Indians Reject Delegation Plan From Comanche Council
The Comanche Tribe votes not to send a Kiowa Comanche and Apache delegation to Washington to discuss land holdings leasing and rehab loans. The council approves Fred R. Harris as legal advisor and notes area director approval needed for trips. Members include Robert Coffey Edgar Monethachi Bruce Tomah Paul Attockine and Henry Looking Glass.
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Washington, D.C
Comanche
Apache General Council
Washington
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Anadarko Indian Office
Comanche Tribe
Anadarko
Fred R. Harris
Lawton
Robert Coffey
Edgar Monetathchi
Bruce Tomah
Walters
Paul Attockine
Henry Looking Glass
Oklahoma City
Big Three Split At Parleys At Geneva Summit
Western leaders from the United States Britain and France met in Geneva seeking a basis for accommodation toward concrete solutions. Eisenhower spoke of legitimate security interests while Eden proposed a five power non aggression pact and Faure urged a broad European security organization with mutual guarantees and preserved alliances including NATO and the Warsaw pact.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
France
Eisenhower
Anthony Eden
Russia
Edgar Faure
Soviet Union
Germany
Faure
NATO
WEU
Funeral Rites Planned for C. C. Ward in Marlow
Deputy tax assessor C. C. Shortie Ward, 64, died Monday in Talley-Walker hospital Marlow after a three week illness. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Marlow Methodist Church with Rev Murphy Duncan and Rev Bob Harris officiating. Burial in Marlow Cemetery. Born Naples Texas February 5 1891 Ward served in World War I and belonged to Marlow American Legion and local clubs. Surviving are his wife Mary two sons Dick Odessa and Beryl Emmetsburg four sisters and four brothers. There are about 10 000 species of lichens.
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C. C
Shortie
Ward
Stephens County
Marlow Methodist Church
Talley-Walker Hospital
Marlow
Murphy Duncan
Bob Harris
Marlow First Baptist Church
Naples
Tex
France
American Legion Post
Ollie Steel
Fort Worth
John Howard
J. P. Cox
Lawton
L. A. Ward
John Ward
Wichita
Kans
B. D. Ward
Edmond
Jd Ww. Ward
Andrews
Visiting Russian farmers head to Iowa farm picnic today
Des Moines reports that twelve Soviet farm leaders begin a cross country Iowa tour ending at George and Eva Horns 160 acre farm near Washington where a pork, egg and grain harvests feed the family. Delegation leader Matskevich impresses with diplomacy as Russians receive roses and a Leica camera. Governor Hoegh touts peace as crucial. The piece notes 392 nursing schools in the U S.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George Horn
Washington
Keith
Katherine
Vladimir Matskevich
Richard L. Alleman
Slater
Alleman
Des Moines College
Leo Hoegh
Boquets
Russia
Richard Alleman
Draft Physicals Slated For Three Lawton Men
Three Lawton men will report for physical examinations July 21 for possible induction. Names listed by draft clerk Mrs. Carla Williams include Jerry Lynn Warnock of 2222 Hoover, Joseph E. Standley of 707 S. 14th, and LeRoy Eldridge of 204 N. First. An induction call for three has been issued for August. On Friday, three men departed for service on the July call. They were John Wiley Hatley, now Oklahoma City, Jerold Clyde Lyons of 3307 Cache, and Franklin Dean Trotter of 709 N. 31st.
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Lawton
Armed Services
Carla Williams
Jerry Lynn Warnock
Hoover
Joseph E. Standley
S. 14Th
LeRoy Eldridge
Williams
John Wiley Hatley
Gore
Oklahoma City
Jerold Clyde Lyons
Cache
Franklin Dean Trotter
Misbehaving Costs Lawton Man $1008
Lawton club owner Clyde Prestage faced a $1000 fine after playing the song Ain't Misbehaving at the Caravan Club. He paid $508 and $500 in two checks to ASCAP eight months earlier and now holds a license to avoid further musical misde mneanors.
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Lawton
Clyde Prestage
Vaska Theatre
Prestage
ASCAP
American Society of Composers and Publishers
Clyde
Atoms for Peace Stamps Reached
A new three cent Atoms for Peace postage stamp will be issued through the Washington DC post office. The stamp goes on sale July 28 and measures .84 by 1.44 inches. It is blue with a central design of two spheres around an atlas and orbital energy symbol, framed by a quotation from President Eisenhower’s 1953 UN speech.
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Atoms For Peace
Washington, D.C
Bennie Stephens
Lawton
Eisenhower
United Nations
United States
Oats Yield Called Worst In Years In Comanche County
Comanche county growers report the 1955 oat crop poor in quality with yields near the worst in years as about 90 percent were harvested by bale rather than combine. County agent Lewis Haydock cites low test weights and forecasts only slight acreage for fall seeding while highlighting Cimarron oats as a hardy, early variety with strong yields and adaptability for the region.
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Comanche County
Lewis Haydock
Haydock
Slim Haydock
Stillwater
Oklahoma Foundation Seed Stocks, Inc
Oklahoma
Andrew
Kanata
Four Area Men Enlist in Air Force Basic Training
Four area men joined the Air Force and began basic training at Lackland Air Force Base. Sgt. Leland Osborne, the local recruiter, said on Monday that two of them enlisted under the…
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Air Force
Lackland Afb
Leland Osborne
Workmen Move Homes for Highway Find Stolen Furnaces
Waterbury Connecticut workers assisting in relocating two houses for a highway project discovered that the furnaces in the homes had been stolen. The incident highlights property theft uncovered during construction work.
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Waterbury
Conn
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George Gilliam
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