Juries Return Civil Verdicts in Lawton Trials
Juries in District and Superior courts returned one verdict for the plaintiff and one for the defendant as trials ended. In Superior court De Louris Earleen Johnson won 4250 for injuries from a March 17 1955 collision involving a panel truck and a Safety Cab Co taxi with Andy Jordan as defendant and Arthur Cavanagh representing him. Johnson’s married name is Powell with Russell Jones as her attorney. The verdict after about two and a half hours of deliberation. In District court Nort on Kitchen Buick Co sued Jesse Fred Jerrell for 2235 damages from a truck car collision south of Lawton on Sept 20 1954. The cross petition by Ferrell was ruled against, awarding 572.17 after 30 minutes of deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delouris Earleen Johnson
Lawton
Andy Jordan
Arthur Cavanagh
Johnson
Powell
Russell Jones
Norton-Kitchen Buick Co
Jesse Fred Jerrell
James Pollard
Buick
Ferrell
School Official To Attend Talks At Oklahoma A&M
John D Shoemaker superintendent of city schools will meet with the state advisory committee for the supplementary training program for high school science teachers at Oklahoma A&M College. Dr Edward M Palmquist NSF program director for education will discuss aims of the program funded by a 255000 dollar NSF grant with a committee of educators and industry leaders. Dr Oliver William A&M president will address the group and Dr James H Zant will present a preliminary report on progress and general aims of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Shoemaker
Oklahoma A&m College
Edward M. Palmquist
National Science Foundation
Oklahoma A&m
Oliver
William
A&m
James H. Zant
Play Cast Starts Final Rehearsals for Ginger Comedy
Lawton high school enters final rehearsals for Time Out For Ginger a three act comedy directed by Mrs Opal Ford. The show runs April 5 and 6 in the new LHS auditorium with tickets on sale and no reserved seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton High School
Ginger
Opal Ford
LHS
Pyorrhea Requires Medical and Dental Care
An editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association urges cooperative care for pyorrhea, noting gum bleeding stems from local irritation and systemic factors. It calls for combined dental and medical treatment, warns against relying on vitamins or antibiotics alone, and stresses removing tartar and addressing underlying causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Current
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Cityans Return From Texas Rites
City residents have returned from San Antonio funeral rites for Guy B. Burke, 64, a former Lawtonian who died March 21. Services were held Monday. Attending the rites were his sister Mrs. George D. Boyles and her daughter Mrs. Mary Joyce Davis of Lawton, another sister and brother in law Mr. and Mrs. Frank England of Oklahoma City. Burke lived in Lawton for about three years, leaving here in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Guy B. Burke
Senate OKs Bill For Disabled Carrier Fare Privilege
The Senate approved a measure to authorize common carriers to transport a disabled person and an attendant for one fare, extending the privilege already allowed for the blind. The bill proceeds to the House for concurrence in a minor technical amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Bonds Forfeited After City Raids
City police conducted three liquor raids yielding 245 bottles seized and $180 forfeited in Municipal court bonds after bootlegging defendants failed to appear. Defendants include Mrs Helen Campbell Johnny Reeves and R E Atkins plus others in separate public order cases from Duncan Fort Sill and Little Orchid.
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Helen Campbell
Johnny Reeves
R. E
Snake) Atkins
Campbell
Nash
Lee
Reeves
Atkins
Lawrence Evan Eaton
Charles Thomas Rugle
Duncan
Jack Daugherty
Fort Sill
Carl Burton
Little Orchid
A. G. Brooks
Jefferson
First Nuclear Reactor In Orient To Be Built In Japan
A U.S. firm Atomics International, a division of North American Aviation, will construct a 50 kilowatt nuclear research reactor near Tokyo for the Atomic Energy Research Institute of Japan. The contract requires completion within one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Far East
Atomics International
North American Aviation, Inc
Atomic Energy Research Institute of Japan
Tokyo
Mary A Cummings Celebrates Birthday At 101
In Los Angeles Mrs Mary A Cummings marked her birthday with champagne and cake as her son Edwin revealed to a reporter that she is really 101 years old, defying the notion that women often misstate their age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Mary A. Cummings
Edwin
Area Man Promoted to Commander in Navy Medical Corps
Robert E. Kuntz of Lawton Oklahoma has been promoted to commander in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps at Bethesda Maryland. He is married to Nedra L. Campbell and is the son of Mr and Mrs Justin S. Kuntz of 414 Bell. A 1943 Navy recruit, he served in the South Pacific and now heads the Parasitology Department at the Naval Medical School within the National Medical Center Bethesda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Kuntz
Bethesda
G. E. Stahr
Comdr. Kuntz
Naval Medical School
National Medical Center
Tulsa French Bride Faces Deportation
Jacqueline Willis, wife of Tulsa retired Air Force sergeant Lawrence E. Willis, faces deportation after an INS official advised her to appeal an immigration ruling denying a resident visa. She contends she asked INS Fort Smith about the marriage before wedlock while on a six month visa to visit her future husband’s parents in the United States. The couple wed on September 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Lawrence E. Willis
Air Force
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Jacqueline Willis
United States
Willis
Fort Smith
Ark
U. S
Paris
Dead man elected burial ground commissioner
Allen M. Talbot of Berkeley was re elected as burial ground commissioner a month after his death. He died days after nominations closed and, unopposed, his renomination stood. Selectmen and two other burial ground trustees will appoint a replacement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Mass
Allen M. Talbot
Town Burial Ground
Burial Ground Commission
Pageant Leader Speaks To Lions Club
Religious emphasis of the Wichita Mountains Easter service was stressed by Jack Batten former executive director as he addressed Lions Club members at a Monday luncheon. He noted more than 300000 visitors came to the Holy City in the past year. Rev M L Baker was program chairman. Membership awards went to Hank Mattison Gene Bowman Hardy Watson Phil Hamra Warren Chrisman George Lewis P B Curd J H Crosby Floyd Kennedy and Hugh Bish. Officers and awards recognized January new member targets. Guests included Virgil Trout Frank Parrish Bill Brady Frank Norris Rev James Otis Smith and Lt Col Hud son B Phillips Fort Sill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Mountains
Jack Batten
Lions Club
Lions
Hank Mattison
Gene Bowman
Hardy Watson
Phil Hamra
Warren Chrisman
George Lewis
P. B. Curd
J. H. Crosby
Floyd Kennedy
Hugh Bish
Bish
Kennedy
Crosby
Virgil Trout
Lionstone
Frank Parrish
Walters
Bill Brady
Frank Norris
James Otis Smith
Hudson B. Phillips
Fort Sill
Leading Young Farmer Nomination Deadline Listed
Deadline April 1 for entries for the Comanche County Outstanding Young Farmer of 1955 award. Nominees must be actual farm operators deriving at least two thirds of income from farming. Applications available at Lawton banks or Chamber of Commerce, with postmark deadline by midnight Sunday and a glossy black and white photograph required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Lawton
Chamber of Commerce
Coeds Questioned As Oklahoma Fire Death Probed
Northwestern State College students were questioned again in the Mildred Reynolds death case as investigators test brake fluid linked to the blaze. The coroner’s jury had ruled the March 13 fire incendiary and recommended a new inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva
Okla
Mildred Ann Reynolds
Northwestern State College
Ivan Gates
State Crime Bureau
Reynolds
Funeral Rites for Charles McHenry Pioneer Phone Worker
Services for Charles Wesley Mc Henry, 66, of 614 Lee, a pioneer telephone company worker, who died in a local hospital Monday, will be held at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in Beal Heights Presbyterian Church. Rev. Paul Hanna will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Becker Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wesley McHenry
Lee
Pioneer Telephone Company
Beal Heights Presbyterian Church
Paul Hanna
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Becker Funeral Home
Blind cord strangled infant in Louisville crib incident
In Louisville, Kentucky, 14 month old Robert Kevin Colson died after his neck became entangled in a venetian blind cord hanging over his crib. The tragedy highlights risks of loose cords around young children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Robert Kevin Colson
Four Firms Propose Atomic Power Plant for Tanker Ship
Washington reports the Maritime Administration disclosed four companies have submitted proposals to construct an atomic powered plant for a tanker type merchant ship with a target completion by June 30 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maritime Administration
ICC Orders Probe Hearings On Railroad Fare Hike
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an investigation and hearings on a proposed five percent rise in passenger fares by Eastern and Western railroads. The carriers seek the increase to take effect May 1, with ICC procedure to be set after tariffs are filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ICC
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern and Western
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Lawtonian
Japan
Gerald Lawson
V. C. Lawson
Stars and Stripes
Lawson
Pacific
Texas
Orient
U.S
Sscott’s Air Conditioning Inc
Frigidaire
Routh Engineering Air Conditioning
D Ave
Noel
Sentinel
Wichita Falls
Batten
Charles McHenry
Pittsburgh Paints
Farmers Lumber Company
Realtors
Southwest Chemical Co
E Ave
Mckee
Complete Insurance Service
Hood-Donley Agency
SIOE
Malathion
American Cyanamid Company
Agricultural Chemicals Division
Donaghey Building
Little Rock
Arkansas
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