Slain Man Booked On Murder Charge In Fort Worth
Fort Worth executive David Hagler Jr. appeared with lawyers to face a murder charge in Murray County Oklahoma relating to a burned car death. Authorities linked the victim to Hagler, then later dental tests ruled him out as the corpse. Hagler claimed innocence and asked for privacy while under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supshur
Okla
Texas
Davis
Fort Worth
Murray County
Millard Lawrance
David Fred Hagler Jr
Lawrance
Hagler
Arbuckle Mountain
John Doe
Waco
Hightower
Ronald Aultman
Byron Matthews
Oklahoma
Haiti city wiped by Hurricane Hazel kills 200
Unofficial Haiti toll rises to about 200 dead and 550 injured as Hurricane Hazel devastates Aux Cayes and Jeremie on the southwest peninsula. Reports from Marfranc rubber station describe the hospital swept away and homes submerged. Relief efforts hampered by rain and impassable roads with limited official totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Aux Cayes
Republic
Jeremie
Marfranc Rubber Experimental Station
Paul Magliore
Marfranc
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Radio
Scipa
Point Four
Inter-American Cooperative Agricultural Service
Port- Au-Prince
Gore Blvd Paving Contracts Set as City Council Reviews Bids
City Council awards Gore Blvd paving to Superior Paving Co for 102137.26 and approves Poston Construction Co for 48 inch tile installation in Ash drainage project. Bids for a drainage canal bridge, bookkeeping machine, air port hangar, and central fire station range are reviewed with decisions expected next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gallaher
Gore Blvd
Superior Paving Co
Lawton
Sollowine
Poston Construction Co
Poston
Roy Freeman
Horn and Smith Construction Co
Oklahoma City
Sheridan Road
F Avenue
17Th
Alaska Election Signals Strong Democratic Swing in Tallies
Returns from Alaska's general election show Democrat E. L. Bartlett ahead for re election by a widening margin with 65 percent of early votes. Democrats lead in state legislative races previously won by Republicans with early results from Southeast Alaska and Fairbanks favorable, Anchorage votes also tilting Democratic. Bartlett predicted a decisive Democratic victory and nations wide trend as Alaska goes so goes the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juneau
Alaska
E. L. Bartlett
Congress
Bartlett
Barbara Dimoc
Alaska Territory
Robert Reeve
Fairbanks
Anchorage
Barrett
Fifteen Firms and Offices Report 100 Percent Giving
Fifteen local firms and public office groups have 100 percent participation in the United Fund Red Cross campaign, with about 700 employees in eight businesses and seven offices contributing around 3310 to the drive. Public employees average 4 65 each for slightly over 1700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund-Red Cross
Drive
Warren Wolverton
R. D. McCaskill Agency
Sears Roebuck and Co
Lawton Theaters
Coca-Cola Or Co
Penney Co
Green - Phillies
M & D Frei
Martin's Restaurant
Internal Revenue
Benson Must Set Minimum Cotton Quotas
Washington October 13 UPI reports Secretary Ezra Benson likely must set 1955 cotton acreage allotments at the minimum allowed by law to curb a cotton surplus. The 18 million acre cap would yield about 10 million bales under average yields, with needs around 13.7 million and a 30 percent reserve lifting normal needs to about 17.8 million, while crop prospects push supplies to about 22 million bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Congress
Sign Removal Clears Way for U S 62 277 Road Work
Final right of way easement from Rock Island Railroad filed Tuesday clears the way for a $700,000 U S 62 277-281 highway improvement project. City officials expect a quick sign move near Second and Ferris and a start to construction soon after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island Railroad Company
State Highway Department
Second
Ferris
Charles Gallaher
Fort Sill Blvd
Wilson Straton feud over dog remark hits Chicago dinner
Washington October 13 UP Defense Secretary Charles E Wilson and Illinois Governor William Stratton clashed publicly over Wilsons unemployment dog remark. Stratton demanded Wilson cancel a Chicago fundraiser and boycott if he attends. Wilson said his words were misinterpreted and defended his sympathy for the unemployed while noting foes try to exploit the misreading. Eisenhower backed Wilson amid GOP criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Wilson
Stratton
Chicago
Detroit
Wilson - Stratton
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Auchincloss
N. J
Anene Wilson
Navy Band Day in Lawton Parade With World Finest Band
Downtown Lawton hosts a noon parade led by the U S Navy band followed by the high school and junior high bands under James Matthews. Mayor McCain proclaims Navy Band Day with matinee at 1 30 p m and evening concert at 8 15 p m tickets range from 75 cents to 2 00.
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Lawton
U. S. Navy
James Matthews
Joseph McCain
LHS
Athe Band
Cameron Student Stricken By Polio
A 20 year old Cameron college student from Purcell is in Memorial hospital polio isolation ward in very serious condition. Bob Harlan son of Mr and Mrs Dave Harlan Purcell was admitted Tuesday and diagnosed last night after becoming ill Sunday. He is the 22nd polio case treated here since June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron College
Purcell
Memorial Hospital
Bob Harlan
Dave Harlan
Harlan
Lawton Woman Found Dead In Trailer Home Under Investigation
A 47 year old Lawton woman, Lillian Mae Kellar, was found dead in her trailer on the 1400 block of Pennsylvania. Police launched an autopsy to determine cause of death amid bruising and a possible foul play investigation involving her husband Earl Kellar and two other men. The autopsy is at Fort Sill and a coroner's jury convened early today.
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Lawton
Pennsylvania
Lillian Mae Kellar
Earl Kellar
Paul Kellar
Wisconsin
City Ambulance Company
Otis Waldron
Kellar
Jack Johnson
Garfield
Fort Sill
Peace
Marvin Cameron
Cameron
Nce
Waldron
Redman
Lillian MaeKellar
Lawton Phone Directory Gets That New Look
Lawton’s 1954 phone directory features a new aqua green cover with a McNair Hall Fort Sill sketch flanked by cannons. Local manager Bill Needham says books are localized to reflect Lawton, with 12 606 alphabetized patrons and 25 800 directories ordered for the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
McNair Hall
Fort Sill
Oklahoma City
State Capitol
Gilbert Morton
Edward T. Williams
Artillery Center
Needham
Jury Deliberating On Assault Case
A county court jury began deliberating at 12 15 p m today in the assault case against Frank Griffin accused of aggravated assault on James E Shaw in the 200 block E Gore A separate case saw John Wilbur Meyer acquitted of reckless driving after a short jury service Two men pleaded guilty to liquor possession and were sentenced by County Judge S R Harper Fines total 600 dollars for four counts Melvin Ballard and Wade J Meyers received jail terms and fines Hudson won a legal maneuver when Judge Har See COURT Fage
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Griffin
James E. Shaw
E. Gore
John Wilbur Meyer
Fort Sill
Patrol
Co. W. Adams
S. R. Harper
Melvin Ballard
Wade J. Meyers
Elen Margaret Hudson
Har- See
Fage
Thirteen Puerto Ricans Convicted in Nationalist Conspiracy Case
Thirteen Puerto Rican Nationalists and four others pleaded guilty or were convicted in Washington seditious conspiracy cases. Sentencing set for Oct 26 before Federal Judge Lawrence E. Walsh. Several defendants charged in the 1954 congressional shooting and Truman assassination plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nationalist Party
Washington
United States
Lawrence E. Walsh
House of Representatives
Congress
Truman
Walsh
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Cato Hightower
Tex
Quip
Becker Funeral Home
Paul, Alford
Johnny Kellar
PROBE
Times
Bill Needham
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Rosa Collazo
Oscar
Rico
Commonwealth
Unitedates
Puerto Rico
U.S. Atty
J. Edward Lumbard
Julio Pinto Gandia
Juan Francisco Ortiz Medina
Jose A. Otero Otero
Juan Bernardo Lebron
Carmelo Alvarez Roman
Jorge Luis Jiminez
Armando Diaz Matos
Manuel Rabago Torres
Jiminez, Matos
Torres
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