Accused Slayer Granted Delay To Prepare Case
In Little Rock Arkansas Governor Francis Cherry granted a four day postponement for James Merkouris extradition hearing to allow defense to prepare. Merkouris is accused of murdering his former wife and her husband in Los Angeles on Sept 20 and was arrested in Hot Springs Sept 25.
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Little Rock
Ark
James Merkouris
California
Francis Cherry
Merkouris
Herbron
Fort Smith
P. E. Dobbs
Hot Springs
Los Angeles
Cherry
Gilbert F. Jones
Oklahoma City
Galveston
Tex
Texas
Thorp Thomas
Arkansas
Thomas
Surprise Drill At Fort Sill Indian School
A surprise fire drill at Fort Sill Indian School saw 265 students evacuate the main building in one minute with one entrance blocked. Principal James Wallace noted cooperation from Roy B Hooper of Lawton Insurance and Riley Cox of Lawton Fire Department as firemen demonstrated the fireman carry and safety procedures.
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Fort Sill Indian School
James Wallace
Roy B. Hooper
Lawton Insurers Association
Riley Cox
Lawton Fire Department
Wallace
City Woman Fined On Drunk Driving
Gordie Lee Youree, 42, Lawton woman, pleaded guilty to drunk driving and was fined 100 dollars plus costs by Judge S. R. Harper. Police say she was arrested Monday after a Sunday night hit and run in the 300 block of South Fourth, with two unoccupied cars owned by J. B. DeLibour of Fort Sill and Paul Ague at 1807 Gore Blvd. rammed and left the scene.
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Gordie Lee Youree
Lawton
S. R. Harper
Lawton Sophomores Begin Series Of Tests Wednesday
Lawton high school sophomores will start a series of mental ability, vocational preference, and reading tests Wednesday. Principal Hugh Bish announced the annual tests, administered by guidance counselors Mrs. Mary Sue Silk and Glenn Dosser during English class periods.
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Lawton High School
Hugh Bish
Mary Sue Silk
Glenn Dosser
Hospital Births and Admissions Report
Births and admissions listed from various locations include a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Collins in Temple on Oct 4 at 10:39 p.m., weight 9 pounds 3 ounces, and multiple admissions for surgery or medical care across several addresses. Names include Irene High, Victoria Jurgens, Edith Mincey, Mary Bowlin, Flora Weryackwe, Dorothy Susan Burch, Eddy Jones, Bell Hall, Mona Ear Tyson, Glen Presgrove, Harold Johnson, and others with locations in Wichita Falls, Duncan, Apache, Elgin, Lawton, Duncan, Fort Sill Indian School, and more. Dismissals list several patients by surname and address, with conditions medical or surgical noted.
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Elmer Collins
Temple
Irene High
Victoria Jurgens
Lloyd Jacklin
Edith Mincey
Wichita Falls
Mary Bowlin
Frederick
Flora Weryackwe
Apache
Dorothy Susan Burch
Robert L. Burch
Eddy Jones
Ash
Bell Hall
Summit
Joe Skaggs
LeRoy Jackson
Leonard J. Werner
Garfield
Virgil Coursey
Washington
Robert L. Lawrence
S. Ninth
Louise Howard
Mary Lynn Graft
Charles C. Graft
Margaret Bonner
Houston
C. S. Williams
Park
Jack Beatty
New York
Wallace
Gore
Mona Ear
Tyson
Williamsu
Glen Presgrove
Duncan
Harold Johnson
Bishop Rd
DeWaynendler
Fletcher
Bush
John Seibold
Elgin
E. Lauderdale
Satanta
Holman Smith
Columbia
Robert Williams
PIPE SUITS CONTINUED IN CITY WATER CONTRACT FIGHT
Former mayor R E Glenn and city officials testified that the city had no policy obligating payment to developers for water lines installed without formal contracts. Payne and Gallaher described line placement and fire health requirements, with suits alleging the city used pipelines without reimbursing developers. About 23 suits seek roughly $310,000, with hearings in district court and Oklahoma City handling most cases.
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R. E. Glenn
Charles D. Payne
Charles Gallaher
Glenn
Payne
Council Water Committee
Greer Addition
Cache Road
Sheridan Road
Greer
Stephens
Gallaher
State Health Department
W. W. Peeing
Man Deeson
Sam Joyner
Veers
John Hobbs
Floyd Jackson
Oklahoma City
Money Order Thieves Nabbed in Oklahoma City
Detectives arrested three men and seized 36000 in money orders in a bid to flood Oklahoma City with stolen postal orders. Fort Worth suspects Jesse Shiels Moore 25 and Benjamin Warren Adair 36 and Ponca City’s Paul Fisher Rogers 26 jailed for investigation.
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Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Ponca City
James Doyle
Cliff Robert
Jesse Shiels Moore
Benjamin Warren Adair
Paul Fisher Rogers
Essay Contest Deadline Set By VFW Auxiliary
March 15, 1955 marks the deadline for the essay contest What Civil Defense Means to Me sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Open to all public and parochial high school students with prizes from 5 to 15 dollars locally and 50 to 100 dollars at the department level, with contact points Mrs. Harvey Nelson and Mrs. Deward Stringer for details. Entry forms were distributed at Lawton High School, principal Hugh Bish announced.
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Ladies Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign War
VFW
Department of Oklahoma
Harvey Nelson
Deward Stringer
Lawton High School
Hugh Bish
Trieste settlement details and troop withdrawals agreed
May 1 1945 orders outline 3000 Italians in Lazaretto can return under Italian control with compensation if desired. Yugoslavia gains full port access, minority rights guaranteed, and 200 British plus 3 000 American troops in Zone A to withdraw over three weeks. US and Britain call settlement final though claims remain unresolved. Italian administrators enter Trieste tomorrow amid Italian flag displays.
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Lazzaretto
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Yugoslav
Zone A
United States
Britain
Italy
Trieste City
Riddle Named Cub Pack Group Leader
Ed Riddle of Lawton was elected chairman of Cub Pack 70 at Swinney school. P. G. Waggoner Dudley Thomason Eldon Clyde Shelton Lt. Carl named Cubmaster David Largo assistant Cubmaster. Three den mothers are Mrs Patton Mrs Allen Mrs McCaffery plus three volunteers. About 75 attended led by Tex McCoy district Scout executive.
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Ed Riddle
Lawton
Swinney School
P. G. Waggoner
Dudley Thomason
Set. Eldon
Clyde Shelton
Carl
David Argo
Samuel Patton
R. H. Allen
Harold McCaffery
Raymond Dorman
Miley James
Wis (Tex) McCoy
Agricultural fairs shape American life for nearly 150 years
The snippet notes agricultural fairs have long been a staple of American life, tracing back about a century and a half. It highlights their cultural role in rural communities and their lasting presence in national life.
Oklahoma City Livestock Market Report October 5
Oklahoma dairy and poultry prices listed for towns across the state with varied bids for No 1 and weak eggs, broilers and hens. Oklahoma City livestock report notes cattle calves hogs activity with price ranges for steers cows bulls and stockers and feeders amid shifting demand and weekly total.
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MA City
Lawton
Hobart
Hooker
Guymon
el Reno
Clinton
Oklahoma City
Yukon
Vici
Medford
Frederick
Fairview
Enid
Blackwell
Alva
Hennessey
Bison Broilers
Vinita
Muskogee
Ardmore
Tulsa
Hens
Pnather
Chickasha
McAlester
Laa
Watonga
Elk City
Laverne
Dutteriet No
Durant
F. Reno
Chandler
Pauls Valley
Oklahoma City Livestock
USDA
School Board Notes at Junior High Office Construction
Marler was the low bidder at 83.90 dollars for the Venetian blinds project in the junior high school office under construction. Lee Echols the truant officer reported attendance in schools for the first month was good despite many transients in Lawton and several students needed to work in cotton. Echols said 121 delinquent students were checked last month and 484 calls were made across city schools. Specialists at the meeting included Ruth Rivers Joan Shackleford new music instructors Morris Norman Benrce and Opal Ford with Weddle, the board of education treasurer, presenting the monthly financial report.
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Marler
Lee Echols
Lawton
Echols
Ruth Rivers
Joan Shackleford
Morris
Norman Benrce
Opal Ford
Membership Campaign Awards Due At Woodmen Circle Meet
Mrs. Addie D. Hamlin of 1306 Gore will honor northern district members who added new members during the Morning Glory campaign. Ceremonies will mark the district convention October 10 at the Sorosis club in Oklahoma City with about 100 delegates expected.
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Addie D. Hamlin
Gore
Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
Indian Students Plan Texas Trip
Thirty four Indian club members and three Fort Sill Indian School employees will depart Thursday for a four day Texas trip. They will visit the Alabama and Coushatta Reservation near Livingston and appear on KPRC TV in Houston at 4 p.m. Friday. The group will perform dances and songs of Plains and Navajo Indians at Livingston's centennial celebration on Saturday with Gov. Allen Shivers as guest. They return to Lawton Sunday.
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Indian Club
Fort Sill
South Texas
Alabama and Coushatti
Livingston
Houston
KPRC
Bill Daniels
Liberty
Daniels
Texas
Allen Shivers
Lawton
James Wallace
Alice Cordell
Terrell Jackson
David Brummett
Freight subsidies shift in hay program details
Government officials discuss hay freight reimbursements and new subsidy method. CAESAR notes farmers are to receive freight paid under old rules while scalpers in Muskogee report price gouging. Old rates totaled 32 dollars net, new half fare would lower to 28 dollars net with government covering four. Officials meet in Washington to study 20 percent subsidy plan.
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Gray
Muskogee
Caesar
Washington
Indian Exposition promoter plans NY publicity for amphitheater
Wyatt, an Indian Exposition official, seeks a $1 million fund to build an amphitheater as part of the American Indian Hall of Fame at Anadarko. He lands a deal with comedian Godfrey after arranging four national appearances, with proceeds from the project slated to support the venue and related ventures. Robert Goombi attends as Pee of the Exposition.
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Anadarko
New York
Godfrey
Wyatt
Robert Goombi
Pee
Farmers swing voters reflect farm program fears in 1950s
A county Republican chairman explains farmers favor Eisenhower yet vote Democratic for the Senate to balance fears of inflation and government spending. The piece cites Jim Stringham of Guthrie County as a representative voter who shifted from Truman in 1948 to Eisenhower in 1952 and supported Senator Guy Gillette, illustrating a pattern of cross party voting driven by farm price concerns and wartime gains.
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Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
Blicans
Jim Stringham
Guthrie County
Franklin Roosevelt
Nordyke Brings New Hotel Plans to Lawton
Nordyke, newly named assistant hotel manager, arrives in Lawton with wife Shir ley and two daughters. He aims to hire many locals, cater to all classes from inexpensive lunches to fine dinners, and run a 500 seat banquet room with additional meeting spaces. He praises C R Holley and promises friendly efficient service for small lunches and large events alike.
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Nordyke
Sharron
Dianna
Shirley
1708 Oak
Lawton
Lions Club
C. R. Holley
Lawtonian
Lawtonians
Poteau Mayor Jenson Resigns to Move to California
Poteau Oklahoma Mayor J M Jenson announces resignation, effective October 11, as he leaves after completing the second year of his second term to relocate to Chino California and enter business.
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Poteau
Okla
J. M. Jenson
Junman
Chino
Calif
Jenson
The Power of Knowledge From Tibet Miracle
Forty three years ago in forbidden Tibet Edwin J. Dingle met a mystic who claimed knowledge can transform health wealth and life. He recovered from tropical fevers broken bones near blindness and poverty and later gained a fortune and recognition. He now offers a free 9 000 word treatise and a 64 page book via The Institute of Mentalphysics to sincere readers by mail from Los Angeles.
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Forbidden
Tibet
Edwin J. Dingle
Dingle
Grid Welcoming Plans Take Shape for Cameron Visit
Plans near final form for a royal welcome to Compton California footballers and fans arriving for their gridiron clash with Cameron. Mayor Joe McCain leads a Chamber committee with civic clubs and Cameron students set to participate. Potential inclusion of an Indian chief and princess discussed. Clyde Shelton heads a chamber committee with Emmett Keough Ron Stephens Billy Stamps Ted Warkentin and Urban Sanders. Gala half time shows feature Lawton high school band and Cameron Girls Drill Team.
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Compton
Calif
Cameron
Aggies
Joe McCain
Chamber of Commerce
West Coast
C. Vernon Howell
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