Officials Return Runaway Girl To Tecumseh School
State Training School for Girls officials seized 15 year old Lawton girl on Saturday and returned her to Tecumseh after she escaped in December with three inmates. Policewoman Lela Wilson and Juvenile Officer Floyd Kennedy handled the pickup at 2 30 pm. The girl had been held in the county jail since Friday’s arrest. parents in Lawton did not know of her return.
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State Training School For Girls
Lawton
Tecumseh
Lela J. Wilson
Floyd Kennedy
Hoyt Shelby
Sooner Party Plans and Big Seven Officials at Orange Bowl Festivities
Oklahoma players enjoy extra free time before the New Year bowl game. Coach Bud Wilkinson directs a padded morning workout as squads mingle with Big Seven presidents at a Bal Harbour reception. Some Sooners skip the parade for Jai-Alai, while locals and alumni arrive to support the team amid Florida sunshine and race tracks.
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Sooners
Oklahoma
Bud Wilkinson
Bal Harbour
Sooner
Dania Fronton
Wilkinson
Gaia Miami
Florida
Lawton
Drs. W. F. Lewis
Donald Wicker
Charles Graybill
Karey Fuqua
Crandon Park
Lewises
Ray F. Hayses
J. M. Hayes
Enid
Lester Cooks
Tropical Park
Duncan
L. B. Meaders
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co
Meaders
Lawton Builders Predict 1956 to Beat 1955
Lawton builders and real estate leaders forecast 1956 will improve over 1955, citing tighter mortgage markets as a factor. Andy Crosby Jr. expects 500 to 600 new Lawton homes in 1956 with shifts toward larger, better designed houses. Several sources note 1955 was solid and 1956 should sustain vitality, while remodeling and attracting industry also loom as key themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Andy Crosby Jr
Crosby and Co
Crosby
Kermit Dees
Lawton Real Estate Board
Dees
Charlie Young
Young Realty Co
Young
Frank Snead
Sneed Acres
Sneed
Jack Kytle
A. L
Charlie Mankin
Walter M. Smith
Smith Agency
Smith
Harvey House
The
Lawton Home Builders Assn
Louisiana
Furniture Center
Oklahoma
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
George Page
Altus
Duncan
Air Force
Page
Jam City
Western Electric
Larrance Honored for Decades of Pageant Support
Lawton civic leader Larrance praised by Jack Batten for unwavering Pageant support. He oversaw concessions, helped secure funds, and endured hard times to finance the service. At 72, he sabbaticals in 1956 for a 108 day world cruise visiting Trinidad to Balboa before returning to Lawton. He arrived in Lawton in 1901 and plans a color film laden voyage.
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Larrance
Batten
New York City
Cunard Steamship Co. Limited
Lawtonian
Trinidad
Bahia
Rio de Janeiro
Capetown
Durban
Zanzibar
Bali
Port Victoria
Bombay
Colombo
Singapore
Bangkok
Manila
Hong Kong
Okinawa
Kobe
Yokohama
Honolulu
Acapulco
Balboa
Lawton
Farm Outlook: Tillman County Farms Decline Since 1950
Tillman county farms drop from 1724 in 1950 to 1415 in 1954 with a trend toward larger holdings across southwestern Oklahoma and the state. Jefferson and Comanche counties report large average farm sizes, while many farmers lean to part time work. 1955 purchasing power lingers near 1940 levels, with livestock prospects improving amid fewer cattle. Weather remains the key for 1956 outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton County
Comanche County
Jefferson County
Tillman County
Don Conrad
Oklahoma
Holiday traffic crackdown as Guardsmen aid police
Traffic experts warned late Saturday into Sunday would be the peak for holiday driving. National Guardsmen joined state police in Illinois Louisiana Wisconsin Kansas Arizona Michigan and Tennessee to curb carnage. Tennessee deployed about 1000 volunteer guardsmen with 200 jeeps and ambulances, while Pennsylvania reported 1200 on duty.
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Illinois
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Kansas
Arizona
Michigan
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
Steel corrosion resistance enhanced by nickel and copper additions
The resistance of steel to atmospheric corrosion improves with alloying elements such as nickel and copper.
Texas Panamian Student Murdered in Houston Area
A dark haired youth believed to be a prominent Texas A&M Canal Zone student was found shot dead on a back road five miles west of Houston. A blood trail led to the body. Bennie Zinn of Texas A&M said the victim resembled Jan David Broderick, 20, a senior business administration student from the Canal Zone. A laundry mark reading J. D. Brodrick was found on the shirt.
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Houston
Tex.s
Texas A&m College
Canal Zone
Here
Bennie Zinn
Department of Student Affairs
Texas A&m
Jan David Broderick
Business Administration
Man Denies Deliberate Christmas Wreck in Vinita
Craig County Attorney Lewis Thomas said Ailford Gerome Wildermuth denied his wife Pat Wildermuth’s claim that he deliberately rammed his car into another vehicle on Christmas Day. The crash killed Earl Case, 30, and his five week old daughter Peggy Joe, near Vinita, while Wildermuth, 27, survived with serious injuries. Thomas may file charges.
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Vinita
Okla
Craig County
Lewis Thomas
Ailford Gerome Wildermuth
Tulsa
Wildermuth
Thomas
Pat
Earl Vincent Case
Case
Peggy Joe
U. S. 66
Mrs Messinger Ill At Home From Pneumonia
Personal item notes Mrs Jack Messinger owner of Lawton Potato Chip Co is ill at home 418 S 24th with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Messinger
Lawton Potato Chip Co
S. 24Th
Lawton Industry Drive Pushes Stock Sale Plan
Local effort seeks capital via $100 per share stock in an expanded industry program. Fred Larrance Jr. leads the drive as Lawton Industrial Developers committee member and stock drive chairman. LID plans at least one breakfast and civic club visits to secure businessman support, with city attorney Warren Chrisman outlining legal stock sale aspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Larrance Jr
Lawton Industrial Developers
LID
Warren Chrisman
Fred R. Harris
Committee On Legislation and Taxation
Geneva Spirit Remarks Postwar Leaders Hopeful
Bulganin says the Geneva spirit of cooperation remains alive, despite no concrete progress on German unification, European security, disarmament, or easing the Iron Curtain. He stresses the peoples desire peace and believes the Geneva spirit can strengthen prospects for stable peace and a better future.
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Faure
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Geneva
Bulganin
Lawton Forecast Sees 1956 Upturn in Growth and Trade
Lawton business outlook mixes cautious optimism with dense activity across autos furniture and services. Analysts cite December strength, 1955 gains, and the western Bell expansion as indicators of a robust 1956, while mortgage tightening and Army changes temper some sectors.
General Telephone Strike Threatens in Southwest
SAN ANGELO Texas December 31 UP Two thousand General Telephone Co Southwest employees with 232 exchanges across five states threaten to strike at midnight unless a raise is granted. The Communication Workers of America authorized the strike. The union extended the contract to December 31 and in November gave a month's notice to terminate it and seek about 13½ cents an hour across the board. Union and company reps met in closed session at 2 pm Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Tex
General Telephone Co
Southwest
Communication Workers of America
General Telephone
Two Quints Go Back To Montreal
Two of the surviving Dionne quints Cecile and Yvonne returned to Montreal after a brief visit to Callander with their parents Mr and Mrs Oliva Dionne. Annette will stay a few more days as Cecile and Yvonne train as nurse students at the hospital. A spokesman said the earlier misunderstanding with their parents was ironed out and all were in a happy mood.
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North Bay
Ont
Dionne
Montreal
Cecile
Yvonne
Oliva Dionne
Callander
Annette
Quints
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Medicine Park
A. M. Wallock
Floyd Ross
Chamber of Commerce
Tillman
Texas Panamian
Company
C Avenue
Jerry Mustain
House
Allen Bilbrey
Greater Lawton, Inc
J. C. Kennedy
Greater Lawton Inc
Ellsworth
English
Harry Miller
Chrisman
D. L. Wigington
Ned Shepler
Kennedy
Bilbrey
Fort Sill
Army Aviation
KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
Ite S&s
Aia
A L. Pollard Sporting Goods
D. Ave. Pho
Babbitt Peller
D Avenue
C Ave
Jo G. Andrews
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