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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1954

Page

10

Wilcox Tap as 216th Field Artillery Chief at Fort Sill

Lt Col Howard D. Wilcox Jr., former executive officer of the 52nd FA Group, becomes commanding officer of the 216th FA Battalion. Maj Bill G. McLeod named executive officer. Wilcox, a 21 year veteran, previously served at Fort Sill in 1941 and 1942, earned the Bronze Star, and held posts in Washington and Turkey. He and his wife reside at 1306 West Upton on the post.

Howard D. Wilcox Jr 52Nd FA Group 216Th FA Bn Bill G. McLeod Fort Sills Col. Wilcox Fort Sill 981St FA National Guard Army General Washington Joint Turkey West Upton

Oklahoma Senators Attack Farm Plan in Congress

Oklahoma's senators Kerr and Monroney criticized Eisenhower administration farm policy. Kerr warned of a potential full scale Oklahoma depression under a flexible price support shift and cited expected wheat cotton corn and peanut price cuts. Monroney accused the beef program of benefiting big packers and ignoring producers prices amid low hoof prices.

Washington Oklahoma Robert S. Kerr Eisenhower Kerr Benson Mike Monroney Senate Monroney Secretary of Agriculture Armour Wilson Cudahy Swift

Flynn Is Summoned for Support Hearing in Rome

Errol Flynn, serving in Rome, has been summoned to a January 22 court hearing on a charge from Nora Eddington, his former wife, alleging 12 months of delinquent child support payments totaling 550 dollars monthly for their two children.

Flynn Los Angeles Errol Flynn Nora Eddington Rome

Lawton Elks Drive For March of Dimes Polio Fight

Lawton Elks pledge support for the 1954 March of Dimes campaign with a special committee and volunteers ready to aid the local drive. National Elks leaders back a 1954 goal of 75 million dollars to combat polio with a 26.5 million earmarked for prevention and vaccine testing efforts.

BPO Elks Debby Davies March of Dimes Earl E. James Ruler of Elks Order James Debby Idaho Elks Boise Lawton Elks Club Lawton Elks Idaho Tom Ward Lawton Lodge Ward Eugene L. Bowman Dimes Harold Carey Je Helms Herman Holland Carney Lassetter Earl James National Organization

Slayer Of Judge Had 7-Man List

Warren Pennsylvania January 1 1952 Electrician Norman Moon 26 shot Judge Allison Wade 51 in court then killed himself after a chase by state police He allegedly demanded seven judge names and addresses as a revenge list related to a wife support order Moon had failed to pay and Wade had ordered him to pay $30 weekly.

Superior Court Helen Steel Pittsburgh Moon Wade Janet

Fence Conviction Upheld By Court

Oklahoma City Jan. 14 A Duncan man Herschel Wilkerson had his conviction for receiving stolen drilling bits upheld by the State Criminal Court of Appeals He was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 250 by Stephens County district court for possessing stolen drilling bits obtained from burglars near Duncan The court reversed a liquor possession conviction of William H Hedges in Oklahoma County Court of Common Pleas and upheld Grady Oscar Sanders liquor possession verdict of 60 days in jail and 50 fine Wilkerson had received 28 drilling bits from several youths with one in Wichita Falls Texas

Oklahoma City Duncan State Criminal Court of Appeals Herschel Wilerson Stephens County District Court Wilkerson Wichita Falls Rex William H. Hedges Oklahoma County Court of Common Pleas Grady Oscar Sanders Oklahoma Bee Common Pleas Court Sanders

Shawnee Man and Ex-Wife Charged in Ex-Con Slaying

Shawnee painter Robert Dawl Beavers, 33, and his divorced wife were charged yesterday with murder in the January 8 killing of Norman ex-convict Walter Haskell Phillips, 38, in a downtown apartment. The joint charge replaces an earlier count naming Bear.

Uri Robert Dawl Beavers Bear Walter Haskell Phillips

Talks on arranging talks show U S Russia gap

In the past three days the United States and Russia show a widening gap on core European issues. Allies Britain and France have tried to set up talks with Moscow while Berlin standoff and German reunification quarrels complicate agreements.

Washington United States Russia Moscow Britain France Berlin East Berlin West Berlin Rus Europe Germany Dulles Eisenhower Malenkov

Ambitions and Warnings in Atomic Arms Debate

The excerpt shows a tense exchange on atomic weapons with mentions of preventive measures and a tacit readiness to use nuclear arms. Reference to Lee and Dulles frames a debate over banning the bomb and the threat of an attacker.

Eisenhower Russia Dulles Lee

Queen Mother Nazii Fund Treated at St. Vincent's Hospital

In Los Angeles the mother of deposed Egypt King Farouk, Nazii Fund, is in St. Vincent's Hospital for observation after undergoing tests. Hospital attendants say her condition is not serious. She previously received kidney care at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, on three occasions from 1947 to 1950.

Los Angeles Farouk Egypt St. Vincent's Hospital Nazii Fund Mayo Clinic Rochester Minn

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