Lawton District Welcomes Top Marksman Trooper Combs
Trooper Dan Combs, longtime Oklahoma Highway Patrol member since 1953, will start duty in the Lawton district Wednesday after transferring from Anadarko. Lt. F A Mussen says the move allows more troopers in the southern area, including Cotton and Comanche counties. Combs, living at 1810 Elm with wife and two children, previously served Shawnee police. He scored 99.6 of 100 in an OHP practice shoot. In Anadarko, Troopers Mike Hellwege and Filmore Edgman are the patrol representatives.
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Dan Combs
Lawton
F. A. Mussen
Mussen
Combs
Anadarko
OHP
Cotton
Comanche
1810 Elm
Shawnee Police Department
Mike Hellwege
Filmore Edgman
Oklahoma state notes on grains and livestock prices
State agriculture reports steady No 1 hard wheat ranges across towns to 2.04 per bushel with spot shifts. Broilers and eggs show mixed demand, prices mostly steady to down, with various towns quoted. Oklahoma City livestock market tallies 4,000 cattle and 1,900 sheep, with steady to lower early sales and wide ranges for steers, heifers, cows, bulls, and lambs.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Guyman
Hooker
Blackwell
Frederick
Medford
Vici
Clinton
Reno
Enid
Hobart
Kingfisher
Lawton
Yukon
Bison
Hennessey
Broilers
Muskogee
Tulsa
Vinita
Elk City
Sayre
Pauls Valley
Watonga
Laverne
Alva
Woodward
el Reno
Elk Reno
Muskogee Tulsa
USDA
City Man Draws Three Year Term In Court
James Oliphant, 27, formerly of No 12 A, received two three year penitentiary sentences in Superior court after pleading guilty to sale of marijuana and disposal of mortgaged property Judge Robert Landers ordered the terms to run concurrently The charges followed a preliminary Oct 13 hearing and a new count accusing him of disposing of a mortgaged record player from Hardy Suggs Music Co He was bound over for trial on marijuana sales after a preliminary hearing represented by John Tyree
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James Oliphant
No. 12 A
Robert &. Landers
Oliphant
Manville Redman
John Tyree
Fort Sillman
Hardy Suggs Music Co
Fastest L A to Oklahoma City flight inaugurated
The Will Rogers Airport ceremony marks the fastest scheduled LA to OKC service on Trans-World Airlines Flight 18, with Don Epperson and Tom Taylor attending. Bill Gill christens The Star of Oklahoma City, a Constellation, before it flies non stop to New York in four hours forty minutes. Tulsa will host a parallel ceremony for The Star of Tulsa arriving from Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Los Angeles
Will Rogers
Trans-World Airlines
Don Epperson
TWA
Tom Taylor
Washington, D.C
Bill Gill
Gill
Constellation
Star of
Star
New York
Tulsa
Jaycee President to Speak in City
Gerald Bradshaw state Junior Chamber of Commerce president will be the principal speaker at a Jaycee luncheon in Stillwater at the Hotel Lawtonian. He will confer with Lawton Jaycees about the state convention slated for May in Lawton.
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Gerald Bradshaw
State Junior Chamber of Commerce
Stillwater
Lawtonian
Manville Redman
Bradshaw
M. E. “Cuffie
Ward
Lawton
House Approves Farmers Gasoline Tax Exemption
The House approved a 60 million dollar annual tax saving for farmers by exempting two cents a gallon gasoline used on farms. The bipartisan vote was 387 to 0, aligning with President Eisenhower’s farm relief program. The measure moves to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
City Auto Dealer Is Listed In Satisfactory Condition
Dean Phillips of 405 Fort Sill Blvd suffered a heart attack in Oklahoma City on business. He is listed in satisfactory condition at Wesley Hospital and will likely remain there about two more weeks, said his daughter Mrs. Clarence Aubrey.
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Dean Phillips
Fort Sill Blvd
Wesley Hospital
Oklahoma City
Phillips
Clarence Aubrey
No Sheep Raising Class Today No Sheep Missing
SANDIMAS Calif P The sign at California State Polytechnic College read No sheep raising class today No sheep James Oxley superintendent of farm animals reported to sheriff s deputies that a sheep worth 25 was missing from its barn stall.
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Sandimas
Calif
California State Polytechnic College
James Oxley
Sheriff’s
Funeral Rites for Mrs Hettie Susan Jackson
Services for Mrs. Hettie Susan Jackson age 67 of 1006 Washington will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Bogata Texas. Burial will be in Bogata cemetery with Lawton Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements after she was found dead in her home Saturday.
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Hettie Susan Jackson
Washington
Bogata
Tex
Lawton Funeral Home
Lions Club Hears Music Instructors at Monday Meeting
Elementary music instructors performed for Lions club members at Hotel Lawton ian. Chorus members included Gwen Cox Jo Shackelford Nancy Forsyth Jo Sessions Gertrude Cook Anetta Vinson Trela Hodges Lois Baker Margaret Parker Lucille Lansden Joyce Rice was absent. Fred Bentley announced final plans for the Golden Gloves boxing tournament opening tonight with guests LeRoy McNally Dick Ford George Stein Jim Lucius and John Frazier.
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Gwen Cox
Post Childrens School
Joanne Shackelford
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Nancy Forsyth
Washington
Emerson
Jo Sessions
Will Rogers
Gertrude Cook
Lincoln
Anetta Vinson
Whittier
Trela Hodges
Swinney
Jackson
Lois Baker
Woodrow Wilson
Margaret Parker
Howell
Lucille Lansden
Adams
Garfield
Joyce Rice
Taft
Fred Bentley
LeRoy McNally
Dick Ford
George Stein
Lions Club
Frederick
Jim Lucius
John Frazier
Lawton FFA Boys Earn Eighth Place at Fat Stock Show
Lawton FFA boys won two honors at the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show. Bobby Spradlin placed eighth in 32 Hereford steers while Kenneth Jumper also took eighth in 21 Shorthorn steers. The event drew more than 600 entered steers.
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Lawton Ffa
Fort Worth
Bobby Spradlin
Kenneth Jumper
Woman 104 cautions youth against laziness in Silverton
SILVERTON Tex Mrs Eleanor Jane Vaughan aged 104 celebrated her birthday and warned younger generations that the trouble with most people is laziness. Her terse remark echoed at the event as she urged vigor and diligence despite long life.
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Silverton
Tex
Eleanor Jane Vaughan
Missing Men Seek Locating In Local Draft Study
Local Board No 16 in Comanche County has located all but 11 of 38 missing Selective Service registrants with 3 A dependency. Mrs. Carla Williams notes many failures to contact were unintentional and records are being corrected. Urgent case Harold Sims has received an induction notice.
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Selective Service
Comanche County
Carla Williams
Lawton
Harold Sims
Pastor Visits Lawton Family Ends Reddings’ Awaited News
Rev. J. J. Tivenan, formerly at Fort Sill in 1943, returned to Cleveland after a three day visit with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Redding of 1111 Laird. The Reddings have no word on when Lt. James L. Redding’s body will be returned for services. Lt. Redding, 23, Air Force jet pilot, died January 14 in Korea from asphyxiation when his quarters burned.
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J. J. Tivenan
Cleveland
Ohio
Harold Redding
Laird
Fort Sill
Social error leads to jail for attempt to pick policeman
Lawrence J. Gamble, 40, was sentenced to six months in jail after a court officer described his act as a social error. He was convicted of attempting to pick the pocket of a policeman in Boston.
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Boston
Lawrence J. Gamble
Poston Construction Low Bid on Two Washita Dams
The Soil Conservation Service announced that Poston Construction Co. of Lawton submitted the apparent low bids on two dams in the Washita River watershed. The two-dam bid totaled 128000, with more details given for nearby projects. Paul R. Moody Construction Co. of Pauls Valley had the apparent lowest bid on three dams on Owl Creek near Purcell at 60907.89.
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Poston Construction Co
Lawton
Washita River
Soil Conservation Service
Sergeant-Major Creek
Cheyenne
Roger Mills
SCS
Owl Creek
Purcell
Paul R. Moody Construction Co
Pauls Valley
Missile Misses Home In Naval Drone Crash Near Farm
Porterville California Navy reports weather disrupted control of a remote controlled drone missile during a routine Mojave desert flight. The pilotless craft struck an orange grove near a ranch house owned by Robert I Wolfram, creating minor debris and no injuries.
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Porterville
Calif
Navy
California
Mojave Desert
Here
Orange Grove
Robert I. Wolfram
Northeastern Wins Judging Contest at Southwestern Show
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College Mi ami took first in the junior college livestock judging division at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock show. Nathan Knott of Northeastern’s team won high individual honors in the same division. Oklahoma A&M Stillwater placed second behind Arkansas, LSU tied for first in the senior division. Oklahoma A&M had the champion Shropshire sheep and Donnie Winchester Enid owned the champion Shropshire ram.
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Fort Worth
Northeastern Oklahoma A&m College
Miami
Nathan Knott
Northeastern
Oklahoma A&m College
Stillwater
University of Arkansas
Lousiana State University
Oklahoma A&m
Donnie Winchester
Enid
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