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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1955
Page
4
Police detectives Otis Waldron and Melvin Simmons advise store owners on verifying IDs for bad checks. Scan licenses for eye color, confirm birth questions, note height, record license numbers, and obtain thumbsprints. Most bogus checks are under $20. social security cards are not reliable IDs.
Three Lawton bootleggers Everett Weaver Wayne Tisdel and A P Boots Gent pleaded innocent to illegal liquor possession. They were released on $500 bond each and arraigned in City court with disposi tion dates set for July 18 and July 19. Police seized under 100 bottles of liquor.
Murray Gilbert assistant postmaster said Thursday two three cent stamps are now on sale. One marks the sesquicentennial of the Old Man of the Mountain discovery in New Hampshire and the other celebrates the centennial of the Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie Michigan featuring a lake steamer in the locks.
Canton Oklahoma 16 year old 4-H Club leader Bill Tice died in a tractor accident while plowing a field. He fell from the tractor and was struck by a wheel, dying at Okeene hospital. A Canton High School junior, he won the northwest district health contest and was state winner of the individual lecture contest with a Purdue trip planned. He managed an 80 acre farm and helped his father on an 800 acre farm.
A Sheppard Air Force Base airman, Domenic J. Victoiri, 21, was seriously injured when his car ran off the road and struck a bridge over West Cache Creek near Faxon around 3 am. He was hospitalized in Frederick with possible internal injuries and to be transferred to Wichita Falls. passenger Joe J. Basher escaped injury. The car was a total loss.
City police released two Lawton youths without charges after they agreed to pay damages to the Dome theatre. They admitted blowing up a toilet bowl in the men's restroom with a giant firecracker Wednesday afternoon, the report said. The incident occurred about 3 40 p.m. and they had left the theatre before police arrived.
Comanche county volunteers launch a state program to pick the Pioneer Woman of Oklahoma. Nominations must reach Pioneer Woman Contest, P.O. Box 167, Lawton by July 20 midnight. Local entries prize residency in Comanche county and service to family and community, with no entry fee.
A fellowship dinner will be held after morning services at the Wal lock Memorial Congregational Church at Seventh and C. Rev. J Otis Smith, pastor, announced today. Dinner begins at 12 15 p m with a brief informal congregational meeting after the luncheon.
Four Lawton men and a Fort Sill sergeant faced grand larceny charges for allegedly taking $135 from a companion Charlie Herring. All charges were dropped after they paid court costs and returned the money. bond set at $2,000 each, with Waters released.
Harold Hunt, a Oklahoma A&M graduate, has purchased the Marcum and Son grocery and feed store. He previously worked at the Toma grocery in Snyder and is engaged in farming southwest of town.
A report states that in the United States there is one female domestic worker for every 25 households. The finding highlights the distribution of domestic labor across American homes and may influence policy discussions on caregiving and labor markets.
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