Brucellosis Control Plans Push Oklahoma Livestock
County efforts toward a brucellosis area trigger quarantine if 60 percent of farmers sign and 70 percent of cattle are in the county. Veterinary and government teams will vaccinate every head as the program begins. Tests for Bangs disease will determine dairy herd eligibility for 1957, with strict enforcement at sales and possible on-site vet coverage. Authorities warn brucellosis endangers cattle and humans, noting existing cases and rising state laws on animal movement.
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Department of Agriculture
Bostwick
Lawton
Oklahoma
Lawton Split Over Cache Road Traffic Plan
Lawton business leaders clash over a proposed 30 foot center divider and underpass on Cache Road. Merchants fear closures, 371 families rely on the area, while officials push a six lane plan with intersections and riverlike traffic interchange. Local leaders seek compromise and state support at a capital meeting.
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Gilbert
America
Charley Young
Cache Road
Young
Cleveland
Ohio
Lawton’s
Highway Department
Bartow Huff
Leslie Gregory
Elks Motel
Gregory
Wesley Ford
J. J. Ambrister
House
23Rd Street
R. B. Hayes
Geronimo Motel
Margaret Day
Lawton
Keating
Carlee Tomlinson
Leslie Pain
Sycamore Street
Pain
U.S. 277
Fort Sill
Duncan
Sheridan
Cache Roads
Lawton adopts land abandonment ordinance for Vernon Addition
The City of Lawton Oklahoma passes Ordinance No 1157 abandoning Lots 15 and 16 Block 10 Vernon Addition Comanche County not used for municipal purposes. Mayor Ellsworth authorized to execute a warranty deed to Theouble A Vital. emergency clause activates effective upon publication. Published July 8 1955.
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Lawton
Comanche County
Oklahoma
Vernon
City OF
Theouble A. Vital
R. Ellsworth
State brucellosis program outline gains support
Dr Bostwick notes several cattle producing states lack strong brucellosis policies and says legislation passed last session received backing from major farm and ranch groups. County agents office will provide more detailed program information.
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Bostwick
Sheriff Hale Eyes Bigger Pay If Re-elected in October
The article notes Sheriff Hale could secure a larger salary if he runs again and wins in October 1956. Deputies received a raise to $378 monthly under new legislation, while statewide officers gain substantial salaries as pay scales rise with department evaluation. Hale’s own $1.50 coffee money raise stems from the evaluation-based pay system.
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Benny Wallace
Lewis Davis
M. T. McCracken
Marvin Terry
M. A. Tompkins
Carl Phillips
Hale
Funeral Rites Set For Jack Aitken Fawell
Jack Aitken Fawell 41 a former Lawton resident died suddenly today at his Amarillo Texas home. A traveling salesman born October 8 1913 in Lincoln Nebraska he moved from Lawton five years ago and leaves wife Mary and other relatives. He attended St Andrews Episcopal church and Lawton Lodge 183 AF and AM.
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Jack Aitken Fawell
James Madi Hooker 77 Tipton farmer dies after month illness
James Madi Hooker, 77, retired Tipton farmer, died at 8 p.m. Thursday at his home after a month long illness. Born May 6, 1878, in Kentucky, he moved to Texas and then Eastern Oklahoma before settling near Tipton. He married Sarah Patterson in 1903. Survived by wife, three sons, two sisters, seven grandchildren.ervices set for Sunday at Tipton First Baptist Church with burial in Tipton cemetery. Pecinosky Funeral Home in charge. Bearers named.
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Tipton
James Madison Hooker
Tipton Farmer
Kentucky
Hooker
Texas
Oklahoma
Sarah N. Patterson
Purcell
Manitou
Tipton First Baptist Church
Alvis W. Lindsey
Tipton Cemetery
Pecinosky Funeral Home
Carl Geiger
J. C. Sellers
Elbert Farris
Bill Ban
Thomson defends British Open title in St Andrews
Australian Peter Thomson, 25, captured his second consecutive British Open by finishing with rounds of 70 and 72, totaling 281 strokes. He joined a small list of repeat Open champions including Bobby Locke, Walter Hagen, Bobby Jones and James Braid.
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ST. Andrews
Scotland
Peter Thomson
Thomson
Bobby Locke
South Africa
Walter Hagen
Bobby Jones
James Braid
England
Electrifying Age Reflections On Technology And Society
The speaker muses on shifting eras from Stone to Electrical and Atom age, noting rapid change, renewed love, and the looming impact of electricity especially for farmers. Personal memories include the first rural radio, aging batteries, and enduring figures like Jack Armstrong.
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Jack Armstrong
Midnight
Local Honorary Bearers Named in Obituary Note
Honorary bearers include Horton Wood Henry McManus and Dave Huffer from Chattanooga and Sherman Woods and Claude Alexander from Manitou with mentions of Yndiahoma Bill Grantham Edwin Geiger and broader geographic ties to Chattanooga and Manitou in the obituary context.
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Yndiahoma
Bill Grantham
Chattanooga
Edwin Geiger
Manitou
Horton Wood
Henry McManus
Dave Huffer
Sherman Woods
Claude Alexander
Mother fears U S trickery to win back son in Korea
Mrs Carley Jones, mother of a turning GI who chose to remain with the Reds in Korea, said she expected the United States would use deception to regain custody of her son. She spoke today amid rising tensions over the case and calls for diplomatic pressure.
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Reds
Korea
U. S
Carley Jones
Family fears decoys used to lure captives in China scuffle
Mrs. Jones, mother of Samuel David Hawkins captured by Reds, says she believes the government will deploy three returnees as decoys to draw the remaining 17 in China, aiming to line up all 20 for firing squad on treason charges. The interview highlights peril and political pressure surrounding Hawkins and other captives.
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China
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Ward Two
Charley Wade
Chamber of Commerce Roads and Highway Committee
Ellsworth
Bill Logan
Tatives
Charles Ozman
Gilhen Rhoads
Jim Taliaferro
City Council
E. C. Parks
H. D. Hastings
E. W. Kirkpatrick
Blunt Zorger
Douglas Smith
New City Engineer
J. G. Anderson
Rhoads
John G. Erwin
W. M. Lattimore
Daniel McPhail
John Wilson
Oscar Dunn
Lawton Burton
Thurman Curtsinger
Gore Gap
Carnegie
C. A. Stoldt
State Highway Department
Bob Barr
Hennessee
Bureau of Public Roads
Sen
Logan
Lawton Group
Orville D. Pope
Jo. G. Andrews
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
Sanitizor
Tom Oliver
Jack Fawell
James M. Hooker
Bulletin
Gnvestors Mutual, Inc
Board of Directors
Investors Mutual
H. K. Bradford
Terry Condrey
D Ave
Archie L. Gibson
R. M. Dodson
U.S
C. M. Pike
Koehler
Ry Vy
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Orga Diamono
C Avenue
KEY Termite & Pest Control Co
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
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