District Court Convicts Five in Term as Trials Continue
The criminal side of a district court term ended Friday with a fifth conviction. Six other cases were continued. Judge Landers readied for a week of Superior court trials starting Monday. Horace Stevenson received an eight year term for first degree manslaughter in the pistol death of Frank Griffin. Two defendants got jail terms on high misdemeanors. Willie Bates was found guilty of aggravated assault and jailed a year with $500 fine. Robert Neal Hill was convicted of second degree burglary at Sonny’s Bar. sentence pending. John Helvey was guilty of unlawful sale of exempted preparations with narcotics and fined $600. A new trial motion was filed by defense attorney Lewis Derke. Sergeant Robert Norman Nelson was found guilty of second degree manslaughter and given nine months in jail for a traffic death near Fletcher. In Superior Court, pleas of guilty erased the first three cases, each for second degree burglary, with sentences of three years for Cecil Hollingsworth and Donald Hammon, and two years for Ray Wilkinson. First case Monday involved E A Burt facing a felonious bogus check charge. Other cases include Harlan Hill, Trovus Warner Warren, Jack Coryell, Eula Pearl Williams, and Jacqueline Sykes. An appeal by Sylvester Hill after a DWI conviction may not be heard.
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District Court
Superior Court
Robert S. Landers
Horace Stevenson
Frank Griffin
Stevenson
Lewis Derke
Willie Bates
Frances Bates
Robert Neal Hill
John Helvey
Lawton Drug Co
Robert Norman Nelson
Fort Sill
Nelson
Zelda Mae Lindsey
Lawton
Fletcher
Cecil Hollingsworth
Donald Edward Hammond
Ray Wilkinson
E. A. Burt
Ontario
Calif
Harlan Hill
Trovus Warner Warren
Jack Coryell
Eula Pearl Williams
Jacqueline Sykes
Sylvester Hill
Easter Pageant Make-Up Kits Ready For Actors
Make-up kits replenished and pancake cream ready for Easter Pageant faces. Mrs. Bert Blasingame returns as pageant make-up supervisor for the sixth year, with assistants listed. About 290 participants will receive make-up by 11 p.m. Saturday, including beard work and crepe hair.
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Bert Blasingame
Elden Curry
Curry
Blasingame
Millard Coody
C. A
Milton Eisenhower to join d Nation parley
The White House announced that Dr Milton Eisenhower will attend the North American summit at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia next week. The three day meeting includes President Eisenhower and leaders of Canada and Mexico to discuss mutual problems. Secretary Dulles will also travel, with Canadian and Mexican officials joining the flight.
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Washington
White House
Milton Eisenhower
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Eisenhower
Canada
Mexico
James C. Hagerty
Pennsylvania State University
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
South America
Ruiz Cortines
Louis St. Laurent
Dulles
Lester Pearson
Arnold Heeney
Livingston Merchant
Henry Holland
Musical Arrangements For Pageant Revealed
Complete musical arrangements for the Wichita Mountains Easter Service were announced by Russell Peterson Cameron college instructor and music director. Two hours of music precede the Pageant with chimes by Royce Makin and assists from Bran don Fletcher Carter and Suggs. Selections include I Talked With God Last Night The Be Atudes Ave Maria and Messiah chorus among others with participation from Fort Sill and Cameron college ensembles.
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Wichita Mountains
Russell Peterson
Cameron College
Royce Makin
First Christian Church
Peterson
Merle Brandon
Bill Fletcher
James Carter
Hardy Suggs
Kenneth Myers
First Baptist Church
Fletcher
Uggs
Jesus Nazareth King
Hamblen
Carter
Beatitudes
Malotte
Grace Stritzinger
New Post Chapel
Fort Sill
Jesus
John McHenry
Central Junior High School
Baptist Children’s Choir
Myers
Schubert
Brandon
Harker
Melvin Keeney
Bill Holley
Frank Kullman
Mozart
Duncan High School
Howard Johnson
Darcie Hodges
Dean Robnett
Donald Gaddis
Gerald Tucker
Ben Wagner
J. Kenneth Smith
Angel Medley
Troy Carpenter
Holy City
Keeney
George Glasby
St. Andrew's Children’s Choir
Jack Storey
Don Barton
Pvt. Kullman
McHenry
Mrs. Carter
Morgan Roberts
Ada
Population growth rates since 1950 show a drop
The statement notes that from 1900 to 1950 the U.S. population rose on average 1.4 percent annually, but after 1950 the growth rate fell to 0.7 percent per year.
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U.S
Explorer Scouts Observe AF Base Crash Outfits
Six Explorer Scouts and two adult leaders from Lawton learned fire crash response during a Sheppard AFB demonstration in Wichita Falls. A C-47 plane was burned with 900 gallons of gasoline while rescue teams removed dummies and firefighters in asbestos suits fought the flames. The visit included B-25 and C-47 flights, jet engine mockups, aircraft maintenance displays, skeet shooting, a jamboree show, and a static aircraft exhibit.
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Lawton
Sheppard Afb
Wichita Falls
Paul Ebisch
Frank Bryce
Post 104
Cornell McPhail
Larry Lindgren
Gary Rudolph
Eugene Marburger
Bob Wheeler
Post
Dan McPhail
USS. Army
Army Aviation Unit
Training Command
Fort Sill
Northwest Texas Council of
England's 1825 rail passenger hope for the rich
When England trialed rail passenger transport in 1825 the assumption prevailed that only the wealthy would use it, shaping early perceptions of the new technology and its accessibility.
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England
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