Ozmun Seeks Re election in Lawton Senate race
State Rep. Charles Ozmun will seek re election in the Oklahoma House rather than the State Senate. Lawton pharmacist R L Gilbert announced his candidacy for the senate seat likely to be vacated by Bill Logan. Gilbreath?
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Charles Ozmun
Senate
Lawton
Ozmun
House of Representatives
Bill Logan
Gilbert
Gilhen Rhoads
Fred Harris
Harris
Cotton and Co
Manche
Joseph McCain
Mary Pokorny
Visa Racket Termed Spy Road To U S
American consul general in Hong Kong Everett F. Drumwright warned that Chinese Communist agents can slip into the United States through a passport and visa fraud racket. He said citizenship brokers sell fake U.S. documents for 3000 with 500 down, and that the scheme evades security measures. A federal grand jury is probing in New York and another will convene in San Francisco. No confirmed cases of Red operatives entering through the racket are known.
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Washington
Everett F. Drumwright
Hong Kong
State Department
United States
Department
House
Senate Appropriations
Drumwright
New York
San Francisco
Floods Sweep Germany As Thaw Follows Freeze
Floods from thawing snow and ice swelled across Germany causing bridges to be threatened and homes at risk. U S Army units were alerted for flood relief in West Germany and the Sixth Armored Cavalry sent watchdog patrols to monitor rising rivers. Water reached the doors of the American embassy in Bonn and flooded medieval wine villages.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Europe
U.S. Army
West
Sixth Armored Cavalry
Bonn
Schorndorf
Baden Wuerttemberg
Rems
Neckar
Poland
U.S
Rhine River
Legionnaires Set for Sixth District Convention in City
More than 100 delegates gather for the American Legion sixth district convention in the city. Registration at 9 a.m. at the Hotel Lawtonian, with a 9:45 a.m. lecture on death benefits and a 12:15 p.m. luncheon. Delegates resume at 1:30 p.m. for business, with Mayor Ellsworth and Dr. Charles W. Hoshall among speakers. The event may address War Veterans Commission changes amid ongoing protest.
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American Legion
Lawtonian
Legionnaires
Lawtonian Artillery Room
J. D. Fowler
Lawa
Harold Carey
Lowery - Whitehead
C. R. Ellsworth
Charles W. Hoshall
Raymond Gary
War Veterans Commission
22 Cases Slated For Trial In Double Barelled Docket
Twenty two cases are set for trial in a double barreled criminal docket to open Monday March 19 in District and Superior courts. Judge Landers moved 11 cases to Judge Morris to clear the calendar and avoid two sessions. Horace Stevenson leads the list with a murder trial in District court. Willie Bates faces assault charges in the same docket.
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Robert S. Landers
Toby Morris
Horace Stevenson
Lawton Negro
Frank Griffin
Stevenson
Judge
Bank Teller Shot During Robbery at People's State Bank
In Fountain City Indiana on a Saturday a teller was shot and critically wounded during a $2100 robbery. William Strickler, 26, was wounded in the stomach during a struggle with the gunman and rushed to Reid Memorial Hospital in Richmond. A posse of two farmers and a grocer captured suspect William Brouse, 36, as he fled, reported as mentally disturbed and blamed on parental nagging.
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Fountain City
Ind
People’s State Bank
Reid Memorial Hospital
Richmond
William Strickler
William Brouse
Brouse
City Church Open House Set In Lawton
Lawton Catholics join Oklahoma statewide drive to explain Catholic faith with open house at Blessed Sacrament and St. Marys school from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Today parish plans three forums on Catholicism the Mass and Our Lady and The Rosary with details posted for the diocesan campaign.
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City Church
Lawton
Blessed Sacrament Church
St. Mary’s School
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Ben Hulshof
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
St. Mary’s
Police Hunt Dad Kidnapping Daughter Across States
In Waco police sought Adolph C. Suhren Jr. in a cross state manhunt after he allegedly took four year old Sandra Alice Suhren from a kindergarten and fled in a Cadillac. The child’s mother Alice Walker Suhren holds custody in Waco. A divorce case and kidnapping charge are active amid a family dispute with ties to New Orleans.
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Waco
Adolph C. Suhren Jr
Suhren
New Orleans
Sandra Alice
Alice Walker Suhren
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Wickersham Speaks After Undersea Navy Submarine Trip
Rep. Victor Wickersham returned to the Capitol after spending the night beneath the Atlantic about 100 miles from the U S mainland. He and other House Armed Services members rode the Navy’s atomic submarine Nautilus, hosted by Secretary Charles Thomas. They departed New London Friday and the sub stayed submerged until early Saturday.
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Washington
Victor Wickersham
Capitol
Atlantic Ocean
U. S
Wickersham
House
Armed Services Committee
Navy
Charles Thomas
New London
Conn
Globemaster Crashes Off Iceland Killing 17 Crew
A U S Air Force Globemaster C124 carrying 17 people crashed in the Atlantic 250 miles southwest of Iceland. Rescue boats ships and planes searched the area as two wreckage pieces were recovered. The aircraft had earlier reported engine trouble and May Day distress calls while en route from Iceland to Goose Bay and New York with a stop at Warner Robins AFB.
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London
U.S. Air Force
Globemaster
Atlantic
Iceland
Air Force
Goose Bay
Labrador
New York
Warner-Robbins Air Force Base
Georgia
Keflavik
Thor
Saebjerg
Prestwick
Scotland
Harmon Air Force Base
Newfoundland
Greenland
Divorcee slayed in Oklahoma City apartment
In Oklahoma City on March 3 a 48 year old divorcee Alma B. Miller was beaten to death in her 2 room apartment. Her son Robert Moss found the battered body at about 7 15 am after entering through a window. Police say the slaying appears motive-less with the attack occurring shortly before dawn. A vagrancy charge is pending against her son in law Floyd Barnett who says he drank with two sailors Friday night and later stayed with relatives in Mustang. Barnett was estranged from his wife for days. The victim's skull was crushed with a heavy instrument. no weapon was found.
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Oklahoma City
Alma B. Miller
Robert Dale Moss
Barnett
Norman
Mustang
Flossie
Crew Of Downed Plane Identified
The Air Force released the names of Globe Master crew members from the accident off Iceland. Capt. Roland S. Cornwall, Washington DC. 1st Lt. Barney A. Daughtry Jr., Register, GA. 1st Lt. Vincent D. Dopler, Chartheroi, PA. 1st Lt. Kenneth Baxter, Wantagh, NY. S. Sgt. William C. Anderson, Fall River, MA. M. Sgt. John G. Springer, Cedar Rapids, IA. M. Sgt. John A. Wages, Ellenwood, GA. Airmen John B. Lee.
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Washington
Air Force
Air Force Globemaster
Iceland
Roland S. Cornwall
Washington, D. C
Barney A. Daughtry Jr
Register
Vincent D. Dopler
Charteroi
Kenneth Baxter
Wantagh
N. Y
William C. Anderson
Fall River
Mass
John G. Springer
Cedar Rapids
John A. Wages
Ellenwood
John B. Lee
Parker Rites Set Tuesday for Rev Parker
Last rites will be held Tuesday morning for Rev. Parker 67 Lawton Indian minister and son of Quanah Parker. He died in a head on collision Friday near Chickasha. Services at Centenary Methodist Church at 10 30 a m. burial likely near Chief Quanah's grave in Indiahoma. Beck er Funeral home in charge.
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White Parker
Lawton
Quanah Parker
Parker
Chickasha
Centenary Methodist Church
D. D. Etchieson
Oklahoma Methodist Indian Mission Conference
Oklahoma City
Teen starlet arrested on narcotics charge in Hollywood
Rena Clark a 17 year old starlet, her 25 year old trumpet player husband Dominic Sorrenti, and her 15 year old brother James were arrested by narcotics officers in their Hollywood home after authorities found a half pound of marijuana in a bedroom paper bag. Sorrenti claimed her innocence as she awaits studio decisions on a seven year Warner Bros contract started at 110 dollars weekly and rising to 1000 if options are exercised. Clark, who is pregnant, debuted on Warner Bros Presents as a jilted bride and faces legal action and career uncertainty.
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Hollywood
Rena Clark
Dominic Sorrenti
James
Sorrenti
Warner Bros
Miss Clark
Warner Bros. Presents
City Debates Canal Plan Shift For Lake Win Project
Mayor C R Ellsworth announced tentative approval from the U S Fish and Wildlife Service on revised canal plans from Lake Elmer Thomas to Lake Lawtonka. City Engineer Douglas L Smith drew new curves after earlier plans failed to gain agency backing, with suggestions for a gradual bend replacing a straight-then-angled route. The revised scheme aims to carry surplus water and secure final authorization after three weeks of changes.
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C. R. Ellsworth
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Lake Elmer Thomas
Lawtonka
Douglas L. Smith
Wildlife Service
Lake Lawtonka
Lake Thomas
Interior Department
Smith
Lake Lee Canal
March Lion Forecast Brings Windy Dusty Sunday
March will show its Sunday best with 30 to 40 mph winds from the south, shifting to the northwest later. Partly cloudy skies, cooler temperatures, and a high near 65 are expected. A 30 day outlook from the Weather Bureau in Oklahoma City calls for above normal temperatures and precipitation below the normal 1.46 inches.
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Weather Bureau
Oklahoma City
Allies Postpone Mid East Parley
The United States Britain and France delayed a high level meeting over the proposed sale of French jet fighters to Israel as a Middle East crisis grows. Reports say President Eisenhower officials fear Jordan's expulsion of British General Glubb signals Arab bloc strength and complicates Western influence.
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Britain
France
Israel
Middle East
Eisenhower
U.S
John Bagot Glubb
Jordan
Soviet Union
Morocco
Iraq
State Department
Glubb
Arab Legion
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Bob) Gilbert
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