Quapaws Powder Money Division Progress Report
About 900 Quapaw Indiansmay meet this week to discuss division of nearly $1 million from a government settlement. The U S Court of Claims upheld an Indian agency award totaling $927,668 for 1 163000 acres now in Arkansas. Tribe relocated to northeastern Oklahoma in 1832. Byron Hoffman Miami attorney represents the tribe. Victor Griffin of Quapaw is tribe chief.
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Miami
Okla
Tribal Council
Walter King Jr
U. S. Court of Claims
Indian Iris Commission
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Byron Hoffman
Victor Griffin
Hospital and Agricultural Market Briefs From Oklahoma
Hospital items list admissions dismissals and births across Kiowa Anadarko Marlow and Oklahoma City with names and addresses. Traffic includes multiple patients listed for medical and surgical care along with May birth announcements. Oklahoma City market notes cover cattle hogs lambs dairy prices and shipping points with regional price ranges and recent receipts. Weather notes predict rain midweek across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
USDA
Secretaries Sue: Rummage Sale Snags at Lawton Chapter
A Lawton National Secretaries Association rummage sale fell into chaos as a customer’s $4 umbrella sold for 50 cents. A secretary recovered it, then another mishap involved a shopping bag being emptied onto sales shelves. Miss Imogene Pope delayed a sale seeking a break. The group dubbed Saturday a day off and unlikely another sale soon.
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Lawton
National Secretaries Association
3Rd
Hair
Imogene Pope
Miss Pope
He's Fall Guy Says Accused Extortionist
Dallas men James Hollis Jones and Ralph Franklin Jones face charges in a $200,000 extortion plot against 20 Dallas Jewish families. James says he is the fall guy as federal agents trap a package intended for money. Both brothers are held on federal extortion and threat charges. $25,000 bond set for each at arraignment.
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Dallas
Tex
Bureau of Investigation
Jones
Ralph Franklin Jones
U. S
W. Madden Hill
James Hollis Jones
Weather Relief Near as Flooding Lingers Across County
Persistent rain and rising creeks flood Lawton area and surrounding towns. Water plant chief Walter Kauerauf remains at the city plant while crews warn of road closures and heavy rainfall totals. The Weather Bureau expects clearing skies with temperatures in the 70s tomorrow.
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File
Walter Kauerauf
Waurika
U.S
Addington
Hastings
Weather Bureau
Cache Creek
Lawton
Walters
Wolf Creek
U. S. 277
Medicine Creek
Medicine
Cache Creeks
Fort Sill
Ardmore
Gage
Guyman
Hobart
McAlester
Oklahoma City
Enid
Tulsa
Ponca City
A Trace
Union City
Eufaula
Wewoka
Shawnee
Act
Altus
Atoka
Beaver
Buffalo
Carnegie
Chickasha
Clayton
Clinton
Fargo
Geary
Marlow
Purcell
Ravia
U. S
Taylor
Cookietown
Idabel
Deep Fork Creek
West seeks audit on governor staff pay and duties
West, once campaign manager for Murray’s 1958 run, requests Legislative Audit Committee probe into how many former governor’s aides draw state pay and what duties they performed. Cunningham says no charges but notes unpaid service, while West, at Anadarko, links duties to his hardware business and earlier prison service.
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West
Caddo County
Murray
Cunningham
Legislative Audit Committee
Anadarko
Granite Reformatory
McAlester State Penitentiary
State Crime Bureau
Leon C. Phillips
Sun chromosphere apparent thickness equals half percent of solar diameter
The chromosphere of the sun shows apparent thickness from Earth measuring about one half of 1 percent of the sun’s disk diameter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Junior High Students Honored At Assembly
Lawton High students were recognized at the annual awards assembly for top honors in Altus band events and state contests. Certificates, medals, and letters were awarded across flute, clarinet, saxophone, tuba, trombone, bassoon, and drum categories, with multiple students earning excellent, superior, and superior-plus ratings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton High
Altus
Adele Skrolle
Peggy Wickman
Jimmy Bernhardt
Eg Jackenone
Gary Cooper
Ethel Schmehling
Richard Malone
Cameron
Norman
Carole Mongomery
Ann Lyon
Jeanette Cox
Sherrie Griser
Kathleen Henry
Joy Bryson
Burt Bigbee
Milton McCrary
Armed Forces Day Parade At Fort Sill Draws Units From Oklahoma
An Armed Forces Day program at Fort Sill in Lawton features a battery under Capt Minnie Lou Harris, 100 Korean officers led by Lt Col Kim Byung Sik, 35 members of the 97th Army Band under CWO Adam P Shpakowsky, and an OSC battalion led by J M Stamper. Fort Sill will host events in several Oklahoma and Texas cities with static displays on post and in surrounding barracks, weather watching as 1952 rain cancelled activities and last year’s weather kept crowds lively.
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Minnie Lou Harris
Kim Byung Sik
97Th Army Band
CWO
Adam P. Shpakowsky
Tith
OCS
J. M. Stamper
L. W. L. Harris
E. R. R. Heppner
H. H. M. Dixon
F. George Furlong
Fort Sill
Lawton
Oklahoma
Texas
Orland A. Roemer
Ng Ai
Oklahoma City
McAlester
Altus
Norman
Amarillo
Lubbock
San Antonio
Wichita Falls
Tex
Katy Plans Closing of Muskogee Office
Katy railroad will close its Muskogee division headquarters on July 1 and consolidate operations north of Denison into Parsons under H M Warden. C T Williams will lead the new northern division with H C Pagel remaining in Muskogee. No more than 15 employees will move.
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Muskogee
Okla
Katy Railroad
Warden
City Council Delays Relaxing Water Restrictions After Rains
Council defers easing surles restrictions as rains brighten watershed conditions. City officials may lift bans early. T&W Construction bid 73 971.74. Harold Redding 383 194.36. Superior 80. others cited. Melvin L. Kelly named patrolman. five bids for fire department car reviewed. garbage packer bids rejected. bids sought for street truck. title review for Medicine Park lots. five fire dept members to Tulsa convention.
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Surles
Feandlaers
T&w Construction
T&w
Harold Redding and Associates
Standard Paving Co
Ae Superior Paving Co
McKenzie
Harold Johnson
Kinsey
Kirkpatric
Kepler
Witzel
Pursley
Melvin L. Kelly
Kelly
Coy Moody
Fire Department
Wade Oldsmobile
Oscar Cox
Pontiac
Green Phillips Chevrolet
Medicine Park
Tulsa
Indo China defense funds debated in briefing session
The Indo China topic dominated a session as committee members avoided pledges to deploy American forces. Dulles urged a flexible alliance approach and possible use of 1.133 billion dollars in foreign aid for Indo China, tied to broader regional defense plans.
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Torday
R-Ii
Dulles
House
Southeast Asia
House Committee
Vory Bann
Eithey
Congress
Welfare Story Starts Tomorrow in Oklahoma Movie Debut
Oklahoma's Department of Public Welfare draws international attention due to a locally made film by adtors. The producers pay out over 96 dollars yearly to taxpayers, supporting a Thursday dispatch by Bradley.
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Oklahoma
Department of Public Welfare
Okadtors
Bradley Dispatches
Tragedy Frightens Family as Youth Describes Crime
In a police statement Terry spoke of a newspaper account of the crime and claimed to have been at school before returning home at 2 50 pm. He admitted to seizure of the attackers victim’s newspaper and spoke of family tensions and fear during the incident.
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Terry
Andrew Hunter
de Moss
Wayne County
Marion Jo
Morris
Julie Zobrovitz
Zobrovitz
Marion
Cookie
Mane
Hearing Set On Dope Charge For Lawton Woman
A preliminary hearing is set for 10 a m May 20 before Justice Woodrow Giles for Odesa Davis a 40 year old Lawton Negro woman charged with possession of marijuana. Davis was arraigned Tuesday afternoon and released on a 2000 bond. Police found a large quantity of marijuana at her residence.
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Odessa Davis
Lawton
Justice of Peace
Woodrow Giles
Giles
Tom Tipler
Willis Ytus
Cameron to Hold Student Election
Cameron to hold a student election with two delegates to the student senate to be elected. Candidates include Nettie Dickson Kenneth Jackson Floyd King and Joan Walters. Winners take office in September.
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Tee Reste
Deeton
Sammy Thomas
Nettie Dickson
Kenneth Jackson
Floyd King
Joan Walters
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs John Simon
A requiem Mass was said for Mrs. John Simon age 20 at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament at 9 a m today by Father Robert Westerman. Mrs Simon of 503 Jefferson died Tuesday. Bearers were Jim Duffy Donald Collier Bill Krueger. Burial will be in Wichita Kansas.
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John Simon
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Robert Westerman
Visiting committee to review Thompson Products facility
A visiting panel of distinguished scientists from Case Institute of Technology Cal Tech Harvard Michigan and University of Washington will assess Thompson Products in Cleveland. The group travels from Fort Bliss Texas and includes Dr T Keith Glennan Dr H R Crane Dr Merle Tuve and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson Products, Inc
Cleveland
Ohio
T. Keith Glennan
Case Institute of Technology
H. R. Crane
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Merle A. Tuve
Department Institution of Washin Institution
Agton
D. C
Charles C. Lauritsen
W. K. Kellogg Radiation Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Norman Ramsey
Lyman Laboratory
Harevard University
Cambridge
Richard M. Emberson
Associated Universities, Inc
New York City
Fort Bliss, Tex
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Mary Giles
Edward Gibson
Katie Bowen
Betty Johnson
Bell
Daniel Billy
Southwestern
Johnny Bone
Tom Audrey Winham
D. Aed
John Burnett
Washington
E. M. Schmidt
Maple
Billy Martin
Smith
William Schlein
Thomas Lawson
Ferris
Therion Jones
Lee
Gordon Winks
James Nix
Dearborn
Ralph Larkin
Leland Cannon
Ling
James Bearden
Homer Shamblin
Columbia
Edward Bentley
Ozman
Percy Yarbrough
Richard Jensen
Lewis Priest
Indiahoma
William Henry
State Department of Nature Today
R. Menue
Fisher
Frederick
Blackwell
Reno
Fairview
Medford
Vici
Alva
Guymon
Hooker
Broilers
F.o.b Farm
Vinita
Nton
Pauls Valley
Laverne
Watonga
Elk City
Durant
Chandler
el Reno
Kelesha
Tahlequah
U.S. 277
Isiuirecer Ps Company i Eetei
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Psa Ti UA
Cell
Sisted Ee Eee
Stanley Wilson
Jack Glasby
George Karty
Jimmy Wilson
Bob Yingling
Don Salmon
Jerry Aston
Dick Swaby
Bernard Kahr
Derrell Musgrove
Creighton Bradford
David Skinner
John Yakshe
Bryant Davis
Sidney Ahischlager
Der
Smitty Barnes
Lanny Nelms
Brenda Burton
Brent Parmenter
Bobby Conaway
James Ramming
George Glasby
Eric Washburn
Larry Angus
Billy Dayton
Allison Woodruff
Linda Leva
Sue Nelson
Lyntha Nicklas
Genda Kinsey
Judy Bledsoe
Trellus Wilson
John Taylor
Jimmy Wiggins
Katy
FOX
Council
Indo-China
House of Happiness
Lawton Tent & AW
C Avenue
23Rd & Lee
Cache
Quentin Livingston
PT In
Babbitt-Peller Ae A Tae
Poe S Oe Naat
Refrigerators
Wolverton Harware
M & D Finance
Arctic
FT. Silla Ee Co
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