Crippled Driver Faces 2 Charges After Crack-Ups
Willie Prince 22 charged with reckless driving and no license after his GMC trailed a stove, baby carriage and fence, pushing a parked car into a house in the 2000 block on Washington. The incident caused about 350 in damages and involved a porch and yard collision with several items displaced. Additional traffic cases include fines for following too close and speeding.
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Willie Prince
Lawton View
Eugene Flowers
Prince
Washington
Neal Reece
Justice of the Peace
Marvin Cameron
James Musselwhite
Fort Sill
Harold E. Hulsey
William J. Smith
Rodney E. Shaeffer
James R. McCall
Sheppard Field
Tex
Lester Chatham
Oklahoma State Poultry and Eggs Prices July 17 Report
The Oklahoma State Department of Agriculture released prices for broilers, hens, eggs, butterfat and wheat. Broilers No 1 steady with regional variations. hens No 1 steady to firm. eggs steady with ranges by location. butterfat 52-56. wheat No 1 hard prices around 1.89 to 1.94 depending on mill.
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State Poultry & Eggs
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Broilers
F.o.b
Muskogee
Shawnee
Vinita
Altus
Seminole
Poteau
Cordell
Tulsa
Alva
Ardmore
Blackwell
Lawton
McAlester
Chickasha
Buffalo
Laverne
Enid
Durant
Elk City
Fairview
el Reno
Kingfisher
Hennessey
Medford
Frederick
Vici
Hooker
Guymon
Hobart
Rainy weather boosts Clinton water supply and Oklahoma City tourism
Rains spread across Oklahoma with two to three inches common and up to six inches in Washita County Canute fall floods relieve Clinton reservoir gains Clinton lake rises ten feet runoff two more feet expected showers move into Oklahoma City by late afternoon Heavy rains help the Oklahoma City watershed with Canton dam releasing three billion gallons News notes also report 400 Guthrie telephone lines damaged and expected service return Temperatures stay in the 80s Friday Butter prices hold steady in Chicago market Oklahoma City cattle and hog bids fall with Monday trading in view Sheep and calves see limited activity
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Tuttle
Oklahoma City
Canute
Washita County
Clinton
R. O
Billy) Williams
Clinton Lake
Canton
Guthrie
Truce Talks Under Scrutiny As South Korea Demands Guarantees
Congressional scrutiny focused on the post-truce actions pact between the United States and South Korea. Assistant Secretary of State Walter Robertson faced grilling by the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs committees. Officials indicated secrecy at request of the State Department due to crucial armistice talks, with Robertson to address the nation Friday and Dulles joining for a joint report on the Big Three foreign ministers conference and planned four power talks in September.
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South Korea
Walter S. Robertson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
State Department
Duck hatching on doctor’s sailboat in Lake Michigan
A mallard nests in a coil of rope aboard Dr. Liebig’s 20 foot sailboat on Lake Michigan. Medical care will be available if needed as the duck incubates a clutch of eggs believed to hatch in about four weeks.
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Wise Duck
Chicago
Richard Liebig
Lake Michigan
Liebig
Nervous Chicago Window Washer Faces Delayed DUI Case
George Singer, 50, a window washer, appeared in auto safety court on a drunk driving charge. Judge Joseph S. Geary continued the case to July 22 after Singer admitted intoxication. He said he drinks to keep up his nerve while washing 44 floors above the street.
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Chicago
George Singer
Auto Safety Court
Joseph S. Geary
Singer
Mt Rainier Glacier System Declared Nation's Largest
The National Geographic Society states Mt Rainier in Washington has the largest single peak glacier system in the United States, highlighting its extensive ice fields and notable terrain features.
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National Geographic Society
Mt. Rainier
Washington State
U.S
Benson Talk Hit By Senate Fees
Washington July 17 UP Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T Benson faced new criticism from opposition in Congress over his talk in Fresno California about flexible farm price supports. Senators Kerr Young and Humphrey weighed in doubting his push toward lower and more flexible price supports while noting the 90 percent parity set for six crops expires next year. Benson did not commit to a firm program and warned of major overhauling of the agriculture program.
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Washington
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Fresno
Calif
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Congress
Kerr
Milton R. Young
R-N.d
Young
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Texas Allowable Gets Slight Hike
Texas Railroad Commission boosts August oil allowable by 10 180 barrels a day to 3 146 920 barrels daily after a state proration hearing. Production days fixed at 21 for most areas and 18 for East Texas with field specific limits for Pan Tex Pickton Hawkins and Spraberry. U S Bureau of Mines estimated August demand at 2.8 million barrels daily, while buyers reduced nominations to 3 139 206 barrels a day.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
East Texas
Pantex
Pickton
Hawkins
Spraberry
Commission
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Texas
Hospital Births and Admissions Report
Births and admissions noted include a boy borne to Mr. and Mrs. W H Kennedy at 2 55 am weighing 9 pounds 3% ounces. Several patients listed for surgery or medical care. dismissals include a baby Duncan and multiple individuals at addresses across the region. Births also record a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Farrell Copeland at Fort Sill Blvd and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. George Willis with times and weights given.
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W. H. Kennedy
Magnolia
Farrell Copeland
Fort Sill Blvd
George Willis
Patterson
Herman Jones
John Hennessee
J. W. Rogers
Fletcher
Cecil Watson
Rt. 1
Lawton
B. H. Ferhing
Elgin
J. D. Thompson
Oklahoma City
Nelson McPherson
ROTC building converts Reinwand Hall and range established
Captain Wilson Gordon teaches as an instructor while the old Reinwand hall becomes an ROTC facility. A rifle range is set up in the building and students practice with .22 caliber ammunition. Dormitory reservations exceed last year, signaling higher Cameron enrollment.
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Wilson Gordon
Reinwand
Howell
Cameron
Fort Sill Prisoners Nabbed After City Sighting
Warrant officer spotted two Fort Sill escapees, George Krase and William Flynn Jr., walking in a north Lawton residential area Thursday evening. They fled earlier from the post stockade during work near the Signal warehouse. Pavillard, who lives in Lawton, brought them back to Fort Sill and handed them to stockade officers.
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Fort Sill
Lawton
George Krase
William Flynn Jr
Jtours Auay
CWO
Ralph A. Pavillard
Sv. Btry
264Th FA Bn
Soldiers recount peril during escape and near capture
Hines described isolated Americans trying to surrender as prisoners. He recalled a comrade shot while raising hands. Whitehurst and Hinds and another soldier hid by day and moved at night. one man failed to reach safety.
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Hines
Whitehurst
Hinds
Lawton Boy Aids Polio Toll in Comanche County
A five-year-old Lawton boy, Clarence J. Lott son of Mrs. Evelyn Wessels, is Comanche county eighth polio victim of 1953. Admitted July 15 to Memorial hospital he is isolated and counted among eight local cases this year. Memorial has treated five out of county cases and twenty-nine cases had been treated here by 1952.
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Lawton
Comanche County
Clarence J. Lott
Evelyn Wessels
Smith
Memorial Hospital
Memorial
Lions Gift Cub to Detroit Zoo by Lions Club Leader
S A Dodge the newly elected president of the International Association of Lions Clubs will present a five month old lion cub to the Detroit Zoo on Monday. The cub was acquired from a Toledo zoo at the Lions convention in Chicago last week as a symbol of his office.
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Detroit
S. A
Dodge
International Association of Lions Clubs
Chicago
Toledo
Jury Clears Pair of Vagrancy Charges
A justice court jury found D. O. Young 48 and Gwen dolyn Young 30 not guilty of vagrancy charges. They were accused of vag rancy by no visible means of support after being arrested June 8 by undersheriff Hoyt Shelby and released on bond.
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Justice of the Peace Court
D. O. Young
Gwendolyn Young
Hoyt Shelby
Three City Men Face Aggravated Assault Charges
Lawton amis posted 500 bonds on aggravated assault charges related to a July 13 beating of Clarence H. Hull Jr. by Duval J. Hill James Pollard and Robert C. Simmons. Vernon Field says the incident arose over a disputed auto generator purchase at 1502 S. 23rd.
Deaf School Names Foltz as Coach at Oklahoma School for the Deaf
Sulphur Oklahoma Deaf School announces E S Foltz as head coach by principal R T Youngers. Foltz previously coached at Arkansas School for the Deaf in Little Rock for two years and at the Louisiana School for the Deaf in Baton Rouge. Kenneth Norton and Robert Fleing named assistant coaches.
Slayer Of Girl Dies In Chair In New York
OSSINING N Y Donald H Snyder 26 died in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison for the knife slaying of 9 year old Betty Jane Arnold. He held her hostage after a prison break and had been an auto thief inmate at Green Haven. Gov Dewey had been asked to commute the sentence but Snyder said he preferred death to life in prison.
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Ossining
N. Y
Donald H. Snyder
Sing Sing Prison
Snyder
Green Haven State Prison
Betty Jane Arnold
Mahopac
Thomas E. Dewey
Oklahoma City Back Salary Order For Loyalty Oath Refusal
An attorney general opinion directs Texas County school officials to pay G. M. Deane 152.50 for back salary. Deane refused to sign a loyalty oath. The opinion notes the state oath was repealed by the U S Supreme Court during his 1950 51 pay period.
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Oklahoma City
Texas
G. M. Deane
Deane
U. S. Supreme Court
High peaks rise on the mid Atlantic Ridge above 20000 feet
The mid Atlantic Ridge features peaks surpassing 20000 feet in height, marking remarkable elevations along the tectonic boundary. Researchers note these lofty points as standout examples of seafloor mountain terrain and geological activity in the Atlantic Ocean.
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mid-Atlantic
Hearing Slated In Car Burning Case
Estell Cox a 47 year old Duncan used car dealer was arraigned in justice court on charges of burning a Mercury to defraud an insurance company. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 2 p m August 19 before Justice of the Peace Marvin Cameron. Cox is held on 1000 bond. Also charged are John Grissom 22 Duncan and Elmer Howard 32 Marlow. Grissom is jailed on the same charge and Howard, who waived preliminary hearing, is jailed in Comanche in default of 1000. The trio is accused of burning the car near Sterling May 27 to defraud the insurer. Deputy Roberson returned Cox to Lawton for arraignment.
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Estell Cox
Duncan
Justice of the Peace Court
Justice of the Peace
Marvin Cameron
Cox
Stephens County
John Grissom
Elmer Howard
Marlow
Grissom
Howard
Comanche
Sterling
Kansas
Arvil Roberson
Lawton
2000 Text Books Arrive In Comanche County Schools
Two thousand new text books for rural Comanche county students arrived at the county superintendent office. The $1,582 state funded shipment includes music English and penmanship texts for elementary grades and additional books for growing classes. Assistant county superintendent Frances King says all rural elementary texts will be supplied this year.
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Comanche County
Clarence Scott
Frances King
Jet Ace Misses In Final Flight
Seoul July 17 Maj James Jabara world first jet ace flew his last Korean combat mission Friday failing to break the 16 MIGs destroyed record. He flew twice into MIG Alley reaching his 99th and 100th missions but failed to gun down a Russian jet. He ends with 15 MIGs destroyed three likely destroyed and eight damaged. The mission ends his second tour in Korea.
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Seoul
James Jabara
Korea
Permits Issued For Four Residences In Lawton
City records show M. D. Robertson builder securing permits today for four new $6,000 residences on Lincoln block one. Additional approvals include P. G. Waggoner for a $15,000 residence at 2206 Cheyenne, Leslie Gregory remodeling $3,000 at 1415 Cache Road, Hewel Hailey remodeling $1,500 at 1704 Ferris, L. L. Pierce remodeling $850 at 108 N Fifth, and Joe Turner sidewalk work in front of Palace Theatre at 322 D Street.
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M. D. Robertson
Lawton
City Hall
Lincoln
P. G. Waggoner
Cheyenne
Leslie Gregory
Cache Road
Hewel Hailey
Ferris
L. L. Pierce
Joe Turner
Palace Theater
Hale's Traffic Case Delayed by Sheriff Hale
Police Judge Don Fisher will retry Sheriff Everett Hale on two traffic charges at 10 a.m. Thursday after he left court for his ailing father. Hale contends the trial time differed from his understanding and one witness was advised by a physician not to appear. Hale faces reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident.
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Don Fisher
Everett Hale
Hale
Charles Ozman
Fisher
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