Fort Sill Fatality Highlights Weekend Wreck Toll
A Fort Sill soldier and six others were injured in four Lawton area accidents over the weekend. Pfc. Gilbert Barnes 26 of Fort Sill died in a car bus collision near gate 2 on US 62. Robert Roy Sanders 44 of 1903 Monroe was critically hurt in a separate one car crash near Snyder. Other injured include Harold Impson 22 Sarah Pack Alford Pack 26 Melvin Anderson 24 Earnest Liechtenstein 19 and Earl Turner 1604 Roosevelt with varying degrees of injuries and hospital treatment.
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Fort Sill
Lawton
Pfc
Gilbert Barnes
Fort Sillgate No. 2
Snyder
Robert Roy Sanders
Monroe
Memorial Hospital
Harold P. Impson
Duncan
Sarah Pack
Alford Pack
Melvin Anderson
Earnest J. Liechtenstein
Earl Turner
Roosevelt
Citizens To Meet On Charter Plan In Lawton
Citizens in Lawton gather tonight at the district courtroom to form a Citizens Committee and hear Dr. Charles Spencer outline the statutory charter plan. The charter envisions electing a city council that hires a city manager to administer all departments under policy control.
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Lawton
Charles Spencer
East Central State College
Ada
Citizens Committee
Local United Fund Drive Reaches 16000 Mark
Early donations to the 1954 55 United Fund Red Cross drive push total to 16000 by noon during Lawton Lions club luncheon. The host club led with 1636 50 toward 369 percent of its 2351 50 quota while Rotarians reached 6046 for 318 percent of a 19094 target. Altrusa had 318 50 or 264 percent of its quota with more reports expected.
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United Fund-Red Cross
Lawton Lions Club
Altrusa Club
FUND
Warmer Weather To Stay In Area
Warmer weather persists in the Lawton area over the weekend with fair skies. Temperatures ranged from near 50 to the mid 80s through Tuesday as conditions favored swimming over football.
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Lawton
London Strike Spreads To Docks Of Liverpool
London's dock walkout reaches Liverpool and Birkenhead with half of 17 500 longshoremen and all 2 000 Birkenhead dockers quitting. Southampton bound workers join, Queen Elizabeth speeds berth, Dover unloads tomatoes and bananas as six London diverted ships use emergency labour. Arthur Deakin calls strike a trick. London bus drivers and conductors crippled, half of 7 600 buses idle.
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London
Liverpool
Birkenhead
Southampton
Queen Elizabeth
New York
Dover
Arthur Deakin
Transport and General Workers Union
Dr Sheppard Denied Delay In Slaying Trial
Cleveland officials report Judge Edward Blythin refused a defense motion for a continuance in the Dr Samuel H Sheppard murder case saying the trial should proceed as scheduled He also held a venue change in abeyance while stressing the fairness of jury selection Marilyn Sheppard is the four months pregnant wife slain last July 4 at their Bay Village home Dr Stephen A Sheppard voiced support for the trial and confidence in the proceedings Prosecutor Frank T Cullitan warned against delays noting his record in murder prosecutions
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Common Pleas
Edward Blythin
Blythin
Sheppard
Bay Village
Marilyn
Stephen A. Sheppard
Stephen
Sam
Frank T. Cullitan
Stringfellow's Future At Stake As Utah GOP Reassesses
Utah Republicans convened in Salt Lake City to decide Stringfellow's fate after he admitted his WWII hero story was false and withdrew from a bid for Congress. The shock disclosure followed pressure from the Army Times and a public televised confession, with Billy Graham reacting in New Orleans.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Republican
Douglas R. Stringfellow
Rutah
Congressional
New Orleans
Billy Graham
Stringfellow
New Junior Editors Feature Starts in The Constitution
The Constitution debuts Junior Editors a daily page segment for ages 4 to 8. Drawn by Violet Moore Higgins the feature blends coloring cutting and pasting with simple games how-to items and reasoning tests to educate while entertaining. First edition appears on Page 3 urging parents to join early.
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The
Constitution
Violet Moore Higgins
Registration Period To End Here Friday
Friday is the final day of the registration period for the Nov. 2 general election. Roy Johnson, county registrar, reminded voters to complete registration or transfer during the regular period if possible. About 18,693 county voters had registered since March 1 prior to the current period.
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Roy Johnson
Johnson
Kiwanis Safety Patrol Formed at Lawton Junior High
A Lawton Kiwanis driven safety effort creates the first junior high patrol unit at Lawton Junior High School to curb bicycle and auto accidents. Patrols from six elementaries will expand to two more schools soon, led by Gale Mangram as captain and Edward Adams as lieutenant.
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Junior High
Jimmie Carpenter
Ronald Poindexter
Darrell Jones
Edward Adams
Gale Mangram
Floyd Teague
Gordon Baker
Charles Clifton
Glenn Roe
Vernon Carmichael
Harold Wilson
Lawton Kiwanis Club
Wes Miller
Highway Patrol
Tom Phipps
A. Richardson
Lawton
Kiwanis
Lawton Junior High School
Lawton Kiwanis
Cam Fair
A. Announc
We. Miller
Lawton Police Department
Kiwanis Safety Committee
Roy Alston
Robert Billman
Orin Darling Millard Emanuel
Lyle Grose
Vance Lenz
Arnold Newcombe
Charles Waller
First Students Get Gamma Globulin Shots At Will Rogers
The first group of Lawton public school students will receive gamma globulin injections this afternoon at Will Rogers school. First graders of Mrs Mamie Giles, classmates of six year old polio patient Joe Edwin Hurst, are to be inoculated under the County City Health Department.
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Lawton Public School
Will Rogers School
Mamie Giles
Joe Edwin Hurst
Lee W. Hurst
Memorial Hospital
Lee B. Means
Medical Association
Eisenhower to Deliver Hour Long Nonpartisan Speeches
The White House announced President Eisenhower will give half hour nonpartisan speeches at public appearances on Wednesday and Thursday in New York City. Hagerty said the expanded talks cover matters he could not cover in brief remarks.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
New York City
James Hagerty
Toronto Disaster Workers Seek Storm Dead After Hazel Flood
Disaster workers search crushed homes and flooded basements for Hazel victims as Humber River floods Toronto suburbs. Canada reports 57 dead with 98 missing in US and Canada. total fatalities rise to 155. Damage estimates reach 100 million in Toronto area.
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Weston
The
Wife Dying Seeks Mother No 2 to Help With Family
London report describes Kathleen Ford 42 with tuberculosis facing 18 months to live. Her husband Jack posted in a shop window for Mother No 2 and possibly a wife to care for their adopted daughter Shelia. Ford says the priority is Shelia and arranging care while he works.
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London
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Jack
Fair Levy Meeting On Tap Tonight
A special meeting at the county courthouse tonight at 8 p m will discuss a proposed five mill levy for Comanche County fair and exhibition buildings. Fair chairman Elbrege Sullivan will moderate with county agents and 4 H leaders attending to report on past fairs and crowded conditions.
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Comanche County
Elbrege Sullivan
Comanche County Farm Bureau
Lewis Haydock
Clara Kelley
Louise Kennedy
HDA
Arion Johnson
Sullivan
Truck Strike Ends Quickly in New York City
Normal truck traffic returned to New York City as firms sign contracts amid a general pay hike strike by drivers. They report progress with 2,500 of 6,500 firms agreeing to a 23-cent hourly package rate while food fuel and essentials remain exempt. Police note no pickets and halted disruption.
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New York
New York City
United
New Jersey
AFL Brotherhood of Teamsters
John E. Strong
Teamsters
Lft
Joseph M. Adelizzi
Three Year-Old Girl Is 27th Polio Case of Season
Alice Faye White of Ben LomondArk was admitted to Memorial hospital at 11 p.m. as the 27th polio case of the season. The child fell ill near Altus where her parents worked in cotton fields for two weeks. She is Memorial’s first Negro polio patient of the year.
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Alice Faye White
Clyde White
Ben Lomond
Ark
Memorial Hospital
Altus
Memorial
Hagler's Fiancee Seized By Police
Elisabeth Bergmann, 24, fiancee of suspected torch murderer David F. Hagler Jr., arrived from Germany and was seized by Fort Worth police and Oklahoma Crime Bureau agents. Dallas Homicide Capt. Will Fritz obtained a warrant to search her baggage as she landed. Bergmann had left for Munich September 27 and returned after Hagler, 36, was charged in the death found near his station wagon.
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Elisabeth Bergmann
David F. Hager, Jr
Germany
Fort Worth
Oklahoma Crime Bureau
Will Fritz
Dallas Police Department
Miss Bergmann
Munich
Hagler
Lubell Sees Voter Tone May Upset Conservative Control
Samuel Lubell reports a developing Democratic trend in the November elections with surveys across nine hot districts and 50 more sampled by papers. The data suggests a House win for Democrats but not a sweeping landslide, driven more by candidate appeal than Eisenhower popularity.
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Samuel Lubell
Congress
House of Representatives
Howard
House
Eisenhower
Lubell
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