Banquet To Honor K of C Plans Dosser Is Planned
Lawton high school football coach Glenn Dosser will be honored at a January 29 appreciation banquet with OU line coach Gomer Jones as principal speaker. J.D. Roberts, Cecil Morris, and Bob Hillis will join OU guests. showings of OU Maryland Orange Bowl films planned. Event at 7 p.m. in First Baptist Church basement. reservations at R&S Sporting Goods.
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Glenn Dosser
Lawton
Gomer Jones
Jones
J.D. Roberts
All‘America Guard
Cecil Morris
Bob Hillis
First Baptist Church
R&s Sporting Goods
Lawtonians
Dosser
LHS
French Drive Deep into Eastern Indo China Provinces
French tanks and troops pushed further into eastern Indo-China on Friday, extending their operation into provinces long held by Communists before recent advances. The advance follows two days of intensified activity and signals a widening campaign in the region.
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Indo-China
Tuyhoa
Indo - China
Warmth and whimsy in a midtown column mix
The piecechews through a quirky mix of local tales and observations. It mentions Ford Mugg a Chamber of Commerce meeting on a coat misplacement and remarks on Ricky the first grader at Lincoln School. It also notes a wooden hotel tower hinting at future height and a shift toward space efficiency in modern architecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Mugg
Consolidated Gas
Mugg
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Rectine
Ford
Earl
Adee
Ahischlager
Ricky
Lincoln
Doc
Lawton to Host National Forensic League Student Congress
Lawton high school hosts a NFL student congress with entries from Yukon Seminole Purcell Putnam City Midwest City Ardmore Duncan Edmond Chandler Lawton Central Classen and Northeast Oklahoma City. The event opens at 10 a.m. with a joint Senate and House session and resumes at 1 p.m. Judges parliamentary foes include Sen Bill Logan and Leslie Pain. Local sponsors plan to introduce bills including wiretapping as legal evidence.
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Lawton High School
Yukon
Seminole
Purcell
Putnam City
Midwest City
Ardmore
Duncan
Edmond
Chandler
Lawton
Central
Classen
Oklahoma City
Henry T. Ford
NFL
Senate
House of Representatives
Tees
House
Bill Logan
Leslie Pain
Logan
State Senate
Pain
Cong
Toby Morris
Washington
Allen Isbell
Donald Kouri
Jerry Salyer
John Waller
David Whitwell
Joan Woodward
Bill Henry
Bennie Fox
Val Frakes
Sam Hamra
Lawson Group
F.B
Burglary Probed At Woodall Service Station
Police investigate a burglary at Woodall service station 631 F Tate. An undetermined amount of money was stolen from a cigarette machine and a coin box in a cash register. Entry was gained by forcing the front door with a flexible tool. About $1.75 missing from the register.
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Woodall
F. Tate
H. A. Bartels
Melvin Simmons
State Poultry and Eggs Prices Reported for Oklahoma
The Oklahoma state Department of Agriculture released price quotes for poultry and eggs. No 1 broilers and hens show varied f.O.B. farm and delivered prices across towns including Poteau Shawnee Vinita Muskogee Tulsa Ardmore and Oklahoma City with ranges from 12 to 28 cents for hens and up to 63 cents for butterfat in various counties. Wheat and pecan values also listed with several Oklahoma towns noted for corn price references.
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State Poultry & Eggs
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
f.O.b
Poteau
Shawnee
Vinita
Muskogee
Tulsa
Ardmore
Lawton
Alva
Chickasha
Pauls Valley
Elk City
Durant
Chandler
Cordell
Enid
Blackwell
McAlester
Hobart
Laverne
Atricant
Altairview
el Reno
Vinit
Chandier
Fairview
Wheat
Guyman
Hooker
Altus
J. Medford
Kingfisher
Hennessey
Frederick
Pecans
Wynnewood
Waurika
Weather continues dry as Panhandle thaws and cold eases
Weather across Oklahoma shows lingering snow in Wyandotte and Guymon melting, Panhandle cleared and dry. Friday brings sunny skies with little precipitation expected until early next week. Western areas warm with lows near 25, eastern regions 15 to 20, and roads slippery in spots amid lingering winter conditions.
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State Highway Department
Wyandotte
Ottawa County
Ind
Guymon
Panhandle
Highway Department
Vinita
Nowata
Weather Bureau
Ponca City
Oklahoma City
Gag
Funeral Rites For Edgar E. Harp
Edgar E. Harp 63 of 2112 N 13th Rock Island railway clerk since 1940 died 11:50 a m today after short illness. Active in IOOF lodge No 71 Lawton past grand patriarch of Oklahoma and grand representative of Sovereign Grand Lodge of Oklahoma. Member Methodist church Kingfisher born January 4 1891 Briartown Indian Territory. Survived by wife Hazel Alcorn son Eddie 17 two brothers in Washington and California five sisters. Funeral arrangements by Ritter Funeral home.
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Edgar E. Harp
N. 13Th
Rock Island Railway
Harp
IOOF
Lawton
Grand Patriarch
Oklahoma
Sovereign Grand Lodge of Oklahoma
Kingfisher
Briartown
Indian Territory
Hazel Alcorn
Eddie
Washington
California
Ritter Funeral Home
Snow Gives Youngsters Thrill
District court begins a $143,000 damage suit trial stemming from a two car wreck near Cache two years ago. Greed and King drive Public Service Co. vehicle. they sue Almon R. Long of Oklahoma City and Wolfe and Son, also of Oklahoma City. Supreme Court denied a writ to delay. defendants sought to stall until two similar Pushmataha county suits settle. Long was traveling east on U S 62 from Altus when the collision occurred.
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Cache
Greed
King
2 Public Service Co
Almon R. Long
Oklahoma City
Wolfe and Son
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Pushmataha County
Long
Altus
U.S. 62
Public Service
Budget Hopefuls Debating Deficit Cuts and Forecasts
The article reports Taber proposing a one tee cut to trim at least three billion from 56% of new appropriations for the coming year, aiming to reduce the deficit estimated at 2.928 billion for the year ending mid-1959. Senator Douglas criticizes the administration’s optimistic deficit forecasts and questions the Treasury’s receipts assumptions.
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Tee
Taber
M. Dodge
Sen
Douglas
D-Ii
Eisenhower
Treasury Department
Idi Douglas
March of Dimes Drive and Benefit Ball Planned
Chattanooga residents announce a benefit ball game Saturday with proceeds and concessions to the March of Dimes. Polio coffee sales total about 236 dollars, including 250 from the International Club and 6.35 from Camp Fire Girls. Members listed include Carol Barnes Janet Brammer Jan Doughty Elizabeth Porter and others.
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Hennessee
Chattanooga
Joe Ford
International Club
O-Ki-Hi
Camp Fire
Carol Barnes
Jane Brammer
Jan Doughty
Elizabeth Porter
Linda Richardson
Carolyn Rhody
Carol Scott
Colette Turley
Sharon Temple
Martha Wales
Nancy Walker
Faye Verma
Air Force to open probes into pilots confessing germ warfare
The Air Force will begin formal inquiries in about a week into cases of captured pilots who reportedly broke under Communist pressure and confessed to conducting germ warfare in Korea, according to sources.
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Washington
Air Force
Korea
Suits In City Debts Brought By Riley And Guthrie Wife
The case lists debts against Pauline Riley and Caroline Duffie Guthrie Riley in multiple city areas. Other similar suits against the city by Selected Investments Corp are noted.
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Wichita, Kan
Pauline Riley
Good Acres
Caroline Duffie Guthrie Riley
Greer
Caroline Duffie Guthrie
Ail Williams
Williams
Bessie Avenue
Smith Avenue
City of Lawton
Lawton Heights
Evans Additions
Finn brothers clash with federal agents over impounded plane
The Finn brothers, linked to a condemned transport plane, argued with U S authorities in Las Vegas as they fought to regain the aircraft seized for potential flying service. They faced assault charges against a federal officer and were jailed on 10 000 bail while the case over who flew the plane remains unresolved.
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U. S
Jack Irwin
Waters
Dist. Atty. S
Ernest Roll
Twin
Aren
Death Valley
Bakersfield
Nellis Air Force Base
Nevada
Finn Brothers
Lake Petition Seeks Lake Elmer Thomas Use
A petition signed by 380 Skianomans asks the U S Interior Department to open Lake Elmer Thomas for boating fishing and water sports and to add camping restrooms and docking facilities on the north shore while keeping the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge usable and orderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickersham
Oklahoma
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Department of the Interior
Elmer Thomas
Navy History Research Fellowships Sought in New Orleans
Applicants with defined ability in naval and military history research are sought for a James Forrestal Fellowship in Naval History. Contact the Office of Public Information, Headquarters Eighth Naval District, 945 Federal Building, New Orleans 12 La. Forms due April 15 and selections made before July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Forrestal
Office of Public Information
Eighth Naval District
Federal Building
New Orleans
Prairie Chief to be laid to rest at Clinton home services
The body will be shipped to the Clinton home for services for burial by the Becker Funeral home.
Bledsoe Left Memorial Details From Page One
Bledsoe, a Fletcher lodge member and Baptist church participant, is survived by daughter Elizabeth Waid of Norman and son Charles Bledsoe of Lawton, among others. The fragment lists additional survivors.
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Fletcher
The
Baptist Church
Elizabeth Waid
Guy Waid
Norman
Charles Bledsoe
Lawton
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