Hold order issued in Justus murder case
Oklahoma agents obtained a hold order on Milton Carl Justus a 24 year old Pawhuska man and plan to question him about three unsolved Oklahoma murders He is also charged with cashing a fraudulent check Justus is accused of killing Pfc Edward Meyer in Tucumcari and stabbing him in a motel robbery attempt lawson burial set for Fort Sill military rites at 10 am Friday Justus had a prior reform school and prison record and was arrested after being found driving Meyer's car with the wounded soldier in the back seat
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucumcari
N. M
Oklahoma
Sid Wilson
Oklahoma Crime Bureau
A. L. Barger
Pawhuska
Ohio
Milton Carl Justus
Wilson
Barger
Justus
Pfc
Edward G. Meyer
Washington, D.C
Lawton
Post
Fort Sill
Becker Funeral Home
Claude Moncus
Canadian
Tex
Meyer
Mancus
U. S
Paw Hhuska
Lawton Youths Set for WKY Government Show Spotlight
Two Lawton youths Dan Fullerton and Don Williams will appear on a 30 minute YMCA youth and government TV show on WKY TV. They discuss this year Hi Y model legislature set for Jan 29 to 31 in Oklahoma City. Fullerton will be governor and Williams pres pro tempore of the youth senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
YMCA
Wky-Tv
Oklahoma City
Dan Fullerton
John P. Fullerton
Don Williams
Ralph D. Williams
Fullerton
Williams
University of Oklahoma
Youth Senate
Norman Macleod
Helen Raley
Shawnee
Bob Murray
Enid
Mark Dorff
Senate
L.E. Hixson
Southwest Area Oil Field Report
Comanche County site near Swanolind No 1 drill hole reported at shallow depth 185 feet. The location lies SE NW SW of Il-dn-i2w and south of Apache field with Sunray Oil No 1 Bentley CNW SE noted in the field record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Apache Field
Sunray Oil No
Bentley
CNW
Central State College News Names New Editors
Donald Boyce of Lawton named assistant sports editor of The Vista at Central State college Edmond. Roberta Miller, Mefford junior, named editor in chief succeeding Ellen Hurt. Boyce works with Bruce Shaw of Edmond as sports editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Youth
Donald Boyce
Lawton
Vista
Central State College
Edmond
Roberta Miller
Me Ford
Ellen Hurt
Bruce Shaw
Blind evangelist to headline Nazarene services in city
John F. Whisler of Carthage Missouri, a blind musician and graduate of the Missouri School for the Blind, performs piano and accordion with his seeing-eye dog Judy at the First Church of the Nazarene. The public is invited. services run through January 31 under Rev. L P Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Whisler
Carthage
First Church of the Nazarene
14Th
Arlington
Rev
L. P. Roberts
Missouri School’ For the
Whisler
Judy
Middle West
Tulsa men held in Royster killing case
Two Tulsa men Ernest Fields and Lorenzo Hayes were jailed without bond on murder charges. FBI ballistics linked a .45 bullet from Fields’ gun to Vale Dale Royster’s Dec 13 slaying. Royster had been kidnapped and found shot eight miles south of Broken Arrow. Authorities consider possible ties to other cases but find no clear connection to another local murder.
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Tulsa
W. W. Field
FBI
Field
Vale Dale Royster
Ernest Fields
Fields
Lorenzo Alfonso Hayes
Royster
Covet
Broken Arrow
Quincy O'Neal
Post Office Joins Hunt For Burglars
Locust Grove Oklahoma January 14 UP A U S postal inspector joined Mayes county officers in the search for burglars who carted off the post office safe and broke it open. Inspector H F Shelton of Muskogee assisted Sheriff L L Weaver as burglars opened the safe on a county road north west of Locust Grove and scattered the contents along the road. postmaster Willie B Austin would not say if stamps or money order blanks were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locust Grove
Okla
U. S
Mayes County
H. F. Shelton
Muskogee
L. L. Weaver
Here
Willie B. Austin
60 Day Postponement Voted on Spartan Strike
A 60 day postponement of a strike against Spartan Aircraft Co was voted by AFL Machinists Union members. The action affects 700 workers at the trailer manufacturer as the union seeks wage increases up to 25 cents per hour. Current contract pays a maximum of 2.24 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aulsa
Okla
Claude T. Jones
AFL Machinists Union
Spartan Aircraft Co
Jones
Machinists
Hospital News Items Chronicle Surgeries and Births
A succession of patient updates lists admissions and discharges from area hospitals. Notable entries include births for Johnny Irwin and Kermit Dees, multiple surgeries for individuals such as Mrs. Lena Smith and Mrs. L. F. Bishop, and numerous medical admissions across Lawton, Cache, Carnegie, Marlow, Apache, and Medicine Park with accompanying addresses and family details.
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Illiam McKenna
Euclid
Frank Clark
Walters
Leemon Smith
Rush’ Springs
Jan Bieleford
Mas
Henry Bieleford Jr
1644 Lucas
Colleen Maybee
W.A. Shwen
Smith
Clarence Price
Clarence E. Price
N. 15Th
Peter Magee
D. M. Dexter
Archie Hagle
Lawton
Johnny Irwin
Cornell
Kermit Dees
James Davidson
Dearborn
Southwestern
Donald Taylor
Roxie Manning
A. S. Brittain
Lawes
N. 16Th
Woody ‘Wingington
Altus
Jessie Casey
L. F. Bishop
Lloyd Watkins
Leon Smith
Dunlop
Apache
Lena Smith
Medicine Park
Bill Simpson
Elton Huggins
Congress Billions Boost for Senators and Judges Favored
A substantial majority of the commission on judicial and congressional salaries favorsraising senators and representatives to 27 500 a year and district judges to 27 500. The panel also backs a 14 500 boost for the Supreme Court, giving the chief justice about 40 000 and associate judges about 39 500. The commission, created in 1953, will submit its report to President Eisenhower with a deadline for Congress by March 15.
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Washington
Commission On
Congressional
Congress
Eisenhower
White House
Agriculture
Commission
United States Supreme Court
Pay Commission Hearings Back Lawmakers And Judges
The President named six members, Chief Justice Warren six, and Vice-President Nixon and Speaker Martin three each to a commission. Public hearings in December drew many witnesses in favor of pay raises for lawmakers and judges, with only three opposition voices, all House members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Nixon
House
Martin
Constitution Forum Questions Air Travel Bias in Headlines
A reader questions The Constitution's treatment of air travel safety and headline emphasis. The letter compares counts of traffic deaths in Louisiana and Oklahoma with airplane crashes cited elsewhere, arguing air travel is actually safer overall and asking if railroads influence coverage.
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Shreveport
Colombo
Elba
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Slobovia
Canadian Liaison Officer Assigned To Fort Sill Duty
Lt. Col. W. L. P. Fisher is the Canadian liaison officer assigned to Fort Sill. Maj. Jean E. Lamy and his wife Lillian will share an office in Paris while living at Searby Hall, 622 Lauman, after service with occupation forces and VE Day era postings.
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W. L. P. Fisher
Great Smoky Mountains
Lamy
Paris
France
Searby Hall
Lauman
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Southwest Area Oil Field Report
City Nazarene
Spartan
State Farm Insurance Companies
Oklahoma City Antennas TV
Radio & Television Service Co
E Avenue
Pybitty
Indiahoma
Fecilitehell Gibson
Marlow
Medical
Ruth Chaddlesone
Joe Fletcher
Geary
Mae Killfirst
Alaty Parker
S. 13Th
Jeannita Methvin
Carnegie
Bob Luther
Sheridan Road
Kingsbury
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E Pho
Eugene L. Bowman
Johns-Manville
Packard
BUICK
Pontiac
Lawton Packard Sales
GIANT
Learanee
Rae LF Sins
Edwards & Edwards
Penney
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