Girl's reported incident probed by Sheriff
Sheriff Everett Hale investigated an alleged assault involving a 16 year old Lawton divorcee who said she was abducted on a lonely road south of Lawton. The girl, picked up at a farm house, described a Fort Sill man who offered money for an act, pinned her down, ravished her, and fled. She was examined at Memorial hospital and released with no injuries noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Hale
Lawton
U. S. 277
Hale
Manville Redman
Tortured peasants found in Guatemala killings
The text describes gruesome killings in Guatemala with bodies dumped in streets and faces marked by brutal torture. Victims appear to be opponents of President Arbenz, suspected Communists, or uncooperative recruits, tied and killed as rival forces advance. The situation reflects clashes among Arbenz supporters, Castillo Armas insurgents, and anti-Communist factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbenz
Castillo Armas
Villa Lobos Wanswway
Gastemala
Web worms active in Comanche county crops
Comanche county crops face an insect threat as web worms attack cotton and alfalfa. County agent Lewis Haydock warns farmers to monitor fields, noting 15 acres of a 50 acre cotton field west of Geronimo were damaged and an entire alfalfa field was consumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Lewis Haydock
Geronimo
Dopey Iowa Voter Scene Leads to Laughable Mixup
A humorous mixup near Bill Logan for Governor offices in Muskogee features a falling plumber mistaken for a campaign volunteer. The incident leaves the man lightly injured and Logan workers briefly alarmed as he was rushed to Muskogee General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kogee County
Bill Logan
Governor Club
Logan
Muskogee General Hospital
Hospital Births and Admissions Across Southwest
Kiowa births record a son to Mr and Mrs Sylvester Amos at Fort Sill Indian School born July 1 at 1:52 pm weight 6 pounds 13 ounces. Multiple admissions and discharges listed for Southwestern region including Clinton Barnett Cement Ardmore George Thomas Ardmore Mrs L D Williams 507 S and others with medical and surgical entries. Several births noted including Suzy Rush Craterville Paul Hodges 1503 Taft and son June 26 and Rosa Adamson Tipton daughter born June 29 medical and surgical updates across Tipton Duncan Mangum and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Amos
Fort Sill
Clinton Barnett
A. E. Hughes
Chattanooga
George Thomas
Ardmore
T. A. Hamra
Bell
L. D. Williams
Juanita Adams
Cache
Bella Hooks
Pearl Brooks
301
Summit
H. L. Daniel
Mangum
Sur
Gery
Chester McCracken
Park
H. A. Ross
S. 13Th
Willis Mathis
Andrews
Suzy Rush
Frank Rush
Craterville Park
Paul Hodges
Taft
Rosa Adamson
Sherman Adamson
Tipton
Eldon Robinson
Eldon W. Robinson
Baldwin
Harvey Lee Snow
Joe Clay York
James Carpenter
Duncan
George Stedenes
Robert Crietz
Marion Lee Hensley
Mary Ida Leigh
Oak
Medical
Wesley Phillips
A. W. Barker
Hollis
Henry Rensches
Walters
Lee O’daniel Kiles
Joseph Cannata
Cache Rd
Max Parker
Tulane
Oklahoma Texas border crackdown on traffic enforcement
Raley reports intensified patrols and holiday traffic crackdown across Oklahoma highways with radar units aircraft patrols and unmarked cars. He cites 27 Texans arrested for Oklahoma highway violations but stresses no target of any specific group and notes two traffic fatalities this year while promising vigilant patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raley
Wichita Falls
Texas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Oklahoma State Employment Service Office Open Monday
The Lawton office of the Oklahoma State Employment Service will be open all day Monday July 5. Acting manager Virginia Kidson said the office will be closed on state election day Tuesday July 6. The agency has moved to 313 South 16th Street in the same block as the old office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklahoma State Employment Service
Virginia Kidson
OSES
S. 16Th
Theater planning drive for patrons in Lawton
The Lawton Little Theater will run a July patron drive led by Col. Ret. R. G. Mangum. Dr. A S Andrews outlined plans at a July meeting. Team captains Mrs. Mangum and Mrs. Bill Levey will lead sign ups after the holidays. The group approved fall winter plays and collaboration with the American Association of University Women on Mr Dooley Junior for student audiences. August lawn performance of The Importance of Being Earnest was approved with casting soon. A one act Escape by Moonlight was staged as the drama workshop. Al Rickert directed with Jess Bitterman Judy Wallace and Jack Fasone in the cast, and Haynes Johnson gave a reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Little Theater
R. G. Mangum
A. S. Andrews
Little Theater
Security Bank
Mr. Dooley
J. R. Montgomery
Drama Workshop
al Rickert
Jess Bitterman
Judy Wallace
Jack Fausone
Haynes Johnson
Oklahoma 4-H Cotton Contest Winners Named
Marvin Livingston of Faxon is one of five Oklahoma 4 H club youths chosen for expense paid trips to the Delta cotton country Rio Grande valley and Gulf of Mexico regions later this month. The winners include Comanche county’s 15 year old with three acres of cotton records, and Kiowa county’s Charles Clint Callahan as state winner. The trips cover the Delta country and a mechanization meeting in Little Rock the last week in July, sponsored by the Oklahoma Cotton Research Foundation and the state Extension Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Livingston
O. C. Livingston
Faxon
Delta
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Lewis Haydock
South Texas
Comanche County
Southwest
Little Rock
Charles Clint Callahan
Kiowa County
Oklahoma Cotton Research Foundation of
Oklahoma City
State Extension Service
Ofice
Police Judge Busy On Traffic Cases
Fort Sill court heard multiple traffic cases with defendants pleading guilty or forfeiting bonds. Charles H Mandy 30 forfeited 40 for driving without a license and reckless driving. R H Winkler 44 forfeited 20 for speeding. Hiram T Shoats 35 forfeited 20 for similar charges. Jeremy W Johnson 20 forfeited 40 for speeding and reckless driving. Paul M Glass 21 forfeited 6 for driving at night without lights. Ernest Roybal 22 fined 17 for speeding after pleading guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Mandy
Fort Sillman
R. H. Winkler
Federal Hotel
Hiram T. Shoats
New York
Jeremy W. Johnson
Fort Sill
Paul M. Glass
Don Fisher
Ernest Roybal
Lawton Teacher Attending Reading Workshop At OU
Mrs. Julia B. Russell of Denver was among Oklahoma teachers at a University of Thomas reading workshop in Lawton that closed today. The courses were designed for elementary principals and superintendents with graduate credit in education possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Julia B. Russell
Denver
University of Thoma
Scouts Set for Weeklong Camp at Sunset Refuge
Seventeen members of Boy Scout 76 Lawton along with two out of town visitors and Scoutmaster Ewing Gafford depart for seven days of summer camp at Sunset in the U S Wildlife Refuge starting Sunday. Troop 76 sponsored by First Christian church will send a large group with Joe House committee chairman visiting during the week. Local visitors Craig Monroe and Bill Connor join cousins and grandparents in Fort Sill. Camp runs Sunday through Saturday afternoon July 10 with names of attending scouts listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout 76
Lawton
Ewing Gafford
U.S. Wildlife Refuge
Troop 76
First Christian Church
Joe House
Church Scout Committee
Craig Monroe
Gary Hald
Bill Connor
Leavenworth
Kan
Col
Walter Lattimore
Fort Sill
Lee Haydon
Larry Anderson
Bill Anderson
Dale Nicklas
Larry Smith
Eugene Smith
Jackie Hunsucker
Alton Livingston
Glenn Fite
Burt Bigbee
Atchley
Bill Kilpatrick
Roy House
David Simpson
Tommy Joe Birdsong
Tommy Andrews
Wickersham Plans Holiday Trip Here
Rep Victor Wickersham now in Washington for farm measures will return to Southwest Oklahoma for the July 4 weekend. He will attend Craterville Park celebration on July 4 and the Lawton rally on July 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Wickersham
Washington
Constitution Press
Oklahoma
Rep
Wickersham
Craterville Park
Lawton
VFW Post To Hold Benefit Dance For Center
Lawton’s VFW Gen. Leslie J. McNair post sponsors a pre Fourth of July benefit dance to aid the local youth center building project. The event runs 9 p m to 1 a m at the post inside gate one Fort Sill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Lawton
Veterans of Foreign War
Leslie J. McNair
G. D. Hunsucker
Fort Sill
Traffic Charges Filed on 15 Men
County Attorney Manville filed traffic violation charges against 15 motorists arrested Thursday and today by highway patrolmen. Names include Gene Morris, J. B. Cave, Carl Bennett, Tom Whitehead, Arthur McCamber, Joe Laquey, Nathan Nottingham, A. L. Tidwell, Ira Acord, Monte Cave, Billy Harrouff, Oliver Harrouff, Wilburn Quesenberry, and James L. Dass. Charges range from drunk driving to speeding and license issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manville Redman
Gene Morris
Fort Sill
J. B. Cave
Duncan
Carl R. Bennett
Snyder
Tommy T. Whitehead
Monroe
Arthur W. McCamber
Joe C. Laquey
Nathan Nottingham
Rt. 3
Lawton
A. L. Tidwell
Hobart
Ira Lloyd Acord
Marlow
Monte Lee Cave
Billy Joe Harrouff
Glenn
Oliver Ernest
Borger
Tex
Wilburn Quesenberry
James L.as
Oklahoma voters choose candidates in busy primary
MartiaL Law reports 800 absentee ballots cast in McAlester area versus 200 normal. Voters will nominate for U S senator governor six congress posts and four year state offices. Runoffs if needed set for July 27. Kerr Turner vie for Democratic senate nomination while Willie Murray, wife of the governor, is among 16 Democrats and five Republicans in the governor's race. Murray cannot seek a second consecutive term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie E. Murray
Senate
Robert S. Kerr
Roy J. Turner
Murray
Mrs Mattie Hawkins Dies in Oklahoma City Hospital
Mrs. Mattie Hawkins of 1734 S 14th died in an Oklahoma City hospital at 1 50 p m Thursday after about two months illness. Born July 6 1918 in Texarkana Texas she moved to Lawton in 1939 and married Joe Hawkins in 1937 at Tyler Texas. Survived by six sisters including Ollie B Stewart Texarkana Anna B Henderson Dallas Rosie Jones Gertrude Thomas Oakland Johnnie Mae Reed Port Arthur and Marzie Post Modesto. Funeral arrangements are by Shaw Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Hawkins
S. 14Th
Oklahoma City
Texarkana
Tex
Lawton
Joe Hawkins
Tyler
Tex On
Ollie B. Stewart
Anna B. Henderson
Dallas
Rosie Jones
Gertrude Thomas
Oakland
Calif
Johnnie Mae Reed
Port Arthur
Marzie Post
Modesto
Shaw Funeral Home
Mrs Maggie Penick Funeral Held At Lawton Route Home
Funeral services for Mrs Maggie Penick who died at her Lawton Star Route home were held at 10 a.m. Reverend Glenn Pence of Parne Valley Baptist Church conducted the service. Bearers were Karl Marxson Orie Hendricks Walter Norvell Wade Hunter Jack Beasley and Lee Rhoades. Burial followed at Highland Cemetery under Ritter Funeral Home supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Penick
Lawton Star Rt
Glenn Pence
Parane Valley
Rites for Mrs Lucy E Perkins Held at Local Baptist Church
Mrs Lucy E Perkins 810 G died in a local hospital Wednesday. Services were at 2 30 pm today at the First Baptist church with Rev H Tom Wiles officiating. Burial was in Highland cemetery under Ritter Funeral home direction. Bearers were Roy Hooper Riley Pair Allen Billery Everett Glenn Milton Keating Carl T Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy E. Perkins
First Baptist Church
H. Tom Wiles
Highland Cemetery
Ritter Funeral Home
Roy Hooper
Riley
Allen Billery
Everett Glenn
Milton Keating
Carl T. Johnston
Kelley Takes Vacation From County Home Work
Clara J. Kelley county Home Demonstration agent leaves on a two week vacation. Her duties during leave will be assumed by Louise Kennedy HD assistant. Mrs. Kelley is expected back around July 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara J. Kelley
Louise Kennedy
Guatemala to rule by majority decision and elections planned
The junta will decide on abolishing or suspending parts of the constitution while Castillo cancels decrees from his interim regime. A new junta is to fly to Guatemala City to take over. Reds stir peasants as former lands shift and uprisings spread beyond the capital. Escuintla remains a serious Communist hotbed 30 miles south of Guatemala City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castillo
Guatemala
Arbenz
Guatemala City
Escuintla
Bank Deposits and Loans by Institutions in 1953 54
Deposits as of June 30 1953 show American National City National Security Bank & Trust Fort Sill National totals ranging from 4.66 to 8.61 million dollars. Loans as of June 30 1953 include American National City National Security Bank & Trust Fort Sill National amounts from 0.58 to 3.82 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank & Trust
Fort Sill National
American National
City National
Security Bank & Trust
Alcoa Clipper Sails After Collision Sinking Tug
The Alcoa Clipper was cleared to sail from Caracas to the United States on Thursday after ramming and sinking a tug Sunday. Its captain and several crewmen stayed behind for the ongoing collision investigation by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoa Clipper
Caracas
Venezuela
United States
Waddell Receives B S Degree at Missouri Commencement
Kenneth E. Waddell son of Dr and Mrs Roy Waddell among 1300 graduates at the Columbia Missouri University commencement received a B S degree in medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandfield
Kenneth E. Waddell
Roy Waddell
Columbia
University of Missouri
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Allan Page
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Paul Goode
J. C. Kennedy
Rupert
Kennedy
J. C
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American Association of University Wo
Berry
Erry
Jorold
McAlester News-Capital
Pittsburg County
Cowan
Irvin Hurst
L. Speairs
Euclid Avenue
JO G. Andrews
D Ave
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
Refrigerators
Wolverton Harware
Iavete
Huntine & Fishing Licenses
A. L. Pollard
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Lucy Perkins
Bertha Preuitt
Democrat
Pol. Adv
Jewelers
D Avenue
Solitire
Fred T
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Holdenville
Indian Territory
Fred T. Treadwell
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