1700 Area Educators To Swarm City Tonight
Lawton hosts the Southwest Oklahoma Education Association convention with 1700 teachers and administrators arriving for a two day event. Opening general session at Lawton High School auditorium features speakers including Lee and Snider.
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Crawford
Southwest Oklahoma Education Association
Lawton
LAS
Dush Lee
Oklahoma City
Lee
Ser Jal
Oliver Modge
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Department of Education
C. R. Ellsworth
Lawton High School
George Walters
J Walter Browers
Centenary Methodist Church
OLA Board of
LHS
Phillips
CTA
John Shoemaker
Two Men Charged In Geary Chickasha Grand Larceny Theft
Willard Brown and Luther Hill, both 26, Geary and Oklahoma City, are charged with grand larceny after allegedly stealing 460 dollars from Kolker’s grocery. Police tracked the suspects to Chickasha, recovering the money, while an accompanying woman was not charged. The pair face arraignment later in county court.
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Geary
Oklahoma City
Justice of
Teach EL Cameroun
Willard Brown
Luther Hill
Cay
Warren Crane
Harold Kolker
Chickasha
Kolker
Otis Waldron
Cleo Stout
Johnny West
Lawton
Mer
Freeze Schedule Impacts Lawson Area Tonight
Forecaster warns a light freeze for the Lawson area tonight with clear skies and strong northerly winds diminishing after midnight. Friday will see milder conditions with highs near 60 and a warm, dry afternoon ahead. Dusty air from Kansas and Nebraska travels into Oklahoma as winds reach 0 to 40 mph.
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Lawson
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Noa
Lawton
Fort Sill
Altus
Cuban Troops Crush Rebels at Havana Palace
Cuban forces stormed the presidential palace as student attackers tried to seize Batista. About 40 killed and 60 wounded, including tourist Peter Nsevenedi Clifton. Rebels led by Jose Antonio Echeverria and others were defeated as tanks and armored cars secured Havana. The incident followed outrage over Batista’s regime amid broader unrest and economic concerns.
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Batista Cheere
Fulgencio Batista
Havana
Cuba
Fulgencio Bahele
Amecu
Hiravana
Biisin
Peter Nsevenedi
Clifton
Nal
Regis Florel
Ed R. Butts Garfeld
N.J
Jose Antonio Echeverria
University of Hevana Students’ Federation
Menelao Mora
Carlos Prigo Soccarras
Herve
Batista
Palace Plaza
Trusty Lifer Flees Prison From McAlester
Earnest Barnes alias Earnest Barnes, a trusty lifer, escaped from McAlester State Prison Wednesday night. Authorities seek two additional convicts who fled Tuesday from the Stringtown prison honey farm. Dudley Dolan, 43, a six time loser, is serving 18 years for kidnapping from Coal County. Ree Winfred Smith, 29, is serving a long sentence for armed robbery.
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Mcalester
Okla
Earnest Barnes
F Yoars
Trusty Sen
Chactaw County
McAlester State
Honey Farm
Stringtown
Dudley Dolan
Coal County
Ree Winfred Smith
Airliner Crashes Into Manchester Suburb Killing Twenty
A British European Airways Viscount turbo-prop crashed into houses near Ringway International airport in Manchester. Twenty aboard were killed and three residents trapped in a demolished home, including a mother and child. The craft was en route from Amsterdam to Ringway, halting near the runway.
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Manchester
England
British European Airways
Ringway International
Amsterdam
Holland
Ringway
Langley invokes Fifth in rackets hearing amid Hoffa arrests
Portland District Attorney William Mi Langley refused to answer questions before the Senate rackets committee citing possible self incrimination. The hearings followed the arrest of James Hoffa and others tied to bribery and conspiracy in organized crime and Teamsters connections.
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Washington (Lp
William Mi. Langley
Portland
Ore
Senate
James B. Elkins
Langley
Elkins
Will Langley
Teamster
Seattle
Muitagmah County
Ove
Teamster Union
Janes AB
Hoffa
FBI
Committee
Congressional Committee
Hymaq, Fischbach
Coral Gables
Fila
Fred Dobrescu
Detroit
Fischbach
Dobrescu
DuPont Plaza Hotel
G-men
James Splain
New York
John Dye Cheasty
Rackets Committee
Teamsters Union
Cheasty
Ivan Hoffa
Miami
Moffa
House
District of Columbia
John le McClean
D-Ark
Tiofta
Investi. Baton
Labor
Holfa
Midwest
Gunshot Victim Reported in Fair Condition at Army Hospital
Pvt Joel D Johns 18 of Hubtry 632nd FA Bn was accidentally shot in the lower abdomen at No 4H Fort Sill. He was transported by private car escorted by a city patrol to the Army hospital after the weapon discharged while Johns handed the revolver to Pvt Norman Confer. The bullet entered the lower left abdomen and lodged in a wall.
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Fort Sil
US. Army Hospital
Pri
Joel D. Johns
Hu Btry
Johns
Army Hospital
Norman Confer
Fort Sill
Fort Sill, Who Lives At No. 4H
Confer
Jafer Hufian
No. 4
R. 4
Davis
Jack Wheeler
Lawton Sets All-Time 1956 Retail Sales Record
Oklahoma Tax Commission data show Lawton's 1956 retail sales and tax collections reaching new highs with December and January totals surpassing prior records. December sales peaked at 112 882.78, while annual figures surpassed the 1932 boon period high of 51 683 303. The year featured notable gains in January and several months setting all-time records including August October May and June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Oklahoma Cities
Enid
Muskogee
Lawson
Comanche
Wiowa
Caddo
President Eisenhowers six day voyage to Bermuda
President Eisenhower sails on the cruiser Canberra for a six day trip to Bermuda to aid his health. He plans four days of talks with Prime Minister Macmillan after arriving next Wednesday afternoon. The White House notes hidden comms gear aboard and a seaplane could return him to Norfolk in an emergency. He will stay in quarters for Rear Adm Daspit aboard the cruiser.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Canberra
Bermuda
Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Harold Macmillan
White House
Korea
Helena
Lawrence RB. Daspit
Condemnation Action Filed On Fort Sill Expansion Tract
Condemnation proceedings have been filed in U S District Court Oklahoma City covering 980 acres owned by Wayne E Howe. The Fort Sill Tract D454 lies one mile east and four north of Indianola near the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
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Fort Sill
U. S. District Court
Oklahoma City
Wayne E. Howe
Indiahoma
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Lady Godiva Rides Again Protest in Piccadilly Circus
Unemployed 22 year old actress Geraldine Haigh rode through London’s Piccadilly Circus in shorts to protest Britain’s entertainment tax. She said she acted to make people notice and halt an unfair tax that has discouraged theatergoers and closed theaters, including her own.
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London
Piccadilly Circus
Britain
Geraldine Haigh
Lady Godiva
Israel Presses Gaza Fight While Egypt Pledges Cooperation
Egypt announces full cooperation with United Nations Emergency Forces in the Gaza Strip. Israel maintains USEF presence and its refusal to cede Gaza, warning that if control loosens the region could see renewed operations. Egyptian governor Hassan Abdel Latif may visit Gaza, as Col. Abdel Kader Hatem confirms renewed ties with UNEF.
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Middle
Jerusalem
United Nations
Washington
Israel
Sracli
United Press
Eliav Simon
Gaza
David Ben-Gurion
Gaza Strip
Wations
Strip
Egypt
Fedayeen
Simon
USEF
Tsuel
United States
Cairo
al Goumbhouria
Hassan Abdel Latif
U.N
Abdel Kader Hatem
UNEF
Bunche
Ralph Bunche
E.L.M. Burns
Premier Ali resigns as Indonesian crises deepen
Jakarta reports Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo quits amid four bloodless coups across Indonesia. Sukarno cites a critical situation and delegates governing power to district military commanders who have seized it. Rebels in Sumatra and Celebes push regional secessionist moves as talks are arranged with Sukarno and army leaders.
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Jakarta
Ali
Karno
Java
Sastroamidjojos
Sukarno
Sastroamidjojo
Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Abdul Haris Nasution
Tonmurray
Ahmad Hussein
Sumatra
Antara
East Indonesia
Celebes
Timor
Lesser Sundas
Flores
Bali
South Sumatra
Borneo
Indonesia
Another Violent Quake Hits Aleutian Islands
Washington dispatch reports a seventh major quake in a sequence beginning the prior Saturday. The Coast and Geodetic Survey logged the temblor at 9 57 a m and noted it lasted about an hour, with the needle swinging so hard it was stopped. Columbia University Observatory also recorded a large shaking event, nearly as big as last Saturday’s.
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Washington
Coast and Geodetic Survey Today
Aleutian
Elliott Roberts
Survey
Division of
Geophysics
Columbia University
Palisades
Pacific
Boys Battle Dogcatchers in Galveston Standoff
In Galveston two 14 year old youths hid from two armed dogcatchers and a dozen officers for over an hour. The boys surrendered a .22 rifle after Juvenile Officer Kaiser used a loud speaker. They were jailed on charges of assault to murder and discharging firearms inside city limits.
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Galveston
Tex
John Kaiser
Robert Garcia
Charles Layman
Irving Brown
Otis O'Callahan
O'Callahan
Sherman House Dedication Marked by Key at Fort Sill
Gen Key to unveil marker Saturday at Fort Sill Sherman House to be dedicated as a historical landmark with Maj. Gen. William S. Key delivering the dedication address and Maj. Gen. Thomas E. de Sharo leading the unveiling. Attendees include Judge Earl Welch and Elmer Fraker with a post dedication tour of the Old Post Quadrangle.
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Nother
U. S. Army Artillery and
Sherman House
Fort Sill
William S. Key
45Th Division
The
Oklahoma Historical Society
Thomas E. de Sharo
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Old Post
de Shuzo
Earl Welch
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Elmer Fraker
Frank Sneed
Comanche County
de Sharo
Benjamin HH. Grierson
Tle Shazo
Faye
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Ray Chapman
Cordell
Ranald J Carpenter
Duke and
Farrar
Treaster Avs
Cun
Eleet
Teaciteten
Inge Ty Cihe
Bers
Castro Echeverria
Fidel Castro Luz
Batista J
Castro
Ohe
Columbia Barracks
Off Hee
Trusty Lifer
Cyril Barnet
Mideast
Oregon
D.A
James R. Hoffa
Wirerheiu
New
Aleutian Islands
Sherman
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