Livestock judging contests open at free fairgrounds
Fifteen judging teams compete in 4-H FFA and civic clubs at the free fairgrounds as the three day Junior Fat Stock and Dairy show aims for a late sale and barbecue at 7 p.m. Winners include Bobby Spradlin and Daymon Bay among grand champions. judges include Ernest Andrews with multiple placings across beef cattle lambs and hogs. Sponsors are Lawton Chamber of Commerce and Lawton Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Lions
Rotary
Kiwanis
Northwest Kiwanis
Ernest Andrews
Minco
Bobby Spradlin
Lawton Ffa
Donnie Buchwald
Faxon
Clifford Burton
Oklahoma A&m
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Lawton Junior Chamber of Commerce
Angus
Larry Buchwald
Cityans Rush To Register For Lawton Primary Election
Last minute registration rush reported by Mrs. Pauline Joyner, secretary of the Comanche County Election Board. Today is the final day to register and tomorrow is the filing deadline for candidates at Joyner's office in the courthouse to qualify for ballot placement. Eight candidates had filed by noon. four city councilmen will be nominated. In last March's election, 6,358 voters cast ballots.
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Lawton City
Pauline Joyner
Comanche
Superior Court Divorce and Marriage Licenses Notice
Public records show several divorce petitions and granted decrees including Glenis D. Schlumbohm versus Thomas E. Schlumbohm. Marriage licenses issued for multiple couples listed with ages and locations in Lawton Fort Sill and Oklahoma City.
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Oscar Hawkins
Opal Hawkins
Glenis D. Schlumbohm
Thomas E. Schlumbohm
Kenneth Edmond Waters
Delores Elizabeth Waters
William Weston
Catherine Weston
Margaret A. Romanello
Anthony M. Romanello
Aiece Brooks
Kent Brooks
Ethel Cummings
John F. Cummings
John A. Herman
Betty Herman
Gertrude Dwenney
Sam Dwenney
Tommy L. Kirkpatrick
Lawton
Melba L. Pruitt
Elvin George Dismuke
Fort Sill
Willie Mae Porter
Arnold Anton Kaurala
Erlamay Maunus
Chicago
Ill
George Bernard Sweeney
Jane Doris Aguiar
Santos Fuentes
New York
Nancy Ahbrah
Oklahoma City
Calvin Lee Culley
Geraldine Louise Gordon
Accident In Alley Near Police Headquarters Involving Patrol Cars
Police and bystanders responded Thursday afternoon to an alley collision by police headquarters. Lt. Walter C. Asbery investigated a 1956 Chevrolet police unit backing from a spot and colliding with a Merchant Patrol car driven by Jimmy Branscom. Estimated damage was $10 to each vehicle.
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Lawton Merchant Patrol
Walter C. Asbery
Chevrolet
Earl Wheeler
Jimmy Branscom
Peron Alleged to Hide 700 Million Abroad
The New York Herald Tribune reports an Argentine commission estimates former dictator Juan D Peron has about 700 million dollars hidden in the United States and several European nations.
Meat By-Products Valued At Five To Six Percent
The wholesale value of fresh meat includes five to six percent allocated to meat by-products. This estimate reflects their share in overall meat economics and industry pricing.
Robbery Suspect Takes Lie Detector Tests
Arraignment of two 52 year old men on an armed robbery charge was delayed as Grady William Moore of 3140 Cache Road was taken to Oklahoma City for a lie detector exam while C S Taylor of Houston remained in city jail. Moore and Charles Veal are suspected in the Taft Grocery holdup at 1615 Taft where $681 was taken.
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Grady William Moore
Cache Road
Oklahoma City
C. S. Taylor
Houston
Tex
Oral Ridgeway
Cleo Stout
Moore
Charles Veal
Veal
Taylor
Taft
Don Wolfe
Rail Toll Hits 33,558 in 20 Years of Crossings
The Interstate Commerce Commission reported that 33,558 people were killed and 86,278 injured in railway grade crossing accidents over the 20-year period ending in 1954.
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Washington
Interstate Commere Commission
Kerr Strongly Attacks Farm Price Support Cut
Senator Robert Kerr of Oklahoma blasted the defeat of a plan to restore 90 percent farm price supports. He warned that removing high supports would tear the guts out of the bill and push farmers to Benson and the market for relief. Kerr and Mike Monroney were among 35 Democrats voting for the bill, which lost 54 to 41.
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Washington
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Senate
Kerr
Sen
Mike Monroney
Work Completed on Building for School Buses and Workshops
Indiahoma Special reports that the building intended for school buses and workshops has been finished. The completion marks a milestone for local transportation and educational support facilities.
Soviet Loan For Bhilai Steel Mill In India
New Delhi reports India and the Soviet Union agreed on a $220 million loan to finance a giant steel mill at Bhilai in central India. The plant will include three blast furnaces with a capacity of one million tons of steel ingots and 300000 tons of saleable pig iron, with production set to begin in December 1959.
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New Delhi
India
Russia
Bhilai
Senior Citizens To Meet Tuesday
A. W. Puttkamer announces a seniors meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Youth Center at 14th and Bell. The event includes games after a program and refreshments with no admission charge, inviting all retired persons and those over 60.
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14Th and
Bell
A. W. Puttkamer
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