Hundreds Help Run Pageant Cast in Lawton Fort Sill Area
Pageant crews exceed 1500 volunteers including actors, readers, and behind the scenes workers. Col. Jack Rhodes assigns traffic control with 150 guards. Fort Sill plans one way traffic by 4 p.m. Saturday. Civil Defense units, Lawton Police, and Explorer Scouts provide security and parking management.
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Jack Rhodes
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Pageant
Cache
Meers
Medicine Park
Fort Sill
Civil Defense Unit
Jack Webb
Civil Defense
Cross
Audience Hill
Lawton Civil Defense Organization
Lawton Police Department
Cy Bell
Lawton Explorer Scouts
Lawton CD
Lawton Civil Defense Auxiliary
Comanche County Civil Defense Auxiliary
Youthful Bandit Hijacks D X Service Station
A young bandit, about 19 or 20, held a service station operator at gunpoint around 3 am at the D X Service station at 201 B and escaped with 57 dollars. Police nearby tracked a 21-year-old Layton man for questioning. The suspect fled after timing his hold up when customers were gone.
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D-X
Lawton
L. H. Scheuerman
Lee
FBI To Probe Teen Nazi Stormleague in Stillwater
Two 16 year old boys in Stillwater and Perry sought FBI help after distributing hand bills inviting teens to join a Nazi Stormleague. They were arrested in Perry for public nuisance and fined, then questioned in a cross burning at a Negro church. One boy is son of an Oklahoma A&M economics professor. the other son of an oil driller. No charges filed in Stillwater.
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Stillwater
Okla
Perry
FBI
Oklahoma A&m
C. O. DeVilbiss
East Park
Mother and Daughter Lead Easter Pageant Costume Wardrobe
An energetic mother and daughter head the wardrobe department for the Easter Pageant for the sixth year. Mrs. H. R. DeWolf of 726 North 16th Street and Roberta Lawton, a Lawton high school senior, designed thirty-one new angel robes featuring a blouse.
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Roberta DeWolf
LHS
H. R. DeWolf
Roberta
Lawton
Lawton High School
Carrie Fisher
Patrol Units Assigned To Area Twenty-two Oklahoma Troopers
Oklahoma troopers will man ground units and a patrol plane will monitor Easter worshippers at the Wichita Mountains service this weekend. Patrol chief Jack Rollins announced plans for a patrol plane in action by Saturday as Lt. Forrest Mussen cautions motorists to keep distance and dress warmly for the event.
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol
United States
Wichita Mountains
Jack Rollins
Oklahoma City
Forrest Mussen
Lawton
Mussen
Patrol
Governor To Speak At Wednesday Banquet In Lawton
Governor Raymond Gary will lead Oklahoma business leaders into Lawton for the Oklahoma Development Council kickoff dinner at 6 30 p m in the Lawtonian Hotel About 200 are expected to attend The campaign aims to reach 4000 memberships to promote industry and attract investment with funds used for outreach and to inform Oklahomans about opportunities and needs in state industry Notable attendees include leaders from ONG Public Service Co of Oklahoma Consolidated Gas Utilities and Frisco Railroad among others The event signals a statewide push for economic development with Gary as chair and Exall English highlighting Lawton’s strong interest See ODC Page 2.
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Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
Lawton
Oklahoma Development Council
Gary
Lawtonian
Exall English
State Development Council
Tulsa
Public Service
Don H. Anderson
Oklahoma Natural Gas and Electric
Randall Klemme
State Department of Commerce and Industry
Tom McDermott Jr
Governor's Council of Economic Development
Francis Cella
Oklahoma University Bureau of Business Research
J. T. Weaver
Frisco Railroad
Tom Underwood
Frisco
Dark Horses Gain Support in Democratic Race
Senators and governors moved closer to possible Democratic presidential bids as Stuart Symington and Averell Harriman received fresh endorsements. Estes Kefauver campaigned in California ahead of the June 5 primary, facing Adlai Stevenson who remains the active candidate. Kefauver had earlier won Minnesota’s direct test, while Symington secured Missouri’s party endorsement.
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Stuart Symington
Averell Harriman
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
California
Adlai Stevenson
Kefauver
Minnesota
Symington
Democratic Committee
Poisoned Ginger Ale on Ike Train Probed in West Virginia
Secret Service and railroad investigators probe whether poisoned soft drinks were aboard Chessie 29 used by President Eisenhower during a visit to White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. Nine people on the car drank ginger ale, three fell ill, two hospitalized, and authorities say there was no known plot against the President.
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White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Secret Service
Eisenhower
A. E. Baughman
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Baughman
Howard Skidmore
C&o
Washington
Canada
Mexico
Skidmore
Chessie
Walter J. Tuohy
Huntington
Conferees Back Rigid Crops Price Supports Dual Parity
Senate and House conferees agreed on a one year extension of rigid price supports for basic crops and adopted a dual parity method using the higher of two price support formulas. They also knocked out limits on total price support and soil bank payments, aiming to approve the administration's soil bank package totaling about 1.2 billion dollars, with Easter recess looming.
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Washington
Senate House _ conference
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Senate House
Ike
Eisenhower
Agriculture Benson
House
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Soil Bank
House Agriculture Committee
House Conference Committee
Congress
Senate Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
House Committee
Cooley
DNC
Lawton Drummer Faces Knife Attack Trial
In Lawton, Coryell 26 is on trial in Superior court for assault with a dangerous weapon over a December knife attack on waitress Mary Yort of Delores Bar who said she and Coryell had recently ended their relationship. Testimony began at 10 a.m. with Yort detailing a 15 minute period. May 13, 1954. COURT Page 2.
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Jack Wendell Coryell
Lawton
Coryell
Harlan Hall
Hall
Robert S. Landers
Security Bank and Trust Co
Mary Yort
Delores
School Bond Vote Steady For New Junior High Plant
A medium-heavy turnout was noted by noon in the 1,650,000 bond election for a new junior high school plant. Polls at city elementary schools showed steady voting, with Superintendent John Shoemaker reporting. Jefferson school principal John Elkins said Wilson school ballots rose after 3 p.m. Election officials expect a steady stream of voters after 3 p.m. with polls closing at 7 p.m.
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City
John Shoemaker
John Elkins
Jefferson
Wilson School
Shoemaker
Broncs to the Army A Sooner Cowboy’s First Sergeant Dream
MSgt John L Sanders a 27 year old native of Marietta Oklahoma, farrier of Charlie Battery 2d FA Bn, confesses he longs to be first sergeant of a Field Artillery Battery. He recalls rodeos and motorcycling days, showing photos of childhood cowboy life under a ten gallon hat and wide brimmed boot outfit. He left rodeo life behind yet loves the outdoors and believes he can do what he could at age 12.
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John L. Sanders
2D Field Artillery Battalion
Fort Sill
U.S. Army
Msgt
Marietta
Okla
Mount Scott
Smith Brothers Rodeo
Ardmore
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
Synagogue Roof Falls During Passover Service
In the Bronx a ceiling collapsed at Yeshiva and Mesivta Zichron Moshe during a Passover service injuring three women. Two are in critical condition. About 30 worshippers escaped unharmed as plaster rained down. Cantor Max Wiesen led prayers as a 20 by 30 foot section fell at 8 55 a m. The synagogue sits at 1358 Morris Ave between 169th and 170th Streets.
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New York
Bronx
Max Wiesen
Yeshiva and Mesivta Zichron Moshe
Morris Ave
169Th
170Th Streets
Daily Worker Offices Seized in Tax Raid
Treasury agents seized the Daily Worker offices in New York for non payment of roughly 38 000 to 40 000 in taxes. A similar raid hit the Communist party headquarters. Publisher officials warned of closure if taxes remain unpaid while staff prepared tomorrow’s issue.
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New York
Treasury
Daily Worker
Communist Party
Donald R. Moysey
Internal Revenue
Worker
Alan Max
Chicago
Detroit
Max
Harry Sacher
New Press Inc
Joseph Dermer
Charles Hendley
Moysey
Cold Snap Expected After Warm Oklahoma Day
Temperatures near 90 in Lawton fell toward the 50s with strong southerly winds and a dust storm this afternoon. Last night’s low 57, tonight predicted 40, 11 am 82, yesterday high 90. United Press notes a late Tuesday return of winter and high 94 at Altus. Oklahoma City hit 85 for March 26 in 38 years.
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Lawton
U.S. Weather Bureau
United Press
Oklahoma
Altus
Oklahoma City
Russians Arabs Stall Peace Bid at United Nations
The UN Security Council was hamstrung by a RussiaArab move that blocked the United States proposed immediate action on the Middle East crisis. Syria warned against foreign military intervention and demanded the issue be sent to the General Assembly for debate, as the council adjourned with a delay to vote on Secretary General Hammarskjold’s trip.
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United Nations
N. Y
UPA
UN Security Council
Middle East
Russia
United States
Security Council
General Assembly
Damascus
Said al Gazzi
Syria
UN General Assembly
UN General Assembly For Debating and Voting.” Gazzi
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Palestine
Dag Hammarskjold
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Bill Crawford
First Methodist Church
DeWolf
Maude Smith
Holy City
Lawton Junior Service League
Marilyn Wood
Governor
ODC
THE
Associated Press
L of
Broncs
Charlie Battery
2D FA Bn
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