Air Service Growth At Lawton Slated For 1956 Expansion
Central Airlines and Continental report rising passenger boardings at Lawton Municipal airport with a shift to larger Convair 340s to ease seating. Overall traffic shows steady yearly gains, mail, express, and freight volumes up, plus education tours and birthday flight programs for local students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental
Lawton
Fort Sill
Municipal
Winham
Air Express
Central
Arthur Summerfield
Duncan
Oklahoma City
Central Airlines
Tokyo
Japan
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Korea
England
France
Italy
West Indies
Don Moyer
Buffalo
N.Y
Lawrence Owen
Sherman, Tex
Dick Buhanan
Bill Jackson
Joplin
Andy Zunich
R. L. Hummel
R. A. Kanner
City budgets 1955 56 add new general fund agencies
City officials plan a 1955 56 general fund overhaul adding agencies such as city inspector filter plant water collections office city shops and disposal plant. They face cuts of nearly 500000 yet anticipate a clearer accounting though police and fire requests loom large for more personnel and salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police and Fire Departments
Police Department
Ellisworth
Park Board of Commissioners
Park Department
Utility Department
General Fund
Department
City Shops
Merly
Utilies Fund
McMahon Foundation
Bootleg raids surge as Lawton area faces liquor probes
Lawton bootleggers face charges and local officers intensify raids as state agents investigate a three county liquor syndicate. In Comanche county Helen Hudson and Lincoln Wade are charged with transporting liquor and await bond, while other towns note vigilante actions and grand jury activity in nearby counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Hale
Lawton
Caddo
Comanche
Cotton Counties
Helen Hudson
Lincoln
Step) Wade
Cotton County
Hugh Fitzsimmons
Madson
Wade
Hudson
Comanche County
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Grand Jury
Grady County
Big
Everett Weaver
Bigwig
Chickasha
Anadarko
Justice of Peace
Calvin Stother
Wilson Smithen
Smithen
Strother
Grady
Randolph McGrew
Hack Perrin
Perrin
Emmett Willard
Three Fingers Jack
Pottawattomie County
Jim Bradshaw
Jim Harrington
Harrington
Traffic Charges Dominate Court in Lawton
Traffic cases filled the Lawton municipal docket Saturday with two local men fined for reckless driving and speeding. Gerald B. Hank and Bobby C. Speck faced fines of 10 and 20 dollars, while Tommy Smith forfeited a 20 dollar bond for speeding. Two others were sent to military authorities after an incident near 725 C. A trespass and assault charge against John Merritt and Pfc. Johnny Patterson was dropped as authorities intervened. Public drunkenness bonds for two men and vagrancy bonds for two women were also forfeited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Marvin Cameron
Gerald B. Hank
Park
Bobby C. Speck
Tommy Smith
Sheridan Road
John Merritt
Apache Protest Planned Over Gas Rate Increase
Oklahoma representative Charley W. Long will oppose Consolidated Gas rate hikes for Apache Lawton Chickasha and Thomas. He asks the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to review true gas purchase versus sale prices and executives salaries while noting customers face at least 25 cents more monthly and up to 87 cents with tiered increases based on usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley W. Long
Caddo County
Apache
Consolidated Gas
Consolidated
Lawton
Oklahoma
Ray C. Jones
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Rep. Long
Chickasha
Thomas
Corporation Commission
Public Service Companies Committee
The
Oklahoma House
Consolidated’s
Commission
Giant Review Set Tuesday at Fort Sill parade
More than 2,500 troops will pass in review Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Lucas Field in Fort Sill's monthly Post Ceremonial Review. Maj. Gen. Edward T. Williams will review the parade, with the 52nd Field Artillery Group in charge and the 522nd Infantry Battalion as color unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas Field
Fort Sill
Edward T. Williams
Artillery
52Nd Field Artillery Group
522Nd Infantry
6Th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
45Th Transportation Battalion
Graveside services for infant Arnold W. Schmidt
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Waldo J. Schmidt of Broxton will be buried at 3 30 p m today at the Greenfield Mennonite church cemetery northwest of Apache. Rev Jake Krousse will officiate. The baby died at birth Saturday at Fort Cobb. Survived by parents two brothers Donald and Ronald paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Jake Schmidt Apache and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Otis Jantz Ringwood Okla
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apache
Arnold W. Schmidt
Waldo J. Schmidt
Broxton
Greenfield Mennonite Church
Jake Krousse
Fort Cobb
Donald
Ronald
Jake Schmidt
Otis Jantz
Ringwood
Okla
Soldier acquitted in Fort Bragg court martial case
The account notes Sgt. John Liles and Sgt. John Tyler amid military trials tied to prison camp activity in the Korean War. Liles, a 1941 West Point graduate, proclaimed his innocence after acquittals in related cases, while Tyler was found not guilty on all charges after a 50 minute deliberation. Maj. Noell cleared him of additional charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Military Academy
Liles
Nugent
Fort Sill
John L. Tyler
Moundsville
W.va
Fort Bragg
Sgt
Tyler
C. E. Noell
Elllie C Willeford Dies After Cab Stand Heart Attack
Elllie C Willeford a 49 year old cab driver of 2204 A died about 9 p m Saturday after a heart attack at a downtown cab stand He died shortly after reaching Southwestern hospital Survived by wife two daughters Mrs Althoria Jones and Mrs Barbara Jean McVay two sisters Mrs Della Bumpus and Mrs Glennie Scruggs five brothers Horace Elmer Ernest Asa and Lesley and three grandchildren Becker Funeral home handles arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellie C. Willeford
Southwestern Hospital
Dauthers
Althoria Jones
Gore
Barbara Jean McVay
Oklahoma City
Della Bumpus
Duncan
Glennie Scruggs
Horace
Elmer
Forth Worth
Ernest
Pauls Valley
Asa
Lynwood
Calif
Lesley
Mccalester
Becker Funeral Home
Same-Day Births Tie Chicago Birthday Families
Chicago records two births on July 23 as Dorothy Niebur aged 44 and Dolores Johnson aged 24 celebrate sharing a birthday. Niebur is Johnson's mother, linking generations in a single day.
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Chicago
Dorothy Niebur
Dolores Johnson
Niebur
Johnson
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AIR Service
Bjirman
Bjurman
Arnold Winham
Lawton Station
Nicipal
Wichita Mountains
K. K. King
City “Leggers
Raymond Gary
Owen J. Watts
Seminole County
Bill Hutchinson
Bill Nicholson
Tulsa
Arnold Schmidt
Norton-Kitchens
Buick Co
E. C. Willeford
Iners
Cache Road Furniture Co
Cache Road
Southwestern Radio & Sound Phone
Aamond
Appel
D Avenue
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