Lawton High graduates last class in old building
The 46 year old Lawton High School in Ninth and C ends its senior high era as the last senior class receives diplomas at Roosevelt Stadium. Principal Hugh Bish formally hands over the building to junior high principal A Richardson. Next fall students move to the Ferris Fort Sill location boosting high school enrollment.
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Lawton High School
Roosevelt Stadium
Hugh Bish
A. Richardson
Ferris and
Fort Sill Blvd
Bish
Glen Dutcher
Board of Education
LHS
Kouri
Eight Seek Flood Damages In Suit
Eight county property owners sue the City of Lawton over flood damages blamed on creek improvements. Plaintiffs claim crop losses, top soil depletion, and property devaluation from Squaw Creek flooding south east of Lawton, totaling 38 105.50 across multiple claims.
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Squaw Creek
Lawton
Rock Island
Cache
Squaw Creeks
Oscar Goodin
Ned Timbo
Susie Perkaquanard
Kowenoid
Hoto
J .John
Felix Kowena
Methodist Ministers Shuffle in Tulsa Conference
Three Lawton churches gain new pastors as Tulsa conference concludes. Rev. Fred Stolz moves from Wesley in Lawton to Dilton. Rev. R. C. Viers shifts from Lawton Heights to Oklahoma City Creston Heights. New assignments include McKenney at Highland Park in Lawton, Ditterline at Heights, and King at Wesley. Several incumbents stay. other listed moves span Ardmore, Ponca City, Enid, McAlester, Muskogee, Norman, and Oklahoma City.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Fred Stolz
Wesley Methodist Church
S. 11Th
McKinley
Dilton
R. C. Viers
Lawton Heights
16Th
Andrews
Oklahoma City
Creston Heights
Lawton Highland Park
David McKenney
H. E. Snodgrass
J. Walter Browers Jr
Centenary Methodist Church
J. J. Stowe Jr
Lawton First Methodist Church
Ardmore Carter Avenue
Harold Honnold
Wackerville
Ponca City
Asbury
Bill Henry
Enid Christ Church
Charles Cathcart
Springer
McAlester Grand Avenue
W. Carl
Frederick FHA housing allocations and meeting set
Frederick will begin accepting FHA defense housing mortgage insurance applications on Wednesday. An industry meeting in Hotel Frederick will outline FHA procedures. The city recently became a critical housing area with 8 FHA houses planned and more needed for Spartan Aircraft workers. Applications close June 16. Rent for two bedroom units ranges 52.50 to 60 and three bedroom 65 to 75, utilities not included. Proximity to Spartan plant schools churches and shopping areas influences approvals with street and utility improvements also considered.
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Frederick
Defense Housing
Federal Housing Administration
Oklahoma
FHA
J. O. Ferguson
Hotel Frederick
Spartan Aircraft Corporation
Ferguson
Spartan
Tokyo Poison Rain Crisis Raises New Health Worries
Tokyo reported anomalously radioactive rain on Friday with samples showing residues at 10 000 counts on a Geiger meter. Welfare Minister Kusaba sought more funds for counters and equipment as authorities link the rainfall to atmospheric fallout from Bikini tests and Soviet atomic blasts.
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Tokyo
Central Meteorological Observatory
Ryuen Kusaba
Finance Mini
Soviet
Russia
Rebel Creepers Close On Yen Phu
May 28 report from Hanoi says advance elements of two Communist divisions pushed trenches within feet of Yen Phu key outpost, threatening Phu Ly Nam Dinh and Hanoi. French high command notes 500 yards to main defenses, with burrowing tactics near Dien Bien Phu. French troops retreat and regroup to meet expected mid June offensive.
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Hanoi
Red River Delta
Yen Hu
Yen Phu
Phu Lya Nam Dinh
Little Rice Market
High Command
Dien Bien Phu
Monroney Attacks Indian Hospital Bill in Senate Hearing
Sen. Mike Monroney of Oklahoma denounced a House bill to turn Indian Bureau hospitals over to the Public Health Service as the beginning of the end for Indian care. He warned the measure would let the service later shift hospitals to states or counties when local needs are met. Dr. Fred T. Foard testified the service runs about 60 hospitals, with only eight suitable as teaching hospitals. The Oklahoma delegation opposes the bill and most members attended the hearing.
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Washington
Fred T. Foard
Bureau
Health Service
Oklahoma
Tom Steed
Okla
Gary Outlines Planks In City Campaign Stop
State Sen. Raymond Gary of Madill spoke to about 50 listeners on the Lawton courthouse lawn outlining his gubernatorial program. He pledged tax free modernization of highways, education gains, and expanded aid for the aged and needy while seeking a welfare policy allowing beneficiaries to own cows and chickens.
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Raymond Gary
Madill
Bill Logan
Lawton
Gary
Oklahoma
Logan
Roosevelt
Car Dragged Woman To Death In Kansas
The body of Hazel Dean Rogers, about 43, of Collinsville Oklahoma, was found on Kansas Highway 7 about 15 miles northwest of Pleasanton. State Patrolman Bill Gray said she was dragged after being run over with both legs and an arm broken and a fractured skull. Officers identified the body and said the victim and companions had stayed at a cabin near La Cygne. See body, Page
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Pleasanton
Kan
Oklahoma
Kansas
Here
Bill Gray
Hazel Dean Rogers
Collinsville
Okla
Gray
Carl Eschelbrenner Jr
Osawatomie
Eschelbrenner
Cadmus
Eshelbrenner
Peasanton
Raymond Smitheran
Linn County
J. T. Kennedy
Eisenhower administration rebuts McCarthy on federal workers duties
The White House released a Brownell backed statement denying any right of individuals to override presidential orders. It cited the Constitution as granting sole enforcement responsibility to the executive branch and referenced McCarthy's Army hearings remarks urging federal employees to report alleged graft and treason.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. McCarthy
Congress
Atty. Gen. Brownell
Brownell
United States
James C. Hagerty
White House
McCarthy
Hagerty
Kenneth E. Belieu
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Cohn
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Beber
Reber
Hart Bids Lawton Farewell Before Fort Sill Move
Gen Charles E Hart leaves Fort Sill at 10 am to head the Fifth Corps in Germany after a ceremonial review and luncheon. He and Mrs Hart stop at two gates as post colors and unit guidons line the parade route. A Chamber of Commerce farewell honors him at the Chuck Wagon with Gen Brittingham in attendance.
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Charles E. Hart
Fort Sill
Fifth Corps
Germany
Chamber of Commerce
Gate 1
Hart
Washington, D. C
Washinon
Europe
Gen
Military Affairs Committee
James F. Brittingham
Artillery Center
Yun
Chamber
Lawton
Draftees Rush Called Up by French Cabinet
Paris reports Premier Laniel’s cabinet ordered 80 000 draftees from the 1954 class to be mobilized four months early to free professionals for Indo China. The men, all 20, will serve in France or North Africa within 15 days. law limits sending draftees abroad.
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Paris
Joseph Laniel
Indo-China
National Defense Committee
Paul Ely
Dien Bien Phu
France
North Africa
Easier Money for Comanche County Jail As Money Flows
Comanche County reports a buoyant period with only nine prisoners currently jailed. Undersheriff Hoyt Shelby notes most arrests are paid quickly, reflecting strong local finances. Through March and April arrest bookings rise, with 121 in April, and Memorial Day expected to swell totals.
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Comanche County
Hoyt Shelby
Everett Hale
Hale
Shelby
Rough Water Halts Lake Measurements
Lake Lawtonka rose after Wednesday night rains but four foot waves created by a brisk wind prevented measurements. Patrolman John Frampton said estimates were not possible and he would attempt to measure again tomorrow.
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Lakes
Lawtonka
John Frampton
Frampton
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