Higher Budget Set For City In 1954 55
Lawton adopts a general fund budget of 613 850 69 for 1954 55, about 44 000 higher than last year, as auditors set the cap while council weighs requests. Total city spending nears 1 million next year not including ad valorem and bonded debt payments. Utility budget remains to be set after past year spending 171 733. Surplus at year end 123 767 72, down from 1952 53.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Ralston
Lawton
Utility
C. W. Simpson
Ash and
Fort Silk Blvd
Gore Evard
General Fund
Utility Department
County Excise Board
Firemen Keep On Their Toes By Hard Work
Lawton fire crews test hoses at 250 pounds pressure and scrub stations as Chief Harris Hancock and O. K. Markham lead routine inspections. The department stresses discipline and readiness, countering the idle firefighter stereotype with steady, organized maintenance and training.
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Central Fire Station
Lawton
Harris Hancock
O. K. Markham
Hancock
Markham
Cohn Resigns As McCarthy Chief Counsel
Roy M. Cohn resigns as chief counsel of Senator McCarthy’s investigations subcommittee amid expected staff shake up. McCarthy states the action brings satisfaction to anti communists while noting a lack of unanimity among members over Cohn’s services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohn
McCarthy
Washington
Sen
R-Wis
Roy M. Cohn
Senate
Roy Cohn
Army to move Fort Sill Aviation School to Camp Rucker
The Army will relocate the Aviation School from Fort Sill to Camp Rucker Alabama this summer. The nine month move aims to avoid interrupting pilot training while addressing space and facility limits at Fort Sill. Fort Sill officials cited capacity constraints affecting artillery training missions.
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Army Aviation School
Fort Sill
Camp Rucker
Ala
Department of Army
Oklahoma
Washington
Army
Constitution
Artillery
Frank Higgins
Congressional
Constitution Press
Cull
Frederick
Cecil Black
Spartan
Capital Cop Killer Gives Up In Texas
James Edward Skinner 20 surrendered in Houston after a four day manhunt spanning several states for the murder of an Oklahoma City detective. He gave himself up to Deputy Sheriff Bill Isbell with two Dallas youths, Ivana Fairis and Lawrence Miller, identified, and a blonde waitress Peggy Fry still at large.
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Houston
James Edward Skinner
Oklahoma City
Skinner
Bill Isbell
Willie C. Massey
Dallas
Tex
Ivana Fairis
Raymond Hamilton
Franklin
Ducky) Fairis
Shawnee
Okla
Lawrence Miller
Ivana Fabris
Miller
Peggy Fry
Franklin Fairris
Raymond Carroll Price
Fairris
Price
Pasadena
Sam Hoover
Hamilton
Harris County
Buster Kern
Oklahoma
Truce Near Certainty as Midnight Deadline Looms
Geneva July 20. Cease fire terms for the eight year Indo China war were agreed on and the signing appeared absolutely certain before midnight. Communists and the West reached a Viet Nam cease fire line with Haiphong, while drafting issues in Laos and Cambodia remained. Elections in Viet Nam by 1956 were agreed with talks on arrangements.
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Lawton
Ana
Viet Nam
Geneva
Haiphong
Pierre Mendes-France
Laos
Cambodia
United States
U.S
Mendes - France
Anthony Eden
V. M. Molotov
Viet Minh
Pham van Dong
Pierre Mendes- France
Two Injured In Two Car Crash At Third And Bell
A late Monday two car collision at Third and Bell sent two people to Fort Sill station hospital. Fort Sill soldier William Craig sustained a fractured arm cracked ribs and internal injuries while his passenger wife Dorothy Duncan suffered facial lacerations and was listed in good condition. Linley Duncan driver of the southbound car and Joe Bob Craig driver of the westbound car were cited for failing to yield right of way as officers described speeds around 35 mph. The crash occurred about 11 18 p.m. near a tree and parking area with both vehicles nearly head on.
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Third
Bell
Fort Sill Station Hospital
William Craig
Fort Sill
Dorothy Duncan
Craig
Joe Bob Craig
Linley C. Duncan
Bob Jones
Melvin Kelley
Duncan
Farm Groups Meet On Cal For Dreuth Aid
Oklahoma cattlemen press for federal relief as drought drags on. Gov. Johnston Murray warns of critical state conditions with no rain. Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association seeks surplus feed at disaster prices and a guaranteed 12 cent beef floor for low grade cattle.
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Oklahoma City
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Johnston Murray
Murray
Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association
State Board of Agriculture
Drouth
Heat Stays On With Hot Readings And Attendant Showers
Heat remains dominant in Lawton with a slight chance of scattered thundershowers. Forecasts predict clear to partly cloudy skies and continued hot weather for today and tomorrow with highs around 105. Statewide, readings 100 to 105 expected, with minimal rainfall and long-range heat continuing into mid-August. Water usage noted at 18,241,000 gallons yesterday.
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Lawton
Fourth Army Chief Sets Fort Sill Visit
Lt. Gen. I. D. White commander Fourth Army arrives at Fort Sill at 10 a.m. Wednesday for an inspection tour of ROTC and USAR schools camps. He will inspect the ROTC camp, view range practice, dine with cadets, then tour USAR schools and classes before departing by plane later Wednesday.
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I. D. White
Fourth Army
Fort Sill
White
Lone Bandit Robs Bank In Sentinel
A man robbed the First National Bank of Sentinel at 12 20 p m taking about 1700 to 2000 dollars. No one was hurt. The gunman, 45 to 50, dark skinned, wore sunglasses overalls and a straw hat. FBI assisting. patrol seeking the suspect.
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Claud O. Smith
Ila Smith
Smith
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Highway Patrol
Meningitis Patient in Comanche County Critical
Comanche county reports its first meningitis case since May diagnosed today at Memorial hospital. Corbett Haroldeen, son of Mr and Mrs W Hallbrook Sterling, is said to be critical and in danger.
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Comanche County
Memorial Hospital
Corbett Haroldeen
Area Weather Forecast: Clear to Fly Yet Hot and Cloudy
Forecast shows continued heat with highs near 105 today and tomorrow. Tonight's low around 75 and today's low 74. An 11 a.m. reading recorded 98 while yesterday's high reached 105.
Pension Plan Battle Spurs Governor Race in Oklahoma
Oklahoma candidates clash over old age pensions as Raymond Gary pledges to raise to 100 dollars monthly while William O Coe backs 15 dollars. Coe accuses Gary of pressuring elderly voters. Gary warns federal funds would be cut if welfare moves fail. Gary promotes expanded schools and cost cuts. Coe plans TV appeals and sues Daily Oklahoman for libel.
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United Press
Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
Madill
William O.coe
Gary
Coe
Welfare Commission
Miami
Enid
Tulsa
Wichita Falls
Tex
Oklahoma City
Daily Oklahoman
State Election Board
Oklahoma troopers get new summer shirts in cool upgrade
Lawrence F Bellatti pushed through a change as Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers in Lawton and district four received new short sleeved chocolate brown cotton shirts via airplane. Each officer now has three shirts replacing the wool long sleeves, praised as a radical uniform shift.
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Lawrence F. Bellatti
Stillwater
Lawton
C. T. Raley
District Four
Ratey
Oklahoma
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Clarence Hill
Dick Tannery
S. T. Smith
Claude Hennessee
W. E. Provine
McCarthy Army
Francis P. Carr
Pvt. G. David Schine
Schine
Subcommittee
Robert T. Stevens
John G. Adams
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Potter
The
Chicago Tribune
New York
Justice Cohn
McCarthy Subcommittee
Sill’'s Air School
Alabama
Texas
Rucker
Sill
Indo-China
Cal
Dreuth
City
Earl Christmas
Leon Laurenzano
Lone Bandit
Sentinel
Pension Plan
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