Ford Creates New Division Ford Creates New Division
Ford Motor Co announces a new division for medium price luxury and imported cars. The M E L division will oversee Continental Lincoln Mercury and Edsel lines and English Ford models Anglia Prefect Consul Zephyr Zodiac Thames. James J Nance to head the division, former Lincolm and Mercury boss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
M-Eel
Ford
Thames
James J Nance
Lincom and Mercury
Fort Sill Expansion Plan Faces Congressional Scrutiny
Currey denies talks with authorized officials as Fort Sill expansion to Fort Bliss faces opposition funding. Rep Rutherford says opponents have raised 850000 to lobby Congress while some plan to target members with bases large enough for Fort Sill units. Army has not yet submitted proposal to Congress, hearings pending.
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Currey
Fort Sill
Fort Bliss
Ep. d. T. Rutherford
Congress
Fort Sills
Fort Sil
Department of Defense
Army
Harlow
Oklahoma
Curey
Pentagon
OS Field
White House
Local Newspaper Subscription Rates Declared for Lawton Area
The notice lists monthly rates for Morning Press and Sunday editions alongside Constitution and Luna combinations in the Lawton area. It details prices for various delivery options, including annual and combined subscriptions, with an emphasis on a 2 percent sales tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annanees
Lawton Area
Morning Press & Sunday
Constitution
Luna Constitution
Linde Mail Staser
Southwest
Okla
Mh. Mn
Press & Sunday
Const. Press & Sun
Bun. Const.Press
Press & Sun
Igis
Sun
Waeke
Oklahoma City Market Report Notes Sparse Livestock Offerings
In Oklahoma City Jan 17 WSDA notes insufficient cattle hogs or sheep for adequate testing. State Poultry and Eggs lists prices for wheat No. 1 hard around 1.95 to 2.08, broilers No. 1 steady, hens No. 1 steady to 16, various market quotes across towns, butterfat No. 1 steady with regional values quoted.
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Oklahoma City
WSDA
Stock Board of Agriculture Today
Guyman
Hooker
Alva
Bison
Blackwell
el Reno
Enid
Hennessey
Wingfisher
Medford
Yukon
Clinton
Viel
Waronga Frederick
Broilers
U.K
Muskogee
Tulsa
Vinita
Hens
Pauls Valley
Janeton
Shattuck
Elk City
Watonga
Oklahoma Yy
Smith Explains YMCA Purpose to Optimist Club
Warren Smith executive secretary outlined the YMCA Youth and Government program as a civic education process for high school students. He described bills planned by Lawton and Douglas Hi Y and Trillie clubs for the Oklahoma Youth and Government Legislative Council to be held Jan 31 to Feb 2 in Oklahoma City, including driver education in schools and a divorce incompatibility standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Warren Smith
Optionist_ club
Smith
Lawton
Douglass Hi
Trillie
Oklahoma Youth and Government Legislative Council
Oklahoma City
House
Senate
Jailed man forfeits prize from Madrid raffle
Julian R. Marin, who won a plane ride to Madrid in a raffle, told organizers he cannot accept the prize while in jail in Badajoz Spain. The incident notes his incarceration as the reason for the decline.
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Badajoz
Spain
Julian R. Marin
Madrid
Martin
Telephone Tax Service Ready in Lawson Area
The IRS announces telephone tax help for Lawson area taxpayers with administrator Robert Sfudge stating qualified staff will assist by phone. Lawton residents can call Elgin 5274, and Mondays are set for in person visits for those needing help with the 1957 federal return guidance.
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Lawson
Office of Internal Revenue ,Service
Robert Sfudge
Hodge
Lawton
Elgin
Revenue Office
Defense Faces Budget Checks and Space Propulsion Push
Senators grilled the Eisenhower administration over missile funding and defense organization. Sen. Cotton urged streamlining within the Defense Department, noting excess civilian ranks since World War II. A new Senate subcommittee on outer space propulsion, led by Sen. Anderson, pressed for renewed nuclear rocket development and a moon mission using nuclear fuel.
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Eisenhower
Sen. Cotton
Defense Department
Pentagon
Senate
House Committee On Atomic Energy
Sen
Anderson
D-Nm
Indian healer Bikini returns to duties after surgery
Hospitalization left Bikini with his wife and seven children plus 13 grandchildren. Doctors removed one eye and repaired the other, while Bikini, serving as a medicine man, blends Christian and tribal beliefs and treats illness with herbs and rituals. He notes white man medicine is improving, though not perfect.
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Suneon
Gray
Bilini
Bikini
Memorial Births and Admits at Local Hospital
Births include a son to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lee Kay at 7 pounds 7% ounces and a son to Mr. and Mrs. James Wallace at Arlington Street. Numerous admissions and dismissals listed by patient name and address, with details on medical, surgical, and infant statuses.
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Donald Lee
Kay
Bessie
James Wallace
Arlington
Ronnie Wheatley
Betty Carrillo
Ler
Sur-Vey
Roy Adams
Anta Woodman
Paul Armanini
Lincoln
Benson Seeks Wider Price Support Discretion
Benson told lawmakers Congress must confront the failure of the current federal price support program for agriculture and its high cost. He urged administrative discretion to cut supports on cotton, corn, wheat, peanuts, rice, and dairy to as low as 60 percent of parity, opposing the one day old program and criticizing efforts as old and ineffective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Congress
Eisenhower
County Opens Tea Food Distribution for Needy Families
Emil Woesner, Central District Commissioner, announced the county began distributing tea and food commodities to registered needy families this morning in the county courthouse basement. The program will wrap up next week. Recipients were urged to bring containers and registration cards, and those unable to attend may send a signed note authorizing someone else to pick up the items.
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Emil Woesner
Central District
Woesner
Levy Board Advances County Projects and Fair Plans
Levy funds from a one year five mile levy raised 146 428 23 dollars with most spent on a stock barn and exhibit building. The board approved using fair barns for the Lawson Home Show April 11 13 and set five percent of booth space fees to the fair board. A civil defense plot at 17th and G. Bostick may host a control center and Ground Observer Corps unit if approved. A fencing committee was appointed and a used refrigerator bought for the fair kitchen.
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Lyman John
Lawson
Brosson
Fair Board
Fred Bentley
Marvin Bicket
John McCuistion
Fairgrounds
John Bastick
Comanche County Civil Defense
17Th
G. Bostick
Comanche County Civil Defense Control Center
County Ground Observer Corps Center
Lewis Derke
Clarence Wilson
Benlley
Bicket
John
Esther Geen Oerke
McCuistion
Haylack
Navy plans lighter Polaris substitute for fleet use
The Navy outlines a smaller lighter there are to be built than the Air Force Thor and Army Jupiter missiles. The Polaris system may stand about 50 feet tall and 100 inches in diameter and could carry up to a 1 000 pound atomic warhead. Aerojet General Corp is developing the Jupiter IRBM in Sacramento California. The Navy shifted to solid propellant rockets for shipboard use after a stable fuel and oxidizer mix became available.
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Air Force
Thor
Army
Aerojet General Corp
Sacramento
Calif
Funeral Rites for Ollie Harrison Vice 61 in Lawton
Ollie Harrison Vice, 61, of 1003 Summit, died at a Woodward hospital at 7 p.m. Thursday after months of illness. Services are pending at Lawton Funeral home. He was born May 11, 1896 in Heflin Alabama and married Maxine Hoof in Vernon Texas in October 1948. He lived in Lawton since then, was a retired farm employee, and a Baptist. Survivors include his wife, his mother Mollie Vice of Fort Cobb, a daughter Evelyn Ditmore of Louisville, four sons Lewis of Parsons Kansas Hollis of Chula Vista California Johnny of Oklahoma City and Gene at home, a brother Waller of Fletcher, two sisters Elsie Buller of Fort Cobb and Velma Corley of Alto Texas. 12 drinking water is an increasing problem in the U.S. In Texas in 1957 drinking water was sold in some communities at 50 cents a gallon.
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Ollie Harrison Vice
Summit
Woodward Hospital
Lawton Funeral Home
Vice
Heflin
Ala
Maxine Hoof
Vernon
Tex
Lawton
Mollie Vice
Fort Cobb
Evelyn Ditmore
Louisville
Lewis
Parsons
Kan
Hollis
Chula Vista
Calif
Johnny
Oklahoma City
Gene
Waller
Fletcher
Elsie Buller
Velma
Corley
Alto
Soldier reports $100 stolen from duffle in Lawton
Pvt. David Miller said $100 vanished from his duffle at a home of a 2 year-old Negro woman in Lawton. Police arrested the woman and two Fort Sill soldiers, then released them to military authorities. Miller claimed the bag’s overcoat pocket had been cut and the money taken while he was told to leave.
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Fort Sill
Sim
East Lawton
David Miller
Fort
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