Gang War Feared Over Tulsa Holdup
Oklahoma City reports a $20,000 holdup of a Cushing dice game by four masked gunmen. Professional gamblers were victimized. Raymond Doolin, an Oilton tavern operator, lost about $6,000. Investigators link the crime to a Muskogee Dallas gang and note similarities to a prior Austin poker game robbery.
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Oklahoma City
Daily Oklahoman
Muskogee
Dallas
Tulsa
Oklahoman
Raymond Doolin
Oilton
State Crime Bureau
Austin
Texas
Captain Nion School at Fort Sill Tragedy Unfolds
Mrs. Collins doubts her husband meant to die in an air crash after his discarded flying suit was found near the outskirts of Fort Sill Wednesday. The plane suffered light damage suggesting a landing attempt. No known connection to Galveston is noted.
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Nion
Fort Sill
Galveston
Collins
Registration continues with ward and rural precinct lists
The notice lists names and addresses for polling places by ward and precinct. It includes Ward 1 through Ward 5 on various streets, and rural precincts with residents such as Brown, Brown-Mrs. O. J. Jacobi, Cache Town residents, and multiple Lawton area routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill Blvd
John March
Oak
Weldon Rightmer
Ferris
Lowell Dikes
Ward
Jay Waddle
Walter Montgomery
A.gett
Wayne Castlebury
J. P. Ross
W. K. Seabolt
Jefferson
John Hain
R. L. Child
Winnie Cook
Washington
R. D. Mooneyham
Lee
Brown
O. J. Jacobi
Ster- Cache
Goldie Harmon
Cache
Cedar Grove
Joe Blue
Fletcher Rt
Mary Vaughn
Delpha Ba
Chicago Butter Prices Steady. Oklahoma City Poultry Prices Listed
Chicago butter markets hold steady with receipts 1 030 250 and wholesale prices unchanged to 4 higher. Oklahoma City reports state poultry prices for Jan 7 including broilers No 1 at 24 delivered to Lawton and Ardmore 27, hens 14 22 and eggs varied with locations. Oklahoma City egg quotes 50 for candled and 44 for current receipts. Oklahoma City livestock shows cattle 20 21 per cwt for top grades, hogs down 25 50, sheep around 1 lower with lambs at 18 50.
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Chicago
Co. Co
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
F.o.b
Poteau
Muskogee
Shawnee
Vinita
Lawton
Ardmore
Tulsa
Laverne
McAlester
Blackwell
Enid
Chandler
Chickasha
Pauls Valley
Cordell
Alva
Durant
Elk City
Fairview
Reno
el Reno
du- Wheat
Frederick
Hennessey
Kingfisher
Medford
Vici
Altus
Hobart
Guyman
Hooker
Pecans
Wynnewood
Waurika
USDA
Tickets Available For Firing Show At Fort Sill
About 140 civilian tickets are available for a massed firing demonstration on January 16 at Fort Sill. The event runs 1:30 p.m. on the west range and features 54 105mm and 18 155mm howitzers plus two M 16 anti air weapons and an 8 inch howitzer. Participating units include the 2nd and 602nd FA Bns the 968th AFA Bn and the 553rd FA Bn at Firing Point 137 reachable via West along the South Boundary road from Gate 4.
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Nd Department of Gunnery
Fortill
Chamber of Commerce Office
AFA
Gate 4
Convicts Admit California Jeweler Robbery Roles
In a California case the accused men confessed to the 1953 jeweler heist. Hamlin and Kistler, both jailed in San Francisco, deny guilt while claiming innocence amid prison confinement remarks. Hamlin plans to return to Chicago for work as a truck driver. his wife Betty works in Canton. Remo Bosia and Jose Ze Angeli were named as victims.
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California
Hamlin
Kistler
San Francisco
Chicago
Betty
Canton
Remo Bosia
Jose Ze 2 Angeli
Holdup
Missing Oklahoma Soldier Believed Dead In Korea
Cpl George A Warren formerly of Lawton is added to 27 Oklahomans listed as presumed dead in Korea. He was reported missing Dec 2 1950 after being cut off in the Inchon area, had received the Purple Heart, and returned to duty Nov 14 1950. The Army cites time without evidence of surviv al to terminate the absence.
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Inchan
Yokohama
Japan
Glennon
Korea
Fort Sill
William E. Bergin
Army Adjutant General
Army
Oklahoma
Air Force
Charles F. Cook
Margaret A Cook
Okmulgee
Raymond L. Jones
Walter Jones
Chickasha
C. Theodore E. Lowery
Budget program outlines economic and security reforms
Overview of a broad administration plan stressing stronger defense, shared nuclear knowledge with allies, improved personnel benefits, and policy steps across economy and society. It calls for tax revisions, debt management, public works, agricultural Surplus handling, housing, education, veterans services, and voting rights initiatives.
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Congress
Veterans Administration
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Lewis To Preside At Medical Society Meet
Dr. W. F. Lewis will preside at the Cotton-Coman Medical Society's first meeting of the year. A 7 p.m. dinner will open the session at Old South cafeteria. Regular monthly meetings follow on the second Tuesday each month.
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W. F. Lewis
Cotton-Comanche Medical Society
Old South
NATO Air Power Consoles General on Soviet Threat
Gen Alfred Gruenther, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, praised NATO air power at a Paris lunch marking Eisenhower's arrival. He warned Soviets lack defense against an attack on industrial capacity and endorsed German participation in Western defense while noting new atomic weapons reshape planning and costs across 14 NATO nations.
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Paris
Alfred M. Gruenther
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Dwight D. Eisenhower
NATO
Gruenther
Eisenhower outlines military buildup and mobilization plans
The report details Eisenhower’s administration proposals including gradual troop reductions, an expansion of air power to reach 137 wings, and improved mobilization readiness. It emphasizes pay and fringe benefits to retain personnel, housing and medical care, and expansion of Continental Defense with radar networks and interceptor planes. Okinawa bases are to be maintained indefinitely despite calls for return to Japan.
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U. S
Navy
Air Force
Congress
Eisenhower
Okinawa
Japan
Big Island
Necesd Tormand
Dastiania
Japanese — Islands
Eisenhower Addresses Congress on Economy and Defense
President Eisenhower delivered a televised address to Congress amid an election year. He forecast a 66.6 billion dollar federal budget for the next year, urged social security expansion and unemployment coverage, and pressed for a flexible farm price program, tax reform, and continued foreign aid while boosting military and economic readiness. He also proposed citizenship revocation for Communist conspirators and urged European defense integration.
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Ee Ene Isnegen
Congress
Truman
U. S
Eisenhower
Korea
House
7. Finance Committee
Todey
United Nations
Russia
United States
Okinawa
Indochina
China
EDC
European Defense Army
U.S
Communist Party
Atty
Brownell
Funeral Rites for Henrietta Johnson Held Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Henrietta Johnson who died Sunday will be at 2 30 p m Friday at Barnett Chapel AME Church with Rev J J Webb pastor. Rev W S Brown of Anadarko ME church will officiate. Burial will be in land come under direction of the Fletcher home.
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Henrietta Johnson
Barnett Chapel
Ame
J. J. Webb
W. S. Brown
Anadarko
Fletcher 1
Hearing Details of Fatal Cattle Dispute in Oklahoma
Witnesses describe a December 28 confrontation near the Hadley ranch that ended with Floyd Roberts killed after an argument over loading cattle at the Ferguson farm. Cox allegedly fired and fled, with Lewis testifying to shared cattle work and Roberts warning and approaching before shots rang out. Mrs. Hadley reported Roberts’ body and Cox’s admission en route to Cache.
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Hadley
Cox
Roberts
Lewis
Gordon Ferguson
Cache
Hadley Ranch
Ferguson Farm
Jim
Plane crash report from Tokyo dated January seventh
Sparse OCR notes show a Tokyo dispatch dated January seven referencing UPA VU. The fragment lacks details on the incident, casualties, or agency confirmation, leaving the event status unclear.
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Er. Hulen
Oakie Hilbert
Indiahoma
Rex Watts
Jack Sharp
Lawton Rt
Lincoln No
E. E. Stanton
Mangan
C. F. Perry
Painter — Couch
Cache Are
Mae Lee
Yee
E ’ Richards
Fletcher
Evelyn Meyer
Wichita
Barnie Barker
Mt. Park
Emmett Lowery
Briartown
Carl R. Jones
Elsie E. Main
Sapulpa
Pfe
Frankie D. Marlow
Myrtle M. Gilliland
Edward J. J. Miller
Alta May Bell
Claremore
Carl West
O. B. West
Tecumseh
Obie Clifton
Robert J. Clifton
Hugo
C. Jimmie DeBord
Bessie D. DeBord
James L Gambill
Nona G. Hedgpath
Harry Ishem
Jurel Ishem
Bartlesville
Charles G. Kaniatobe
Wilcey Kaniatobe
Idabel
Stafford L. Ledbetter
Nehew
Norma Wymer
Saina
Bob R. Mankin
Edgar A. Mankin
Howe
Gerland E. Miller
Ed Miller
Miami
James L. Quong
Jennie L. Quong
Kenneth E. Walker
Otis Walker
Madill
Kenneth E. Walters
Bertha Womack
Locust Grove
Jacob H. Warmbrodt
Bertha M. Warmbrodt
George A. Warren
Rosalie E. Warren
Joseph O. Webster
Ruth Webster
Exac
Fuller Brush CO
Insurors Realtors
Bendix
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th &E Pho
Ike
Iron Curtain
St. Lawrence Seaway
Ory 2Ne
Appe
America
Taft
Henrrietta Johnson
Orville D. Pope Agency
George Glasby
Buster Wyatt
E. T. Curtsinger
Church OF God
Floyd Roberts
Tokyo
UPA VU. S
JO G. Andrews
D Ave
Refrigerators
Wolverton Harware
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
habbitt-Pelle
Prey
D Avenue
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
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