Duckwall Named Commander of 598th Field Artillery Battalion
Lt Col Richard L Duckwall appointed battalion commander of the 598th FA BN at Fort Sill succeeding Lt Col G L Taylor He is a Tuttle Oklahoma native and a University of Oklahoma ROTC graduate 1938 He served in WW II in the Philippines Korea with the 58th AFA BN Third Division and attended Fort Sill courses He is married with two children Robert eight and Sally seven.
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Richard L. Duckwall
Fort Sill
G. L Taylor
Duckwall
Tuttle
Okla
U.S
Austria
University of Oklahoma
Ducknall
Philippines
Korea
58Th Afa
A&gmc
Col
Robert
Sally
Twilight hour boosts women’s shine, Hal Boyle muses
Hal Boyle argues twilight is women’s magic hour, when charm and energy peak. He sketches a humorous scene of couples where wives glow at dinner and dances while tired husbands drift, noting dusk reveals a woman’s mystery and makes her beauty unfold as night begins.
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New York
Turncoats Won't Talk About Arrest on Arrival in San Francisco
Three former GI turncoats bound for the United States aboard the President Cleveland declined comment on a report they will be arrested upon arrival in San Francisco. William A. Cowart Lewis W. Griggs and Otho G. Bell were among 21 Americans who stayed with Chinese Communists at end of the Korean War. Bell's family waited in Olympia while Griggs' mother may meet him in Jacksonville Texas. Army officers and customs officials planned to board the ship before docking to inform the men of military arrest and charges of aiding the enemy and misconduct as prisoners.
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San Francisco
President Cleveland
Fuiay
William A. Cowart
Dalton
Lewis W. Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
Otho G. Bell
Hillsboro
Miss
Hong Kong
Bell
Paula
Olympia
Wash
Elbert Bell
Griggs Griggs
Elsie Griggs
Army
Cleveland
Massed Fire Demo Set For Saturday At Firing Point 137
The Artillery and Guided Missile School will present Massed Fire I a light field artillery demonstration at 10 30 a m Saturday at Firing Point 137 Troops from Headquarters and Headquarters Battery 17th Field Artillery Group 2nd Field Artillery Battalion 537th Field Artillery Battalion 602nd Field Artillery Battalion 548th Field Artillery Battalion and 617th Field Artillery Battalion participate Reserved tickets are available from the Lawton Chamber of Commerce.
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17Th Field Artillery Group
2Nd Field Artillery
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Backward Youth Held For Murder In Chicago Case
Police planned to charge 17 year old Clarence Baugh with murder in the rape slaying of 8 year old Mary Manzo. He admitted kidnapping the girl near her South Side home to lure her with candy, beat her, then raped her. Her body was found under a railroad underpass July 7 after a manhunt. The youth, described as mentally retarded, had been a pupil in a school for abnormal children and his parents are deaf mutes.
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Chicago
Mary Manzo
Clarence Baugh
Baugh
Frank Reynolds
South Side
Reynolds
MRS SANGER OKAY HOLLYWOOD CHECKUP ENDS
Mrs Margaret Sanger, 71, famed birth control advocate, leaves Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after a two day checkup. Doctors had said she was treated for a heart ailment earlier but reported she is not suffering any ailment and is in good condition.
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Sanger Okay
Hollywood
Margaret Sanger
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Cubbison Named New CO Of 2nd FA Battalion
Lt. Col. Gordon R. Cubbison is appointed to lead the 2nd Field Artillery Battalion at Fort Sill succeeding Lt. Col. Edward P. Downing. A Fort Sill graduate, he has WW II overseas service with Hq Sixth Army and the 11th Abu Div, earned the Bronze Star with V device, Luzon Campaign, and Philippine Liberation Medal. He spent time in Japan after the war and in Korea with the 187th Abn RCT, earning a Purple Heart with three Oak Leaf Clusters and four campaign ribbons. His father, Maj. Gen. Donald C. Cubbison, is a former Fort Sill commanding general and Field Artillery School commandant.
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Gordon R. Cubbison
Edward P. Downing
FA Bn
Fort Sill
Col. Cubbison
Sixth Army
11Th Abu Div
Luzon
Army of Occupation
Japan
Korea
187Th Abn Rct
East
Donald C. Cubbison
Ret
Field Artillery School
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Hal Boyle
Everett Thompson
A and Appliances
Lawton
Pittsburgh Paints
Farmers Lumber Company
Oklahoma Tire & Supply
Otasco
Jetspun
Norlon
Simon
Simoniz
Aluminum
General Electric
Cubbison New CO
Olsen Stelzer
Lee
Lawton Boot & Western Store
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