County Attorney Sues to Confiscate Car in Liquor Case
County Attorney Redman filed a confiscation suit over a 1953 car driven by Marion Scott Randle arrested for transporting liquor and left of center. Twenty seven cases of booze were seized. Randle pleaded innocent at arraignment and remains jailed. Central Motors says the car title shows ownership by them due to an unresolved transfer from a bootlegger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manville Redman
Marion Scott Randle
Randle
Lawton
Redman
Central Motor Co
Wton
Eddie Gaskins
Central Motors
Gaskins
Fire Prevention Week Activities Highlight Citywide Efforts
Lawton conducts a week of fire safety events including open house at Central fire station, school demonstrations on ladder and rope work, and home inspections with owner permission. The Lions club and insurance agents sponsor the observance now in its 30th year with public information booths and materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Fire Station
Fort Sill
Martin
Boy Scouts
Fletcher
Temple
Lincoln
Emerson
PTA
Smith
Autopsy Links Homer Cox Death to Drug Overdose
An autopsy report states former Russian prisoner Homer Cox died from an overdose of sleeping pills compounded by pneumonia. Chemical analysis found high barbiturate levels. pneumonia worsened his condition in the final hours. Cox was found in a Lawton motel room and died after being rushed to a city hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Cox
Lawton
Cox
Fees Hospital
Oklahoma
C. Cox
Area Men In Service Fort Bliss Training
Pvt. Gary G. Sammons aged 17 from the Powell family at 2720 G begins eight weeks at Fort Bliss Texas. He trains in rifle machine gun and bazooka marksmanship at the Army basic training center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary G. Sammons
Phillip, R. Powell
Fort Bliss
Tex
Medford Sailor James Parker Joins USS Kermit Roosevelt
James Parker of Medford enlisted in June and reports for sea duty aboard the USS Kermit Roosevelt, a refurbished destroyer escort active in the conflict. Parker is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Medford and attended Lawton High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Parker
Medford
J. P. Medford
Baldwin
Kermit Roosevelt
Navy
Lawton High School
Roosevelt
Reir
Pact at Lancaster House Ends Conference Tense Resolve
Delegates from Germany and France concluded a high profile Lancaster House conference after last minute concessions by Mendes France and Adenauer. Spaak praised the outcome as admirably achieved with no single statesman responsible. France agreed to broader West German weapon production limits in exposed areas while West Germany pledged to outlaw ABC weapons and other heavy war equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Mendes-France
Lancaster House
Paul-Henri Spaak
Konrad Adenauer
Mendes- France
France
West Germany
High Court Opens New Term Monday
The Supreme Court begins a new term led by Chief Justice Warren with eight associates returning from vacation. About 400 cases await, but the primary task is to implement the ruling against racial segregation in public schools and start desegregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Warren
Airman Hurt After Car Overturns Near Sheppard Field
An airman escaped serious injury when his car overturned twice south of Lawton near Hawkins Drive at about 6 20 p m. Ronald F Neilson 30 suffered lacerations his passenger Lee Caulder uninjured. Police investigated a second crash on Fourth Street between D and E at 5 30 p m involving a 1954 Oldsmobile driven by Robert Hambin 25 and a 1950 Ford driven by Roy Bailey 16, with Bailey’s car hitting a parked vehicle owned by Omar Evans. Other non injury accidents were reported at 911 C Second and Columbia Sixth and Ferris and two more intersections.
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Sheppard Field
Tex
Lawton
Ronald F. Neilson
Lee Caulder
Frank Murphy
John Moore
Neilson
Robert Newton Hamblin
Lincoln
Roy Dean Bailey
Rogers Lane
Bailey
Omar D. Evans
Hamblin
Wrec
C. Second
Columbia
Ferris
Harvest Shortfalls and Policy Critiques Across Eastern Europe
Rude Pravo cites Otakar Simunek noting 1954 harvests lag behind 1953 and well below prewar levels, with fodder crops and hay deteriorating. Maksim Saburov comments Bulgaria cannot meet food needs. Szabad Nep blames the State Planning Bureau for misjudging farm labor shortages and urges coop leaders to recruit workers. Tribuna Ludu reports provinces missing grain plans as livestock and milk deliveries lag, while some nations meet under half their targets. The agency omits East German farm data.
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Rude Pravo
Otakar Simunek
Bulgaria
Maksim Saburov
Soviet Union
Council of Ministers
Sofia
Hungary
Szabad Nep
State Planning Bureau
Poland
Communist Party
Tribuna Ludua
East Germany
Two Shawnee Men Fined In FHA Fraud
In Oklahoma City District Court two Shawnee businessmen, Homer G. Cooke and Horace G. Thompson, were fined $1,000 each after entering no defense to charges of making false statements to secure funds from the Federal Housing Administration and Veterans Administration. Cooke allegedly persuaded the Rices to claim intent to build a Shawnee home to obtain a loan commitment. Thompson was accused of influencing veteran Allen Jackson to similarly misstate to the VA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Homer G. Cooke
Horace G. Thompson
Cooke
Billy D. Rice
FHA
Thompson
Allen Jackson
General Mickelsen and Gay Receive Third Stars
Gen Mickelsen gains his third star after Eisenhower promotes him to lieutenant general. Maj Gen Stanley R Mickelsen, former Fort Bliss commander, to lead the Army anti aircraft command. Maj Gen Hobart R Gay also receives third star, to command Fifth Army from Chicago. Recess appointments await Senate confirmation in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley R. Mickelsen
Artillery Center
Eisenhower
Hobart R. Gay
Senate
Mickelsen
Fort Bliss
Tex
Army
Fort Sill
Gay
Fifth Army
Chicago
City population survey by house to house check
Lawton publishers report census style survey counting occupied units in 32 city areas and applying a 3.2 person per unit figure. Inside city limits 43 848 people in 13 528 units. overall 50 574 residents in 15 630 housing units. additions since 1950 include 1 565 units inside and 2 102 units outside corporate limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constitution Press
Census Bureau
Bill Bentley
Lawton Publishing Co
Lawton Citution and Morning Press
ABC
Ted
Lawton
Artillery Village
Rain Brings Mixed Hope to Oklahoma Farmers
Rain fell unevenly across the region, aiding some farmers with wheat and winter oats while pasture land remains largely unhelped. In Apache area two inches fell with more east than west. Frederick seen only a light sprinkle as farmers await more moisture to save crops and curb grass fires. The Wichita Mountains Refuge reports under an inch of moisture, though showers may ease conditions temporarily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeder
Mountain View
Lawton
Apache
Frederick
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Ernest Greenwalt
New Precinct Boundaries And Ward Assignments Listed
Registration outlines recent city boundary changes with areas moved to Ward 2 including Lindy north to Rogers Lane and 22nd to 25th streets, Stephens Addition between Smith Hoover and Fort Sill Blvd, and Greer Addition north of Kinyon to Cache Road. Tomlinson and Wesley Drive residents join Ward 1, while Military and Airport additions place areas in Ward 2 and Ward 5 respectively with pole numbers.
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Rndan
Lindy
Rogers Lane
22Nd
25Th
Stephens
Carlois Hous
Smith and Hoover
Fort Sill Blvd
Greer
Kinyon
Cache Road
34Th
38Th
Tomlinson
Wesley Drive
Americans Launch Balloon Leaflet Campaign Into Hungary
In Munich the American financed crusade for freedom started a campaign to drop millions of anti Communist leaflets into Hungary by balloons. The effort will be supplemented by 24 hour anti communist broadcasts on Radio Free Europe operated by American sponsors.
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Munich
Germany
Crusade For Freedom
Hungary
Radio Free Oer
The
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Cpl
Claude Batchelor
Kermit
Reds
Korea
San Antonio
O. L. Batchelor
City Man
High Court
Gen. Mickelsen
Lawton Heights
Williams
Ferguson
16Th
Airport
Garfield
Douglas
Alley
Fifth
Sears
Adisih
Kenmore Portables
Kenmore
Thay
H.p
Sears, Roebuck and Co
South 11Th Street
Lewton, Oklahoma
South 11Th
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