Lawton Convention Committee Maps Tulsa OKC Fact Finding Trip
Lawton Chamber of Commerce Convention committee plans a March 22 23 trip to Tulsa and Oklahoma City to study how cities handle conventions. Emmett Keough Warren Wolver ton Ted Ralston and Milton Keating will meet convention leaders and gather data to shape Lawton's 1955 convention policies. Letters will urge local civic groups to consider Lawton as a convention market next year.
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Chamber of ‘Commerce Convention Committee
Lawton
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Emmett Keough
Warren Wolverton
Ted Ralston
Milton Keating
Chamber
Lawton Group
Drained Lake Reveals Old Military Road
Historians note a four percent mile road through thickets and marshes linked West Point to northern New Jersey as a precaution if main routes failed during 18th century conflict. Washington’s Morristown HQ lay southwest as spring waters created and later drained Lake Wee Waa to expand Tuxedo Park Golf Club by relinquishing land for a New York state super highway.
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Wton
West Point
New Jersey
Here
Washington
Morristown
Miles
Apo
Wee
Tuxedo Park Golf Club
New York
Four Brothers Die in Inferno at An-Gora Mills
An-Gora Mills fire claims four brothers as neighbors report a night shift worker at the mill and two bodies found by a window, one by a door, and a fourth still in bed. The blaze extinguished with authorities investigating the cause and sequence of the fatal event.
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An- Gora
Blaze Destroys Four-Story Plant in North Attleboro
A massive early morning fire in North Attleboro leveled the Bar ber Electric Manufacturing Co. four story plant, its annex, and a private residence. The blaze damaged garages in a storage yard and threatened nearby buildings as it spread across Chestnut Street. Fire Chief Ralph Robertson suffered a possible leg fracture after falling into a 12 foot pit and is suspected of being in danger.
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North Attleboro
Mass
Barber Electric Manufacturing Co
Chestnut Street
Ralph €. Robertson
Area Men In Service Involved In Moon Cold-Wave Exercise
Pvt. James E. Couch, son of Roy L. Couch of Cache Route 1, serves as rifleman with Company A in the First Battalion Combat Team of the Airborne Infantry Regiment. He participates in the Army’s 1954 moon cold-weather maneuver as part of Exercise Jump.
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James E. Couch
Roy L. Couch
Rt. 1
Cache
Army
Couch
Airborne Infantry Regiment
Officer Gambler Linked To Crime
Oklahoma City constable Wayne Adrian Burns and Charles Edwin York of Atoka are named as suspects in a torture robbery case. Burns and York have not been charged, while two other men face trial for the crime that netted about $306,000. Police indicate Burns once visited York in county jail and confirm York has been questioned.
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Oklahoma City
Wayne Adrian Burns
Cordell
Okla
Charles Edwin York
Atoka
Tulare
Calif
Gurley B. Lenn
Wayne Harbolt
York
Lena
Storm Caves FHA Waterproofing Contract Listed
Storm Caves FHA offers 36 month waterproofing in concrete with 900 ft of steel and weatherproof doors and steel basement windows. Contact E. Callicot at phone 15B2 in Cache after 5 p.m.
ROTC Camp Plans Set for Sill Meeting in March
Planning for the 1954 ROTC summer camp will be finished March 15-20 at Fort Sill with Col. Haydon Grubbs leading a planning session. About 1,850 cadets are expected this year, down from last year’s 2,238 from over 50 schools. The camp runs June 19 to July 31, with Grubbs and a staff from Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College Purdue Oklahoma St Mary’s Texas A&M among others.
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Haydon
Richmond
Robert 5. Jer
41St Fagp
Stanley Sawicki
Purdue
B. D. Hales
University of Oklahoma
C. B. Huntley
St. Mary's University
Camp Pio
Maj
C. C. Wadell
Texas A&m College
Boy in Stillwater Wounds Eye in Caliber Blast
Eureka family reports 10 year old Charles Hoffman remains under treatment after a .22 caliber cartridge used in play exploded, causing a serious eye injury yesterday in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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Stillwater
Okloa
Charrles Hoffman
Eureka
Seven Of Family Are Killed In Fire
A Plymouth Indiana two story frame home in Hibbard burned early today killing seven of the twelve members of a South Bend factory worker family. All but one of the dead were on the second floor as the others escaped to ground level. The victims include Donald M. 23 Carl K. 19 Frank V. Jr. 18 Elizabeth 26 wife of Donald and her two children Mich Quackenbush 2 and Jeanette Quackenbush 5.
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Plymouth
Ind
Hibbard
South Bend
Linc
Donald M
Carl K
Frank V. Jr
Donald
Elizabeth
Mich Quackenbush
Jeanette Quackenbush
Officer Fires Perfect Score On Rifle Range
First Lt. Robert H. Forman of the 1st Officer Student Battery TASC fired a flawless 200 of 200 at Fort Sill on Jones Ridge range. Col. Charles W. Stratton noted perfect carbine scores are rare in the Army, with expert rating at 188 and sharpshooter 180.
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Fort Sill
Jones Ridge
Robert H. Forman
TASC
Charles W. Stratton
Lloyd Hennessee In Ward 5 Race
Lloyd Hennessee seeks Ward 5 voters support for city council. He lists residence in Ward 5 and involvement in Ward 8, mentions electrical business and wife Edna Hennessee who runs cosmetic shops. He pledges intelligent, economical service and asks support for next Tuesday.
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Lloyd Hennessee
Counlipan
Maries
March
Piguisan Xes
Edna Hennessee
S. 5Th
Cosmetic
Will Rogers
Ward 5
Justice O Neal to Speak at Bethel Men’s Meeting
Supreme Court Justice C T O Neal of Oklahoma City will be guest speaker at the Bethel men s meeting this evening. The event highlights civic concerns and community leadership.
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Bethel
Supreme Court
C. T. O'Neal
Oklahoma City
VFW Head Chosen in Miami Oklahoma Post 2688
Fred Holt, a World War II Navy veteran, has been elected commander of VFW Post 2688 in Miami Oklahoma, succeeding Joe Helton.
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VFW
Miami
Okla
Fred Holt
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Joe Helton
Cameron Students Present Program At Jaycee Lunch
Cameron students showcased a program at the Jaycee luncheon with John Scherler leading the ceremony. The group attended the meeting and business session as tickets for the Junior Livestock Show barbecue were distributed. final plans were made for the evening barbecue and the Jaycee Rural Acquaintance program.
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John Scherler
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