C C Installs 1954 Slate of Officers
Chamber of Commerce installs new president James G. Knox and officers at the Friday luncheon. About 909 members attend to honor retiring Clyde Shelton and seven outgoing directors. Ewing Gafford conducts ceremonies and praises past leaders, presenting a gavel and an artillery brass ash tray. New officers include R. L. Gilbert and Emmett Keough. new board members are Keough Wade Carter Lewis Wulf Page Payne.
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Chamber of Commerce
James G. Knox
Clyde Shelton
Ewing Gafford
Chamber
Lawton
Gafford
Shelton
R. L. Gilbert
Emmett Keough
Calvin Darnall
Keough
C. E. Wade
Jack Carter
W. F. Lewis
W. F. Wulf
George Page
C. D. Payne
Three Teens Admit Break-Ins To Police
Three teen age boys two aged fifteen and one sixteen admitted four Lawton burglaries and a Wichita Falls Texas break in Police say they face juvenile court on a neglect and delinquency hearing The group confessed to break ins at Tip Top Laundry Acme Laundry and Southside Ice Co and a Jan 4 haul of 87 silver dollars and 5 in cash from a Wichita Falls beer tavern with only one shirt taken from the laundries The suspects were arrested in Clovis New Mexico and returned by Deputy Sheriff Carl Phillips
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Lawton
Wichita Falls
Tex
Otis Waldron
Tony
S. R. Harper
Waldron
Tip Top
Acme
Southside Ice Co
Lee
Texas
Clovis
N.M
Carl Phillips
Smoke Filled Room Marks Hottest Cameron Election
CAMERON W Va Bartley Rutan was re elected mayor yesterday in a smoke filled room during one of the village s hottest elections. All balloting is done at City Hall and around noon the building filled with smoke an election official was overcome. A prisoner in the city jail set fire to his mattress and flames spread to overhead rafters. Firemen doused the blaze and revived election official Grace Jackley.
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Cameron
W. Va
Bartley Rutan
Grace Jackley
Michigan Borders Four Great Lakes
Michigan touches four named Great Lakes including Superior Michigan Huron and Erie. The note lists the lakes forming Michigan’s vast freshwater boundary.
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State of
Michigan
Great Lakes
Superior, Michigan
Huron
Erie
Pink Williams barred from mail over obscene gag cards
Post Office examiner urged barring 62 year old rancher Cowboy Williams from receiving mail and money orders related to his indecent gag cards. Judge refused freeing impounded mail. department to decide on banning mail addressed to Cowboy while real name mail allowed.
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Washington
Post Office
Pink Williams
Eisenhower
James C. Haynes
Caddo
Okla
Williams
Muskogee
Eugene Rice
Carl Petty
Post Office Department
Haynes
Lake Gara’s Stone Age City Vanishes Amid Winter Rains
An 8 000 year old lost lake city from the Stone Age at Lake Gara has disappeared again beneath winter rains and likely won’t be found until summer.
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Lake City
Boyle
Ireland
Lake Gara
Police Crackdown On Persistent Parking Ticket Holders
City police announce a crackdown on owners who ignore mailed notices to pay overdue parking tickets. Police Chief Ralph Hennessee says delinquents will be arrested and charged in police court if they do not comply by January 15, with fines up to 20 dollars. The new traffic code allows arrest warrants after five days of unheeded notices.
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Ralph Hennessee
Hennessee
Alford Hennessee
New TV Set Lets Two Shows Play On One Screen
New York reports a TV receiver that presents two programs simultaneously using polarized glasses or panels. Each viewer can select the program they want with glasses, while the audience hears eight earphones per set. The device can switch to a single program without glasses, for traditional use. Demonstration units planned. mass production may cost about $600 each.
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New York
Anadarko Council Rejects Light Bid Plan
City councilmen rejected all bids for street light installation citing high cost. The plan called for mercury vapor lamps under a proposed contract, but negotiations stalled after the bids were deemed excessive.
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Anadarko
Rockefeller accepts record 5.5 million divorce settlement
Bob Rockefeller accepts in principle a record 5.5 million divorcement offer from Winthrop Rockefeller just before the attorney set deadline. Bud Wilkinson of Oklahoma declines Minnesota coaching bid, staying at Oklahoma as head coach and athletic director.
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New York
Bob Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller
Cincinnati
Bud Wilkinson
University of Oklahoma
University of Minnesota
Pop Still Happy As Kids Are Born
Syracuse report of 37 year old Joseph and Philomena welcoming twin girls yesterday. The couple married in 1937 and had 10 boys and four girls before the twins, one son having died in infancy.
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Pop
Syracuse
N. Y
Joseph
Philomena
Parakeet Falls Into Fryer Burns Owner In Kentucky
Georgetown Kentucky parakeet owned by Thomas Carroll Jr miscalculated while buzzing a deep fryer and toppled into 375 degree grease. Carroll grabbed the bird to save it and sustained a severe burn to his left hand.
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Georgetown
Thomas Carrol Jr
Carroll
Funeral Rites for Mrs W D Phillips
Former Lawton resident Mrs W D Phillips died in Wichita Falls after a six month illness. She was aunt to L E Burnett and Mrs Floyd Jackson. The Hatchery business couple moved to Wichita Falls years ago. Funeral services set for 10 a m Saturday at Wichita Falls Assembly of God. Graveside rites follow at 3 p m in Cordell.
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W. D. Phillips
Lawton
Wichita Falls
L. E. Burnett
Floyd Jackson
Liberty
Phillips
Marriages Outpace Divorces In Woods County
Court records show Woods County had 122 marriages and 55 divorces last year, indicating more than twice as many marriages as divorces with the data reported Friday in Alva Oklahoma.
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Alva, Okla
Woods County
ROK Cabinet Proposes Penalties for Aid Corruption
Seoul cabinet drafts bill to penalize corruption in the distribution of aid funds. The measure seeks tougher penalties including a death penalty in the campaign and will be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration.
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ROK
Seoul
National Assembly
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