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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1954

Page

4

Area Men In Service Reach Okinawa and Korea

Capt Ray C Thomas son of Mrs J R Thomas Lawton arrived on Okinawa with the 29th Regimental Combat Team. First Lt Paul A Coughlin, West Point 1951 graduate, also arrived on Okinawa with the same unit. S Sgt George B Lutz has entered the aircraft mechanics school at Sheppard AFB. Pvt Leslie H Pence arrived in Korea as a flash ranging technician with I Corps. Maj Richard F Frank received the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation as member of the Korean Communications Zone Headquarters.

Ray Thomas Ray C. Thomas J. R. Thomas Lawton Okinawa 29Th Regimental Combat Team Korea 520Th FA Bn Paul A. Coughlin Sara Military Academy West Point N.Y Coughlin GeoRge B. Lutz Hilda Lawson Sheppard Air Force Base Wichita Falls Tex George Lutz Morford Drive Army Air Force Lessin Pence Leslie H. Pence Othar Pence Comanche I Corps Richard F. Frank Phebe N. 24Th Republic of Korea Maj Frank D. L. Alexander JR Daniel L. Alexander Jr Patsy Rt. Randlett Third Infantry Division D. L. Alexander Rt. 2 Ranchett Midwestern University

Robbed Gamblers Draw Court Fines

Six of twenty robbery suspects in a $20,000 dice game holdup near Cushing faced gambling charges in Stillwater. Edgar Perry Art Custer and George Ward drew $100 fines and costs for operating or participating in the game, while others pled innocent.

Waynoka Bob Hannafious Arlo E. Hinshaw Enid Leroy Smith Woodward Cushing House Hal Jett Hinky-Dink) Dickson Ponca City

Babysitter Leaves For Store Fire Kills Five Children

A babysitter left a Maryland home to buy groceries and a fire swept through the five room frame house killing four children and a cousin, all of them Black. Norma Dorsey, 4, and three Sellman children age 8 months to 4, plus Mildred Regina Sellman, 2, died after the blaze apparently started from an overheated oil stove. Mary Anne Washington, a sister, found the blaze.

Uampantee W. R. Caldwell Norma Dorsey James Dorothy Dorsey Dorsey William ‘Thomas Sellman Wilhhelmina Sellman Mildred Regina Sellman Mary Anne Washington Sellman

Ex Wife Unruffled By Hubbys Bigamy

Beetsy Wynn, ex wife of Keenan Wynn, says she has no objections to his marriage to Sharley Jean Hudson in Puerto Rico. Her attorney notes the union is bigamous and could be annulled. she has an interlocutory decree from cruelty grounds issued last May and expects no immediate final action.

Siuuca Ure Beetsy Wynn Keenan Wynn Sharley Jean Hudson Puerto Rico Beetsy S. S. Hahn Wynn Keenan

Average Citizen Is Big Man In Pike Vote

Governor Murray argues turnout will decide the toll road election with outcomes driven by which groups go to the polls. He praises the Turner Turnpike and urges strong voter participation to support additional toll highways in Oklahoma.

Pike Murray Johnston Murray Mr. Gallup Oklahoma City Tulsa

Hot Rodder Assists Woman In Distress Newton Story

In Newton Massachusetts a motorist stopped to help Mrs James Farriey of Needham after chains on her gear snapped and tangled the axle. The helper refused payment and handed a card saying she had been assisted by the Nomads of Newton a hot rod club devoted to better understanding between rodders and the public. Also a Tibet note mentions wheat grown at altitudes up to 14000 feet.

Newton Mass James Farriey Needham Farricy Nomads of

Sooner welfare payments cut for disabled 4735 recipients

Welfare payments to 4713 disabled persons were cut by 25 percent and $300,000 moved from emergency funds to support the expanding program. Disability pension costs rose beyond legislative allotments, with average payments dropping from 61.40 to 47.82. Old age, dependent children and blind assistance largely held steady. The program began in September 1951 with 90 recipients and has since grown.

Oslahoma City Lloyd Rader

January Roll Reductions Cut Pensions by Transfer

The January rolls were reduced by 22 persons through transfers to old age pension lists, lowering total payments to $225,000.

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Wife Collapses at Husbands Bier in Funeral Home

A 61 year old woman, Mrs Marmie Feltman, collapsed and died at the bier of her husband in a Lebanon Indiana funeral home. The husband, a cemetery sexton, died Monday of heart disease. Mrs Feltman's death was attributed to a cerebral hemorrhage.

Lebanon Marmie Feltman Feltman

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