Highway Workers Under Merit Plan OKLAHOMA CITY
Oklahoma City announces a merit system for the state Highway Department with a five year pay-raise schedule. A personnel board will review annual status and recommend boosts. Minimum and maximum scales rise. sick leave and vacation policies standardized. over 1500 employees covered, except Highway Director C A Stoldt. Members named Stobaugh Winfrey Stout and McCullough. Bittle serves ex officio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Highway Department
Gomer H. Bittle
C. A. Stoldt
John Stobaugh
R. B. Winfrey
Births and dismissals in Southwest and Kiowa hospital news
Hospital notes record births at Lawton and Kiowa areas including Lester Shipman and Robert Owens as new fathers with weights 6 pounds 812 ounces and 5 pounds 11 ounces respectively. Several patients are listed as medical or surgical with numerous addresses across Lawton Cache Apache Watonga and surrounding towns.
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Lester Shipman
Rt. 2
Lawton
Cecil Ray Hearn
A. Q. Dickson
Jack Phillips
Faxon
W. Ray Cox
Marlow
A. C. Birdsong
Cache
Theodore Greb
Ruth Knox
Wayne Gilley
Elm
Dallas Henderson
Ben McKenzie
Ferris
Billy Jarvis Bartlett
Rockdale
Tex
H. S. Moran
Gordon Hogar
Chattanooga
Dolores Morillo
Euclid
Kenneth _ Gee
Apache
Gordon Cubbison
Columbia
Kiowa
Robert C. Owens
Clarence M. Warner
Billie Ruth Miller
Charley D. Goodwin
Lloyd Martin
Thurman Marshall
Ralph Silverstein
Andrews
L. V. Summer
Wichita Hosts Rain Making Forum Monday Night
Wichita Kansas will host a rain making forum Monday night with invited guests from 51 southern Kansas counties and 13 northern Oklahoma counties. Lawrence Rittencure of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce chairs the agricultural committee and will present discussions by Dr Irving P Krick of the Water Resources Development Corp Denver and Jack DiSanto region manager Rapid City on cloud seeding theories and results.
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Wichita
Kas
Lawrence Rittencure
Wichita Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Kansas
Oklahoma
Irving P. Krick
Water Resources Development Corp
Denver
Jack DiSanto
Rapid City
S. D
Sanity Hearing Scheduled Here for Lawton Woman
County Judge S R Harper plans a special jury sanity hearing next week for Martha Hellen Payne a 40 year old Lawton woman one of six patients at Central State Hospital who obtained writs of habeas corpus July 8. Sheriff officers will return her to Lawton for the hearing with possible stay with relatives.
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S. R. Harper
Lawton
Central State Hospital
Miss Payne
Willis Stark
Oklahoma City
Stark
Harper
C. A. Smith
Vernon Field
Comanche County
Sheriff's
Norman
Noble County Judge to resign for teaching career
Noble County Judge Robert McCubbins aged 33 will resign at the end of August to return to Oklahoma A&M College and pursue a career as a high school history teacher, swapping the courtroom for the classroom.
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Perry
Okla
Noble County
Robert McCubbins
McCubbins
Oklahoma A&m College
Ten Years Ago and Other Yesteryears Highlights
The Constitution’s Yesteryears features a decade-spanning snapshot from the Lawton Constitution files. It recalls a 22 month old child struck near Porter Hill, two Fort Sill officers killed in a Grasshopper plane crash near Post Field, a Comanche county excise board appointment for Lloyd McLinn, a Boy Scout fundraiser surpassing $5000, a burglary case at a Borger Texas post office, and other local notes.
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Constitution Files
Porter Hill
Fort Sill
Post Field
Lloyd McLinn
Comanche County Excise Board
Lawtonian
Borger
Tex
President Okays Bay State Talks in Massachusetts
President Eisenhower accepted two invitations to Massachusetts on September 21. He will visit the Eastern States Exposition in Springfield and speak briefly, then deliver an address at a Republican rally in the Boston Garden that night.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
White House
Springfield
Boston Garden
Chimpanzees Seen as Smartest Apes by Natl Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society regards chimpanzees as the smartest of the apes, highlighting their problem solving, tool use, and social intelligence in studies and exhibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Reckless Driving Charge Filed Against Glenn Sutherland
A reckless driving charge was filed today against Glenn Dale Sutherland of 1735 Ash for a 1950 Ford rollover 544 miles east of Lawton on SH 7. Sutherland to appear before Justice of the Peace Woodrow Giles. Highway Patrolman H D Morgan signed the complaint. A witness saw a youth and a young girl leave with a passing motorist. occupants not visibly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Dale Sutherland
Ash
Lawton
Sutherland
Justice of the Peace
Woodrow Giles
H. D. Morgan
Morgan
Highway Patrol
Future Father Law Hits 1 000 Sooners
OKLAHOMA CITY Col. Clive E. Murray state Selective Service director says an extra 1 009 men will be available for the draft in Oklahoma due to a presidential order ending exemptions for future fathers after August 25. Current rules grant automatic 3-A classification if a wife is expecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Clive E. Murray
Selective Service
Oklahoma
Pardon Us It Slipped Over Rosenberg Article
The Daily Worker apologizes to readers for calling Julius and Ethel Rosenberg atom spies. The error, described as a reprint from a capitalist press clipping, prompted a remorseful note for the vile attack on the martyred Rosenbergs who were executed last month for conspiring to pass atom secrets to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Daily Worker
Communist Party
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
the Worker
Russia
Argentine Quints Celebrate Tenth Birthday in Private Ceremony
The Diligenti quintuplets Franco Carlos Maria Cristina Maria Fernando and Maria Esther marked their 10th birthday in a private Buenos Aires event. Born secret for eight months, the siblings attend separate private schools and study four languages with music and dancing training noted.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Franco
Carlos
Maria Cristina
Maria Fernando
Maria Esther
Sooner Pilot Salutes Queen at Coronation Review
ODIHAM England Britain’s Royal Air Force staged a flyover of 643 planes above Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in her last coronation review. Among the jet bombers and supersonic fighters, a Meteor fighter flown by U S Air Force officers Maj Merle F Allen of Guthrie Oklahoma and Capt Keith C Lawrence of Falls City Nebraska participated.
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Odiham
England
Britain
Royal Air Force
U. S. Air Force
RAF
Merle F. Allen
Guthrie
Okla
Keith C. Lawrence
Falls City
Neb
Funeral Rites for George Washington Williams at Ta tum s
George Washington Williams 58 of 1803 Roosevelt died at 11 17 a m Tuesday at a relative s home Mrs Rosie Stevenson 1624 Washington after a year s illness He came to Lawton in 1944 from Tatums Okla and was a civil service employee at Fort Sill Funeral services to be announced by Shaw Funeral Home pending arrival of relatives Burial will be at Tatums He is survived by five sons Richard Amarillo R C Midland Tex Estell Detroit Craven Tatums Cecil Ponca City Oklahoma Aunt Mrs Nettie Williams Ponca City Uncle Clayton Prince Ponca City Obituary notes the warner area ties and Tatums burial location.
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George Washington Williams
Roosevelt
Rosie Stevenson
Washington
Williams
Lawton
Tatums
Okla
Civil Service
Fort Sill
Shaw Funeral Home
Richard
Amarillo
R. C
Midland
Tex
Estell
Detroit, Mich
Cecil
Craven
Oklahoma City
Nettie Williams
Ponca City
Clayton Prince
Legs For ROKs Head For Korea
Three rehabilitation workers depart New York for Korea to deliver new artificial limbs to amputees at Tong Nae near Pusan. Miss Barbara Schuerck Miss Wendy Heaton and Mrs Bertha Simeone sponsor funded by the American Korean Foundation. Tested limbs cost 15 dollars versus 400 dollars for older models and will be distributed free.
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New York
New York University-Bellevue Medical Center
San Francisco
Tong Nae
Pusan
Barbara Schuerck
Boston
Wendy Heaton
Foundation
Rain Relieves Drought Pressure on Kansas Cattle
Salina July 15 Government lands in Kansas provide two extra weeks of grazing as rains ease drought. Frank D. Abbott says Secretary Benson postponed the Aug 1 deadline for removing about 35,000 cattle from the lands. A Morton county roundup near Elkhart was postponed.
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Salina
Kan
Kansas
Frank D. Abbott
Ezra T. Benson
Morton County
Elkhart
Woman and son die in highway crash near Waynesville
In Missouri, a Tulsa woman and her 16-year-old son were killed when their car struck a tractor-trailer near Waynesville. Mrs. Donald L. Winn, 35, and Robert Winn died. truck driver Robert Morse Hill, 40, of Joplin, escaped injury. Coroner reported Mrs. Winn tried to pass another car and could not slow in time. The pair were en route to New York for a Jehovah's Witness convention.
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Waynesville
Tulsa, Okla
Here
Donald L. Winn
Robert
Robert Morse Hill
Joplin
Cadets Ready For Vance Wings Ceremony
Thirty seven aviation cadets will receive second lieutenants bars and wings at Vance Air Force Base graduation. The sole Oklahoma participant is Robert E Prime of Oklahoma City. The graduation ends 13 weeks of training.
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Emid
Okla
Vance Air Force Base
Robert E. Prime
Oklahoma City
Unseen Mountain Range Found Under Atlantic Ocean
Scientists report discovery of a mountain range beneath the Atlantic Ocean that resembles California's San Bernardino chain in structure and scale. The finding, based on seismic data, suggests complex tectonic activity and potential ancient connections to continental shelves. Further mapping will assess its extent and geological history.
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San Bernardino Chain
California
Sooner farmer hurt in crash near Locust Grove
Tahlequah farmer Roy Franklin Gandy, 48, lay unconscious in a ditch for two hours Tuesday before being found near SH 10 east of Locust Grove Oklahoma. He was rushed to a Siloam Springs Arkansas hospital in critical condition. Patrolman Beers said the steering wheel locked on a curve, sending his car over a 117 foot embankment into a tree. he was thrown clear as the car rolled 75 feet and was hidden by tall grass.
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Locust Grove
Okla
SH 10
Here
Roy Franklin Gandy
Siloam Springs
Ark
Andrew Beers
Gandy
Beers
Bank President's Wife Admitted To Polio Ward
Mrs. Howard Barnett aged 39, daughter of Tulsa Tribune publisher Richard Lloyd Jones, was admitted yesterday to the polio ward of St Johns Hospital in Tulsa. Her condition was reported as fair. She is the wife of the state bank president.
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Tulsa
Okla
Howard Barnett
Tulsa Tribune
Richard Lloyd Jones
St. Johns Hospital
Woodward Group Seeks Price Supports for Cattle
Ranchers from five states facing drought met in Woodward to press for cattle price supports. Eck Brown of Dalhart, Texas, president of the United Livestock Producers Association, will travel to Washington this week to present demands. The group formed recently at Dalhart with members from Kansas Oklahoma Texas Colorado and New Mexico.
Tera mite infestation resists poison cure study
Researchers note that termite resistance to toxins arises as some wood digesting bacteria survive exposure. This survival can seed a poison resistant termite lineage, complicating eradication efforts and prompting exploration of alternative control methods.
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Erwin Ware
Mountain View
Edna Smoker
Canton
Ferrell Codopony
A Little Hawk
Watonga
Medica
Red Hat
Seiling
Medi
Kathleen Tovnugh
Meers
Little Crow
Kingfisher
Pahcheka
Cache, Medical. —— Chebahtah
Indiahoma
Wichitans
Louis Boyce
Guy Wood
PMA
Weldon Hawkins
M. L. Boyce
Stillwater
Wiley Post
Moscow
Utley Construction
Duncan Haliburton Cementers
Liberty Theater
Dick Livingston
Lawton Day
Baird Thomas P. Gore
U. S
J. C. Walton
Edwin H. Hood
Radio & Television Service Co
E” Ave
Lawton Boot & Western
Father Law
George W. Williams
Roks
Korea
Vance
Hugh A. Carroll
Selected Investments Corporation
Northwest First Street
Oklahoma Cities
Polio
Mrs. Barnett
State Bank
Ere
Woodward Group
Ower Ey Ag
Farmers Lumber Company
Phillips 66
Pren Motor
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