Film Moguls Hail Supreme Court Censorship Ruling
Hollywood reacts to the Supreme Court ruling narrowing film censorship grounds. Industry leaders praise the decision to bar bans based on immorality or crime promotion while local boards expect limited impact and discuss code revisions and possible state law changes.
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Supreme Court
Hollywood
High Court
New York
Ohio
Samuel B. Goldwyn
Breen Censorship Office
Motion Picture Users Association
Breen
The
Times
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association of America
Carey Wilson
Screen Producers Guild
George Stevens
Shane
Lloyd T. Binford
Memphis Censor Board
Rita Hayworth
Sadie Thompson
U.S. Supreme Court
Memphis
Army Nurse Leaves Estate To Treasury In Bequest
Teckla M. Scheldrup, a World War I nurse who died last week at the Veterans Administration center in Dayton, left most of her estate to the Federal Treasury. Executor James T. Cline said the estate will exceed $5,000 and that $1,700 in specific bequests included $200 to the Central Lutheran Church of Stoughton, Wisconsin.
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Dayton
Ohio
Veterans Administration Center
Feedral Treasury
Teckla M. Scheldrup
U. S
James T. Cline
Hambrick Elected Midwest Roofing Association President
A. B. Hambrick of Lawton, at 805 N. 17th, was elected president of the Midwest district of the National Association of Roofing Contractors during their Kansas City convention. His eight-state jurisdiction will demand travel for meetings and leadership ahead of the next roofers’ convention in Lawton. Additionally iris experts Mrs. F. E. W. Vail and Mrs. Clara M. Rader plan moves from Cherry Street addresses to new towns in the Midwest, while reader Mrs. Weber requests copies of This Week Magazine from New York Herald American.
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N. 17Th
M. B. Weber
Nevada Ave
Colorado Springs
Colo
Wichita Mountains
New York Herald American
N.Y
Lawton
FE. W. Vail
Cherry
McAlester
Clara M. Rader
Junction City
Kans
Oklahoma
Okla
Kidnapping victim recalls terror and police rescue
The witness describes being gagged and monitored during a staged abduction, facing threats and fake ransom schemes. He details letters dictating payment, plans to board a train for the payoff, and a late night phone call that led to police intervention and his survival.
Oklahoma Market Prices Report Poultry Eggs and Livestock
Oklahoma City markets report January 19 shows No 1 broilers f.o.b. farm prices across towns with steady to mixed bids and delivered quotes. Hens No 1 weaker with varied spot declines. egg prices mostly steady to mixed with several locations quoted. butterfat and wheat prices listed. Oklahoma City livestock receipts include 4500 cattle and 800 calves with steady to higher bids. hogs active with top around 27.25. sheep and lambs show gains and steady quotes across several grades.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
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Vinita
Shawnee
Muskogee
Lawton
Ardmore
Tulsa
Laverne
Hobart
McAlester
Blackwell
Enid
Cordell
Chandler
Alva
Durant
Elk City
Pauls Valley
Chickasha
Fairview
el Reno
Shawn
USDA
Students Attend Basketball Game Get Bonus Dance Admission
Students who attend the Lawton El Reno high school basketball game Friday night will gain access to a girls gym dance afterward. Admission to the dance is by basketball ticket stub only.
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Lawton- el Reno
Wichita Falls Man Charged With Robbing Meters
Wichita Falls man Robert Walkup, 34, a former city traffic department employee, was charged with embezzling more than $8,000 in nickels from city parking meters over a 13 month period.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Robert Walkup
City Traffic Department
Jackson affair ends with ice pick chase and vandalism
Johnny Jackson Jr. said his girlfriend Dia Barnes demanded $15. When he offered $10, she chased him with an ice pick and later smashed all the windows in his car, prompting police action in Jackson Mississippi.
Long Line of Hoggs Fined for Duck Bag Violation
Paul Hogg of Samburg Tennessee was fined 250 dollars by the state game commission for exceeding the duck bag limit. Separate notices include an Iowa City court case about Leo Douglass in a juror selection dispute and Missouri Democrat John B. Sullivan urging action to curb rising coffee prices in Congress.
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Hoggs Nashville
Tenn
Paul Hogg
Samburg
State Game Commission
Iowa City
Iowa
Leo Douglass
Washington
Missouri
John B. Sullivan
House
Speaker
Courtin Tax Pursuit Ends by Execution in France
Cambrai France January 19 The finance ministry shelved an $8 50 back tax claim after learning Michel Courtin was executed for murder two years earlier The case highlights a halted collection amid a capital punishment sentence.
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France
Finance Ministry
Michel Courtin
Courtin
Teen in Milwaukee church break-in to stand trial
Arthur Kaap 19 of Milwaukee awaits trial on charges after admitting breaking into the Church of the Open Door. He reportedly entered when the door was locked and took items including Scripture cards seven packages of candy 184 pennies two bars of soap a lemon bottle and a book titled Decision.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Arthur Kaap
Kaap
Geese Move North as Warm Spell Rumors Stir
Chicago reports early northward goose migration amid speculation of a warm spell. Conservation official Robert Mann cautions that predicting an early spring is risky despite the sighting.
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Chicago
Robert Mann
Mann
Mexico City driver flunks test. hits examining officer
Felipe Ladelski, 50, failed his driving exam on Monday and ran over examining officer Pablo Ceja Ortiz, who suffered a fractured leg. In Galveston eight year old Ruby Lee Oakley reports a lunar eclipse and calls police about a sun and moon fight, later told there is no riot.
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Mexico City
Felipe Ladelski
Pablo Ceja Ortiz
Galveston
Ruby Lee Oakley
Ruby Lee
A. J. Colbreth
Car Thief Steals Car After Driving Off With Infant Daughter
Evansville police recovered the vehicle within minutes after a thief drove off with 5 month old Donna Faye in the back seat. Donald Gregory had just placed his daughter in the car and stepped inside briefly with Cheryl Jean. The car was found abandoned five blocks away and the baby was unharmed.
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Evansville
Ind
Donald Gregory
Donna Faye
Cheryl Jean
Japanese Inflation Drives Tokyo Land Prices Higher
Tokyo reports record land price gains as a 25 by 40 foot lot hits 305000 dollars with offers. Analysts attribute the surge to postwar population growth and fear buying by businessmen ahead of a potential economic slump.
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Tokyo
Ginza
Japan
Two-Headed Boy Returns Home To Family Life
Petersburg Indiana story about Cecil and Mrs. Hartley and their two headed son Donald Ray Daniel Kaye. The infant, born by Caesarean on December 12, weighs about ten pounds seven ounces and now rests with parents after a five week hospital stay. Neighbors and relatives accompany the family in adjusting to a unusual home life.
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Ind
Cecil Hartley
Riley Hospital
Indianapolis
Connie Sue
Shirley Ann
Mary Lou
Sre Denzil Hartley
Hartley
J. W. Elbert
Elbert
Hartleys
UN Commander Sets Moment for Prisoner Transfers in Korea
U N and U S Army officials plan to await the start of prisoner repatriation at Munsan with Thimayya signaling 22 039 anti red POWs may return to U N hands within 48 hours. Repatriation involves truck convoys and trains for POWs while Chinese forces are loaded for Formosa. President Rhee pledges full release after processing and immediate induction for volunteers into the South Korean army.
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U. S. Army
Robert T. Stevens
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Combe Kation
Syngman Rhee
Col Brown Honored In Colorado Review At Camp Carson
Col. David F. Brown long associated with Lawton and Fort Sill was honored with a review at Camp Carson Colorado upon his transfer to the Staff of the Commander in Chief Atlantic Command and Atlantic Fleet with duty at Norfolk Virginia He formerly commanded the 40th FA Group at Carson and is a 1929 USMA graduate Also a graduate of the Army Navy Staff College CGSC and the Field Artillery Officers course A reception for Colonel and Mrs Brown followed at the Officers Club Mrs Brown is Irma Johnson of Lawton
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Lawton
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Camp Carson
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Army- Navy Staff College
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Court Orders Gail Russell To Quit Drink
Santa Monica California movie actress Gail Russell given two years probation with no intoxicants and no liquor venues. She pled guilty to a charge, fined 150 dollars, and must seek medical treatment. Her emotional stress from separation from husband actor Guy Madison and chatter in John Wayne divorce case cited. She sobbed and fled as sentence read.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Gail Russell
Guy Madison
John Wayne
Miss Russell
Wayne
Esperanza Wayne
Security Marks Anniversary Of New Building
A brief ceremony celebrated the first anniversary of Security and Trust Co occupying its elaborate new bank home. Bank president Exalt English credited the year with many new customers and community support from Lawton and southwest Oklahoma for the success of the operation.
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Security and Trust Co
Oklahoma
Exalt English
Lawton
Turnpike Debate Criticizes Toll Road Financing
The article quotes Matthews attacking opponents of toll roads and questioning claims by Pat McGee and state officials. It notes criticism of using eastern firms for bonds and cites impact along Turner Turnpike and Route 66, plus alleged engineering fee ambitions by Bailey.
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Oklahoma
Matthews
Pat McGee
The
Citizens Authority
McGee
Turner Turnpike
Turner Toll Road
Kansas
Missouri
Bailey
Air Force Draws Three Area Men
Three southwest Oklahoma men have enlisted in the Air Force since January 14. MSgt. James H. Lawton, recruiter, announced. Enlistees are Bobby G. Wilson and Samuel L. Scott, both of Lawton, and Raymond H. Smith of Loveland. They report to an air base in San Antonio, Texas for duty.
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Southwest Oklahoma
Air Force
James H. Lawton
Bobby G. Wilson
Samuel L. Scott
Lawton
Raymond H. Smith
Loveland
San Antonio
Tex
Kidnap Victim Recalls Harrowing Hall of Justice Ordeal
Leonard, shaken by an abduction, describes being lured by two men for a fake real estate deal. Police at the Hall of Justice retrieved him after he was restrained with a knife and tied to a bed. He clung to family while offering a faint account to reporters.
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Lunt
Jackson
Ollie
Hall of Justice
Leonard
Kdnapers
Lane Stae
Fort Sill Battalion Earns Top Rating After Tests
Fort Sill battalion received a top rating from Fourth Army Headquarters after tests led by Lt Col Bayliss. He praised officers and men for maximum effort under 20 degree temperatures and freezing conditions during the January test, noting its strong resemblance to the Old Army.
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Fourth Army Headquarters
Bayliss
Army Headquarters
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