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Newspaper

Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1956

Page

4

Fort Sill man denies drunken driving charge

Donald Ray Buxton, 24, Fort Sill man, pleaded innocent in Judge Ralph Cline's City court to a driving while intoxicated charge. Bond set at 500 dollars property or 250 cash, and he was remanded to county jail until bond posted. Also charged was Gus Alexander Vas il, 29, Route 4 Marlow, with operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license.

Donald Ray Buxton Fort Sillman Ralph Cline Buxton Manville Redman Clyde Awtrey Highway Patrol Gus Alexander Vasil Marlow Marvin E. Cameron C. W. Adams The

Cache Road Plan Clash Over Federal Highway Terms

Parley discussed at Cache Road meeting on a federal plan requiring city buyout of highway right of way and a potential 250000 bond issue. Merchants favored a compromise with limited right of way by property owners while opposing an underpass, aiming for a single local plan before any federal compromise.

Cache Road Carl Stephens Charley Young Ellsworth State Highway Department Warren Chrisman Charley Wade Clare Morford Jack Cummins Charles Payne Elmer Bauman J. C. Kennedy Harold English Cole BR Li. Gipert W. Z. Ford L. I. Gregory E. C. Parks H. D. Hastings Douglas Smith Leslie Pain

Tulsa's Annex Area Could Host Office Building and Center

Tulsa's Highland Park district may host a 212 million housing project and a 48 acre shopping center with a large apartment structure. The plans were disclosed to the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, which will rule on April 11.

Tulsa Okla Highland Park Tulsa Metropolitan Area

Livestock winners listed for Indiahoma 4 H and allied groups

The list details multiple divisions in livestock showing across Jersey Guernsey Ayrshire Duroc Hampshire Poland China Chester White Berkshire and Spotted Poland China. Winners include Doug Livingston Cache 4 H and Ronnie Brock Sterling FFA among many 4 H clubs and FFA chapters with firsts and breed championships across aged milk cows and swine categories.

Jersey Doug Livingston Janeris Hagar Cache Guernsey Troy Jones Joe Hayes Ronnie Brock Don Boggs Vietcher' Sofa Troy Krasser Chattanooga Ayrshires Charles Benke Hillside Carlene Benke Ayrshire Gloria Benk Larry Benke Duroc Jimmie Tomlinson Sterling Reece Donnell Alan Bandy Indiahoma Douglas Spencer Faxon Don Spencer David Ridley Elgin Ffa Lendell Benson Flower Mound Hampshire George Devine Lawton Ffa Buddy Davis FSIS Stanley Wilson Weer Diahoma Hermanna Jerry Geiger Shirley Jones Berkley Alhaitty Helen Dupler Poland China Joe Coleman Cecil Manton Sterling Ffa Ronald Lytle Jerry Clapton Marvin Livingston Chester White Larry Boudreaux Larry Coleman Fred Krasser Billy Ferguson Indiahoma Ffa Don Taylor Fletcher Ffa John Wimpile Cache Ffa Berkshire Carolyn Dupler Bob Wisner Oliver Kern Carolyn Dupler Burton Marshall

Choir Prepares The Seven Last Words Of Christ Program

Rehearsals are under way for Centenary Methodist church choir with a Palm Sunday 5 p.m. performance of The Seven Last Words of Christ by du Bois. Director Mrs C A Roberts organist Mrs Cletus Hill soprano Annette Morriss tenor Bill Grow baritone Capt Lyle Larson featured.

Centenary Methodist Church Christ du Bois C. A. Roberts Cletus Hill Annettee Morriss Bill Grow Lyle Larson

Police Seek Clues In Two Burglaries

Overnight burglaries at Magic Mile Drive Inn and 23rd Street Drive-Inn appear linked. Vending machines key loots included about 4 dollars from a juke box, cigaret machines pushed or pried, with losses reported by Massad and Waller. Police also report thefts and property damage elsewhere in the city.

Magic Mile Drive-Inn 23Rd Cache Road 23Rd Street Drive-Inn 23Rd and C Kenneth Stradley Melvin Kelley Sidney Waller Drive-Inn James Warren Gene Massad Magic Mile Drive Inn Warren Massad O. D. Mason S. 16Th Mason Ed Cagle N. 16Th Donald Bailey J. Phelps S. Sixth Phelps

Weather outlook by Oklahoma unit head in Lawton shifts

Bill Brady said conditions are good with some moisture needed but not critical. Nationwide, fair and warmer weather continues with no precipitation expected tomorrow. Overnight lows reached 16 degrees at Guymon and Gage while Altus Hobart Lawton posted 47 degrees yesterday. A Pacific cold front moves toward Oklahoma but is expected to be too weak to impact conditions significantly.

Guymon Gage Altus Hobart Lawton Oklahoma Associated Press

Commissioners Submit Law Change Proposals In Oklahoma

A group of administrative law change proposals were submitted to a state legislature committee in Oklahoma City. Pete Wynn, western district commissioner of Comanche County, returned to Lawton and said the recommendations were drafted at a meeting of the Oklahoma County Commissioners Association executive board. Wynn, president of the association's Sixth district, noted the committee member Rep. Jim Taliaferro of Lawton is among presiding legislators.

Oklahoma City Pete Wynn Comanche County Lawton Oklahoma County Commissioners Association Wynn Oklahoma Jim Taliaferro

Meeting workshop schedule for Friday convention events

Friday workshops run 3 45 to 5 15 p m for council presidents executives and leaders in the Artillery and Civic rooms with Lowell Bodiford Fort Worth chairman and Mrs Paine Albuquerque N M as room hosts Public Service Co Mrs Henry L Johnson also Albuquerque N M leads hospitality room groups include guards advisors and sponsors. Friday evening features Ewing Gafford principal banquet address Service Spells Life Margaret Barnes will sing Bless This House followed by Rev J J Stowe Jr invocation. WICOCAN Camp Fire Horizon club members lead singing Saturday reports workshops luncheon entertainment Fort Sill Indian School officers election and new business tours of Easter Pageant grounds Holy City Wichita Mountains Doyle Williams and Julius Johnston chair tours. The week long convention ends Saturday afternoon.

Lowell Bodiford Fort Worth Security Bank & Trust Co Paine Public Service Co Albuquerque N. M Ewing Gafford Margaret Barnes J. J. Stowe Jr First Methodist Church Wicocan Horizon Club Fort Sill Holy City Wichita Mountains D’andy Doyle Williams Julius Johnston

Robbery in Progress Ends Swiftly as Suspects Escape

Police arrived too late to catch the robbers who fled in a car while a robbery was in progress. One elderly suspect held in city jail had an artificial leg, according to Waldron.

Waldron

Four of five aged U S people live in cities and towns

A reader report notes that four fifths of Americans aged 65 and over reside in urban or town areas, highlighting urban living patterns among senior citizens and regional distribution concerns across the United States.

U.S

City Man Faces Three Complaints After Booze Raid

J. T. Sullens was arrested at 112 Arlington by vice raider Bryan Logan and faced three charges after a raid including illegal liquor possession running a joint and maintaining a nuisance. He posted a $20 bond on each charge after 19 bottles were seized under a warrant by Peace Justice Marvin E. Cameron. Other Wednesday arrests included Pvt. Richard L. Wallace Fort Sill Barbara M. Tabola Jimmy C. Akers and Charles E. Winstead along with three others on public drunkenness.

J. T. Sullens Arlington Bryan Logan Logan Sullens Marvin E. Cameron Pvt Richard L. Wallace Fort Sill Barbara M. Tabola N. 29Th Jimmy C. Akers Charles E. Winstead

Recreation and civic spending approved by board

The board approved a $350 allocation for metropolitan newspaper advertising, a committee for semicentennial planning, and $450 to aid the Wichita Mountains Easter Sunrise Service. It also authorized sending the Chamber secretary and others to Washington regarding the wildlife refuge land acquisition bill and directed letters to the Oklahoma Congressional delegation opposing the proposed removal of the naval base at Norman.

Committee Wichita Mountains Chamber Washington Oklahoma Norman

Police Firemen To Battle At Barnyard Circus

A police department team will play a donkey basketball game against firefighters in a benefit Barnyard Circus at 7 30 p m in the National Guard Armory. The event, A Barnyard Circus, is by Lawton Fraternal Order of Police with a second show possible at 9 30 p m. Masters of ceremonies is James Lewis of Consolidated Productions Inc. Donkeys from Ralph Godfrey ranch will be used and participants include numerous police and firemen plus various acts and farm animals.

National Guard Lawton Fraternal Order of Police R. A. Davis F.O.P James Lewis Consolidated Productions Inc Lewis Ralph Godfrey Crescent Police Department Johnny West Kenneth Stradley Fred Mitchell Walter Asbery Bill Davis Junior Hawkins Cleo Stout Melvin Simmons Pat McHenry R. A

Naturalization Rites Set In District Court Friday

About 20 people will appear before Judge Toby Morris at 3 p.m. Friday in a naturalization hearing in District Court. J L Nanus acting examiner for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service said examinations have been conducted all week but many applicants cannot be heard yet because petitions are not on file long enough.

Toby Morris District Court J. L. Nanus U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service Nanus

Student wins science award on guinea pig whisky study

Lowell Mass high school student Ethel Chamberlain placed her guinea pigs on the wagon after winning a school science award for showing that whisky drinking rodents developed enlarged stomachs and failed to grow.

Lowell Mass Ethel] Chamberlain

Abduction Reported Near Independence

Police and sheriff's officers picked up the missing girls after a kidnapping scare. Officers arranged rooms at an Independence hotel and notified their parents. Newton's Police Chief Shaver said a search failed to locate them, describing the abductors as likely transients and noting the girls are safe.

State Highway Patrol Independence Newton N. C. Shaver Shaver

Iron and Vitamin Starvation Weighs On Health

Weak red blood from iron and vitamin deficiency strains the heart and all organs, leaving you irritable and fatigued. Vital systems including kidneys liver lungs and digestion feel the burden, making decisions hard and life less enjoyable for you and your loved ones. Prolonged deficiency risks broader health damage.

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