Lawton Observes USO Pal Day With Civic Clubs
Lawton civic clubs join the fourth annual USO Pal Day observance on November 16. Col Ret E C Williams chairs the local USO committee and invites residents to attend open houses at Fourth and B USO and the USO YWCA to spend an evening with Fort Sill personnel. Local service men and women will be feted at club luncheons through the week with participation from Lions Rotary BPW Jaycees Optimist ABC Kiwanis and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Lawton
E. C. Williams
Lawton Uso
USO
Civic Club
Lions Club
Rotary Club
BPW
Jaycees
Optimist
ABC
Kiwanis
Veterans Day Observances At Fort Sill Norman Hoisted
Fort Sill suspends most duties except guard and fatigue details as Veterans Day activities unfold. Brig. Gen. Theimer will keynote a Norman address for about 1,200 ROTC students at the University of Oklahoma. Gov. Gary headlines state events. Parades form in Lawton with units from Fort Sill and Madill bands participating. A 1920 proclamation underlines Armistice Day, now Veterans Day, honoring veterans of all wars.
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Fort Sill
United States
J. E. Theimer
Artillery and Guided Missile School
University of Oklahoma At
Norman
Thomas C. Reynolds American Legion Post No
Oklahoma City
Madill
97Th Army Band
WO. F. Keller
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
77Th Army Band
W. C. Iacobucci
October Job Market Shows Strong Demand and Shifting Trends
Local employment data indicate 521 farm workers placed in October with farm labor shortfalls. Total job seekers on file reached 608, with 332 women among them, and openings listed in engineering, librarianship, social work, nursing, dietetics, and aircraft trades. Unemployment is expected to rise 60 to 90 days as farm activity wanes and trade jobs edge up, while overall labor force totals 17,775 with 450 unemployed in October.
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Looney
Lawton
Oklahoma
A&e
Parade of Progress tours 251 cities to showcase science
The Parade of Progress traveled nationwide from 1936 to 1939 visiting 251 cities and reaching 1.213 billion people with the theme Who serves progress serves America. A new Parade of Progress began in 1953 to tell the story of scientific achievements on a larger scale.
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Martha Darden
LHS
Oldsmobile
Jack Kelley
Parade of Progress Traveling Company
Martha
America
Olds
McMahon Auditorium
Vision deficits linked to higher absenteeism and accidents
The Better Vision Institute reports workers with inadequate vision have more absenteeism and accidents than those with adequate vision. The finding highlights the impact of vision quality on job performance and safety across industries.
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The
Better Vision Institute
Kremlin Hurls New Barbs Amid Armament Talks
Pravda harshly attacks the U S position on disarmament as the big four talks fail to progress on a security pact and German unity. Dulles Macmillan Pinay meet Stassen as Molotov chairs, with both sides entrenched and no clear path to agreement.
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Moscow
Pravda
United States
Russia
John Foster Dulles
Soviet Union
Geneva
Dulles
Harold MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
Harold Stassen
Fisenhower
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Bids Announced On Sill Project
James R. Cowles of Tulsa appears low bidder for installing a cathodic protection system at Fort Sill with a bid of 1,884 dollars. Southwest Constructors of Oklahoma City named low bidder for erecting an air police headquarters at Altus Air Force Base with a bid of 39,072 dollars.
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James R. Cowles
Tulsa
Fort Sill
Corps of Engineers
Southwest Constructors
Oklahoma City
Altus Air Force Base
Academy Exams Slated Nov 14 for Service Academies
Congressman Victor Wickersham announced that examinations to designate candidates for the Air Force Academy will be held November 14. Ten Sixth District men compete with ten from each of the other districts and 20 chosen by the two Senators, totaling 80, from which four statewide will be selected. Wickersham urges interested boys to contact him in Washington immediately.
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United States Air Force Academies
Victor Wickersham
Wickersham
Washington
West Point
Annapolis
Air Force Academy
United States Military Academy
U. S. Naval Academy
Rescue of five airmen after C-119 bailout near sea
First Lt. Marion J. Fraser from Amarillo said radio contact with Nelson until the crew bailed out. In daybreak rescue, 38 planes operated, 16 ships aided, stormy swells hampered search, two survivors pulled aboard before the others were found near each other within five hours. The Floyds Bay, aiding the operation, spotted flare-lit bodies after a Pan American C-4 relayed beacon signals from lights in the water.
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Marion J. Fraser
Amarillo
Nelson
Fraser
Kearsarge
Floyds Bay
Hospital News Items From Southwestern District
Hospital notices list admissions including John Campbell and Sandra Moore with medical and surgical cases, discharges, births of two sons to Morris and Phillips families with times and weights, and multiple patients in Fort Sill Indian School Lawton Fletcher Walters Sterling Marlow areas. Names include Campbell Moore Shelton Mercer Lump Mouth Little Chief Chanute Sleeper Pedro Saupitty Morris Phillips Thompson Harrison Hinman Pollina Skinner Hewes Hall Buzbee Park Renschen Dutton Sehested Dorety Turner.
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Rhoda
el Reno
Edith Ann Little
Anadarko
Ernest Chanute
Fort Sill
Allen Morris
Lee Blvd
Dale Phillips
Leslie Thompson
Roosevelt
Leon C. Harrison
Mavis Hinman
Nancy Louise Pollina
Nancy Dutton
Fletcher
James Sehested
Marlow
Jennie Dorety
S. 10Th
Jean Turner
Sterling
When Friends Meet variety hour in Lawton Lawtonian ballroom
Activities begin Saturday with 7 a.m. division presidents conference in artillery room and 9 a.m. business session. Polls open 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Geronimo room for voting. 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. division presidents luncheon in ballroom. Mrs. Walter Ferguson of Tulsa speaks at 3 p.m. Open meeting in Artillery room. Emmett Keough presides at 7 p.m. dinner with Col. Winton T. Stacey addressing. Mrs. James Bushart sings. Fort Sill Indian School students perform. New officers to be installed.
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Artillery Room
Geronimo
Walter Ferguson
Tulsa
Emmett Keough
Chamber of Commerce
Col
Winton T. Stacey
Fort Sill Station Hospital
James Bushart
Lawton
Fort Sill
Pygmy and Nilotic Tribes Across Ituri Forest Border
In Africa's Ituri Forest pygmy communities live in dense habitats while nearby Nilotic tribes, among the world's tallest people, reach up to seven feet.
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Africa
Ituri
Manslaughter Trial Ordered for Cement Man
Bobby Geoff Smith, 24, of Cement, Rt. 2, bound over to Superior court for trial on second degree manslaughter in the Oct. 8 traffic crash that killed Alex McCubbin Walker, 60, of Apache near Lawton. Testimony showed Walker died en route to Lawton hospital after a collision with Smith on the Porter Hill intersection. Trooper Duke and Lt. Adams testified, with Smith free on $1,000 bond. Prosecutor Arthur Cavanagh led the case.
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Bobby Geoff Smith
Cement
Rt. 2
Superior Court
Alex McCubbin Walker
Porter Hill
Lawton
Ralph Cline
Smith
Walker
John R. Duke
C. W. Adams
Highway Patrol
Leslie Pain
J. W. Murrell
Chickasha
Duke
Cline
U. S. 62
U. S. 277
U. S
Adams
Arthur Cavanagh
Crossed eyes occur in a small share of children
Between 1.1 and 1.8 percent of normal children exhibit strabismus or crossed eyes, indicating a noticeable but limited prevalence in early childhood.
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Howard Griffee
Sirl
Leslie J. McNair
VFW
Jack Smith
Gold Star
United Spanish Veterans and Auxiliary
American Legion
DAV
Army
77Th Field Artillery Band
D Street
Ellsworth
Milton Keating
Chamber
Exall English
Raymond Rust
State Department
Edward T. Williams
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Pryor
Eos
John Campbell
S. Fifth
Sandra Moore
A. C. Booker
Comanche
W. P. Shelton
Elm
Claude Johnson
Altus
Vivian Mercer
Bell
Gery
Harold Anderson
Logan
J. R. Boswell
Lake Quanah Parker
Wichita Mountains
Lawtonian Ballroom
American Adventure In Advance Design
Buick
Island
U.S. 62
Eugene L. Bowman
N. Sheridan Rd
G. W. Martin
City of
R. M. Dodson
Zaks
Wonder-Bright
Ongatt
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