Oklahoma AFL kicks at press owners and govt bodies
Oklahoma City at the three day AFL convention urged a congressional probe of the American Newspaper Publishers Association for possible anti trust violations and condemned itinerant non union strikebreakers. Delegates attacked City Manager Bill Gill Jr and the council for opposing municipal employee organizing by the AFL Teamsters Union and urged investigations of the Highway Patrol at the Muskogee Gas and Electric project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma State Federation of Labor
American
Bill Gill Jr
AFL Teamsters Union
Raymond Gary
Highway Patrol
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co
Muskogee
Governor
Turnpike Authority
Oklahoma
Elmer Brown
International Typographical Union
Tampa
Fla
Oklahoman
Oklahoma City Times
ITU
Oklahoma Times
Brown
Cotton futures rise to highest since August in brisk week
New York traders watched the cotton futures market climb to its highest level since mid summer driven by heavy producer impoundings under the government loan, December cover on first notice day and rising textile demand. December neared the 34 cent line while July maintains a wider discount under loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Plunkett
New York
Census Bureau
Worth Street
HD Club Women Present Program at Chamber Forum
Leaders of Comanche county Home Demonstration clubs staged a health skit at the Lawton Chamber of Commerce luncheon with Mrs. Milford Walker as narrator. The event featured various farm women, USO Pal Day guests from Fort Sill, and presentations including a luggage gift to departing United Fund executive secretary Mrs. Latha Prosser. The chamber will skip next Friday’s meeting due to Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Lawton Chamber of Commerce Forum
Milford Walker
Jack Carter
Chamber
Agriculture Committee
Clara Kelley
Betty Jean Brannan
Buford Arnold
County HD Council
Joe Fullerton
County HD
A. Dayton
Donald Spiegel
Joe Hawthorne
Howerd Stotts
Oscar Goodin
Louis Beznoska
Guy Wood
R. E. Seymour
A. B. Dossey
C. E. Scott
Kenneth Wolf
Don Howard
Z. D. Harrison
Jake Dunn
Jess Percival
Fred Davis
Walter Crosby
C. D. Hannabass
J. E. Dove
Walker
Bufford Allen
O. M. Runnels
Mark Landoll
Ernest King Jr
U.S Plans Relaxed Trade Rules Despite Geneva Failure
Washington sources say the Commerce Department will drop many non strategic goods from the export license list to the Iron Curtain and allow shipping without licenses. The embargo on China and North Korea stays, with items like tobacco hides edible tallow and wool rags among risks, while farm surpluses remain at policy terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maureen Gothlin
Washington
Commerce Department
Geneva
Enies
Se Crea
John Foster Dulles
Iron Curtain
China
North Korea
U. S
Agriculture Department
Notable Oklahoma Airman Dies in Lake Texoma Crash
Survived by wife Gray, an employee of Standard Roofing and Material Co., and son Jimmy of Lawton. Perrin airman Forest died, passenger Richard Cartwright gravely injured. Davis of Lawton, born Aug 30 1927, Navy veteran, manager of Merchants Transfer, survived by wife Mary Joyce Boyles and three children. Services set for Central Baptist Church with burial at Highland cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Standard Roofing and Material Co
Altus Air Force Base
Medicine Park
Jimmy Gray
Lawton
Perrin
Richard Emmett Cartwright
Lake Texoma
Durant
Forest
Davis
U. S. Navy
U.S.S. Mustin
Japan
Alaska
Far East
Mary Joyce Boyles
Central Baptist Church
Merchants Transfer and Storage Co
National Defense Transportation Association
Ronald Gene
Donald George
Cynthia Ann
John Davis
Monroe
Emmett
Charles
California
Jack
Altus
John Edward
Kansas
Curtis
Richard Hopper
Highland Cemetery
Becker Funeral Home
Lawton builders face higher costs stall homes and growth
Lawton builders report rising material and labor costs, longer garage extensions, and tighter financing. Architects and contractors note price hikes on steel, cement, sewer work, and utilities. Despite higher costs, demand for better homes continues, with forecasts of commercial expansion pending city infrastructure upgrades and coordinated development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Army Aviation School
Camp Rucker
Ala
Army
Spartan
Paul Harris
Harris
Democrats Critics Clash Over Policies In Early 1960s Debates
At a meeting of an agricultural advisory group, speakers critiqued Republican policy amid Democratic discontent after two decades in power. Gov. G. Mennen Williams urged steadier prosperity measures, while Kefauver and Averell Harriman attacked GOP foreign policy and military cuts as risky and insincere. The remarks stressed peace, credit expansion, and political strategies impacting the 1960 nomination scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevenson
Democrats
Republican Party
America
Kefauver
Averell Harriman
New York
German Steel Output Up For First Time As UK Trails
A government announcement stated West Germany will surpass the United Kingdom to become Europe's largest steel producer for the first time, signaling a major shift in the regional steel industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duesselforf
Germany
West Germany
United Kingdom
Judge Assesses 140 In Fines In Afternoon Court
Judge J Merle Oaks fined 140 and ordered 90 in bonds forfeited after 11 cases in an afternoon session. Five public drunkenness cases drew 20 each. three reckless driving cases included driving at unsafe speed and disturbance. Wilbert Gentry 30 lawton fined 20 for petty larceny after shoplifting arrest. Lester Nelson 39 Oklahoma City forfeited 19 bond on reckless driving. two others forfeited 20 bonds. Elizabeth Beasley 31 lawton and Robert Pawlaski 20 Fort Sill forfeited on reckless driving. Johnnie Kahodt 18 lawton fined 20 for disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Merle Oaks
Wilbert Gentry
Jefferson
South
Lawton
Lester A. Nelson
Oklahoma City
Elizabeth Beasley
Carver
Robert A. Pawlaski
Fort Sill
Johnnie Kahodt
Lawton Rt. 1
Burma Buys Red Goods From Moscow Mission
London dispatch reports Radio Moscow stating Burma signed contracts with Soviet foreign trade organizations for 20 million rubles worth of goods. The buyer’s mission links Burma and Moscow in a $5 million exchange as World War II era trade continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
London
Radio Moscow
U.S
FBI Quizzes Pair Jailed In Gunfight
FBI agents questioned an AWOL Texas airman and a former Aston man involved in a speeding gunfight with Oklahoma highway patrolmen. They admitted stealing a 1949 Mercury and two .22 rifles from a carnival shooting gallery in Wichita Falls. The pair Gene O. Lewis and Frank Eugene Kelly were jailed without bond for further investigation. Lincoln County Sheriff said charges likely next week. They crashed a highway block, fired back, and were captured near Chandler after a chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandler
Okla
FBI
Texas
Aston
Oklahoma
Wichita Falls
Tex
Gene O. Lewis
Sheppard Field
Frank Eugene Kelly
Afton
Lincoln County
W. A. Moore
Winters
Edmond
Leon Jones
Blackjack Woods
Here
Hub Caps Rugs and Undies Stolen in City Theft Spree
Police logged multiple thefts including hub caps scattered rugs and women’s undergarments. Victim Mrs Sybil Newport reported garments abducted from her clothesline Thursday night. Others cited two hub caps from a 1952 Pontiac and two from a 1952 Cadillac. Additional thefts involved tires wheels and an electric motor from the Municipal golf course tool shed and several rural addresses in Geronimo and Artillery Village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sybil Newport
Sycamore
Spurgeon Hickman
Park
Pete Becker
Fort Sill Blvd
Roosevelt Stadium
Sheriff's Deputies
Sheriff's Department
Geronimo
Jack Greer
Quinn Gallaway
Geronimo Rt. 1
O. T. Berryhill
Jack Russell
410
Artillery Village
Area Men In Service Area Men In Service
Pvt Walter T Bragg Jr and his parents at 1307 S Eighth share news of his graduation from the Seventh Army Non Commissioned Officer Academy in Munich Germany. Bragg joined the Army in January 1955 and finished basic training at Fort Bliss Texas. He attended Dalton Business College in Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Walter T. Bragg Jr
S. Eighth
Seventh Army
Munich
Germany
Bragg
Army
Fort Bliss
Tex
Dalton Business College
Lawton
Farm Bureau Re-Elects Oklahoma Officers
Oklahoma City November 19 UP The Oklahoma Farm Bureau re elected the same slate of officers for the next term. President Lewis H. Munn Cherokee and officers C E Weller Yukon F W Kannady Bixby and Darrell McNutt Hobart were returned to new terms. Directors include Elmer Whitehall Vinita W M Deck Balko Matt Fowler Stilger Stanley L Cahn Cache and Co W Grant Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Lewis H. Munn
Cherokee
C. E. Weller
Yukon
F. W. Kannady
Bixby
Darrell McNutt
Hobart
Elmer Whitehall
Vinita
W. M. Deck
Balko
Matt Fowler
Stigler
Stanley L. Cahn
Cache, and Co
W. Grant
Davis
Rescue group to reach crash site on weekend
From the 42nd Air Rescue Squadron at March AFB California the rescue team radioed they might reach the scene late Saturday but probably not until Sunday. It may be a week before crews carry down from the 11 910 foot mountain the bodies of five Air Men five AF civilian employees two aviation engineers and two Air Force consultants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
42Nd Air Rescue
March Afb
Calif
Air Force
Definition of below average intelligence
An assertion states that by definition about 50 percent of people are below average intelligence. The remark implies a statistical balance around the mean and references the standard concept of average in a population.
McKay transfer tied to Army refuge dispute progress
McKay remains a key figure in a transfer dispute as attorneys for the Army concur with the absence of a special act of Congress. Wickersham's letter criticized McKay for opposing the refuge proposal and jeopardizing Fort Sill expansion plans. A Wednesday meeting with Army officials and Leslie O Ewart aims to settle the transfer issue amid missile training implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Department of the Army
Wickersham
McKay
Army
Leslie O’ewart
Chester R. Davis
Fort Sill
Diplomat Holland Tours South America
Henry F. Holland assistant United States secretary of state arrived in Bogota on the first leg of a six country tour to study economic political and defense ties between South American nations and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Bogota
Colombia
Henry F. Holland
United States
South American
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Union Assairs Capital Press
Ritter Funeral Home
Cartwright
Kytle
Harvey House
The
Lower Home Builders Association
Kytie
Baptist Church
FHA
White
Parker Costello
Greer Addition Nursery
North 31St Street
Phil Gafford
E Avenue
William Bragg JR
State Farm Bureau
House of Wakefield
C Avenue
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