Four Teams Assured In Lawton Kid Softball League
The Lawton Kid Softball League has four teams confirmed with play to begin after additional teams and coaches register. Travis Anthony, city park summer recreation director, announced the plans to the league's executive board meeting, noting interested groups include St. Mary’s School Luther Baptist Church Cameron Folds and the Oklahoman and Times agency. About 14 boys attended seeking participation with no sponsoring organization yet. Interested sponsors or coaches are urged to contact Anthony at telephone 657.
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Travis Anthony
City Park
Hid League
Tenma
Jeanue
St. Mary's School
Luther Baptist Church
Cameron Folds
Oklahoman and Times Agency
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Vay
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St. Mary's
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Cameron
Bill Emanuel
Sergeant Smith
Luther Bap List Church
Oklahoman and Times
Cameron's Landscaping Drive Planned For Autumn In Lawton
Cameron officials announced a 10 person staff will begin a permanent landscaping program next autumn with a donated landscape area for a new projects. developer Howell, an agricultural officer, urged soil conservation noting Okinawa farmers’ care for soil and water as the region seeks better water use and fertility. The chamber preferred a city trail survey and a Naval Reserve collaboration to boost a local reserve program with guests Smith Fletcher and Anderson.
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Cameron
Okinawa
Mr. Howell
Tey
Oklahoma
Chamber
Max Brock
Lawton
Military Affairs Committee
Naval Reserve
Howard Smith
Leonard Fletcher
Harold Anderson
Club Members Faced Grand Jury After Downtown Raid
Edwards said the grand jury would not take up the Beacon club incident until about 160 witnesses were interviewed. Johnson, hired by the club board, said three members reported losses of valuables beyond whiskey. M. H. Champion, an oil man, was set to testify and said jewelry papers and keepsakes were missing from his locker along with liquor. The club board issued a statement condemning the raiders and calling the action illegal.
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Grand Jury
Beacon Club
Johnson
M. H. Champion
Iquor
Iate
Raiders
Federal judge reviews grand jury testimony on stolen ballots
Federal Judge continues examination of grand jury findings after ballots were stolen from a Jackson county vault. Jurors indicted 11 persons on vote fraud charges for local offices as federal investigators consider challenges to the congressional district race.
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Graud
Kimbrell
Jackson County
Ith
Dead Voter Ballot Counted in Austin City Vote
In Austin Texas the ballot of a deceased resident was counted during an absentee election for city council. The voter died while the ballot was in the mail, yet officials deemed the vote legally valid under current rules.
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Austin
Texa
Texas
Warrant Issued for Victor Crabb Over Unpaid Fine
A county traffic offender identified as Victor Crabb, living north of Lawton, has a warrant issued after failing to pay a $10 fine plus costs from a previous judgment 21 months ago. Judge Manning indicated strict action upon arrest.
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John Manning
Victor & Crabb
Lawton
Manning
Crabb
Park Program Highlights July Events and Activities
The notice outlines park activities including a doll show on July 18 and 23, a treasure hunt on July 21 and 25, and four athletic field days for boys on July 29, 31, August 5, 7, and 12. Mrs. Ruth G. Spencer discussed weekly free motion pictures at Douglass, Union, and Harmon parks.
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Mattie Beal
Hermon
Douglass Park
Union
Haremon
Douglass
Ruth G. Spencer
Harmon Parks
U S Drafts and Fears Over Czechoslovakia Policy
U S drafts show officials doubt re election would allow return to status quo. Apprehension grows that Czechoslovakia could be next in line for Soviet driven election laws and reforms aimed at placing pro Soviet or Communist leaders in power.
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Czechoslovakia
Man Pleads Guilty to Passing Fraudulent Check Here
John D. Long of Cache pleaded guilty to passing a $4 fraudulent check at arraignment before Peace Justice Fred Kinmonth. Sentencing was deferred pending further investigation.
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John D. Long
Cache
Fred Kinmonth
Kinmonth
Drunken Driving Charges Filed Against Lawtonian
Owen Bennett 2700 A was jailed today on a drunken driving complaint after his car hit a parked vehicle owned by Elmer Ramsey 902 B in the 900 block of B Avenue Thursday night. Officers reported Bennett's collision prompted the charge.
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Owen Bennett
B Avenue
Bennett
Elmer Ramsey
Summer Swim Classes Slated At Lawton High School
Lawton High School pool opens Monday with Gene Hancock directing seven week sessions. Beginners, life saving and diving are taught in a six dollar course. Boys train Mon Wed Fri mornings. girls Tue Thu Sat mornings. afternoon swim runs 1 30 to 4. Hancock, a certified Red Grass Instructor, will oversee all training.
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Clisdes
Lawton High Schiool
Gene Hancock
Sufervisor
Trancoote
Hancock
Woman Charged With Attempted Burglary In Lawton
Ora Lee Lawton, a Lawton resident, is in the county jail on a $1,000 bond awaiting preliminary hearing on an attempted burglary charge. She pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Peace Justice Fred Kinmonth. The preliminary hearing was tentatively set for next week.
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Ora Lee Lawton
Lawton
John Tyree
Fred Kinmonth
Suspect Pleads Innocent In Assault and Battery Case
Vernon Crabb, living west of Medicine Park, was in county jail on a $400 bond facing an assault and battery charge. The complaint by Hilbert Phelps. Crabb pleaded innocent at arraignment before Justice John Manning and a trial was set for June 10.
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Vernon Crabb
Medicine Park
Hilbert Phelps
Crabb
John Manning
Snyder Rites Set For Brother Of City Negroes
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Mount Zion Baptist Church Snyder for Artist Stevenson 20, brother of two Lawton residents, who died last Sunday night from an accidental gunshot wound. Rev. R. Ray, Lawton minister, will officiate. Shaw Funeral Home will direct burial in Snyder Cemetery. Stevenson is the brother of Mrs. Kotie Mase Cook and Mrs. Sara Shogag, both of 409 N. First.
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Snyder
Stevanson
Lawton
Hobart
R. Ray
Shaw Funeral Home
Snyder Cemetery
Sirvenson
Kotie Mase Cook
Sara Shogag
Business Corporation Act Copy Available in City
Attorneys who derive access to the provisions of House Bill No. 20 entitled the Business Corporation act may read the bill in the office of Miss Bertha Preuitt, county clerk. A copy was received with an explanation that funded printing shortages prevented distributing copies to every lawyer in the state.
Motorists Charged After Reckless Driving Incident
Jack BF Borden 19 Route 2 and Lt M C Mason Fort Sill posted 15 bonds each at the police station on charges of reckless driving. Brazil is cited as the second largest producer of coca.
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Jack BF
Borden
Route 2
M. C. Mason
Fort Sill
Olice Station
Municipal Wrport Construction Begins Expected This Year
The note suggests that actual construction work on the municipal project may start late this year, with the continuation of the report from page one.
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Pige One
Services Set Saturday For Lawton Negro Woman
Services for Mrs. Mary Lisha Simmons 85 year old Lawton resident since 1929 are planned Saturday in the Grane Chapel AME Church with Rev. Devuls officiating. Mrs. Simmons died Sunday at 1:40 a.m. at her home 2113 Kentucky after a six week illness. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery directed by Shaw Funeral Home.
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Mary Lisha Simmons
Lawton
Grane Chapel
AME
Rev
Devuls
Boutwell Hospitalized in Temple Texas
Hurshell Boutwell of 404 Arlington is under treatment at Scott and White Hospital in Temple Texas, relatives said today. His wife Mitzi Boutwell is to leave Saturday to join him.
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Hurshell Boutwell
Arlington
Scott and White Hospital
Temple
Texas
Mitzi Boutwell
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