Revamp of State Auto Title Laws Eyed By Dealers
The Southwest Oklahoma Independent Automobile Dealers held a district banquet at the Hotel Lawtonian with over 50 attendees. Plans include appointing a legislative committee in May to draft a revamped car title tax law for the next session, led by Louis Arnau and supported by state and national leaders from Tulsa Chickasha Lawton Okmulgee and Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Oklahoma Independent Automobile Dealers
Louis J
Arnau
Lawton Independent Automobile Dealers
Lawtonian
R. N. Miller
Tulsa
Bill Lee
National
Bill Shipley
Okmulgee
Art Randall
Chickasha
Southwest Dealers
Bob McCoy
Lawton
Carl Tyler
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Chester Stringer
Oklahoma Crime Bureau
Jimmy Sullivan
National Automobile Recovery Bureau
Oklahoma City
Carl Reeder
Clarence Madden
Automobile Dealers Group
Federal Judges To Attend City Legal Institute
Two additional federal district judges from Oklahoma City, W. R. Wallace and Stephen Chandler, join the line of dignitaries for a one day legal institute hosted by the Comanche County Bar Association for western Oklahoma lawyers. Chief Justice N. B. Johnson will speak at a Friday night banquet at 7 p.m. at the Hotel Lawtonian, with about 200 attorneys and judges or their spouses expected. The institute opens at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the district courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County Bar Association
Legal Institute
Eisenhower News Conference Outlines Policy Stances
President Eisenhower addressed a wide range of issues at today’s news conference. He reaffirmed readiness to aid Cyprus talks, stated arms to Israel remain possible, urged patience on school integration, pressed for a timely farm bill, and defended congressional prerogatives on Supreme Court nominations. He also emphasized civil defense, clarified his stance on Soviet advances, and commented on Ireland relations, health questions, visitor exchanges, and potential school aid conditions.
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Nixon
Cyprus
Eisenhower
United States
Great Britain
Greece
Britain
Makarios
Dulles
Israel
U. S
State Department
Congress
Supreme Court
High Court
South
Senate
Congressional
Geneva
Russia
Middle East
Nikolai Bulganin
John Costello
White House
Costello
Georgi Malenkov
England
House Democrats
Cyprus unrest escalates as arrests rise and archbishop departs
After Enosis protests, about 100 people were arrested following a shooting. Police raided nearby homes and imposed a curfew. A school in Karavas was burned by terrorists at a radio post base near the village. A four man Greek Cypriot delegation headed to London to press for Archbishop Makarios release and talks. Makarios and three clergy arrived at Mahe in the Seychelles where officials warn against contact with the church.
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Enosis
Karavas
London
Mahe
Seychelles
Makarios
Kryakides
Kyrenia
Papastravos Papanganthangelou
Nicosia
Polycarpos Ioannaides
Man Reports Bull Killed On Farm
Billy Wilkerson, who runs a farm 17 miles southeast of Lawton, told Sheriff Everett Ray Hale that a 300 pound bull calf on his property was killed presumably by gunfire. The bull, found Tuesday afternoon, had been dead for several days and bore .22 caliber gunshot wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Wilkerson
Lawton
Everett Ray Hale
Wilkerson
Hoyt Shelby
Pageant directors assign roles and prologue leader named
The article lists directing duties for pageant roles including Frank McFarland directing disciples and Harold F Ross as scribes and high priests. Capt John Robertson returns for a second year directing prologue scenes with Ross, plus out-of-town groups led by John F Thomas Jr who also plays Thaddeus. Reece Russell leads the reading cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McFarland
Harold F. Ross
John Robertson
Ross
John F. Thomas Jr
Thaddeus
Reece Russell
Army leaders visit Fort Sill during development tour
The Army secretary and party arrive at Post Field for a 12 30 p m visit staying for a luncheon at the Polo Club. They will tour the new barracks areas including the day room mess hall and squad room as Gen Palmer, a veteran of Normandy and the Pacific, leads the tour. Davis, newly named assistant Army secretary in 1955, is a Chicago Title and Trust executive with a long Army Reserve and Illinois Guard background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Post Field
Fort Sill
Palmer
U.S. Military Academy
Field Artillery School
Army War College
Command and General Staff School
VII Corps
Normandy
Cherbourg
St. Lo
Bulge
Germany
Elbe
Army Information School
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N.C
2Nd Armored
Korea
X Corps
Davis
St. Charles
Ill
AEF
Army Reserve
Illinois National Guard
Illinois Reserve Militia
Chicago Title and Trust Company
Shipwreck Kelly Files Divorce From Heiress
Shipwreck Kelly, former Kentucky and professional football star, sues Brenda Duff Frazier Kelly heiress to a $4 million fortune for divorce. He accuses desertion saying she left him March 6 1952 and did not return. The suit filed in Bartow Florida names the heiress as the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartow
Fla
John
Kelly
Brenda Duff Frazier Kelly
Kentucky
Unplanned School Closure Hits Spacken Hill School
Pupils at Spacken Hill School in Poughkeepsie receive an unexpected vacation for the rest of the week as Principal Martha Lawrence cancels classes until March 19 due to 12 of 18 teachers out with a virus illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Spackenhill School
Martha Lawrence
Public Records and Marriages in Lawton Area
Public records list numerous divorce petitions and granted divorces including Mary William Newton, Dorothy M. Pratt, Garnett I. Faber, Lucile Steed, Evelyn J. McCracken, and others. Also notes multiple marriage licenses for couples such as Anthony Mitchell Cominos and Cola Jean Coffey, J D. Pittman and Joyce Tullis, Frank Marshall White and Martha Lou Blakeley, and several Fort Sill unions with partners from Lawton and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Corrine R. Aupry
Ernest Aupry
Lavada Hoover
Clyde Hoover
A Gilkey
Howard Gilkey
Annie Ruth Pearson
Joe Nathan Pearson
A Mason
Ruffie Mason
Minnie Mae Henderson
Lewis C. Henderson
Mary William Newton
Love E. Newton
Sie Ok Mounts
Joe P. Mounts
Dorothy M. Pratt
Maurice I. Pratt
Garnett I. Faber
John A. Faber
Kenneth Earl Huddleston
Lena P. Huddleston
Lucile Steed
Joe W. Steed
Patricia Joe Charles
Chester Charles Jr
Evelyn J. McCracken
James K. McCracken
Anthony Mitchell Cominos
Willie D. Johnson
Fort Sill
Viola Johnson
Lawton
Freddie Koontz
Ida May Hawkins
Columbia
Robert Fred Haynes
Barbara June Barkley
Bruce King Washington
Marthel Jean Wells
Little Rock
James Paul Holcomb
Comanche
Delores Ann Perkins
Temple
Lake Thomas Spillway Upgrade Planned With City Funds
The city council appropriates 16500 to raise Lake Elmer Thomas spillway by two feet to trap more water. Surplus will pass through 72 inch pipes under SH 49 into a head wall and a riprapped ditch toward Lake Lawtonka, with concrete and 30 inch high sections.
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Page One
Lake Elmer Thomas
S.H. 49
Lawtonka
Smith
Lake Thomas
Southern pike to Dallas spurs sponsorship plan
Senator Collins signals willingness to amend the 1955 act to drop bond guarantees for a southern turnpike from the Oklahoma line north of Dallas toward Turner Turnpike. He argues the route benefits Seminole Konawa Wewoka and Ada, urging Turnpike Authority support to advance the project despite objections from the Lawton group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Line
Dallas
Collins
Lawton Group
Seminole
Konawa
Wewoka
Ada
Lawton
Gary
Turnpike Authority
Court Notes Civil suits filed in Lawton and Chattanooga
Civil proceedings list several cases: Lawton Nash Motor Co. Inc. v Clarence P Buzbee for 3204.60 on a promissory note. William H House v Jack Kytle and Southwestern Realty Co. and Midland Mortgage Co. for 7038.61 plus 1500 punitive damages over mortgage handling. Bruce B Cornish v Southwestern Realty Co. and Jack Kytle for 1100 over a contract to buy 300 shares. J C McCary and Tenie M McCary v W I Davis Jr. et al to quiet title to lots in Mangan addition Chattanooga. R W Gatliff Jr. v John F Mattingly et al to quiet title in Waldman addition Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Nash Motor Co. Inc
Clarence P. Buzbee
William H. House
Jack Kytle
Southwestern Realty Co
Midland Mortgage Co
Bruce B. Cornish
Jack, Kytle
J. C. McCary
Tenie M. McCary
W. I. Davis Jr
Mangan
Chattanooga
R. W. Gatliff Jr
John F. Mattingly
Waldman Addition
Lawton
Henry M. Stanley Taught School at Fort Gibson
African explorer Henry M. Stanley once served as a schoolteacher in Fort Gibson located in northeastern Oklahoma, a lesser known chapter of his early career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Stanley
Fort Gibson
Oklahoma
ROTC Cadets Observe Officers With Several Artillery Groups
Cadets from University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma A and M, Texas Tech, West Texas State, and Midwestern University in ROTC advance courses will observe junior officers during duties with ROTC 17th 41st 52nd 77th and 93rd Field Artillery Groups. Military science professors and instructors accompany them from their schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Oklahoma A&m
Stillwater
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
West Texas State College
Canyon
Midwestern University
Wichita Falls
Texas
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City Legal Institute
A L. Pollard Sporting Goods
D. Ave. Pho
Ike
Ireland
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
D Avenue
Pageant
City of Progress
Lester
Pol. Adv
Public Records
M. B. Dickson
Graham Pest Control & Fogging Service
Lawton, Okla
Home
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Security Bank
BYU
Percy
St Joseph Aspirin
Zale
Baylor
Zale Jewelry Company
C.O.D
America
Ee Diamond Retailers
Zale's
Europe
Esa
Ieries
Oxqat
Damon Retailers
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