Woman and baby critically injured in two crashes
Lawton police report a 3 year old boy injured in a Saturday accident on U S 62 near Lawton while his parents were airlifted to hospital in critical condition. Henry Wright remained in critical condition at Southwestern hospital with partial paralysis. Agnes Atteberry was treated for multiple injuries after a separate crash on U S 277 near Lawton and later moved to Clinton hospital.
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Lawton
Fort Sill Hospital
U. S. 62
Southwestern Hospital
Wright
Edwin E. Bouldwin
Fort Sill
Shortie
Houser
Central
Jim Cox
Bob Stewart
Agnes Atteberry
S. 10Th
John McCaig
Celsus Cirus Houser
Railroad Street
U.S. 277
Atteberry
Lee Clark
Bill Dixon
Senate Group To Probe Air Strength Debate
A five member Senate subcommittee was named to investigate if the Defense Department has enough air power to defend the continent and retaliate. Led by Sen. Stuart Symington the panel will probe B 52 production and overall air force strength amid controversy over missiles and defense funding. Page 6.
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Washington
Defense Department
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Air Force
Eisenhower
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Russell
Congress
Soviet Russia
Senate Appropriations Committee
United States
Symington
Jackson
Russia
Donald A. Quarles
Dusty Oklahoma Storm Leaves Deaths And Crashes
Skies cleared after a Friday night Oklahoma storm brought 50 to 70 mph winds and dramatic temperature drops of up to 34 degrees. An oilfield worker, Reed Killian of Latta, died when blown from a well rig near Fittstown. Three F84 jets from Elgin to Tinker AFB crashed during high winds. pilots bailed out or landed safely, with Lt. Harry Darby, Lt. Robert E. Lea, and Capt. Grover Crocker identified. Civilian pilots searched debris as Air Force teams recovered wreckage near Wynnewood and east of Norman.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Fittstown
Reed Killian
Latta
Tinker Air Force Base
Elgin Air Force Base
Florida
Tinker
Highway Patrol
Harry Darby
Norman
Robert E. Lea
Wynnewood
Grover Crocker
Air Force
Darby
Lea
Dust Storm Sweeps Nation Leaving Dozens Dead
A violent eastward storm from Texas to New York killed 16, with dozens more injured and hundreds homeless. Dust clouds blanketed the Southwest, tornadoes struck the Midwest, and hurricane winds battered the East. Illinois suffered heavily in Summerfield near St Louis where one million dollars in damage was reported. other deaths occurred in Ohio Texas Missouri and Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Texas
New York
Midwest
Illinois
St. Louis
Summerfield
Eldon Loehring
Galesburg
Ohio
Missouri
Oklahoma
Springfield
Bull Shoals Lake
Syracuse
N. Y
Ada
Okla
Millstadt
President Signs Washita Dam Bill
President Eisenhower reluctantly signed the 45.6 million Washita reclamation authorization bill. The measure approves two multi purpose dams on the Washita watershed Fort Cobb near Anadarko and Foss reservoir west of Clinton with irrigation flood control and municipal water features. The bill, sponsored by Rep Victor Wickersham and Sens Kerr and Monroney, frames cost sharing between government and local features, warning of a precedent for future multi purpose projects.
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Jack Cleland
Washington Bureau
Washington
Eisenhower
Washita
Congress
Fort Cobb
Anadarko
Foss
Clinton
Foss-Cobb
Victor Wickersham
Robert S. Kerr
Mike Monroney
East German Train Wreck Fatal For 35
A double engined freight train slammed into a passenger express in East Germany near Bornitz station, Saxony, killing 35 and injuring 40. Rescue crews and hospital teams aided salvage operations after the collision, the state radio reported.
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Berlin
East Germany
Bornitz
Saxony
Communist Peoples Police
Easter Pageant Cast Rehearsal Set Sunday
The Easter Pageant rehearsals continue with the triumphal entry and final scenes to be practiced Sunday at the Holy City. Jack Batten, executive director, notes this is the third rehearsal for the 1956 31st annual pageant themed Are Ye Able. Transportation will be provided from the Congregational church. More than 50 scenes dramatize the life of Christ and thousands are expected to visit.
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Holy City
Jack Batten
Congregational Church
Christ
Auto Dealers State March Session Here
A district meeting of the National Independent Automobile Dealers association will be held in Lawton on March 13. Arrangements are led by Clarence Madden Irv Henderson and Bill Stimson. The Lawton chapter met at Bryan's Coffee Shop to plan with Louis J Arnau reporting on Tulsa district events.
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National Independent Automobile Dealers Association
Lawton
Clarence Madden
Irv Henderson
Bill Stimson
NIAD
Bryan
Louis J. Arnau
Tulsa
Arnau
Arnau Madden
Bob Reeder
Bob Reeder, Jr
Jimmy Gaskins
Bill Gaskins
Paul Strang
Glenn Ledford
Lee Kemp
Stimson
Paul Bratcher
Henderson
Henry Sabine
Peak Population Eyed As City Realtors Prepare For Survey
Lawton may have reached an all time high in population as the Lawton Board of Realtors to conduct a thorough occupancy survey next week. About 100 realtors will canvass residential districts Tuesday morning under C. J. Constant with a 7 15 breakfast at Old South cafeteria. Fifty two person teams will house to house count occupancy by unit type. A report will be published upon completion.
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Lawton
Lawton Board of Realtors
C. J. Constant
Old South
Artillery Village
Three Airmen Survive Crash Near Madrid
In Spain on February 25, a C47 transport carrying six men from the American aid mission to Spain crashed in a snowstorm about 50 miles north of Madrid. Three airmen survived after being found by a helicopter medical unit. the other three perished. Names released did not identify survivors from the dead. The wreckage was spotted in the Guadarrama Mountains by Capt Robert L. Hess, with ten planes aiding the search. The crash occurred at 6,000 feet between the Santillana reservoir and Gaudalix.
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Madrid
Spain
Chateauroux
France
Air Force
Guadarrama Mountains
Robert L. Hess
U.S. Air Force
Santillana
Gaudalix
Ardmore Woman Dies in Two Car Wreck Near Norman
An Ardmore woman, Mrs. Adell Bessie Wilkes, 45, died from a crushed chest after a two car crash at a Cleveland County intersection near Norman. Her husband, Ernest Bud Wilkes, 45, a cleaning shop owner, and two other people were injured. Oklahoma traffic fatalities reached 81 for the year.
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Cleveland County
Norman
Oklahoma
Adell Bessie Wilkes
Norman Municipal Hospital
Ernest
Bud) Wilkes
Filing opens as council races take shape in city primaries
Filing begins Wednesday as four city council seats head to a March 20 primary. All incumbents seek re election and new rivals emerge in wards one two and three. Ward two may see multiple candidates while state races compete for attention with Gilhen Rhoads Joe McCain and Fred Harris mentioned as potential contenders.
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D. L. Shelton
Gore
Lester McKenzie
Marshall Looney
Buck Kinsey
Ed Pannell
E. W. Kirkpatrick
W. R
Bob) Morris
Jefferson
Public Service Company
Fifth Ward
Stitt Pair
Wesley Kepler
Senate
Gilhen Rhoads
Joe McCain
Bill Logan
Fred Harris
Young Lawton
See Politics
Byrd Urges Mass Resistance to School Integration
U.S. Senator Byrd called for "massive resistance" in the South to oppose the Supreme Court order mandating racial integration in public schools. He stressed the need for Southern states to unite and use interposition, a legal appeal idea, while denying violence. The piece notes interposition’s controversial history and parallels to civil rights tensions.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
South
Supreme Court
North
Virginia
Kentucky
Adam Clayton Powell
DNY
Red Cross Member Drive Set to Open in March
Local American Red Cross plans march first start for the annual membership drive across county and Lawton residential areas. Wayne Gilley fund chairman released county town and rural area chairmen names.
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Red Cross
The
American Red Cross
Lawton
Wayne Gilley
Comanche County
Don Beaver
Indiahoma
Frank Werner
Frank Rush Jr
Arrang
Ing
Craterville Park
Fred Bruch
Fletcher Drive
P. M. Frieson
Medicine Park
Frazier Pierce
Faxon
Marvin Pittman
Ash Grove
Carl Dobbins
Bethel
Margaret Cummings
Chattanooga
O. J. Jacoby
Sterling
Ike Williams
Elgin
G. G. Goodier
Eisenhower Ends Georgia Vacation amid Second Term Hopes
President Eisenhower returned from an 11 day Georgia vacation to Washington on February 25 ending a period of golf and quail hunting at the Humphrey estate. He did not reveal a decision on a second term or a possible announcement timing though many expect a news conference next Wednesday. He spent time in the White House office signing papers and meeting staff before heading to Dulles home for his 68th birthday celebration.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Georgia
Thomasville
of the Treasury
George M. Humphrey
White House
State Dulles
Dulles
Infantryman Killed In Escape Attempt at Ft. Polk
Guards shot and killed Pvt. John A. Roache of Pensacola Florida as he tried to escape the Ft. Polk stockade. Three other soldiers escaped, two Oklahoma natives among them, with one wounded suspected. The fugitives are Pfc Melvil L. Smith Seiling Oklahoma Pfc Ernest Shearing Jr Weldon North Carolina and Pfc Kenneth R. Phillips Bradley Oklahoma. They face charges of being absent without leave.
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Leesville
Ft. Polk
Public Information Office
John A. Roache
Pensacola
Fla
Melvil L. Smith
Seiling
Okla
Ernest Shearing Jr
Weldon
N. C
Kenneth R. Phillips
Bradley
Oklo
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