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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1957

Page

8

Indonesia Rebels Declare War Against Sukarno

A rebel seven district military council in eastern Indonesia declares a state of war against President Sukarno and announces control of four provinces totaling 290000 square miles with 120 million people. The peaceful coup centers on Celebes and surrounding islands Timor Raba Ulatra and Bali, with military and religious factions opposing Sukarno’s guided democracy and favoring force if negotiations fail.

Jakate Tindsne Seventh Indonesia Ja Fr Cuniess Suey Ahiedens Celebes Cantal HL Ventie Mmitany Colesian Timor Ualmahera Mobicas Flores Bali Java Jakarta Sard Tavatal Sukerno Eorapremiss

Cache Youngsters Enter Livestock In Area Shows

Ub and Future Farmers of America members enter livestock in area spring events. Novella Wolfe and others show fat steers in the Elen show, while Cynthia Elling and Elling family will show steers at Chattanooga. Steve Livingston and Doug Livingston will show dairy animals and Kathleen Woesner pigs, also at Chattanooga. FIA members taking stock to Chattanooga include Richard Ash and others. Stock will be moved to Lawton beginning Wednesday for the county stock show.

Oliver Kem Nick Livingston Trunton Miller Donald Trelps Carroll Risinger Floyd Runne H. J. Stockton Gerald Thorn Dale Ulrich Johnny Wimpole Lawton

Three Area Men Join U S Navy

Three area men have enlisted in the Navy for four years through the local recruiting station. Donald Wayne Epp, a 109% form Chattanooga high school student, and Earl Dean Cherry of Chattanooga, former Faxon high school student, have enlisted under the Navy buddy program. Jiburn Wiggins, son of Mrs. Bessie Romines of Snyder, is at the naval training center in San Diego for training following enlistment.

Navy Donald Wayne Epp Chattanooga Earl Dean Cherry Faxon High School Jiburn Wiggins Bessie Romines Snyder Naval Training Center San Diego

Education Board To Meet Tonight

The Lan tos Board of Education will hold a et p.m. meeting today in the Central Junior High School Board rooms. Board members will discuss forthcoming federal funds a new boiler at Fort Sill’s Fest Children’s school and personnel changes said John D Shoemaker city school superintendent.

Mazen Lantos Board of Education Et & P.m Board of Education Central Fort Sill John D. Shoemaker

118 Year-Old Former Slave Louisa Breaux Dies in New Iberia

Mrs. Louisa Breaux a former Negro slave aged 118 dies at her home in New Iberia Louisiana. Survivors include 18 grandchildren 55 great grandchildren and 23 great great grandchildren. Baptismal records place her birth in October 1838. She credited longevity to going to bed at dark rising at 9 a.m. and daytime rest.

New Iberia Pra Louisa Breaux

Show Postponed Indiahoma Livestock Show Due to Weather

The livestock show scheduled for last Saturday by the Indiahoma chapter of Future Farmers of America was postponed because of bad weather.

Indiahoma Future Farmers of America

Funeral Rites Set for Lawton Barber and Apache Resident

Funeral services are planned for Mays a Lawton barber who died in a local van with services at St Andrew's Episcopal Church officiated by Rev. Thus sell Rauscher. Burl arrangements by Highland Cone Funeral Home. Mays lived at 1010 Gore born Cooksville Tex Oct 20 19 0. He came to Lawton at 16 and worked at Fort Sill then opened a barber shop in Lawton in 192. He married Ophelia Smith Aug 10 1941 at Temple Okla. He belonged to St Andrew's Episcopal Church Lawton Masonic Lodge No 83 Gushvie Consistory and Lawton Elks Lodge. Survived by wife one son Randy a sister Mrs Dara Norton four brothers Howard Roland Raymond Maj Harold Mays. Donations suggested to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation or St Andrew's Memorial Fund. Apache funeral for Robert Lee Good scheduled 2 pm Monday at Crews Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Robert Milner officiating. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. Good born Nov 5 1888 Arlington Tex lived in Apache since 1901 worked south of town. Survivors include sisters Edna Owens and Q A Shwen and brothers Carl Jim W C of Apache Ben of Shawnee and Charles of Wichita Falls Tex.

Lawton St Andrew's Eyiscopal Church Thussell Rauscher Oklahoma City Burl Highland Cone Lawton Funeral Mays Gore Cooksville Tex Fort Sill Ophelia Smith Temple Oklo St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Gushvie St. Andrew's Men Ovai Fund Robert Lee Carl Jim W.C Apache Ben Shawnee Charles Wichita Falls

Winners In Meat Contest Prepare For State Meet

Winners of one county 4H meat identification and judging contests gather Saturday to practice for the state contest in Oklahoma City March 23. Lawton Meat Supply Co. co owner Marlin Keathley leads a 9 30 a m to noon demonstration in meat judging and identification. The top four gin s in each county advance to Oklahoma City with home demonstration agents for the state event. An afternoon session begins at 1 13 p m featuring Miss Dorothy Strozier as she demonstrates meat cooking. The top teams win 30 cash awards and the best team earns a trip to Chicago.

Marlin Keathley Lawton Meat Supply Co Oklahoma City Dorothy Strozier Oklahoma Chicago

Fumes From Stove Cause Sleepy Sermon at Jones Baptist

In Oklahoma City a church service left 12 Jones Baptist Church members asleep as fumes from an invented stove filled the sanctuary. Pastor Rev Lowell Douglas Sith, 31, nearly collapsed during a baptism and blamed flu like symptoms. About 70 to 80 worshippers fainted or grew ill, and several were hospitalized for oxygen revival.

Oklahoma City Jones Baptist Church Lowell Douglas Sith Emith

Actress June Allyson Hospitalized With Pneumonia

Actress June Allyson is in hospital with bronchial pneumonia, physician reports. She and husband Dick Powell separated last month after 11 years of marriage.

Miolly Wood June Allyson Dick Powell Marriags

Missing Camden law partner Mrs Maude Crawford sought by police

Camden officers and state police continued a two day search for Maude Crawford a 58 year old partner at Gaughan McClellan Laney law firm and Camden s first woman attorney. Her husband Clyde said she was at home working on legal papers Saturday night when he left for a movie. The dog remained calm and no signs of foul play were found nearby. Crawford has lived in Camden about 40 years and joined the firm about 30 years ago.

Camden, Ark Maude Crawford Jawyer Camden Gaughan, McClellan & Laney U.S John McClellan D-Ark McClellan Crawford Pauline Abels Crawfords Abels

Berry Plans Trip To Wagoner Oklahoma City trip to discuss absentee ballot scandal

Oklahoma County Attorney Bill Berry said he and assistant Robert H. Reynolds will visit Wagoner to confer with Wagoner County Attorney Max Findley about the absentee ballot scandal. Berry’s office has begun an inquiry into whether charges should be filed here over alleged payments of state emergency relief funds for campaign work last summer.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma County Bill Berry Robert H. Reynolds Wagoner Wagoner County Max Findley Berry Findley John W. Russell Jr Frank Easley Jenk Craig Raymond Gary Craig Russell Finsley Stilwell Oklahoma

Range Deferment Discussed On Wichita Falls TV Program

Bill Brady local soil conservation supervisor explains a plan for full use of limited moisture by enabling full growth of range grasses during the growing season and using the grass for winter grazing in Comanche County. The program airs at 12 45 pm Tuesday on a Wichita Falls Tex station.

Comanche County Wichita Falls Tex Bill Brady Brady Commanche County

Ban on Legislators Selling to State Agencies Eyed

Oklahoma City OKLAHOMA PUBLIC EXPENDITURES COUNCIL proposes a law banning lawmakers from selling to government bodies. It cites a legislator who sold 126000 worth of supplies to county commissioners across 39 counties in 1954. The council notes no current restrictions on legislators and recalls a 1955 proposal that died in committee.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Public Expenditures Council Sabetunes Oklahoma Legislative Council

City Man Wins Coffee Maker At Builders Convention

Joe H. White, president of the Lawton Home Builders Assn, received an automatic coffee maker from Russell Hardware Co. Frank Norris of Long Bell Lumber Co. announced the award, given for a judging contest at the National convention of Home Builders in Chicago in January 1923. Nine other winners nationwide were named. Long Bell is a local distributor for the Russell line.

Joe H. White Lawton Home Builders Assn Russell Hardware Co Frank Norris Long Bell Lumber Co National Convention of Home Builders Chicago Long Bell

Dense English fogs linked to Gulf Stream warmth and cold air

The fogs over England form when warm Gulf Stream waters meet the chill of winter air. This contact between oceanic warmth and frigid north winds creates dense mist and reduced visibility along coastal and inland areas.

England Gulf Stream

A M student death probed in Stillwater Oklahoma

Payne county officers investigate the shooting death of 25 year old Oklahoma A M College student Jerry Benjamin Wilson found in a car owned by fellow student William Bredde. Bredde says they ran out of gas and Wilson later returned to the car where he was shot with a gun kept in the glove compartment. Sheriff E G Schroeder stated the death appears self inflicted but the probe continues. Wilson was despondent and lived on a farm between Marshal and Hennessey. He was a sophomore at the college.

Stillwater. Okla Payne County Oklahoma A&m Jerry Benjamin Wilson AGM William Bredde Bredde Wilson Stillwater E. G. Schroeder Schroeder Marshal Hennessey College

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