Enrollment under way at Lawton area schools for 1954 55
Lawton area schools opened enrollment today with 314 Lawton High School seniors registered by noon and many waiting in line for more. Junior high grade enrollment was heavy as seventh and eighth graders sought lockers with eighth grade to be issued this afternoon. Douglass High expected higher numbers as officials queued for registrations. Lawton High juniors to enroll Friday 8 30 to noon with others following Friday and Saturday 8 30 to noon. Classwork starts Tuesday and cafeterias plan first meals.
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Lawton
LHS
Douglass High School
John R. Sadberry
Lawton High School
Lawton High
West Germany Demands Full Sovereignty in Defense Talks
Bonn presses for full and undiminished sovereignty before any new talks on European defense. Von Eckardt says 90 percent sovereignty not acceptable and cites the Allied peace contract as not a substitute. Bonn omits France from a new foreign policy ram while noting Franco cooperation is still needed for European defense.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
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von Eckhardt
Alto
Adenauer
France
Yeste
von Kart
Europe
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Italy
von Eckardt
Poison Pastures Kill Area Cattle in Oklahoma
Extensive cyanide poisoning from dying grasses hits Comanche county in Oklahoma. An estimated 30 to 50 cattle die monthly across the county, with over 150 animals reportedly saved after veterinary intervention. Dr. B G Heller notes this is the worst cyanide siege in a decade affecting beef and dairy cattle.
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Oklahoma
Comanche County
B. G. Heller
Oklahoma A&m College
Charles Stone
Comanche Animal By-Products Co
Fourth Hurricane To Miss Mainland
The sea son s fourth hurricane raced northward about 400 miles off shore on Thursday with no chance of striking the northeastern mainland. Dolly moved fast along parallel to the coast, threatening Atlantic shipping lanes while shore areas were forecast to feel no effects.
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Boston
Dolly
Legion Vows Fight Against Any Move To Ban A Weapons
The American Legion delegates at their 36th annual convention vow to oppose any immediate ban on atomic weapons or any atomic deals with the Soviet Union. They urge rapid expansion of air power and a strong civil defense program while backing universal military training for all youths and praising the U S Navy for actions in the Pacific. John B. Green and other officers lead the effort as resolutions call for firmer defense priorities despite budget concerns raised by CIO President Walter Reuther.
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Washington
American Legion
Legion
Legionnaires
Soviet
Russia
CIO
Walter Reuther
Senator McCarthy Attacks Probers As Espionage Charge Is Last
The hearing on possible espionage act violations by Senator McCarthy advances to the fifth charge as Williams protests evidence context. McCarthy criticizes the committee and Johnson while arranging TV coverage and questions for interviews. De Furia cites McCarthy Army hearing transcripts and Hoover letter claims amid cross examination debates.
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Sen
May
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Edward Bennett Williams
Terial
Watkins
Utah
Williams
Guy G. de Faria
McCarthy Army
Johnson
D-Cole
de Furia
FSI
de Faria
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Ray H. Jenkins
Stevens
Counse
Hit Run Death Driver Found
A Fort Sill man admitted hitting an object in the road after a hit and run that killed Sam Kayley a Carnegie Indian near Apache on U S 62. Kayley 30 died instantly when struck early today. a blood spattered car was found in Fort Sill parking lot.
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Fort Sill
Carnegie
Apache
Sam Kayley
Carnegie Indian
McAlester
Filmore Edgman
Kayley
U.S. 62
Apache South
Post Provost Marshal
Edgman
Harlan Loy
Post Cid
Maj
Low
Cave
Chickasha
Highway Patrol
Paul Howard
Oklahoma City
Ken Howard
Ed Lindsay
Howard
Apache Kayley
Relief food rolls to Comanche county and city plans
Comanche county will mail emergency food relief to Oklahoma City tomorrow. Abe Block of the State Emergency Relief Board says Comanche likely to be the next county certified. Commissioners add names as districts tally families for USDA surplus food.
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Comanche County
Oklahoma City
Abe Block
State Emergency Relief Board
Comanche
Bill Kleeman
Emil Woessner
Pete Wynn
USDA
Kleeman
Wynn
Relief Board
Ford Hints Family Stock Offer Possible Public Sale
A Ford spokesman called Fortune Magazine's speculation that Ford will offer its family stock to the public a pretty reliable story. He declined to identify himself and said he had been told neither to deny nor confirm the plan, calling the Fortune article speculation. The piece suggested Ford seeks financial strength and to challenge General Motors for leadership.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Fortune
Ford
General Motors Corp
Attlee and Mao discuss strategy during China tour
Former British Prime Minister Clement Attlee disclosed he countered Mao Zedong by urging Moscow reform. He described China as more tolerant than the Soviet Union and said the visit showed China run by the Communist party on its own terms. Aneurin Bevan accompanied the group to Tokyo.
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Clement Attlee
Mao Tze-tung
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Mao
Russia
Attlee
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United States
Formosa Straits
Japan
West Germany
Kremlin
China
Aneurin Bevan
Tokyo
Singapore
Australia
London
Communist Party
V-1 Day Brought Tears, Joy Here 9 Years Ago
Lawton residents recall V J Day nine years ago as the nation celebrated Japan’s surrender. Mothers prepared children for school while rationing and wartime worries faded with news of peace. The Associated Press recounts the Moody Bay ceremony aboard a battleship and the end of a long global conflict.
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Fynemeeer
Cae
Missouri
Tokyo
Bayre
Japan
China
United States
Great Britain
Mayor McCain Challenges Stadium Use by School Board
Mayor Joe McCain demands the Roosevelt stadium be governed by the city recreation commission and its funds directed to the recreation budget. He cites the Harmon Foundation deed and lease terms, arguing the stadium and park lands must serve amateur athletics for public recreation and that revenues belong to the city’s recreation fund.
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Joe McCain
Roosevelt Stadium
Fuzz Barnes
City Recreation Commission
McCain
Gal
Cesles Board
Harmon Foundation
Harmon Park
City Recreation Fund
Recreation Commission
New City
Cameron Co
Emerson School
Emerson Schol
Barnes
Batchelor Jury To Hear Noel and Cpl Dickenson
In a San Antonio dispatch the Fourth Army said Cpl Edward Dickenson a repentant progressive serving 10 years for collaborating with the Chinese Communists will testify in Cpl Claude Batchelor s trial He and Batchelor both face charges of communicating with the enemy Dickenson will be brought from New Cumberland Pa to Fort Sam Houston for testimony for both sides Frank Noel Associated Press photographer and former prisoner of war in the same camp as Batchelor has been subpoenaed as a defense witness The trial also notes Batchelor s role as a camp progressive and a study group discussion about contacting others during escape attempts See TRIAL Page 2
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San Antonio
Fourth Army
Edward Ss. Dickenson
Cpl
Claude Batchelor
Batchelor
Dickenson
Crackers Neck Va
Fort Sam Houston
New Cumberland
Frank
Pappy) Noel
Associated Press
Ment
United Nations
Ynee M. Dunn
Lenape 2Ness
Geen
Tax Warrant Drive Targets Comanche County Delinquents
Deputy Sheriff Tommy Tompkins sorts 515 property tax warrants totaling about 50 000 for 1953. Treasurer Lillian Ward handed the warrants to the sheriff’s office, which will mail most warrants under 100 while those over 100 are delivered in person.
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Tommy Tompkins
Comanche County
Tompkins
Sheriff's Office
Lillian Ward
Everett Hale
Accorda Lahoma
Gore challenges Eisenhower view of Congress
Sen Albert Gore disputed President Eisenhowers view of the 83rd Congress. He said the administration has shown weakness timidity and vacillation and that the nation is drifting both at home and abroad. Gore spoke in a nationwide radio address as a Democratic response to the Presidents report.
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Washington
Albert Gore
Eisenhower
Eisener
Gore
Tennessee Democrat
Hower
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