Sheriff Holds Cabbies Despite Judge's Order
In Enid Oklahoma two Oklahoma City cab drivers Downer and Gordon remain jailed despite a Court of Appeals order. Sheriff Coyle refused to accept papers and bonds set at 1000 dollars each while charges of attempted kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon linger. The case follows a six week taxi strike and previous violent incidents at Vance Air Force Base.
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Enid
Okla
Oklahoma City
Garfield County
Lelon Coyle
Criminal Court of Appeals
Checker Taxicab Co
P. E. Downer
O. L. Gordon
Checker
AFL Union
Pat Brogan
John Powell
Coyle
Powell
Brogan
Downer
Gordon
William C. Shade
Vance Air Force Base
Shane
H. L. McAlister
Five Climbers Scale Mt Robson in Canada Rockies
Five young men from the United States reached the summit of Mt Robson, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, in a 14 year gap. The climbers were Don Claunch of Seattle, Jon Gardey of Studio City, Jack Lanser of Brooklyn, Derritt Bratt of Inglewood, and Norman Sanders of Glendale, with the ascent taking place near the Alberta British Columbia boundary about 250 miles west of Edmonton.
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Jasper
Alta
Mt. Robson
Canadian Rockies
United States
Alberta
British Columbia
Edmonton
Don Claunch
Seattle
Jon Gardey
Studio City
Calif
Jack Lanser
Brooklyn
N. Y
Derritt Bratt
Inglewood Calif
Norman Sanders
Glendale
Joan Barry Examined in Los Angeles Psychiatric Review
Joan Barry, 33, once a Chaplin protegé, was examined at General Hospital in Los Angeles for the second time within a month as doctors reviewed her mental state.
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Los Angeles
Joan Barry
Charlie Chaplin
General Hospital
Area Men In Service Bowles Promoted In Korea
The promotion of Lee E Bowles to sergeant first class was announced by the 179th regiment of the 45th Infantry division in Korea. Bowles, a squad leader in Company K, has served in Korea nine months and holds the Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman Badge. He attended Lawton high school before enlisting in 1951. his wife Eleanor resides at the home address and his parents live at 1205 Spaulding, Artillery Village.
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Lee E. Bowles
Korea
Sfe
Bowles
Lawton High School
Army
Eleanor
Cwo
Otis R. Bowles
Spaulding
Artillery Village
Purcell Man Gets Post As Fire Marshal
Oklahoma City July 31. Governor Murray appoints Matt Robinson as the new state fire marshal. A Purcell native and former insurance man, Robinson has served as statistician for the Corporation Commission and previously ran his own agency. He replaces W J Marshall who left to become secretary of the State Liquified Petroleum Gas Board.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Matt Robinson
Purcell Insurance
Corporation Commission
Robinson
Johnston Murray
Jim W. Hinton
Okmulgee
State Industrial Commission
W. J. Marshall
State
Liquified Petroleum Gas Board
State Insurance Board
Purcell
State Unemployment Compensation Board
State Insurance Fund
The
McClain County Democratic
Hinton
Paul H. Long
Anadarko
Industrial Commission
Carter Il
State Highway Commission
Murray
William H. Murray
Grand River Dam Authority
No Reservists Face Call OCEANSIDE Calif July 31
No Marine Corps reservists will be called to active duty to fill gaps in the Third Marine Division as it prepares to embark for the Far East.
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Oceanside
Calif
Marine Corps
Third Marine Division
Far East
Sooner Oilmen Stake 174 Wells in Oklahoma Surgeries
Oklahoma oilmen reported 174 new well locations in a week, Tulsa World notes 150 completions with 87 oilers, 7 gassers, 53 dusters and 3 abandoned sites. Initial production: oil 8,094 barrels daily. gas 41,230,000 cu ft daily. Notable completions include Beckham Shell No 1 Hooper, Carter County Henry Unit, Logan County Blaney No 4, and McClain Magnolia Petroleum No 1 Love with varied oil flows and choke sizes.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Tulsa World
Cp Tt
Beckham County
Shell Oil Co
Hooper
Cse
Carter County
Stanolind Oil & Gas Co
Henry
Logan County
Maglolia Petroleum Co
No. 1 Love
Bridegroom Drowns On His Honeymoon in Michigan
In Kalamazoo Mich two couples wed in Gables and began honeymoons by separate routes. Joe Moravetz drowned yesterday in Mud Lake near Harrison while with his bride Mary. Funeral plans wait on contact with his sister Evelyn and her husband Robert Wonderly.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Gables
Joe Moravetz
Mud Lake
Harrison
Mary
Joe
Evelyn
Robert Wonderly
Area Man Quoted On Farm Practice
Robert Collier of Haliwood Farms near Fletcher is highlighted in Capper’s Farmer August issue for using temporary pasture mixes. The Caddo county cattleman rotates rye and vetch each fall and harvests seed when vetch yields about 150 pounds per acre, otherwise pasture and plant a second crop such as African millet grain sorghum or sudan. He says they choose practices based on what benefits the cattle and often harvest vetch seed as well.
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Robert Collier
Haliwood Farms
Fletcher
Capper
Farmer Magazine
Collier
Caddo County
Sudan
Citizens Education Council Reviews Films and School Needs
Citizens Education Council discussed motion pictures from Lawton public schools visual aid library at Thursday's meeting. The group focused on 1953 school facilities and transporting students from crowded districts to schools with extra space. Dr. O L Parsons announced the public relations committee led by Githen K Rhoads will run the Aug 27 meeting. Attendees included Dr and Mrs Parsons, Sam Joyner Jr, Harold English, Ewing Gafford, John F Thomas Jr, John Shoemaker, Frank Crawford, Orville Andrews, Mrs C H Miller and Mrs W S Barrett.
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Lawton
Visual Aid
Citizens Council For Education
O. L. Parsons
Githen
K. Rhoads
Parsons
Sam Joyner Jr
Harold English
Ewing Gafford
John F. Thomas Jr
John Shoemaker
Frank Crawford
Orville Andrews
C. H. Miller
W. S. Barrett
Athletic Peeping Tom Sought in San Francisco Area
Police guarded the city Friday for a suspected athletic peeper known to climb a granite and marble tombstone factory pile, scale a 12 foot fence, and ascend a pipe to leer into a housewife’s apartment window.
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San Francisco
Former Legislator Holt Dies in Ada at 78
Thomas P. Holt longtime Ada attorney and former state representative died yesterday after an extended illness. He served two terms in the Legislature and chaired the state Election Board during the William H. Murray era.
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Ada, Okla
Thomas P. Holt
Ada
Holt
Murray
Vacation Set At Tipton Home
Tipton Home will begin its annual vacation for children starting Saturday. Superintendent Byron Fullerton announced that half the children will be away until August 15 and the other half will vacation from August 16 through August 29.
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Tipton
Byron Fullerton
Twenty Rats Consume Ton of Grain yearly
A local note states that twenty rats can consume a ton of grain per year, highlighting the efficiency of rodent activity in stored food supplies and implying the need for pest control measures to protect grain stocks.
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Syngman Rhee
Roks
Tokyo
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Kephart
Welch Oil Company
Lee
Sooner Oilmen
Dodson
Fort Sill Blvd
F. E. Dodson
Auto-Lite
Statul
Ron Stephens
Lawton Boot & Western Store
Citizens Education Council
Remington Rand
ELEC
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Nelson’s
A. V. Caldwell, M. D
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