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Newspaper

Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1958

Page

8

Student Guilty in McAlester Death Hit-and-Run Case

McAlester. Bill Tippit, 17, ministerial student, was found guilty of second degree manslaughter in the hit-and-run death of Jimmy Den Wolf, a year-old McAlester boy. He faces a $1000 fine and one year in jail. Defense plans appeal to the state criminal court of appeals.

McAlester Bill Tippit Mun Jimmy den Woorlf Kies State Criminal Court of Appeals Ewing Sadler John Allen Phillips Durant Tippit Ste

Missile Agency Seeks Scientists at Redstone Arsenal Huntsville

The AG Civil Service commission seeks engineers chemists electronic scientists mathematicians metallurgists and physicists for Redstone Arsenal and Army Ballistic Missile Agency Huntsville Ala. Also field representatives for telephone operations and loans sought with starting salaries from 5440 to 8590 a year. Applications via Robert Pierce Post Office Building.

Civil Service Commission Redstone Arsenal Army Ballistic Missile Agency Huntsville Ala Robert Pierce Civil Service Pierce

Lawyer Questions Oklahoma City Firm in Receivership Case

Selected Investments Corp. faced district court inquiries as its receiver sought signals from lawyer John Barry who claimed 10 million in quick assets. Barry sought to halt gossip on a 37 million loan outfit, citing a federal ruling requiring a 52 percent tax and a structure unable to sustain a 6 percent return. Families of Hugh Carroll and officials reportedly invested sizable sums, including the firm’s ownership certificates. Reorganization was urged to salvage the business.

Oklahoma City Selected Investments Corp John Barry Clarence M. Mills Barry Hugh Carroll

Local youths and events highlighted in county notes

Comanche county honors include 16 year old Fletcher Farm Youth named outstanding 4-H club member, $100 government savings bond awarded. Home demonstration workers Billy Wege Evelyn Buckvalel praised as top county performers. Cameron college coach Billy Stamps signs three year deal at Hardin College Wichita Falls. Lawton High School band presents first full concert of the year with Vernon Hartman directing. Attorney General Mac Q Williamson rules OU unlawful to admit six Negroes to graduate work. George Campbell winner of county American Legion oratorical, to compete district. Black Beaver Boy Scouts plan seven county banquet at Centenary Methodist. 4-H federation votes on annual event rules. Snow and freezing rain forecast tonight. Benefit for infantile paralysis held at Fort Sill Indian School auditorium. Mrs. Joe Peller chair. 30 Years Ago Dr Langheim planning housing for hospital staff. New judge William Edward Hickman charged with sensational murder Marian Packer. Mrs Myra Oliver Dougan starts free cooking school via Lawton Constitution. Kansas City overall factory negotiations continue in Lawton.

Bill Sessums Fletcher Farm Comanche County Billy Wege Evelyn Buckvalel Billy Stamps Cameron College Hardin College Wichita Falls Tex Lawton High School Vernon Hartman Mac Q. Williamson University of Oklahoma George Campbell American Legion Lawton Black Beaver Council of Boy Scouts Centenary Methodist Church Fort Sill Indian School Joe Peller Henry Langheim Fort Sill Indian Hospital Wiliam Edward Hickman Cali Marian Packer Myra Oliver Dougan Kansas City

Snow Covers Central U S Weather Flight Disruptions Across States

Snow swept the central United States with up to four inches in parts of South Dakota and heavy snow forecast for eastern Nebraska and Iowa. Mudslides and washed-out California highways delayed traffic while Leggett area slides closed portions of U S 10. Snow waned in the Rockies though flurries persisted in the eastern Great Lakes region and Ohio Valley by nightfall.

Mississippi Valley Gulf Coast New England Florida Rockies Cascades North Pacific Central Plains Gulf South Dakota U.S. Weathers Bureau Nebraska Towa Woolanen California Leggett Calif U.S Yars Hacasin Great Lakes North Atlantic Pacific Northwest Ohio Valley

Cub Scout Pack Presents Awards at Taft School Meeting

Cub Scout Pack 47 of Taft School held a meeting in the school auditorium where Cubmaster Morris Jones presided assisted by Lawrence Keene. Den chief cards were presented to Boy Scouts Gary Whybark and Marc Crawford along with badge and arrowpoint awards for Bobcat Wolf Bear Lion and silver and gold arrowpoints. A Universal Peace Conference at The Hague in 1899 preceded the South African War between Britain and the Boers.

Hollywood Taft School Morris Jones Lawrence Keene Jones Den Gary Whybark Marc Crawford Bobcat Jimmy Hinkle Gary Holcomb Richard Bishop Francisco Cachero Mike Plumbtree Tony Reese Michael Dunker Stanley Ott Jr Randy Jones David Woodall John W. Johnson Gayle Swain Mike Keene Jimmy Mahe J.C. Bowlon Johnny McLinn

Army Officers Promoted and Transferred in Washington Records

Department of the Army releases promotions and assignments including Major General Thomas J. Lyapnen moving to Korea, Brigadier General Charles Loy to Tehran, Iran, with numerous officers promoted from first lieutenants to captains and others to lieutenant colonels. The notice lists names, ranks, and some locations while noting a separate line about termites.

Department of Their Washington, D.C. Fe Attillery Thomas J. J. Lyapnen Washington, D.C Korea Charles E Loy Washington Teheran Iran Sea Peter L Thorsen Emer Fl Paul A. Cough Willanhomas Waller C. Phillins Tan H. Aarran John A. Koster Walter Mitre Joseph FM. Sehumean John Vv. Ueinler Richard’ A Saymeerk Dansil Wordcop Russell TL Linden Cannon Jr Cheries Cantrell Norman E. Cale William O. Gall Frederick W. Finsselhack Charles Feasts Donald Tt Tam Willam L Taorkelgan United States Banal G. Andrews Poter B Berkett Thomas FB Gurpon Paul ®. Hingin Dalin W. Larsen Thomas FR Smith John C. ‘Tredernick Leavensworth, Kaos Oakland Calif

Play On FDR Attended By Roosevelts at New York Opening

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and her four sons attended the Cort Theater opening of Sunrise at Campobello a play about Franklin D. Roosevelt. Ralph Bellamy stars as the late president and Mary Fickett portrays Mrs Roosevelt. Dore Schary wrote the play which follows his polio struggle after 1921 at Campobello and ends with his return to national politics.

New York Franklin D. Roosevelt Cort Theater Campohalla Roosevelt Ralph Bellamy President Roosevelt Mary Fickett

Roosevelt Speech Frames 1924 Convention Drama at Cort Theater

The 1924 Democratic convention at Madison Square Garden is dramatized as Roosevelt, in braces, delivers the Happy Warrior speech nominating Al Smith. Cast includes Bellamy in lead, with Stevenson and Lehman attending. The play portrays pre Roosevelts era with no sharp partisan jabs and receives praise from Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. for its accuracy.

Madison Square Garden Roosevelt Pate al Smith Schary Bellamy Cort Adlai Stevenson New York Herbert H. Lehman John Kennedy Massachusetts Nielser Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr Father

City Boy Wins ROTC Promotion

Gordon W. Seaward Jr. of Fort Sill has been named battalion commander of OU's fourth ROTC battalion. He is promoted from major to lieutenant colonel as a senior history student. Guy Crawford Wilson of Lawton, son of Mr and Mrs Guy Wilson, becomes sergeant in OU ROTC. he is a sophomore mathematics student and plays in the ROTC military band.

Gordon W. Seaward Jr Gordon W. Seaward Fort Sill University of Oklahoma Lawton Guy Crawford Wilson Guy Wilson Dearborn Wilson

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