Brazil Votes In Hottest Presidential Race Counting
Brazil begins counting votes in a tense presidential race dominated by Vargas legacy. Early returns from Sao Paulo show Gen. Juarez Tavora leading with 3,484 votes, while Adhemar de Barros, Juscelino Kubitschek, and Plinio Salgado trail. Final results expected in 10 days to two weeks amid possible court challenges and limited violence.
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Jimmie
Payne
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Sao Paulo
Juarez Tavora
National Democratic Union
UDN
Vargas
Adhemar de Barros
Social Progressive Party
PSP
Juscelino Kubitschek
Minas Gerais
Social Democratic
PSD
National Labor
PTN
Plinio Salgado
Popular Representation Party
Joao Cafe Filho
City FFA Group To Have Steers Judged At Fair
Lawton's Future Farmers of America group will have steer entries judged at the Tulsa State Fair and enter livestock and dairy judging on Wednesday. The team, including George Devine Warren Jenkins and Clyde Allison, previously won sheep herdsman and placed in sheep judging. Other placings ranged from fourth to seventh in fat lambs with Bill Abbott George Devine Warren Jenkins and Clyde Allison among top placers. Wednesday contestants include Jerry Ramage Perry Brown Bill Caldwell Darrell Beasley Marshal Dodson and Butch Farries along with other exhibitors Lee Carnahan Don Martin Jerrell Crosey and Kenneth Jumper. Marvin Bicket of Lawton High School coaches the FFA.
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Tulsa
Lawton
Farmer’s of America
FFA
George Devine
Warren Jenkins
Clyde Allison
Bill Abbott
Shropshire
Light Hampshire
Hampshire
Jerry Ramage
Perry Brown
Bill Caldwell
Darrell Beasley
Marshal Dodson
Butch Farries
Lee Carnahan
Don Martin
Jerrell Crosey
Kenneth Jumper
Marvin Bicket
Lawton High School
Mrs. Nurse convalesces after major surgery at Scott & White
Mrs. M. F. Nurse of 1206 B is convalescing at Scott and White hospital Temple Texas after major surgery. Her daughter Mrs. Don Drumm of 1313 Irwin expects a two week hospital stay. Guests Ned Hankins and family hosted Mrs Hawkins’ relatives Mr and Mrs W T Brown from Livingston Montana. Their son Derwin Brown USN has gone to Great Lakes Illinois for further training as a dental technician. Mrs Brown is the former Alma Thompson of Lawton and sister of Mrs Emily Woesner of 1508 Gore. The Browns also visit Dr Dan Woesner at 903 A and other relatives.
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M. F. Nurse
Scott & White Hospital
Temple Tex
Don Drumm
Irwin
Nurse
Ned Hankins
Bell
Hawkins
W. T. Brown
Livingston
Mont
Derwin Brown
USN
Great Lakes
Til
Brown
Alma Thompson
Lawton
Emily Woesner
Gore
Dan Woesner
Dean Flown Home Hollywood Burial Planned
The body of James Dean, the 24 year old motion picture star, killed in a highway crash last Friday, has been flown to Marion Indiana for burial.
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Dean
Hollywood
James Dean
Marion
Ind
Funeral Rites for Mrs Leo A Neal Held in Enid Church
Services were held at 9 30 a m in Enid Catholic church for Mrs Leo A Neal former Helen Parkinson of Lawton prominent Enid businesswoman and church worker Rosary Monday evening at Henninger Allen Funeral chapel burial in Calvary cemetery She died unexpectedly at home early Sunday She received the decor cross pro Ecclesia et Pontifice in 1953 from Pope Pius XII as one of 23 state women to earn it A writer with a poetry book published co owner of Parkinson Neal motor Co in Enid active Republican worker co founder of Union Welfare League Am Legion auxiliary Navy Mothers Gold Star Mothers member Phillips University Barnard College Los Angeles University of California at Los Angeles She held bachelor and MA degrees born in Jackson County Tl moved to Enid in 1923 from Lawton where she married Leo A Neal in 1921 Survived by two daughters Mrs W P Foster Byron and Mrs Bill Stephens Enid a son Frank P Neal Enid a step mother Mrs F A Parkinson Enid and six grandchildren
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ENID
Leo A. Neal
Helen Parkinson
Lawton
Henninger- Allen
Calvary Cemetery
Neal
Parkinson-Neal Motor Company
Republican Party
Union Welfare League of
American Legion Auxiliary
American War Mother's Club
Navy Mothers Club
Gold Star Mothers
Phillips University
Barnard College
N. Y
University of California At
Los Angeles
Jackson County
W. P. Foster
Byron
Bill Stephens
Frank P. Neal
F. A. Parkinson
Grace Ballinger services held for local businesswoman
Mrs. Grace Estelle Ballinger 50 of 1440 North 23rd Lawton died Sunday after a period of ill health. She owned Graces Fine Fabrics at 317 South Third and opened the shop in June 1953. Burial followed in Walters Walters County. Her husband D L Ballinger and a daughter son and three grandchildren survive. She was a member of Centenary Methodist Church and Rebekah Lodge.
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Grace Estelle Ballinger
Lawton
Centenary Methodist Church
J. Walter Browers
Walters
Pearson Funeral Home
Jack County
Texas
D. L. Ballinger
Comanche
Mrs Henry Box 54 dies in Chickasha service
Services for Mrs. Henry Box 54 who lived on Rt 2 Chickasha were held at 2 30 p m Sunday at the Chickasha Central Church of Christ with David Allen minister officiating Burial followed at Fairlawn cemetery under Brown Funeral home direction Mrs Box a former Cement resident died early Friday in a Chickasha hospital
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Cement
Henry Box
Rt. 2
Chickasha
Chickasha Central Church of Christ
David Allan
Fairlawn
Brown Funeral Home
Box
Mrs Laura Wainscott laid to rest in Cement
Mrs Laura Wainscott a Cement area pioneer died Saturday in Wichita Kansas after a long illness. Services were held Monday at Cement Baptist Church with Rev O C Sutterfield and Rev Jack Stuart officiating. Burial followed at Wood Memorial Cemetery east of Cement with Dalton Funeral Home in charge. Bearers named were Alvie Campbell Duncan J Bowman Cyril Phil Cook Anadarko George Davison Tom Taylor and L B Marcus, all of Cement.
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Laura Wainscott
Cement
Cement Baptist Church
O. C. Sutterfield
Cordell
Jack Stuart
Wood Memorial Cemetery
Dalton Funeral Home
Wainscott
Wichita
Kan
Alvie Campbell
Duncan
J. Bowman
Cyril
Phil Cook
Anadarko
George Davison
Tom Taylor
L. B. Marcum
Infant Vaccarezza Graveside Rites Held at Fort Sill
Graveside services were conducted for infant Robert Serrie Vaccarezza at Fort Sill Post cemetery at 10 a.m. Tuesday with Rev. Earl McGill of the Seventh Day Adventist Church officiating. Born September 30, the infant died October 2 in a local hospital. Sp. Vaccarezza, with Company B, 522nd Infantry Battalion, Fort Sill.
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Robert Serrie Vaccarezza
Richard Vaccarezza
Fort Sill
Earl McGill
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Sp. Vaccarezza
Co. B
Education Talks Stated Thursday
Plans were being completed for the Comanche County Little White House Conference on Education at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Lawton high school cafeteria. County delegates and sessions were announced with preparations by Fletcher and Cache residents. Clarence Scott urged school boards to attend. five educators and seven lay people will represent the county at the Oklahoma City conference October 18-19, and a national delegation will attend Washington, D.C. November 29 to December 1.
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Comanche County
Lawton High School
Hal Hallett
Walters Rodeo Set Wednesday Night at Walters Arena
A three day rodeo runs October 5 to 7 at 8 p.m. nightly at Walters arena with five events including bareback and saddle bronc riding bull riding steer wrestling and calf roping. Acts feature Rubin Pointer Elgin Jiggs Young Ringold Tex and Roland Pointer Elgin with Clan cy Oscar the monkey. Entrants include Jimmy Clary Purcell world champion bull rider 1953 1954 Harold McQueen AIBA world champion bareback rider 1953 1954 Boots Robinson Oklahoma City Skinner Smith Fort Cobb and Ken Lance Ada.
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Walters Arena
Rubin Pointer
Elgin
Jiggs Young
Ringold
Tex
Roland Pointer
Clancy
Junior High Plans Sale Of Pennants
More than 1,000 green and white pennants will go on sale Thursday to raise funds for a summer cheerleaders’ course at the University of Oklahoma. Student council members oversee the sale with Ben Ansley presiding at Monday’s meeting.
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University of Oklahoma
Lamp of Knowledge
Ben Ansley
Janet Cox
Wynemia Oliver
Paul Stapleton
Lawton Traffic Plan Lags Despite Council Push
Lawton scored 35 percent of National Safety Council traffic engineering recommendations in its first annual analysis. City staff lack full-time traffic leadership and do not meet advised man-day maintenance targets. The report notes needs for one-way streets, modern lighting, off-street parking, parking restrictions, and improved grade crossing protection with several parking and intersection shortcomings highlighted.
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Lawton
National Safety Council
White House
Council
Four 4-H Clubs Elect Officers in Comanche County
Four 4-H clubs in Comanche county reorganized and elected officers for the coming year. Officers include Roseland president Raymond Horbeck, Flower Mound president Shirley Jones, Beaver Bend president James Bressman, and Ash Grove president Victor Stoddard. Additional posts include vice presidents, secretaries, song leaders, and game leaders with a host of named organizers and coaches assisting.
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Comanche County
Betty Brannon
Arlen Johnson
Raymond Horbeck
Roseland Club
Shirley Jones
Flower Mound
James Bressman
Beaver Bend
Victor Stoddard
Ash Grove Club
Ministers Plan Census at Lawton Fort Sill Meeting
The Lawton-Fort Sill Ministerial Alliance meets at Bryan's Coffee Shop at noon Wednesday to plan a church census. Rev. Paul Hanna, president, calls all area pastors to attend. Kenneth Myers will report census plans and procedures for the Sunday census. Lawton has 12 parking spaces per 1,000 vehicles and notes on parking revenues and lack of condemned property.
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Lawton-Fort Sill
Bryan
Paul Hanna
Kenneth Myers
First Baptist Church
Lawton
Army Promotions and Assignments In Late 1st Lt Roster
The Army announces promotions to 1st Lt for James M. Beasley Efraim S. Garcia Gerald G. Gibbs Jr Donald J Gray Paul R Motta Raymond J Tensfeldt and Robert L Russell plus Dale T Davis Frank E Robinson Robert L Russell and Robin R Wehmeyer. Several officers receive transfers and retirements including Col Earl L. Mickelson Lt Col Joseph H. Valliere and others. Senior Aviator honors awarded to Marquis D Hilbert and Army Aviator designations granted to Rudolph Bergstrom Jr and others.
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Department of the Army
Washington, D.C
James M. Beasley
Efraim S. Garcia
Gerald G. Gibbs Jr
Donald J. Gray
Paul R. Motta
Raymond J. Tensfeldt
Joseph P. Halliday
Valley Forge
Rec
Alexander Neiman
Stu Det
the Arty
GM Sch
Ft Sill
Ft Lewis
Te L. Maxwell
Henry R. O’neil
Robert S. Pirie
Harold R. Soutier
Asg
Ft Dix
Marquis D. Hilbert
Rucker
Army
Hamilton
Frank J. Miller
Ft Bragg
Richard D. Baldwin
Ft Campbell
Republic of the Philippines
Gale L. Larson
Eustice
Silver Springs
William _L. Gallagher
AAA
Ft Bliss
Dale T. Davis
Frank E. Robinson
Robert A. Fulton
State Traffic Toll Mounts To 419
A Tulsa pedestrian, tentatively identified as Earl Killian, was fatally struck by a car in heavy rain on Apache Street near St Louis Avenue. The toll rose to 419 for the year, up from 412 last year. The victim, about 55 or 60, had no ID and gave the name Earl Killian at the hospital before dying.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Earl Killian
Jeneus Howell
Highway Patrol
Bert Grigg
Jack Larmour
Apache Street
St. Louis Avenue
Grigg
Larmour
Solar Phone System Set In Operation
In Americus Georgia Bell engineers installed a solar battery atop a power pole to power telephone service. A square frame device houses 432 silicon cells that convert sunlight into electricity with about eleven percent efficiency. The system starts powering with minimal light and demonstrates tapping the sun for industry.
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Americus
Atlanta
Bell Telephone
Fair Entries Returned at Oklahoma State Fair
Oklahoma City exhibitors can collect handicraft produce and home making exhibits from the county agent's office. Home demonstration agent Mrs. Clara J. Kelley announced that all entrants may pick up their items at any time during the day.
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Oklahoma City
Clara J. Kelley
Kelley
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City Ffa
Mrs
Grace Ballinger
Robert Vaccarezza
Preferred Risk Mutual Insurance CO
Jow Cost Auto Insuranc
North
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E
6Th & E
BUICK
Hynaflow
Oldsmobile
R&h
DODGE
Charley Wade Olds Co
Fort Sill Boulevard
Oak Phone
A. B. Drug CO
Olds
Charley Wade Oldsmobile Co
Second Street
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