Cameron Extends Enrollment Time For Night School
Cameron announces extended enrollment for night classes at Fort Sill. Tonight enrollment at Army Education Center Building 1352, nine week term ends March 16, late enrollment ends Jan 26. Courses include commerce, arts, languages, shop, and more with fees from $6 per hour. Veterans may use GI bill with adjusted payments.
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Cameron College
Fort Sill
Gordon L. Paine
Army Education Center
Paine
United States
G.I
Veterans Administration
I and E
Alvin Hand
Cameron
Eisenhower outlines federal role in school funding
President Eisenhower cites a federal role to ease nationwide classroom shortages while preserving local control. He proposes targeted aid to low income states, reduced matching for poorer areas, and bonuses for effective districts, plus a five year plan ending with state funding responsibility and a push for stronger educational research and teacher pay.
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Eisenhower
Welfare Department
Baptists Map Revival Plans in Comanche-Cotton Assn
Preliminary plans for an April evangelistic campaign in the Comanche-Cotton Baptist Association were outlined at a steering committee session at First Baptist Church. Dr. H Tom Wiles chairs the revival committee with Rev W E Russell directing March preparatory rallies. A men’s meeting in Lawton and a joint Indian-Negro-White event are planned, with Dr E C Matthews as main speaker and Mrs Gerald Smith organizing a women’s meeting.
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E. C. Matthews
The
Baptist Convention
Gerald Smith
Carson Everett
Northside Baptist Church
Greater Galilee Baptist Church
Lawton
Richard Hopper
John J. Evans
Wiles
Eulis Grisham
Garland Anderson
E. A. Stoddard
Frank Lewis
Lawton Students Enroll At Tech In Okmulgee
Three Lawton students Leroy Plante and Bobbie Green and Leland Ray enrolled in second semester trade classes at Oklahoma A&M Tech Okmulgee. Plante studies culinary arts while Green and Ray study printing. Registration runs a month with enrollment continuing through February 4. Tech projects total enrollment near 1200.
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Lawton
Oklahoma A&m Tech
Okmulgee
Leroy Plante
Bobbie Green
Leland Ray
Tech
Firemen Help Owner Fix Floor Furnace At Home
City firemen answered one overnight alarm last night. They responded at 10 p.m. to a floor furnace problem at Ray Parker's home at 1211 Dearborn and assisted in correcting the trouble with no property loss reported.
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Ray Parker
Dearborn
Compensation Hearings In Comanche County Courtroom
Hearings on workmen's compensation claims opened this morning in Comanche county with examiner Jess B. Harper of Oklahoma City presiding. Testimony is taken as claims from industrial injuries proceed, and the examiner's findings go to the full commission for ruling.
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Comanche County
Jess B. Harper
Oklahoma City
State Industrial Commission
City Man Posts Bond After Raid
Police last night conducted their third liquor raid of the week at 130212 Lee under a search warrant by Peace Justice Marvin E. Cameron. Lester Scott, 34, was charged with illegal liquor possession operating a joint and maintaining a nuisance and posted $20 bond on each charge. Confiscated were 15 four fifth bottles of wine four half-pints of gin 37 half-pints of whisky and two half-pints of vodka. Other arrests included blocking traffic abusive language and public drunkenness. Eugene Colteaux 22 Fort Sill posted $12 bond for blocking traffic Benny Trotter 26 jailed for abusive language.
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Lester Scott
Lee
Marvin E. Cameron
Scott
Kenneth Stradley
Melvin Kelley
Junior Hawkins
Bryan Logan
Eugene Michael Colteaux
Fort Sill
Benny H. Trotter
Land Omaha Fort Sill expansion plan faces interagency talks
Land negotiations for Fort Sill aim to secure 10 700 acres of refuge land and 20 320 acres of private land. Davis and O Ewart will report to superiors Thursday as McKay plans a meeting with Army Secretary Wilber Brucker next week. If no accord, the Army may appeal to the Bureau of the Budget which can arbitrate inter-departmental disputes by executive order. The budget bureau backed the expansion before Congress approval.
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Fort Sill
Davis
O’ewart
McKay
Army
Wilber Brucker
Bureau of the Budget
Congress
Washita flood control bill faces irrigation funding debate
Project floods over the past three years. Officials say the bill with administration backing would bring 750000 in annual benefits to the area. The Rules committee considers irrigation claims while Aspinall says no new crop land would be brought into production. Rep. John Saylor urges rejection and warns of more flood control measures as irrigation projects. He cites House Public Works as a more suitable venue for such funding debates.
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Aspinall
Washita
John Saylor
R-Pa
Rules Committee
Saylor
House Public Works Committee
Trees Grow From Greensburg Court Tower
In Greensburg Indiana trees have grown out of the top of the courthouse tower reaching about 110 feet above the ground. Local officials say the situation is unusual and may require structural assessment and safety precautions for visitors and workers nearby.
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Greensburg
Ind
Blonde Vanishes Case Casts Salesman as Witness
A 20 year old blonde woman disappears and a young salesman is held as a material witness. After questioning several men, authorities declare the case almost certainly a criminal homicide.
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New York
Suspect in homicide case linked to missing Jacqueline Smith
Authorities report Thomas G. Daniel, 24, held on $25,000 bail as the disappearance of Jacqueline Smith remains unresolved. Daniel has offered conflicting stories from walking out to suicide and a second man’s involvement. Police search the Hudson River and other areas while investigators probe potential dissection and abortion-related instruments linked to a hospital custodian.
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Jacqueline Smith
Thomas G. Daniel
Miss Smith
Daniel
Hudson River
Asst. Dist. Atty
Alexander Herman
Herman
95Th Street
East River
New York
Warren
Ohio
Lebanon
Scout Training Sessions Slated for Boy and Cub Scouts
Training for the Boy Scout Hunting Horse district begins at 7:30 p.m. today at Lawton High School. Sessions continue on the second and fourth Thursdays through April under Kissick, with Nathan Clark directing Cub Scout leaders and Jim Noury heading the Boy Scout team.
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Lawton High School
Neil Kissick
Kissick
Nathan Clark
Robert Pierce
Frank Crawford
Russell Fisher
Jim Noury
Arthur Bilbrey
Bill Striegel
Dan Woesner
Howard Freeman
Oklahoma Party Posts and Contention at State Convention
Homa City secretary treasurer remains in post while the national committee man seat for Oklahoma is up for decision at the state convention. Bill Doenges currently holds the position, with Rep. Jim Arrington of Stillwater actively seeking to succeed him.
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Homa City
Oklahoma
Bill Doenges
Jim Arrington
Stillwater
Education talk at Lawton High prompts lifelong learning
Sam Joyner Jr., LHS graduate and president of the Lawton Board of Education, addressed students on Education Day. He urged ongoing learning, likening education to a hot water tank and challenging students to expand educational efforts for a better future. Semester exams end Friday and report cards will be distributed next week.
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Sam Joyner Jr
LHS
Lawton Board of Education
Joyner
Navy To Recruit 204 State Men
The U S Navy will recruit 204 men this month to meet the largest quota since last August. Chief R E Barkley, local recruiting officer, said the quota was raised to boost Navy strength and deter further drafting. Barkley added the Naval Reserve and regular recruiters are urging Oklahoma youths to consider a Navy career.
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U.S. Navy
R. E. Barkley
Barkley
Naval Reserve
Navy
City Real Estate Board Buys Share In Greater Lawton
Lawton Real Estate board members voted Wednesday to purchase a $100 share of Greater Lawton, Inc. stock, announced by president Frank Sneed. He praised the mayor's drive for more industry in Lawton and noted Realtors have bought several thousand dollars in shares. Dan Walding was named to represent the board on the Lawton Industrial Developers committee.
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Lawton Real Estate Board
Greater Lawton, Inc
Frank Sneed
Lawton
Sneed
Dan Walding
City Doctor Recalls Peru Santo Domingo Camp Tales
Mrs Miller recalls warnings about Indian tribes in Ecuador and Peru during a 1937 camp era. She notes dramatic altitude contrasts between Quito and jungle camps, frequent volcanic activity near Sangay, and the presence of 26 hospitals later aiding sanitation and health.
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Quito
Sangay
Shell Mera
Public Records Divorce and Marriage Licenses Noted
Superior Court records show divorces granted for Carl Costa and Joseph Costa and Mildred N Stevens and C M Stevens. Petitions filed for May v Paul May, Nilda Gaston v Edgar J Gaston Jr, Garfield W Brewer v Evelyn Brewer, and Ernest Voelkel v Ruby N Voelkel. Marriage licenses issued for Lawrence Burnett Jr and Nancy Richard. Lyman Yahola Jr and Rachel McBride. Richard Hill and Bobbie Anchord. Lawrence Puryear and Catherine Hager.
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Superior Court
Carl Costa
Joseph Costa
Re. May
Paul May
Nilda Gaston
Edgar J. Gaston Jr
Garfield W. Brewer
Evelyn Brewser
Mildred N. Stevens
C. M. Stevens
Ernest Voelkel
Ruby N. Voelkel
Anna Marie Peck
Roy L. Peck
Lawrence Wallace Burnett Jr
Alma
Nancy Ann Richard
Lyman Yahola,Jr
Wetumka
Rachel Euvohn McBride
Oklahoma City
Richard Lee Hill
Fort Sill
Bobbie June
Houston
Tex
Lawrence Oliver Puryear
Park
Catherine Dorene Hager
Naturalization Exams Held At Fort Sill
Glenn A. Torrence naturalization examiner for the U S Immigration bureau conducts special examinations for a large group seeking American citizenship. The group grows with alien born wives of Fort Sill men to be assigned overseas in a Gyroscope operation. Citizenship will be granted in a naturalization hearing Friday at 2 p m to those who pass.
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Glenn A. Torrence
U. S. Immigration Bureau
Fort Sillmen
Physicians Hear Talk On Leukemia In Oklahoma City
Dr. John DeVore of Langston Medical group spoke on various leukemia types and treatments including newer drugs and radioactive isotopes. Dr. Frank Austin of Lawton presided at the dinner meeting of the Comanche Cotton county medical society held Tuesday at Old South cafeteria with about 57 physicians and their wives in attendance.
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John DeVore
Langston Medical Group
Oklahoma City
Comanche-Cotton County Medical Society
Frank Austin
Lawton
Old South
Stolen 1952 Packard Reported In Lawton Area
An alert was issued shortly before noon for law enforcement to search Lawton area for a 1952 Packard stolen from a parking spot in the 400 block this morning. The car owner is Mrs. Fred Harris of 101 S. 27th who said she left the keys in the ignition.
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Lawton
Fred Harris
S. 27Th
McKay pledges guard for wildlife refuges and parks
Secretary of the Interior McKay said the department will not abandon wildlife refuges to adverse interests and will tighten controls on oil and gas leasing in refuges. He noted the Fish and Wildlife Service veto power over leases and touted a larger park system, expanded staff, and a plan to serve 80 million visitors annually by 1966.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
McKay
Washington Kiwanis Club
Fish and Wildlife Service
Congress
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