Area Farm Youth Tour Reaches Memphis Friday
Oklahoma FFA and 4-H members from Lawton and nearby towns travel to Memphis Friday as part of a weeklong tour of the Mississippi Delta cotton area. The group visits Delta & Pine Land Co near Scott and the Cotton Exchange Humko plant International Harvester and the Ho tel Peabody luncheon with Albert Russell outlining the National Cotton Council. The trip began in Shreveport and runs via Vicksburg Greenville Stoneville Fort Smith before returning to Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
FFA
Lawton
Memphis
Mississippi Delta
Oklahoma Cotton Research Foundation
Marvin Linvingston
Faxon
Arion Johnson
Charles Callahan
Hobart
Charlie Burns
Meridith Roberts
Tipton
Herman Grizzle
Dale Regier
Cordell
Jack Harper
Shreveport
Vicksburg
Greenville
Stoneville
Scott
Miss
Delta & Pine Land Co
Cotton Exchange
Humko
International Harvester
Hotel
Peabody
National Cotton Council
Albert Russell
Fort Smith
Ark
City Man Slightly Injured In Crash
Lawton resident Ray Dan Merrick 1702 Taft was treated at Memorial Hospital after a collision at Laird and Cherry sent his car into a canal. He was not admitted after examination. The other driver was Margaret Bianco of Memorial Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Laird and
Cherry
Ray Dan Merrick
Taft
Memorial Hospital
Margaret Bianco
Bianco
Merrick
Laird
Two Post Bonds After City Raids
Police vice raiders hit two booze peddlers last night and seized a small quantity of liquor. It was the third raid this week. Capt. Preston Williams and Sgt. Walter Asbery arrested M. C. Taylor and John Langley, both posting $60 bonds for operating a seen and maintaining a nuisance. Raids occurred between 8 and 8 30 p m as Chief Hennessee ordered a crackdown on Lawton's liquor trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Williams
Walter Asbery
M. C. Taylor
John Langley
Williams
Asbery
Ralph Hennessee
Lawton
Hurst Backs Berry In Runoff Primary
Irvin Hurst endorsed Lt. Gov. James E. Berry for reelection after an unsuccessful bid to remove Cowboy Pink Williams from the runoff ballot. Hurst, who finished third in the July primary, said Berry runs under his own name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Irvin Hurst
State Supreme Court
James E. Berry
Hurst
Pink Williams
Berry
The Widest Part of North America
The article notes the broadest span in North America is roughly 3000 miles from Labrador to British Columbia. It emphasizes the vast continental width and highlights this measurement as a striking geographic fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Labrador
British Columbia
Brig Gen Britting explains abrupt retirement from duty
Brig Gen James F Britting says his early exit from active service stems from a partial physical disability and confirms a long explanation effort has become wearisome. He notes federal law requires retirement when disability is approved and that the action followed. America’s homeowners total 23.5 million, 55 percent of families, with Canada higher at 65.6 percent in owner occupancy per a real estate boards newsletter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Brittingham
Department of Army
America
Earth
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Canada
Hospital Births and Admitted List Include Multiple Oklahoma Names
The Kiowa hospital notices record admitted patients with names and addresses including Emma Hamilton and Eliza Edwards, births of several daughters and sons with times and weights, plus discharges and medical statuses for numerous residents such as Rosie Condulle, Patricia Wheeler, and Lucille Poolaw. The list covers Oklahoma City, Chickasha, Mountain View, Medicine Park, and Cyril among others, with dates around July 21 and 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Hamilton
Dearborn
Nahwoosky
Walters
Nanny Matthews
Glencoe
Rosie Condulle
Oklahoma City
Ee Kowena
Merriott Agee
Ash
Bill
Ozman
Claud Acker
Hannan Hotel
Medical
Ricki Brashier
W. R. Brashier
Porter Hill
Donald R. Borden
Q. D. Borden
Geronimo
Anita June McClung
C. E. McClung
Star
Stanley Allen McIntosh
Weyman McIntosh
Elgin
W. Mu Phillips
Rutha Jane Smith
Royce Weeden
Eldon Weeden
Cyril
Bernard Methvin
Williams
Githen Rhoads Jr
Oak
Election fight over voting place sparks tension and vow of observers
In a heated exchange, Hale and Rhodes debate changing Quanah voting sites and ensuring fair access. Hale vows observers at Quanah and Lawton Ward 1 Precinct 1 to prevent undue influence, while Rhodes defends a clean campaign and promises reform if elected. Long family ties and past voting disputes color the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Runyon
Rhodes
Hale
Runy
Long Ranch
Quanah
Long
J. D. Long Sr
Emmett Long
Lawton
Bigigath Hale
Otis Waldron
Adding Machine and Typewriter Stolen from Beverage Firm
Stolen items include an adding machine and a Spavister from Quality Beverage Co. at 910 Second. Entry gained from the rear, owner Marshall Looney notified police. Authorities urged pawns to watch for the equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quality Beverage Co
Marshall Looney
Bit Of Hawaii To Be Served Up At ROTC Dance Tonight
University of Hawaii hosts at Fort Sill for the final ROTC dance on the Officers’ Open Mess patio. Hawaiian orchids, flown from Hawaii, will greet the first 100 arriving ladies. A Hawaiian floor show and medley are planned with ROTC band music. Transportation from USO club at 7 30 p.m. offered by Maj. McCord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Fort Sill
University of Hawaii
Sun Chun
S. S.reece
Maj. McCord
USO Club
Long Arm Of Law Ties Complex Web For Jail Time
Oklahoma troopers arrest a New Yorker Gordon Early Spencer 38 for DWI. He pleads guilty and is fined 116 dollars and returned to jail. A stolen pickup and later FBI and Wellsville checks reveal a felonious check charge and extradition plans emerge. Deputy Tompkins notes the case pieces fall into place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Tompkins
Oklahoma
Gordon Early Spencer
Manville
Marvin Cameron
Cameron
Spencer
Redman
Tomkins
Campaign Scouting and Debates Hover Over Oklahoma Race
Coe accuses rival Gary of avoiding debate while airing cancelled checks and an auditor letter on television. GOP ramps up for November with Sparks and McKeever leading the ticket. Gary resists televised confrontation. Kerr’s race dominates Democrats, Turner praised for withdrawing from the Senate runoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coe
Gary
GOP
Reuben Sparks
Woodward
U. S. Senate
Douglas McKeever
Enid
Oklahoma City
Robert S. Kerr
Raymond H. Fields
Guyman
Fred M. Mack
Dee
Tulsa
Turnpike
H. E. Bailey
Legger
Roy J. Turner
Senate
Smith Hester
Turner
Hester
Kerr
Bids Invited for Vinita Hospital Dining Hall
Oklahoma City July 22 UP The State Board of Affairs will accept bids August 3 on a $500000 dining hall and kitchen to replace one destroyed by fire in 1951 at the Eastern State Hospital Vinita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinita
Oklahoma City
State Board of Affairs
Eastern State Hospital
Morse Delivers Marathon Speech on Atomic Energy Bill
Senator Morse holds the Senate floor for hours in a marathon address opposing private power provisions in the atomic energy bill. The chamber saw late votes approving Eisenhower's private plant in the Tennessee Valley as Gore and Hill prepared further speeches. Morse, with a long speech completed, planned to address the official spokesman clause for the AEC amid administration defense of its necessity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gore
Congress
Eisenhower
Tennessee Valley
Morse
Senate
Sens
Hill
D-Ala
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
Oklahoma Oklahoma City market report and livestock prices
Prices for butter eggs broilers hens and fat hogs are listed with regional stations in Oklahoma City, Vinita Muskogee Enid and other towns. Beef cattle calves and stockers show steady to mixed moves with cows bulls and yearlings quoted, hogs down and sheep steady with prime lambs around 18 to 19 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Frederick
Hobart
Lawton
Hennessey
Yukon
Reno
Enid
Fairview
Kingfisher
Medford
Vici
Blackwell
Clinton
Alva
Pauls Valley
Durant
Ardmore
Laverne
Muskogee
Tulsa
Eggs
Spots
Elk City
Watonga
McAlester
el Reno
Chandler
Chickasha
Vinita
Massive Parade Signals End of ROTC at Fort Sill
Final ROTC summer camp ends in nine days at Fort Sill with a mass review of cadets on Lucas Field at 9 a.m. July 29. Maj. Gen. Edward T. Williams will be reviewing officer as about 175 cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants in the Army Reserve. Awards will honor top sports, band, newspaper, yearbook, rifle marksmanship and a top student in each of 12 batteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Lucas Field
Polo Field
Edward T. Williams
Artillery Center
U.S. Army Reserve
Nine Charged On Driving Counts In Oklahoma Case
County Attorney Manville rman announces nine motorists charged with traffic violations. Ray Judson Collyar an Oklahoma City bus driver faced speeding 65 mph at night on U S 277. Others include Paul McAdams Mary Pryor Ernest Reynolds Fred Heinz Herman Young Joe Montgomery George Collins and Frances Puffer with offenses ranging from speeding improper stopping reckless driving and driving without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manvillerman
Ray Judson Collyar
Oklahoma City
Wes Miller
Lawton
U. S. 277
Paul F. McAdams
Duncan
Mary E. Pryor
Ernest H. Reynolds
Fort Sill
Fred Heinz
Rt. 4
Herman Oung
Joe Sam Montgomery
George Elbert Collins
Lee
Frances Lee Puffer
Boy 12 Held For Murder Of Little Girl
Albany dispatch reports 12 year old Gerald Savoie held for action by children's court in the bludgeon slaying of eight year old Bonnette Dallaire. Police say he followed her into a cellar and struck her with a rock and tile pipe in a suburban Colonie site. The boy claimed he blacked out after an unlearned impulse. no sexual motive found. Bonnette was found dying by a workman. her father was away at the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N.Y
Gerald Savoie
Bonnette Dallaire
Bonnette
George
Gerald
Wilfred Savoie
Colonie
Children’s Court
New York State
Beal Heights Hosts Discussion on Morality in Government
A three man panel will discuss The Christian's Responsibility for Morality and Integrity in Government at 6 45 p m today. The Beal Heights Presbyterian men's club hosts with Rev Paul one pastor acting as moderator. Audience questions will follow. C Tact presides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beal Artresbyterian Men’s Club
Aalies Floyd
A. Milton Keating
Roy Hooper
Paul
C. Tact
Dairy Show Catalogs Mailed for Sooner State Event
The annual Sooner State Dairy Show in Enid has mailed catalogs and finished preliminary planning for the August 30 to September 3 event. Comanche county dairymen, 4-H and FFA members, county agents, and agriculture teachers are on the mailing list. Entries must be filed with the secretary by August 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enid
Comanche County
FFA
Chemical Blast Kills Three Workers at Factory
State police report an explosion and fire at Unexcelled Chemical Co fireworks plant in Cranbury New Jersey killing three workers and seriously injuring three others. The blast shattered a 20 by 60 foot galvanized building two miles away, with victims believed to be inside the wrecked structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbury
N. J
Cityan Fined For Passing Bogus Check
Marlin C. Smith a 29 year old Lawton man pleaded guilty to writing bogus checks and was fined 25 dollars and costs by Peace Justice Woodrow Giles at arraignment. Smith had given a 15 dollar bogus check to Jack Naughton of White's Coffee Shop and previously paid 10 dollars and costs for a 20 dollar check of lesser value. He was jailed until the fine and an 86 dollar balance from a drunk driving fine due in January 1953 are paid. Giles warned that another charge could bring jail time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Washington
Tomkins
Spencer
Wellsville
N. Y
Supreme Court
Allegany County
Marlin C. Smith
Lawton
Woodrow Giles
Smith
Jack Naughton
White’s
Giles
City Man Fined For Joy Riding
City man Andrew Myer received a $50 fine and nearly $100 in court costs after pleading guilty to joy riding in a case that began as a car theft charge. Peace Justice Woodrow Giles ordered the costs to cover county expenses for returning Myers from Fayetteville Arkansas. Myers, 33, will remain jailed until the fine is paid. County Attorney Manville Redman noted an old fine also remains unpaid. The incident involved a car stolen July 10 from Walter W. T. McDonald of Walters and led to Myers’ arrest in Fayetteville before return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew
Chuck” Myer
Woodrow Giles
Myers
Fayetteville
Ark
Manville Redman
Lawton
W. T. McDonald
Walters
Redman
American Legion To Meet Tonight
All veterans are urged to attend the Lowery Whitehead American Legion Post No 29 meeting at 8 p.m. in the Legion Hut at Seventh and E. Commander Billy Paul Galyon emphasizes veterans need to join regardless of prior affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowery-Whitehead
Brig Gen Vonna Burger Takes Duty At Fort Hood
Brig Gen Vonna F Burger, a former Lawton resident, arrived at Fort Hood Texas for assignment with the 1st Armored Division. Her husband Trevette accompanies her, and she is a 29 year military veteran with 66 months in foreign service, son in law of Mrs T H Westbrook of 1002 Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vonna F. Burger
Lawton
Fort Hood
Tex
1St Armored Division
Gen. Burger
Travette
T. H. Westbrook
Bell
Fort Sill Range Accident Injures Crew Members
Pfc Paul B Curtis and Pvt McDuffy were seriously injured. Pfc David Cunningham Pvt John Abernathy and Sgt Alexander Maggi also hurt when a firing mission went wrong at 3 55 pm. The gun crew had fired about 40 rounds that afternoon. This followed another range incident last Saturday involving eight men burned by a 105 self propelled howitzer shell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul B. Curtis
2Nd Field Artillery
McDuffy
Curtis
David Cunningham
John L. Abernathy
Alexander W. Maggi
oSee
Maggi
PIO
Fort Sill
County vote on quotas shows 317 in favor 35 against
A county referendum on wheat quotas reports 317 votes for and 35 against under the controlling legislation. The USDA states wheat allotments will take effect for 1955 regardless of quota results, with price supports available only to compliant producers. Voting is by community and results are due by 6 p.m. at the county ASC office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USDA
Secretary of Agriculture
ASC
Bill Sieg
Elbert Wolf
Stillwater
Sieg
Bodenstine Grocery
Porter Hill
Hise Emprement Co
Elgin
Cook’s Cafe
Sterling
Earl Shriver
Lawton
Pumpkin Center
H-I
County Asc
Lawon
New Hope
Blue Beaver School
Cache City
Indiahoma Vo-Ag
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Area Farm
Toc” Dopey
Insurors
R. Ae Mansell
Ray Myers
A. L. Lund
Joseph Sanford
William Jackson
Medicine Park
William Hudspeth
Andrews
H. B
Surear
Leonard Watts
Joe Skaggs
S. 25Th
Scouts
Cee
Ada
Kirkpatrick Greenhouse
Knowland
Sen. Ervin
D-Nc
Judith
Aehoe Ton
Atenen
Frank Toews
Office
Becker Fun
Chicago
Sill
K. V. “Tink” Rhodes
Democrat
Pol. Adv
Beal Heights
Cityan
American Legion
Brig. Gen. Burger
Hood
Insurors Realtors
D Ave
C. R
Rick” Partain
Rick
G. Andrews
Refrigerators
Wolverton Harware
M&ad
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
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