Major Area Road Projects Slated In 1956 For Comanche County
State highway officials announced two major Comanche county road programs for 1956. The urban US 277 four lane project from the new three level interchange to Fort Sill Gate 1 will receive about 1.5 million dollars with federal matching funds pushing total city county highway spending over two million. The Gore Gap road between Medicine Park and Carnegie will be improved with grading drainage bridges and surfacing prep. Gov Gary policy allocates 75 percent of funds to primary roads and 25 percent to secondary, guiding about 1.5 million for US 277. Local leaders expect swift approval and funding readiness.
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Comanche County
U.S. 277
Fort Sill’s
Gore Gap
Lawton
Carnegie Trade Territory
Barr
Bill Logan
Charley Ozman
Githen Rhoads
Bob Barr
Jim Taliaferro
Logan
Raymond Gary
Gary
Gore Gap Road
Medicine Park
Carnegie
Northwest Trade Territory
Monaco Rejoices As Prince Weds Grace Kelly
Monoco residents celebrate Prince Rainier III betrothal to American Grace Kelly. Citizens deck the town in red and blue, display photos of the couple, and hope the marriage secures the dynasty. Mayor Boisson hails the news as celebratory for Monaco and its future.
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Grace
Prince Rainier III of
Monaco
Grace Kelly
Miss Kelly
United States
Monte Carlo
Bravo
Rainier III
Prince
Robert Boisson
Army seeks approval to buy land west of Fort Sill
Assistant Army Secretary Chester R. Davis asked the Senate Armed Services subcommittee to approve purchasing 20 320 acres of private land west of Fort Sill to expand artillery ranges. He said wildlife refuge land disputes with Interior are being worked toward an early settlement.
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Washington
Army
Chester R. Davis
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
Fort Sill
Davis
John Stennis
Miss
Army and Interior Department
House
Armed Services Real Estate
Victor Wickersham
Interior
Douglas McLee
Sill Paving Bids for Fort Sill Motor Pool
Tulsa district Army Engineers invite bids on hot mix asphalt paving at Fort Sill for a project over 100000 but under 500000. Scope covers 14900 square yards of paving, Portland cement sidewalk and curbing, storm drains, drainage structures, near new barracks in the 3400 area. Col. Stanley G. Reiff announced today.
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Fort Sill
Tulsa District Army Engineers
Stanley G. Reiff
Post
New Barracks
Northwest Storm Ravages Seattle Area Home S
Wide Pacific Northwest storm system brings heavy rain mud slides and hurricane winds. A new $20 000 home near Seattle in Lake City was buried by a mud slide harming a 10 year old girl Heather Sneddon who survived by sheltering under bedding. Vancouver Island also endured roofs torn off and a sea wall section toppled.
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Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Wash
California
Montana
North Dakota
Mercury
Midwest
Lake City
Heather Sneddon
Vancouver Island
Seawell
Safety Group Installs Eddie Dorough as President
Eddie Dorough city insurance sales rep and safety program advocate was elected president of the Law ton Safety Council for 1956, succeeding retiring Henry Zwaan. New board members Vernon Carmichael, Dorough, and Mrs. Joe Turner join officers Ted Ralston as vice president and Mrs. Turner as secretary. Holdovers include Col. Jack Rhoads, Ralston, Zwaan, J. D. Fountain, Jerry Mustain, and Paul Goode. Dorough plans several local safety activities for the next meeting. The council combines civic service groups and local institutions.
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Eddie Dorough
Lawton Safety Council
Dorough
Henry Zwaan
Vernon Carmichael
Joe Turner
Ted Ralston
Post Engineer Transferred to Heidelberg Germany
Lt. Col. H. O. Webb Jr., post engineer and post fire marshal, leaves January 6 for Heidelberg to begin a 12 week language course and report to Mutual Assistance Defense Pact Headquarters. Lt. Col. Clarence F. Roberts Jr. will succeed him February 1, with Maj. J. A. St. Onge acting post engineer until Roberts arrives. Webb and wife Joan reside at 520 Lauman Fort Sill with two children, Richard A., 8. See WEBB, Page 2.
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H. O. Webb Jr
Heidelberg
Germany
Mutual Assistance Defense Pact
Clarence F. Roberts Jr
Col. Webb
J. A. St. Onge
Col. Roberts
Joan
Lauman
Fort Sill
Richard A
Webb
28 726 Families Affected By Floods
The Red Cross reported 28 726 families affected by Christmas floods across California Oregon and Nevada. Relief director Cecil H Davis announced an eight million dollar relief plan and forecast 10 000 families would register for long term aid.
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San Francisco
Red Cross
California
Oregon
Nevada
Cecil H. Davis
Campaign Forges Ahead in Industrial Stock Drive Tops $18,300
Campaign chairman Fred Larrance Jr. announced the city’s industrial promotion has reached $18,300 in stock shares sold. A Saturday night TV marathon from 9 to 11 p.m. at the local station aims to boost contributions, with certificates of appreciation offered for any amount. The drive continues through next week as Greater Lawton, Inc. builds a mobile home plant to begin operations next month.
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George Lewis
Scott Canning Co
Lawtonians
Greater Lawton, Inc
Ragan Stewart
Canning Company
Bill Crawford
Fred Larrance Jr
Greater Lawton, Inc. Treasury
Fred R. Harris
Harris
Town and Country Manufacturing Co
Harvey House
Lawton Home Builders Association
See
Perjury Charge Follows Hearing Against Archie
County Attorney Redman filed a perjury charge this morning against Robert Daniel Archie an 18 year old Lawton youth in jail on armed robbery and automobile larceny charges Archie testified at a Thursday preliminary hearing for Carl Bell 24 who faces armed robbery charges The perjury accusation alleges Archie lied about Bell not being with Archie and John Calvin Skinner when a 1946 Mercury was stolen on December 19 from 300 block South Third The filing was before Peace Justice Woodrow Giles
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Manville Redman
Robert Daniel Archie
Lawton
Archie
Carl Bell
Woodrow Giles
Redman
Bell
John Calvin Skinner
Arson Suspected After Early Blaze In City Fire
Early morning fire at 104 East Bell destroyed a 20 room frame apartment house and damaged adjacent buildings. Police and firemen pursued a possible arson lead as a state fire marshal may join the investigation. A male suspect allegedly threatened a girl occupant, prompting arson speculation.
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East Bell
Calvin Callis
California
Bill Dixon
North Oklahoma and Kansas shaken by mild earthquake
A mild quake rattled northwestern Oklahoma and southwestern Kansas early Friday. It disrupted the Alva telephone exchange briefly, sounding like an explosion to observers in Anthony and Cherokee. Reports place tremors across Waynoka and nearby towns, felt by hundreds, with minimal damage and a bell indicating movement in a Cherokee resident stairway. The event is the first notable Oklahoma quake since 1952.
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Alva
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Anthony
Kan
Carl Beyer
Alva Review - Courier
Oklahoma City
U.S. Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Texas
Missouri
Nebraska
Ardmore councilman freed on two burglary bonds
Ardmore city councilman Joe Taylor, 51, posted 4000 in bonds after being charged with two counts of second degree burglary tied to Stratford burglaries on November 27. He was arrested twice more, each time released on 2000 bonds, as Garvin County investigates a possible two state burglary ring. Taylor calls the charges politically motivated and false while authorities plan further questioning of six Stratford burglaries and actions involving Jack Wesley Mitchell.
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Ardmore
Okla
Stratford
Joe Taylor
Garvin
Claud Swinney
Raymond Burger
Taylor
J. C. Caldwell
Garvin County
Herbert Harris
Jack Wesley Mitchell
New Cold Front Moves In Early
A cold front moved into Oklahoma ahead of schedule last night but temperatures were barely affected. Expect clear to partly cloudy skies with slightly cooler today and tomorrow, topping near 60, and a tonight low around 30. The five day forecast calls for temperatures about 10 to 15 degrees above normal.
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Oklahoma
State Weather Bureau
Editor Challenges Congress Quiz
Robert Shelton a New York Times copy editor refused to say if he is a Communist and challenged the Senate Internal Security subcommittee to ask him. He deemed the question a First Amendment and press freedom violation. Shelton, not invoking the Fifth Amendment, faced contempt if he won’t answer as Eastland ordered.
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Washington
Robert Shelton
New York Times
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Shelton
Eastland
D-Miss
U.S. Senate
Police Guard Withdrawn From Suspect After Fatal Shooting
Police removed a guard from outside Memorial hospital room of B C Lovey Cherry who was wounded in a pistol duel. Bennie Williams 45 died after a gun battle that left Cherry injured in the face and neck. Detective Captain Waldron reviewed statements. REDMAN may file charges later today. Witnesses placed the shooting at 1324 Washington in an upstairs two story building.
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Memorial Hospital
B. C
Lovey) Cherry
Cherry
Bennie Williams
Lawton
Otis Waldron
Manville Redman
Washington
No Tax Cuts, Solons Agree
Washington reports that Congress will back President Eisenhower’s push to keep federal sales and corporate taxes at current levels for another year, likely saving the treasury about 3 billion. Excise taxes would stay at current rates after April 1 and corporate income at 52 percent. Personal income tax cuts are not expected immediately, though a spring budget review could suggest changes for July 1 or next January.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Treasury
State of the Union
Strike Brings State Of Siege To Chile
Chilean government under President Carlos Ibanez declared a state of siege after Congress adjourned as a nationwide strike called by the Central Labor Union CUT demanded wage price and pension freezes for civil servants. All military leaves were canceled and troops ordered on alert amid communist agitation claims.
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Santiago
Chile
Carlos Ibanez
Congress
Central Labor Union
CUT
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Princes
National Assembly
Lee Monaco
Constitution
Washington Bureau
Beyer
Don Knox
Waynoka
Cherokee, Okla
C. L. Godfrey
Williams
Lee Congress
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