New Building Underway at 10th and C Street
Urban Spec Sanders announced construction of a brick building at 10th and C to house National Cash Register Co Commercial Credit offices and a drive in dry cleaners storage plant. The 85 by 100 foot structure should be finished in late April or early May with Roy Reece as contractor. The drive in cleaning and storage plant will be tentatively named Spec Sanders Cleaners and include a three car drive in space plus front parking and a paved east lot.
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10Th and
National Cash Register Co
Spec” Sanders
Roy Reece
Lawton
Spec Sanders Cleaners
Oklahoma City Market Report Prices and Livestock Data
State Department of Agriculture reports prices for wheat broilers hens eggs butterfat and Oklahoma City livestock trade on March 1. Cattle calves hogs and sheep show steady to mixed shifts with specific regional prices and weight ranges for steers heifers cows bulls calves and stockers.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Guyman
Hooker
Frederick
Hobart
Blackwell
Medford
Lawton
Vici
Clinton
el Reno
Enid
Kingfisher
Yukon
Bison
Hennessey
Broilers
F. O. B. Farm
Muskogee
Tulsa
Vinita
Elk City
Sayre
Pauls Valley
Watonga
Laverne
Alva
Woodward
USDA
Bids Sought for Lawton Quanah Mail Route Contract
Postal department invites bids for a three year motor route from Quanah to Lawton Texas serving Eldorado Olustee Altus Headrick Indi ahoma and Cache. Route operates seven days a week with daily noon Lawton arrival and starts July 1. Bids due March 15 via Oklahoma City supervisor. local forms available.
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U. S
Lawton
Quanah
Tex
Postal Department
Bennie Stephens
Eldorado
Olustee
Altus
Headrick
Indiahoma
Cache
Stephens
Superintendent of
Post Office Transportation
Oklahoma City
Eisenhower Enters Two Primaries in California and Wisconsin
President Eisenhower signed statements entering his name in the Republican presidential primaries in California and Wisconsin. California delegates total 70 with Nixon Knowland Knight on a three person committee. Wisconsin slate has 30 delegates headed by Governor Kohler and chosen by the state GOP.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
California
Nixon
William F. Knowland
Goodwin J. Knight
Walter J. Kohler
Forgery Charge Filed Against City Resident Clyde Hampton Jr
Clyde Hampton Jr. a 20 year old resident of Federal Rooms was charged in Peace Justice Marvin E Cameron's court with second degree forgery based on a Tuesday night arrest for presenting a $21 check forged to use J H Shelton as payor at Hamra's Department Store 415 S Third. Another man involved in the inquiry was released after questioning by city detectives.
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Clyde Hampton Jr
Federal Rooms
Peace Justice
Marvin E. Cameron
Hampton
J. H. Shelton
Hamra’s
S. Third
Cub Pack 44 Plans Friday Carnival at Woodrow Wilson
Cub Scout pack No 44 of Woodrow Wilson School at 17th and Arlington hosts a Friday night carnival with a 6 pm supper and games. Cubmaster T W Daniels says the event aims to boost carnival spirit and community involvement.
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Woodrow Wilson School
17Th
Arlington
T. W. Daniels
Daniels
Retired Civil Service Group To Meet In Library Saturday
The National Association of Retired Civil Service Employees Chapter No 167 will meet at 2 p m Saturday in the Carnegie Public Library Fifth and B A J Mietchen is president of the chapter.
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National Association of Retired Civil Service
Carnegie Public Library
B. A. J. Mietchen
Sunday School Party On Tap
The Centenary Methodist church Sunday school class the Crusaders will host a dinner party at 7 p.m. in Fellowship hall. Reservations may be made by calling Dr. Melton Meek at 7969.
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Crusaders
Centenary Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Melton Meek
Funeral Rites Planned for Joseph Menendez 66
Funeral services for Joseph Menendez aged 66 of St. Louis Missouri will be held Saturday morning. He died this morning after a month long illness. Surviving are his son Victor G Menendez of St. Louis, three other sons Frank Joe Louis all of St. Louis, two daughters Mrs Wilbert Batdorf of Kansas City and Mrs Russell Westbrook of St. Louis, a brother Raymond Menendez of Springfield, two sisters in Madrid Spain and 12 grandchildren.
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St. Louis
Victor G. Menendez
Oak
Menendez
Frank
Joe
Louis Menendez
Wilbert Batdorf
Kansas City
Russell Westbrook
Raymond Menendez
Springfield
Madrid
Spain
City Realtor Faces Assault Complaint
Jack Kytle, a Lawton realtor and owner of Southwestern Realty Co., was charged in Peace Justice Woodrow Giles' court with assault and battery and petty larceny of written instruments. Nathan Nottingham Jr. signed the complaints after an alleged altercation in a local abstract office. Arnold Newcombe of Oklahoma Abstract Co. was listed as a witness. Nottingham first filed the assault count, then returned to file the petty larceny complaint.
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Jack . Kytle
Lawton
Kytle
Southwestern Realty Co
Woodrow Giles
Nathan Nottingham Jr
Arnold Newcombe
Oklahoma Abstract Co
Nottingham
Manville Redman
Sill Man Assaulted As Two Suspects Held
Two Fort Sill men are being questioned after an assault on Pvt. Harvey L. Sims of B Battery 532nd FA Observation Bn near Second Street. Sims was beaten in an alley, later taken to post hospital, while patrolmen arrested two suspects at the Fort Sill bus station.
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Fort Sill
Sill
Pvt
Harvey L. Sims
B Battery
532Nd FA
Second
Post Hospital
Frank Murphy
Fred Mitchell
Glyn Coley
Henry A. Bartels
State Due $59 Million Grant From Federal Welfare Office
Washington report says the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare expects Oklahoma to receive 59,276,534 in fiscal 1957 grants as part of 1.833 billion nationwide disbursements. Education cuts dominate, hospital construction rises, and school construction funds await congressional action.
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Federal Welfare Office
Constitution Washington Bureau
Washington
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Oklahoma
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Office of Education
Emu Declared Australia’s National Bird
A statement confirms the emu as Australia’s national bird, underscoring its symbolic status and cultural significance within the country.
101-Year-Old Man Celebrates New Birth Year Revelation
In Tulare California Fred Wells of Grass Valley marks a revised birth date after baptismal records show he was born March 1 1855 instead of 1853. He believed he would turn 103 next birthday but now observes 101 with a corrected year.
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Tulare
Calif
Fred Wells
Grass Valley
Wells Says First 100 Are The Hardest
The quote notes that going to 101 feels the same as turning 100, with Wells asserting the first hundred birthdays are the toughest, implying resilience and humor about aging.
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Wells
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