Services Set Today For Former Lawton Reporter Wallace Perry
Funeral services were planned for 3 30 p m in Las Cruces New Mexico for Wallace Perry 72 former Lawton Constitution writer and publisher and uncle of Mrs Frank Garrett He died Wednesday at his Las Cruces home Perry was publisher of New Mexico Farm and Ranch magazine and had sold the Las Cruces Sun News in 1947 His career spanned Lawton McAlester Daily Oklahoman El Paso Herald Post and New York Seaman Oil publication He founded Sun Publishing Company and later edited Oklahoma A M extension work survivor include his wife and one sister S C Chatham Santa Fe NM He had been ill for months.
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State Agent Faces Trial For Beating Of Ex Con
Muskogee Oklahoma reports a State Crime Bureau agent will face federal court Monday for allegedly violating the civil rights of Jack Whiteley, a bootlegger and former convict from McCurtain County, after Whiteley was arrested on a liquor charge near Idabel last August. McCurtain County Sheriff Walter Irons says the agent pistol-whipped Whiteley, according to FBI investigations.
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Debate Student Speaks To Club
Brad Agnew a Lawton high school debate student and Latin club president spoke to the American Business club on Thursday. He outlined this year’s debate question: the federal government should guarantee higher education to qualified high school graduates through grants to colleges and universities, and showed arguments for both sides. Jim Wheeler served as program chairman, with guests Charles Dietz and Tom Ray in attendance.
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Two Elderly Nuns Die in Quebec Fire at Convent
A fire at the Sisters of Charity mother house in Quebec killed two elderly nuns aged 75 and 72. Over 300 nuns escaped as firefighters battled the blaze for an hour. The seven story stone building housed 333 nuns, with about 100 in need of assistance to escape. Eleven fire companies fought the fire. the cause was not immediately known.
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Cameron Gets New ROTC Instructor
Col S J Bradley announced Cameron college appoints M Sgt Harry D Rodgers as new assistant ROTC instructor replacing Sfc L T Collier He returns from Korea where he served with Headquarters Eighth Army Set and Mrs Rodgers and children Elizabeth Michael and Deborah live at 1620 N 26th Ave.
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Service Time Change At Wesley Methodist Church
Rev John Paul King announced evening services at Wesley Methodist church at 6 30 p m on Sunday with a 5 30 p m covered dish lunch. Methodist youth fellowship follows evening services along with Holy Communion at the Kinley church.
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Students Enter Speech Tourneys At Two Events
Fourteen Lawton high school students compete in two contests. At Weatherford's Southwestern State college festival High Window features Annette Carpenter Lanny Nelms Pat Ohl Barbara Waid Eddie Johnson with Donna Lacey directing and Opal Ford guiding. A second group attends the National Forensic League district at Oklahoma A&M with entrants in debate extemporaneous and oratory events led by Mrs Eldon Curry and Kinley McClure to Stillwater.
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Stillwater
Finland general strike halts government at Kekkonen inauguration
Nearly one million workers walked off their jobs in a country without a functioning government to settle the dispute. The strike aims for higher wages and coincides with Arno Kekkonen's inauguration as president, leaving Finland legally with no premier or cabinet in its deepest postwar crisis.
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Jaycees Begin Rural Acquaintance Tours Tonight
Lawton Jaycees launch 1956 Rural Acquaintance program at Beaver Bend school with Dr. Tom Stanton leading the effort. The event starts 7 30 p m and travels to Fairview New Hope Hillside Hulen and Bishop schools through March and April. Jaycee entertainers include Dr Stanton Dr Jack Spencer Carl Cooper Al Wilson Roy Reece Paul Littlechief Jim Gold and Bill Holloway. Alfred Lee Whittle acts as emcee Wayne Gilley gives prizes Geri Chairipar and Jackie Ellis perform with songs accordion and guitar. Merchants may donate prizes via Dr Stanton or Chamber office.
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Mendota Claims Smallest Town Jail in U S
Mendota Minnesota asserts the smallest town jail in the United States a five by five foot stone cell used for confinement highlighting the towns historic court and civic practices.
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