Graves Moved At Post Oak Cemetery
Forty two graves were moved Monday as the Post Oak Mission cemetery removal began contractor L L Meggs, who has relocated over 17 000 graves in 15 years, expects completion within two weeks. Mennonite church held memorials at the new site with about 30 attendees as relatives passed through the old grounds one last time. Meggs, a Adams Tennessee funeral director for 25 years, recalls moving graves for Fort Campbell and notes questions about buried valuables, sharing a tale of three dimes and a nickel found in a North Dakota Indian cemetery grave. Labor difficulty and local hiring are ongoing challenges as the project progresses.
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A. F. Weibe
Mennonite Church
Post Oak
L. L. Meggs
Adams, Tenn
Indiahoma
George Gravley
Wailer
Aldi Post Oak Mission
Meggs
New Cemetery
Fort Campbell
Old Cemetery
Lhar
North Dakota
City Gets Option on Emerson Land for City Hall
Mayor Pro-Tem Blunt Zoerger announced Lawland Board of Education unanimously approved a five year option granting the city possession of the Emerson school building and lands for city hall and post office use. The deal contemplates sale of current city hall to fund Emerson site work with construction details to follow.
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Blunt Zoerger
Lawland Board of Education
Emerson
Federal
Zorger
Jon
City HU
City Hall
Bee Land
Huckleberry Land Condemnation Set
City officials plan to hire an attorney to file condemnation proceedings against a portion of the Mabel Huckleberry land near Lake Lawtonka. The move follows partial submersion of property and ongoing Bamette suits by the Huckleberry estate.
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Ray Attereray
Mabel Huckleberry
Lake Lawtonka
Blunt Zorger
Zorger
Huckleberry
Bammete
Nate Allen Huckleberry
Sheridan Lodge
Huckleberrys
Friend Tries to Tap Girard and New Japanese Wife
On Wnittington base in Japan a man posing as a friend attempted to extort two million yen as condolence money from Mrs. Mary Candy Girard, wife of Girard, soon after their marriage. The blackmail demand followed her filing papers at the U S Embassy in Tokyo and was linked to a separate Japanese case involving a 46 year old man, with the couple awaiting a real marriage ceremony Friday.
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Camp
Wnittington
Japan
Mary
Candy) Girard
U. S
Tokyo
Girard
Candy
Shinrau
Somagahara
Abikichi Safeai
Sikai
Flu Epidemic Probe Starts at National Assembly
Health officials investigate an influenza outbreak affecting about 200 people at a National Presbyterian Youth Assembly. The Westminster Fellowship National Assembly drew 1800 attendees and adjourned early as cases spread. officials weigh Asian flu versus mild local cases. Delegates from California and Nevada reported illness.
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Skinnell
Towa Mwi
Iowa
Fnderal
National Presbyterian Youth Assembly
Westminster Fellowship National Assembly
Presbyterian Church of the
China
Zimmerer
California
Nevada
Storm Deaths Unnecessary Aide Tells Ike
Former Civil Defense administrator Peterson told President Eisenhower the Louisiana hurricane disaster was the worst he had seen for brutal devastation and death. He argued few deaths were necessary and urged warning devices and public willingness to evacuate. Peterson described tests for an electric warning device and said devices could cost four to five dollars, with final tests and contracts planned. He also noted his impending swearing in as ambassador to Denmark and estimated about 500 deaths, though bodies would take weeks or months to recover.
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Washington
Val Petersson
Eisenhower
Louishina
Peterson
Civil Defense
Pag Worns
Storm
White House
Civil Defense Agency
Louisiana
Denmark
Basia
Lowisiana
30 Day Oklahoma Heat Wave Grows More Intense
Oklahoma endures a steady heat wave with forecasts of near 100 degrees through the week. Hobart led the state at 101, Altus and Elk City hit 100, Tulsa at 90 as Lawton dipped below 100. A large high pressure system sits over the southern Rockies and plains with little chance of rain. Lake Lawtonka fell another half inch, now 1 inch below its recent peak, at 3.05 feet below the top of the dam gates.
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Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Lawton
Hobart
Altus
Elk City
Tulsa
Rockies
Plains
Bureau
Lake
Lawtonka
Four County Men To Be Inducted Into Army Wednesday
Four county men have been ordered to report for induction into the Army Wednesday by the Comanelig county selective service system board. The men are Marvin Hugene Dadgon of 1809 Floyd Monroe Williams of 1306 Wisconsin Bobby Gene Lee of Cache and Bill George Carter of 090 A.
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Comanelig County
Selective ‘Service System Board
Marvin
Hugene Dadgon
Floyd
Monroe
Williams
Wisconsin
Bobby Gene Lee
Cache
Bill George Carter
Murderer Says He's Sane as Doctors Testify in McAlester Trial
In McAlester district court, two doctors testified Ben T. Galbraith, charged with killing his wife and three children, suffered a mental disorder and schizophrenia. Dr. Hays said Galbraith was under observation at Vinita’s Eastern State Hospital for 60 days starting March 1955 and remained schizophrenic. He asked if Galbraith understood his act. the doctor replied uncertain. Donahue agreed Galbraith’s condition had persisted since the crime. The defense plans more witnesses as the trial continues with the state seeking the death penalty.
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Mcalester
Ben T. Galebraith
Trian
P. L. Hays
Eastern State Hospital
Vinita
Galbraith
Hos
Hays
Oklahoma
Hayden Donahue
Jere
Kitty Gabraith
Frank
Sarah Ann
Taree Galmhal Taree
UM Sane
Ben T. Galbraith
É¢Ase
Bob Howell
Dulles Discusses Global Arms Disarmament Without China
Secretary of State Dulles said a workable world disarmament system could exist even with Communist China barred from the core treaty. Cooperation by Nationalist China could influence Russia's stance, while Red China’s noncooperation would be revealed and others could shield themselves. He also predicted Russia’s communist despotism would yield to freer rule through evolutionary change.
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Washington
Dulles
China
Rec
Russia
Red China
United States
San Francisco
AIMS
Wilson Warns Against Forcing Denouncement of Status of Forces
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson told Congress that a bill to require President Eisenhower to denounce status of forces pacts would erode national defense against communism. He said it would force withdrawal of troops abroad and pivot to a fortress America stance, complicating foreign trials like the Japanese case of G. I. William Girard, already under debate.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Congress
Eisenhower
Wilson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
America
G. I. Williams
Girard
U.S
Lawton schools approve record 1957 58 budget
Lawton Public Schools adopt a record budget of 2,889,017 for 1957 58, up 349,415 from 1956 57. ADA rises from 8,992 to 9,340, with 51 additional teachers and 200,000 in salaries plus 50,000 Social Security. Teaching salaries reach 1,977,477, the largest item.
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Bill Cook
Lawton
Board of Education
John Shoemaker
ABA
Recauise
Amendeus
Record attendance at Wichita Mountains Refuge tops year
Fiscal year 1997 attendance reached 889,556 at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Julian Howard reports. May had 143,817 visitors the monthly high, with June 125,477 through the gates. Exceeding summers of drought and heat, the numbers still lag the all-time 1956 peak of 902,572.
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Wichita Mountains, Wildlife Refuge
Julian Howard
Lie Area
Monard
Ebner Thomas
Oalhee
Howard
Oklahoma
Bill Slashes Home Terms
Washington reports a bill cutting down payments on government insured mortgages. Congress passed the measure and sent it to the White House. If signed, the minimum down on a $10,000 home would fall from 700 to 300, spurring an anticipated home buying and building boom.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Federal
Oklahoma Governor schedules county option beer vote
Oklahoma Gov Raymond Gary announced a 3.2 beer election for September October or November to avoid holidays and a possible water measure. The state Supreme Court upheld the beer question 6 3. Industry representatives plan a rehearing arguing petitions were illegal as the proposal is framed as a legislative act. They have 35 days to file, then five more if denied.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
State Supreme Court
Gary
Isca
Hhey
RD. M. Dykema
Oklahoma
Nets
Supreme Court
West Proposes Bomb Test Ban
London reports the United States calls for a 10 month suspension of hydrogen bomb tests and a joint halt to hydrogen bomb production with Russia. Harald E. Stassen said both test and construction suspensions must be under strict inspection with detailed enforcement plans to be outlined to the UN disarmament subcommittee.
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London
United States
Russia
West
Harald E. Stassen
U.N. Disarmament
Siassen
West, Fags & Col
Senate Approves New Treasury Boss
The Senate today approved the nomination of Robert B. Anderson of New York and Texas to be secretary of the Treasury. Anderson will succeed Secretary George M. Surparey.
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Senate
Treasury
Washington
Robert ‘B.' Anderson
New York
Texas
the Treasury
Anderson
George Ms Surparey
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Emerson Land
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Ike
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