Profits Grow Thinner in Home Building Costs Rise
Lawton couples seeking homes face updated figures well above those from one or two years ago. While residential building has declined, commercial construction remains steady. Builders developers real estate men and architects explain rising material costs and shrinking profits shaping the industry outlook for both housing and commerce.
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Lawton
Nanan Fanenatan Timan
Mw IL Duint Lai
A. L
Charlie) Mankin
Mankin
J. P. White Jr
FHA
Cityan Park Driver Perish In Accidents
A Lawton man and a Medicine Park resident were among three killed in separate Oklahoma highway crashes Friday night and Saturday, raising the year toll to 509. Davis, Gray, and Forest died in crashes on U S 277 and near Lake Texoma, while another passenger remained in serious condition.
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Lawton
Medicine Park
Oklahoma
Eugene W. Davis
Lincoln
Roy W. Gray
Donald Wayne Forest
Perrin Afb
Sherman
Tex
Davis
Chickasha
Forest
Lake Texoma
Colbert
Highway Patrol
O. M. Kizziar
Alton Bogle
U. S. 277
Charles Goodwin
N. Morford Drive
Goodwin
Gray
Ray Keegan
Gore Blvd
Sill Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment
Mp’s
Marie Dionne Leaves Convent For Montreal Hospital
Marie Dionne, frail and shy among the surviving quintuplets, has again left the cloistered convent life for a hospital in Montreal where two sisters study nursing. Sources say she is grieving Emilie’s death, homesick, and has appetite loss. Oliva Dionne reports the family was told Marie left the convent in Quebec City last Wednesday.
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Marie Dionne
Dionnes
Marie
Emilie
Oliva Dionne
Quints
Order of the Levants of the Most Holy Sacrant
Quebec City
Man Fined 750 Dollars in Road Death Case
Cement man Bobby Gean Smith pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a traffic crash at Porter Hill north of Lawton. He received a 750 dollar fine from Judge Robert S. Landers. Walker, a 60 year old Apache man, died in the collision near the U.S. 277 and U.S. 62 junction.
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Comanche County
Bobby Gean Smith
Cement Rt. 2
Robert S. Landers
Smith
Porter Hill
Lawton
Walker
U.S. 277
Oklahoma Governor accused in veterans panel dispute
Oklahoma City November 19 Governor Raymond Gary faced charges from Dr Charles Hashall state American Legion commander that he fired Chickasha veteran Fred Frey from the Veterans Commission to spite director John Sparkman Hashall says Sparkman backed William Coe in last year s Democratic runoff Gary stayed in Chicago for a Democratic dinner saying let him do the talking and will lay the cards on the table at a Tulsa Legion meeting tonight The telegram from former commander Raymond Trapp cited as evidence followed four months of controversy and Gary fired Frey for incompetency malfeasance and neglect of duty
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Fred Frey
Chickasha
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Charles Hashall
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Don Davis
William O. Coe
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Raymond Trapp
Blackwell
State Legion
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Frey
Jack Newman
Ponca City
George Bourland
Overbrook
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Cabinet Copter Airlift Planned
President Eisenhower arranged a helicopter service to gather Cabinet members and the National Security Council for meetings at Camp David next week. The first since his illness, with Dulles and Nixon flying in to join, meetings set for Monday 2:30 p.m. and Tuesday 9 a.m. from Gettysburg to the presidential retreat.
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Washington
Florida
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Copters Strut Stuff At Fort Sill Aviation Show
An artillery howitzer crew streams from an H 34 helicopter during a Fort Sill aviation show on Saturday. A 105 mm howitzer was assembled and fired in minutes as rotor blades appeared to move, marking Fort Sill’s first airlift with H 34s. About 1,500 Artillery and Guided Missile Center students observed.
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Fort Sill
Army
Stevenson Democratic Blast At GOP Special Interest Ads
Adlai E Stevenson denounced special interest government in Washington at a Chicago dinner speech he warned offered shaky peace and no progress. He argued moderation must not become mediocrity and condemned the Eisenhower era’s cold war stance while Sen Estes Kefauver and Harry S Truman backed the party’s mood of renewed confidence ahead of 1956.
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Dem
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Washington
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Eisenhower
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M Stevenson
GOP
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Co Pilot Presumed Dead In Nevada Air Crash
Eugene Winham 24 Lawton high school and Oklahoma A&M graduate and cousin of a Lawton man is named among 14 believed killed when a four engine C54 air transport crashed on Charleston Peak near Las Vegas Nevada. Winham co piloted the plane and recently learned of his assignment to a secret mission. The Defense Department notified his parents in Dexter New Mexico and relatives confirmed the news as rescue teams worked in extreme cold to reach the wreckage buried on the snow covered peak.
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Lawton High School
Oklahoma A&m
Lawton
Charleston Peak
Las Vegas
Nev
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Lawton High
Lubbock
Tex
Defense Department
Paul Winham c
Dexter, N. M
Arnold Winham
Central Airlines
Norton Afb
Calif
Nevada Atomic Bombing Range
Charles
McKay Says Interior Lacks Authority for Land Transfer
Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay stated in Washington that his department lacks authority to transfer part of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge to the Army for Fort Sill expansion without a specific act of Congress. In a letter to Rep. Victor Wickersham he noted Congress did not grant transfer power and that the refuge’s primary use cannot be changed without congressional action. Local sources expect a workable solution to military needs without transferring the 10,700 acres, while Army purchase of 20,320 adjoining acres proceeds.
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Douglas McKay
Washington
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Army
Fort Sill
Congress
Victor Wickersham
McKay
Interior Department
Interior
Wickersham
Scouts Trap Narcotic Ring in Copenhagen
Six Danish Boy Scouts acted as junior G men to uncover a major narcotics ring in Copenhagen. They gathered clues with mystery-story methods, then handed an airtight case to police who arrested several suspects in a crackdown described as Denmark’s largest narcotics ring operation.
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Denmark
Thanksgiving Services Set in Lawton Altogether
Lawton hosts its annual Union Thanksgiving service at 9 30 a m Thursday in First Baptist at Fifth and B. Rev William Parrish of First Christian will deliver the sermon. Music led by Kenneth Myers and the host church choir with Mrs H C Brammer at the organ. Program includes Rev Walter Browers Reverend Paul Hanna and Dr H Tom Wiles. Public invited. Lawton Ministerial Alliance sponsors.
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William Parrish
First Christian Church
J. Otis Smith
Congregational Church
Kenneth Myers
First Baptist
H. C. Brammer
Walter Browers
Centenary Methodist Church
Ministerial Alliance
Paul Hanna
Beal Heights Presbyterian
Alliance
H. Tom Wiles
Lawton Ministerial Alliance
de Shazo To Start Home In February
Maj. Gen. Thomas E. de Shazo, named to succeed Maj. Gen. Edward T. Williams as commanding general at the Artillery and Guided Missile Center, will leave Paris in February to return to the United States. Gen. de Sharp will have temporary duty in Washington before assuming duties by March 5, 1956. Gen. Williams will depart Fort Monroe, Va., for Headquarters, Continental Army Command, before February 29, 1956.
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Thomas E. de Shazo
Edward T. Williams
Artillery and
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France
United States
Information and Education
Washington
de Sharp
Gen. Williams
Continental Army Command
Fort Monroe
Weekend Area Weather Forecast Highlights Rising Sunday Heat
Forecast calls for fair conditions with temperatures rising Sunday. Overnight low 38. Sunday high near 75. Saturday high 70 with a 30 degree low. Reading at 9 30 p m shows 47.
Sooner Dominance: Oklahoma 41 Nebraska 0 Clinches Title
Oklahoma overwhelms Nebraska 41-0 to claim the Big 7 title and threaten a 29-game win streak into the Orange Bowl with Maryland, while several other top games shuffle conference standings and bowl bids.
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Sooners
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Cornhuskers
Oklahoma A&m
Maryland
George Washington
Warmer Weather Will Stick Today
Summer like temperatures in Lawton rose to 70 degrees on Saturday, 10 degrees above the prior day, with Sunday forecasts calling for near 75. No major storms were expected in the Oklahoma region over the next two days as the weather bureau reported. Last night’s low was set for 30 degrees and tonight’s low for 38.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Labor Group Picks City For Conclave In Oklahoma City
Delegates to the Oklahoma State Federation of Labor convention chose Lawton as the site of their 1956 conclave. The closing session of the three day meeting here set no exact date but suggested November.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma State Federation of Labor
Lawton
Murders Shatter Peace In Morocco
In Rabat the courtyard of Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef's palace an attack left two Moroccans dead and five wounded among mourners paying homage. Khalifi Berdadi, a Fez religious leader, was killed amid beatings as the Black Guard failed to halt the melee. The Istiqlal party blamed volunteer palace police for the breakdown of order amid nationalist rivalries and shifting security duties after the Sultan's return.
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Morocco
Khalifi Berdadi
Fez
Istiqlal (Independence) Party
Mohammed Moulay Ben Arafa
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