Plan Sought To End Cache Road Dispute
Officials, merchants, and chamber leaders meet to resolve the Cache Road U S 62 improvement dispute. A two hour session yielded no agreement and a 1 30 p m resumption is planned. Mayor Ellsworth reports the Bureau of Public Roads demands a grade separation if federal help continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cache Road
U.S. 62
Chamber of Commerce Roads Committee
C. R. Ellsworth
Oklahoma City
State Highway Department
Bureau of Public Roads
Sheridan Road
Ellsworth
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Federal
Chamber
FBI Nabs Bank Bandit In Hospital
New York based report says FBI agents arrested 33 year old horse trainer Arthur L Paisnner in a Bronx hospital bed where he recuperated from cyst surgery for a $188 400 drive in bank robbery in Port Chester New York. A second man who aided the stickup remains at large as police and FBI continue the hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
FBI
Port Chester
N.Y
Arthur L. Paisnner
Bronx
Paisnner
Tour Of Fort Starts Giant City Meeting
Delegates from five states attend Camp Fire Girls regional conference at Lawton Hotel Lawtonian with 400 expected. Events include tours, workshops, receptions, and speakers led by regional chairmen and city officials. Highlights feature leaders from Fort Worth Houston Oklahoma City and Lawton with a Friday luncheon address on adults place in Camp Fire.
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Fort Sill
Marvin Bicket
Camp Fire Girls
Leo Daspit
National Council of
Camp Fire Girls, Inc
Lake Charles
Wendell Lindsay
Artillery and
Lawton
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Lawtonian
W. F. Wulf
Geronimo Room
Artillery Room
C. R. Ellsworth
W. H. Hackney
Marshall, Tex
Lou B Paine
Department of Field Operations
New York City
Frederica Hammond
Horizon Club
W. F. Lewis
Lawton Council
Whit Ozier
J. W. Edmondson
Emmett Keough
Lawton Country Club
E. B. Ingram
Fort Worth
Tex
Ed Carmichael
Houston
Daphne Lance
Oklahoma City
W. W. Godlove
George S. Adams
George L. Cross
Driver Waives Death Hearing in Man Slaying Case
Cellus Cirus Houser 52 a sheet metal worker waived preliminary hearing before Peace Justice Woodrow Giles and the case was transcribed to a higher court for trial. Houser remained free on $3000 bond. He is charged in the Feb 26 death of Agnes Atteberry of Lawton who died in a Clinton hospital from injuries suffered in a crash near N Railroad and US 277 intersection.
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Cellus Cirus
Shorty) Houser
Woodrow Giles
Lewis Derke
Houser
Agnes Atteberry
Lawton
Clinton
N. Railroad
Atteberry
SEATO Ministers Blame Soviet Push For Division In Asia
SEATO ministers at Karachi accused Soviet leaders of trying to heighten tension and divide Asian communities through statements and interventions. The communique cited Khrushchev and Bulganin's India Burma and Afghanistan visits as provoking controversy and urged unity among eight SEATO members, with Pakistan's Kashmir plebiscite support amid U.S. backing for Southeast Asia security. The meeting also noted Pakistan's borders and regional sovereignty within SEATO and referenced Dulles remarks on maintaining a strong military presence in Southeast Asia.
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Karachi
Pakistan
SEATO
Free Nations
The
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nikolai Bulganin
India
Burma
Afghanistan
Free World
Kashmir
New Delhi
Dulles
United States
Southeast Asia
Chamber Creates Industry Group in Lawton Chamber
The Lawton Chamber of Commerce board adopted forming an industrial foundation to organize fund and promote industrial development. It approved budget requests totaling 5 520 for 1956 from local industry Agriculture and Military Affairs committees and authorized a billboard contract on the Turner Turnpike at 1620 for three years advertising Lawton and nearby attractions.
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Lawton
Allies To Show Military Might In Middle East
United States and Britain plan a display of force in the eastern Mediterranean to deter war over Israel and its Arab neighbors. 1,800 Marines were moved toward the region as Britain bolstered Cyprus, while talks in Cairo, UN, Karachi and Washington shaped a possible demilitarized zone and Jordan Valley plan amid rising tensions.
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Middle East
London
United States
Britain
Mediterranean
Israel
U.S
Cyprus
Mid-East
Cairo
United Nations
Karachi
Pakistan
Washington
UN Security Council
Jordan Valley
Hussein
Jordan
Nablus
Jerusalem
John Glubb Pasha
Egypt
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Iran
John Foster Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
Warm Up Returns to Lawton Area Amid Unusual Weather Shift
Calm sunny conditions bring higher than prior days as Lawton Oklahoma and surrounding regions see temperatures rise from a chilly spell. Highs reached 90 Monday then fell, with last night’s low around 22 and today’s expected 60s. Fruiting crops show little damage per W P Sieg of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office. Soil Conservation Service notes good crop conditions, moisture still wanted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklahoma
W. P. Sieg
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Sieg
Four Girls Escape Kidnappers in Independence Kansas
Four Newton Iowa high school girls told officers they escaped unharmed from two kidnappers early today by wrecking the car in which they were forced to drive their abductors from Newton. Sheriff Floyd Huggins said the girls identified themselves as Lois Davis Judy Damman Janene Fahrney and Gloria Jensma. The sheriff said a search was under way for two men described by the girls. The tale places the girls in Cherryvale after leaving school for after school jobs, with a ditching of the car near a side road.
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Independence
Kan.pfour
Newton
Iowa
Floyd Huggins
Lois Davis
Judy Damman
Janeane Fahrney
Gloria Jensma
Steven Damman
Long Island
N. Y
Steven
Air Force
Jerry
Damman
Judy
Huggins
Jensma
Cherryvale
Here
Priest Eyes Transplanted to Two Italians Restore Sight
In Milan two youths gained vision through cornea transplants from a dead priest known as the Priest of the Maimed. Angelo Cala grande, 12, immediately saw and counted fingers after bandages came off. Amabile Battistella, 18, also regained partial sight with some cloudiness reported in her cornea.
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Angelo Calagrande
Milan
Amabile Battistella
Carlo Gnocchi
Italy
Angela
Amabile
Cesare Galeazzi
Angelo
Benson Acts To Stop Rigid Props Return
Washington officials proposed keeping cotton supports at about 86 to 87 percent of parity to block a Senate move to restore 90 percent rigid price supports. Secretary Benson offered to forgo a cotton acreage cut next year if flexible supports stay at 75 to 90 percent. The Senate weighing administration flexible price supports versus rigid 90 percent parity on key crops, amid party lines and last minute political pressure.
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Washington
Senate
Ezra T. Benson
George D. Aiken
Aiken
Benson
Congress
Administration
White House
Agriculture Department
R-Vt
Store Hijacking Charged To Pair
A joint complaint filed this morning charges two 52 year old men with armed robbery for hijacking Taft Grocery owner Don Wolfe on February 28. C S Taylor and Grady William Moore listed Houston and Cache Road addresses. They allegedly used a .41 Colt revolver to seize $681 from the cash register. Arraignment was set for later today or Friday. Police say a line up linked them to an earlier bootlegger hijack attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manville Redman
C. S. Taylor
Houston
Tex
Grady William Moore
Cache Road
Don Wolfe
Taft Grocery
Taft
Marvin E. Cameron
Cleo Stout
Otis Waldron
Eddie Hill
R. E
Snake) Atkins
Hill
Wolfe
Clarice Brown
Friday Last Day for Registration for Lawton Voters
Lawton voters and candidates for the city primary election on March 20 were told Friday that registration ends Friday and the filing deadline for candidates is noon Saturday. Pauline Joyner, secretary of the Comanche County Election Board, urged new or inactive voters to register, noting most voters do not need to register. Eight candidates seek four city council seats. registration and precinct registrars are available in Joyner’s courthouse office. In 1955, about 6,358 ballots were cast.
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Lawton
Pauline Joyner
Comanche County Election Board
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Barrow
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Shirley Jones
Poland
China
County Farm Bureau Group
Clifford Burton
Dairyman
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Lawton Junior Chamber of Commerce
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