City Children Learn To Swim By The Droves
Lawton youngsters join free swimming lessons from the Comanche county Red Cross at Dee Dee pool. This record year has 830 in elementary classes and 1,120 overall enrollments with capacity for 200 more in higher levels. Six instructors lead daily two week sessions, certificates awarded on completion. The program runs June 13 to August 19, with about 8,000 children trained in five years.
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Lawton
Comanche County
American Red Cross
Dee Dee Pool
Lydia Blount
Red Cross
Sur- See
Victory Seen For Reserve Bill In Senate
In Washington July 2 Senate leaders forecast passage of President Eisenhower’s controversial military reserve bill with limited changes. Senate Republican Knowland warned against crippling amendments while Democratic Leader Johnson and Armed Services Chair Russell outlined hearings and potential revisions to include National Guard and shift to voluntary reserve service. Russell urged hearings with government and non government witnesses next Thursday and July 11 testimony from administration spokesmen.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
GOP
William F. Knowland
Chamber
America
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Bill Russell
National Guard
House
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
D-N. Y
Russell
Knowland
Georgia Democrat
First Summer Bible Pageant Draws 700 In Holy City
About 700 summer worshippers filled Audience Hill in the Holy City of the Wichitas for the first off season production The Story of Esther. Warm weather and a bright moon enhanced the experience as spectators continued arriving past 10 p.m. Jack Batten joined the cast at the last minute after a key actor failed to appear. The smaller cast and better costuming aided smoother scenes than the regular Easter Pageant. Officials hint at more summer productions beyond the annual Easter Pageant.
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The
Wichitas
Esther
Bert Blassingame
Holy City
Jack Batten
Blassingame
Persia
Senator Johnson Suffering Moderate Heart Attack
Washington bulletin reports Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas suffered a moderately severe heart attack on Saturday and will be out of the Senate for the remainder of the current session.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Negro Escape Shocks Lawton Jail Firmness
A 25 year old Negro, Henry L. Jones from Detroit, escaped Lawton city jail Friday night with two accomplices by bending bars and crawling through a back window. He turned himself in at Wichita Falls Saturday, prompting police to contact Lawton authorities and arrange return. Jones was jailed on an assault with a deadly weapon charge.
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Lawton
Wichita Falls
Tex
Henry L. Jones
Detroit
Mich
Jones
Pete Fuller
Fuller
Hennessee
Disappearing Hose Baffles Downey Experts
In Downey California an amateur prospector used a Geiger counter to investigate a garden hose that inexplicably burrowed 17 feet underground. Glenn Saunders of Azusa confirmed the hose’s end read as brass, not radioactive. CalTech geologist Dr. Ian Campbell offered no immediate explanation and the Mirror-Daily News offered 50 feet of hose to test depth. The hose remains partly visible with about 33 feet still on the surface.
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Downey
Calif
Glenn Saunders
Azusa
George DiPeso
Saunders
Los Angeles Mirror-Daily News
DiPeso
Ian Campbell
California Institute of Technology
Campbell
Ruth DiPeso
Suzanne
Mommie
Meteor To Carry Load Of Cityans On First Journey
Lawton hosts the Frisco Meteor on its inaugural trip with 22 men already signed to ride to St. Louis. The group departs Monday July 18 and returns Wednesday morning, as Chamber of Commerce plans accompany the debut of the streamlined service.
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Meteor
Lawton
Frisco
Exall English
J. C. Kennedy
St. Louis
Chamber of Commerce
Raiders Seize 800 Bottles in Surprise County Raid
County Attorney Manville Redman and deputies conducted a morning raid one mile south of the city at a house linked to A. P Boots Gent. Authorities seized 20 fifths of whisky 28 pints 535 half pints 3 fifths of gin 5 pints 61 half pints of gin and 165 quarts of wine. A unnamed woman said the liquor belonged to Boots.
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Manville Redman
Redman
Oral Ridgeway
Arvil Roberson
A. P. (Boots
Lawton
Sixth Street
Holiday Traffic Death Toll Mounting At Record Pace
Sunny skies and warm temperatures usher in a busy Fourth of July weekend as more than 20 000 picnickers are expected at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge and Craterville Park Dude Ranch while Lawton closes for Independence Day. A noon 48 gun salute will be fired by the 602nd Field Artillery Battalion at the Artillery and Guide Missile Center, preceded by the National Anthem.
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Wichitas
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Ernest Greenwalt
Frank Rush
Craterville Park Dude Ranch
Lawton
602Nd Field Artillery Battalion
E. J. Helms
Rangers Bring Triple Slaying Suspect Back
Texas Rangers returned El lis Euclid Lauhon a 26 year old Air Force airman to Houston for questioning in the Dickinson triple slaying. Lauhon denied visiting Dickinson and cried at times as officers and FBI probed the case amid a nationwide search.
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Rangers
Nogales
Ariz
Texas Rangers
Ellis Euclid Lauhon
Air Force
Houston
Lauhon
Mexico
Dickinson, Tex
Dickinson
FBI
Texas
Laudon
Deadly weekend on Southwest Oklahoma Fourth of July
A 79 year old Ryan man was killed after being struck on US 81 in Waurika while a fireworks stand in Lawton exploded injuring three boys and the operator. A Lawton man faced jail after a four car crash at 11th and Lee Blvd injuring one. Traffic in district four remained slightly above normal with a rise expected overnight. George Clyde Bly, a Jefferson county resident, died after being hit by a car driven by Robert Theodore Hart who said he swerved to miss a dog. The incident occurred on US 81 near Ryan.
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Ryan
Waurika
US 81
Lawton
11Th and
Lee Blvd
George Clyde Bly
Jefferson County
Lee Grant
Ryan Negro
Robert Theodore Hart
Chickasha
Hart
U. S. 81
Ken Skelton
At Least 99 Die In 28 Hours Over July Weekend
Fatal crashes and drownings during a 28 hour Fourth of July period pushed the toll to at least 99 deaths, with 27 drownings and 32 other fatalities totaling 158 by early evening. The National Safety Council warned the final toll could be the highest for a three day holiday, urging drivers to stay alert.
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National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
The
Safety Council
Dearborn
Mail carrier endures rugged Wichitas route in Lawton
Harold Gray, eight years on the Star Route through the Wichitas, signs up for four more years. He delivers to 319 families, including 189 boxes, six days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on rough terrain around Lake Lawtonka Meers Carnegie Canyon and U.S. 277.
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Lawton
Star Route
Harold Gray
Pony Express
Gray
Lake Lawtonka
Meers
Carnegie Canyon
U.S
Star
Manl
MAIL
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Ellis FE. Lauhon JR
Ruby McPherson
Don Ellis
McPherson
George
Zola Norman
Lee
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Oklahoma
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State Auto Club
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