Missing Girl Slain In Neighbor Basement
Theresa Van Der Horst, 18, a Kaukana High senior, was found murdered in the basement of neighbor Angela McCormick after two days missing. Suspect Michael McCormick, 17, reportedly admitted beating her with a brass shell case and hiding her body. autopsy cited suffocation as the cause. County officials say McCormick was held without charge while investigations continue.
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Kaukauna
Wis
Theresa van der Horst
Kaukauna High School
Dist
Fred Froehlich
Michael McCormick
Froehlich
McCormick
Bernard H. Kemps
Emory Strauser
Neenah
Angela McCormick
Harold Engerson
George van der Horst
Engerson
Funeral Rites for M-Sgt Larson at Fort Sill
Services for M-Sgt Lawrence A. Larson who died after an automobile accident will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the New Post chapel at the Artillery and Guided Missile Center with Chaplain Upton L. Higgins officiating. Burial follows with full military and Masonic rites at Fort Sill cemetery under Becker Funeral direction. Larson, of HQ Battery 548th FA Battalion, died in Fort Sill Army Hospital. He was a member of the Lawton Elks and Fort Sill VFW post and a 32nd degree Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence A. Larson
Fort Sillman
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Upton L. Higgins
Fort Sill
Becker
Larson
Btry
Fort Sill’s
U.S. Army Hospital
Sgt
Lawton
Auto driver sliced by airplane prop at Denver airfield
Bryce Bredehoff of Brighton Colorado was recovering in a Denver hospital after his car was drawn into the propeller blades of a Trans World Airlines Constellation during a wild taxi at Stapleton Airport. Police said he drank earlier but does not recall hitting fences or the accident.
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Stapleton Airfield
Denver
Bryce Bredehoft
Brighton
Bredehoft
Jack Hurlburt
Bryce L. Bredehoft
Colo
Bredehoff
Trans- World Airlines
No Candidates File For Board In Lawton
Lawton Board of Education has no filings for Position 1 as of today. Filing opened March 7 and continues through Saturday. Incumbent F B Barnes plans to run, but has not filed. Election set for March 27.
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Lawton Board of Education
Justin Kuntz
F. B
Fuzz) Barnes
Twenty four women assist Camp Fire Girls convention in Lawton
Lawton women helped register attendees at the Camp Fire Girls Inc convention last week led by Mrs Henry Howell secretary of the chamber of commerce. Assisting were a list of women from Altrusa National Secretaries Association Beta Sigma Phi and Business and Professional Women's clubs including Emmett Keough, W F Wulf, G B Carden, J C Kennedy, Helen Williams, Lydia Blount, Ida Denney, Betty Rush, Jean Wheeler, Naomi Bigbee, Lillie Mae Frazier, Imogene Pope, Madge Wright, Colleen Constant, Venna Lee Cook, Leona White, Maxene McGowan, Marilyn Humble, Helen Hammond, Beulah Ozman, Nell Franklin, Zelda Jones, Mildred Hunter and Frances Penick.
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Lawton
Henry Howell
Chamber of Commerce
Camp Fire Girls, Inc
Emmett Keough
W. F. Wulf
G. B. Carden
J. C. Kennedy
Helen Williams
Lydia Blount
Ida Denney
Altrusa Club
Betty Rush
Jean Wheeler
Naomi Bigbee
Lillie Mae Frazier
Imogene Pope
National Secretaries Association
Madge Wright
Coleen Constant
Venna Lee Cook
Leona
Mrs L T Roberts Sprains Ankle at Home
Mrs L T Roberts of 1410 S 11th sprained her ankle stepping off a porch Sunday and is recuperating at home today.
Ford Denies Dealer Pressure in Eisenhower Campaign
Ford testified before a Senate subcommittee that his private assistant sought $50 000 from Chicago dealers for the Eisenhower campaign in 1952 but no company funds or pressure were involved. He said most dealers contributed and Ford personally supported Eisenhower while Ford Motor Co did not back any candidate financially.
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Washington
Henry Ford II
Ford
Eisenhower
Senate Commerce
Allen W.merrell
Republican National Finance Committee
Ford Motor Co
Milton Ratner
Chicago
Henry Ford
Ratner
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
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L. A. Larson
Olen Eddy
Olen Samuel Eddy
Apache
Clayton Eddy
Chickasha
Oklahoma City
Crews Funeral Home Chapel
W. E. Cook
Downtown Baptist
Apache Fairview Cemetery
Eddy
Mesquite
Tex
Iva
Reva Eddy
Tulsa
Elva Pitts
Lindsay
Otho Pitts
Hawaii
Mildred Peterson
Spokane
Wash
Harry Jenser
1710 Williams
Seven Brothers
Erven
Firebaugh
Calif
Everett
San Juan
Floy
San
Scott
23Rd & Gore
Fox
William
Holden
Jennifer Jones
Torim Thatcher
Norton H. Vance
Malibu
Invasel Tas
Jane Wyman
Rock Hopson
Agnes Moorehead
Conrad Nages
Universal-International
The
United States
AIR Force Band
Washington, D. C
George S. Howard
Lawton High School
Hardy Suggs Music Co
Leister Music Co
Glenn Ford
Donna Reed
Tex Elias
Cache Road
Clark Gable
Lana Turner
Honky Tone
Richard Widmark
Ann Baxter
Steve Forrest
Warner Bros
Len of Troy
Cinemascope
Warnercolor
Rocks
Cornell
George Hudson
Borchers Sanders
Columbia Pictures Presents
Houston
Come Arava
Barry - Hale
Arnold
Paul Richards
By Lee Garrett
Manu
Constitution Building
4.B.C
Yellowstone National Park
Bianco's
Bianco
Gulf Gas and Oil
Harry Wiest
Hamilton- Bryan
Audit Bureau of Circulations
National
Cooperative Association of Publishers, Advertisers
Bureau
Tion
Lawton Morning Press
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