Jet Ace Marries Widow of Flier in informal base ceremony
At Maxwell Air Force Base Captain Harold Fischer, a former POW released from a Red China prison, wed Mary Jane Peterson a Drake University coed and widow of a bombardier friend Fischer first befriended after her husband’s Korean War death. Attendants included Lt Col Edwin Heller and Lt Roland Parks and Lt Lyle Cameron.
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Harold Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
U.S
Mary Jane Peterson
Des Moines
Maxwell Air Force Base
Maxwell Afb
Ala
Harold Fischer
Ai Force
Drake University
Fox
Air Force
Fischer
Korea
Peterson
Cotton policy clash slows export plan before new season
The Agriculture Department backed by the White House proposed a policy to boost government cotton sales abroad at competitive prices, but the foreign policy council blocked it over international relations concerns. Senatorial bills seek limits on cotton imports and CCC action to move surpluses. U.S. acreage has fallen from 25,244,000 acres as the debate continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Department
President’s Council On Foreign Economic Policy
Joseph M. Dodge
State Department
Agriculture Department
U.S
George
United States
Commodity Credit Corp
Kerr plan outlines $13 million plus $4.7 million facilities
Kerr described a broad river basin program costing 13 million for construction and 4.7 million for recreational facilities. The plan aims to speed authorizations, reduce government costs via local participation, and fund itself through revenue from power, water, irrigation, and drainage. It spans 282000 square miles across several states, projects flood loss reductions of 19.7 million annually, 6.083 million acres irrigated, and 6.5 million acres drained for farming.
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Kerr
RANDLETT and WAURIKA Obituary Notices Passes Away
Multiple funeral notices from Randlett and Waurika Oklahoma list Henry J. Baber 69, a dirt contractor, dying suddenly from a heart condition. Betty Gaines 80, a pioneering ladies apparel retailer, died of a heart attack. Dr. James Albert Dillard 71, a long time general practitioner, died of a heart attack. Survivors span spouses, children, grandchildren, and extended kin with services set at local churches and Worley Funeral Home in charge.
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Randlett
Henry J. Baber
Baber
John Sheppard Baber
Cotton County
District Three
Louise Ratliff
Burkburnett
Tex
Fletcher Baber
Minnie Owens
Wichita Falls
Pearson Funeral Home
Walters
Waurika
Betty Gaines
Montague County
G. W. Burch
Belcherville
White Shrine
Bonnie Dean
Lubbock
Faye Lyle
Sudan
Edna Kearley
Houston
Clyde Burch
el Reno
Okla
First Methodist
J. O. Whitworth
Oklahoma City
Waurika Cemetery
Worley
Lambuth Hillery
Don Morrison
George Snyder
D. O. Kennedy
R. P. Sullivan
Earl Morris
Marshall Samples
Boyce Johnston
James Albert Dillard
Melbourne
Ark
Adah Hamm
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kingfisher
Roger Mills County
Dillard
University of Arkansas Medical School
Chicago Polyclinic
University of Chicago
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
George Newton Dillard
Amarillo
Desree Lynn Moore dies in Waurika double pneumonia
Special services were held for Desiree Lynn Moore a 16 day old girl born July 13 1955 in Waurika who died July 29 in Waurika hospital of double pneumonia. Her parents Wendell and Mrs Moore and sister Renee survive. Worley Chapel and Worley Funeral Home coordinated the rites with Haskel England officiating and burial in Waurika cemetery.
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Waurika
Desiree Lynn Moore
Wendell Moore
Worley Chapel
Haskel England
Church of Christ
Worley
Waurika Hospital
Renee
Small Passenger Plane Crash Kills 4
BEAVER CITY Okla July 30 Four persons burned to death when a light passenger plane crashed during takeoff and burst into flame on a farm in the southwest part of Beaver County. The dead were Terrell Haight 41 Laverne Henry Ashlock 36 Laverne and Bob Ward Clearlake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver City
Okla
Beaver County
Terrell Haight
Laverne
Henry Ashlock
Bob Ward
Clearlake
Congress wraps up year with pay raise and policy wins
Congress ended a seven month session by boosting the minimum wage from 75 cents to 1 dollar an hour and approving 50 billion dollars for government operations. The President sought a road program and other measures, but no road bill emerged. Foreign policy aid and trade actions passed largely with Democratic support, while Hawaii statehood and prepaid health insurance were not acted on and remain for next session.
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Eisenhower
Mitchell
South
Congress
Formosa
House
Hawaii
Fort Sill man arrested after alleged molestation attempt
A 37-year-old Fort Sill man was arrested by city police at 12 11 p m Friday after allegedly attempting to molest a 10 year old girl while she bathed at her home in the 1300 block on Washington The suspect entered through a torn screen and fled after the mother struck him with a broom The man was turned to military authorities and no charges were filed
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Fort Sillman
Washington
Parade Area is Defined By Officers
Lawton officials remind motorists of two parades for the city 54th Birthday celebration. Parade routes begin at Sixth and E, proceed east on E to Second, north to D and back to Sixth, then north to C and east to First before ending. Traffic Officer Tom Phipps asks drivers to avoid the marked zone and park during the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawtonians
Lawton
Tom Phipps
Sixth
Second
First Street
Phipps
Prisoner Breaks Jail Water Pipe Floods City Records
Alfred Johnson 27 of 1516 Roosevelt broke a water line in his jail cell above the city water department, flooding records. He set fire to mattresses, was jailed for disturbance, charged with destroying city property, pleaded guilty in Municipal Court, fined $20 on each charge.
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City Water Department
Water Department
Alfred Johnson
Roosevelt
Eugene Gale
Johnson
Gale
Rent a Refrigerator Range or Washer Ad
Wolverton Electric and Appliance at 314 S. 5th and 1302 Sheridan Rd offers rental of refrigerators ranges and washing machines with phone contact 8120 for inquiries and options.
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Wolverton Electric and Appliance
S. 5Th
Sheridan Rd
Purdue notice says cows under 6000 pounds milk in 10 months not kept
A Purdue University notice to dairymen states that cows producing no more than 6000 pounds of milk in a ten month period are not worth keeping.
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Purdue University
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James A. Dillard
Hill Dillard
Boyce Dillard
Winfree Dillard
Hayden Dillard
Fred K. Dillard
Fred Dillard
Joe and
Val Woods
America
Anshea’s
Zale
Sill
Pullman
Zale’s
A. Tam
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