HitchhikingTour Europe Narrated by Judith and Lois
Judith and Lois Tang aged 26 and 2 respectively undertook a 4500 mile hitchhiking tour from Vienna to London Copenhagen Rome and back traveling with a young child. They describe mixed reactions from Germans French Dutch and Austrians toward Americans and note European host hospitality and the dangers of political unrest near the Hungarian rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Jus Tang
Aid Virs
Leis Millon
Aggie Wood
Tulsa
Christos
Lorton
Todith
London
Copenhagen
Rome
Judith
Denmark
Holland
Ageiecords
Vienna
Lois
Hospital Births and Admissions Report
Births listed include a daughter to Alfred L. Crowder and wife at 8 33 pm on January 1 weighing seven pounds. another daughter to Mr and Mrs John Cannon in Ri at 1 pm January 1 weighing 3 pounds 11 ounces. a daughter to Bobby Havel at 11 25 pm January 1 weighing seven pounds four ounces. Numerous admissions for surgery and medical treatment follow, with patients from Altus Apache Perry Walters Hobart and other towns. dismissals noted for Leon Rounds Anita Alvey and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred L. Crowder
Smith
John
Cannon
Bobby Havel
Wayne Myrick
John L. Cinicola
Tiltop Drive
Clarence 5S
D. Kelley
Altus
Katherine Ann Friday
Joe Friday
Lincoln
Therese Jean Conwell
R. T. Conwell
Athinta
Gary Lyon Davis
Urban Davis
Apache
Manuel Gonzalez
Bell
James Hanks
Seagraves
Tex
Elizabeth Kolker
Arlington
George Spencer
Summit
Luther Lake
Pennsylvania
Wesley Pitts
Logan
James H. Pruitt
Claude Roberts
Perry Benedict
Lige Golf
Walters
Leon Rounds
N. Dist
C. W. Cox
Anita Alvey
Floyd Earl Alvey
Terry Bunyan
Faxon
Army Orders List Officers Promoted and Assignments
The document lists numerous officers promoted from captain to major and assigned to Fort Bragg and other posts. It includes remarks on reassignment, and mentions Maj Alfred L. Israel and Maj Thomas J. Gleason among the promoted, with references to Washington DC and various U.S. Army units. A concluding line notes Canada leading in per capita lumber consumption, followed by New Zealand and the United States with board feet figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert T Biehl
John ¥. Evosnay
Marian Tf
Allgate
Ral J
Clark
Paul Edayee
David, Mead
Jell
Meizke Hagert A
Sinem
Joan A
Zalewski
Toseck
PF. Cubis
Alvin L
Kergusan
J. Treen
Roy TL. Rebbing
Llard+ Sthala
Joseph i. NM
Welkkenneth
Ft Bragg
Alfred L. Israel
Washington D.C
Oekland Y
Terminal Oak
Thomas J. Gleasor
Raymond C. Linchars
Runert Wall
Callala
Kenneya
Venne
Wansaorth
Srnchase
Taipei
Taiwan
Canada
New Zealand
The
United States
Chamber To Pick Slate Thursday For 1957 Officers
Lawton Chamber of Commerce prepares to elect 1957 officers at an 8 a.m. Thursday board meeting in the chamber office. New officers will be installed at Friday's forum luncheon at the Hotel Lawtonian with Lt. Col. Robert Maling presiding. Retiring directors, hold-overs, and names of new appointees are listed, along with past officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Chamber of Commperer Offeers
Lawtonian
Mika Keating
Ewing Gafford
R. EE. Glenn
Ross Porter
Dale Thompson
Porter, Thompson
English
Ray Babbitt
John Keathley
Frank Witchens
Waggoner
Newt Irwin
Cunningham Protests Insurance Rate Hikes In Oklahoma
Oklahoma City legislator Rep. Robert Q. Cunningham filed a protest against a proposed rise in automobile physical damage insurance rates. He asked the Insurance Board to use the full 43 day decision window to allow Legislature time to study the hikes and cited rising liability costs and the goal of keeping insurance affordable for Oklahomans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onlahoma City
Robert QC. Cunningham
Oklahoma City
Louis Woodruff
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Traffic Toll Edges Down Despite New Year Fatalities
Oklahoma ended the year with 679 traffic deaths, six short of the 1936 record. The New Year weekend added four fatalities, including Boyd Lee Porter, 25, of Skedee, in Pawnee County, after a sleep-caused crash on SH 18 near Fairfax. December fatalities reached sixty, with Oklahoma County, Tulsa, and Canadian counties among the hardest hit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Oklahoma
State Safety Council
Boyd Lee Porter
Skedee
Pawnee
SH 18
Fairfax
Earl Wade
Potter
Tulsa
Canadian
U.S
Temporary Heating System Installed At Post School
John Shoemaker city school superintendent said a temporary gas steam radiator heating system is installed at Fort St Post Children’s School after the boiler cracked earlier this week. He noted the repair will take about two weeks and the school could not be closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort St Post Children's School
John Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Readers Check By City Teachers In Lawton Schools
Five sets of elementary readers are circulated in Lawton schools for examiner review. Teachers will study each set and vote for the one best suited for Lawton students. The set with the majority of votes will be adopted, says elementary coordinator Miss Thelma Talla.
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Lawton
Thelma Talla
Area Men In Service Leave Home From The Army Navy
Charles R. Clifton son of Othel A. Clifton 1805 5 Ninth is home on leave from the Army with one week of basic training left He will report to Fort Benning Ga for airborne training Ernestine Ellwanger daughter of Henry Ellwanger 508 N Eighth spent a holiday leave at home She will report to Fort McClellan Ala for clerical typist course Rolston Navy man third class Billy Bob Rolston son of Robert R Rolston 3408 N 22nd is home on 26 days leave attached to an Avatron aboard the USS Cavalier with a Long Beach California port of call He has visited Japan Hawaii and the Philippines
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Clifton
Othel A. Clifton
Clifton
Fort Benning
Ernestine Ellwanger
WAC
Henry Ellwanger
Eighth
McClellan, Ala
Silly Bob Rolston
Billy Bob Rolston
Navy
Robert R. Rolston
Long Beach
Cal
Lawton High School
Rolston
Japan
Hawaii
Philippines
Baby Drowns Near Vannes Farm in France
A 20 month old child drowned after falling into cider vat at a farm near Vannes France. The incident occurred while the child was playing on the premises. Authorities are investigating the accident and the farm is under local scrutiny.
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Vannes
France
Drunken Driving Counts Filed in County and City Courts
Traffic complaints filed by County Attorney Manville Redman include two drunken driving charges. Marvin Shackelford, 36, of 1306 Jefferson, fined 100 and costs with a 1 day jail term in Comanche County Court. Robert Powell, 18, of 809 S. 16th, charged in City Court for drunken driving. others faced speeding and license offenses in various JP and Justice of Peace courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manville Redman
Marvin Edward
Shackelford
Jefferson
Comanche
Robert R. Powell
S. 16Th
Justice of Prace
Marvin E. Cameron
Gerald Allen Man- Incy
Sheppard Afb
Loyd D. Bailey
Fort Sill
Edward Randolph Dotson
Allus Afb
Justice of Peace
Woodrow Giles’ Court
Joshua Blaine Taylor
Mangum
Cameron
James Ney
Walters
Fletcher
Claude St. Aetkinson
Two Join Navy and One Re-Enlists in Local Navy Office
Chief E A Briggs announced enlistments and a reenlistment for four year terms under the buddy program. J D Pilig and Jimmy Ray Armstrong, both Roosevelt residents, enlist for four years and train at San Diego Naval Training Center with subsequent schooling in airman and electronics. Frank Nathan Vaughan, listed as a reenlisted seaman, heads to San Diego for Pacific fleet assignment after a Laston lifetime of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
E. A. Briggs
Lawton
J. D. Pilig
D. W. Pitts
Roosevelt
Jimmy Ray Armstrong
War
Jim Armstrong
Pitts
Armstrong
San Diego Naval Training Center
Norman
Frank Nathan Vaughan
Jefferson
San Diego
Pacific
Vaughan
Laston
Library books considered for Lawton elementary
Lawton elementary principals and teachers review about 200 library books for possible additions. Miss Thelma Talla coordinates the effort as 10 major publishers ship selections. Each student pays a 30 cent annual library fee, funding purchases within each school's budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Thelma Talla
Tata
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Big Ray Byrd
Latham
Earnest Jackson
Washington
Regina Jo White
Ruby Heatherly
S.i
Kye Mackonney
Anadarko
Frank Luna
Adlai Boyiddle
Hobart
Suda Kay Ross
Martha Loco
Maud Edge
Fort Cobb
Omlahoma Odwise
Payne County
Belahoma
Guthrie
Uiweteire
Inerks
Union Mission
BYDNY
Army
Department of the Any
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Rucker
Yanamen
Ruckers
Ucker
N.C
Robert E. Oberm
J F Rucker
Foot Tex
Rufus
Bilas
Mass
Bliss
Goorac
Seabronk
Remy
James TL
Ashinirst
Issa
Jab J
Cratioy
Tra Lo Davis
Ie Hint
Finrh
Cordeming
Goodwin Fyn PD
Hagserix
Thomas J. Kelly
Fend Bright
Alvin Botathount
Jordes Ol Slayer
George McGre Huan
Bo Perry
Carlisle
Dion DB. Powell Jr
Harold L. Baber
Fighert Smail
Harvey
Patrik M. Taylor
Gah Thamar
Bouleva
Dale Pollock
Beil
Home Oloned & Operated
D. D. Ralibourn
Virgil Laird
Pittsburgh Paints
Farmers Lumber Company
G Avenue
Chamber
United States Navy
Ben
Ben Hoyt
South
Sheridan
U. S
Alford
Cunningham
Johnson Wax
Wyandotte Chemicals
Lily
Buffalo Fire Equipment
Southwest
Regina
Ashlock
Southwest Chemical Ca
Crook
C Avenue
Wichita Falls
Raymond Crook
Ria
Bianco
Wkins Andi
Peter
Ale
Les McCord
C Ave
Pho
Pyee
Ame
American School
Dept
Wil P.O
Okie City
Addreas
Adyof
Mickey Knox
Unntruduiirg
Jamie Ohara
Ata
Austin ‘Drive-In
Allyson
Ann Miller
Charleron Freston
Pony Express
Vaska
Canton
Heston Landes
Scott Dao Foster
Rogue River
Eddie . Fisher A
Debbie Reynolds
Bundle OF
Rown A Or Brien
Ain
Julie London
Ray Anthony
the Ireniers
Fats Domine
the Platters
Little Richard
Gene Vincent
Nino Tempo
Abbey Lincels
the Chuckles
Eddie Cochran
Checker Cab
FT. Sill
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