Museum Hall Dedicated In Honor Of Famed Sooner General Sill
Fort Sill honored Lt. Gen. Raymond Stallings McLain with the dedication of McLain Hall at the Artillery and Guided Missile Center museum. Mrs. McLain unveiled the sign as Maj. Gen. (Ret.) W. S. Key delivered the keynote to about 200 attendees in Alexander Hamilton hall.
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Mclain Hall
Raymond S. McLain
Fort Sill
Edward T. Williams
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
William 8S. Key
Key
McLain
Army
Oklahoma
Raymond Stallings McLain
Ter
Gen. McLain
45Th “Thunderbird
McLain’s
Alexander Hamilton Hall
Raymond McLain
Williams
William B. Estes
97Th Army
State Prison System Probe Slated Again
Oklahoma legislative study of the state prison system will resume at the Capitol with a day-long session of the Public Health and Welfare Committee led by Sen. Howard Young. Warden H C McLeod Granite Reformatory and other officials will discuss proposed changes including merging training schools and parole reforms.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Capitol
Public Health and Welfare Committee
The
Legislative Council
Howard Young
Stigler
H. C. McLeod
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlester
Joe Harp
Granite Reformatory
Clarence Burch
State Board of Affairs
Young
Jack Rhodes
Federal Penitentiary
State Pardon and Parole Board
Butch Faces New Tragedy At Home
Lawton Taft elementary school pupil Butch Miller nine year old burn victim details his hospital stay and the death of his pony Nubbin after a propane gas explosion at a Burkburnett area brooder house. His fireman father Billy Miller Sr. was injured in the blast and both parents were hospitalized. The incident began January 8 when a gas leak ignited by a lit cigarette caused the explosion. Page 2 continues.
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Bill Crawford
Wichita Falls
Tex
Butch Miller
Lawton Taft
Butch
Lawton
Nubbin
Billy Gene
Billy Miller
Andrews
Burkburnett
Miller
Fort Sill
Brooder House
Riots Rock Bombay As Death Toll Rises In 5 Day Crisis
Riots and arson spread across India with police firing on mobs in Bombay. At least 18 more killed raising the five day total to 68, including two in Bombay suburbs and a woman in Calcutta. Over 500 injured and about 2,200 arrested amid protests against Nehru’s state boundary plan. Curfew extended and troops discussed.
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Bombay
India
Calcut
Nehru
Calcutta
Jawaharlal Nehru
K. D. Bilimoria
Rains Come More Slated In City Today
Weather update from Southwest Oklahoma reports Saturday rain relief after a long dry spell with 68 gauge readings at .01 inch. Forecasters expect cloudy skies and light showers through tonight with possible freezing rain and snow in the morning. Snow or rain anticipated across northern areas while Southeast remains likely for more rain. Fort Sill recorded a high of 40 degrees as Gulf air continues to feed moisture.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Mercury
Highway Patrol
Gage
Enid
McAlester
Durant
Clinton
Seiling
Weather Bureau
Gulf Coast
Fort Sill
Giant Dam Breaks Near Leesville Louisiana
A giant dam on Anacoco Lake broke Saturday near Leesville causing widespread flooding but posing no threat to populated areas. Deputy Sheriff J H Burns said few homes are in the area and none in danger, with waters contained in Bayou Anacoco feeding the Sabine River and adjacent swamplands.
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Leesville
Anacoco Lake
J. H. Burns
Vernon Parish
Ft. Polk
Sabine River
Louisiana
Texas
New Homes Plant To Hum Monday In Lawton
Production on Lawton's new mobile home plant will start Monday with Joe Cummings as plant manager. Jig tables and main assembly building near ready. hiring by Lawton Employment Service to begin Monday for about 10 workers this week. Full staffing expected 140 to 150 by year's end as four-buildings finish next month.
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Joe Cummings
Lawton
Mobile Homes
Lawton Employment Service
Cummings
Oklahoma Broadcasters honor Miss Oklahoma Radio of 1956
Oklahoma Broadcasters association convention at the Hotel Lawtonian featured Gov. Raymond Gary crowning Miss Patricia Deaver of Station KBEL as Miss Oklahoma Radio of 1956. Deaver, 15, is a high school sophomore from Idabel. The event drew about 150 delegates and included a birthday cake for Gary who was also named honorary OBA director. Leo Morris of KSWO was elected OBA president, with directors Bill Brubaker, Ed Ryan, Winston Ward, and Pat Murphy. The governor’s speech and coronation were broadcast statewide on 48 stations. A 10 a.m. AP radio clients meeting was scheduled.
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Raymond Gary
Patricia Deaver
Idabel
Oklahoma Broadcasters Association
Miss Oklahoma Radio
Lawtonian
Gov
Gary
KBEL
James I. Deaver
OBA
Leo Morris
KSWO
Frank S. Lane
KRMG
Tulsa
Bill Brubaker
Duncan
Ed Ryan
Woodward
Winston Ward
Pat Murphy
Enid
Gary Discounts Census Reports
Governor Raymond Gary told the Oklahoma Broadcasters Association that Oklahoma is advancing toward a balanced economy despite census doubts. He cited rising school enrollments, higher education, road funding, and tax receipts, arguing population loss is overstated and the state will need more classrooms.
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Oklahoma
Gary
Grandmother Wins Split Custody Of Mincey Children
District judge Toby Morris ordered nine months of the year with maternal grandmother Mrs. Clayton Taylor of Temple and three months with paternal aunt Mrs. Orville Wilson for Tanna nine and Kent seven. The decision reflects testimony of the children and guardianship history following the 1955 Texarkana traffic crash that killed their parents.
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Howard Mincey
Toby Morris
Clayton Taylor
Temple
Orville Wilson
916
McKinley
Tanna
Kent
Morris
Taylor
Texarkana
Ark
Wilson
Mincey
U S Charges Red China Threatening War Over Formosa
The State Department charged Red China with threatening war to force U S abandonment of Formosa defense and demanded release of 13 American civilians held in Communist prisons. It rebutted Wang Pin Nan's Geneva talk remarks and outlined three points on far eastern negotiations and no war pledges with Formosa.
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U.S
Formosa
Washington
State Department
Red China
Far East
United States
Geneva
Wang Pin-Nan
Wang
Department
Chiang Kai-Shek
Funeral Services Held For Fairris
Funeral services were held today in Pasadena for Harbie Franklin Fairris Jr. 22, the Oklahoma killer executed earlier in McAlester. The burial site remains unknown per family wishes. Eye donation to an eye bank was noted and flowers funded to the March of Dimes.
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Pasadena
Tex
Harbie Franklin Fairris Jr
Oklahoma
Fairris
McAlester
Sam Hoover
Fabris
March of Dimes
Margie L. Zeglen
Bethel Raymond Fairris
Harbie F. Fairris Sr
Dallas
F. Cravatt
Oklahoma City
Gary Says State Making Progress Comanche County Dems endorse candidates
Comanche county Democrats endorsed Loyd Benefield for state Democratic chairman and Grace Hudlin for co chairman at a county convention in the district courtroom. Bertrude Fields seeks re election as Democratic national committeewoman. Charles Jennings re elected chairman Lela Wilson co chairwoman Lillian Waid secretary treasurer. Mary Pokorny indicates she will run for state legislature. Delegates praised Gov Gary and party leadership. A district convention is set for Clinton Feb 10 with plans for a party candidate meeting after April 27 filing.
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Loyd Benefield
Oklahoma City
Grace Hudlin
Wagoner
Bertrude Fields
Democratic Central Committee
Charles Jennings
Lawton
Lela J. Wilson
Cochairman
Lillian Waid
Mary Pokorny
Fields
Gary
Democratic Party
Oklahoma
Clinton
Jennings
Band Clinic Set Monday at Cameron College Campus
The third annual Cameron College Band clinic, sponsored by the Southwest Bandmasters Association, will be held Monday on the junior college campus beginning at 9 30 a.m. More than 300 band students from 11 area bands and Lawton schools will participate with guest conductors Russell McKiski Melvin Keeney and Glen Wright.
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Cameron College
Southwest Bandmasters’ Association
Lawton
Charles Hall
Walters
Russell McKiski
Midwestern University Band
Wichita Falls
Tex
Melvin Keeney
Glen Wright
Anadarko
Apache
Grandfield
Comanche
Temple
BAND
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Phyllis Gibson
Forts Arbuckle
el Reno
Supply and Sill
Mark City Radio
Associated Press Radio
Wilbur Martin
United Press Radio
Hotel Lawtonian
Mincey Children
Ray Atteberry
Switzerland
Comanche County
Democrats
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