American Buys New Bank Site At Sixth And D
The American National bank in Lawton announced the purchase of a site at Sixth and D to build a new one story bank building 50 by 100 feet with an adjacent 75 by 150 feet lot for parking and drive in banking. Construction plans, an architect, and relocation within two years were outlined by Winchel Barber, president of the board, noting 46 years at the current location since 1907.
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American National Bank
Lawton
Sixth and D
Winchel Barber
Sixth Street
D Avenue
Bank
Barber
C Avenue
Bank Building _ Equipment company
St. Louis
Allies claim Red smoke screen weakens truce talks at Panmunjom
In Panmunjom the U N Command accuses Communists of stalling and questions Red offers on prisoners. Lt Gen William K Harrison Jr says 48,000 defectors would be destroyed by removal from Korea and rejects a neutral custodian. Nam Il presses for clarity on military control and handling of prisoners.
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Panmunjom
U. N. Command
Red
William K. Harrison Jr
Korea
Pakistan
Harrison
Nam Il
Nam
U. N
U. N. Com
Low Prices Amaze German Immigrant
German immigrant Ludwig Schierlitz, age 22,访 Lawton, marvels at cheap prices and wide variety in the United States. He notes eggs cost 45 to 56 cents here vs about 22 cents in Rosenheim, Germany, and he can buy fabric for 49 cents a yard, versus about four dollars in his homeland. He admires bright patterns and plans more shirts, recalling Hitler sightings as a child and expressing doubt of his death.
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United States
Ludwig Schierlitz
Joan Marple
Euclid
Lawton
Bill Ramse
John Marple
Rosenheim
Germany
Ludwig
Europe
Adolph Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Bavarian Alps
Schierlitz
Hitler
Chief Seeks 5.8 Billion for U S Foreign Aid Defense
President Eisenhower asked Congress for 5.828 billion dollars in new foreign aid as a defense measure against the Soviet threat. Secretary Dulles echoed the urgency, noting the plan prioritizes military weapons and aid to allies, with a goal to retain peace initiative amid ongoing Soviet danger. The president and cabinet spokesmen testified before joint Senate and House committees, led by Gen. Omar Bradley.
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Washington
Leisenhower
Congress
America
Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Foreign Relations
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Soviet Union
Dulles
Congressional
Truman
Russia
Free World
Lone Red Soldier Cracks War Quiet
Seoul reports a lone Communist soldier sighted near an outpost as U S 7 task force shells Wonsan in a heavy strike. Four ships led by New Jersey bombard Red positions around Wonsan harbor while Task Force 77 dive bombers attack. The 16 inch shells hit the main observation post and Endicott sinks three Red sampans amid the city’s bombardment.
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Seoul
Wonsan
New Jersey
Wonsan Harbor
Probers Back Dahlgren As Oklahoma Game Chief
A state Senate investigative panel endorsed Game and Fish Department Director E. W. Dahlgren amid criticism directed at the prior administration. The panel said charges of mismanagement and corruption largely relate to officials before Dahlgren’s appointment and limited its inquiry to his fitness for the director post.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
E. W. Dahlgren
Fish and Game Department
House
Dahlgren
Game and Fish Department
75 4-H Clubbers Compete In City
Seventy five 4-H club members from the 19 county Southwest district compete in the district Share the Fun festival for berths in the state contests. Top acts advance to Stillwater for the Round Up with other districts. State winners go to the national meet in Chicago.
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Stillwater
Chicago
Lawton High School Elects New Student Officers
Lawton high school selects Peggy Elledge as student body president and George Kouri as senior class president. Sam Hamra and Scott Brown become junior and sophomore presidents respectively, with a slate of officers including Dan Fullerton Sue Riddle Charlene Price Tony Russell and Gwen Patterson. The elections followed weeks of campaigning and used secret ballots.
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LHS
Peggy Elledge
Lawton High School
Scott Brown
Sam Hamra
George Kouri
Wolverton
Peggy
Woody Wolverton
Dan Fullerton
Sue Riddle
Jay Davis
Sandy Hunter
Mary Lynn Marler
Charlene Price
Tony Russell
Gwen Patterson
County Election Board
Federal Court Grants Gas Firm Injunction Hearing Set
A three judge Federal District Court will hear tomorrow a petition by Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp to permanently enjoin the Corporation Commission from revoking a $2,137,000 rate increase granted January 28 for 45 Oklahoma cities. The order was rescinded March 31 after protests that the rise was excessive, some claiming it reached 200 percent.
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Oklahoma City
Federal District Court
Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp
Corporation Commission
Oklahoma Cities
Beer Ban Bounces Back To House OKLAHOMA CITY
A bill to outlaw beer via a statewide referendum returns to the Oklahoma House with several controversial amendments. The measure, approved by the Senate 41 to 0, would hold buyers and sellers liable under liquor laws. Amendments delay repeal effect to July 1, 1955 and tax implications loom. Senator Smalley proposed strict liquor transfer penalties and a delay to allow tax shifts. Senator Rinehart urged that current dry laws are unenforceable and touted a broader wet state approach.
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Oklahoma City
House
Senate
Joe Smalley
Norman
Jim Rinehart
D-E] Reno
Smalley
Lawton POW On Way Home
Honolulu welcomed the second of three Air Force transports carrying 149 liberated Americans from Red prison camps. Nineteen U S fighting men were aboard with Lt. Roy M. Jones and Maj. Marvin W. Green among the first off the plane. The third transport carried 12 Americans, two Canadians, and six Colombians and left Tokyo at 3 a m CST for the long Pacific flight. No departure date for Travis Air Force Base was announced.
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Honolulu
Air Force
U. S
Tokyo
Pacific
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Red Cross
Roy M. Jones
Minneapolis
Minn
Marvin W. Green
Lawton
Okla
Muskogee GIs Return From War Prison Camp
Cpl. Virgil A. Rutherford of Muskogee was among 12 liberated U S war prisoners who left Tokyo by plane as the last of 149 sick and wounded to return home. Rutherford, prisoner 16 months with the 2nd Division, expects medical care on the West Coast before final travel.
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Tokyo
States
Virgil A. Rutherford
Arvel A. Rutherford
Muskogee
Rutherford
Orvel A. Rutherford
Rutherfords
Hogansville
North Korea
Cpl. Club R. Helt
Tulsa
CAB Refuses Pioneer Line Fund Increase
The Civil Aeronautics Board refused to reconsider a decision against boosting subsidy mail pay for Pioneer Airlines in Dallas. The airline sought higher mail pay to help buy Martin 202 planes to replace DC-3s. The CAB stated the first year of Martin operations would need over 2.2 million dollars in subsidies and mail pay versus 1.0005 million for DC-3 operations.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pioneer Airlines, Inc
Dallas
DeWolf Closer to Death as Stay Denied
ARDMORE Oklahoma U S District Judge Eugene Rice denied a writ of habeas corpus for convicted slayer Carl Austin DeWolf and also rejected a fresh stay of execution. Attorney Cleen Summers petitioned for appeal to the 10th Circuit in Denver, with Rice to rule today or tomorrow. Governor Johnston Murray said he would consult before deciding on a potential additional stay. DeWolf is the man scheduled to die for the 1946 Tulsa police killing of Jerry St Clair.
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Ardmore
Okla
U. S
Eugene Rice
Carl Austin DeWolf
Cleen Summers
DeWolf
Summers
de Wolf
10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Rice
Muskogee
Johnston Murray
Tulsa
Jerry St. Clair
Raiders Grab Liquor Cache in Lawton Cabin Bust
Howard Shaw, 27, pleaded innocent to liquor possession after deputies seized about 20 cases of whiskey and gin from a Motor Inn cabin north of the city Monday night. Bond set at 1000 dollars. Shaw faces federal charges for wholesale liquor sales without stamps and county counts.
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Howard Shaw
Lawton
Motor Inn
Shaw
Vernon Field
Oral Ridgeway
Sherif
McCracken
Explosion wipes out half a Texarkana block
An explosion and fire leveled about half a block of firms in Texarkana. One injury reported to a Black man cut by glass while aiding firefighters. Fire Chief S F Walsh said accumulated gas likely caused the blast, the worst in Texarkana history, at 2 45 a m. The blast damaged six firms near a Black residential area on the Arkansas side.
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Texarkana
S. F. Walsh
Arkansas
New School Shop Plant Is Okayed
Lawton public schools will use 54700 from the 1952 53 surplus to finish the north half of the shop department in the new high school plant. Board clerk Justin Kuntz reports a 181152 surplus in the white school accounts as of April 30. A surplus of at least ten percent of the annual budget is needed to cover summer and early fall until tax collections and state aid arrive.
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Lawton
Board of Education
Justin Kuntz
City Appointments Scheduled Tonight
The new city administration plans to appoint most city employees at the first regular session led by Mayor Joe McCain. The 7:30 p.m. meeting in City Hall will feature department-head lists for council confirmation, with water department personnel under council control.
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Council
Joe McCain
Water Department
New Oklahoma toll road control ideas proposed by lawmakers
Oklahoma City May 5 Two House Republicans propose a 400 million road bond, state purchase of the Turner Turnpike, and a revamp of the highway system. A constitutional amendment would curb county road powers, end highway tax diversions to schools, and create a five member highway commission with full legislative control over funds.
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Oklahoma City
Turner Turnpike
State Highway Commission
Glenn Twist
Tulsa
H. G. Tolbert
Watonga
Highway Commission
Twist
Highway Department
Commission
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Columbia
Chief
U.S. Defense Fund
Probers
Charles Gilbert
Kathryn Ellenburg
Sandra Clark
Sen
Max Cook
Clinton
Cook
Rinehart
Oklahoma
CAB
Pioneer Line
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