Fourth Of A Series Dad Turns Gay Party Into Tragedy
A birthday party in El Paso ends in tragedy when a long forgotten 7 millimeter dud from a howitzer shell explodes at 8 07 p.m. killing three children and injuring several others. Fort Bliss explosive ordnance disposal teams later collect over 100 dangerous items, urging residents to notify authorities about hazardous remnants.
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Irma
el Paso
George
Ricardo
Zelma
Ramon
Juan
Fernando
Hector
David
Luis
Roberto
Fort Bliss
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Detachment
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Fourth Army
Fourth Army Ordnance Men
Southwest
Hospital Births And Admitted Cases Reported
Births include a son to LeRoy and wife at 1 48 PM November 23 weighing 5 pounds 4 1 2 ounces and a son to Donald and wife at 1 35 PM November 24 weighing 8 pounds 3 1 2 ounces. Numerous admissions list patients from Duncan, Altus, Elgin, Cyril, Fort Sill, Apache and others with medical or surgical status. Dismissals noted for several patients including Ozias Causey and Ethel White Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Rogers
Jefferson
Donald L. White
Evan Flood
Elgin
Kenneth Eugene Rauch
Elmer C. Rauch
Duncan
Billy Arnold Caldwell
Vernie Caldwell
Fred E. Amburgey
Elsie McKenzie
Ferris
Doyle D. Atkinson
Sammy Lee Cox
Cox
Altus
Elmer Robert Duncan
Elmer E. Duncan
Tom Ed Stanton
Thomas E. Stanton
Gore
John W. Stanard
Cynthia Diane Caldwell
A. V. Caldwell
Maple
Theresa LaNell Jaye
Roy R. Jaye
Cornell
Ozias N. Causey
Cyril
Earl Penick
Jay Thomas Martin
James
Jerold Clark
Sarah Berryman
Cecil Alexander
David Botkin
Earl Botkin
Stanley Sasser II
Stanley Sasser
Marion Shelton
L. V. Shelton
Walters
Charles Barns
N. 21St
Mary H. Small
Bill Coffman
E. F
A. B. Norman
Pollard
Ernest Bleiker
Apache
Bobby Wayne Abshere
Wayne Abshere
Atlanta
Warner Bounty
Fort Cobb
Cecil Stumblingbear
S. 15Th
James Hawzitta
Anadarko
Thanksgiving Observances and a Fatal Mishap Nearby
Prisoners received turkey green beans potatoes and dessert for Thanksgiving. Ten more spent the day in city jail as the rest of the city paused for rest and feasting. Fort Sill cancelled most duties except essential ones. Rev William Parish led a 500 person union service at First Baptist. A fatal crash near Bowie Texas claimed Mrs Lorinda Lee aged 47 driving alone on US 81 when her car overturned.
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Bennie Wallis
Fort Sill
William Parish
First Christian Church
First Baptist Church
First Church of Christ Scientist
Lawton
William R
Lorinda) Lee
Arlington
Bowie
Tex
U. S. 81
R. Moore
Texas Highway Patrol
Lawton Students Head For State Hi Y Meetings
Lawton High School juniors Carl Cooper and Dale Thompson lead Lawton Hi Y delegation to Oklahoma City elections committee. They will help select candidates for the fifth annual State Youth Legislature meeting at the state capitol January 27-28, 1956. Officers nominated include Don Kouri governor Liz Ryan and Guy Wilson speakers of the house LeRoy Crawford governor Willie Patterson lieutenant governor Teolar House chaplain and Rubie Parker secretary of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton High School
Oklahoma City
Carl Cooper
LHS
Lawton Hi-Y
Dale Thompson
Don Kouri
Liz Ryan
Guy Wilson
Douglass High School
LeRoy Crawford
Willie Patterson
Teolar House
Rubie Parker
Funeral rites for Mrs. Alex Walker conducted Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Alex Walker age 79 of 902 C will be held at Lawton Funeral Home chapel at 10 a.m. Saturday with Rev. R Hopper of Central Baptist Church officiating. Burial follows in Lancaster Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Walker
Lawton Funeral Home
Richard Hopper
Central Baptist Church
Lancaster
Services for Sfc. Justin Adams held in Becker Memorial
Funeral services for Sfc. Justin Adams of 1115 Oak were conducted at 10 a.m. in Becker Memorial chapel with Rev. Hafemann and Rev. Heitfeld officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens included military honors. Adams, stationed at Fort Sill, died in a two car collision in Central Texas while en route to Brooke Army Medical Center after a weekend visit. Lt. Parker oversaw the military detail with a firing squad led by M Sgt. Lee. The flag was presented by Sgt. Rosen cutter. Echo bugles played by Privates Lovejoy and Hudson. Bearers included Irvin, Salter, Pradziad, Whitton, Albury, and Dallas Adams.
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Sfc
Justin J. Adams
Oak
Becker Memorial Chapel
D. V. Hafemann
St. John’s Lutheran Church
H. Heitfeld
Apache
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Adams
Fort Sill
Central
Tex
Brooke Army Medical Center
John Irvin
Sgt
Robert Salter
Stanley Pradziad
T. W. Whitton
Osmond Albury
Dallas Adams
Drys Say Vote On Local Option For Beer Assured
Oklahoma City reports United Drys claim a statewide local option beer vote is assured with over 91 000 signatures toward a 200 000 goal. Dr Stanley Niles says the drive continues until December 1, with petitions due to Secretary of State John D Connor by December 18.
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Oklahoma City
United Drys
Stanley Niles
Drys
John D. Connor
Snakes Feed on Breakfast in Northern Den
The Northerner explains snake care and feeding as keeper Rudich describes daily routines. He notes snakes crave warm blooded prey, describing breakfast with baby chicks and small animals while stressing the need to hold reptiles by the head for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudich
Desegregation orders issued against several railways
The ICC issued desegregation orders after Supreme Court action on dining car segregation. NAACP complaints included Richmond Broad Street station lunchroom. ICC said leaseholder not under transport jurisdiction. Texas and Pacific case lacked interstate travel evidence. Orders targetted St Louis-San Francisco, Louisville & Nashville, Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, Southern, Illinois Central, Gulf Mobile & Ohio, Kansas City Southern, Missouri Pacific, Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe, Gulf Colorado Santa Fe, Panhandle Santa Fe, and Richmond Terminal Railway Co. with compliance due by January 10, 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Supreme Court
ICC
NAACP
Association
Broad Street
Richmond
Union News Co
Texas and Pacific Railway
Carolina Coach Co
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Kansas City Southern Railway
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad
Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway
Richmond Terminal Railway Co
Sill Unit’s Work In Maneuver Wing Officer’s Citation
Fort Sill’s 532nd Field Artillery Observation battalion at Fort Polk’s Sage brush maneuver earned a commendation from the corps artillery commander. Led by Lt Col Leon B. Cheek and nicknamed the Nickel Trey Duce, Charley battery under 1st Lt Warren P. Huff positioned observation posts to face the aggressor, sending hot wires back through its units as the atomic push began.
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Fort Sill
532Nd Field Artillery
Fort Polk
Leon B. Cheek
532Nd FA
Michael Pertschuk
PIO
Warren P. Huff
Charley
III Corps
Early Chinese Papermaking Reaches West via Arabs
Evidence shows paper was produced in China by the second century B C but did not reach the wider world until the eighth century when Arabs helped spread it.
Public Records: Divorces and Marriages Listed
Superior Court records show Sparks divorce petition, Hutchins decree set aside, and Allison divorce with property settlement. Marriage licenses list ages and residences for Wheeler Spradlin Williams Schaub and multiple other couples from Lawton Oklahoma City Fort Sill Green Bay Del Rio and Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Louvenia Sparks
Tommy Albert Sparks
Clara V. Hutchins
Sidney A. Hutchins
Dennis H. Wheeler
Oklahoma City
Margarette A. Spradlin
Oklahomaity
Richard L. Williams
Fort Sill
Carole J. Schaub
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Allen W. Kramer
Lawton
Beverly R. Reiner
Green Bay
Wis
Thomas Victor Evilsizer
Columbia
Dixie Marieoithe Lee Price
Bell
Robert Willis Geckler
del Rio
Tex
Joyce Winger
Milwaukee
John W. Miller
Lois L. Gross
Park
Willie Wayne Mills
Walters
Sallie Horton
Gerald Jones
Rosie Marie Davis
Oklahoma leads Southwest in war bond purchases
Exall English notes Series E and H bond sales are at postwar highs as Oklahoma's 10 southwestern counties surpass regional levels. Forty Oklahoma counties exceed the national average in the first ten months, with state purchases reaching 84 percent of the yearly goal of 68.8 million dollars and the nation at 82.7 percent of 5.5 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exall English
Oklahoma
Southwest
Weatherford Circle K elects Bill Williams president
Bill Williams a Lawton pharmacy student has been elected president of a newly formed Circle K club sponsored by the Weatherford Kiwanis. Williams was also a charter member of the Cameron club when it organized in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherford
Bill Williams
Lawton Pharmacy
Southwestern
Weatherford Kiwanis Club
Williams
Cameron Club
Three Will Face Traffic Charges In County Court
Traffic charges prepared in the county attorney office against three defendants. Freddie Warden, 17, of 616 Columbia, accused of operating with an improper muffler and filing in Peace Justice Marvin E Cameron’s court. Warden arrested at the north edge of town by Lt. F A Mussen. Two other men faced charges for driving without licenses: Howard J Jones, 42, Fletcher painter, and Don Louise Ingram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddie Warden
Columbia
Marvin E. Cameron
Warden
F. A. Mussen
Lawton
Highway Patrol
Howard J. Jones
Fletcher Painter
Don Louise Ingram
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Gery
Medical
Gleason Poolaw
S. 16Th
Ethel White Buffalo
Carnegie
Sophie Tucker
Southwestern Radio & Sound
Greer Addition Nursery
North 31St Street
W. C. Bonnell
Mrs
Justin Adams
Thebes
Ys Company
Tanner Oh
John Adams
Grover Cleveland
Andrew Jackson
Board of Education
9Th Street
C Avenue
J. S. Kuntz
R. M. Dodson
Public Records
District Court
Dollie M. Allison
Horace L. Allison
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
Pema
Elgin Rt. 2
Jones
City Court
Woodrow Giles
St Joseph Aspirin
Lovely
Jewel
Hamilton
Rogers
Baylor
KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
John Schneider
911 Lee
Lawton, Okla
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
Php
Babbili
Peller
Dormeyer
Shem
Lua
Sale Jewelry Company
Eldorado
America
Ongait Phono
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