Massive Granary Blast Rocks Philadelphia Area
An explosion in a four story granary near 30th and Market streets injures 84 and leaves three missing while causing more than three million dollars in damage. FBI joins probe as the blast rings across a 35 mile radius and fires sweep through the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
30Th and
Market Street
William Haas
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Drexel Institute
Edward Johnson
Byron Whilden
Dorchester
Tidewater Mill and Elevator Co
Philadelphia Bulletin
Wilfred P. Sutton
George Barrett
The
Bulletin
Tidewater Grain Co
30Th
Market Streets
Lawton and county lead January retail taxes in state report
Lawton ranked third in the state in January retail sales with February tax collections totaling 76 477 17 while Comanche County held fourth with 80 510 58. Oklahoma and Tulsa counties topped the state with 936 224 20 and 715 543 60 for February 1956. Carter County was third at 81 978 59 and Garfield fifth with 78 329. Sixth and seventh were Kay and Muskogee with 74 611 12 and 73 400 92. Four of eleven southwest counties posted gains: Greer 0 95 percent Jackson 20 06 Caddo 6 47 Stephens 7 58.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Comanche County
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Carter County
Garfield County
Kay
Muskogee
Greer
Jackson
Caddo
Stephens
President Accepts McKay Resignation
President Eisenhower accepted Douglas McKay's resignation as secretary of the interior with profound personal regret. McKay leaves to pursue a Senate bid in Oregon, entering the May 18 Republican primary against Wayne Morse, who left the GOP to run as a Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Douglas McKay
Interior
McKay
Oregon
Senate
Wayne Morse
Alfalfa Crops Endangered By Bugs And Flame Throwers
Farmers in Lawton fight a serious aphid infestation that has damaged alfalfa crops in Comanche county. Experts cite windborne hitchhiking from Europe, with flame throwing machines and insecticides used to save fields as drought limits moisture threaten wheat. Adlai Stevenson slams Estes Kefauver in a major California speech over party unity and presidential politics. The article notes aphids multiplying weekly and a 3,000-degree flame device used in field trials as pages 1 and 2 detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Arizona
New Mexico
Dan Grumley
Lawton
Comanche County
United States
Europe
Bill Brady
Federal Soil Conservation Official
Los Angeles
Adlai Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Kefauver
California
Minnesota
Illinois
Bill Abbott
Butane Company
Abbott
Gyroscope Unit Leaves Fort Sill Tonight for Germany
Fort Sill's 267th Armored Field Artillery Battalion under Lt. Col. Richard A. Edwards heads on the Gyroscope rotation to Germany. First group departs at 11 p.m. tonight with 11 cars for 212 battery sized units. second group leaves tomorrow night. Stationed at Babenhausen Kaserne, advance party led by Maj. Henry W. Weggeland Jr. arrived in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
267Th Armored Field Artillery
Germany
Richard A. Edwards
93Rd Field Artillery Group
Public Information Office
267Th
Babenhausen
Kaserne
Henry W. Weggeland Jr
EU- See
Iceland Urges U.S. Troop Pullout From Reykjavik Post
Iceland's Parliament adopted a 31 18 resolution urging all NATO forces to leave the strategic defense post. The vote marks a shift from 1951 when the United States, Iceland and NATO agreed to station U S Army Navy and Air Force units here under NATO command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reykjavik
Iceland
U.S
NATO
Moscow
New York
United States
Farm Bill Conferees Edge Toward Wheat and Dairy Provisions
Washington reports Senate and House farm bill conferees progress on wheat and dairy programs as June talks enter a fourth day. Ellender notes the group is halfway through, with a major hurdle on corn and feed grains. Parity plans for wheat aim to 100 percent of domestic food parity, while export and feed-use effects remain unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
Sen
Ellender
Dla
Rep. Cooley
Congress
State to Get Enough Polio Serum to Give All Children Two Shots
Oklahoma Health Commissioner Grady Mathews said a sufficient polio vaccine supply will allow all parents who want it to have their children receive two shots by summer. Distribution is population based, with southeastern counties prioritized as polio season begins there, and about 638,000 children in the 15 and under group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathews
Oklahoma City
Grady Mathews
Oklahoma
The
Health Department
U.S. Health Service
Washington
Tulsa
Payne
Lincoln
Noble
Canadian
Blaine
Kingfisher
Garfield
Grant
Alfalfa
Major
Woods
Woodward
Ellis
Harper
Logan
Osage
Kay
Last Rehearsal For Easter Pageant In Lawton Scheduled
Lawton readies for the Wichita Mountains Easter Service with an audience near 90000 expected at the Holy City. Theme Are Ye Able. Rehearsal under lights went smoothly as 1500 cast and workers prepare the 1956 Pageant ending at sunrise with the resurrection. Jesus roles shared by Millard Coody Craig Pierson John Carter Lt Jim Harris Tom Gilmore. Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Wichita Mountains
The
Wichitas
Jack Batten
Holy City
John Keathley
Easter Service Association
Batten
Russell Peterson
Mark Wallack
United States
Reece Russell
Satan and
Judas
Mary
Marilyn Salyer
Mary Magdalene
Susie Stowe
Boy Scout Fund Drive Aims to Improve Camp George Thomas
Ted R. Warkentin, Lawton businessman, named general chairman of an 11 county drive to raise 165000 for Camp George Thomas near Apache. Drive to begin in early April announced by Black Beaver Council leaders. Waldo T. Oden is council president. three Lawtonians join the fundraising committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted R. Warkentin
Lawton
Camp
George Thomas
Apache
Southwest Oklahoma
Boy Scouts
Jeaders
Black Beaver Council
Boy Scouts of America
Waldo T. Oden
Altus
Dust Storm Blankets Oklahoma Area
A dust storm swept across the area with clearing at noon. The U S Weather Bureau warned of windy conditions in the afternoon. Temperatures reached nearly 60 degrees at noon after a low of 41 last night. highs near 70 expected tomorrow if forecasts hold. Storms were expected to subside tonight according to the bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
U. S. Weather Bureau
Student shoots ROTC instructor then kills self in Minnesota
University of Minnesota student Wayne P. Mohan, 24, armed with two guns, waited in a parking lot and shot ROTC instructor Capt. Francis L. Franklin, 35, in the head chest and groin. Mohan then fled to the Museum of Natural History basement wash room and killed himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Wayne P. Mohan
Francis L. Franklin
Franklin
University Museum of Natural History
Build Oklahoma Drive Under Way
The Oklahoma Development Council launched its Build Oklahoma membership drive with Lawton’s campaign netting 224 members. At the state membership kickoff dinner in the Hotel Lawtonian Gov. Raymond Gary urged 350 civic and industrial leaders to promote the drive. J C Kennedy reported 197 memberships sold by 42 civic leaders, with three more from the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Development Council
Oklahoma
Lawton
Lawtonian
Raymond Gary
J. C. Kennedy
Council
Harvey House
Gary
Exall English
Development Council
Tom McDermott Jr
Tulsa
Governor’s Council of Economic Development
Easter Pageant food caravan readies massive lunch
Lawton prepares a huge Easter Pageant food operation with five thousand sandwiches 300 pounds of coffee 400 dozen doughnuts and vast snacks. A Lawton Lawtonian led convoy heads to the Holy City with stands atop Audience Hill opening by 10 a.m. Volunteers urged contact 2102 to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Holy City
Audience Hill
John Keathley
Wichita Mountains Easter Service Association
Fairmont Foods Co
Keathley
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Frank Morgan
Railway Express
Schuylkill River
Roy S. Wills
Sidney Biles
Adlai
Estes
New Farm
Bill Crawford
Oklahoma Drive
Service Association
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