mission
Indiahoma
James Forrest Bishop
Douglas Komahcheet
T. Bishop
Rome
Florence K. Miller
Highland Cemetery
Murphy Duncan
Marlow Methodist Church
Miller
Lawton
Pomona
Calif
Curley Torlinson
Arno Lund
A. B. Gosselin
Sam Maddux
Earl Zorger
John March
Honolulu
Hawaii
Frederick R. Babcock
Fort Sill
Maj. Babcock
Pacific Army
France
Fers
Fort Shafter
18Th Field Artillery Group
17Th FA
ETO
Normandy
Northersy
Central Fance
Germany
Babcock
Europe
Babcock Family Obituary Noted in Wisconsin Traditionally
born November 29 1998 in Eb Roy Wisconsin. member of Lawton Masonic Lodge Consistory Guthrie Aloha Temple Honolulu and National Sojournors Fort Shafter. Maj Mrs Babcock left Lawton in February 1846 for Hawaii. Survivors include wife Margaret a daughter Barbara Ann a son Charles Richard mother Ella Jane Doffman Joliet sisters Jessie Smith Janesville sister Chester Arnold Joliet brothers B F Babcock Beloit and John R Babcock Joliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebroy
Wis
Lawton
Joliet
Jessie Smith
St. Louis
Irs
Chester Arnold
Janesville
B. F. Babcock
Beloit
Wise
John R. Babcock
Skits Shown At Lawton Junior High Assembly
Skits from "Onions To The Stew" by Lawton high school junior class were presented at the weekly assembly at Central junior high. Emcee Elizabeth Porter, student council president, opened the program. Billy Roy raised the flag, Donna Jo Nelson read the scripture, and a girls trio including Linda Heard Wanda Heard and Alice Wilburn assisted in the devotional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton High School
Central Junior High School Today
Elizabeth Porter
Billy Roy
Donna Jo Nelson
Linda Heard
Wanda Heard
Alice Wilburn
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Cameron
A&m Flay
Harvey Byrd
Faxon
Jack Mathews
Marlow
Rovert Kren
Bobby Gene Davis
R. G. Mavis
Joe Brooks
Chattanooga
Henry Keith
Maple
George Hallet
Nebraska
Joh Kirk
Ricky Alexander
J. R. Alexander
Roy Lee
Summit
George Waldrop
Elm
Nora Dalton
Pollard
Theodore Pierce
Duncan
James Perez
Park
Willis Robinson
Garland Vowell
Lucinda Demary
Robert E. Demary
S. Highh
Medica
U. S. Indian
Hirth
Wesley Ware
Carnégie
Arthur McGee
Comanche
Margie Bouchey
Nellie Littleman
Shawnee
Melvin Black
Ceiling
Dug Bacon
Anadarko
Jessis Cropoby
Elgin
Vernon Mihecoby
Fletcher
Reuben Redbird
Gotcho
Page
Honor Society
Council
Poland
Hungary
Soviet Russia
Sinclair
E Avenue
James T. Reed
City Civic Clubs
Douglass
Brotherhood
Joyce’s Furniture CO
D Avenue
Lawton Constitution
Florence Miller
Frederick Babcock
Jones Radio G
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Proctor
America
Fed. Tex
Botelli
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