Strike Protests Force Cyprus Island Slowdown Second Day
In Cyprus a spontaneous shutdown by Cypriot shopkeepers and workers nears a second day, protesting Britain's exile of Archbishop Makarios. Some shops opened then closed, while Turkish and Armenian quarters stayed open. Greek and U.S. officials press for diplomacy as Greek protests and strikes unfold. police clash with rioters in Athens. British troops face two bomb attempts in Nicosia amid ongoing unrest.
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Texan says Soviet drilling ahead of U S
London based Radio Moscow quoted J. B. OConner vice president of Dresser Industries Dallas Texas saying the Soviet Union is way ahead of the United States in turbo drilling tech OConner visited Bashkirian oil fields for two days and noted their development He added Dresser has just licensed the rights to manufacture Soviet drilling equipment
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Supreme Court Shelves Rio Grande Water Dispute
The Supreme Court delayed ruling on the Texas New Mexico Rio Grande water rights dispute to November 15 as a settlement is pursued. The government cited a broader reclamation plan for the middle Rio Grande Valley while Texas accuses New Mexico of diverting water and withholding Texas’s allotment under the pact.
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Squaw Creek Plan Nears Completion
City Engineer Douglas L. Smith said plans to widen deepen and straighten four miles of Squaw Creek south of Lawton should be finished by week’s end. Indian service engineers reviewed field notes after a Monday meeting. The property owners proposed this alternate to the Corps of Engineers plan to divert drainage to Cache Creek near the disposal plant.
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Lawton
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Cache Creek
Stillwater Man To Speak Here At Wichita OSPE Banquet
Roger L. Flanders, president of the Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers, Stillwater, will speak at a 7:30 p.m. banquet of the Wichita Mountains OSPE chapter. The Old South cafeteria hosts the event. Engineers, associates, and students are invited with reservations via Arthur Corrales at 4384 by Thursday.
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Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers
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Lawton Man Pleads Innocent in Fatal Collision
Lovell Kassanavoid, 24, released on $3,000 bond after pleading innocent to first degree manslaughter in the traffic death of MSgt. Lawrence Larson, 36, at 11th and F near Fort Sill about 2:20 a.m. Saturday. The case arose from a two car crash in City Court before Judge Ralph Cline.
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Lawton
Ralph Cline
Kassanavoid
Lawrence Larson
Fort Sill
Wool Deadline Set for Comanche County Farmers
March 31 marks the final day for Comanche county farmers to file for wool incentive payments on wool shorn in 1955. ASC office manager Bill Sieg said applications are arriving but some farmers may still have receipts at home awaiting submission.
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Two Gather Top Livestock Honors at Oklahoma Shows
Two area boys earned top honors at the Oklahoma 4-H and FFA junior livestock show. Calvin Stoll of the Chattanooga 4-H club led clean sweep at Chattanooga and set records at Tillman county, winning best Southdown lamb. Howard Wayne Joyner of Mountain View claimed both champion and reserve champion Poland China barrows. Grand champions to be announced at 4 p.m. Judges. Also election results at the Oklahoma Hereford Breeders Assn. stock show with Fred Ferrell Jr. of Elgin named president and Ardmore’s Jean Neustadt elected president of the Aberdeen-Angus Assn.
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Chattanooga
Tillman
Howard Wayne Joyner
Mountain View
Oklahoma Hereford Breeders Assn
Fred Ferrell Jr
Elgin
Ferrell Breeding Ranch
Jean Neustadt
Ardmore
Aberdeen-Angus Assn
City Man Draws Two Year Term
Ray Wilkinson a 24 year old Lawton man pleaded guilty to second degree burglary in the W M Aaron D X service station case. Superior Court Judge Robert S Landers gave a two year penitentiary sentence after the plea. A 15 year old Lawton youth Virgil Brewer received a three year suspended sentence after his guilty plea earlier this month. The trial docket for March 26 now lists eight cases likely to go to trial.
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Robert S. Landers
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Brewer
Casting Continues for Lawton Stalag 17 Spring Play
Lawton Little Theater will continue casting for Stalag 17 through Friday evening under director John Denney. Try-outs start at 8 p.m. at 1410 N. 15th with about 21 actors needed. Lawton professionals are urged to attend. The Broadway favorite opens April 27 at Cameron College auditorium after 20 locals tried out last night.
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John Denney
Lawton
Fort Sill
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Human Relations Institute To Hold Session Wednesday
The Lawton Institute of Human Relations will meet at 9 30 a m Wednesday in the Cameron College lounge with Rev J J Stowe Jr as moderator The guest speaker will be Comanche county attorney Manville Redman who will discuss citizens attitudes toward law A panel will cross examine him and civic church PTA school leaders will join in the discussion Future meetings will be planned and Cameron College staff may join in attendance is encouraged by the public
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Comanche County
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PTA
John Sadberry
Douglass School
Pike Route Travel Check Being Made
Oklahoma City reports 28 traffic check stations across southern Oklahoma to gauge best routes for a southern turnpike to Texas. Wilbur Smith & Associates interview drivers March 3 to 28, surveying origins and destinations to support bond-financed pike construction and a northern Wichita Falls extension.
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Inspection Team Arrives For Fort Sill Review
A nine man inspection team from Fourth Army Headquarters Fort Sam Houston Texas arrived today for an annual Fort Sill check of supply economy and field maintenance. The team led by Lt Col Salvador F Taranto includes Maj George F Rice Maj Leon E Forney Maj Oswald M Remer Capt Angelo A DAgostino Capt William J Tedesco Capt William F Coleman MSgt Henry W Hundley and Sfc Frank B Briggs. They will remain five days and have a temporary office in room 105 McNair Hall.
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Fort Sill
Salvador F. Taranto
George F. Rice
Leon E. Forney
Oswald
M. Remer
Angelo A. D’agostino
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William F. Coleman
Henry W. Hundley
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Frank B. Briggs
McNair Hall
McKay Enters Oregon Senate Race Against Morse
Interior Secretary Douglas McKay said in Washington he chose to pursue the Republican nomination in Oregon and oppose Democrat Wayne Morse. He announced the decision last Friday after a White House meeting with President Eisenhower, insisting the President did not ask him to run.
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Oregon
Wayne Morse
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Pastels in Pipes on Display at Tobacco Distributors Show
At the Chicago convention of the National Association of Tobacco Distributors corn cob pipes covered with bakelite were shown in shades red white pink blue and black as a noted display item.
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