Merry Christmas heir saga fuels big oil estate dispute
The case centers on the long believed missing heir nicknamed Merry Christmas. Oilmen Dalton Jobe and Marvin W. Howard uncovered ties to Dewey Smith’s first marriage and a complex inheritance split, with Merry Christmas seeking a share of two quarter sections in Oklahoma. The estate has produced nearly two million dollars in oil, with court judgments against the mother and her children.
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Chiid
Oklahoma Children's Home Society
Gordon
Wing
Duncan
Merry X. Sing
Cleo Ball Jr
Glasgow
Dewey Smith
Vivian
Wayne Smith
Betty Smith
Bob Austin
Merry Christmas
Esate
Dalton Jobe
Marvin W. Howard
Oklahoma
Stephens
Howard
Memphis
District Court
Phillips
Cities Service Oil Co
Chickasha Feed Warehouse Burns
A three hour blaze gutted the Chick-O-Ling Feed Company elevator and warehouse in Chickasha last night. No injuries were reported as about 500 onlookers watched red hot tin sheets fall from the roof. Firemen held the flames from nearby buildings despite a north wind of 10 to 15 mph.
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Chickasha
Chic-o-ling
Band To Entertain At Teacher Talks
Lawton high school band under director George Walters will perform at the opening session of the Southwest District Oklahoma Education Association convention on March 14. Band members are also rehearsing for the district music contests set for March 12 at Cameron College.
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Lawton
George Walters
Oklahoma Education Association
Cameron College
Oklahoma Lawmaker Attacks Egg Grading Bill In House
Rep Noble Stewart of Sallisaw condemned a proposed compulsory egg grading law as unconstitutional and discriminatory harming small farmers. The Agriculture Committee debated a rule banning lower grade eggs from retail and requiring licenses and grading for farmers delivering to retailers, with exemptions for farm sales and some intermediaries. Stewart warned the measure would fail in its current form.
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Oklahoma City
Noble Stewart
Sallisaw
House Agriculture Committee
Stewart
Oregon Deal Involving City Coliseum Scheme Unfolds
Turner cites Elkins claims he and Crosby plotted selling real estate to the city commission for a 38 million coliseum. Tape recordings from Maloney’s apartment allegedly support the conspiracy, with Elkins’ motives hinted but not disclosed. Lambert and Turner tie the Teamsters to pinball dealer collusion to control coin machines in Portland. Toboga Island remains the only inhabited isle among Panama’s Bay of Panama’s twelve islands.
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Oregon
Turner
Elkins
Crosby
City Commission
Frank W. Brewster
International Teamsters Union
Western Conference of Teamsters
Funeral Rites Set for E Warkentin 60 Yukon Brother of Lawton Leader
Ed Warkentin 60 brother of Lawton businessman Ted Warkentin died in an Oklahoma City hospital after a heart attack. Services are at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Yukon Methodist Church. Survived by wife, daughter Mrs George Clark in Japan, a son in law en lieutenant colonel, two grandchildren, a brother H A Warkentin, and four sisters.
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Ed Warkentin
Yukon
Ted Warkentin
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Yukon Methodist Church
Warkentin
Gotebo
Kiowa County
George Clark
Japan
H. A. Warkentin
Roe Caldwell
Chickasha
Ida Dalke
Geary
Walt Heidebrecht
Altus
Jack Krauss
Clinton
Rainfall totals near six decades record in Lawton
Rain data from February 1957 shows seven daily measurements with totals from .02 to .47 inches. If February ends at current pace Lawton will exceed its 68 year average for the first two months of 1957 by .55 inches, signaling a wet start to the year.
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Lawton
Mercury
Colony Park
Oklahoma Bootlegger Chambless Feared Missing Judge's Case
Federal and local authorities link Chambless to liquor conspiracy and border smuggling into Chihuahua. He, nicknamed Flying Bootlegger, vanished around July 4 after an Oklahoma City hijacking case led to a 35 000 bond forfeiture. His wife is daughter to a man he was accused of killing in 1947.
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Chambless
Oklahoma
Robarts
Guthrie
Chihuahua
Superior Court
Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
Chambress
Dodson seeks re election as city clerk in March primaries
City clerk Dodson announced he will run again in the March 29 city primary. He served as deputy city clerk four years before his election in 1954 and says his decision was made days ago regardless of a salary dispute. Mrs. Mary Pokorny denied rumors she would run.
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R. ¥. Dodson
Dodson
Mary Pokorny
Pokorny
Four Men Face Traffic Charges In County Court
County Attorney Warren Crane filed three traffic charges this morning charging Charles Elton Rodgers 44 of Gould and John E. Carpenter 32 of Oklahoma City with speeding at night while Harold A. Wimple 29 of Snyder is charged with driving without a license.
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Warren Crane
Charles Elton Rodgers
Gould
John E. Carpenter
Oklahoma City
Harold A. Wimple
Snyder
Legislators Eye Travel Pay Increase
Oklahoma House members approved a resolution to pay legislators 10 dollars per day for expenses and 8 cents per mile. A companion bill to set travel allowances for district and superior court judges faced cuts, with an amendment reducing per diem to 2 dollars and mileage to 3 cents. The broader state law caps typical expenses at 6 dollars daily and 6 cents per mile, while another bill seeks 8 dollars and 8 cents respectively.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma House
House
Superior Court
Jeff Davis
D-Rush Springs
Vocational Courses Outlined By Lawton High School
Lawton High School principal Hugh Bish outlined five vocational courses for sophomores and juniors this morning. The offerings include photography, agriculture, diversified occupations, distributive education, and auto mechanics.
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Lawton High School
Hugh Bish
Colonad laxative touted as overnight relief for constipation
An ad promotes Colonaid as a new laxative that remobilizes dry shrunken colon contents and adds bulk to re create a normal urge to purge. It claims superior gentleness, no gagging or bloating, and no interference with vitamin absorption with an 88 cent price for 60 tablets.
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Colonaid
Colonad
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