Area Men In Service and Military Training
Area men in service Ollie E. Vice 17 son of O H Vice 1003 Summit completing Air Force basic training at Lackland near San Antonio Texas He prepares for Air Force technical training or duty assignment The base also hosts Air Force basic training for men and women and houses the USAF Officer Military School Robert B Buffer son of Harvey W Buffer Apache is at Amarillo Air Force Base as a jet mechanics student He enlisted June 29 1955 at Lawton and trained at Lackland before arriving at Amarillo AFB September 28 He attended Broxton High School in Caddo County CAPT A J McFarland son of Mrs Lucy McFarland Fletcher has finished Infantry School at Fort Benning Ga The associate officer advanced course trained him for company and field grade officer duties He entered the Army in 1939 and completed basic training at Fort Sam Houston He holds the Bronze Star and Army Commendation ribbon His wife Lorraine lives in Mineral Wells Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie E. Vice
O. H. Vice
Summit
Air Force
Lackland Air Force
Lackland
San Antonio
Usaf Officer Military School
Robert B. Buffer
Harvey W. Buffer
Apache
Amarillo Air Force Base
U. S. Air Force
Lawton
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Amarillo Afb
Buffer
Broxton
Caddo County
A. J. McFarland
Lucy McFarland
Fletcher
Infantry Center
Fort Benning
McFarland
Army
Fort Sam Houston
Lorraine
Mineral Wells
World’s Just A Big Stage Sedgely Handicap Winner
In Manchester England Robin Langley a 12 year old farm boy who skipped school rode Arts Degree a 100to-1 shot to victory in the Sedgely Handicap with his teacher promising no punishment for truancy if he won. In Nashville Tennessee officers rushed to a downtown intersection to probe a report of a man run over by a car and found a protesting uninjured man beneath his vehicle where he had been fixing the brakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
England
Robin Langley
Nashville
Tenn
Man Repeats Line For Opera Premiere In Queue
Edward Fahlibusch of Hempstead N Y again led a long line for the Metropolitan Opera opening. Friday, 81 hours before box office sale of standee tickets for Monday's premiere, he stood first with his wife beside the 98th in line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward Fahlibusch
Hempstead
N.Y
Metropolitan Opera
Edward
Baton Rouge visitor robbed in New Orleans assault case
Eugene Smith of Baton Rouge told police that two French Quarter women offered him a ride. He said the larger woman, a 190 pounder named Mary, struck him and another robbed his pockets of 240 dollars before they threw him from the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Eugene Smith
Baton Rouge
Smith
Mary
Georgia Banker and Kansas Senator Seek Surplus Elimination
Georgia banker M. M. Kimbrell and Kansas Sen. Andrew J. Schoeppel urged removing low-grade farm varieties at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing. They cited low quality wheat and tobacco in Georgia and Kansas as drivers of surpluses and supported maintaining price supports while considering shifting or ending production of unwanted crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Georgia
Kansas
Andrew J. Schoeppel
Akas
M. M. Kimbrell
Thomason
Senate Agriculture Committee
Kimbrell
Schoeppel
Georgia Bankers’ Assn
Cop Killer Richard Carpenter Sentenced to Death in Chicago
In a five day trial in Chicago Richard Carpenter was found guilty of murdering detective William Murphy during a robbery arrest attempt. He received the death penalty by electric chair after a brief deliberation and displayed defiant and violent conduct in court. The case also involved the killing of a rookie officer Clarence Kerr and a lengthy hostage crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Richard Carpenter
William J. Murphy
Murphy
Carpenter
John Bosquette
James Pittacora
Loop
Clarence Kerr
Kerr
Leonard Powell
Powell
Powells
U.S. trucking industry sets records in 1954 travel and taxes
The American Trucking Associations announced that in 1954 the U S trucking fleet increased miles driven beyond 88.374 billion and total trucks exceeded 10 million. Tax payments reached a record 1 7505 million dollars, reflecting higher activity and revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
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Ollie EE
Paris
Herd Equipment Co
Oklahoma City
Lester McKenzie
Jess McMillan
E. C. Parks
Scott's Air Conditioning Inc
Pittsburgh Paints
Farmers Lumber Company
OVC
Harry
WIEST
S 33 Auto Service
Hp Gabeeeeel
Insluroers
Clingan
Carpenter’s Studio
D Avenue
LINDY
Gooch Acres
J. P. White, Jr
Long-Bell Lumber Co
Home Decor
Kephart & Gordon Plumbing Co
Long Electric
Lawton Transit Mix Co
U. S
Lawton Transit Mix
Kephart and Gordon
Popular Furniture Co
Dennison Hardware
Howell’s
A & A Fence Co
G.I
F.H.A
G. I
Crosby & CO
24Th & Bell
Parker Castilow
Dan W. Walding
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