Solon Says Neff Acts Improper
Senator George cautions that a $2,500 oil lobbyist contribution to Senator Case was not illegal but clearly improper. Neff pushed influence across five states to sway support for the gas bill, passing money via attorney Patman from Superior Oil. Case rejected the offer and reported the matter to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walter F. George
Francis Case
George
D-Ga
Senate
Case
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neb
Neff
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Howard B. Keck
Superior Oil Co
Elmer Patman
Superior Oil
Area Men In Service In Marine Corps Training
Ray E Harris and Linnie J Baker both 17 from Lawton are in basic training in San Diego under the buddy plan. Harris is son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Harris of Garfield and Baker is son of Mr and Mrs Linnie Baker of Garfield. They will complete 10 weeks and then transfer to Fleet Marines, sea, admin, or supply duty or Marine Corps schools. Another two Lawton youths, Wesley Elrod and Bobby Hutchinson, are home on leave from the Pacific fleet. Elrod, attached to USS Brinkley Bass, just returned from Far East duty and has 22 days leave at Mare Island. Hutchinson, attached to USS Maddox, has 12 days leave and 31 years in the Navy. he previously served on USS Rochester and USS Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray E. Harris
Ernest Harris
Garfield
Linnie J. Baker
Linnie Baker
U. S. Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
S Sgt. Lee Laws
Lawton Marine Corps
Harris
Baker
Laws
Fleet Marines
Marine Corps
Elrod
Hutchinson
Maddox
Long Beach
Navy
Rochester
Los Angeles
Lawton High School
Social Security Election Eyed By Elgin Teachers
Elgin school teachers at a faculty meeting expressed strong support for social security coverage. Principal Cecil Lamb said the group was unanimously in favor, noting two absent teachers also favor the action. An official vote date is to be set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Cecil Lamb
Lamb
City on Wins Bank Boost In Reserves
Promotion of Jesse E Dickinson a retired U S Army officer and major in the Army Reserve was announced by the Oklahoma Military District in Oklahoma City Dickinson a life underwriter served 24 years in the regular Army retiring in Philadelphia in 1953 He served in Europe in World War II and landed with the 3rd division at Inchon in Korea He moved to Lawton Oklahoma to home he and his wife preferred the area Two daughters live in Norman and Fort Sill respectively with their husbands a University of Oklahoma football player and a Fort Sill sergeant Dickinson previously served at Fort Sill in 1948 as an ordnance officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse E. Dickinson
Kingsbury
Army Reserve
Oklahoma Military
Oklahoma
Norman
Wayne Greenlee
University of Oklahoma
Dale Lee McDonald
Fort Sill
ROTC Program Presented at Lions Club Luncheon
The Lions club luncheon featured Lt Col Sam J Bradley assistant and professor of military science at Cameron College ROTC as principal speaker. MSgt H D Rodgers introduced a new instructor and Col Bradley shared a 30 minute ROTC film. Cadet battalion commander Perry Morren attended as guest. Bert Alford chaired the program. Members volunteered for the Comanche County Livestock show and Easter service efforts in Wichita Mountains Holy City. Guests included Wayne Paden and Dan O Neal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reserve Officer Training Corps
Lions Club
Sam J. Bradley
Assitand
Cameron College
H. D. Rodgers
Col. Bradley
Perry Morren
Bert Alford
Fairgrounds
Holy City
Wayne Paden
Dan O’neal
Pike Feasibility Survey Planned
Oklahoma City survey project funded by a $189 404 loan from the Highway Commission will hire engineers to assess the economic feasibility and route for a southern turnpike toward Dallas Texas. Surveys aim to finish within six months for the southern and southwestern segments and include a northern route toward Wichita Kan in a bundled bond plan linked to future sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
The
Highway Commission
Dallas
Tex
Red River
Turner
Will Rogers
Turnpike Authority
Wichita Falls
Wichita
Kan
Twelve Arrested by City Officers in Mulitple Charges
Police arrested 12 people on charges from reckless driving to disturbance by fighting. Notable cases include Albert Hill and Lloyd Wilhoite linked to fighting complaints, Virginia Manor on reckless driving while drinking, and Walter Crabtree on speeding. In Municipal Court, several defendants forfeited $20 bonds for shoplifting and creating a disturbance, with others fined for assault and public drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Hill
Washington
Lloyd C. Wilhoite
Fort Sill
Virginia Manor
Walter Crabtree
Arlington
James H. Connor
Josephine Connor
Everett H. Hutchison
Ontario
Calif
Cally May Prater
1804
Josie M. Carter
McKinley
William Robert Ebisch
Ray Ross
Ross
Max Donald Hopkins
Summit
Douglass Talent Hunt Proceeds Benefit Center
Douglass high school talent hunt proceeds will be donated to the Douglass Youth Center campaign. Psi Upsilon chapter of Omega Psi fraternity will present the elimination contest for senior boys at 8 p.m. in the Douglass school auditorium. The winner goes to the district meeting in Dallas March 30 to April 2. numbers drawn from Chickasha Anadarko and Lawton. Admission 1 for adults 50 cents for students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass High School
Douglass Youth Center
L. W. Presley
Psi Upsilon Chapter
Omega Psi Fraternity
Douglass School
Dallas
Tex
Chickasha
Anadarko
Lawton
Presley
Cameron Debate Team Wins At Savage Forensic Tourney
Cameron college students Jerry Salyer and James Fuller won first place at the Savage Forensic tournament held at Southeastern State College in Durant. Thirty four teams competed with Salyer and Fuller defeating a Kansas State team in the finals after besting Southwestern Missouri College and the University of Alabama in the semifinals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Salyer
James Fullerton
Cameron College
Southeastern State College
Durant
Benne Daniel
Aggie
Salyer and Fullerton
Southwestern Missouri College
University of Alabama
Kansas State
Cameron
University of Oklahoma
Principals Go To US Conference From Lawton Schools
Fourteen Lawton elementary principals left for Denver Colorado to attend a National Elementary Principals Conference. The group includes James Roberts John Adams Dewey Parker and more from Lawton Public Schools. Women travel by train while men go by automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Denver
Colo
James Roberts
John Adams School
Dewey Parker
Cleveland
Monta Collins
Emerson
Mildred Coltharp
Garfield
Orvis Ribsby
Howell
John Littlefield
Jackson
John Elkins
Jefferson
Rozella Becker
Post Children’s School
Ward McCracken
Roosevelt
Christina Swanson
Swinney
Louise Kirkham
Washington
Helen McIntosh
Whittier
Laura Sherry
Lawton High students film board in new movie
Lawton high school photography students captured board of education members for a 30 minute color film about LHS activities. The project, supervised by W. C. Burris, will premiere May 1 in the new LHS auditorium with sound added in April by Opal Ford and George Walters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Lawton High School
LHS
W. C. Burris
Opal Ford
George Walters
Burris
John Shoemaker
T&I Leadership Parley Set Here
A western district Trade and Industrial clubs youth leadership conference is scheduled at Lawton High School for November 16. Charles Johnson, diversified occupations instructor, announced the event expected to draw more than 350 teachers and students. A T&I leadership conference was held last week at Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western District of Trade and Industrial Clubs
Lawton High School
Charles Johnson
Diversified Occupations
T&i
Duncan
Israel to Take Case Before UN Security Council
Israel plans to inform the United Nations Security Council on the worsening Palestine crisis via a letter to council president Sir Pierson Dixon. The move, expected to circulate to all 11 members, aims to pave for action if the situation deteriorates, while no formal council meeting is sought. Abba Eban lobbied in Washington for permission to buy about 60 million dollars of American arms to counter Arab shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N. Y
Irael
Palestine
UN Security Council
Mordecai R. Kidron
Israel
Pierson Dixon
Britain
Council
Dixon
Kidron
Abba S. Eban
United State
Washington
Iraeli
Eban
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Rites Slated for Engineer Elliott in Fort Worth
Funeral services for John Arthur Elliott 69 district engineer and head of the U S Bureau of Public Roads were scheduled in Fort Worth Tuesday afternoon. Elliott’s district included Texas Oklahoma Louisiana and Arkansas. He died in a Fort Worth hospital late Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
John Arthur Elliott
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Elliott
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
County Births Decline in March in Co Man che County
County registrar Mrs Mollie Randolph announced last month saw 194 births in Co Man che county, down 25 from February 1955. There were 38 deaths in February 1955 and 26 deaths in February 1955, with 219 births then. Of March births, 101 were boys and 93 were girls, including Leap Year babies. In January 1956, 47 died versus 221 births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Mollie Randolph
Mexico to be first Latin country with atomic plant
Mexico City reports Henry B. Sargent of American and Foreign Power Co says one of three atomic power plants to be purchased will be installed in the country once the National Atomic Energy Commission approves. The claim marks Mexico as the first Latin American nation to obtain an atomic electric plant through the company’s plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Mexico City
New York Electric Company
Henry B. Sargent
The
American and Foreign Power Co
New York
National Atomic Energy Commission
Teachers Hear Discussion On Social Security Plans
B L Cherry a social security administration field representative spoke at the Dunbar Douglass teacher forum on teacher coverage. All Lawton teachers will vote on social security coverage May 15. Elmer Stewart, president, conducted the meeting with about 28 teachers attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Cherry
Social Security Administration
Dunbar - Douglass
Lawton
Elmer Stewart
Meetig
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Bill Clanton
C Ave
FOG Service CO
Frigidaire Appliances
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McCord
C Avenue
Complete Insurance Service
Hood- Donley
Wolverte
An Electric Co
Tom Saffa
Mercury
Buster Wyatt
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WIEST
S 33 Auto Service
Oldsmobile
Charley Wade
Oldsmobile Co
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