Petition drive pushes Lawton city charter switch
Petition and steering committee meet with R L Gilbert to launch signatures for a city charter change. The proposed council manager system would replace the current setup, with one councilor per ward plus at large members elected citywide. Lawton Real Estate Board endorses the plan as in the city’s best interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Fourth
City National Bank
R. L. Gilbert
Citizens Committee
Lawton Real Estate Board
Lawton Real Estate Brokers
Lawton
Port
Hospital Births and Discharges Noted in Local Records
A listings style report notes births and discharges across multiple families and cities. Included are new arrivals such as a son for Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ver Planck born Oct 20 at 8 12 pm weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces, and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Butcher born Oct 20 at 8 50 pm weighing 4 pounds 13 ounces. Several patients are admitted or dismissed from medical units in Watonga Altus Shawnee and Lawton as the Corroborating notes list names ages and homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ver Planck
Columbia
Gary David Ragsdale
Charles Ragsdale
D. Medical
Carl Thornton
A. Medical
Ronnie Jones
Buck Jones
Ash
Jack Morgan Lee
Star Rt
Pearl Millican
Madill
Horace Edward Wheeler
Earl Wheeler
Eves B. Wesley
Fort Sill
Guy Cornwell
B. C. Blizard
Melvin Perme Ge
Thomas Little Hawk. Watonga
Cl Altus
Virginia
Frederick Butcher
Evans
E. Doughty
F. Patterson
Michael Ray Perry
Bell
Anna Perry
J. D. Pollard
Park Mediake
Bill Cox
McKinley
Surry
Ode Rennels
Cache
Rosa Mae Smith
S. 13Th
W. Asbery
S. Sixth
Aggies Freshman Coronation Plan With Attendants and Events
The Aggies announce a freshman coronation with attendants Rac hel Best and Paula Verma. Princesses named with performances by the Cameron Ap giettes and Tipton high school band guest appearance. A campus dance in the gym and a reception in the home economics building follow the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Best
Paula Verma
Cameron Aggiettes
Tipton High School
Ander
Cameron Alumni and Former Students Association
Writing letters in plain everyday language rules
A snippet advising plain talk in business letters, urging directness and informality. It contrasts concise terms like attached with enclosed, suggests avoiding pompous phrases, and recommends natural contractions and reader friendly tone while keeping professional clarity.
Massachusetts voters weigh Saltonstall McCarthy stance
In Massachusetts voters split over Senator Saltonstall amid McCarthy questions. Some fear his quiet approach hurts him, others back him. unemployment at Boston Navy Yard and postwar defense worries shape opinions. Many former Stevenson backers shift or abstain. Furcolo emerges as a Democratic alternative in mixed Italian neighborhoods.
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Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
McCarthy
Saltonstall
Malden
Adlai Stevenson
Boston
MacCarthy
Demeter
Ae Eeee
Salty
Bay State
Boston Navy Yard
Armed Services Committee
U.S
Eisenhower
Furcolo
Fort Sill Artillery Conference Details and Attendees
The conference covers latest artillery developments such as the 280mm gun and Honest John rocket, with fire direction and antiaircraft topics. Notable attendees include Generals Hertford and Daley and many colonels and majors from Forts Bliss, Hood, Bragg, Leavenworth, Benning, and West Point, plus other posts nationwide.
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Thapeetanaan
Arai
Fort Sill
Fort Bliss
Arthur L. Santor
Cole Donald F. Nooar
Robert J. O'Leary
John H. Maddox
Patrick Sonor
Charles A. Thacker
Tex
Kenner F. Hertford
Thomas FE. Watson
Sjr
Itment
Army
Washington, D.C
John P. Daley
Ernest V. Holmes
Elmer R. Powell
Fort Hood
W. M. Kennedy
Everett G. Topham
Fort Eustis
Charles S. Whiting
Vernon N. Wilson
Fort Riley
Kan
Ulrich G. Gibbons
Jean H. Boling
Leon B. Cheek
Fort Leavenworth
Wilbur M. Griffith
Fort Bragg
N. C
Fred Dixon
Ent Afb
Colorado
Sipings
Colo
J. E. Lynch, Jr
Fort Belvoir
William F. Cathrae
James H. King
James H. Elkey
West Point
N.Y
Berton E. Spivey, Jr
Perm
Maj
S. A. Topp, Jr
Charles M. Young
Turncoats among 21 repatriation cases and discharges
The text reports that 21 individuals who went to Red China are dead or missing with scattered whereabouts. It notes possible trials for any who collaborated with Communists and that all 21 received dishonorable discharges backdated to January 23, 1954. It also highlights 15 Air Force flyers believed held as political prisoners by the Communists since being shot down in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red China
United States
Defense Department
Air Force
Department
Peace Officers Schedule 55 Convention In Lawton
The North Texas and Southern Oklahoma Peace Officers Association will hold its 1955 convention in Lawton next spring with about 350 officers expected. Headquarters will be at the Lawtonian hotel, and the event may be held in late April or early May. Fort Sill officials and Lawton patrol representatives joined the delegation, with Hennessee chairing and H. C. Presler named president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Hennessee
Lawton
Fort Sill
C. W. Adams
H. C. Presler
Motion To Suppress Evidence In Lewd Picture Case Delayed
A motion to suppress evidence in the Leo Schottenfeld case was continued until October 29 in Superior Court before Judge Robert Landers. The defense vowed to challenge affidavits and warrants over 60 or more lewd and obscene pictures found after his March arrest at Z B Green's Playhouse in Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Robert Landers
Leo Schottenfeld
Lawton
Schottenfeld
Ralph Cline
Landers
Otis Waldron
Waldron
Z. B. Green
Lawton View
Fort Sill
Pete Fuller
Green
City Police Probe Drive In Burglary
City police investigate a Wednesday night burglary at the Log Cabin Drive In 1307 Cache Rd where nine cases of beer and 50 pounds of meat including 20 pounds of hamburger 20 pounds of steak and 10 pounds of stew meat were stolen. The break in was found at 2 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Log Cabin Drive-In
Cache Rd
Henry Bartels
Melvin Kelley
Sparks Attacks Oklahoma One-Party Rule At Rally
Oklahoma politics comes under fire as speaker cites 47 years of Democratic rule. He warns of tax instability and poor administration, calls for turnpike expansion funded by road funds, and highlights welfare rolls and declining population. Ruby Eckhart introduces him with local Republicans in attendance.
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Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
Gary
Coe
Sparks
Ahoma
Roger Babson
Ruby Eckhart
Claud Martin
J. Colwell
Lawton
Reece Russell
State prepares first three level interchange bridge project
Highway work linked to U.S. 277 281 proceeds in two phases. Suddreth Construction Co. of Oklahoma City handles phase two, building the state's first three level interchange bridge from a point a quarter mile north of the intersection south to Ferris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Ferris
Suddreth Construction Co
Oklahoma City
Miss Mollie Garrett Installed As Credit Women's President
Miss Mollie Garrett wholesale bookkeeper for Fairmont Foods was installed as president of the Lawton Credit Women's Breakfast Club in Bryan's cafe banquet room. Officers named included Delories Butler first vice president Anna Margaret Orson second vice president Ketchum secretary Anna Mary Mullen treasurer Oma Lee Gillespie parliamentarian Clyda Hargraves Mildred Lynch De Osborne Sibyl Wilson Genevieve Schram and other board members. Garrett, a longtime Fairmont employee from Elgin, also serves as co chair of the finance committee for the Lawton Business and Professional Women's club. The candlelight ceremony was led by past president Mrs Fowler. New members Iva Franks Francis Krise Mildred Hunter. Committees announced for 1954 55 include educational Recer Frazer Hinkle Sperling parliamentarian Gillespie correspondence Harriott McDivitt bulletin Henderson Wilson decoration Lynch Schram Rountree publicity Har graves hostess Johnson Conley membership Weeks Fern Brooks historian Hart finance Mae Parks Eva Kidwell Fowler fellow ship Weeks Weeks attendance Mullen Effie Allen Edith Zarling. Additional attendees: Alta Harned Vera Carter Pauline McPhail.
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Mollie Garrett
Fairmont Foods
Lawton Credit Women's
Bryan’s
Delories Butler
Anna Margaret Orson
Ketchum
Anna Mary Mullen
Oma Lee Gillespie
Clyda Hargraves
Mildred Lynch
de Osborne
Sibyl Wilson
Genevieve Schram
Elgin
Eivi
Fairmont
Lawton Business & Professional Women’s Club
Fowler
Miss Kram
Ola Mae Rece
Osborne
Sophia Rountree
Neely Weeks
Mesdames Iva Franks
Francis Krise
Mildred Hunter
Weeks
Oklahoma City
CWBC
Mulien
Anna Bellart
Tulsa
Gillespie
Recer
Lynch
Garrett
Mesdames Recer
Mary K. Frazer
Zelma Hinkle
A Sperling
Harriet McDivitt
Henderson
Wilson
Schram
Rountree
Peggy Johnson
Cachye Conley
Osborne Weeks
Fern Brooks
Miss Hart
Mmes
Mae Parks
Eva Kidwell
Rachel Wray
Naomi Taylor
Miss Mullen
Effie Allen
Edith Zarling
Alta Harned
Vera Carter
Pauline McPhail
Murder Charge After Wife's Death Sparks Jail Stay
Keller held in county jail after autopsy detected alcohol in Mrs. Keller's food, suggesting poisoning on the verge of death. Investigators note bruises on face neck and right breast. Keller claims doctor lying. Coroner Cameron presided. county investigator Ridgeway filed murder complaint. no attorney yet for Keller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keller
Otis Waldron
Earl Wheeler
Melvin Simmons
Ronald Wheatley
Fred Mitchell
Alford Hennessee
Lawton
Cameron
Oklahoma suspect Hagler to be turned over to Texas police
Oklahoma extradition approved for David Fred Hagler Jr. as attorney says Hagler will surrender to Fort Worth officers today and pursue habeas corpus in Texas. In Oklahoma City evidence found in Hagler’s Fort Worth apartment is not blood but likely a soft drink stain per a chemist. The 36 year old is charged with murder in the torch killing near Davis Oklahoma, with the charred body found October 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Byron Matthews
Hagler
Tarrant County
Fort Worth
Davis
Okla
Seymour
D. W. Stanley
Fort Gibson
Springs
Tex
1,000 Former 90th Division Members Meet in Tulsa
About 1,000 members of the 90th Division Association are expected in Tulsa for the convention November 12 to 14. M. H. Watts of Tulsa, the general chairman, said the ex-soldiers will visit Woolaroo Ranch near Bartlesville for a buffalo barbecue on the final day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
90Th Division Association
M. H. Watts
Woolaroo Ranch
Bartlesville
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Aggies
Gurdee
Lubell
Sill Conference
Richmond F. Thweatteres Lee, Jr
Helmer
Oren Swain
Carlisle Barracks
Henry M. Renfro
Willag H. Breen
Fort Monmouth
Houston
Bernard Ja
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Robert B. Franklin
Colene C. Gildart
Charles —_ ae
Perpich
Walter A. Edens
Fort Nog Sain
Daniels
Richard D. Opp
Nat M. Pace
James R. Haynes
Walter C. Wells
Earl J. O. Blackwell
Herman Poggemeyer, Jr
Es Haskell C. Ba
Joseph DeRita
John R. Guthrie
Orville L. Ten
Darrell Smith
C. Louis G. Hergert, Jr
Pandatvelopment Department
Southwestern Radio & Sound Pho
McCord
of Post Office
Hunting
Kodaks
Bendix
Southwestern Radio & Sound
Miss Mollie Garrett
Hobart
Chickasha
Alva
Blackwell
Clinton
McAlester
Chandler
Laverne
Watonga
Elk City
Vinita
Ardmore
Muskogee
Durant
Pauls Valley
Laverne Watonga
Elks City
el Reno
Enid
Chandier
USDA
Catte
90Th Division
Builders Equipment & Supply CO
E. Gore Lawton
Baylor
Jevel
America
Fogat
Pho
C Avenue
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
JO G. Andrews
D Ave
DR. Thomas
Stanton
Optometrist
Gore Blvd
Cees
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