Arson Charges Prepared Here Against 3 Men
Three men face charges of burning or destroying insured property in a Stephens county case. Vernon Field says one count targets a Duncan used car dealer, another targets a 32 year old Marlow man, and a third targets John L. Grissom of Duncan who already faces the same charge. Investigators suspect at least five cars burned, four in Stephens county, as the group sought insurance fraud from Western Fire Insurance Co.
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Stephens County
Vernon Field
Duncan
Marlow
Comanche County
John L. Grissom
Mercury
Western Fire Insurance Co
Fort Scott
Kan
Field
Sterling
SH 17
SH 7
Grissom
Roy Thompson
Arthur Marmaduke
Duncan Police
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Auto Theft Bureau
City Council delays code reading and water plan vote
Council works with Safety Committee and traffic experts to draft a model code. Two more hours are needed to finish reading before possible adoption with an emergency clause requiring six affirmative votes. Water use peaked July 10 at 6,862,500 gallons, with daily totals thereafter, as citizens cooperate in voluntary conservation. Paving District 82 was revived after bid readvertisement and Superior Paving Co. awarded the contract. construction under way.
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Chamber of Commerce
McKenzie
North Ninth Street
Charles Jennings
Superior Paving Company
City Girl Accused In Bank Theft Gets Marriage License
Nora Elizabeth Conner an 18 year old Lawton Indian girl charged with aiding in the escape of June Hayward Stephens from an Anadarko bank was issued a marriage license to Henry M. Stout a Fort Sill soldier. The couple listed 1305 Oklahoma as her address. She posted a $15 000 federal bond and awaits trial. Stephens is charged with robbing the Anadarko bank of over 7000 dollars on June 24. The Indian girl later gave FBI information leading to Stephens and his mother who is charged as an accessory.
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Nora Elizabeth Conner
Lawton
FBI
Stephens
Oklahoma City Market Roundup July 15 Beef Hogs and Eggs
Oklahoma City reports cattle and calves active with good early clearance. Beef steers and heifers firm to higher, slaughter calves steady, stockers strong. Hogs sold 25 lower with top at 27.25, sows unchanged. Lambs and springers mixed price, poultry prices steady to firm with varied regional quotes. Butterfat steady at 52-56. Eggs and sweet corn noted with regional variances.
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Oklahoma City
USDA
New Mexico
State Department of Agriculture Today
F.o.b
Cordell
Poteau
Muskogee
Seminole
Vinita
Shawnee
Altus
Tulsa
Chickasha
Blackwell
Ardmore
Alva
Lawton
Elk City
Enid
Durant
Laverne
Buffalo
Blackwell Altus
McAlester
Fairview
el Reno
Annual Stockholders Meeting Of Lawton Country Club
The annual stockholders meeting of the Lawton Country Club will be held at 7:30 p.m. today in the clubhouse west of the city. Warren Wolverton, president, announced the event. Members will hear the annual report and the club's financial statement, with improvements this year including a modern swimming pool.
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Lawton Country Club
Warren Wolverton
Five County Youths Await Induction
Five Comanche county youths are set to report for Army induction on July 21 as county selective service officials plan for an August call of six men. The six inductees for next month will report August 5, with 12 youths to undergo pre induction physicals on August 18. Inductees for July 21 include Tommy Ray Glasgow of Lawton Wendell Ronald Boardman of 1205 Oak Billy Ray Bates of 1713 Irwin Silas Rueben Hall of No 20 C and Kearl Ray Austin of Faxon.
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Comanche County
Selective Service
Tommy Ray Glasgow
Lawton
Wendell Ronald Boardman
Oak
Billy Ray Bates
Irwin
Silas Rueben Hall
Kearl Ray Austin
Faxon
Truce talks loom as leaders signal cautious path
The article reports Eisenhower’s envoy Robertson arriving in Washington after talks with Rhee, signaling possible Korean armistice if Communists show sincerity. Presidents, lawmakers, and a U N stance frame expectations while Pyongyang radio claims most freed anti Communist prisoners converge near Pohang.
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Eisenhower
United States
Syngman Rhee
Walter Robertson
McChord Field
Wash
Robertson
Washington
D. C
Rhee
U. S
Pyongyang
Pohang
Pusan
Red Radio
Panmunjom
U. N. Stockades
Alan Winnington
Winnington
One fifth of all U S farmers grow cotton
A historical note states that cotton farming involves about one fifth of United States farmers, highlighting the crop’s prominence in agricultural practice and regional production patterns.
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U. S
Rag Mop Inn Beer License Revoked Amid Alleged Violations
The Rag Mop Inn at 1403 N. 23rd faces license revocation after Mary E. Smith allegedly sold beer during illegal hours. The lease expired July 1 and she had been ordered to vacate. A new business may replace the building at Cache and Sheridan.
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S. R. Harper
Mary E. Smith
Cache Road
Sheridan Road
Harper
Federal aid boosts Oklahoma schools and teacher bonuses
The board of education notes that last year Oklahoma City received about 200000 and Midwest City near Tinkerfield received 700000 in federal aid. The funds enabled repairs and maintenance, preventing neglect, and funded a five percent annual cost of living bonus for teachers. Lawton’s facilities faced strain but federal support kept operations adequate. any cut would curtail maintenance and operations.
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Lahoma City
Midwest City
Tinkerfield
Board of Education
Kuntz
Lawton
Alvin A. Jones Returns From Temple Medical Stay
Personal Alvin A. Jones, 413% E, has returned from Temple Texas after two weeks of treatment at Scott and White hospital.
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Alvin A. Jones
Temple
Texas
Scott & White Hospital
Continental Air Lines marks 19th year with Lawton service
Continental Air Lines celebrates its 19th year serving Lawton and Fort Sill since 1948. The carrier replaced DC-3s with 44 passenger Super Constars, added direct Tulsa to Kansas City service, and seeks Lawton Dallas flights. It reports 2,022,869 revenue passengers and 746,789,508 passenger miles with no fatalities, and won the 1952 aviation safety award. An interchange plan links Tulsa with the Pacific Northwest via Wichita and Denver.
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Continental Air Lines
Lawton
Fort Sill
Kansas City
Tulsa
Dallas
National Safety Council
Jerry Hosner
Continental United Airlines
Pacific Northwest
Wichita
Denver
Drought relief feeds arrive as Lawton stockmen receive aid
Drought relief continued in Lawton with three carloads of cotton seed pellets and meal issued to over 73 stockmen. Two more carloads of cotton seed meal arrived from Arkansas and a corn shipment from Kansas City was reported. The PMA office is filling small requests with pellets for under a ton and meal for ton-and-a-half or more, aiding more than 407 county cattlemen who applied for federal aid. Feed costs are about 50 percent of normal, with railroad delivery included. The drouth emergency committees list Elbert Wolf as chairman and include C. E. Price, Lewis Haydock, Leonard Wiley, Wayne Rowe, and Kenneth Rhodes as part of the permanent PMA county committee.
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Lawton
PMA
Arkansas
Kansas City
Kan
County Breath Relief Committee
Drouth
Elbert Wolf
C. E. Price
Lewis Haydock
Leonard Wiley
Wayne Rowe
Wolf
Guy Wood
Kenneth Rhodes
Longtime Oklahoma legislator Smalley dies after illness
Smalley, a Norman lawyer and World War II veteran with a decorated record, died after a yearlong illness. He served in the 24th Legislature and was vice chairman of the Senate Business and Industry Committee. Donations to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation asked in lieu of flowers. autopsy for leukemia research offered prior to death. He left a widow, four children, his parents, and a sister.
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Senate Business and Industry Committee
Smalley
Hines Veterans Administration
Chicago
Norman
Army
First Christian Church
Water plant upgrades under way with new basins and filters
The official noted plans to widen the system by altering valve sizes. Mitchell Construction has installed one settling basin and eight filter beds in use, and is installing another settling basin and six more filter beds to be completed soon.
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Mitchell Construction Company
Reindeer Return to Scotland After 800 Year Gap
Scotland marks a historic return of reindeer for the first time in eight centuries. Officials say the herd will bolster conservation efforts and boost tourism while reflecting restoration of native wildlife in the Highlands.
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Scotland
ROKs Fight Massive Chinese Push at Kumhwa Front
Allied forces brace for more Red assaults as four ROK divisions and U. S. 45th Division redeploy amid heavy fighting east of Kumhwa. Artillery shifts, infiltrator hunts, and a high level visit accompany a day of brutal combat and censored reporting. President Rhee commends Korean troops for their stand.
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Kumhwa
Pukhan River
Roks
ROK
Taylor
Sun Yup Paik
Adm
Sohn Won Il
George C. Rogers
Syngman Rhee
Kumsong
8Th Army
Armed Forces
U. S. 45Th Division
Heartbreak Ridge
Western food aid rejected sparks East Berlin relief drive
West Berlin officials led a charity market feeding East Berliners with milk cherries potatoes and oranges while Western aid waited for permission to cross the border. Communist propagandists called the act an American ploy even as Red Sky news reported Soviet and allied shipments to East Germany amid ongoing shortages.
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Willy Kressmann
West Berlin
United States
Neukoelln
Neighring
ADN
Soviet Union
East Germany
Poland
China
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Oklahoma City Livestock
State Poultry & Eggs
Comsiemeins
Country Club
LSP
Orville D. Pope
Earl, Ford, Park’s
Vance
Lawton Tent & Awning Co
Torough Lawton
Dean
Doan
Duratile
C Avenue
Diversified Services Mutual Selective Fund Stock Fund Syndicate OF America
Terry Cowdrey
Atlanta
Investors Mutual OC Investors Stock Fund
O Investors Selective Fund
O Investors Syn. of
RED
Tucko
Woesner
D Avenue
Daniel A. Woesner
D.V.M
Ince
Lear
Typewriter Sery CO
J. D. Suggs
Wolverton Harware
E Ave
M & D Finance CO
Oklahoma
JO G. Andrews
D Ave
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
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