Texan Fined 100 For Drunk Driving
Willis Wade Harris of Wichita Falls pleaded guilty to drunken driving and was fined 100 dollars plus costs by County Judge S R Harper. He was arrested Dec 31 about six miles south of Lawton on U S 277 by Patrolmen C T Raley and Wes Miller. In other traffic cases Billy Eugene Hunter of No 5 S 10th was fined 25 dollars and costs for reckless driving. County Attorney Manville Redman filed obstruction of officers against Clint Bass of Lawton in a highway patrol case south of Lawton.
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Willis Wade Harris
Wichita Falls
Tex
S. R. Harper
Harris
Lawton
U.S. 277
Lt. C. T. Raley
Wes Miller
Billy Eugene Hunter
No. 5
S. 10Th
Justice of the Peace
Marvin Cameron
Manville Redman
Clint Bass
Prisoner head count sparks cross border tensions
Indian guards tally 4 384 Chinese prisoners near Panmunjom as Cross border disputes flare. Pyun Yung Tai denounces the move as illegal and arbitrary while North Korean aides condemn the count and threaten possible responses. Chinese prisoners seek repatriation, while Marines fortify lines with tall fences and barricades south of Panmunjom.
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Evans
ROK
Pyun Yung Tai
Lee Sang Cho
Pyun
China
South Korea
Inside job suspected in Cushing gambling house robbery
Cushing Oklahoma faces a well attended dice game hold up in a four room residence near State Highway 18. Five or so gunmen with a submachine gun and pistols robbed players including Lee Moore a 60 year old professional gambler from Cushing. Victims report losses totaling thousands including $3000 on the dice table and diamonds and cash from other players. Officers note the bandits warned all to stay down and fled after the take. Witnesses place suspects from Woodward Enid and other towns.
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Cushing
E. G. Perry
Winfield
Kan
Woodward
Okla
Enid, Okla
Lee Moore
Moore
Oklahoma
State Bank of
Vian
Lee Stiles
Yale
Enid
Pawhuska
Dilton
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Drumright
Butter prices and Oklahoma prices mixed in agricultural report
Chicago butter prices were barely steady with receipts at 1 046 184 and wholesale buying unchanged. Oklahoma City market reports Jan 5 prices for broilers hens eggs butterfat and grain with USDA cattle hogs and sheep results, noting steady to higher quotes on hogs and beef trade, and various regional price levels for products.
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Chicago
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
F.o.b
Poteau
Muskogee
Shawnee
Vinita
Lawton
Ardmore
Tulsa
Enid
Laverne
McAlester
Durant
Elk City
Chickasha
Alva
el Reno
Cordell
Blackwell
Fairview
Chandler
Pauls Valley
Frederick
Kingfisher
Hennessey
Medford
Altus
Hobart
Vici
Guyman
Hooker
Pecans
Wynnewood
Waurika
USDA
Eisenhower touts first year progress and farm price gains
President Eisenhower outlined the administration’s achievements over the past year and called for continued growth through planning and enterprise. He urged confidence against gloom merchants and indicated a forthcoming farm program to reduce surpluses and stabilize prices, referencing an Agriculture Department report showing upticks in mid-December.
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America
Douglas
Illinois
Kerr
Oklahoma
Eisenhower
Agriculture Department
Congress
Judges Chosen for City Green Burning Party
Seven local business men will judge the Burning of the Greens event to be held near the new high school at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Entries begin at 3 p.m. with a B P W Club committee tallying results for four prizes of $2 bills.
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Fort Sill Blvd
Bernell Gilbert
J. B. Cattwell
Emmett Keough
F. B
Fuzz) Barnes
Leon Maddux
Clare Morford
Billy Stamps
J. J. Stowe Jr
First Methodist Church
LHS
Co. M. Swabb
Lawton School Board seeks 750000 in federal aid for new elementary building
The Lawton board of education filed for about 750000 in federal building aid with a 16 room addition to the new high school first on the list. Tomlinson addition and Greer addition follow as priorities. Superintendent Shoemaker noted 130000000 in applications exist and only 60000000 may be available, with official word pending.
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Lawter Board of Education
Tomlinson
Greer
John Shoemaker
Washington
Lawton
Shoemaker
Justin Kuntz
Lawrence Laird
Betty Parker
Kuntz
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Oklahoma City
Lawton Schools Receive Maintenance Aid Totals
Federal aid payment settles 1952-53 maintenance and operation costs for Lawton public schools. White schools received $12,684.57 with $1,098.22 for separate schools. total allocations were $252,971.36 for white and $21,964.34 for Negro schools.
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Lawton
County GOP Chiefs to Meet in Lawton Next Tuesday
Republican leaders of Comanche county will meet next Tuesday to choose precinct officials and delegates to the county convention in Lawton. Walter F. Wolverton says caucuses start at 7 30 p m in towns and cities and at 2 p m in rural precincts, each meeting lasting about one hour. Each precinct will elect a committeeman and committeewoman and at least one delegate, with multiple delegates possible per precinct under 1952 election rules. Committeemen must send names and addresses of those elected to the county chairman at 807 B Lawton. For info contact Mrs Walter F Wolverton at No 1998 Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Lawton Jaw
Walter F. Wolverton
B. Lawton
Lawton
Voter Precinct Consolidation Plans Cause Protest
The vote consolidation reduces four counties into two precincts with Ward 2 at seven precincts Ward 3 at four and Ward 5 at eight. Rich ards No 2 will absorb Richards No 3 with all ballots at Elgin. Richards 3 previously voted at Mistletoe School. Saddle Mountain moved to McMaster township with Meersddle Mountain voters voting there. Crosby No 2's consolidation with Larrance faced protest by Crosby residents and remains unchanged. Crosby residents opposed Prairie Lea as voting site due to road access. Larrance voters now ballot at Bishop. A list of precinct officials and voting places will be released later.
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Ward
Richards No. 2
Richards No. 3
Elgin
Mistletoe School
Saddle Mountain
McMaster Township
Meersddle Mountain
Clay Sommers
Pageant Board Election At Easter Sunrise Service
Ballots counted by a committee led by Jeathley with Comdr Raymond H Tryon Mrs Mallie Baldwin and Joe Dawson all active association members. One write in vote for George Page and contributions totaling 57 from twelve of twenty out-of-town ballots. Official results to be reported to the board at 7 30 p m Friday at Walter Wolverton’s home.
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Wichita Mountains
Jeathley
Raymond H. Tryon
Mallie Baldwin
Joe Dawson
Association
Batten
George Page
Walter Wolverton
Holy City
Rites Held for Green Brogdon in Elgin Funeral Home
Final rites for Melvin Luther Love 67 farmer are set at Apache Christian church with burial in Apache cemetery. Love died Monday at Lawton hospital after a short illness. He was born October 2 1886 in Tecumseh Kansas and lived in Comanche and Caddo counties. Survived by widow Rosa Ann Cox six daughters and four sons plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Green Watt Brogdon
Ritter Funeral Home
Cape
Henry Wall
Calvary Baptist Church
Highland Cemetery
Ioof Lodge
Ritter
Elgin
Melvin Luther Love
Apache Christian Church
Mr. Love
Tecumseh
Kan
Comanche County
Caddo County
Rosa Ann Cox
Floyd Earl
Ida May
Hazel Bailey
Apache
Violet Nance
Edith Baxter
Colleen Hayes
Lula Dees
Fletcher
Flossie Sharp
Melvin Love Jr
Cyril
Roy Love
Eland Dale Love
Redondo Beach
Calif
Fannie Ewine
Clara Quinn
California
Ed Love
Discharges Continued From Page One
The draft era discharge policy remains to honorably discharge all men for the convenience of the government and grant veterans benefits. Army Times notes mental category IV ratings for limited future Army roles. some will be released or transferred as soon as possible. Those not released include draftees with insufficient service, valor decorations, wounds, or corporal or higher ratings.
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Army Times
Ellender attacks Senate spending as McCarthy committees blamed
Senator Ellender denounces wasteful tax money spent by Senate committees led by McCarthy and Jenner. He seeks records showing last year's budgets, warns of duplication, and says McCarthy's panel intrudes on foreign relations work. Senator McClellan may push to place subversive activity probes under a central authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellender
McCarthy
Jenner
Senate Internal Security
Seabee
Senate
Senate Foreignelations Committee
Congress
Sen. McClellan
New Tablet Discovery Stops Bed Wetting
An advertisement from A. B. Drug Company at 401 D Street promotes DRY Tar tablets to stop bed wetting. The copy claims the medication is new, easy to take, painless and safe with a generous 60 day offer and a price of $3.
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A. B. Drug Company
Court Docket Summary Of Multiple Civil Appeals
A compiled docket lists numerous civil cases from JP court appeals including John C Jadel versus W C James and Dora Leneri versus T W Harrbison. Other items reference Lawton Hotel Inc versus Emmett Howard Shaw and Stella Brascum, and Willie Rose versus Rogers among money judgments and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ey Ne
Saran
Robert Poco
Willie E Rose
Rogers
FASTEETH Improves Powder for False Teeth
An advertisement promotes FASTEETH powder for false teeth claiming it keeps dentures in place without sliding. It emphasizes a sane feel and alkaline action to reduce odor and sour taste, and urges purchase at drug counters.
Theft Bureaus Vault Robbed During New Year Weekend
A Secret Service official says the theft looks planned as $160,000 in four thousand dollar twenty notes were stolen from a vault over the New Year holiday. Two dummy packets replaced the cash and the vault had been locked on December rection. The notes are federal reserve bank notes drawn on the Federal Reserve Bank in New York. Immediate notification to the Secret Service in Washington was urged.
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Bureau
Secret Service
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Washington
Dec
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Texan
Munsan
Inchon
Formosa
William J. Livingston
Tom Evans
Garden City
N. Y
Panmunjom
IEE
Post Office
Blunt Zorger
City Green Burning Party
GOP
Pageant
Bendix
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E Pho
Orville D. Pope
Berry
D Avenue
Jarol
Melvin L. Love
Pnge
Insurors
Bob Luther
Sheridan Road
Kingsbury
G. Andrews
Wolverton Harware
E Ave
M&d
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
Appel
Home Owned
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