Sheriff Salary and Travel Costs for County Officials
Figures show the county budget overrun by almost 13000 with Sheriff Hale drawing 300 monthly since January and undersheriff Shelby at 150. The department logged 73950 travel miles and 5480 in travel costs through January, with deputies McCracken Ridgeway Phillips Roberson among top travelers. Salaries and prisoner feeding push first seven months costs and average monthly incomes rise after salary increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Hale
Hoyt Shelby
Yeith
Hale
M. T. McCracken
Oral Ridgeway
California
Carl Phillips
Arvil Roberson
Marvin H. Terry
Lewis Davis
M.A. Tompkins
Shelby
E. B. Wallis
Aoberson
Terry
Phillips
Ridgeway
McCracken
Roberson
Move Launched To Stop Tax Revision Drive
Washington news reports a delay in tax revision legislation to limit a Senate push for changes. The extension bill faces a April 1 deadline to prevent automatic tax cuts, while senators debate relief for small corporations and oil industry depletion benefits. Prominent figures include Fulbright Williams Rayburn Johnson Humphrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent J. Burke
Washington
Senate
House
Chamber
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
John J. Williams
Senate Finance’ Committee
Williams
Truman
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Lyndon E. Johnson
Tex
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Sanction Foes Await U S Decision On Middle East Crisis
United Nations members weigh potential sanctions against Israel as President Eisenhower’s stance looms. Lester B. Pearson and other envoys seek clarity from Washington after Ben-Gurion’s latest messages. Arab leaders, including Nasser and Saud, prepare for summit talks to influence Suez Canal reopening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Wations
Canada
Britain
France
Israel
United States
Middle East
Lester B. Fourson
Canaria
Delugues
Tke
Eisenhower
David Ben-Gurion
Abba Eban
Ben-Gurion
Pearson
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
White House
Gulf of Aqaba
Sinai Peninsula
Gaza Strip
Cairo
Nasser
Egypt
Kuwaily
Syria
Hussein
Jordan
King Saud
Saudi Arabia
Hisenhower
U S Holds Firm on Israel Withdraw Demand
Officials expect Eban to seek a move from Ben-Gurion to advance the crisis. Dulles is ready to tell Eban the United States will not expand assurances and will back a UN pressure plan if Israel does not pull back its troops. Possible measures include cutting off private Israeli funding from the United States, about 100 million dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eban
Ben-Gurion
Dulles
United States
Israel
U.N
State Department
Murder Suspect Billie Green Bonded After Shooting
Madill Oklahoma February 23 Billie Green 30 was released on a $5,000 bond after a habeas corpus hearing before District Judge William J Monroe in a murder case. The victim A Tucknies 50 was shot four times with a .22 pistol when he allegedly tried to break into Green’s house Thursday night. Green bound over to District Court after waiving preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madill
Billie Green
Madilloman
William J. Monroe
Tucknies
Heart fund drive supports research and services in Comanche county
Comanche county treasurer at the American National Bank notes funds raised by the Heart Fund drive will support the association program in research education and community service. The group has spent about 20 million dollars on heart research in nine years improving treatment for heart cases. The Twenty First Century Fund reports one acre in ten planted in the United States is lost annually to insect damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
American National Bank
Heart Fund
Association
Twentieth Century Fund
PAGEANT CONTINUES WITH REHEARSALS AND OUT OF TOWN GROUPS
First rehearsal session lists Russell and Bert Blas among cast with Roman soldiers and Disciples. Technical staff includes Pickett lighting Cote sound Peterson and others. Out of town groups from Norman Oklahoma City Anadarko Chickasha Stillwater Binger Wichita Falls Burkburnett and area towns will perform individual scenes. Letters pour in from church groups religious dramatics and Boy Scout troops nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Bert Blas
Frank McFarland
Bob Burger
Craig Pierson
Leroy Botkin
Millard Coody
Bill Fargo
Tom Stanton
Ruth Blasingame
L. Ellis
Paul Pickett
I. G. Cote
Russell Peterson
Ica Pierson
Maude Smith
H. R. DeWolf
Margaret Batten
M. FR. Ritter
Norman
Oklahoma
City
Anadarko
Chickasha
Stillwater
Binger
Okla
Wichita Falls
Burkburnett
Tex
Altus
Duncan
Medicine Park
Grouns
Sill Lieutenant Hurt In Collision
A Fort Sill lieutenant was hospitalized at Fort Sill Station after a two car crash at Second and Columbia. Lt. K Ray Wolfe, 22, suffered a forehead cut. His 1949 Plymouth collided with Luther Churchill's 1955 Buick, near 7 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Columbia
K. Ray Wolfe
Grady Crabtree
Junior Hawkins
Wolfe
Luther Churchill
Escape continues from page one in local jail break case
A man remains jailed on a second degree forgery charge linked to a jail break attempt. His wife recently received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty. Authorities said they do not know how many inmates were involved. Sheriff Hale questioned three men initially suspected. Greenland area covers 736 518 square miles with about 18 000 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pect
Hhr
Wallis
Hale
Powers Accepts Care To Testify In Gravel Probe
Oklahoma City reports LeRoy Powers chief attorney for the Highway Department accepted a challenge from Pontotoc County Attorney Barney Ward to appear before a grand jury in Ada. Records will show a state senator owned equipment used on a Seminole County right of way. The grand jury probe concerns a $61,880 gravel contract and missing job tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
LeRoy Powers
Highway Department
Pontotoc County
Barney Ward
Powers
Ada
Grand Jury
Seminole County
Ward
Orval Spann
Grand’ Jury
Jord
Revenue Agents Crack Down On Moonshiners
Washington reports that alcohol tax investigators seized 14,004 stills and made over 13,000 arrests last year. More than four million dollars in property was confiscated as agents battled moonshiners including a Kentucky crew using a dead animal carcass to mask odors and a bulldog guarding a still. An agent was attacked and a shotgun booby trap was set, later disconnected by another search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Revnooers
Sam
Kentucky
Hub Cap Thefts Reported To Lawton Police
Two residents, Jack Dees and Phillip Stoker, reported hub cap thefts to Lawton police on Saturday. The incidents involve the claimed loss of hub caps at their addresses on Sherman Road and East Eighth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Jack Dees
Sheridan Road
Phillip Stoker
Mardi Gras King Swears Off Booze For Zulu Parade
In New Orleans King Zulu vows to glitter rather than drink on Mardi Gras Day while civic groups seek a toned down parade. King William Boykin, 50, a teetotaler, plans only water to toast, while officials clash over whether festivities should curb wild traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Kathan
New Orleans
Zulu
United Clubs, Inc
Alex Raphael
Wiliam Boykin
Fortune heir hints at South American move and disinheritance
The article reports that Roit contemplated renouncing U S citizenship and shifting fortune shares to someone in South America. A letter suggested disinheritance after years of no reply, with Rolf convinced his father’s last plea sealed the fate. The parents were last reported in Brussels, Belgium, and have since vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roit
South America
Gti
Rolf
Brussels
Belgium
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lawton Constitution-Morning Press
U.S
Suez Canal
Charles Malik
Lebanon
Afghanistan
Indonesia
Iraq
Pakistan
Sudan
Manila
Philippines
Friends of
W. H. (Harvey
Emor
Sill
Greenland
Orig- Seras
Orig
Sen. Collins
America
Fadt. Tan
Wastration
Fortune Continued
Wolverton Electric Co
Fiberidas
Douglas Optical
Paw
Saraae
Lady Schick
FOTAL
Zale Hiwelay CO
Prowse Vend
Eepeeig
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!