Squaw Drainage Riprapping Job Set To Begin Soon
Mayor C R Ellsworth announced after a meeting with City Engineer Douglas L Smith that the Squaw creek drainage canal riprapping will start within a month. Crews have cleaned the canal from one end to the other, while straightening and widening work progresses between Bell and Cache Road, with bridges and culverts on Avenue A, Atlanta, and Cheyenne planned.
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Squaw Creek
C. R. Ellsworth
Douglas L. Smith
West Lawton
Northwest
Lawton
Atlanta
Cheyenne
24Th Street
Harold Redding Associates
Avenue
Smith
Cache Road
Bell
Cache
Widena
Sailors Launch Red Cross Christmas Blood Drive
About 100 sailors aboard the battleship Wisconsin planned to begin the Brooklyn Red Cross eighth annual Christmas blood donations drive. They were to participate in the campaign Sunday, aiming to boost holiday relief efforts.
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Red Cross
New York
Wisconsin
Brooklyn Red Cross
Twin Griffins in Army Form Two Noses Different Yet Alike
Privates Curt and Connie Griffin from Mansfield Massachusetts, identical twins in the 617th Field Artillery at Sill, share height, weight, and scores while differing in nose direction. They recall school and dance mishaps, plan overseas duty, and joke about future twins, noses, and family.
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Connie Griffin
Curt
Sill
617Th Field Artillery
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
College
U.S. Army
Judson Carruthers
Connie
Mansfield
Mass
Doe
Sill’s
Nie
University of Connecticut
Conrad
Gurt
Sheridan Road Frontage Property in Lawton Center
Frontage 106 by 335 feet on Sheridan Road in heart of Lawton’s promising suburban shopping area. Listed price $18,550. Offered by THE McKEE CO. Phone 432.
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Sheridan Road
Sheridan Rd
Lawton
McKee CO. Pho
Early Christmas Mail Push Urged by Lawton Postmaster
Postmaster Murray Gilbert urged Lawton residents to start mailing Christmas gifts early as the 1955 campaign opens. Extra staff will handle an anticipated rush, with 20 to 30 more hands to be hired. overseas mail may not arrive in time. Send cards with three cent stamps and visit the office before 10:30 a.m. or between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. for help. Act by December 5 for long distance and December 10 for nearby mail.
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Murray Gilbert
Gilbert
Auto Makers Urged To Permit Dealers To Tighten Credit
Senator Joseph C. O Mahoney urged auto manufacturers to let dealers tighten credit terms and cut trade in allowances. He warned that dealers are near an economic breaking point from easy credit and high trade ins while GM and Ford push for record car sales. He criticized inflationary practices and said the Fed tightens credit, yet manufacturers pressure dealers.
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Washington
Joseph C. O’mahoney
Wyoming Democrat
O'Mahoney
Senate
General Motors Corp
Feders Reserve Board
General Motors
Ford
Cleaning paragus tips for grit removal
Instruction advises trimming the small close leaves from the asparagus stalks before washing to remove hidden sand. It emphasizes thorough washing to ensure grit is not remaining.
University to offer 50 day Europe tour course
Clark University announces a new summer school traveling course titled Introduction To Western Civilization. The 50 day Europe tour will use an ocean liner and buses as classrooms, with the continent as the textbook.
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Europe
Worcester
Mass
Clark University
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Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E
Wolverte
Mm Electric Co
Bennie Stephens
Stone’s Paint
HEAR
Freddie Gage
Houston
Texas
Southern Baptist
New Jersey
Jimmie Snelen
Dallas
Trinity Baptist Church
20Th and
Gore
Robert N. Hammons
Jimmy Snelen
Mom
Public Service Company
AG UN
Oklahhome
Lawton Mattress Company
C. P. Pennington
E Avenue
Wolverton
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