Wilkes resigns principal post for new San Diego teaching roles
George Wilkes has resigned as principal of Jefferson elementary, after six years as driver education instructor at Lawton high. The Wilkes plan to move to San Diego where he will teach business education at Mar Vista high school and his wife will teach in Imperial Beach elementary grades. They have two children, Dennis and Donna Rae.
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George Wilkes
Jefferson
Lawton
Oklahoma
Texas
Board of Education
Jefferson Elementary
Lawton Heights- Williams
Wilkes
Dennis
Donna Rae
Cox Seeks Secretarial Nomination After Mental Test
Cox discussed a possible drop from his secretary of state bid if defeated, noting willingness to re-enlist. A sanity panel of two physicians and an attorney along with a Veterans Administration rep evaluated him after his four year Russian prison ordeal in Berlin. The board deemed him sane but with a severe anxiety complex linked to his captivity, while Cox questioned his mother's actions.
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Cox
Sanity Board
Veterans Administration
Berlin
B. D. Faris
George L. Berecky
William T
FHA Official Mum On Girlie Parties
A suspended FHA official refused to answer Senate investigators about parties funded by contractors doing business with the government. Andrew Frost, ousted as Albuquerque FHA assistant director, invoked the Fifth Amendment amid questions about parties with girls provided by contractors and costs charged to a construction project in March 1953.
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Washington
Senate
Andrew Frost
FHA
Albuquerque
N. M
Senate Banking Committee
Wiliam Simons
Simons
Frost
Copperhead Snakes Found by Girl Scouts at Boulder Camp
In a mountain outing near Boulder Camp Ground Area Chickasha Girl Scouts discovered and removed 13 copperhead snakes from their campsite. The event prompts speculation about merit badges. Col. E C Williams Ret claims a keen sense of smell and recalls sniffing rattlesnake odor with a Medicine Park outing. Williams suggested as honorary Mayor of O Keene Oklahoma Rattlesnake Capital of the Sooner State.
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Chickasha
Boulder
E. C. Williams
Nick Gensman
Medicine Park
Williams
O’keene
Oklahoma
Sooner
Southwestern Hospital Admissions and Births Report
Admissions include Cecil Edgeman Alva White Mrs Drayton Everett Suzy Rush and others with medical or surgical cases. Births note multiple new infants including a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Lincoln Tartsah in Anadarko and a son born to Mr and Mrs James Hopkins in Oklahoma City with weights and times. Dismissals list several patients including Stella Davison A Adamonis Owen Henry and Harley Pierce.
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Cecil Edgeman
Maple
Alva White
Drayton Everett
Roger Lane
Stella Shelton
Gery
Suzy Rush
Frank Rush
Craterville Park
Stella Davison
Arlington
Medical
A. Adamonis
Glenn
Owen Henry
Gore
Harley Pierce
Chatttanooga
Lincoln Tartsah
Anadarko
Leo Wilmette
Oklahoma City
Neva Doyebi
Lawton
Valerie Daukie
Pps Matthews
Shawnee
Mark Standing
Star Route
Ronald Klinekole
Apache
Elizabeth Klinekole
Ops Klinekole
Linda Klinekole
Sunday Stopp
Taylor
Marion Ogle
Lucille York
Marlon
James Hopkins
Ida Waldvogel
Rg W. Barker
Hollis
George Higgins
Snyder
Ie Gerald Ikard
Felix D. Logsdon
James
J. W. McGehee
Duncan
W. T. Norwood
Marlow
Charles
Leslie Blake
Fort Sill
Fred Cox
Sterling
Murray Gilbert
S. 15Th
Hutton advances through Army history roles and honors
In 1951 Gen Hutton served as Executive to the Chief of Military History in Washington. He joined the National War College, then deployed to Tokyo as Deputy to the ASD for Logistics. He led the 24th Inf Div in 1954, earned the Silver Star, Bronze Star with three Oak Leaves, Air Medal, Croix de Guerre, Dutch Order of Orange Nassau, and Belgian decoration. A farewell at Fort Sill honored Col Washburn with gifts as dignitaries attended.
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Hutton
Washington
D.C
National War College
Tokyo
Japan
Far East
Mander
24Th
Inf Div
United States
Col. Washburn
Polo Club
Fort Sill
Lawton
AAS
Jail trusty flees with $65 and car from Oklahoma jail
Miami Oklahoma reports a jail trusty escaped with a jailer's $65 and a 1936 auto coupe. The fugitive is Darrell House, 24, of Walnut Ridge Arkansas, who slipped the billfold and car keys from a sleeping deputy, fled before court action on a car theft charge.
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Miami
Okla
Jim Allemann
Darrell House
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Allemann
House
Faxon Children Learn to Swim in Free Red Cross Course
Nine Faxon schoolchildren enroll in a two week Red Cross swimming course at Dee Dee Park. Mothers ferry them to Lawton five mornings a week while coordinators note safety benefits. Certificates awarded on completion. Dee Dee Park facilities provide free hosting. Participants include Donnie Buchwald Linda Reid Don Reid Wilma Buchwald Larry Buchwald Jack Wells Wayne Wells Laura Carter Carol Carter.
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Faxon
Red Cross
Carter
Dee Dee Park
Donnie Buchwald
Rudolph Buchwald
Linda
Don Reid
M. E. Reid
Wilma
Larry Buchwald
W. G. Buchwald
Jack
Wayne Wells
Floyd Wells
Laura
Carol Carter
Carters
Tulsa campaign push for sixth term TV time and donations
Seeking six terms, Hurst grants Berry jabs with $1 donations for campaign help on two occasions. Ivy declined comment on Hurst's offer. Civic groups back a constitutional amendment to liberalize corporate land ownership outside city limits for industrial expansion as the Oklahoma Development Council campaigns with Frank Deller warning the measure could fail if voter turnout is low. Chambers of Commerce, the Council and Associated Industries back the amendment.
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Tulsa
Hurst
Berry
Ivy
Oklahoma Development Council
Frank Deller
Chambers of Commerce
The
Council and Associated Industries, Inc
Six Drivers Face Speeding Counts
Six men were charged by the county attorney Wednesday afternoon with highway speeding violations. All were arrested by highway patrol. named defendants include Willie L. Williams 31 of 101 Gore Joe D. Haws 39 of Altus Walter N. Beaty 24 of 1328 Jefferson Valentine J. Kramer 39 of Duncan Henry J. Victor 26 of Fort Sill and Frank I. Haidinyak 22 of Fort Sill.
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Willie L. Williams
Gore
Joe D. Haws
Altus
Walter N. Beaty
Jefferson
Valentine J. Kramer
Duncan
Henry J. Victor
Fort Sill
Frank I. Haidinyak
Wayne Rowe Named To Hereford Group
Wayne Rowe a Meers area rancher and cattleman was named to membership in the American Hereford Association in Kansas City Missouri. The May roster added about 122 Hereford breeders to the association which maintains active accounts for more than 70 000 breeders of registered Herefords nationwide.
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Wayne Rowe
Meers Area
American Hereford Association
Kansas City
Indo-China retreat sparks debate over Geneva cease-fire
The report outlines French plans to defend a last stand near Hanoi Haiphong while denying true evacuation of southern delta towns. Bao Dai opposes withdrawal as Premier Mendes-France vows armistice by July 20. Ngo Dinh Diem visits Hanoi and Viet Nam officials say 40,000 to 50,000 evacuated to Hanoi. US opposes any partition of Indochina.
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Hanoi
Associated Press
Larry Allen
Singapore
Haiphong
Allen
Bao Dai
Viet Nam
Annam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Huu Tri
Tri
France
Pierre Mendes-France
Indo-China
Geneva
Indo- China
Oklahoma City Livestock and Grain Prices Report
Oklahoma City lists cattle and hog prices with mixed yearlings at around 21.00 for steers and 19.50 for heifers, cows 10.00-12.00, canners 7.00-9.50, and hogs around 25-26. Sheep show spring lambs at 21.50 top. Wheat bids range from 1.93 to 2.04 at various towns, with No. 1 h ard deliveries around 1.94-1.97 in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
USDA
State Department of Agriculture Today
Shenman
Kingfisher
Clinton
Enid
Fairview
Medford
Blackwell
Alva
Vici
Guyman
Hooker
el Reno
Lawton
Hobart
Frederick
Broilers
B. Farm
Muskogee
Vinita
Ardmore
Tulsa
McAlester
Watonza
Elk City
Chickasha
Durant
Pauls Valley
Laverne
Chandler
Shawnee
Begs
Snots
E Reno
Watonea
Bids On Blinds Due At Board Meeting
Bids on venetian blinds for two elementary schools will be opened at a board of education meeting Friday night. The board authorized Justin Kuntz to advertise for bids for blinds at Woodrow Wilson and Will Rogers schools. Superintendent Shoemaker will discuss potential federal aid for buildings and maintenance and plans for paying at Jefferson school.
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Board of Education
Justin Kuntz
Woodrow Wilson School
Willers
Wilson School
Will Rogers
John Shoemaker
Jefferson School
Butter steady receipts and wholesale prices in Chicago market
Chicago market reports butter receipts at 1,307,544 with wholesale buying prices unchanged. Scores include 93 AA 56.5, 92 A 56.5, 90 B 54, 89 C 48. Cars show 90 B 54.5 and 89 C 49.
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Chicago
Holiday salutes and star attraction headline a resort celebration
A state of emergency is proclaimed by Governor Murray as a holiday weekend plan unfolds with Rex Allen headlining the 33rd annual celebration at the resort. Allen will perform twice daily with Westernaires music to follow. Parking and dust control improvements are noted along with local picnics and safety reminders for drivers and pedestrians.
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Rex Alen Ee
Crusoe
Allen
Terville Alcohes
Johnston Murray
Fort Sill
Cadhe
Walters
Sultan Park
Sue Monetathchi
Lawton High School
Chi
Cache Boy Hurt When Hit By Car
Four year old Verner T. Rowan of Cache was struck by a car at 8 p m Wednesday and treated at Fort Sill station hospital. Deputy Marvin Terry said Burton Ward 16 of Cache drove the vehicle and struck the youth as he dashed across the street from a threshing machine. The boy suffered abrasions to the right side and a small scalp laceration. He is the son of Sfc and Mrs William V Rowan of Cache Set Rowan serves on Fort Sill enlisted staff and faculty battery.
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Verner T. Rowan
Cache
Fort Sill Station Hospital
Marvin Terry
Burton Ward
Ward
Sfc
William V. Rowan
Cache, Set
Rowan
Fort
Gasoline Prices Return Near Normal After War
Lawton gasoline retailers trimmed prices by about two cents per gallon in early April, with the current average about a half cent below the prewar standard. Major oil company dealers and independents both reduced charges, ending a 10 week price war and returning to levels near normal.
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Lawton
Funeral Rites for Hatter Smith Former Lawton Resident
Hatter Smith 56 a Sulphur hospital death last night former Lawton resident had lived in Comanche county since 1914 ill since 1934 and in Ardmore veterans home born June 1898 Lebanon Va came to Oklahoma in 1914 served in U S Navy WWI and ran an insurance business with offices in Canton Oklahoma City and Shawnee services Friday 2 30 p m Becker Memorial chapel Rev J Walter Browers Jr officiating burial Highland cemetery Becker Funeral Home in charge survivors include sister Mrs Russell Grissom Denver Colo two nephews Roland Smith 1911 Irwin and Dr Henry Smith Walters and four other nieces
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Hatter Smith
Lawton
Comanche County
Ardmore
Mr. Smith
Lebanon
Fletcher
U. S. Navy
Canton
Oklahoma City
Shawnee
Becker
Lucy Evelyn Perkins Obituary
Mrs Lucy Evelyn Perkins 8310 G died at 11 p m Wednesday just before her 84th birthday after a period of illness She was born July 1 1870 in Flatridge Va and married John A Ward May 10 1887 in Flatridge He died February 1893 and she wed W W Perkins September 6 1905 in Va Mr Perkins died in January Funeral services 2 30 p m Friday at First Baptist Church Rev H Tom Wiles officiating Burial Highland Cemetery Ritter Funeral Home in charge Survivors include two daughters Ruth V Snyder a stepson S J Perkins Littlefield Texas three brothers and one sister.
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Lucy Evelyn Perkins
DAV To Sponsor Quartet Program
The Disabled American Vote will sponsor a choir program here on September 9 by the original Stamps quartet and the Stamps Ozark quartet of Wichita Falls. The concert starts at 8 p.m. in the Emerson School auditorium and features gospel singing designed to appeal to all age groups.
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Stamps Quartet
Stamps-Ozark
Wichita Falls
Emerson School
Battleship Missouri gunfire cost cited at one minute
A historical note estimates firing all Missouri's battleship guns for one minute would cost about $100,000. The figure reflects wartime resource accounting and highlights the scale of naval artillery expenses in a single, brief barrage.
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Missouri
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