Inmate Wine Theft Sparks Brawl at 20 County Jail
Twenty inmates at a county jail drank confiscated wine, broke glass, and fought in the main tank early Sunday. Three were injured, one hospitalized, and investigators recovered 35 empty bottles and 23 full bottles with others unaccounted for. Jailer E B Wallis stated liquor was stored due to space limits and that sobriety returned by morning.
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Piree County
Wallis
Cin Theras
Yemogial
Hesmey Hewah
Dwight David
Moore
Enity
Freddie Beavers
New York
Sheriff’s
Marion G. Smith
Lewton
Smith
E. B. Wallis
Memorial Hosital
Memorial
Beavers
U.S. Indian Hospital
Shevik
Ave
City JPs Get $10,350 For Their Work In '56
Comanche county records show three peace justices in the Lawton district earned a combined $10,330 in 1956. Justice Cameron led with 3369, including 4915 from defendants and 400 for uncollectable fees. Justice Giles totaled 2981, with 4575 from defendants and coroner’s fees.
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Jps
Fay Atteberry
Roy Bean
Pecos
Comanche County
W. A. Pence
Fletcher
Judge Bean
Justice of Peace Peace
Lawton
Marvin , Cameron
Woodrow Giles
Justice Cameron
Justice of Peace
Giles
Gee
Rain Lingers as Oklahoma Faces Wet Week Ahead
Rain and cool temperatures grip Oklahoma with forecasts of a week of wet weather. Boise City records 1.1 inches of precipitation and four inches of snow between 8 and 10 a.m. Others report light rain across Antlers Atoka Marietta Hugo with showers expected to continue. Lawton sees drizzle fog and highs in the 50s through Tuesday with minimal moisture noted Monday morning.
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Oklahoma
Seatner
Weather Bureau
Boise City
Highway Patrol
Antlers
Atoka
Marietta
Hugo
Enire
West
Lawton
Vocal Concert Showcases 450 Voices from Two Colleges and Four High Schools
A concert at 7 30 p m in the Lawton high school auditorium closes the first annual LAS choral festival. James Neilson of Oklahoma City University guest conducts the combined choirs from OCU Cameron college Lawton Cyril Snyder and Walters high schools. Each school performs two numbers plus ensembles, with a 25 piece hand accompanying the final number.
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James Neilson
Oklahoma City University
Lawton High School
Roger Breckenridge
Cyril
Doris Fletcher
Walters
Wiley Walker
OCU
Sharon Urbach
Snyder
Tommy Burroughs
Cameron College
Chlorica Stephens
LHS Vocal Music
Lawton
Tender Shephard
Fred Waring
de Lord
Holworth
Vani Jesu
Cherubini
Wilhousky
LHS
Neil
Jones Pleads Guilty in Liquor Transport Case
Oklahoma City UPI reports David O. K. Jones of Lawton changed his plea from innocent to guilty in federal court for a second time. He faces charges of transporting liquor from Wichita Falls Texas to Lawton.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
David O. K. Jones
Lawton
Wichita Falls
Tex
Hail and Rain Hit South Texas in Weekend Storms
Hail and heavy rains swept drought struck South Texas and across the state over the weekend. The Weather Bureau forecast more rain today. Karnes County received over an inch of rain and hail, aiding food commodity distribution to over 10,000 of its 17,000 residents, as the drought region remains one of the hardest hit. The belt stretched from west of Corpus Christi to George West, with scattered activity statewide.
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Dallas
South
Texas
Weather Bureau
Karnes
Corpus Christi
George West
Tex
Hit Run Victim Dies At Fort Sill
Warren Nestrowitz a 20 year old Fort Sill man from Brooklyn died from injuries after being struck and run over by a car on South Lawton Avenue about 11 30 p m Thursday police and military authorities hunted the driver Witnesses say he crawled onto the highway on his hands and knees A suspect was briefly held but released and investigators continue checking vehicles for the hit and run car Nestrowitz married Evelyn Thomps on in Ardmore in 1956 and had been at Fort Sill since 1955 The body was sent to New York City for burial Funeral services were held at Becker Funeral Chapel.
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Warren Wnestrowitz
Fort Sillman
Brooklyn
Pest Hospital
South Lawton
Becker Funeral Chapel
John C. Pasco
Gerald J. Bosits
New York City
Otis Waldron
Neskowitz
Lawton
Evelyn Frances Thomipson
Ardmore
Fort Sill
Gary proposes school district cuts to fund teacher pay hike
Oklahoma Governor Gary outlines a plan to abolish many small districts, boosting teachers with a $600 minimum raise and $100 yearly increases for three more years. The plan also raises minimum attendance and consolidation thresholds, aiming to save about $2.25 million for the biennium. Senate leaders weigh keeping the measure intact and moving it to the floor.
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Oklahoma City
Heymond
Gary
Senate
Leathers
House
Baptism of Princess Caroline in Monaco Cathedral
Princess Caroline, week-old daughter of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace, was baptized in Monaco's Roman Catholic cathedral. She cried loudly as Bishop Gilles Barthe led the ceremony attended by Grace Kelly's relatives, godmother Margaret Davis and godfather Prince George Festetics, with bishops and priests officiating and a Pope Pius XII benediction read.
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Monte Carlo
Monaco
Caroline
Prince Rainier Tit
Grace
Gilles Barthe
Caroline Louise Marguerite
Margaret Davis
Philadelphia
Grace Kelly
Prince George Festetics
John B. Kelly
Rainier
Pope Pius XII
Turncoat Hawkins Returns Home to Friendly Welcome
Samuel David Hawkins, a former GE employee who defected to Red China, arrived in Oklahoma City to a warm reception, reuniting with his mother and seeking a job. He left behind his Chinese wife Tanya who could not enter the United States. Hawkins, 23, had entered the Army at 16 and served in Korea. Oilman M. H. Champion helped fund his fare home and is pursuing permission for Tanya to join him. Hawkins declined repatriation after Korea, citing emotional conflict.
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Samuel David Hawkins
Oklahoma City
Carley Jones
Hawkins
Peiping
China
Red China
Hawking
Carlex Jones
Korea
M. H. Champion
Champion
Tanya
Jones
Lone Bank Bandit Robbery at Follett Bank
A Lone bandit robbed Follett National Bank of about $20 000 as officers attended a regional meeting in Amarillo. John Crawford 24 of Pampa Texas confessed to the crime after capture near Perryton. Money unrecovered. Follett on State Highway 117 near Oklahoma border.
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Follett, Tex
Follett National Bank
Amarillo
John Crawford
Pampa
Tex
Perryton
Ray Phagan
Phagan
Cranford
Follett
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Les Crain
Don Hall
Dec Binion
Crawford
FBI
Demonstrations Erupt In Angered Jerusalem
In Jerusalem protests broke out after Premier Ben Gurion ordered withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Aqaba coast and Gaza Strip. Major Gen Burns and Moshe Dayan reached a military accord, with Burns set to report to Dag Hammarskjold. Police clashed with demonstrators as Ben Gurion prepared to address the Knesset.
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Jerusalem
David Ben-Guriot
Aqgada
Gaza Strip
E. L. M. Burns
U. N
Moshe Dayan
Armiy
Burns
Dayan
Lydia
Tel Aviv
Dag Hammarskjold
Ben-Gurion
United Nations
United States
Sinai
Egypt
Israel Army
Golda Meiv
Israel
Knesset
Ben- Gurion
Ber Isnael
Puce J. Col
Missing Girl Found Dead In A Closet
Bellmawr New Jersey coroner says four year old Mary Jane Barker may have died of starvation after trapping herself in an unoccupied ranch closet. The body was found by six year old Maria Frietta when she opened the closet door. No marks of violence or sexual abuse were observed.
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Bellmawr
N.J
Robert J. Blake
Mary Jane Barker
Maria Frietta
Maria
Mary Jane
Sera
Mary Jan
Blake
Frank Barker
Page
Col
Dedicated 4 H Coach Leads Faxon Club Growth
A 4 H coach, Mrs O C Livingston, oversees rapid 4 H club expansion as Shawnee Brown notes local leaders fuel the program. Livingston, a 12 year veteran and Lawton native, moved from Colton county to Faxon nine years ago after studying home economics and initiating club work in Beaver Bend.
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Shawnee Brown
Oklahoma A&m Extension Division
Faxon
O. C. Livingston
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J. C. Penney
John Head
Atlanta
Benjamin Hammond
Woodson
Anderson Lewis
Nathaniel Criswell
Damascus
Abe Lowman
J. C. Penney Co
Mes
D. C. Livingston
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