City Election Heats Up In Lawton Races
Final weekend bids heighten the tension in Lawton city races with five Democrats vying for the police chief nomination while Republican L. L. Gibbs and Independent M. A. Tompkins stand in the general race. Mayor contest centers on incumbent R. E. Glenn against Joe McCain as voters eye Tuesday primary results and municipal leadership questions.
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Newt C. Adair
Earl Simmons
Ralph Hennessee
Ron Wheatley
Waldo Ward
L. L. Gibbs
M. A. Tompkins
Adair
Tom Tipler
Tipler
East Lawton
R. E. Glenn
Joe McCain
Milo Tague
Wton
Tague
Lawton
PIO Post Taken By MacKechnie Fort Sill IAO Appointee
Maj Theodore R MacKechnie assumed duties as the Fort Sill public information officer replacing Maj William C Love who has separated from the service The regular army officer was commissioned at Fort Benning Ga and served as infantry aide de camp to Maj Gen Harry J Collins He returned from Europe in 1948 and held roles at Fort Benning before completing the officers advanced course at Fort Sill in 1951 then to the Department of General Subjects as instructor.
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Theodore R. MacKechnie
Fort Sill
William C. Love
Maj
MacKechnie
Fort Benning
Harry J. Collins
42Nd
New Sill
United States
Europe
9Th Field Artillery
Benning
Department of General
Lawton Population Estimates Vary From Utilities
Saturday utility executives placed Lawton’s population around 45 000 based on 14 000 gas meters and a 3.2 person family index drawn from the 1950 census. Public Service and Southwestern Bell gave slightly lower figures, citing 12 173 and 13 632 occupied units respectively, with estimates of 42 605 and 43 195. All agree December losses reversed in January with a rising trend expected despite higher rental vacancies.
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Lawton
Consolidated Gas Utilities Corporation
Ford Mugg
Public Service Company of Oklahoma
George Page
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Consolidated Gas
Allies To Arm Trainer Craft In Germany
The British Air Ministry said training planes in Germany will be fully armed and protected by fighters if needed. The U S Air Force ordered intercept of unidentified planes over Germany with orders to shoot if fired upon. Joint protests by the U S Britain and France followed recent Soviet attacks that downed Allied aircraft. Six British airmen were killed and one died later in hospital after Soviet fighter actions.
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BOM
British Air Ministry
Germany
U.S. Air Force
United States
Britain
France
Air Ministry
Ministry
U.S
Red
Czechoslovakia
Europe Ammunition Supply Eyed by U S Senate
Washington March 14 Sen Margaret Chase Smith chairing a new five member armed services subcommittee called for a quick check on U S ammunition stocks in Europe. She said rising tensions and Communist air attacks make a precautionary inquiry timely after Korea shortages were noted by Gen James A Van Fleet and the armed services committee.
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Washington
U. S
Europe
United States
Margaret Chase Smith
R-Me
Special Armed Services
Korea
James A. van Fleet
Armed Services Committee
Czech Dictator Gottwald Dies in Prague
Prague reports show Klement Gottwald the 57 year old Czech communist leader died in Prague after pneumonia and pleurisy at 11 am. The central committee warned Czechs of weakness then Zapotocky noted as a likely successor presided over a party and government meeting. Gottwald attended Stalin funeral four days earlier and was a key architect of 1948 coup before his sudden illness.
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Vienna
Austria
Klement Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Josef Stalin
Communist Central Committee
Gottwald
Stalin
Cechoslovakia
Antonin Zapotocky
Zapotocky
Czech
Weather forecast for the area turns fair and cooler
The forecast calls for fair and cooler conditions tonight and Sunday with partly cloudy skies. Overnight low near 38 and high around 62 on Sunday, Saturday’s high 71 and low 46, with a 9:30 p.m. reading of 50.
Lawton Sweeps Conference Speech Meet for Second Time
Lawton high school captured the Sweepstakes trophy at the Wichita Conference Speech tournament held at Cameron College, finishing with 157 points to runner-up Duncan's 118. Chickasha, El Reno, Cordell and other schools followed, as top finishers qualified for the spring state meet.
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Lawton High School
Travis Anthony
Cameron College Speech and Guidance
Wichita
Peggy Elledge
Sidne Koons
Jo Lynn Ansley
Cameron College
Duncan
Chickasha
el Reno
Cordell
Tep
Lawton
Charles Payne
Jerry Salyer
David McBride
Gerre Potts
Richard Schaff
Sam Hamra
Don Hickman
Val Frakes
Wendell Potts
Pageant suit pits $100000 against Principle Films in Oklahoma trial
The Wichita Mountains Easter Sunrise Service association seeks more than $100,000 from Principle Films Inc of Tulsa and Seguin Texas, claiming a five percent share of revenues from The Prince of Peace. District Judge Clarence Mills will preside, with E L Richardson leading local counsel.
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Principle Films, Inc
Tulsa
Lawton
Clarence Mills
Oklahoma City
State Supreme Court
Floyd Jackson
E. L. Richardson
Seguin
Texas
Pageant Association
Wichita Mountains
Sands
Principle Films
Hallmark Productions, Inc
Hollywood
Calif
Richardson
Neil Bogan
New Atom Tests To Begin Tuesday
Las Vegas reports the Atomic Energy Commission launches its 1953 spring civilian defense test Tuesday at Yucca Flat. The mock blast covers Middletown and Ponca City homes with nearly 100 cars exposed, while 400 officials and 200 newsmen observe. The event will be broadcast by NBC CBS and ABC at 5 20 am Pacific Standard Time. Army troops and observers will be on the front lines, closer than last year.
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Las Vegas
Middletown
Ponca City
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca Flat
AEC
Nevada Proving Ground
NBC
CBS
ABC
Department of Defense
Red Cross Drive Reaches 7744 in Comanche County
Early returns in Comanche county's Red Cross drive show 7744.88 toward a 36500 goal, about 20 percent. Campaign chairman Rev Joe Stowe Jr urges workers to finish solicitations soon as district leaders Spec Sanders Charley Wade and P G Waggoner head the business phase before residential drives led by Mrs F E Weller and Whit Ozier. Initial totals exceed last year’s contributions, raising optimism for an early conclusion.
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Comanche County
Red Cross
Joe Stowe Jr
Spec Sanders
Charley Wade
P. G Waggoner
F. E. Weller
Whit Ozier
Tornadoes Strike South After Statewide Blow
Three tornadoes hit Arkansas and Mississippi on Saturday on the third day of deadly twisters that killed 18 people. A Booneville Mississippi twister killed one man, while two Arkansas tornadoes damaged a 20 mile stretch and injured seven. Storms also lashed Illinois Kentucky Tennessee and Louisiana with warnings issued across multiple states.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Mississippi
Booneville
Miss
Texas
Oklahoma
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
Chicago
Washington
Dallas
New Orleans
Oklahoma storm spawns tornadoes. deaths and damage rise
A violent storm across Oklahoma Friday night produced at least six tornadoes, killing three and causing nearly two million dollars in damage. Four tornadoes struck Grady, McClain, and Carter counties while a Lawton area hail storm formed in the squall line. Dust from Colorado and Kansas reduced visibility in western Oklahoma, but forecasters noted soil should not blow. Tornado warnings issued by the Weather Bureau helped save lives.
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Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Lawton
Tulsa
Arnett
Highway Patrol
Gage
Hobart
Colorado
Kansas
Texas
Bradley
Grady
Rush Springs
Grady Unty
Washington
McClain County
Dickson
Carter County
Lawton-Ft. Sill
Minnie Childress
Bradly
I. L. Doyle
Pro U S Jap Cabinet Falls in No Confidence Vote
Tokyo reports Premier Shigeru Yoshida's pro American government toppled by a 229 to 218 no confidence vote. He dissolved the House and called new elections for April 19 as Japanese independents debate policy guidance.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
House of Representatives
Yoshida
Liberal Party
United States
Gasoline Flash Fire Kills Boy in Oklahoma Apartment
In EMD Oklahoma on a Saturday night three year old Ronald Mullendore died after a fire started when a father tried to clean car parts with gasoline in the kitchen. His mother, Mrs E E Mullendore, suffered a burn on her hand. Firemen say the child was trapped in a bathroom as flames forced the family from the unit. death appears due to suffocation with damage confined to that apartment.
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EMD
Okla
Ronald Mullendore
E. E. Mullendore
Mullendore
Lawton Storm Damage Runs Toward Million Marks
Insurance adjustors prepared to survey Lawton hail and wind damage Monday after a Friday storm. Estimated losses range from a half million to one million dollars, with Fort Sill reporting about six hundred thousand in damage. Rainfall boosted Lawtonka up nine inches by Saturday afternoon as farm ponds filled and roofs and neon signs suffered.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Lawtonka
Earl Thompson
General Adjustment Bureau
Thompson
Security Bank and Trust Co
Dallas
Tex
Tom Jones
Doc Ebb
Probe Continues In Tot Death Not Fixed Cause
The 24 year old Lawton mother, Mrs. Frank M. Rogers, remains jailed as investigators pursue a full autopsy to determine the cause of death of her four year old son, Frank Russell Rogers. An earlier preliminary autopsy noted severe bruises and undernourishment, with results pending microscopic pathology. A second son, Michael, age 1, is hospitalized undernourishment treatment, while a daughter Kathleen, about two, appears healthy. The mother gave a statement claiming marks appeared after a bath and an unrelated fall at a grocery store.
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Lawton
Frank M. Rogers
Frank Russell Rogers
Uay
Arthur Cavanagh
Cavanagh
Michael
Memorial Hospital
Kathleen
Sabres Down Seven More MiGs Near Manchuria Front
In Korea near the Manchurian border Sabre jets battled seven Red MiG-15s with three confirmed kills and two probable destructions plus two damaged according to the Fifth Air Force. F84 Thunderjets flew long range strikes destroying or damaging 90 boxcars at Manpojin while Republic of Korea troops clashed with North Koreans in five skirmishes leaving 17 Reds killed or wounded. A secret radar sight reportedly increased Sabre effectiveness for the latest engagements.
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Seoul
Fifth Air Force
Korea
Manpojin
Republic of Korea
Trained Men Ready for All-Out War Say Officials
Washington march 14 up says the United States has trained men ready to fight an all-out war for the first time in its history. Maj. Gen. E C Lynch says trained personnel can be mobilized faster than equipment. He notes the 1951 universal military training act and the 1952 armed forces reserve act as foundations for a civilian reserve. About two million trained reserves exist.
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Washington
United States
E. C. Lynch
Lynch
Defense Department
Korea Ammunition Supply Satisfies Frontline Forces
Seoul reports no general ammunition shortage on the Korean battlefront. Front line officers and Army commanders say there is ample ammunition at the front and in rear depots, though some special shells remain short. Lt. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor notes enough stock to handle foreseeable needs, with limited shortages in certain shell types.
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Seoul
Maxwell D. Taylor
James A. van Fleet
Washington
Korea
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T. R. Mackechnie
Artillery Village
LHS
Sabres
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