Drunk Driving Cases Docketed For Court Trial
County court schedules a docket beginning Oct 25 with twenty two of thirty one defendants to face charges of driving while intoxicated. Seven others will be tried for illegal possession of liquor and one for transportation of liquor. Marion Scott Randle leads the day with a transport charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. R. Harper
Marion Scott Randle
Helen Margaret Hudson
Lester Scott
Howard Shaw
E. P. “Chic” Carney
Eldon “‘Mac
King
Robert Farrell
Lincoln
Step” Wade
Bill Pollard
Herman Charles Shockley
Russell Wahkinney
Jim Johnson
Robert D. Monnerham
James Howard Jones
Jimmie J. Crow
Claude Franklin Stinnett
Jackson Franklin Lemons
Jake Whatley
Paul Leroy Bennefield
Thomas Jefferson Thomas
Jack Dennis Pinchback
Anna Marie Baer
Maxwell Hays Parrish
John E. Lytle
J. C. Kimbro
Frank Sharp Garrett
J. D
Pete” Rawlinson
Guy Daniel Nesbitt
Noel Jay Toler
Milton A. Burke
Stanford Barnes
Car Fires Demonstrated By Lawton Auto Bureau Expert
National Auto Theft Bureau special agent Jimmy Sullivan demonstrated how a car can burn with assistance at the Lawton Claimsman's Association meeting at the Hotel Lawtonian. Using gas and heat, he showed interior and undercarriage flames while noting fire walls and common delays in ignition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Sullivan
National Auto Theft Bureau
Lawton Claimsman’s Association
Lawtonian
Sullivan
Oklahoma
Miller
C. W. Adams
Alford Hennessee
Lawton
Jack Hensley
Joe Porter
Gordon Reed
Carol Patton
Bill Berkenbile
John S. McNayr
Post Gives Hand To Flood Victims
Fort Sill furnished 300 cots and 100 blankets to Wichita Falls Texas for flood aid after the Wichita river overflow. Maj. Gen. Edward T. Williams commanded the relief delivery to the American Red Cross chapter. two 2 1 2 ton trucks and Sheppard Air Force Base assisted with evacuees and hauling supplies to shelters at the Armory and Baptist Center.
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Fort Sill
Wichita Falls
Texas
Wichita River
Edward T. Williams
American Red Cross
Wichita
75Th Transportation Battalion
Sheppard Air Force Base
Free surplus foods go to 984 Comanche families
Oklahoma Emergency Relief Board distributed commodities to 984 families in Comanche county during September, serving 3,528 people across central Lawton and western eastern districts, with August totals at 878 families. The items included dried milk cheese lard beans and rice in hundreds to thousands of pounds or cartons.
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Comanche County
Mary Rust
Lawton
Oklahoma Emergency Relief Board
Funeral rites held for Charles F. Brandon in Elgin
Services for 82 year old Charles F. Brandon early settler in Lawton and Elgin were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Elgin Methodist Church with Rev. A B Carson and Rev. Kenneth Haley officiating. Burial followed in Elgin Cemetery with Becker Funeral Home in charge. Masonic Lodge and Spanish American War Veterans members attended in groups.
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Elgin
Charles F. Brandon
Lawton - Elgin
Elgin Methodist Church
A. B. Carson
Kenneth Haley
Cyril Christian Church
Elgin Cemetery
Becker Funeral Home
Masonic Lodge
C. W. Eads
H. E. Snodgrass
Charlie Coffin
Bill Weaver
Muriel Gilliland
Lawton
Scott Walling
Mack Harrison
John Stauffer
Sill Man Draws Jail Term for Drunk Driving
A 29-year-old Fort Sillman John T. McPaul began a 10-day jail term after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. He was fined $100 plus costs. In a separate case, 18-year-old Evan Reed Flood of Fletcher was fined $25 and costs for reckless driving. Trooper Wes Miller filed the complaint prepared by County Attorney Manville Redman.
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Fort Sillman
S. R. Harper
Sillman
John T. McPaul
Peace
Woodrow Giles
Evan Reed Flood
Fletcher
Wes Miller
Manville Redman
Medical Group States Meeting at Lake Murray Lodge
A one day meeting of the Red River Valley Section of the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Academy of General Practice will be held Sunday October 16 at the Lake Murray Lodge. Dr. Robert M. Bird discusses anemia and medical practice. Dr A A Hellbaum reviews cortico steroids and new therapeutics. Audio-visuals cover medical research and newer penicillin forms. Boat rides for families and pony rides for children.
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Red River Valley
Oklahoma
American Academy of General Practice
Lake Murray Lodge
Robert M. Bird
A. A. Hellbaum
City Cops Probe 80-Cent Robbery
City police investigate an armed robbery involving 85 cents and a separate Monday night theft spree. Victim R L Hamilton in the 1500 block Garfield says he handed over change at knife point before fleeing. Additional reports include burglary at Eldren D Perrine's home and losses of cash, a billfold, and a bicycle.
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R. L. Hamilton
Cooperton
Garfield
Eldren D. Perrine
Rupert Wauqua
Cache
Billy Taylor
James L. Carter
Martin’s
Cache Road
Thomas McCalister
McLeod Condition Slightly Improves at Oklahoma Penitentiary
H C McLeod warden at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester shows slight improvement after an acute diabetes attack during a Lawton visit Sunday. He is in Southwestern hospital.
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H. C. McLeod
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlester
McLeod
Southwestern Hospital
Lawton
Harrington Trial Opens In Shawnee
A Shawnee district court trial starts for Sheriff Jim C Harrington charged with aggravated assault for the May 25 beating of a Shawnee reporter. The reporter Jim Bradshaw filed a $30,000 damage suit. J Rex Spurr presides as special judge after County Judge John L Green disqualified himself. Two Harrington deputies, Herb Stroud and Hugh Crow, have resigned in the past three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Okla
Jim C. Harrington
Harrington
Jim Bradshaw
J. Rex Spurr
Will
John L. Green
Herb Stroud
Hugh Crow
Postal Workers Win Safety Plaque For Civic Work
Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield accepted a National Safety Council citation honoring postal employees for traffic safety efforts in 1954. He credited the department's Safe Driving Training and Testing program, operating since last year, with the improved safety record. Lawton hosts the program begun at year start under Postmaster Bennie Stephens and Otis Black of the postal department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Summerfield
National Safety Council
Summerfield
Postal Department
Lawton
Bennie Stephens
Otis Black
Navy to vaccinate 20000 on Oahu against polio
The Navy announced plans to give Salk polio shots to about 20,000 Navy men, their wives and children to curb a serious outbreak on Oahu. Health authorities report seventeen polio cases among Navy families since July 25, with about half paralysis cases.
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Navy
Honolulu
Oahu
Civilians in Executive Branch Reach 2,385,077
Washington up report shows the number of civilian employees in the executive branch totaled 2,385,077 in August, up 482 from 2,384,595 in July, according to Senator Harry F. Byrd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Theater Chorus To Sing Tonight At Lawton College
Lawton Little Theatre chorus for Green Grow The Lilacs meets at 8 p.m. today at 2312 Gore. Members from Lawton and Fort Sill interested in joining the musical comedy to be staged Nov 14 to 16 at Cameron College auditorium should attend, director Lt. Paul Payson says. John Denney directs the November production, the troupe’s first show of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Little Theater
Ike to Fill AEC Vacancy Soon After Health Check
Washington report says President Eisenhower will name a new Atomic Energy Commission member once health permits. AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss noted several candidates had been proposed before his heart attack and that the decision should not be delayed long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike
AEC
Washington
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
Lewis L. Strauss
Strauss
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