Missile Support Unit To Arrive At Sill Thursday
Fort Sill will receive the 515th Ordnance Company from Redstone Arsenal Huntsville Alabama as the first guided missile support unit. It will support the 246th Field Artillery Missile Corporal Battalion and undergo post cycle schooling at Fort Sill starting around April 1. The 515th will be attached to the 184th Ord nance Battalion in the 1st Ord nance Group for supply maintenance and direct support.
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Fort Sill
515Th Ordnance Company
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
246Th Field Artillery
Artillery and
515Th
Sill
Fort Bliss
Tex
184Th Ordnance Battalion
1St Ordnance Group
Oklahoma Markets Report Details Diverse Farm Prices
Oklahoma City market notes show wheat at 2.02 to 2.08 per bushel in No 1 hard, broilers around 21-22 f.o.b., hens 10-18, eggs 30-33 cents, and butterfat around 50-68 cents. Livestock trade mixed with cattle steady to stronger on steers, hogs slow to weak, and sheep firm for slaughter lambs with strong spring lamb demand.
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Ahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Bison
Hennessey
Clinton
el Reno
Enid
Kingfisher
Oklahoma City
Yukon
Blackwell
Hobart
Medford
Vici
Frederick
Lawton
Guyman
Hooker
Broilers
F.o.b
Muskogee
Tulsa
Vinita
Alva
Woodward
Laverne
Watonga
Pauls Valley
Sayre
Elk City
USDA
Hearing Set In Assault Case In Oklahoma City
Peace Justice Woodrow Giles set a preliminary hearing for 2 p.m. March 14 on charges of assault with a deadly weapon against Samuel Bayless, 26, of Oklahoma City. Bayless remains jailed on two $2,000 bonds. Accessories Cecil Mackey, 36, Durant, and Carl Valent ine, 29, Oklahoma City, also face hearings March 14. Bayless allegedly assaulted Rommie Fuller and Joe Merritt at Wolverton hotel after asking about whisky. Police nabbed the trio near Sixth and Arlington in a 1956 Oldsmobile after the incidents Saturday morning.
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Woodrow Giles
Samuel Bayless
Oklahoma City
Bayless
Cecil Mackey
Durant
Carl Valentine
Rommie Fuller
Wolverton
Joe Merritt
Sixth
Arlington
Jokes Continued From Page One Endings and Humor Ratings
The article classifies jokes by endings and asks students to rate humor on a scale from very funny to highly unpleasant. An example of a high rating joke features a ship captains and a coquettish misdirection, while a less funny joke concerns a horse dealer and a Seattle timing punchline.
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Dr. Kenny
Seattle
Kenny
Rape Attempt Reported Near Fort Sill WAC
Fort Sill WAC reported a rape attempt after midnight Monday. The woman said an unknown man choked her and pushed her from a car near Railroad and F after leaving the Southern Club. Police released three helping bystanders and pursued no arrests by noon as the investigation continued.
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Fort Sill
WAC
Railroad
Kenneth Stradley
Bill Davis
Lee
Police Subdue Wounded Man After High-Speed Chase
A suspect named Madara fled through Bucks and New Jersey after a car chase. Father Lynch, Madara's wife Helen, and officers urged him to return home during a standoff that ended when about 40 patrolmen and detectives overpowered him on the lawn.
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Father Lynch
Madara
Langhorne
Bucks County
Burlington-Bristol
New Jersey
Thompson
City Hall
Helen
Joe
Witherspoon
Brady
Hospital Births and Admissions Across Southwestern Region
Hospital News Items list births at Southwestern facilities with parents and birth times, plus admissions and dismissals. Notable entries include births to Brumbalow, Howell, and Arndt families. multiple surgeries and medical admissions in towns such as Duncan, Cyril, Lawton, and Anadarko. Kiowa and Apache area patients admitted or dismissed for medical or surgical care.
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DeWayne Arndt
Archie Radford
Bell Drive
Conrad Rowe
Euclid
N. R. McClanahan
Duncan
Ephram A. Watson
Walters
Perry E. White
Grandfield
Ray M. Pewitt
Donald M. Mlacker
Robert Forsyth
Columbia
Norman R. Redick
George W. Birchett
Altus
Brenda Gale Camarillo
E. P. Camarillo
Ellis Stanley
Dees
Cyril
Baxter Ben Horne
Florence Dawson
Lawtonian Hotel
Joe T. Hawthorne
Cache
Edward C. Walter
Rumple Road
Fort Sill
Kiowa
Banquet Honoring Kiwanis Official Cancelled
A Texas Oklahama Kiwanis banquet planned to honor Raney Kiwanis International president was cancelled due to Raney illness. No reschedule date has been announced.
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Lawtonian
Eee
Raney
Kiwanis Internation
Cabbie Charged On Two Counts
William C. Barnett a 64 year old cab driver was charged this morning with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident. The incidents involve his 1956 Plymouth cab and a 1953 Ford driven by Marvin E Easley. Witnesses said Barnett did not stop at a yield sign at the intersection on Sixth Street and he tested by an intaxi meter at police headquarters.
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William C. Barnett
S. R. Harper
Marvin E. Cameron
Barnett
Fort Sill
Marvin E. Easley
Henry A. Bartels
Glyn Coley
I. Easley
Arabs accused Glubb army shift to parade posture
In Damascus Syria warned the UN Truce Organization about unusual Israeli troop concentrations around Lake Tiberias and in the demilitarized zone. An Israeli emergency meeting was sought over three incidents including Egyptian shelling near Kissulum and a patrol incursion into the Negev, with casualties on both sides. Maj. Gen. Burns of the UN went to Cairo for talks on the border situation.
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Glubb
Damascus
Syria
U.N. Truce Organization of
Lake Tiberias
Sea of Galilee
Kissulum
Israel
Negev
Gaza Strip
Cairo
E. L. M. Burns
U.N. Truce Organization
Eisenhower Benson urge prompt Congress on soil bank plan
Jure Benson says speed by Congress to pass the soil bank proposal could lift farm aid. The plan would pay up to 1.1 billion dollars annually to farmers for leaving land out of production while the Senate nears a vote on a bill to authorize the program and discard the administration flexible price support system in favor of rigid price props backed by Eisenhower and Benson.
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Jure Benson
Congress
Soil Bank
Eisenhower
Senate
Benson
Naturalization Rites Are Set Before Judge Morris
J L Nanus acting examiner for the U S Immigration and Naturalization Service will present applicants for citizenship in a 3 pm Friday naturalization proceeding before District Judge Toby Morris. Nanus says petitions are numerous and some will not be heard Friday due to not meeting the 30 day filing rule, a rule waived when petitioners accompany military personnel overseas.
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J. L. Nanus
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Toby Morris
Nanus
School Board Discusses Additions And Staffing Changes
Lawton public school board met four hours approving staff changes for 1956-57 with seven instructors not available for the term and others rehired. They authorized plans for a four room adjacent to Jefferson elementary, bid openings for Roosevelt classrooms and fencing, and bids for portable classrooms. Desks for next term authorized. seats for LHS auditorium to be installed by March 19.
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Roosevelt Elementary
Jefferson School
W. D. Ford and Son
Chapman Construction Co
L. M. Jones Co
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Constructors
Shamrock Engineering Construction Co
Allied Chain Link Fence Co., Inc
Lawton
A&a Fence Co
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Montgomery Ward
Acme Fence Co
Elizabeth Hayes
Jackson
Charles Crawford
United States Treasury
Gaylord Noftiger
LHS
Justin Kuntz
Shoemaker
John Sadberry
Douglass
National Association of Secondary Principals
Chicago
Jim Phillips
Maraget Leard
Central Junior High
Board of Education
Kuntz
Classroom Teachers Association
W. C. Burris
Effie Wickman
Minnie Attaway
John McHenry
Neil Witt
Youths Charged With Joy Riding In Lawton
A 16-year-old Lawton boy new to the area from New York City faced joy riding charges in Peace Justice Cameron's court. Neil Yacabucci of 105 S Fifth is accused as the driver in a stolen 1953 Ford from Dale Lavery. Three other Lawton juniors were released to parents after juvenile talk by Judge Harper. two 14 year olds and a 15 year old reportedly had no prior trouble.
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Lawton
New York City
Marvin E. Cameron
Neil Yacabucci
Fort Sill
S. R. Harper
Comanche
Cache
Dan Combs
W. W. Flanagan
Julian Trial Goes To Jury
Federal court jurors in noon session hear agent George Jack Julian charged with violating a prisoner's civil rights by beating Jack Whiteley with a pistol and fists. Witness C H Roan testified he saw the pistol strike at the courthouse entrance and later fists in the county attorney's office.
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George
Jack) Julian
Jack Whiteley
Idabel
Julian
C.H. Roan
McCurtain County
Whiteley
Roan
Danish Farmers Take Largest Share of Consumer Dollar
Danish farmers receive about eighty percent of the consumer's dollar, the highest proportion of any country. This reflects a market structure where farming income dominates consumer expenditure in Denmark.
Doenges Won't Seek Re-Election as Democratic Committeeman
Oklahoma City OK UP A report says William C. Doenges will not run again for Democratic National Committeeman and will work as a private in the ranks to unite the party Gov Raymond Gary had sought to replace him with State Rep James Arrington Stillwater said Arrington is now the uncontested successor as Doenges term ends after the August Democratic National Convention in Chicago
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Oklahoma City
William C. Doenges
Raymond Gary
Doenges
James Arrington
Stillwater
Arrington
Chicago
Lawton Junior High considers land sale or lease of property
Sam Joyner Jr. and board officials argue the land is too valuable for a practice field. They question proper legal steps for selling, weighing sealed bids versus public auction. Superintendent Shoemaker notes school law allows disposal if unused, recalling the land was bought as a potential site for a new high school near the Metropolitan park and the $2.5 million LHS building already there.
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Tral
Sam Joyner Jr
John Shoemaker
Lawton
Metropolitan Park
Dumpster system to handle waste with firm contract
The Dempster-Dumpster system will be operated by Horn and Smith Construction Company, holder of the trash and waste collection contract. Containers are described as fire rot and fly proof, with size weight and design preventing scattering by wind or scavengers.
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Horn and Smith Construction Company
Officials Confer on Cache Road Upgrading Project
Mayor C R Ellsworth and City Attorney Warren Chrisman returned from Oklahoma City after a meeting with five Public Roads Bureau members, Sixth District highway commissioner Bob Barr, and city reps about upgrading Cache Road from Fort Sill Blvd west to the city limits. The bureau balked at a grade separation at Sheridan and Cache Roads. A contested paving district funded by neighboring property owners was also discussed, with a District Court hearing on assessments set within two months.
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C. R. Ellsworth
Warren Chrisman
Oklahoma City
Bureau of Public Roads
Cache Road
Fort Sill Blvd
Public Roads Bureau
Bob Barr
Ellsworth
Roads Bureau
Sheridan
Cache Roads
Thieves Take Car and Cycles Across City Police Log
Police log lists multiple thefts including a tricycle from Jimmy H Hughes at 2716 C and a 24 inch bicycle from Johnny Moretti at Junior high school. Don Champiomont reports a 1950 tan Oldsmobile two door stolen from Third between C and B. Ned Burch notes a lawn sprinkler taken from his garage and Alan Meadows reports a 26 inch bicycle stolen from Junior high school.
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Jimmy H. Hughes
Johnny Moretti
Don Champiomont
Ned Burch
Lake
Alan Meadows
Kinyon
National Guard Is Oldest U.S. Military Organization
The National Guard traces its history to more than 300 years ago making it the oldest military organization in the country.
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The
National Guard
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