Council Picks Low Bidders On 3 Projects
Lawton city council selected the lowest bids for water expansion work funded by a 1 728 000 bond issue. Base bids total 1 563 359 from M Construction Oklahoma City. Russ-Mitchell Construction Company Houston for filter plant expansion. W C Shelton Construction Company Lawton for raising the dam. Engineering and land purchase along Lake Lawtonka head may need 85 000 more. The council will review alternates including dam height and gates before final awards next Tuesday night.
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Lawton
M. Construction Company
Oklahoma City
Lake Lawtonka
Russ-Mitchell Construction Company
Houston
Texas
W. C. Shelton Construction Company
Wyatt Hendrick
Sheridan
Lincoln
16Th Street
Cache Road
A.2 Council
Shelton
Eis
Jury Convicts 13 Top Reds
A federal court jury in New York found 13 Communist leaders guilty of conspiring to overthrow the U S government. The defendants, all from the New York area, included Bittelman Charney Flynn Gannett Jerome Johnson Jones Trachtenberg Weinstock Weinstone Perry Mindel Lannon. The verdict followed 8 1/2 months of trial and 48 hours of deliberation.
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New York
U. S
New York Area
Communist Party
Arnold Samuel Johnson
Claudia Jones
Alexander Leo Trachtenberg
Louis Weinstock
William Wolf Weinstone
Pettis Perry
Jacob Mindel
Albert Francis Lannon
Outlook Bright For Savings Firm
The Home Savings and Loan Association reported a 15 percent rise in assets at its annual stockholders meeting. President Ray H. Babbitt announced continued progress and a favorable 1953 outlook. Directors were re elected and officers re named. Babbitt added chairman of the board. He noted a nationwide shift toward greater savings amid international unrest and inflation concerns.
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Home Savings and Loan Association
Ray H. Babbitt
Babbitt
Beaman Murder Trial Halted by Epileptic Attack
The murder trial of Jacque Lyn Kay Beaman in Oklahoma City was paused when she suffered an epileptic attack on the witness stand while being questioned about her husband Delbert Beaman's July 6 death. Her attorney said she blacked out during the incident.
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Oklahoma City
Jacquelyn Kay Beaman
Grayson
Malpractice charge filed against Boydston funeral director
Oklahoma City January 21 Glenn E Boydston Comanche funeral director faced a state board accusation of gross malpractice for soliciting patronage in a letter to William E Cook Sr Joplin Missouri A Feb 2 hearing was set The board may revoke licenses or place him on probation The complaint stems from alleged improper solicitation not the public display of Cooks body at Comanche which drew thousands of viewers Cook died in California execution after a spree in January 1951 including the Mosser family killings in Atwood Illinois
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Oklahoma City
Glenn E. Boydston
Comanche
Okla
Billy Cook
State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors
H. L. Frostary
Boydston
Cook
William E. Cook
Joplin, Oo
Peace Cemetery
Joplin
John Connolly
San Quentin
Calif
Seattle
Robert Dewey
Carl Mosser
Atwood
Ill
Young Polio Victims Help Fight Crippler
The March of Dimes funds polio treatment at Memorial hospital aiding three patients Doris Shook 16 of Rush Springs Linda Jo Powell 12 of Duncan and others. Their smiles reflect recovery aided by donations and specialized care and they urge continued support for a future vaccine. Doris hopes to return to Rush Springs High School as a junior and Linda Jo faces further treatment in Warm Springs Georgia.
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Memorial Hospital
Doris Shook
Abe Shook
Rush Springs
Doris
Rush Springs High School
Linda Jo Powell
Ralph Powell
Duncan
Warm Springs
Sabres Bay Down Seven MIGs in High Altitude Sky Battle
At Seoul on January 21 American Sabrejets fought 43 MIGs in five battles. The Sabres outnumbered the enemy 24 to 43 and claimed seven MIGs shot down with three damaged. Two top jet aces added another MIG to their scores, Baker and Risner each at nine confirmed, with Garrison awaiting gun-camera review for an eighth. See WAR, Page 2.
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Seoul
America
Col
Royal N. Baker
McKinney
Tex
Maj
Robinson Risner
Oklahoma City
Baker
Vermont Garrison
Tulsa
Texan Is Killed In Area Accident
An elderly Tulsa woman dies after a car backs over her driven by a teen learner. A Texas woman dies near Altus when her car exits SH 44, overturns, and a passenger sustains minor injuries.
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Tulsa
Texas
Altus
Elizabeth Cook
David Earl Shorten
Elmer Suttle
Shorten
Ruby Tidmore Burt
Quanah
Tex
Olustee
Bill Powers
Fred Zelph Helms
Muleshoe
Helms
Red troops overrun Indochina fortress defenses
Saigon reports the French high command says overwhelming Communist forces have overrun defenses around a central Annam fortress. Both sides rush reinforcements as a showdown battle is anticipated.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Annam
Reds
Mom and 3 Children Die in Frederick Fire
A 22 year old Frederick mother Erma Jean Thompson and three of her four children Alfred aged 4 Gary aged 2 and Dell 10 months were burned to death when a kerosene lamp exploded in a two room frame house. The remaining child escaped as flames trapped the victims and Thompson’s clothing caught fire before bystanders and firemen contained the blaze.
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Frederick
Erma Jean Thompson
Alfred
Gary
Dell
Thompson
Eisenhower to hold weekly news conferences says Hagerty
Washington The White House announced today President Eisenhower will hold news conferences regularly probably once a week James Hagerty press secretary said they would be conducted in the same fashion as recent Democratic administrations with impromptu questions from reporters present Some reports said questions might be submitted in writing in advance Hagerty also spoke about possible periodic television and radio nation reports with no details yet He noted no change in past procedures and aimed to meet with TV radio and newspaper representatives to discuss the idea He could not say when the first presidential news conference would be held See CONFERENCES Page 2
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
James Hagerty
Hagerty
Eight Homeless After Blaze Aid Sought
Sterling residents and county relief agencies mobilized to assist the Jim Holt family of eight after a early Tuesday fire leveled their one story home southeast of Sterling. Holt a Fort Sill civilian construction worker woke to a burning roof and he and his wife rescued their six children ages four to 16 before the structure collapsed. The family lost all food clothing furniture and possessions and are staying temporarily with a daughter in Lawton as efforts to provide aid continue.
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Sterling
Jim Holt
Here
Holt
Fort Sill
Lawton
J. D. Spriggs
Battle Casualties Rise 250 In Week
U S battle casualties in Korea climbed to 128,971, up 250 from last week. The Defense Department weekly summary to last Friday shows 20,362 killed in action, up 45. 95,596 wounded, up 177. and 13,013 missing, up 28.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
Defense Department
Morse Says Wilson Must Answer Over GM Ties
Senator Morse charged President Eisenhower should not nominate Charles E. Wilson for defense head amid concern over his vast General Motors holdings and defense contracts. The Senate approved eight other cabinet picks in a voice vote, while Morse pressed for scrutiny of Wilson before confirmation.
Mystery Lights Zipping Over Northern Japan Observed
U S Air Force reports rotating clusters of red, white and green lights seen by airmen over Northern Japan near Kurile Islands and Sakhalin. Observers include Col Curtis R Low and Col Donald J M Blakeslee. objects tracked on radar and sometimes stationary then vanishing at high speed. Sightings occurred Dec 29 and Jan 9 across icy northern Japan amid Russian air harassment warnings.
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Japan
Air Force
Kurile Islands
Sakhalin
Curtis R. Low
Japan Air Defense Force
The
Donald J. M. Blakeslee
Hokkaido
Blakeslee
Hunted prowler terrifies Lawton woman with scream
A screaming prowler believed armed with a spine chilling laugh is sought by police after nightly trespass attempts on a Lawton resident who recently moved there. Investigators link the suspect to an ex wife and note lookalikes among two visiting women. Police report the prowler has appeared multiple times emitting a chilling scream followed by a Gildersleeve style laugh.
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Lawton
One Way Traffic Plan Studied by City Council
City councilmen studied a plan to make Fort Sill boulevard a two period one way street from 7 to 8 a.m. northbound and 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. southbound to speed access to Fort Sill. Maj. H. M. Love outlined the proposal and promised a follow up meeting next Tuesday.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Maj. H. M. Love
Cache Road
Love
Fort Sill Boulevard
13Th
Lawton Heights Addition
Highland Cemetery
R. E. Glenn
Sheridan Road
Senate Requests New Murray Talk
Oklahoma City Senate Policy Committee invited Gov. Murray to outline which institutions boards or commissions he would abolish. House members were excluded. Murray’s appearance was expected the next day, though exact timing depended on his return from Washington. The meeting, held in the governor’s office, showed Senate discontent over consolidation plans without specifics.
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Oklahoma City
Senate Policy Committee
Johnston Murray
Senate
House
Murray
Washington
James E. Berry
Raymond Gary
Joe Bailey Cobb
Tishomingo
Eisenhower aims for united alliance on Korea policy
President Eisenhower’s basic principles favor maintaining Allied unity and avoiding wide changes in Korea strategy. He stresses unity to reassure Western European allies wary of a broader war and signals future U.S. proposals will emerge in coming weeks as the UN General Assembly prepares to act on Korea related issues and prisoner repatriation terms.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United Nations
U. S
Home
Incomin
John Foster Dulles
Free World
Korea
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Russia
Red China
General Assembly
Calf Sells for 29000 at Denver Show Set Record
Hereford bull calf T. R. Zate Heir 286th born at Cameron College by Caesarean operation last February sold for 29000, the highest price for a Hereford calf at the Denver annual livestock show and sale. Purchaser Hi-Point Farms of Romeo, Mich, will add him to its spring show string. The calf was reserve champion at the Southwest Oklahoma show in Clinton and second in his class among 149 entries at Denver. He is sired by a Turner Hereford Heaven ranch bull.
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Cameron College
Denver
Colo
T. R. Zate
Hi-Point Farms
Romeo
Mich
Cameron
Vernon Howell
Oklahoma
Clinton
Turner Hereford Heaven Ranch
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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
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Charles E. Wilson
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Arthur E. Summerfield
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Douglas McKay
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Ezra T. Benson
Utah
Sinclair Weeks
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Martin P. Durkin
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