Young City Airman Charged In Baptist Church Safe Theft
Albert Eugene Walker a 17 year old airman from Lawton faces a charge of August 17 safe burglary at the First Baptist church. He waived preliminary hearing and awaits transfer to Superior Court. Bond set at 3000 dollars. Walker admitted guilt and led police on a chase before wrecking a stolen car west of Lawton. Detectors Cleo Stout Otis Waldron and Melvin Simmons signed complaints.
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Albert Eugene Walker
Lawton
First Baptist Church
Walker
Marvin Cameron
Robert Landers
Comanche County
Cleo Stout
Otis Waldron
Melvin Simmons
Youth Vows To Do Right After Prison
Al bert Eugene Walker, 17, an AWOL airman facing second degree burglary charges and possible court martial and federal charges, vowed to straighten out after his capture near Lawton. He admitted a August 17 church burglary and a prior escape from Lackland base, describing a troubled youth after his mother’s death. Detective notes say officers questioned him at Comanche county jail, then collected a signed statement and pursued pursuit across U S 62 ending with his arrest at 3805 Lake after a lengthy chase and gunfire without injuries.
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Comanche County
Constitution
Walker
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Lawton
U. S. 62
Austin i
Lake
Gambler-Killer Eggleston Found Murdered Near Fort Worth
Police found the gunman gambler Leroy Tracy Eggleston, 49, shot in the back of the head and left in a shallow well six miles north of Fort Worth. The killing leaves two principals in the slay for hire case against oilman William P. Clark. Mary Clark, 46, and mobster-informer Harry Huggins, 47, remain under investigation while authorities drain the well for clues.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Leroy Tracy Eggleston
Here
William P. Clark
Lark
Mary
Harry Huggins
Garbage Can Cleanup Hits Red Tag Snag
Lawton city officials clash over a cleanup campaign to tag illegal garbage cans with red notices. Mayor Ellsworth and council oppose pickup by workers for cans not meeting ordinances, citing replacement costs. विवाद arises from wholesale tagging of near new cans and jurisdiction over replacement costs.
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Lawton
C. R. Ellsworth
Floyd Tice
E. W Kirkpatrick
Blunt Zor
Israel Jets Down Egyptian Planes Over Gaza Strip
Battles raged along the Gaza front as Israel reported two Egyptian fighters downed after entering Israeli air space near Yad Mordechai. Cairo claimed the planes crashed during reconnaissance. witnesses described Israeli intercepts and a crash north of Karmia. Tank and troop actions followed, targeting Egyptian headquarters in the coastal area.
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Israel
Gaza Strip
Jerusalem
Gaza
Cairo
Egypt
U.N
Edson L. W. Burns
Foreign Ministry
Foreign Office
Yad Mordechai
Karmia
Seniors Start Early Enroll For New Year
Enrollment began with over 300 seniors registering at Lawton high school and 46 juniors and seniors at Douglass high. Superintendent John Shoemaker said registration shifts to Friday for most city schools with Andrews Jackson elementary holding Tuesday enrollment.
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Lawton High School
Douglass High School
John Shoemaker
Andrew Jackson
Lindy
Shoemaker
Jackson
LHS
Polio Fatal For Tillman Girl School Is Closed
A two year old Tillman county girl died from bulbar polio, becoming the area's first polio fatality of the year. Laing school six miles northwest of Manitou closed until Monday. Debra Smith, daughter of Mr and Mrs R B Smith, was diagnosed Wednesday afternoon and died that night. The Frederick clinic offered Salk vaccine shots Friday or Saturday.
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Frederick
Tillman County
Laing Cones Ya
Debra Smith
R. B. Smith
Manitou
Laing School
Frederick Clinic
Charles Miller
Comanche, Tillman
Jackson County
Miller
Smith
Memorial Hospital
George Lindel Capps
O. L. Capps
Loveland
Brief Chrysler Strike Ends After UAW Reach Pact
Detroit reports Chrysler Corp and the CIO United Auto Workers reached a contract settlement six hours after widespread strikes in six states. The agreement mirrors Ford and GM layoff pay plans, guaranteeing 60 to 65 percent of take-home pay for up to 26 weeks and includes a six-cent hourly wage increase for each of three years in skilled classifications.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler
UAW
Ford
General Motors
Longhorn herd auction set for Sept 22 at Buffalo Corrals
Approximately one fourth of Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Longhorns will go on sale September 22 starting at 1 36 p m at Buffalo Corrals near refuge headquarters. One hundred animals, some near a ton, will be sold to buyers from California Michigan Texas Oklahoma and the East. Connie Hill will be auctioneer with Ernest J Greenwalt as refuge manager.
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Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Richard Hitch
Buffalo Corrals
Refuge
California
Michigan
Texas
Oklahoma
Hitch
Connie Hill
Ernest J. Greenwalt
Deserting Red Occupation Troops Amid Austria Evacuation
News from Vienna notes Russian soldiers suicides and desertions as vast evacuation by the Big Four powers accelerates. In five weeks since Austria's July 27 independence, about half of the 60,000 occupation troops have left. French, British, Russian, and American forces are slated to depart by early autumn. Reports cite Soviet desertions and possible executions amid the withdrawal.
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Vienna
Austria
U S Weighs Japan Withdrawal After Talks
Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu said the United States would consider a progressive withdrawal of American ground forces from Japan. He termed the three days of talks as productive and expressed satisfaction with the results.
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Washington
Japan
Mamoru Shigemitsu
United States
Wife, Child Of Officer Killed On Way To Sill
The wife and child of Army Major John H. Painter were killed seven miles east of ViceMan Virginia in a head on collision. Four others, including two Painter children, were critically injured. The crash occurred at 9 a.m. as a 1949 Jeepster and a 1955 Buick Riviera collided while traveling in opposite directions en route from Arlington to Fort Sill. Troopers continue investigation.
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Sill
Fort Sill
ViceMan
Frances Gleason Painter
John. H. Painter
John Gerard Painter
Michele Terese Painter
Corinne Agnes Painter
Hershel Ranz Croy
Ira Jewell Croy
Croys
Little Rock
Arkdeepster
Buick
Kennedy Named Juvenile Officer
Floyd W. Kennedy former undersheriff of Comanche county and prior sheriff election candidate was appointed juvenile officer to fill the vacancy after Frank Rice’s death. Judge S R Harper made the appointment. Kennedy, a farmer, businessman and former teacher, serves six years as undersheriff and has long ties to Sterlire and Comanche county since 1901.
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Floyd W. Kennedy
Comanche County
S. R. Harper
Kennedy
Frank Rice
Kennedys
Floyd Kennedy Jr
Gene Welch
Central Baptist Church
Ioof Lodge
Lawton
Sterlire
City Dedication Plans Complete for Lawton Holiday
Plans are set for Lawton Labor Day events marked by joint dedicatory ceremonies for the National Guard armory plant and the U S 62 277 highway project. Gov Raymond Gary will speak at 3 30 p m during rites at the three level interchange as Fort Sill’s 77th Field Artillery Band performs from 3 15 p m.
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Lawton
National Guard
Artillery
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
Fort Sill
77Th Field Artillery Band
Emmett Keough
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Armory
Weather Outlook For Lawtor Area This Week
Forecast calls for balmy conditions in Lawtor and surrounding area this afternoon and tonight with warm temperatures. State officials say Oklahoma residents may enjoy near perfect weather most of the week with highs around the upper 80s to low 90s and nightly lows around the upper 50s to 60s. Today’s low 55, 11 am reading 83, Wednesday high 87.
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Lawtor
Ariny
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Ninth and
Gore
Harry Garber
1715 Lake
Alice Davidson
Dick Douglas Davidson
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Bill Dixon
Hugh Bish
Leroy
Tracy) Eggleston
Eggleston
Tillman
George Tallant
Hansford Landes
Laing
Tipton
Sonya
Tommy
Loveland School
Young Capps
George
Capps
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