State poultry and eggs prices and Oklahoma City livestock report
Oklahoma City price listings show broilers delivered or f.o.b. farm and spotted eggs with regional variations. butterfat ranges and pecan prices noted. Oklahoma City livestock report covers cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep with price levels, loads, and trends. brisk activity in stockers and feeders. Chicago butter prices listed.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
F.o.b
Muskogee
Vinita
Seminole
Poteau
Cordell
Lawton
Blackwell
Chickasha
Neee
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Durant
Alva
Ardmore
Elkmen
Buffalo
McAlester
Enid
Laverne
Fairview
el Reno
Elk City
Eee
Law
Pecans
Explosives Safety Emphasized At Fort Sill Range
Fort Sill officers Lt. Girkout and Capt. Doka warned the public about unexploded ordnance found on nearby ranges. Girkout’s demolition team has detonated about 5000 pieces in 10 months across the three state area. They urged staying off the range and reporting any suspicious objects to authorities.
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Doka
Girkout
Ft. Sill
Fort Sill
Sill
Lawton
Dimes Drive Details and Ugly Man Nominations Continue
Mrs. Mary Pokorny chairs the Ugly Man contest with nominations closing January 30. Donations for votes go to the March of Dimes treasury. Lawton firms are targeted while the Junior and Senior Chambers are bypassed to avoid duplication. Lawton public schools report 1143.60 in contributions. The Mile o Dimes contest is set for Saturday with volunteers stationed at AB Drug and the Me Theatre. Hostess S B Tyrone and guests lavish parking charges and game activities at a charity coffee event.
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Mary Pokorny
March of Dimes Treasury
Gordon Paine
Lawton
Robert Yates
Walter Crosby
J. R. Ewing
Herman C. Holland
Yearly traffic accidents by month with injuries and damage
A monthly tally shows mishaps from January to December with total accidents ranging around 120 to 149 monthly, injuries varying from 9 to 18 per month, and vehicle damage totals from about 15 000 to 39 000 dollars. Non vehicle damage appears in several months with small sums.
Jaycee Week Observance Set in Lawton
Mayor R E Glenn proclaims January 14 to 21 1953 as Jaycee Week and announces a Distinguished Service Award luncheon tomorrow honoring Lawtons outstanding young man of 1952. Recipient name to be kept secret until the award is presented with Dr Dan Procter as guest speaker and Clare Morford chairing the event.
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Lawton
Dan Procter
Oklahoma College For Women
Chickasha
Clare Morford
DSA
Glenn
Junior Chamber of Commerce
I. R. E. Glenn
City of
Frisco to end Oklahoma City line over passenger decline
Riggs cites a year of low ridership averaging half a passenger daily on the Frisco west of Lawton and a shift to private autos. He notes higher costs, loss of passenger revenue, and higher freight rates, but postal officials promise immediate highway service to replace mail.
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Oklahoma City
Lawton
Riggs
Comanche County
Frisco
County sees spring construction boom possible in 1953
Jobs total 1 975 in field with county construction at 1050, potential to double in months ahead. Comanche county residents registered for local employment services numbered 450, men outnumbering women for first time in 18 months. December totals show 12 350 wage earners 1825 farm 2550 self employed and unpaid family workers with 575 in manufacturing 1050 in construction 1125 public utilities 3775 wholesale and retail trade and 4000 in government including teachers and Fort Sill workers.
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Comanche County
Free Public Employment Service Office
Fort Sill
Convicted Rapist Taken To Prison
Clyde E. Prestidge aged 46 was sent to McAlester state penitentiary for life for raping a five year old Lawton girl. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced by Superior Judge Robert Landers Jr. Hale also sent Luther Wilson, a Lawton Negro, to the penitentiary for forgery.
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Clyde E. Prestidge
Lawton
McAlester State Penitence
Everett Ale
Prestidge
Robert Landers Jr
Hale
Luther Wilson
Salvation Army drive plans campaigns for gifts and a center
The Lawton Salvation Army campaign forms three donor groups led by J D Fountain James G Knox and C R Ellsworth to raise funds for a new center including chapel youth gym and a shelter for transients from January to February. Judge Kelley highlighted the center need praising Lawton as a spiritual place and urging support beyond after hours social work.
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Big Gifts
J. D. Fountain
Special Gifts
James G. Knox
C. R. Ellsworth
Salvation Army Area
Comanche
Cotton
Tillman
Kiowa
Caddo
Stephens
Jefferson
Kelley
Citadel
First Christian Church
Floyd L. Jackson
Lawton
America
Salvation Army
Wichita Mountain
Salvation Army Center
Joseph R. Peller
Ross Malson
Lonnie Knight
Lawton Salvation Army
Oklahoma City
Col
Edward Laity
Oklahoma
GILMER denies Salisbury charges and defends Burson demotion
Testimony shows Gilmer denying the Salisbury statement and accusing Burson of drunkenness and disloyalty. Burson, later demoted from lieutenant to trooper, testified Gilmer pressed enforcement and that Salisbury had alleged gambling ties. The hearing, led by Rep Harkey, questioned Salisbury amid broader agency reorganization aims.
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Gilmer
Salisbury
Burson
Gov
Murray
Bird
Cunningham
Highway Patrol
Blakely Murphy
Turner L. Bynum
Oklahoma City
Paul Harkey
Didabel
Johnston Murray
Harkey
Charlie Plummer
Oklahoma
Charles Plummer
Tulsa
W. C
Bill) Doenges
Bartlesville
Rules Committee
Lester Lloyd Sr
Safety Department
Doctors accused in Soviet purges linked to Joint network
Soviet and Pravda accounts claim nine doctors conspired with English intelligence and the Joint aid organization to destroy leading Soviet personnel. They allege Vinogradov and others acted as imperialist agents while Drinshtein, Feldman, and Etinger were tied to Joint. Zhdanov and Scherbakov deaths were blamed on misdiagnosis and harmful treatment.
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Ing
Drinshtein
Vinogradov
M. B. Kogan
Yegorov
Vorsi
Feldman
Etinger
Joint
American Joint Distribution Agency
iqt@Ss
Communist Party
Pravda
Soviet Union
Shimyelievich
Mikhoels
Jewish Agency
Europe
Zhdanov
A. A. Zhdanov
Scherbakov
Tass
Funeral Rites for Mrs. Leon L. Cole Sr. 71
Mrs. Effie Waters Cole Sr. 71 longtime Lawton resident died at home after months of illness. Born June 23 1881 in Millerstown Kentucky she married Dr. Leon L. Cole in 1901 and moved to Lawton in 1908. She is survived by two daughters two sons a brother and seven grandchildren. Funeral at 4 p.m. Wednesday Central Baptist Church with Rev. Richard Hopper officiating. Burial Highland Cemetery under Lawton Funeral Home direction.
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Leon L. Cole Sr
Lawton
S. 11Th
Effie Waters
Millerstown
Leon L. Cole
Central Baptist Church
Elliot Robinson
Huntsville
Leonard Rockwell Walters dead after stroke illness
Leonard Floyd Rockwell 67 died at 9 15 a m Monday in Walters hospital after nine months of ill health from a stroke. He belonged to First Presbyterian church and Masonic lodge. Survived by wife Florence son Floyd C Walters and one grandson. Funeral 2 30 p m Wednesday at First Presbyterian with burial in Walters cemetery under Pearson Funeral home direction.
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Walters
Leonard Floyd Rockwell
Walters Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Rockwell
Florence
Floyd C
First Presterian Church
Walters Cemetery
Pearson Funeral Home
Electric checker inspects 200 airplane circuits in seconds
An automatic electric circuit checker can review 200 airplane circuits in under 10 seconds. Hand testing the same number would take hours. The device checks wiring to propellers, carburetor, and other vital airplane parts.
Prospective Tenants Invited to Inspect Office Facilities
We are repainting halls and making improvements and invite prospective tenants to inspect our superior office facilities. Available on long time leases or by the month at reasonable rentals.
Dog Poisoner Reported Here
Police reported a dog poisoner may be active after a dog belonging to Bob Fitzwater at 1512 H ate barley with strychnine. Four nearby dogs were previously killed by strychnine, including one owned by a city police officer. Fitzwater's other dog also died in a similar poisoning.
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Bob Fitzwater
Fitzwater
Women outnumber men by over a million in Britain
The population figures show millions more females than males in Britain with the gender gap across the whole population. Boys outnumber girls below age 15, indicating a higher male share in younger ages while women dominate in adulthood.
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Britain
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Chevrolet
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Antrim
L. L. Cole Sr
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Koehler
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LEZ
Business College
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Berry
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CBS TV
Hollywood
Calaway
THE
Northwest Church of Christ
24Th & Cade
George W. Bailey
New Testament Church
6Th and
Arlington
Seae Clifford’s
Mel’s Radio & TV Service
Lawton Business College
Kennedy
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
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