Three Are Hurt In Two Car Crash Near Fort Sill
A head on collision on 11th near Pennsylvania Avenue left two cars demolished and three Fort Sill men slightly injured. Pvt Raymond E Cobb 18 Sgt Johnny Hughes and Robert L Staudenraus 22 were treated and released at Fort Sill station hospital.
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Pennsylvania Ave
Fort Sill
Raymond E. Cobb
Robert L. Staudenraus
Johnny Hughes
Cobb
Staudenraus
Fort Sill Station Hospital
City Election Numbers Show Turnout Near Primary Levels
Voters observed at Emmett Long ranch precinct with turnout near July 6 levels. Early noon tallies across 15 Lawton and two rural precincts indicated a countywide total around 10 000 votes, roughly 2 000 fewer than the first primary, with Ward 2 and Dunbar areas among the busier spots.
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Emmett Long Ranch
Lawton
Ward 2
Pet
Dunbar School
Stillwater Stillwater
Cushing
Duncan
Durant
Altea
Seminole
Lawton column corrects spelling of crape myrtle plant
In a column Doc corrects his misspelling of crape myrtle the sturdy flowering shrub seen from the courthouse lawn. The note cites Wise Garden Encyclopedia and notes the plant is a Chinese origin yet common in the Southern states as a decorative hedge and background plant.
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Doc
Court House
Lawton
Mr. Wise and Company
Memorial Hospital Eyes Expansion And Budget Changes
Memorial Hospital plans expansion to add a floor and 128 beds by placing two beds in private rooms as patient load rises from 35-37 to over 60 daily. The board authorized $3,640 in supplies and equipment and approved budget increases across departments while maintaining room rates. The facility earned Joint Commission accreditation and trained 120 practical nurses amid landscaping and modernization efforts.
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Love
Hospital Board of Control
Memorial
Cameron College
New York
Blue Cross
Joint Commission On Hospital Accreditation
Booster Trip schedules visits to townwide stops on Wednesday
The Booster Trip lists an eight o clock start in Sterling and a chain of stops through Elgin Fletcher Cement Chickasha Rush Springs Marlow Duncan Comanche Waurika Temple Walters and Lawton return. Friday visits include Cyril Anadarko Apache Fort Cobb Carnegie Mountain View Go zmbo Hobart Lone Wolf Granite Manim Blair Altus Frederick and Chattanooga with rodeo star Wild Bill Elliott featured and two hundred forty four activities planned from sunrise to parade time.
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Sterling
Elgin
Fletcher
Cement
Chickasha
Rush Springs
Marlow
Duncan
Comanche
Waurika
Temple
Walters
Lawton
Cyril
Anadarko
Apache
Fort Cobb
Carnegie
Mountain View
Gozebo
Hobart
Lone Wolf Granite
Manim
Blair
Altus
Frederick
Chattanooga
Wild Bill” Elliott
Tommy Steiner
Wild Bill
Dad Explains Baby Boy Misregistered as Girl
Ray Meyer faces confusion after his newborn son Larry Wayne was registered as a girl. He explains to friends that the child was misclassified at Fort Sill and notes Larry has an eight year old brother Robert Lynn and a twelve year old sister Donna Rae.
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Ray Meyer
Ray
Fort Sill
Stork
Meyer
Larry Wayne
Larry
Robert Lynn
Donna Rae
Military funding outlined for Altus and nearby bases expansion
A congressional subcommittee heard funding plans to widen runways at Altus to 13,260 feet and extend taxiways and aprons. It included 3,200 square foot additions to navigation easements on 969 acres, land easements on 150 to 700 acres, and land purchases for runway extensions, beacons, transmitters, and off-base sites. At Clinton Sherman officials cited a 10,000 square foot infirmary addition to support 75 beds, while Ardmore and Vance requested parking, utilities, beacons, obstructions lights, and land for beacons and radio ranges.
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Altus
Clinton-Sherman
Navy Infirmary
Navy
Air Force
Tinker Field
Ardmore
Vance Air Force Base
Fire destroys Beard building as flames race through downtown
A major downtown fire began in a rear apartment and quickly spread to the Beard building, Rogers Electric Co, Yale theater, ae Drug Store, and the Soliss building. Smoke towers 200 feet as firefighters and volunteers extract merchandise and guard U S 66 and U S 75 traffic while a large crowd watches. Investigators seek the fire’s origin as neighborhoods brace for continued danger.
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Beard Building
Rogers Electric Co
Beard
Yale Theater
Ae Drug Store
Soliss
U.S. 66
U.S. 75
Matthews
Chinese protest over U S carrier planes near Yulin harbor
A Chinese statement claims 12 U S carrier planes crossed skies over Lokwei near Yulin on Hainan Island at 10 05 am. It alleges new defensive patrols pursued and were shot down and says U S naval planes repeatedly violate Chinese airspace while accusing the United States of backing Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists against the Red Army.
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Yulin Harbor
Yulin
Hainan Island
Lokwei
Hainan
U.S
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Marathon Senate Debate on Atomic Bill Continues
Senate hours long as Morse and Knowland clash over amendments and tactics. Morse’s 3rd marathon speech targets executive measure while Knowland vows nonstop action if needed. Debates hinge on private power contracts and domestic policy amid stalemate.
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Ity
Knowland
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Calif
Anderson
Senate
Sen
Capitol
Morse
Atomic Enrgy Commission
Tennessee Valley
Republican Party
Adlai Stevenson
California
Sen. Gore
Dtenn
Oklahoma Drouth Survey Planned for Disaster Aid Eligibility
Washington officials depart to survey drought in Arkansas Oklahoma Missouri to decide disaster aid eligibility. Assistant Secretary Ross Rizley of Guymon Oklahoma and Harvey Dahl will travel first to Kansas City.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Arkansas-Oklahoma-Missouri
Ross Rizley
Guymon
Okla
Harvey Dahl
R "Rea
Kansas City
Markets Chicago Butter Chicago
Butter steady with receipts 1 031 667 as wholesale buying prices unchanged. Prices listed include 93 score AA 56 5, 92 A 56 5, 90 B 54, 89 C 50. Ears 90 B 54 5 and 89 C 51. Oklahoma City livestock sale notes cattle 3 000, calves 500 with mixed loads and holds. Hogs 300 top 23.00, choice 170, largely 22 50 23 00. spring and power hogs 50 higher, top 19 50.
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Chicago
Oklahoma City
USDA
Police Budget Seeks Rises Across Ranks and New Cars
The request outlines a pay scale with sergeants at 285 and chief at 400, plus 50 monthly for nine part time school patrolmen. It items 14 000 for maintenance 7 600 for equipment including three patrol cars and two more, and notes four cars currently cover 15 square miles with one car out of service daily.
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Theso
Hennessee
Ihe
Voter turnout mixed across towns in runoff primaries
Local races in several counties showed varied turnout as polls opened for runoff voting. Frederick and Stillwater posted heavier participation than July 6, while Cushing and Woodward reported lighter totals and cooler weather influencing decisions.
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Nowata
Loy
Sheriff’s hot-wired car theft ends with suspect caught
Sheriff Everett Hale investigated a stolen 1951 Mercury after a would-be vandal tried to use it to ferry voters to the polls. A cab driver later recovered the car and the suspect was taken into custody as officers traced the night’s events.
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Frosty Troy
Everett Hale
Little Pongo
Beane
Hale
Sooner Motor Co
Bennie
King
Fort Sill
Hospital News Items Admitted and Dismissed
A list of hospital admissions and dismissals across multiple locales. Names include Jane Baptiste Dora Jay David Tahchawwickah Rose Narcomey Werqueyah Mrs LaVerne Aitson and others with locations such as Marlow Gozebo Seminole Apache Duncan and Faxon. Several births noted with times and weights.
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Jane Baptiste
Marlow
Dora Jay
Gozebo
David Tahchawwickah
Rt. 3
Rose Narcomey
Seminole
Werqueyah
Faxon
LaVerne Aitson
Southwestern
Ten Lawtonians Named Draft Delinquents by Local Board
City draft board No 16 lists ten Lawton residents as draft delinquents. Clerk Mrs. Carla Williams says a newspaper appeal may locate them, with addresses given for Kenneth Christopher and others. She notes cases may go to the FBI if contact cannot be made, and asks tips via phone 4680.
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Joe M. Hale
Indiahoma
Kenneth Dale Foreman
Temple
Tex
Joe Gains
Harold Dean Bryan
FBI
Four Injured As Autos Collide Near Fletcher
Four persons injured Monday when two cars collided on a country road one mile south of Fletcher. R. L. Eighmy 62 and his nine year old daughter Dianna of Fletcher, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mays of Duncan sustained injuries. Mays and wife were treated at Southwestern hospital, while Eighy and daughter were treated at Memorial hospital.
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Fletcher
R. L. Eighmy
Dianna
Ray Mays
Duncan
Mays
Southwestern Hospital
Memorial Hospital
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