Cotton Soil Bank applications due in Comanche County
Comanche County ASC office will start accepting cotton soil bank applications next week with March 1 as the signing deadline. The maximum bankable allotment is 18 acres or 3 percent of the plot, whichever is higher, and about $63,316 is available to cover roughly 70 percent of county acreage payments. Land must be average, inspected by the county committee before signing, and surplus funds may be used if money runs out in other counties.
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Bil Sieg
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Tornado Devastates Gans Oklahoma Killing Dozens
After a tornado struck near the Arkansas border emergency crews and National Guard units aided rescue efforts. Victims include Ted Jenkins and family members with more than a dozen dead and several hospitalized in nearby Sallisaw and Fort Smith. Gans suffered a funnel path a quarter mile wide ten miles long with damaged utilities and temporary aid centers set up at Gans High School.
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Cammie Cantrell
Tritia
Ted Jenkins
Norma
Darrel
Bonnie
Jimmy Meeks
Jos Johnson
Mickox
C.J
Gans
Sallisaw
Fort Smith
Verna Johnson
Joe Johnson
Helen Jenkins
Sparks Hospital
John- 50
Isa Jenkins
Arkansas
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
National Guard
Rec
Cross
Salvation Army
Ft. Chaffee
Ark
Gans High School
State Health Department
Jasper Boyd
Grace Names For Princess and Daughter Revealed
Palace officials disclosed Rainier selected names for the princess Grace and a boy. The proposed boy names include Gregoire Gregory Georges Fierre Richard, all French and tied to the Monacan dynasty. Caroline honors the prince’s great grandmother, linked to Louise de Marillac.
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Rainier
Gregoire Gregory Georges Fierre Richard
Moneeo
Grimaldi
Caroline
Louise de Marillac
Order of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
Barbecue Dinner Marking Scott Elementary Cafeteria Opening
The Scott Elementary School cafeteria will officially open with a barbecue dinner starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Mrs Davenport, cafeteria supervisor, heads the committee arranging the event and open house activities west of Lawton.
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Pam
Scott Elementary
Lawton
Davenport
Ecafeterka Super
Wolverine football queen nominees highlight 1950s seniors
The article names Who's Who and Roanie Wartling with value alite and lists multiple Wolverines students led by Sally Hag igerton Mike Wyant and Chloriea Stephens. It notes the crowning of a Wolverine football queen last semester and details activities in Future Homemakers of America National Honor Society and related clubs.
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Joan Godlove
Brad Agnow
Sally Hagigerton
Mike Wyant
Chloriea Stephens
Bol Ledfod
Martha Darien
Bol Yinging
Ooking
Babbitt
Mays
Howard Babbitt
Thame- Imakers of America
Wolverettes
Ilatin Chib
Salon
Cchibwin
Junin Optimise Club
Hie
A. L. Salmon
Miss Holsinger
AL Wo Holsinger
Xagky Cherry
FIA
National Thespian Society
Girl's Recreation Association
Downing
Acheve
G. G. Downing
Bell
National Honor Society
Helms
Future Nurses of America
G. E. Hammond
Garfield
Hall
National Sonar Society
Katherine Hall
Lincoln
Pursley
Joyce Pursley
Jefferson
Wolverine
FHA
National Forensic League
Hartline
Wiseman
W. T. Hartline
NFL
Wolverittes
W. W. Godlove
Sheridan Road
LHS
Agnew
Louise Agnew
Miss Slaggerton
Wolverette
Myrtie Haggerton
Euclid. Wyant
BH. Wyant
Maple
Tatler
Miss. Stephens
T. BR. Stephens
B. Ledford
Glyn Ledford
Fort Sill Blvd
Leon Darden
Dearborn
Pallett and Brush Club
Yingling
A. Yingling
Elgin
Ardmore burglary suspects linked to stolen car switch
Police traced a car theft to Ardmore with a suspect asserting the vehicle bore a license plate from a Harris car and kept burglary tools under a rear seat. Avey was briefly detained in Lawton after a Saturday burglary and narcotics case at Boulevard Pharmacy, but released after questioning. A high speed chase near Cyril ended with suspects fleeing into the countryside.
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Ardmore
Piato
Munger
Ard
Harris
Avey
Lawton
Rabies Warning Urges Citywide Dog Leashes and Quarantine
Dr Miller explains rabies spread from skunks to dogs during fights and warns that sightings within the city could trigger a quarantine. He urges owners to leash all dogs, capture any running at large, and place them in a city pound. Citizens should use proper size garbage cans with tight lids to prevent scavenging.
Eisenhower warns Congress on inflation and budget limits
President Eisenhower cites 1954 inflation up 2.7 percent in consumer prices and eight percent in industrial prices while urging Congress to hold taxes and keep federal spending at the $71.8 billion level. He calls on business and labor to curb price boosts and align wages with productivity gains.
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U.S
Eisenhower
Congress
VFW Dinner Planned for Lawton News Staff
Lawton VFW Post 1193 announces a 6 30 p m dinner for members of local news gathering agencies. The event kicks off Veterans of Foreign Wars Weeks observed starting Sunday. noted by Commander Deward Stringer.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lawton
Deward Stringer
VFW Post 1193
The Mad Bomber Metesky Appears in Court
Bernard Metesky faced arraignment on charges including assault and malicious mischief tied to 82 bombings. Bond set at 100600, with potential life terms if convicted separately. He requested Bellevue Hospital commitment as his attorney described him as mentally ill and unable to distinguish right from wrong. Police linked the case to a workshop behind his home and a file of threatening letters from Metesky to Consolidated Edison.
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Cotthecticut
Metesky
Benjamin Schmier
Bellavue Hospital
Karl Grebow
Schmier
Bellevue
Lithuania
New York
Joseph R. Bendler
Waterbury
Dolar Coliseum
Progres
Bender
Tess
Consolidated Edison Co
Eisenhower Sees No Immediate Budget Crisis Limit
President Eisenhower said Humphrey based remarks on an offhand memorandum and stressed that budget cuts depend on Congress. He defended not discussing NSC actions publicly and noted plans to meet reporters weekly while avoiding trips abroad. He condemned Red China for prisoner treatment and urged restraint in contacts with Moscow.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Huphrey
Natty
HBOMB
Adlai E. Stevenson
Look Magazine
National Security Council
NSC
Stevenson
Lisenhower
Harrold Macmillan
Britain
Yugoslavia
Marshall Tito
United States
Leonard W. Hall
Republican National Committee
Russia
GOP
RED China
State Department
Communist China
Red
Red Chinese
WHODUNIT Reward Stirs Fight Over Bomb Scare Bomber Case
A $26,000 reward posted last month for information on the bomber linked to fake bomb scares is under dispute after Consolidated Edison officials confirm Miss Kelly found a file of letters by Metesky claiming a disability from a 1931 gas incident. Police and officials weigh whether Metesky’s potential insanity or commitment to Bellevue Hospital affects reward eligibility, while Com missioner Kennedy orders a full review.
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Arm
Stephen Kennedy
Metesky
Eisenhower Denies Leaks Amid Questioned Press Access
The President defends his stance on leaks after a reporter cites a December visit of Secretary Wilson in Augusta Georgia. He says he does not support inspired leaks and calls for equal access to information for all reporters. He also addresses Taft-Hartley reform and union welfare fund inspections. He argues Congress, not the federal government, should police labor racketeering.
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United States
Wilson
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Augusta
Middle East
Congress
Elgin Cafe Burglarized in Elgin. cigarets and cash taken
Sheriff Everett R. Hale said the Elgin Keebler cafe was burglarized by forcing an east window. Deputy Arvil Roberson reported four cartons of cigarets and about $15 in change missing.
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Sherpif Everett R. Hale
Keebler
Elgin
Arvil Roberson
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