Wheat To Come To Wheat Belt Benson Asserts
Secretary Ezra T Benson said new flexible price support law will move wheat production back to the wheat belt from the corn belt and grass lands of the southern Great Plains. He noted rises in wheat plantings in Illinois Michigan New York and eastern Colorado and warned farmers in low cost areas now face government controls like those in grain belts.
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Farmers’ Day
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Funeral Rites Set For Mrs. B. F. Ramsey
Mrs. B F Ramsey 78 mother of Mrs Albert and sister of Mrs T E Pope of Lawton died in a Walters hospital at 1 30 p m Thursday after about four months illness She was born July 27 1876 in Collins County Texas and moved to Oklahoma after marrying Mr Ramsey who died about four years ago Services will be held at 2 30 p m Sunday at First Baptist Walters with Rev John J Evans officiating Burial will be in Walters Cemetery Pearson Funeral home in charge Survivors include a daughter Mrs E A Watson Walters a son Orville Ramsey Dallas Texas a brother J D Hawkins Walters and several grandchildren and great grandchildren
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Former City Man Dies In California
Mayhugh M. Meadows aged 88 died in Ontario California. A retired farmer he moved from Lawton to Ontario twelve years ago.
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California
Mayhugh M. Meadows
Ontario
Calif
Meadows
Lawton
Energy in golf ball uranium rivals large fuel burn
A golf ball sized lump of uranium contains potential energy equal to 460000 gallons of fuel oil or about 3000 tons of coal.
Man's Home and the Pull of Domestic Life
The essay muses on man's lifelong search for happiness at home. It argues travel and nomadic living breed restlessness, while settling create civilization and personal security. A home is portrayed as a sacred space, with legal and emotional significance, culminating in a sense of ownership.
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Tropics
Mary
Sassen
Hospital Births and Admissions Digest from Lawton Area
Births include a Dal ton boy at Dearborn and a Hood memorial daughter born Oct 8. Multiple admissions and surgeries listed for residents of Lawton Duncan Duncan Elgin Cameron College and surrounding communities with names and addresses.
Fire Prevention Week Open House At Lawton Station
Lawton fire department hosts an open house to show station life, alarm procedures, and radio operations. Demonstrations include ladders lifeline rescues and unconscious casualty lowers while tours target children and schools with inspections and merchant fire hazard checks.
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Lawtonians
Martin
Lawton
Boy Scouts of America
Family ends excursion and moves out after trip
The Dossey family, including Father Dossey, Grandmother and Grandfather, left the Spartan Co. excursion today. Jerry cried for water after emerging from anesthesia Thursday morning as the three children spoke of dry throats and reduced appetites while ice cream was served.
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Student Leader Abandons Strike Over Negroes in Washington
Robert Dean 18 Anacostia high school senior says he will help integrate schools after talks with city officials. The boycott touched off walkouts at eight other city schools as the district plans a bi racial grievance committee and returns to class.
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Anacostia High School
Supreme Court
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Oklahoma City Livestock and State Poultry Prices Report
Livestock receipts include cattle 300 and calves 50 with mixed butcher cattle and calves. trade nominal on steers yearlings and heifers. Hogs 100 with barrows and gilts about 25 lower, tops around 19.75, sows to 18.50. Lambs few offered, trade nominally steady. State Poultry Prices list wheat prices, bison, hens, broilers, eggs, butterfat across Oklahoma City and various towns. Chicago butter prices noted with wholesale ranges.
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Oklahoma City
USDA
State Department of Agriculture Today
Lawton
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Hennessey
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Alva
Blackwell
Enid
Fairview
Medford
Vici
Clinton
el Reno
Frederick
Yukon
Hobart
Guyman
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Vinita
Muskogee
Tulsa
Ardmore
Durant
Pauls Valley
Elk City
Watonga
Laverne
McAlester
Chickasha
Chandler
Duran
Voters split along uneven economy in 1954 race
A reporter's field notes show Republicans losing ground in Evansville and Detroit while some voters switch to Eisenhower due to employer ties. The piece analyzes how uneven postwar economic readjustment shapes eight state contests and the broader House outlook.
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Detroit
Truman
Eisenhower
Charles Wilson
Defense
General Motors
Charley Wilson
Evansville
Lubell resumes campaign reporting after doorbell outreach
This note states Lubell will continue his opening series on the campaign after more doorbell ringing and will resume writing October 18 and carry reports through the campaign’s final two weeks.
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Lubell
Hurricane Hazel Veers San Juan Caribbean Coastline
Hurricane Hazel, packing 90 to 100 mph winds, moved west-northwestward in the south Caribbean. As of 5 am it was about 280 miles south of Port au Prince Haiti, with 12 mph forward speed. Gales extended 150 miles north of the center. caution urged for ships south of the Windward Passage for the next 24 hours.
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Hazel
Weather Bureau
Caribbean Sea
Historian Maehl Addresses Cyril Rotary Club on Switzerland
Dr. William H. Maehl of Fort Sill Artillery Center spoke to the Cyril Rotary Club on Thursday, presenting a talk centered on Switzerland and its history and features.
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William H. Maehl
Artillery Center
Fort Sill
Cyril Rotary Club
Switzerland
Weight changes under extreme gravity
The text explains that a 200 pound man would weigh about 5580 pounds on the Sun surface and about 34 pounds on the Moon. It discusses weight variation with gravity and temperature conditions.
Silk Filament Yields Vast Thread From Cocoon
A silkworm cocoon can produce 400 to 1000 yards of filament and requires about 2000 to 3000 cocoons to make one pound of silk, highlighting the extreme fragility and scale of silk production.
Pyramid Plan Insurance Praised By Texas Patient
In Lodi Texas Mr H C Brown writes of being confined to a hospital with lobar pneumonia and praising Pyramid Plan insurance for prompt $125 claim. The ad notes no age limit on basic hospital plan and home or office doctor call coverage up to age 75, inviting readers to request a free copy from Pyramid Life Insurance Co Kansas City Kansas.
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Texas
H. C. Brown
Pyramid Life Insurance Co
Minnesota Avenue
Kansas City
Kansas
Negro Woman Seeks Court to Open Chickasha College
Ada Louis Sionel Fisher, first Negro to attend Oklahoma College for Women, plans a federal suit in Muskogee to force admission of Negroes to the all white school. She was admitted to OU law school in 1948 and to the bar in 1952 after a Supreme Court ruling. The petition argues denying Negroes entry violates the federal constitution.
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Chickasha
Okla
Ada Louis Sionel Fisher
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Oklahoma College For
Fisher
University of Oklahoma Law School
United States Supreme Court
Women's College
Clydia E. Thoueller
Local banks report deposits and loans for Oct 7 1954
On Oct 7 1954 banks show deposits by American National City National Security Bank & Trust Fort Sill National totaling 6.92 million 8.90 million 8.49 million and 5.18 million respectively. Loans total 9.35 million across banks, up from 8.59 million a year earlier, with detailed figures for each bank: American National 1.97 million City National 2.72 million Security Bank & Trust 3.88 million Fort Sill National 0.78 million.
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American National
City National
Security Bank & Trust
Fort Sill National
Two Car Crash Leads to Charges in Police Case
Bert Woranisehs Jr. 20 of Faxon and Eugene William Davis 27 of 1709 Kinyon were the motorists in a Thursday northbound crash on 11th. Davis faces speeding and reckless driving charges. Werqueyah is charged with reckless driving and no license. Officer Lt. Cleo Stout led the investigation.
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Bert Woranisehs Jr
Faxon
Eugene William Davis
Kinyon
Werqueyah
Davis
Southwestern Hospital
Cleo Stout
Eisenhower set to urge GOP Precinct Day in televised address
President Eisenhower prepared a hard hitting speech for Precinct Day aimed at turning out voters in the November congressional elections. He will speak at 7 30 p m mst with TV and national radio coverage and meet GOP leaders at the Brown Palace hotel in Denver before touring the city.
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Eisenhower
House
Senate
GOP
Brown Palace
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