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Newspaper

Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1953

Page

7

Hospital News Items Southwest birth and admissions list

Births noted for Charles Lambert and Thomas Davis. Admissions include Lawrence Giles, W. A. Gibson, W. K. Wilson, Mrs. Bertie Austin, and others with medical or surgical notes. Dismissals include Mrs. J. W. McCaig and several others. Kiowa and Lawton entries list newborns and medical cases with dates and locations.

Charles Lambert Lawrence Giles Washington W. A. Gibson A. Frost W. K. Wilson Walters Bertie Austin Thomas Davis Rush Springs J. C. Kelly Gore Austin Dearborn Daniel Burns Floyd Bennett C. W. Horton Columbia Linda Marie Banks Jeff Ba Cornell Negial King Temple Jim Bradshaw Albert Peacock Cyril Raymond White Fred Griggs Bob Gillis Bell Stevens Lake Medica Rex Leach P. J. Green McKinley R. E. Scholl Roosevelt Dale Barnett Maple Marion Wyatt S. 13Th Connie Jenkins Kiowa

Beating Is Fatal To Arkansas Girl

Mary McKnight, 24, of Helena Ark, working in Memphis as a department store secretary, was beaten on a dark street Friday. She died after brain surgery for a fractured skull. Her father F R McKnight and family from Helena had rushed to her bedside. The purse found near her body.

Memphis Arkansas Mary McKnight F. R. McKnight Helena Ark McKnight Indianapolis

Paper Ups Price in New York World and Sun

New York World Telegram and Sun will raise prices from five to 10 cents starting this Saturday announced by A D Wallace circulation manager.

New York New York World-Telegram Sun A. D. Wallace

Reclamation Bureau Reviews Four State Flood Plans

The Reclamation Bureau studies four Oklahoma and two Texas projects totaling about 101.6 million dollars for a seven year program none authorized yet. Key plans include Nueces River power in Texas for 25 MW plus municipal water use, and Oklahoma sites Canton North Canadian River irrigation, Ft. Cobb Pond Creek flood control, Foss Washita River irrigation and flood control, plus Norman Little River irrigation and municipal water. A footnote notes no 1953-59 schedule and many other Oklahoma Texas sites are listed as future possibilities.

Washington Oklahoma Texas Reclamation Bureau Nueces River Canton Okla North Canadian River Ft. Cobb Pond Creek Foss Washita River Norman Little River Ada Spring Creek Canadian River Alva Salt Fork Arkansas River Belzoni

Solon Warns Farm Price Slump Could Spark Depression

Washington January 5 UP A House Agriculture committee member Rep W R Poage of Texas warned the current fall in farm prices may mirror 1929 and depress income as defense spending wanes. The committee will study cattle price drops and possible retail beef ceiling rollbacks while overall farm prices are about 12 percent lower than last year with declines led by cattle cotton eggs hogs and milk.

Washington House Agriculture Committee W. R. Poage Texas Poage Clifford R Hope Arans Agriculture Committee

Former Sill Man Killed In Crash

Capt Kenneth G Scrivener 24 a former Fort Sill officer was killed in a crash near Cortez Colorado His wife Shirley was injured Scrivener suffered a fractured skull and crushed chest and died at the scene He served with the 96th FABn at Fort Sill before serving in Korea and later returned to Fort Bliss Texas

Kenneth G. Scrivener Fort Sill Cortez Colo Scrivener Fort Bliss Tex 96Th FA Bn Korea Texas Fort

Area Men In Service In Korea and Texas Wounded

M-Sgt. Henry R. Rushing husband of Mrs. Jewell Rushing 2342 Evans arrived at Brooke Army Hospital San Antonio Texas for treatment of wounds received in Korea in November and will be held for some time. First Lt. Stewart M. Hunter serving in Korea with the 45th Infantry Division since June and a 1951 graduate of Oklahoma A&M. his wife Betty listed as living in Lawton.

Texas Hospital Henry R. Rushing Jewell Rushing Evans Brooke Army Hospital San Antonio Tex Korea Rushing Stewart Hunter Stewart M. Hunter Betty Lawton 45Th Infantry Division Hunter 179Th Infantry Oklahoma A&m College

Burglar Thwarted Coming And Going At Oklahoma Floral Market

Oklahoma City police responded to a 2:53 am burglary at the Oklahoma Floral Market on 605 N. Dewey. A burglar trying to break into a safe battered a ham mer, escaped through the back but was blocked at the front by officers Costic and Tucker.

Oklahoma City Max Pooler W. Costic Walter Tucker Oklahoma Floral Market N. Dewey Costic Tucker

Corporal Holt to Return From Japan Stationed MP at Camp Kobe

Cpl. Clinton Holt and his wife Livvia reside at 2017 Garfield. He is returning to the United States after serving as a military policeman in Japan at Camp Kobe. A veteran of over nine years in the Army, Holt will be reassigned following an expected furlough.

Cpl Clinton Holt Livvia Garfield United States Japan Camp Kobe Corporal Holt

Funeral Notices From Lawton Area Rites Held For Local Residents

Multiple funeral services were held or announced for local residents including Robert Sexton 64 who died at Dallas Veterans Hospital, W C Mallow Geronimo farmer, infant son of Joe Gonzales, and Van Everd Hess, with arrangements by Becker and Ritter Funeral homes. Burial rites occurred across Highland and Indiahoma cemeteries with local clergy presiding. Survivors include sisters Maud Ogden and Otis Estap, brother M C Sexton, and other relatives in Alabama California and Oklahoma. Funeral services covered local churches and post cemetery ceremonies at Fort Sill and Lawton area memorial chapels.

Ward Maud Ogden Otis Becker Memorial W. C. Mallow Geronimo Farmer Lawton Clarence Garrison Geronimo Baptist Church Highland Cemetery Everet Miller William Pine Emmett Crow Jake Malone Emmett Boles Claud Watson Vickie Jean Sterling Sfc John H. Sterling Sergeant Sterling Fort Sill Post Hospital Korea the Post Cemetery Clarence Hopkins W. C Murphree Oneonta Ala Lillie G. Sterling Brooksville Billie Elrod Indiahoma High School van Everd Hess Indiahoma L. G. Shearer Earl Jones Glen Sims Arthur Ben Moore Joe Gonzales Delores Ben Hulshof Church of the Blessed Sacrament Ritter Funeral Home

Brother of Japanese Emperor Dies At Home After Illness

Prince Yasuhito Chichibu, 50, brother of Emperor Hirohito, died at his seaside home in Kugenuma after a liver ailment dating from mid-December. Oxford-educated, he was a member of the royal family and died yesterday in Tokyo area.

Tokyo Prince Yasuhito Chichibu Emperor Hirohito Kugenuma Here

Bandits Take $200 In OC Service Station Run

Oklahoma City bandits robbed Larmer Service Station at 1942 Exchange early Monday morning. The operator J B Granger said two gunmen approached from the rear, shoved a pistol into his back, stole his money bag, and forced him into a restroom before he crawled out a window and fled across the street.

Oklahoma City J. B. Granger Larmer Granger D. M. Vaughan J. C. McCrae

Adenauer Fetes 77th Birthday Amid Heavy West German Goals

West Germany's Konrad Adenauer marks his 77th birthday in Bonn. He plans a brief break to receive congratulations while pushing hard for parliamentary and Supreme Court approval of twin treaties to restore sovereignty and form a joint Western European defense with Germany's troops. He faces a national election campaign to gain support for integrating the western half of divided Germany with Free Europe amid a sharp clash with anti-rearmament Socialists.

Bonn Germany West Germany Konrad Adenauer Christian Democratic Party Adenauer Europe

Judges Open Heavy Docket In Capital

Three federal judges here opened a heavy docket of criminal and civil cases Monday led by the sentencing of Glenn Cyrene Whitt a Sapulpa businessman who admitted a 2000 robbery of the Luther Oklahoma bank last June 30. Judge Edgar S Vaught scheduled several more sentences while Judge Stephen S Chandler began jury trials and will complete the week with non jury trials. Judge Wlace to hear 12 motions and hold 16 pre trial conferences Monday through Wednesday.

Oklahoma City Glenn Cyrene Whitt Sapulpa Luther, Okla Whitt Annear Edgar S. Vaught Stephen S. Chandler Wlace

Jaycees seek Feb. 17 vote on city government reform

The Junior Chamber of Commerce in OKMULGEE Oklahoma is circulating petitions to place a Feb. 17 election on replacing the commission form of city government with a council manager system.

Okmulgee, Okla Chamber of Commerce

Man Charged With Beating Law Partner Of Governor

A 36-year-old Oklahoma City man was charged after the New Year Day assault of Harry Hudson, law partner of Governor Johnston Murray. Hudson, seated at Beverly's Drive-In, was struck several times and treated for serious cuts and bruises. The suspect, a Tinker field employee, reportedly said he had never seen Hudson before.

Oklahoma City Harry Hudson Johnston Murray Oklahoma County Roger Swain a_ Tinker field employe Hudson Beverly’s

U S Runs Korean War Not Soviets Declares Official

Washington says the United States is conducting military operations in Korea and does not clear them with Soviet members of the United Nations Secretariat. The State Department told Representative Rogers that no U N employee, including Konstantin Zinchenko, sees advance military plans for Korea.

U. S Washington Korea State Department VU. N. Secretariat Rep. Rogers D-Tex Department Rogers Dee Dodson American Mercury Magazine Constantine Zinchenko U. N Zinchenko

Hospital Budget Talks Set Today

University hospital officials meet with state legislators to discuss a $4,143,000 budget request for the next two fiscal years. The proposal adds about $80,000 to prior asks, funding a new 60 bed psychiatric ward at University Hospital and a new wing at the crippled children’s hospital. An emergency appropriation is also sought to bridge the upcoming fiscal year starting July 1.

Oklahoma City University Hospital Crippled Children’s Hospital

Nothing Happens In Small State Town Kendrick

Kendrick Oklahoma a Lincoln county city of 172 residents prides itself on safety with no traffic accidents murders or doctor and marshal in decades yet the New Year brings a newly drilled oil well three miles northwest of town raising worries residents fear field growth could alter their quiet life after years of avoiding violence Tornadoes have missed Kendrick but the oil discovery unsettles a town long known for its calm and resilience.

Kendrick, Okla Lincoln County Kendrick

O'Dwyer and Wife Attend Bull Fight in Mexico City

Former U S ambassador William O Dwyer and Sloan Simpson appeared at a bull fight in Mexico City yesterday, their first joint public appearance since their separation three weeks earlier. Friends saw it as an attempt to quiet divorce rumors though they continue to live apart.

Mexico City U. S William O’dwyer New York City Sloan Simpson

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