Near Record Audience Expected For Pageant
The Easter Pageant near Wichita Mountains is expected to draw more than 90,000 people from across the United States for the Holy City event. Pageant director Jack Batten notes weather could affect crowds, with recent weekends favorable and workers hoping for clear skies.
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Bill Crawford
Wichita Mountains
United States
Jack Batten
Maude Smith
Holy City
Batten
Easter Pageant Board
Chamber of Commerce
Rockets Found on County Farm Near Lawton
Two explosive 2.75 FFAR rockets were found on a farm 11.4 miles southwest of Lawton. MSgt. W. D. Horn from Fort Sill’s Explosives Ordnance Detachment will likely explode them at a demolition range Monday. C A Clower discovered the missiles Saturday afternoon near S H 36 five and a half miles west of U S 277, from a combination artillery and air firing exercise.
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Lawton
W. D. Horn
Explosives Ordnance Detachment
Fort Sill
C. A. Clower
S.H. 36
U.S. 277
Chattanooga ““Y
Clower
Horn
Fire mystery surrounds coed death near Avard
Northwestern State College senior Mildred Ann Reynolds died in a blazing car two miles from her home near Avard after leaving Alva at 12 40 pm Tuesday March 13 Autopsy says fire caused death but officials differ on cause Crime bureau and Woods County officers contest whether it was murder or accident A coroner jury urged full investigation.
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Alva
Okla
Northwestern State College
Avard
Woods County
Mildred Ann Reynolds
State Crime Bureau
Ivan Gates
Crime Bureau
COED
Third Storm Sweeps Across Eastern U S
A third winter storm moved from Michigan to the Atlantic coast, snarling traffic and delaying ships near Portland Maine. Snow totals reached up to 10 inches in parts of Michigan and New York, while New England faced up to 20 inches from prior blows. Police and highway crews struggled as St Patrick's Day events and Rhode Island Lincoln Downs races were canceled.
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Michigan
Atlantic
Richard E. Byrd
New England
Admiral Byrd
Boston
Byrd
Antarctic
Aktion Deep Freeze
St. Patrick’s
New York State
Palm Sunday
Lincoln Downs
Rhode Island
Fantastic Sun Blast Filmed In Space Event
A Feb 10 solar flare described as a remarkable occurrence produced a gas bubble expanding at 60 miles per second before a top knot surged to 700 miles per second, ejecting 1 billion tons of sun mass. Dr. Donald H. Menzel and colleagues studied the event with a coronagraph at Sacramento Peak Observatory in New Mexico, with films shown today.
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Columbus
Ohio
Donald H. Menzel
Harvard Observatory
American Astronomical Society
Air Force
Sacramento Peak Observatory
New Mexico
Menzel
Elske P. Smith
Howard Demastus
Harry Ramsey
George Schnable
Weekend Weather Outlook for Partly Cloudy Air
Partly cloudy through Monday with a windy afternoon. Today’s high near 75 and overnight low around 40. Saturday’s forecasted high about 75 and low near 48. Temperature at 9 30 p m Saturday reads 60.
Lawton Eyes New Junior High To Preserve Top Oklahoma System
Lawton officials urge a March 27 vote on a 1 650 000 bond for a new Tomlinson Junior High amid rapid growth. The district now has 19 buildings and enrolls about 10 000 students with 2 110 in junior high, while assessed valuation has climbed from 10 495 197 in 1950 to 21 403 414 in 1955.
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Central Junior High School
Oklahoma
Lawtonians
Tomlinson Junior High
Lawton
Tomlinson
Board of Education
Justin Kuntz
Kuntz
Polls Open Tuesday for Bond Issue Vote at 17 City Schools
Voters may cast ballots Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on a bond issue for a new city junior high school plant. Polling places are at 17 Lawton elementary schools, with eligibility based on age residency and county/precinct length. No registration required.
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City
Lawton
Adams
Ferris
Cleveland
Douglass
Larrance
Gore
Dunbar
Roosevelt
Emerson
Garfield
Bell
Howell
Jackson
Lindy
Jefferson
Bessie
Lincoln
Park
Swinney
Baltimore
Taft
Washington
Columbia
Whittier
Laird and
Oak
Will Rogers
Woodrow Wilson
Arlington
Soviet Jetliner on Assembly Line
Moscow reports massive TU104 civilian jet aircraft in mass production as Aeroflot moves beyond prototypes. Marshal Zhavoronkov cites production parity with military versions and cites comparison to Britain's Comet III, asserting faster craft ready for civil air use.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
S. F. Zhavoronkov
Aeroflot
Ivan A. Serov
London
Red Square
Zhavoronkov
Britain
Boy Murders Dad After He Beat Mother
Troy North Carolina report details 15 year old Allen Brock Jr who says he acted to stop the abuse of his mother by his father. He retrieved a shotgun and shot Allen Thomas Brock from about ten feet away as the father slept. the elder Brock died instantly. Sheriff Elwood Long confirms the killing occurred Friday morning.
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Troy
N. C
Allen Thomas Brock Jr
Elwood Long
Allen Thomas Brock
Breakfast To End DKG Convention
Delta Kappa Gamma state convention ends today with an 8:30 a.m. breakfast at the Hotel Lawtonian as more than 200 teachers attend. Mrs Edna Mc Guire Boyd of Greencastle Ind highlights the event. The theme is Purposeful Progressive Action with Lawton Xi chapter as hosts. Next year’s convention is planned for Stillwater March 21 23.
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Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority
Lawtonian
Parley
Edna McGuire Boyd
DKG_ International
Greencastle
Ind
Lawton Xi Chapter
Stillwater
Katherine Harper
Wood. Ky
Helen Elliott
Cameron College
Wilma Davis
Velma Alma
DKG Chorus
Mary Nichols
Tipton
Frances DuVall
Alva
Catharine Garvin
Lawton
Vera Holding
Cypriots Ordered To Stay In Homes
Field Marshal Sir John Harding ordered an ironclad curfew in 13 main towns of Cyprus to prevent violence on the 135th anniversary of Greek independence from Turkey. The British governor imposed the curfew from 4 a.m. tomorrow until further notice as Cyprus approached Independence Day celebrations.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
John Harding
Turkey
Two Horse Thieves Escape From Posse
ADA Oklahoma March 24 a statewide alert was issued for two suspected horse thieves who escaped from a Tupelo marshal and eluded a posse. The men Tom Guynes 31 and Bob Walker of Tishomingo are linked to stealing two Shetland ponies from Asa Hutchinson of Ada two weeks earlier. Constable Tom Armstrong tried to arrest Guynes at a Tupelo grocery store. Walker threatened him with a shotgun and both men escaped after a scuffle.
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Ada
Okla
Tupelo
Pontotoc County
Ray Goodwin
Tom Guynes
Bob Walker
Tishomingo
Asa Hutchinson
Tom Armstrong
Guynes
Walker
Lawton to pay 550 for dam site core tests rights
Court appraisers fixed damages at 550 dollars and granted the city permission to enter Earl F. and Earlene Ingram's land near Elgin to drill five core holes up to 90 feet deep as part of a feasibility survey for a municipal lake. If tests show suitability, the city may proceed. if not, the project ends.
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Lawton
Elgin
Earl F. Ingram
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101St Airborne
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A. T. Howell
Army Today
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Ft. Campbell
Thomas L. Sherburne Jr
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