Banked student funds grow Lawton school system
Lawton public schools report student activity funds totaling about 200000 for the year with 158 accounts, 6061 receipts, and 191071.51 in disbursements. Justin Kuntz, bonds on the funds, and Ruth Liebetreu oversee receipts, audits, and checks with police escorts for football receipts.
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Lawton
Justin Kuntz
Board of Education
Kuntz
Ruth Liebetreu
Liebetreu
City National Bank
U. S
Commercial Department
A&M Scientists Plan Rain Study
STILLWATER Oklahoma July 18 Oklahoma A&M College undertook a study of cloud seeding and rain making possibilities. Meteorologist W E Hardy and chemical engineer Eugene McCroskey are cautious but have had two rain events after starting their operations. One rain caused a 5.57 inch gully washer that flooded basement areas of college buildings. Hardy says it is hardly possible they had anything to do with that.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A&m College
A&m
W. E. Hardy
Eugene McCroskey
Hardy
Fort Sill Legion Plans Installation Rites For Aug
Fort Sill Legion and 40 et 8 groups set August ceremonies to install new officers. Elected leaders include L. E. Ebbesen as American Legion commander and Mrs. Robert Leach as auxiliary president. Joint and separate installs scheduled August 11 and August 19 respectively.
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Fort Sill Legion
American Legion
L.E. Ebbesen
Robert Leach
Alva Owen
Bert T. Baker
Oliver Townsend
Leonard Pfeiffer
Johnny Calkins
Harry Welter
Irwin H. Wilson
William
Oklahoma City Tech Killed by Electrocution at Air Base
A two year old Oklahoma City radio technician named Donald M. Baker was electrocuted yesterday while inspecting newly installed wiring at Will Rogers Field. He apparently did not know the power had been turned on.
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Oklahoma City
Donald M. Baker
Will Rogers Field
Employment Service Aids Spartan Aircraft Hiring Drive
The Lawton Oklahoma State Employment Service reports Spartan Aircraft at Fort Sill has hired 318 workers since last April, now employing nearly 400. Through local outreach and nationwide clearance orders, referrals came from as far as Massachusetts to California, with 123 hires via clearance and ongoing orders for about 40 more skilled workers and statistical reporters.
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Spartan Aircraft Company
Fort Sill
Virginia Kidson
Lawton
Oklahoma State Employment Service
Spartan
Employment Service
Wilson
Oklahoma
United States
Massachusetts
California
Arizona
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma City
D’’ Avenue
Chiang Commandos Capture 300 Reds at Tunghan Island
TAPPEH Formosa Chinese Nationalist commandos seized at least 300 prisoners in a 36 hour raid on Communist held Tunghan Island half a mile from the Chinese mainland. They returned to Quemoy after wrecking the island in their largest strike since 1949.
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Tappeh
Formosa
Tunghan
Quemoy
Leisure Time Accidents Roil Working-Class Fatalities
In 1952 seven of ten deaths and over half of injuries among workers stemmed from accidents during leisure hours. The finding highlights the danger outside work and underscores the need for safety awareness beyond the job.
Beauty Contest Crown Goes To Tulsa's Lo Rene Washburn
Oklahoma City July 18 The 19-year-old Tulsa brunette Lo Rene Washburn won Miss Oklahoma 1953 after an overtime tie with Helen Hyde Harding of Oklahoma City. Washburn, a University of Tulsa sophomore, and Harding each scored 76 points.
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Oklahoma City
Tulsa Brunet
Sooner
Oklahoma
Lo Rene
Tulsa
Shirley Barbour
Jackie Troup
Ponca City
la Veda
Call From The Wild Hen Trait Cackling After Laying Egg
Hens inherit the trait of cackling after laying an egg from their wild ancestors. Jungle fowl, after taking time out to lay an egg, cackled to signal their whereabouts to the wandering flock.
Pastor Stan Ley Williams Appointed at Snyder Assembly
Special report of governing church matters states Rev. Stan Ley Williams of Lawton has been chosen as pastor of Snyder Assembly of God, succeeding Rev. R. O. Hutchinson who moves to Roosevelt.
French Beauty Wins Title Of Miss Universe
Christine Martel a Paris fashion model won the Miss Universe crown in Long Beach amid a world field. The 18 year old brunette plans a Hollywood career, beating Miss United States Myrna Hansen who placed second and Miss Japan Kiniko Ito who was third. Martel earns a Universal International Studios contract a 3200 dollar sports car and a 2500 dollar wrist watch.
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Long Beach
Calif
Christine Martel
Paris
United States
Myrna Hansen
Chicago
Japan
Kiniko Ito
Ann Bertha Lepe
Mexico
Christine
Universal-International Studios
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