Traffic charges filed against 16 in Lawton area
County attorney announced a day of office with traffic charges filed against 16 persons. Kenneth Allen Smith of 741 S Seventh was jailed after a drunken driving stop two miles east of Lawton. Other defendants include William Fred Teague of Oklahoma City and Robe Foster Harris of Oklahoma City, charged with speeding and reckless driving.
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Ohe
Kenneth Allen Smith
Smith
Tf Do Morgan
Lawton
Ray Black
SN Firth
Ated Dor Cunningham
Mico of Peace
Woodrow Giles Court Agape
Rn Tattle
Bill Lesie Srilly
Ardmore
Donald Gene Yow
Doniald Lee Melton
Tos
Tmee Iorn
Teju
Alsa
Jon
Jay Franklin Smith
Walters
Gilbert Thallyroop
Oklahoma
Charles Ralph Whiteville
Bobby Wayne Rush Springs
Will Weatherby
Accides
Weatherby
Brown
Plare
Marvin E. Cameron
Robert Oklahoma
Death notices and traffic accidents in Lawton area
Police reported multiple injuries in several traffic crashes in Lawton and surrounding areas. Incidents include a two car collision at 15th and Andrews injuring Inez Pauline Johnson, and a motorcycle crash at 23rd and H injuring Johnny Livingston. A school bus collision near Middleburg injured seven students and a driver. Funeral services for Mrs Ferrell will be announced by Becker Funeral Home. survivors listed as four sons, a sister, and eight grandchildren.
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Lawton
Sun- Ga
Inez Pauline Johnson
Andrews
15Th
William H. Mart
Cache Road
Hart
Johnny R. Livingston
Rt. 2
Arthur D. Nolan
Highway Patrol Today
Grady County
U. S. 62
Font
Middleburg Schoor
Tropper
B. W. Hamilton
Chickesha
Hamiton
Harold Lewis Terry
Rt. 4
Blanchard
Donald S. Whittera
Shawnee
Belly Turner
Carolyn Turner
Jack Sterling
Wincth Mills
Lynn Whinry
Rhelda Whinery
Pat McGrew
Ferrell
Becker Funealome
Lawson
Minfo
Atoka
Oklahoma
Kenneth Camibron
Joe Adams
Herman L. Payne
Geronico
Raymond Payne
Davison
Pearl Fairchild
Durant
Open Your Heart to Barbara drive aids needy locals
Fund collection for Barbara continues after noon Sunday with calls at a peak. Barbara's aunt Mrs Carless Tubbs and numerous donors provide cash clothing and other items. A gallon jar in Taft elementary school hall fills with coins as postal workers and letter carriers join the drive. The article notes blind students in Japan learning massage as a livelihood option.
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Northwest Kiwanis Club
Barbara
Carless Tubbs
Taft Elementary School
Lawton
Fort Sill
Sheridan Station
National Association For Letter Carriers
Ursechel kidnap tale ties to rain and plane miss
FBI traced Urschel’s recollection of a rainstorm and a misrouted plane to locate the Shannon ranch near Paradise Texas. The kidnapers Kathryn Kelly and Albert Bates were captured later in Memphis and Denver respectively, with Kelly pleading for mercy. G men became G men in press coverage.
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Fanny
Ur- Schel
Norman
Oklo
FBI
Ursekel
American Airways
Fort Worth
Amarillo
U. S. Weather Bureau
Dallas
Amarilla
Paradise
Tex
Urschel
R. G. Shannon
Kathryn Kelly
Ursehel
Shannon
Shannons
Kelly
Albert L. Bates
Bates
Denver
Memphis
Tenn
EBI
Kidnap Case Seen As Bona Fide Ransom Inquiry
McDonald and associates discussed police statements while the kidnapped victim, found near Indie, faced hospital questioning. Detectives and physicians dispute rape claims. public statements hide uncertainty as LA authorities label the incident a bona fide kidnapping. the victim’s condition and ransom questions linger.
Polio vaccination urged as local cases noted
Dr Miller cautioned that polio cases in the period included local instances and urged parents with only two shots to obtain the third immediately from the health department or a private physician. Vaccine is reportedly available. Crowningshield assigned to Battery C, 6th AFA Battalion. The family moved to Lawton January 25 1955. Becker Funeral Home sent the body to Taunton Massachusetts. Mrs Crowningshield survived by husband and 13 month old daughter Evelyn Elsie, her father Albert Copeland of Taunton, and brother Robert Copeland of Massachusetts.
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Memorial Hospital
Comanche County
Becker Funeral "Home
Oklahoma Markets Report Dairy Eggs and Livestock Prices
Markets show Chicago butter steady with receipts 643000. state poultry and eggs in Oklahoma City prices listed for wheat, broilers, hens, butterfat, and native pecans. Oklahoma City livestock opens slow with cattle, calves, hogs and sheep prices and small lots traded, steady to higher on certain classes.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Agriculture Today
Guyman
Hooker
Clinton
Hobart
Alva
Blackwell
el Reno
Enid
Medford
Vici
Yukon
Bison
Hennessey
Kingfisher
Edmond
Frederick
Broilers
Muskogee
Tulsa
Vinitt
Shattuck
Elk City
Lawton
Vinite
Watonga
Pauls Valley
Vinita
Watmwell
Bixby
Jan
USDAY
Savings firm boosts mortgage loans and reserves in 1956
The Savings firm expanded its mortgage loan portfolio by 657 468 or 10 9 percent to 5 996 952 a new record. Reserves rose to 426 708 over 1955 by 71 647 or 19 62 percent Babbitt forecasts a high level economy in 1957 due to strong capital expenditures by business and industry public works and full employment He notes FHA rates at 5 percent stimulate home savings and that savings deposits reflect a more conservative public while tight money policy aims to curb inflation but the duration of the current money situation remains uncertain
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Babbitt
FHA
Home Savings Association
Tear Out This Ad For $1000 Life Insurance Policy
Seniors aged 60 to 80 are urged to mail for a $1000 life insurance policy to cover final expenses. The ad promises completion by mail with Old American or Kansas City, no obligation, no calls. Send name, address, and age to Old American Ins. Co. in Kansas City.
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Old American
Kansas City
Ins. Co
3 West Ltd
Dept
Elderly Grandfield Woman Attacked. Suspect Hunted
Sheriff Kilgore and Tillman deputies searched Lawton for a farmer convict suspected in an attempted rape of an elderly Grandfield woman early Sunday. A stolen car found abandoned near the station tied to the suspect, who is a deaf mute living across the street.
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L. L. Kilgore
Tillman
Kilgore
Grandfield
Dulles outlines Middle East policy and new aide
Secretary Dulles urged a prepared Middle East plan to deter armed Communist aggression and avoid World War III. He said Congress must authorize military and economic support and that a secret list of included nations would be kept to prevent Communist exploitation, while James P. Richards was named Eisenhower's Middle East special assistant.
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Eisenhower
Middle East
United States
Dulles
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Soviet Union
Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
City Man Added To Parole Docket
Clarence V. Wren a 22 year old Lawton resident was added to the parole board docket for clemency consideration. Wren a Korean war veteran serves five years for a $51 strongarm robbery of Roy J Will ford in Lawton on June 10 1955. The State Pardon and Parole Board will meet January 28 at Granite reformatories and had already placed seven other convicts on the clemency agenda.
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Clarence V. Wren
Lawton
State Pardon and Parole Board
Wren
Roy J. Willford
Granite Reformators
Burglars Enter Three Churches
City police investigated burglaries at Central Baptist, Centenary Methodist, and the Lutheran churches over the weekend with no obvious items taken. A jar of coins was stolen from Centenary, while a black Scotty dog was later found at the city animal shelter. Additional thefts included hats at a bar, caps from a Cadillac, and a coat from a car.
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Central Baptist Church
Centenary Methodist Church
Centenary
City Anima
C. F. Verner
Poundmaster
Velta Clark
Turt Bar
George Streuber
Clarence Whitfeld
Lawton
Eight Are Fined By Police Judge Eight Are Fined By Police
Eight persons paid a total of 170 dollars in Municipal Court this morning with three others forfeiting 45 dollars in bonds. Individuals named include Michael Angel Figueroa 27 of Lawton fined 20 for petty larceny and Pat Newson 26 of 1501 S 11th fined 20 for assault. Willie Lee Burrell 26 was found innocent of an assault charge. Maston Mitchell Hair 62 of 1516 Park and Juan M Zavala 25 of Fort Sill each drew 15 for running a red light. James Warren Dittner 35 of Marlow forfeited 20 by reckless driving and Frank M White 22 of 620 E forfeited 11 for driving without a license. Mary Pekah 17 of RL 3 was fined 20 for disturbance and two others were fined 20 each for public drunkenness with one person forfeiting 12 for drunkenness.
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Michael Angel Figueroa
Lawton
Pat Newson
Travis Waller
Willie Lee Burrell
Maston Mitchell Hair
Park
Juan M. Zavala
Fort Sill
James Warren
Dittner
Marlow
Frank M. White
Mary Pekah
Club Colors Spurred Pep Rally At Central Junior High
Pep club members at Central junior high school will wear green and white all day Tuesday. Principal Mrs Lorena Fullerton said the color display is part of ongoing club requirements. The school basketball team meets El Reno at 2 40 p m Tuesday.
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Central Junior High School
Lorena Fullerton
Mneets el Reno
Explosion Kills 3 Spectators At Fire
In Ridgway Colorado a fire at a county highway garage drew a crowd of over 150 spectators. A second blast killed three men and injured 14 others. Sheriff Harry B Scote said the cause appeared to be gasoline or powder or a mix but no exact reason was known. The town's population turned out in near freezing weather as flames consumed the two story structure. The initial fire and a subsequent explosion occurred about 25 minutes apart.
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Wilding
Indio Hospital
Los Angeles
Karl
Bel-Air
Ridgway
Colo. IM
Harry B. Scote
Colorado
Warren
Boy Confesses Murder Of 8 Year Old Rose Ann White
In Fairfield California a 14 year old boy admitted murdering eight year old Rose Ann White. He led authorities at 3 20 a m to her body buried near a railroad track a short time after the crime. Autopsy found no sexual assault but skull fractures and a trail of blood evidence. The suspect, Roger Brown stepson of a local airman, said he tripped while playing Saturday and struck Rose Ann with a rock then stabbed her. He later confessed at Vallejo jail and described removing her panties and burying them to hide bloody fingerprints.
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Fairfeeld
Calif
Trail
Lionde
Rose Ann White
Roger Brown
Dep. Dist. Avg
Clinton Peterson
Young Brown
Rose
Ann
Peterson
Roger
Set
Merrill Brown
436Th
Travis Air Force Base
Vie
Solano County
Vallejo
Rose Ann
Frank White
Japan
Asthma Formula Now Sold Without Prescription
New York report states an asthma formula, long used by doctors for private patients, is now available to sufferers without a prescription. Medical tests claim it stops attacks in minutes and provides hours of relief from recurring spasms. sold in tiny tablets named Primatens with a prescription.
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New York
N. C
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