Methodist Bishop Says India Will Side With Democracy
Tulsa May 26 A Methodist bishop from Hyderabad India K Mandal said in Tulsa that in a showdown between communism and democracy India will be firmly on the side of democracy. He noted Indians misunderstand Nehru and that India is only seven years old as a republic and emerging from foreign rule. He praised the Christian minority and spoke of spiritual revival while awaiting a Milwaukee address to the Women's Society of Christian Service.
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Tulsa
K. Mandal
Hyderabad
India
National Christian Council
Nehru
Republic of India
Russia
Mandel
Oklahoma
Methodist Church
Vinita Twin Girl Drowns Near Home in Pond
A six year old girl Brenda Pullum daughter of Mr and Mrs Bill Pullum of Vinita drowned in a pond northwest of Vinita late Tuesday while following an older group in swimming Her body was recovered after a two hour search She is survived by her parents a twin sister Helen and seven brothers Jackie and others.
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Vinita
Okla
Here
Brenda Pullum
Bill Pullum
Helen
Jackie
Tulsa Corps of Engineers Cuts 60 Since March 1
Tulsa May 26 sixty persons have lost their jobs with the Tulsa office of the Corps of Engineers since March 1. Col. Stanley G. Reiff said the dismissals were not for security reasons and the staff was reduced to fit the workload. The office now employs 840 people, compared with 970 at the same time last year. The colonel noted the strength has varied from 500 to 1,100 at various times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Corps of Engineers
Stanley G. Reiff
Reiff
Whit Oziers polka dot house decor dazzle Lawton
The Whit Oziers at 723 N 17th decorate their home with large greenish polka dots as a novel exterior project. Justin Kuntz praised as boss of the year for his service to the community and school system. Patrolman John Frampton discussed reptiles and shared a snake incident at home. Northwest Kiwanis meets in Lawton Heights Methodist with K A Martin leading and a luncheon served.
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Whit Oziers
N. 17Th
Ozier
Lawton
Justin Kuntz
Justin
Secieries
John Frampton
Lake Lawton
John
Dee
Northwest Kiwanis Club
K. A. Martin
Peng Aeee
Ne Rit
Lawton Heights
Hospital News Items From Memorial and Southwestern
Admits and births listed for Memorial and Southwestern regions. Names include Bill Haston Loco Mrs Oran Phelps and Billie Jo Warren with medical or surgical status. Birth noted for Harvey Boyds ton Apache and several discharged or awaiting procedures across multiple addresses.
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Bill Haston
Loco
Oran Phelps
Slaw Frances Rose
Snyder
William Hand
Reason Martin
Randlett
Candido Saravia
Georgia
Billie Jo Warren
Martha Higgins
Stephen Allen Price
C. M. Price
Eddie Wyatt
Bennie Stehr
Newby
Walters
Southwestern
Molesting Charge Filed On City Man
Gene Thom as Reeves a 29 year old Lawton businessman is jailed in Cotton County on a molesting charge involving a 14 year old Walters girl. County Attorney Hugh Fitzsimmons said three witnesses identified him and a preliminary hearing is not yet scheduled. Reeves pleaded innocent and is held on a 3000 dollar bond after an arrest by Comanche County Sheriff Evertt Hale. The alleged assault occurred Saturday night after he took the girl to a Walters movie.
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Walters
Gene Thomas Reeves
Lawton
Cotton County
Hugh Fitzsimmons
Reeves
Claude Smith
Comanche
Everett Hale
Fitzsimmons
Captain Raborn Takes Command Of Bennington
Captain Raborn assumed command of the Bennington one month ago and is noted for prior roles in Navy aviation gunnery training and the carrier Hancock. A 1928 Naval Academy graduate from Decatur Texas, he now lists Oklahoma City as home, is 48, married, with two children. The Raborns plan to move back to Texas after buying a house in San Antonio.
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Raborn
Bennington
Navy
Hancock
Pacific
Decatur
Tex
U. S. Naval Academy
Oklahoma City
Okla
W. F. Raborn
Texas
Oklahoma State Capitol
San Antonio
Miss Florence McIntyre Teaches Art to Thousands in 31 Years
Life to Art reports Miss Florence McIntyre, age 75, has taught over 10,000 people to appreciate and create art. For 31 years she has conducted free art classes for serious artists and Sunday painters.
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Life TO Art
Memphis
Tenn
Florence McIntyre
Severe flash floods hit Moore Oklahoma City and nearby towns
Rainfall of up to five inches swamped Moore and spilled into homes while Oklahoma City, Kingfisher, and McCurtain County areas reported heavy downpours. Officials described Moore’s flooding as the worst in years with U S 77 underpass partially filled and water on Main Street. meanwhile temperatures fell to the 50s and highs reached the upper 70s in several locales.
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Oklahoma City
Moore
Kit
Arapaho
Leedey-Hammon
Eather Bureau
Lynn Marvel
McCurtain County
U. S. Weather Bureau
Tulsa
Valliant
McCurtain
Thankful
Tulsa Center
Kingfisher
Cleveland
Bartlesville
Wagoner
Enid
Bristow
Webbers Falls
Muskogee
Mannford
McAlester
Zoe
Red Rock
Pawhuska
Hugo
Ardmore
Ponca City
Gage
Guymon
Survivor recounts fire on carrier deck and rescue efforts
Aviation Electronics Mate Francis Toth of Phoenixville Pa. describes joining the first fire control crew on the 4th deck of the carrier after the blaze began. He estimates the fire burned four hours, noting bodies were found after hours of effort as Navy crews mobilized ambulances and helicopters to Newport Naval Hospital. Relatives gathered at the dockside as word of the tragedy spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aviation Electrician
Francis Toth
Phoenixville
Navy
Newport Naval Hospital
New Claim Filed Against Cushing Oil Estate
Abbie Gale Sigman filed a petition in Payne County alleging Robert Courtney Jones promised her $150 monthly for life under a 1939 agreement that was ratified by past performance. The estate, valued at 301056 dollars, is willed to the widow and four children, with Robert Reed of Fort Worth claiming acknowledged son status.
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Stillwater
Okla
Cushing Oil
Robert Courtney Jones
Abbie Gale Sigman
Payne County
Jones
Robert Reed
Fort Worth
Markets Chicago and Oklahoma City Prices Report
Chicago butter prices steady with receipts 1,851,920 and various lot quotes. Oklahoma City prices list wheat, broilers, hens, eggs, butterfat, and livestock with regional differentials and states of trade. Cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep markets in Oklahoma City show slow slaughter steer and heifer trading and mixed yearlings, with prime and utility ranges provided.
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Oklahoma City
USDA
Future Of Canvas Firm Is Uncertain
Tulsa Canvas Products Co. spokesman said he did not know if the Pawhuska plant would remain open after its Army contract expires. The firm will manufacture about 4,000 tents in Pawhuska and plans to open the plant on June 15 with the contract to be fulfilled by year end, office manager William Buck said.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa Canvas Products Co
Pawhuska
William Buck
Kansas Nebraska bill created new territories in 1854
The Kansas Nebraska Act partitioned the region into two territories and affected the future borders of several states. Nebraska drew parts from what would become North and South Dakota and included most of lands later forming Montana Wyoming and Colorado.
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United States
Nebraska
North and
South Dakota
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Pass forms and requests in Schine case at Ft Dix
Major General and Army witnesses describe a nonlegal pass form used to show Schine could leave the post. Miller says the form was not authority to depart and was kept in a safe, while Schine’s Florida trip talks were cut after a warning against accepting favors. The McCarthy hearings move toward their final Army witnesses and expected 15 minute sessions.
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Cornelius Ryan
Miller
Ryan
Schine
McCarthy
Ft. Dix
Pvt
Florida
New York
Ray H. Jenkins
McCarthy Army
Jenkins
Taxes collected in March 1954 exceed February
Taxes dropped from 82778.52 for the corresponding month last year to 75979.62 for March 1954. The March figure compares with 70333.66 for February 1954 and lists other state cities’ March receipts such as Oklahoma City 739639.25 Tulsa 682179.26 Enid 78393.32 Anadarko 10377.08 Walters 5139.17 Chickasha 894.14 Mangum 7036.86 Hollis 4939.68 Altus 18930.55 Warrika 3928.82 Duncan 64497.12 Comanche 3843.35 Marlow 1647.92 Frederick 13711.02.
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Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Enid
Anadarko
Walters
Chickasha
Mangum
Hollis
Altus
Waurika
Duncan
Comanche
Marlow
Frederick
Traffic restrictions around Fort Sill Blvd during peak hours
Traffic flow changes near Fort Sill Blvd include a double line after Sheridan Road and a no left turn from Snow Road and several adjacent streets from 4 p.m. to 5 30 p.m. Vehicles heading west on Austin Road aiming to go south on Fort Sill Blvd are allowed. Signs and military police will supervise peak hours.
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Labview
Fort Sill Blvd
Sheridan Road
Snow Road
South Blvd
Thomas Road
Ringgold Road
Hoskins Road
Austin Road
PIO
Desert Yields Body Of Mutilated Girl
In Tucson Arizona the nude sun blistered body of a young woman, apparently a sex maniac victim, was found last night in the eastern desert. Her face showed mutilation and she had 16 stab wounds to the chest with a dull knife or similar tool.
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Tucson
Ariz
Here
Funeral Rites Pending For E E Frost 81 In Texas
Funeral services for Eugene E. Frost 81 who died of a heart attack in Muleshoe Texas are pending at Becker funeral home. He married Mannie M. Reeder in 1925 and lived in Lawton since 1944. Survivors include his wife three Reeder stepsons a stepdaughter and a brother.
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Eugene E. Frost
Muleshoe
Tex
Becker Funeral Home
Frost
Ettee
Mannie M. Reeder
Duncan
Lawton
Methodist Church
Harl E. Reeder
Carl Reeder
Robert L. Reeder
Junior High Picnic Planned at Dee Dee Park
Lawton junior high announces the annual freshman class picnic for Thursday at Dee Dee Park. Principal A Richardson says students will have a picnic luncheon at noon and enjoy skating swimming and other activities.
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Lawton Junior High School
Dee Dee Park
A. Richardson
Dee Dee
Fort Sill water rate hike and council bids approved
The Fort Sill water charge rises by one quarter cent per thousand gallons, expected to bring the city $2,500 next year. Council approved Wallent Company bids at $3,135 and 2-ton truck bids from five dealers were reviewed. Clarence Hill was named to the fire department replacing Paskell Cox, and a bank site driveway across a sidewalk was authorized.
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Wallent Company
Fort Sill
Clarence Hill
Paskell Cox
Cox
Planning and Zoning Board
S. 11Th
American National Bank
Sixth
Green Phillips
Chevrolet
Earl McKinney
GMC
Knox Jensen
Dodge
Green Howenstine
Tomlinson
Texas Lassies Praise Lawton Police After Help
Four Wichita Falls women in a blue Chevrolet thank Lawton police for aiding them after they locked their car keys inside. They sent a friendly greeting card saying Texans are as friendly as Oklahomans and credited officers for help in finding a man to make a car key.
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Texas
Lawton
Lone Star State
Wichita Falls
Contract Signed For School Wing
Final contract for a 15 classroom addition to the new high school was signed. J J Bollinger Construction Co of Oklahoma City was the low bidder at 303700. A federal allocation of 350000 is granted for construction and furnishing, with occupancy planned for fall.
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Intendace Jubas Gheemwaier
J. J. Bollinger Construction Company
Oklahoma City
Oil Field Worker Injured in Rigging Accident
A Duncan oil field worker, 43 year old Bill Haston of Loco, was struck in the face by a steel Boomer during a rigging job east of Comanche. He was rushed to Lawton for surgery on severely lacerated lips and remained in Memorial Hospital in good condition.
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Duncan Company
Comanche
Memorial Hospital
Bill Haston
Loco
Lawton
Sill Man Is Fined For Drunk Driving
Roy Ray Taylor of Fort Sill paid 116 dollars in fine and costs after pleading guilty to a DUI charge before a county judge. He was arrested Tuesday in the 1100 block Monroe by highway patrolmen.
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Roy Ray Taylor
Fort Sill
Taylor
Monroe
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Roosevelt
Leston Patton
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State Department of Agriculture Today
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el Reno
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F.o.b
Shawnee
Pauls Valley
Vinita Laverne
Watonga
Elk City
Chandler
Durant
Elk Reno
Laverne
Ceeee Cpécaakness
Joe Ford
Russell
Ford Insurance Agency
D Ave
Liam
Arthitis & Rheumatism Alpha
Paree
Alispensing Opticians
Paiaea
Sheer Pho
LHS
Lawton High School
Roosevelt Stadium
Douglass High School
Douglass Auditorium
George Kouri
Irene Overall
Honor
Jerry Salyer
Peggy Elledge
Georgia Hoskins
Barbara Turner
George Walters
Christiansen
James Matthews
Williams
Wilhouskey
Matthews
Glen Dutcher
Lawton Board of Education
Hugh Bish
John Shoemaker
Council
Best Buy
Rathel Coler
Public Service Co
House of Happiness
Lawton Tent & Awning CO
C Avenue
Sill Man
Gilbert-Woods
D Avenue
West
JO G. Andrews
M & OD Finance CO
E Ave
Wolverton Harware
Arctic
Lawton-Ft. Sill Co
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