Two Men Draw Fines and Jail Terms in DWI Case
Two military men faced driving while intoxicated charges in City court. Charles L. McElhaney, 24, Fort Sill, and Donald Elving Pearson, 19, Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, received $100 fines, court costs, and 10 days in jail after guilty pleas. County Attorney Manville Redman then filed another drunken driving case, bringing total to five. the latest suspect is Cradas G. Patrick, 30, of 1716 Lee, Lawton, arrested at 4:26 a.m. near Second and D by patrolmen Henry Bartels and Jack Wheeler.
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Ralph Cline
Charles L. McElhaney
Fort Sill
Donald Elving Pearson
Sheppard Afb
Wichita Falls
Manville Redman
Lawton
Cdras G. Patrick
Lee
Henry Bartels
Jack Wheeler
Second and
Dorm Mother Ma Thompson Still Guides North Hall Crowd
Ma Thompson, dorm mother at North Hall, coaches and counsels her students while managing mementos and holiday plans. She has traveled across 48 states and several countries, irons shirts, attaches ROTC emblems, and keeps a lively dorm culture with Christmas parties and pranks. She hopes Cameron reaches the Little Rose Bowl and plans to stay at the fine school amid a bustling campus.
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Texas
Georgia
California
Tennessee
Carolinas
Canada
Utah
Chicago
New York
Washington, D.C
Jerry Blair
Cottle
John
Cameron
North Hall
Funeral Rites for Sfc Justin Adams Pending at Becker
Services and funeral arrangements remain pending at Becker for Sfc Justin J. Adams of Fort Sillman killed in a two car crash Sunday in Central Texas while returning to Brooke Army Medical Center after a weekend visit. Arrival time and service details to be announced by Becker.
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Becker Funeral Home
Sfc
Justin J. Adams
Fort Sillman
Texas
Brooke Army Medical Center
Sill Musical Revue Opens Tonight at Fort Sill
Fort Sill presents TDY 55 a two night music revue directed by Pvt Dan Melnick at Theater No 3 8 30 p m tonight and Wednesday Featuring songs from Oklahoma comedy sketches dance numbers and original lighting effects Cast includes Eric Morgan Pete Launder Lee Whitt Andy Levendis Bill Holley Lee Moulton Rusty Peacock and others with Neil Slater conducting an original overture Maj Alonzo E Baird is special services officer Signs will guide Lawtonians to the venue
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Fort Sill
Lawtonians
the Post
Pvt
Dan Melnick
Richard Rodgers
Melnick
CBS TV
Eric Morgan
Pete Launder
Lee Whitt
Andy Levendis
Bill Holley
Lee Moulton
Rusty Peacock
Jean Elmer
Tom Hassan
Fred Jarvis
Mikel Johnson
Lawton
Donna Green
Don Flewell
Tommy Borrows
Neil Slater
Flewell
Gilbert Gay
Clarence Boyd
Dick Southard
John Hardy
Dick Walker
Bill Gaver
Bill Woss
Charles Yablonski
Ken Lovejoy
Bob Cheek
Harry Simons
Maj
Alonzo E. Baird
McMahon Auditorium
Wickersham Starts Tour Across His District
Congressman Victor Wickersham began a district tour to learn public sentiment on national issues for the next session. He will visit all 23 counties and county seats. His family welcomed eighth grandchild Low Holston, born November 15 in Beaumont, Texas, to Sam Holston Jr. and Nelda Wickersham.
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Victor Wickersham
Rep. Wickersham
Low Holston
Beaumont
Tex
Sam Holston Jr
Holston
Nelda Wickersham
Police to Choose Qualified Men for Two Vacancies
Police chief Hennessee outlined plans to select the two new officers based on seniority plus prime factors such as ability knowledge of ordinances law enforcement integrity and loyalty. Current ranking includes Night Chief Fuller Inspector Wheatley Captain Cal Sims and Lts White Waldron and Stout. He noted if a top officer moves up a rank a ranker from the field would fill the old post and several rating systems are under study to ensure fair promotion opportunities.
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Hennessee
Fuller
Wheatley
Cal Sims
Tiger Feared Loose On Navajo Land
A tiger may be roaming the Navajo reservation in western New Mexico and eastern Arizona. Drivers for the General Services Administration and Navajo Indians report seeing large tracks not from a mountain lion. One driver claims a striped animal jumped the highway.
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Gallup
N.M
New Mexico
Arizona
General Services Administration
Ralston Votes on $15,000 Water Bond Plan
Ralston Oklahoma calls a special election to issue 15000 dollars in bonds to drill water wells buy pumps lay pipe and improve the town water system. The funds will also buy a new fire engine.
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Ralston
Okla
Fort Sill lighting projects and bids on public works
Fort Sill officials approve four new street lighting schemes including three residential programs and a whiteway circuit on Fort Sill Blvd. Additional lighting in Waldman, Tomlinson and Greer additions is planned while Kinsey reviews delayed Roosevelt school lights. Bids will be opened for a city house sale from the Evatt estate and Sewer District No. 8. A report on recovering funds for a water line repair near 33rd and Atlanta is due from City Engineer Smith and the water committee, with City Attorney Chrisman.
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Second Street
Fort Sill Blvd
Waldman
Tomlinson and Greer
Kinsey
33Rd
Atlanta
Robert B. Merford
Fund board selects replacement for Mrs Prosser
Mrs Prosser departs to join the United Fund of Iowa in Des Moines this week. The drive is to wrap up as planned, with all civic club cards due at meetings. Unworked cards will go to a cleanup crew to finish the solicitation. In inter-club standings Rotary leads at 90.3 percent and 27754.85 dollars, Optimist 89.3 percent 8937.85, Northwest Kiwanis 82.2 percent 3604.52.
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Prosser
United Fund of Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa
Civic Club
Rotary
Optimist
Northwest Kiwanis
Altrusa
Lions
Kiwanis
BPW
ABC
Frogs
Hagler Surrender and Extradition Bid After Slaying Charge
Hagler emerged from a gray gaberdine suit at 8 50 am and entered Bivins' car near the Red River Bridge in a well rehearsed surrender. Lawyers planned writ of habeas corpus to free Hagler in Sulphur while Tant predicted easy bond. Hagler is charged with murder in the unidentified victim found charred in a burned station wagon near Davis Oklahoma on October 10 1954.
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Tant
Red River Bridge
Hagler
Bivins
Texas
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Davis
Okla
Flight Ramp Tragedy Ends in Double Homicide
Clendenin shoots Miss Sally Shedd on a plane after a failed romance. Beverly Clendenin’s son chases, shoots, and dies by self-inflicted gunshot after fleeing the aircraft. Miriam Garland recounts the doomed relationship and the unmailed letters found in Clendenin’s briefcase.
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Miriam K. Garland
Sheriff's
Jim Graddon
Miss Shedd
Clendenin
New York
Chicago
Miss Garland
Sally
Graddon
Civil Defense bus drama ends with vehicle return
A Civil Defense volunteer revealed a generator bus can power hospitals or disaster units. Schuyler had taken the bus from Civil Defense, later returning it after county attorney guidance. A CD spokesman said Schuyler grew angry when CD refused to sponsor a barbecue donating bus proceeds, prompting his demand for return.
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Civil Defense
Schuyler
Civil Defense Today
Oklahoma Weather and Temperature Outlook After Monday
The forecast calls for a high near 70 today with a low around 32 tonight. Wednesday highs in the 50s, five to eight degrees below normal in northwestern Oklahoma and near normal in the southeast over the next five days. Temperatures dip to near normal by Wednesday and Thursday, then turn much colder Friday and Saturday with a warming trend next week as precipitation remains light to moderate. Lawton area reported a low of 48 and a 67 degree reading by 11 am Monday, with Monday’s high reaching 76.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Hospitality Club Elects New Officers
New officers were elected at a dinner meeting held at Mrs. Helen Newberry's home 1118 E Columbia. Mrs Marie Fletcher presided. officers are Mrs Lillith Sullivan president and Mrs Helen Newberry vice president. Next meeting set for December 7 with several members in attendance.
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Hospitality Club
Helen Newberry
E. Columbia
Marie Fletcher
Lillith Sullivan
Mesdames
Alice Steatman
Willie Benford
Emma Ackerman
Viola Jefferson
Cora Williams
Carrie Patterson
Jerlene McCowan
Velma Weathersby
Florence Patterson
Queen Maggie and Mary Collins: Roaring Twenties Crime Figures
A sensational portrait cites Mary Collins as the kiss of death figure tied to gangsters and a string of robberies, a $3,000 currency exchange stickup, and a $100,000 jewelry store heist. It notes Maggie's cross country tour, Galveston memories, and an offhand police encounter during Prohibition era intrigue.
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Mary Collins
Mary
Maggie
Galveston
Pecan Producers To Hold Meeting In Okalgee
County pecan producers and bakers will compete at the Oklahoma Pecan Growers association annual meeting in Okalgee on December 6 and 7. Premiums and cash prizes will be awarded for prize pecan varieties and top baked goods using pecans. The two-day program will highlight methods of producing top-quality pecans. Entries in all divisions open until 10:36 a.m. December 6, per association president Charles Pyle of Pauls Valley.
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Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association
Okalgee
Lewis Haydock
Association
State Department of Agriculture
Charles Pyle
Pauls Valley
Duds and Souvenirs Plague Local Area Findings
Explosive ordnance disposal teams found 38 deadly duds in a brickyard complex and 236 explosive items in Elgin and McDade, including mortars and Navy projectiles. Fort Sill’s 61st EOD unit, led by Lt. Zrable, will dispose of hazards. residents urged to report duds to local police, sheriff, civil defense, or the Army.
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Elgin
Fort Hood
McDade
Lupe Villarreal
Fourth Army
Sheriff's Office
Civil Defense
Army
Fort Sill
61St Ordnance Detachment
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Kansas Line
Dallas
New Mexico-Texas
Bartles
Civil Service Exams Open for Three Positions
Otis Black as examiner in charge announced open examinations for prison mechanical supervisor operating engineer savings and loan examiner and geologist. Information and applications available from Black or the U S Civil Service Commission Washington D C.
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Savings and Loan
U.S. Civil Service
Otis Black
Said
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Washington, D.C
Christian Scientist Church Sets Thanksgiving Services
A Thanksgiving service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the First Church of Christ Scientist on Seventh and E. Latter. The latter portion of the services will express gratitude for spiritual growth healings and blessings, and the service is open to the general public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Sheridan Road Frontage 106x335 Frontage on Sheridan Rd
Property listing for a 106 by 335 foot frontage on Sheridan Road in a leading Lawton suburban shopping center area priced at 18 550 dollars. Contact THE McKEE CO. by phone at 432.
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McKee CO
Pho
Sheridan Road
Sheridan Rd
Lawton
McKee CO. Pho
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