Submarine Rescue Crews Train for Deep Sea Emergencies
The article describes U S Navy ASRs training for submarine rescues, tracing 1899 Squalus hoist, diving bell operation, and rescue pattern. It covers the 11 ton McCann diving bell, crew roles, gear checks, and underwater procedures to secure a sunken sub and extract crew safely.
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Uncle Sam
Dliver
US Navy
Amiiitais
ASK
McCann
ASR
Dong
Seon Harbor
aOatv
U. S
Sumarine
McCann Diving
Bell
Submarine Rescue Bell Details and ASR Crew Roles
Describes the submarine rescue bell operations for lifting survivors, ascent procedures, and the teamwork of ASR sailors. Explains how the bell carries passengers, how ballast and water are managed to break suction, and how rescued sailors are processed on the surface. Highlights the ASR crew’s respected role among submariners.
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ASR
Inur
ASF
BPW Club Urges Check Of Social Security Benefits
The Lawton Business and Professional Women group urges Lawton and Fort Sill residents to review Social Security benefits during Health Education and Welfare Week. Governor Rayburn Gary declared the first week in January as Health Education and Welfare Week in Oklahoma. Travis Briggs of HEW spoke to B&PW members about staying informed on Social Security.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Raymund Gary
Travis Briggs
Office of Health, Education and Welfare
B&pw
Sill Man and Wife Waive Forgery Hearing in Lawton
David Leon Smith a 19 year old Fort Sill soldier and his wife Emma Elaine Smith age 18 waived preliminary hearing on a joint forgery charge. They allegedly passed a $20 forged check at Safeway and are suspected in other Lawton store forgery. Justice of Peace Waodrow Giles ordered them held at county jail pending transcription to higher court.
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David Leon Smith
Fort Sill
Emma Elaine Smith
Smith
Safeway
Lawton
Justice of Peace
Waodrow Giles
Kiwanis Install Dick Ford President For New Year
Downton Lawton Kiwanis club held its 1957 installation banquet at Hotel Lawton Thursday night naming Dick Ford as president. New officers include Manville Redman first vice president Paul Goode second vice president Gale Sadler secretary Reginald Brown treasurer with Lt. Gevrick Moore of Altus as installing officer.
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Lawtoman
Dick Ford
Manville Redman
Paul Goode
Gale Sadler
Reginald Brown
Gevrick Moore
Altus
Moore
Lawton Kiwanis
Millard Emanuel
Ilarold
Property Owners Seek Asphalt Paving in 14 City Blocks
Mayor R. Elsworth announced that property owners in 14 city blocks have shown interest in asphalt paving with new equipment arrived last week. Two blocks are negotiating funds, with work to start only after clerkt depositions meet state specifications. paving costs are 2.75 dollars per foot including curb and gutter.
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R. Elsworth
Gore
Arlington
Ellsworth
State Highway Department
Elsworth
Lawton
Young Boy Receives Suspended Term in Burglary Case
Chester Chew, 17, pleaded guilty to second degree burglary of Raymond L. Sims Auto Repair on 416 Lee Blvd. Superior Judge Robert S. Landers imposed a two year suspended prison sentence after Lawton police arrested him early Saturday during a chase south of Lawton as he removed items from the shop.
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Chester Chew
Lawson
Robert S. Landers
Raymond L. Sims
Lee Blvd
Chew
Lawton
Legion Dance Saturday With Funds For Veterans Welfare
The Lowery-Whitehead American Legion Post No. 29 hosts a Saturday evening dance from 8 p.m. to midnight to raise money for veterans rehabilitation and child welfare projects. Hugh Byrd and His Oklahoma Hillbillies with Cleon Jenkins on guitar provide the music and prizes will be awarded during the event.
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Lowery-Whitehead American Legion Post No
Ferey Givens
Hugh Byrd
Oklahoma Hillbillies
Cleon Jenkins
Chicago Butter Receipts Mix as Prices Hold Steady
Chicago market notes butter receipts totaling £14,000 with wholesale buying prices largely unchanged. Market shows mixed AA and A grades with B and C classifications recording modest variations. Grain range data incomplete as Chicago open, high, low and close figures are not fully provided.
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Chicago
U.S. Polio Cases Fall Sharply Amid Vaccination Drive
Washington reports polio cases in 1956 fell to about 15,400 from 28,270 in 1955, a drop of 4734 percent. Public Health Service notes the decline coincides with widespread Salk vaccine use, though no direct reference was made in the official report.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Burglary at VFW Post No 9591 in Kansas City
Police report an overnight break in at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No 9591 at 3412 E Gore. burglars smashed the front door glass and stole cash from a vending machine and a two roll of nickels from the cash register. Detective Lt Clea Stout and Detective Johnny West investigated. Authorities also sought a 1952 two tone Nash from Wade Oldsmobile and checked a Chevrolet hub cap theft involving Joe Ishmail.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
E. Gore
Annie B. Crawford
Dior
Clea Stout
Johnny West
Oldsmobile
Joe Ishmail
Court crackdown yields liquor raids and multiple charges
At 2001 Cache Road police seized eight half pints of whisky five half pints of vodka and four half pints of gin. At Mack King's place 209 F only a half pint of whisky found. King charged with running a joint maintaining a nuisance and possession of liquor. Daisy Jackson 27 and Jerald Watley 27 fined for vagrancy. Freddy Botkins 15 and Carol Chaney 24 face license and bond issues. David and Emma Smith 19 and 18 transferred to county jail after destruction of private property charges. Mary Ann Cohen signed complaints. Pfc Nathaniel Shaw 29 transferred to military authorities on assault and battery charge.
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Cache Road
Walter Ashbery
R. A. Davis
Lee Clark
Grady Crabtree
Mack King's Place
King
Daisy Jackson
Jerald Dean Watley
Freddy Botkins
Ith
Carol J. Chaney
David L. Smith
Sill
Emma E. Smith
Mary Anne Cohen
Pfc
Nathaniel Shaw
Oma Lee Shaw
Cityan Attends Citizens Meeting
Mrs. G. L. Parsons of Lawton attends an all day executive board meeting of the State Citizens Commission in Oklahoma City. Representing District 5 covering Southwest Oklahoma, Parsons joined leaders Adrian W. Swift and Keystone to discuss bills for the next legislative session. Attendees included Frontiers of Science, Oklahoma Public Expenditures Council, Oklahoma State School Board Association, PTA and Oklahoma Education Association.
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G. L. Parsons
Euclid
State Citizens Commission
Oklahoma City
Parsons
Lawton
Council On Education
Oklahoma
Adrian W. Swift. Keystone
Citizens Commission
Frontiers of Science
Oklahoma Public Expenditures Council
Oklahoma State School Board Association
Parent- Teachers Association
The
Oklahoma Education Association
Attack at Fort Sill on Soldier with Iron Pipe
Fort Sill man Pvt 2 Dennis C Dixon reports being struck by a Negro soldier wielding an iron pipe during an argument near First and Gore. Witness Johnnie M Nettles saw the 1 am incident. assailant not located. The report notes Dixon’s dispute over organizational affiliations. Abraham Lincoln ancestors said to be from Hingham Norfolk County Ireland.
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Fort Sillman
First and Gore
Dennis C. Dixon
Fort Sill
Johnnie M. Nettles
Abraham Lincoln
Hingham
Norfolk
County
Ireland
Nationwide Fires and Fumes Kill 36 People in Homes
United Press tally lists 36 deaths across the country from residential fires and deadly fumes. Carbon monoxide is blamed in several cases, with multiple family fatalities, including a Jeffersonville family of six and a temple Pennsylvania disaster.
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United Press
Jeffersonville
Temple
Marshall
Okolona
Miss
Dubuque Town
Birmingham
Ala
Troy
Joseph Lashway
Actor Kerr questioned in Elizabeth Taylor kidnaping case
Estranged husband of Elizabeth Taylor arrived after police opened their investigation at the Encino home where Taylor and her four children live. Kerr was questioned as he acknowledged uncertainty about the McDonald disappearance and doubted a publicity stunt, citing her upset mother.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Encino
Wilding
Po-Lce
Miss McDonald
Miss Taylor
Kerr
Nixon Opinion Drives Senate Rules Change Debate
Congress holds majorities in both houses and will meet Saturday to hear President Eisenhower's Middle East appeal for authority to use U.S. troops if needed. Anti filibuster forces seek a new rule to curb extended debate, hoping Nixon will signal support for amending Senate rules beyond the current two thirds cutoff.
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Eisenhower
Middle East
U.S
Nixon
Senate
Clinton P. Anderson
D-Nm
Paul H. Douglas
D-I
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Funeral Rites for Robert Lee Mansell Retired Barber
Robert Lee Mansell aged 69 died at 6 10 a m at his home 911 T born December 3 1887 in Shelby County Ala came to Lawton in 1916 from Texas married Cynthia Ruth Mitchell May 4 1913 in Elgin was a barber at Fort Sill and Lewton for 26 years longtime Congregational church member and Senior Citizens club member survived by wife four daughters Georgie Mansell Mrs W W Kenningham Mrs Vernon R Simpson Enterprise Ala and Mrs Paul DeCaster 1218 Andrews and three grandchildren funeral arrangements announced by Ritter Funeral Home
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Robert Lee Mansell
Shelby County
Ala
Mansell
Lawton
Texas
Cynthia Ruth Mitchell
Elgin
Fort Sill and Lewton
Congregational Church
Georgie Mansell
the Home
W. W. Kenningham
Vernon R. Simpson
Enterprise
Paul DeCaster
Andrews
Ritter Funeral Home
Sheridan Road Drainage Work To Start Soon
Drainage work will begin on Sheridan Road south of the Cache Road intersection to relieve a drainage issue tied to a proposed building by Robert Sprague of Sprague Furniture Mart. Lots on the west side have been cleared and filled for the new structure, with concrete tile draining into a canal through Tomlinson lands. City crews will lay the tile using builder supplied material, to remove excess water from north of Cache Road.
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Sheridan Road
Cache Road
Robert Sprague
Sprague Furniture Mart
Tomlinson Lands
C. 2
Ellsworth
Four Of Rescue Party Feared Dead In Japan Avalanche
Bitter cold and a blizzard on Mt Hekkoda stranded a nine man rescue party while hunting for a missing skier. Two rescuers are dead and two more are missing, with two others injured or unaccounted. The missing skier is believed dead as well.
Tax return services offered in home or office by W Dale Pollock
Notices for income tax preparation by W Dale Pollock contact EL 3-3362 at 1606 Bell for appointments in home or office settings.
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W. Dale Pollock
Bell
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