Bonds forfeited by police judge in seven cases
Municipal Judge J Merle Oaks heard seven cases on Saturday with $75 in bonds forfeited and a $20 fine assessed. Defendants included Harvey Mowatt 20 Indiahoma for passing on the right in traffic. Leslie Gatewood 44 and Sp Sammie Fugett Jr 21 for driving without a license. T W Free 44 for speeding. Sfe Jake D Alexander 35 for reckless driving. Leon Putney 18 was found guilty of reckless driving with $20 fine, $10 suspended. One public drunkenness case ended with an $11 bond forfeited.
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J. Merle Oaks
Harvey Mowatt
Indiahoma
Leslie Gatewood
Jefferson
Sp. Sammie Fugett Jr
Fort Sill
T. W. Free
Jake D. Alexander
Leon Putney
N. Lott
Dalton Business College Moves to New Home
Dalton Business College relocated to 621 S Sheridan Road and will start its 13th winter term this week. Mr and Mrs J L Dalton run the school with a staff including James H Larson Kenneth Otis Wilda Gothard and office assistants Jane Morgan and Jo Craven. Courses in calculating bookkeeping and listing machines begin January 23. The college is approved by the Oklahoma Accrediting Agency and supports veterans with day and night classes.
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Dalton Business College
S. Sheridan Road
J. L. Dalton
The
Business College
Duff
Dalton
National Assocation and Council of Business Schools
Oklahoma Business College Association
Oklahoma Accrediting Agency
James H. Larson
Kenneth Otis
Wilda Gothard
Jane Morgan
Jo Craven
Marton Journalist Endre Marton IDed by AP
Endre Marton, a Budapest trained economist and AP correspondent, is identified by the Associated Press as a distinguished Hungarian journalist. His reporting covered economic, cultural, and political life behind the Iron Curtain including Mindszenty and Rajk trials. His byline became familiar to Western readers over eight years. Frank J. Starzel of AP noted his work was restricted by police-state limits.
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American Intelligence Service
Associated Press
Vienna
Martons
Budapest
Kati
Julia
Marton
England
Budapest University
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Laszlo Rajk
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Robert A. Vogeler
New York
Frank J. Starzel
Endre Marton
Wreck on Rural Road Injures Several People
Troopers report a vehicle slid down an embankment after crossing the highway and left the road in a bar ditch. The car traveled 168 feet before hitting a culvert then slid 80 feet across the road and 85 feet east before stopping atop large boulders. Three ambulances transported injured occupants to station hospital for treatment.
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Bar Ditch
Funeral Rites For Mrs Alpha Bell Reynolds Comanche
Funeral services for 63 year old Alpha Bell Reynolds of Terral will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Terral Church of Christ with John Baker officiating. Burial in Terral cemetery under Boydston Funeral Home of Comanche directs. Reynolds born August 4 1892 in Montague Texas died Friday after a heart attack. survivors include husband three daughters four sons two brothers two sisters and her father.
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Comanche
Alpha Bell Reynolds
Terral Church
Ruby Carson
Lena Harris
Alexandria
J. H. Partridge
Roaring Springs
Tex
Truman Attacks Eisenhower Farm Policy and Farmers
Truman charges the Eisenhower administration with attacking farmers, not farm problems, citing falling prices, rising consumer costs, and a $4 billion drop in farm income as production grows and stockpiles rise. He calls the message too little too late and outlines a 4 point program to aid farmers and restore price supports. He predicts Republicans will not adopt these steps.
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Eisenhower
Truman
Benson
Congress
GOP
Farmers of America
Party of the People
Democratic Party
Taipei urges Ike to tour Asia and Africa
A Taipei newspaper on January 14 urged President Eisenhower to undertake a tour of Asia and Africa to counteract the impact of recent Soviet visits to Asia.
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Asia
Taipei
Formosa
Eisenhower
Africa
Ferret Name Traced to Gaelic and Celtic Roots
The ferret, bred to hunt rats, derives its name from Gaelic and ancient Celtic language traditions. Ferret means a cunning or crafty one and reflects historic linguistic origins.
Whisky Expensive Two City Leggers Find After Raids
Bootleg booze costs loom for Lawton suspects Henry Watson and R E Atkins after raids Saturday. Watson faces 30 a bottle for two bottles found at 1201 Washington. Atkins could owe 20 a bottle for three half pints at 229 12 C. Both lose liquor and post bonds. Atkins posted three 20 bonds, Watson three 20 bonds. If not appearing for trial Monday, bonds forfeited. Also arrested, Bobbie E Young aged 31 at 1207 Texas for theft of a hat with Gus Kouri filing the complaint.
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Lawton
Henry Watson
Washington
R. E
Snake) Atkins
Atkins
Walter Asbery
Bryan Logan
Junior Hawkins
Watson
Bobbie E. Young
Texas
Gus Kouri
Farm relief proposals push more federal aid to growers
Mundt cites gas tax refunds soil bank payments and milk for school lunches as part of a multi-faceted aid package for farmers. Johnston questions the timing and impact, while Ellender defends relief as vital for small family farms and argues mandatory soil bank participation could improve effectiveness.
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Mundt
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Agriculture Committee
Ellender
Soil Bank
County politics heat up as candidates announce bids
Amid looming races, Wickersham pursues a congressional seat held by Rep. Victor Wicker sham in Mangum, while Wickersham’s 1950s rivalries echo from the old districts. County offices see pay raises to 6000, stirring interest in county attorney, sheriff and county judge runs. Sheriff Hale seeks re election. Rhodes suggested to run again. Many incumbents listed for re election including Redman, Fite, Harper, Johnson, Paden, Waid, Scott, Cline, Cameron, Giles. Democratic convention set for Jan 21. caucuses prize delegates and endorsements including Stevenson. Nationwide, Monroney seeks re election as six congressmen, state officials, and a presidential race loom in November.
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Victor Wickersham
Mangum
Wickersham
Morris
Rhodes
Everett Ray Hale
K. V. (Tink) Rhodes
Manville Redman
Warren Crane
Lawton
Redman
Crane
Emil Woesner
Bill Kleeman
Pete Wynn
Ollie Fite
S. R. Harper
Roy Johnson
Lester Paden
Lillian Waid
Clarence Scott
Ralph Cline
Comanche County
Marvin Cameron
Woodrow Giles
Fred Sullivan
Edd Roberts
U. S
Mike Monroney
State Supreme Court
Criminal Court of Appeals
House of Representatives
Dulles Article Sparks International Alarm over War Theory
Graham recalled a magazine piece discussed during talks, while Volksstimme in Vienna and Izvestia in Moscow criticized Dulles for a brinkmanship approach. British papers, including the Daily Mirror, labeled him an edgy gambler as Eden prepares for talks on US policy and peace versus war brinkmanship.
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Graham
London Daily Mirror
Dulles
Anthony Eden
United States
Military artifacts span artillery development from Boxer Rebellion to World War II
Dedication notes the first Army Comptroller retiree and death in 1954. McLain Hall center exhibit features a 24 inch Chinese mountain gun captured at Peking in 1900 by Battery F, 5th Field Artillery. The tube bears an inscription from the King Ling Arsenal in the 21st year of Emperor Kwang Su. Donated by the 19th Field Artillery Battalion in 1936.
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McLain Hall
Peking
5Th Field Artillery
King Ling
Only six examples of Shakespeare's signature survive today
A brief note states that only six authentic signatures by William Shakespeare are known to exist. The record emphasizes the rarity and historical value of these surviving signatures, reflecting scholarly interest in confirming authorship and authentic handwriting from the Elizabethan era.
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Shakespeare
City Man Jailed On Check Charges
A 28 year old Lawton man C E Pennick was jailed on charges of writing a bogus check. He was arrested by Deputy Arvil Roberson around 4 p.m. Saturday and is to be arraigned Monday before Peace Justice Marvin Cameron. Police say Pennick wrote a number of bogus checks in Lawton.
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Lawton
C. E. Pennick
Marvin Cameron
Pennick
Arvil Roberson
Train Derailment Injures Freight Train in Yard Collision
A freight train derailed after a front wheel assembly bounced off the track near a yard switch. Seven of the last eight cars left the tracks, and damage to track and crossings totaled about 5,000 dollars. No foul play suspected. The 33rd car caused the zigzag derailment, with cars 34 through 38 jammed and split along two tracks. Cotton, lumber, and canned goods were among the cargo on the east coast bound freight.
Dallas to Host Jaycees Ten Outstanding Young Men
Springfield IL January 14 1956 The national executive committee of the Junior Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously to hold its 1957 ten outstanding young men ceremonies in Dallas Texas.
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Springfield
The
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Tex
President's name to stay on New Hampshire ballot
The text notes the President’s name may appear on the first-in-the-nation primary ballot unless he withdraws within 10 days. White House secretary James Hager ty declined comment on a telegram sent to the President and said a decision would come next week. If listed, it could signal Eisenhower’s willingness to seek a second term. A reliable source says the White House would approve keeping the name.
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Tures
Jackson
Washington
White House
James C. Hagerty
New Hampshire
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Weather shifts cut warmth as cold fronts sweep south
A large weather shift pulled warm moist air northward and cooled the region. Temperatures plunged to 39 in midtown Miami with a record low for the date, while a cold front moved from Canada toward the Chicago area. Airlines report higher inbound travel and Florida tourism rents near capacity as farmers brace for crop damage amid overproduction.
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California
Mercury
Miami
Florida East Coast Railroad
Miami Beach
N.C
Chicago
Colorado
Kansas
Plains
Oklahoma Radio Association Convention Speakers and Schedule
Gary will present Gov Gary and Rep Charles Ozman will speak. Lee K Anderson of the Oklahoma Athletic Association, Tom Murphy of John E Pearson Co New York, and Ben Head of Oklahoma City will headline at 3 30 p m. Murphy will discuss Radio Free Europe. A 7 p m banquet follows with a 9 p m dance. Registration starts 8 a m Saturday, convention at 9 30 a m with R E Glenn welcoming. Frank Lane former president to run business meeting. New president to be announced at 12 30 p m luncheon. Wives events include a 10 a m style show at the Lawtonian ballroom and a Saturday afternoon gathering at Ted Warkentin’s home. Mrs Bob Scott and Mrs Warkentin hostesses. Wives will choose Miss Oklahoma Radio. Leo Morris handles convention arrangements.
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Gary
Charles Ozman
Lee K. Anderson
Oklahoma Athletic Association
Oklahoma City
Tom Murphy
John E. Pearson Co
New York Advertising Agency
New York City
Ben Head
Murphy
Europe
Radio Free Europe
R. E. Glenn
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Lane
Tulsa
Association
Lawtonian
Ted Warkentin
Bob Scott
Warkentin
Miss Oklahoma
Leo Morris
Rafters to Arrive for Mobile Homes Plant Buildings
Stock construction supervisor and Home Builders Association president said rafters will arrive Sunday or Monday from Minnesota. By Wednesday the first 100 foot section on the main building should be completed. February 15 is the completion target for the four buildings to house the plant. Hiring of workers will begin this week as workmen level the new industrial site and utilities are already installed.
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Home Builders Association
Minnesota
House
Veteran Rural Carrier Clyde Bowlby Retires in Aspen Colo
Mr and Mrs Clyde D Bowlby longtime Lawton residents now live in Aspen Colorado after his retirement as a senior rural postal carrier last September He received a retirement Honorary Certificate from Rural Carriers in Oklahoma City praising his lifelong service He carried all rural routes from Lawton Post Office and has been a Rural Mail Carriers Association member since 1939 serving as district president secretary state treasurer vice president and state president
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Clyde D. Bowlby
Sixth District Rural Carrier Association
Knights of Columbus exemplification in Lawton event
About 100 candidates and 300 persons are expected for the 8 p.m. Saturday February 4 exemplification in Lawton. J Naughton notes it is the second such ceremony here in 50 years with J J Bellow of Houston as principal speaker at the Sunday banquet. Districts from Texas and Oklahoma join for the meeting. A book review and tea for visiting ladies will be at the Hotel Lawtonian Sunday February 5 from 2 to 5 p.m. Local officers are G C Webb Maj V J Robinson Dr Charles Pike and Tom Stapleton.
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Tonian
Jack Naughton
Knights of Columbus
Lawton
J. J. Bellow
Houston
Texas
Oklahoma
Lawtonian
The
G. C. Webb
Maj
V. J. Robinson
Charles Pike
Tom Stapleton
Marine artist Carl Faille dies at 72 in Rhode Island
Carl Arthur Faille, a nationally known marine artist, died Friday at his Newport home. He was 72. Funeral services will be in Bosco Bay, Wisconsin.
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Newport
R. I
Carl Arthur Faille
Bosco
Bay
Wis
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