Negro brothers convicted for assaulting University of Alabama student
In Tuscaloosa two white jury members found Arthur Washington and John Washington guilty only of assault and battery for beating Samuel Perrin Taylor, a white student, eight days after Autherine Lucy was expelled. They were fined 500 dollars and sentenced to six months in jail, with the case highlighting racial tensions surrounding the university.
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Tuscaloosa, Ala
University of Alabama
Arthur Washington
John Washington
Autherine Lucy
Washingtons
Samuel Perrin Taylor
Miss Lucy
William Allen
University
Tuscaloosa
Taylor
Fred Nicol
Arthur
Olin Zeanah
Lucy
Colorado U Integrates Fraternities on Race Policy
Colorado University will abolish national race or religion restrictions by Sept. 1, 1962 or face probation without rushing or initiating rights. Board of Regents, in a 42 vote with 2 Republicans opposing, heard 1,500 to 1,800 attendees as 24 fraternities and 16 sororities with national ties are affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulder
Colo.r
University of Colorado
Board of Regents
Ward Darley
Denver
Curfew Imposed on Atlanta Teens Under 18
Police chief Herbert Jenkins ordered a midnight curfew for all Atlanta youths under 18 after a Fulton County grand jury and aldermanic police committee investigation into juvenile problems. The curfew aims to curb delinquency and restore order in the city.
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Atlanta
Herbert Jenkins
Fulton County Grand Jury
Aldermanic Police Committee
Funeral Rites for Eugene Milam Held in Sterling
Eugene Milam 79 retired farmer and Sterling resident for 25 years will be laid to rest at 2 30 p m Wednesday at First Baptist Church with Rev Fred Cox officiating. Burial in Sterling cemetery under Dalton Funeral home Fletcher. Beavers serve as pallbearers. Milam born February 5 1877 in Henry county Tennessee died Sunday at home. He married April 26 1911 at Okarche. Survivors include wife Irene Morse Sterling three sons Lester Inspiration Arizona Ray and Lucien Milam Sterling and 11 grandchildren.
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Sterling
Eugene Milam
First Baptist Church
Fred Cox
Sterling Cemetery
Dalton Funeral Home
Fletcher
Beavers
Jess Barnett
Robert Pipkin
Charley Bartlett
Emmett Wright
Sid Blankenship
Tom Blankenship
Milam
Henry County
Tenn
Okarche
Irene Morse
Lester Milam
Inspiration
Ariz
Ray Milam
Lucien Milam
City welcomes Easter Pageant visitors with banners
Lawton displays welcome banners downtown for the 1956 Wichita Mountains Easter Pageant on April 1. The Pageant board sells banners at 50 cents each, with merchants urged to buy through secretary Mrs. Lillian Delly by noon Wednesday. Banners go up the following week and owners of Prince of Peace photographs are asked to contact the Pageant to compile a roster.
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Lawton
Windows
John Keathley
Keathley
Lillian Delly
Education Group To Elect Officers
Lawton Citizens Council on Education will elect officers at its April meeting to be scheduled due to Shopper's Night. Outgoing president Darold English will depart as the group plans a revised Thursday meeting pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
London Police Seek Missing Car of Commissioner Young
London police conducted a concerted search Tuesday for a stolen automobile reported missing over the weekend. The vehicle belonged to London Police Commissioner Col. Arthur Young.
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London
Col
Arthur Young
Education Talks Set At Hobart
Thirteen Lawton educators and laymen plan to attend a district nine Little White House conference Friday night in Hobart. The meeting gathers county delegates to the state conference, county chairmen, city school superintendents, and county superintendents. Lawton representatives include Mrs. Hal Hallett and others. T. E. Lauderdale attends as Cade superintendent. Frank Kliewer, area representative and White House Conference attendee, will report with suggestions for future community conferences.
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Lawton
Githen Rhoads
Fred R. Harris
Walter Gray
T. E. Lauderdale
Cade
Frank Kliewer
White House
OEA Sends Out Campaign Cards
More than 1,500 campaign cards were mailed after a Lawton meeting of 25 members from Oklahoma Education Association and Classroom Teacher Association units and building representatives at Glen Dutcher’s home. The bulletins support Miss Thelma Talla for state OEA president with voting by mail on April 1 and ballot counting on April 23. Mrs. Mary Sue Silk was elected vote counter.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Glen Dutcher
Board of Education
Thelma Talla
OEA
Mary Sue Silk
Lawton High School
Council To Hear Registrar Speak At Lawton Forum
Mrs Mary Pokorny county registrar will address the Lawton Fort Sill Intra Fraternal council at 8 pm Thursday in the Douglass high school auditorium. The first in a series of monthly lectures covers annual Guidance Day plans and a public non political program with a Q and A session.
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Mary Pokorny
Lawton-Fort Sill
Douglass High School
Levi Presley
Arlington Drive
Teachers Win OEA Positions in SW Oklahoma District
Five Lawton high school teachers are newly elected to chair and vice chair posts in the Southwest district of the Oklahoma Education Association. Minnie Attaway leads business teachers, W. C. Burris heads visual aids instructors, with vice chairs Hugh Bish Earl Hamburger and Lily F. Stafford. Other officers include Ellen Harmon Opal Bradley Frances Curb Fred Thomason Mildred Coltharp and John Shoemaker as district DEA president.
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Lawton High School
Southwest
Oklahoma Education Association
Minnie Attaway
W. C. Burris
Hugh Bish
LHS
Earl Hamburger
Lily F. Stafford
Thelma Talla
Ellen Harmon
Garfield School
Opal Bradley
Lincoln School
Frances Curb
Post Children’s School
Classroom Teachers Association
Fred Thomason
Woodrow Wilson
Mildred Coltharp
Garfield
John Shoemaker
District Dea
Curb
Citizens Council Backs Tomlinson Junior High Bond Plan
The Citizens Council on Education announced support for the March 27 bond issue for Tomlinson Junior High School in the Tomlinson addition. President Darold English said the group will campaign to turnout voters for the election next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Citizens Council On Education
Tomlinson
Tomlinson Addition
Darold English
Scorpion Joins Offshore Drillers
The Scorpion, a nine million pound three legged mobile steel island, joined an offshore drilling fleet after a formal christening. The $3 million rig, built by R. G. LeTourneau, was delivered to George H. W. Bush of Zapata Off-Shore Co., which will operate it. Its first assignment was in 46 feet of water off Port Aransas to drill an exploratory well for Standard Oil Co. of Texas.
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Galveston
Tex
Longview
R. G. LeTourneau
George H. W. Bush
Midland
Zapata
Standard Oil Co
Texas
Thailand Artillery Chief Begins Five Day Fort Sill Tour
Maj. Gen. Chalerm Pongsavadi, Thailand Army Artillery chief, starts a five day orientation at Fort Sill. He will tour departments of Communications and Electronics and Gunnery, view a heavy field artillery battery, and attend sessions with Lt. Col. Banks and others before departing Lawton Airport Saturday afternoon.
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Chalerm Pongsavadi
Royal Thailand Army
Fort Sill
U.S
Chalerm
F. G. Stritzinger
Department of Communications and Electronics
Thailand
D. E. Means
Department of
17Th Field Artillery Group
Lawton Airport
Wisconsin Holds One Hundred Nine Thousand Silo Farms
In 1950 the United States counted 679750 silos across the nation. Of 557189 farms with silos, Wisconsin accounted for 109142, a sizable share reflecting the state’s farm infrastructure.
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United States
Wisconsin
Fredericks Return From Visit With Wade Family
Personal item notes Mr and Mrs Sidney Frederick and their daughter Amanda have returned to their Oklahoma City home following a weekend visit in 1921 Oak with Mr and Mrs James P Wade and their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Frederickson
Amanda
Oklahoma City
James P. Wade
Oak
Aviation Official Speaks To Club
H D Hal Weatherly of Aero Design and Engineering Co Oklahoma City spoke at the Lions Club luncheon about aviation and its future in business today. He presented slides of executive super charged airplanes under construction for business use. Glenn Becker was program chairman with guests Bill Grady Tishomingo Lion club member Charles Ozman Col R F Mecorri and Duane Huscher in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D
Hal” Weatherly
Aero Design and Engineering Co
Oklahoma City
Lions Club
Bill Grady
Tishomingo Lion Club
Charles Ozman
Col. R. F. Mecorri
Duane Huscher
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C. J. Crew
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Robert L. Landers
Durant
Robert D. Kerns
T-Sgt
William DuPree
Sgt. DuPree
ABC
NBC
Carmen Jones
S-Sgt
Tommy Morgan
Sadie Thompson
Hill
Sousa
USAF
Air Force
U.S. Navy
Gib Sandefer
McMahon Auditorium
George Walters
John McHenry
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Citizens Council
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Sill
Southwest Chemical Co
E Ave
Glenn Becker
Thornton-Minor
Thornton
Complete Insurance Service
Hood-Donley Agency
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OLDS
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Charley Wade Oldsmobile Co
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