Max Cook Announces Candidacy for Oklahoma Supreme Court
Max Cook authorizes the Lawton Constitution and Morning Press to announce his bid for Justice of the Supreme Court ahead of the July 6 primary. He was born 1918 in Washington DC, grew up in Oklahoma, and has a long record as a lawyer, Army veteran, state senator, and Legion leader.
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Max Cook
Lawton Constitution
Morning Press
Office of Justice of the
Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
Oklahoma
Clinton
University of Oklahoma
United States Army
Max
Donald B. Darrah
Madonna Foreman
Sandra
Carolyn
American Legion
Custer
Washita
Kiowa
United States
Pol
Time Running Out For Doomed Slayer
San Francisco. Caryl Chessman faces execution in San Quentin's gas chamber scheduled for tomorrow at 11 a.m. Chessman, 32, shows no active effort to stave off death as he works on his will. Governor Knight has refused clemency amid pressure from various supporters.
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San Francisco
Caryl Chessman
San Quentin
Death Row
Chessman
Czech Pilot Flees in Underwear to West
A 23 year old Czech pilot escaped Communist rule by flying a two engine civilian plane and crash landing in the U S training area at Grafenwoehr Germany The Army kept a guard of secrecy around him as he sought political asylum in the West The circumstances of the escape and his clothing were not explained and no statement was issued yet by the Army
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Mernberg
Germany
U.S
U. S
Grafenwoehr
Here
Lawton Items From The Constitution Files
The Constitution notes Lawton Rotary begins its new fiscal year under President Dr G S Barber. A Cyril residence reports a fatal stove explosion incident involving Jo anna Woulahdooah. Lawton school election for extra levy set for May 22. Rev T B Holcomb resigns from First Baptist Church. Cameron College Collegian and The Tatler win state contest prizes. Wayne Rowe is re elected president of the Southwest Oklahoma Hereford Cattlemen. Mrs Merthem Lewis becomes president of the Lawton Schubert club.
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Lawton Rotary Club
G. S. Barber
Joanna Woulahdooah
Cyril
Lawton
T. B. Holcomb
First Baptist Church
Collegian
Cameron College
Tatler
Wayne Rowe
Southwest Oklahoma
Herford Cattlemen's Association
Merthem Lewis
Lawton Schubert Club
Even Telescopes Need Smog Relief
Washington reports astronomers seek cleaner viewing sites away from city haze. England's Royal Observatory moved from Greenwich to a Sussex castle, while the U S Naval Observatory plans a move to Flagstaff pending $225000 in Congress approval, with nine to 18 months. The Hale telescope sits atop Palomar Mountain, and other observatories from Pennsylvania to Yale Columbia are shifting locations.
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National Geographic Society
England
Royal Observatory
Greenwich-on-Thames
Sussex
London
U. S. Naval Observatory
Flagstaff
Ariz
Congress
Hale
Palomar Mountain
Pasadena
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Yale
Columbia
Johannesburg
South Africa
Mount Stromlo
Canberra
Australia
State Solon Urges Outlawing Reds in Oklahoma
Oklahoma State Sen. Harold Shoemake of Muskogee urged outlawing the Communist Party in Oklahoma and asked the Legislative Council to study Texas law for a possible Oklahoma version. He argued governments must prepare to curb subversive activity during world tensions.
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Communist Party
Oklahoma
Texas
Harold Shoemake
Muskogee
Shoemake
Senate Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
Legislative Council
Alan Shivers
Hammarskjold warns UN needed to settle East West conflicts
Dag Hammarskjold told a Berkeley audience the United Nations would be gravely weakened if Cold War disputes are settled outside the world body. He warned that excluding Communist members and pushing the East West conflict outside the UN would harm world peace and the UN’s strength. He urged seeking any possible limited agreement and noted only temporary truces solve immediate issues.
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Calif
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
World Organization
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Hammarskijold
Vyacheslav Molotov
Geneva
United States
China
Hammarskjold
Pitcairn Island Hosts New Zealand Brass Band
The 134 residents of lonely Pitcairn Island heard their first brass band concert last October as the New Zealand National Band, fresh from winning first prize in Britain, performed aboard the S S Mataroa. Islanders watched from long boats as the ship’s musicians played on deck.
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Wellington
N. Z
Britain
New Zealand
S. S. Mataroa
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