Oklahoma Governor Seeks Quick Action On School Bill
Governor Gary presses for rapid passage of the school bill as the joint House Senate committee meets today to begin discussions. Key figures include Rep J O McCarty Oklahoma City chair of House delegation and Sen Clem Hamilton Heavener chair of Senate group. The proposal outlines pay scales and consolidation plans amid funding disputes with OEA and critics noting finance limits and highway funds affecting the budget.
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Ty Dayton
Oklahoma City
Taymend
Hanes
Senate
House
Don Baldwin
Anadarko
Pro Teapore
Tory
Oklahoma Education Association
Trease
Gary
GEA
OEA
General Revenue Fund
Arts and Sciences Exhibit Readied for Lawton Schools
City educators today began placing exhibits at all elementary schools for the annual Arts and Sciences Show. The event runs Thursday and Friday with displays open to the public from 4 pm Thursday through Friday. Exhibits include art, penmanship, crafts, and science from Lawton Public Schools. Miss Thelma Talla, elementary Coordinator, supervises the show.
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Southwest Oklahoma Education Association
Lawton
Thelma Talla
Doctor Fortin Reflects On General Practitioners And Cancer
The physician discusses the decline of the general practitioner amid rising specialization and argues for stronger GP roles in hospitals. He stresses understanding patient non medical factors, considers cancer theories tied to viruses, and shares personal philosophy on living one day at a time.
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Fortin
Tham
Subscriptions Rates In Various Newspapers In Lawton Area
Subscription prices listed for Morning Press and Sunday Constitution in Lawton area. Rates shown per month and per year for Missouri and Southwest regions, with add ons for Const. and Sunday editions and state sales tax.
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Lawton
Morning Press
Constitution
Constitution Press
Sundast Mail
Mn. Mo
Paris
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Press & Sun
Wilson Improved by Doctors After Checkup
Homer Wilson, county clerk, is considerably improved after a visit by an Oklahoma City brain specialist. An examination at University hospital shows the blood clot causing last month’s paralytic stroke has decreased in size. He will return to Oklahoma City March 22 for another exam and, if progress continues, may resume office work for about an hour daily by April 1.
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Homer Wilson
Oklahoma City
University Hospital
Murder Confessions Recount Scenic Resort Killing
Testimony details a Sunday re enactment off a famous resort where Michel was killed first and Mrs Hallock knocked unconscious. Rios says Fenton held Halleck as bat was used. He admits offering or accepting 300,000 pesos, saying he would do it again for money.
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Michel
Fenton
Srs. Halleck
Rios
Slaying at Taverm: Crowson Fires After Scuffle
Welch said Crowson used a 25 caliber Colt automatic after attempting to break up a tavern scuffle. Dawson and Jones, described as participants, took a club from the tavern owner as he ordered them out. Crowson then fired, killing Jones who died at Marlow hospital at 11 45 p.m. Saturday.
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Welch
Crowson
Dawson
Jones
Croween
Marlow
Two-Car Crash Kills Adarko Senior Near Cyril
Troopers investigate a Saturday collision three miles west of Cyril on SH 8 that killed 16-year-old Jimmie Doyle Brown of Adaroka and injured seven others. A 1955 Plymouth struck a 1956 Chevrolet. Loyd Vernon Walker 21, Cement, and passengers in his car were hurt, with Jimmy Walker in critical condition. Separate crash west of Valliant on US 70 killed Frank Harris 43 and injured Hugh Collins 48, as both incidents raised Oklahoma’s traffic toll for the year.
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Anadarka
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Anadarko
Lawton
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Cement
Smoklahoma City Hospital
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Jimmy
Edgman
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Hugh Collins
Palaager
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Hi Y and Tri Hi Y To Meet This Evening
Lawton high school Hi Y and Tri Hi Y members will hold a 7 PM business session in the speech room. They plan a dance at 9 PM Saturday in the Kasvaleteria and note the annual state convention set for April 26-27 at Blackwell. Members will also serve at a Classroom Teachers association banquet Thursday night at the high school with the Southwest Oklahoma Education Association convention.
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Lawton High School
Kas Valeteria
Blackwell
Tri-Hi-t
Classroom Teachers Association
Southwest Oklahoma Education Association
Drowning Tragedy On Lake As Man Capsizes Near Shore
A 14-year Army veteran, Peterson, capsized off a 12-foot aluminum boat in high waves on Sunday afternoon. Neighbors tried to reach him as his three nieces watched from shore. After hours of search with grappling hooks, his body was recovered from about 12 feet of water. Peterson previously lived in Lawton and had stayed with the Tinker family east of the city. He served in Korea and Europe before settling near Fort Sill.
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Cap) Crawford
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Lake Dam
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Betty Tinker
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Lawton
Beverly
Bill Bowman
Fortis
Higdon
Crawford
Ralph Hennessee
Harris Hancock
Wes Miller
Hobbs
Bowman
Dearborn
Tinker
Europe
Tle
Fort Sill
Korea
St Joseph Aspirin Promoted as Fast Acting Pain Relief
A pharmaceutical test from a feeding laboratory claims St Joseph Aspirin absorbs faster and works three times quicker than competitors to ease headaches muscle pain and colds. The ad touts the product as the world’s largest seller at 17 cents for 100 tablets 45 cents for 200 tablets and claims minimal stomach upset.
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St. Joseph
Soldier from 159th dies in Oklahoma drowning incident
Europe from November 1943 until January 1847. He was chief of an Honest John rocket launcher section in the 159th. The Army lists his home address at Steret, South Bend, Wash., where his mother, Mrs. Stella Cameron, lives. Services and burial will be in South Bend with Sfc. Donald J. Montgomery as military escort. Becker Funeral home handling local arrangements. Peterson's death was the first drowning in Lake Lawtonka this year.
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Europe
Army
Steret
South Bend
Wash
Stella Cameron
Sfc
Donald J. Montgomery
Becker Funeral Home
Peterson
Lake Lawtonka
Methodist Mission Board Meets Here
An executive committee meeting of the Law ton District Board of Missions and church extensions of the Methodist Church was held at noon at the Hotel Lawtonian. Presiding was Dr. Virgil Alexander, superintendent of the district. Members include Elmer Bauman Justin Kuntz Joe L Porter W. W. Godlove Charles McFall Homer Bolton R F Wilborn Alvin Hoover Bertin McFall Rev J Walter Browers Jr ex officio. The board aims to plan and carry out new church projects such as Cyril Methodist church with Charter Day set for Sunday March 24.
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Lawton
Aggie Gym Dedication Delayed At Cameron College
Cameron college announced the dedication of its 5,395,000 fieldhouse will be postponed to fall due to incomplete completion of athletic facilities including sidewalks and parking. The junior college regional basketball tournament will still be played in the Aggie gym this week, with a truckload of individual seats arriving for installation yet not guaranteed to be finished by Thursday night.
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Cameron College
Aggie Gym
Wis
Weather outlook with warm highs and chance of showers
The forecast shows showers and dust today with warm temperatures staying in the 70s across Tulsa and Gage. Sunday highs ranged from 72 to 79. The long range outlook calls for five to ten degrees above normal for the rest of the week with a chance of light showers returning by Thursday.
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Tulsa
Gage
Colonelad colon laxative claim takes aim at constipation
A vintage advertisement extols COLONAD bulk laxative as a remedy for thrifty colon caused constipation. It argues dehydration of the colon, announces two steps to restore regularity, praises bulk laxatives, and claims COLONAD relieves chronic constipation overnight with gentle action and no side effects, priced at 98 cents for 60 tablets.
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Colonaid
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