Lawton Prepares for Labor Day Holiday Traffic Surge
Lawton officials plan a heavy Labor Day weekend campaign to curb crashes as the interchange opens Monday. Lt. Mussen warns drivers to watch the other guy, with 29 troopers, 15 cars, and a city crackdown on drunken driving. Fort Sill records two straight months without a serious vehicle accident, while city police boost night patrols and tavern checks amid a statewide safety push.
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Lawton
F. A. Mussen
Highway Patrol
Mussen
Oklahoma University
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Highway Department
Crime Bureau
Fort Sill
Jack L. Rhodes
Ron Wheatley
Wheatley
Frank Sandrana
Sandranna
Ralph Hennessee
Enrollment figures roll in for city schools
Enrollment continued across the city as workmen rush to finish new classrooms at Andrew Jackson School on 22nd and Lindy. Richardson’s junior high reported 900 students enrolled by noon, with more expected. overall counts show large intakes across Emerson, Garfield, Howel, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Taft, Washington, Whitrow Wilson, Grover Cleveland, and Adams.
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Andrew Jackson
Lindy
Richardson
LHS
John Shoemaker
Mary Beth Lund
Becker
Post Children
Whitrow Wilson
Grover Cleveland
Adams
Burglaries Continue With Two Arrests Near Town
James A. Young and Robert Washington, both 22 and 23, were charged with second degree burglary of Little Mexico Cafe on 15th and Lee. About 150 cigarette packs were stolen. 90 recovered under a bridge near Bishop School. Investigations also covered burglaries at Madden Motors and Economy Grocery with minor thefts reported.
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James A. Young
Robert Washington
Washington
Manville Redman
Woodrow Giles
Bishop School
Peace Justice
Madden Motors
Economy Grocery
Lee
Clarence Madden
Madden's Motor Company
Bill Plemmons
Eulis Young
Grady Crabtree
Otis Waldron
Cleo Stout
Melvin Simmons
Alford Hennessee
Polio shots urged as school opens
Polio third shot may be given while school starts Monday. Dr. Miller urged parents to bring children to the make up clinic Saturday at 9 a.m. for the second shot. Three paralytic polio cases hospitalized this year and one bulbar case. In Tillman County one bulbar polio death, a two year old girl Debra Smith daughter of R B Smith who farm six miles northwest of Manitou. George Lindel Capps, 12, son of O L Capps. Love land bulbar polio admitted to Memorial hospital last week listed as fair.
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Dr. Miller
Tillman
Debra Smith
R. B. Smith
Manitou
George Lindel Capps
O. L. Capps
Loveland
Memorial Hospital
Youth in Texas Burglary Case Involving AWOL Soldier
In a signed statement Walker claims he picked up a man named Jack between Lawton and Wichita Falls who helped in a church burglary. He describes breaking out of Lackland guardhouse August 15 and facing court martial August 16 for AWOL and car theft. The pair allegedly hid the car, moved the safe from the church office, and spent the night on a dirt road before escaping toward San Antonio. Detectives note inconsistencies with other accounts.
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Walker
Jack
Lawton
Wichita Falls
Lackland
San Antonio
First Baptist Church
Texas
Otis Waldron
E. E. Smith
Fort Sill Boulevard
Lawton Plumbing Company
Huffs to Leave for Indianapolis Training Trip
Mrs. Josephine Huff of the county clerk's office and her husband Clarence Huff a civilian employee at Fort Sill depart tonight for a two week trip to Indianapolis Indiana. Huff an ordnance specialist will attend a training school in Indianapolis.
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Indiana
Josephine Huff
County Clerk’s Office
Clarence Huff
Fort Sill
Indianapolis
Ind
Huff
Oklahoma City area farm price report details
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture lists prices for commodities including wheat, No. 1 hard at 2.00 dollars in several towns. broilers No. 1 show weakness with a 10-18 to 10-16 range in multiple cities. eggs steady with farm offerings short in numerous locations. butterfat No. 1 steady around 47 to 54 in several towns.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Guyman
Hooker
Vici
Blackwell
Hobart
Medford
Alva
Clinton
el Reno
Enid
Frederick
Kingfisher
Lawton
Yukon
Bison
Hennessey
Broilers
Muskogee
Tulsa
Woodward
Pauls Valley
Vinita
Watonga
Laverne
Elk City
Steady
Watonga to Clinton grid results and midwest market notes
Scores from Watonga 50 Clinton 52 Elk City 34 and rush of watermelons by truck at 50 to 65 cents. Oklahoma City reports cattle 350 head calves 50 with prices barely changed in a cleanup trade. High grade steers at 22.50, hogs steady, butter prices firm in Chicago with wholesale bids on AA to C grades.
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Watonga
Woodward
Clinton
Elk City
Rush Springs
Marlow
Oklahoma City
U. S
Chicago
Licenses Issued in Lawton August Report
County tag agent Phil Gafford announced 678 total licenses in August in Lawton, including 426 renewals, 232 new licenses and 20 duplicates. New licenses included 204 operator permits, plus 14 commercial chauffeur and 14 chauffeur licenses. Operator renewals were 387, with 20 commercial chauffeur and 19 chauffeur renewals.
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Lawton
Phil Gafford
Three-vehicle collision injures eight near Olustee Oklahoma
Two beer trucks collided on Boggy Creek Bridge eight miles west of Olustee in Jackson county leaving eight injured including Delmas Moss and C T Burden. A second crash on SH 7 near Lawton injured Irene Dora Martin and Jimmie Rex Martin as well as passengers Jerry Lee Martin and others. Medics took victims to Memorial hospital Altus and care details listed per trooper reports.
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Ward Zuber
Gilbert Benjamin Mim
John Trouchok
Boggy Creek Bridge
Olustee
Jackson County
Delmas J. Moss
Altus
Lawton
Manuel C. Mitchell
Billie
Memorial Hospital
Moss
Jackson
Heidebrecht
Irene Dora Martin
Pueblo
Colo
H. D. Morgan
SH 7
James Harold McCormack
Rt. 1
Dora Martin
Jimmie Rex Martin
Jerry Lee Martin
Jimmie
Indian Arrested For Tillman Count
Fred Hall a 53 year old Lawton man known as Zough was arrested by city police and turned over to Tillman county officers on a forgery warrant. He was sent to Sheriff L L Kilgore who said Hall was wanted in Frederick.
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Fred Hall
Lawton
Zough
Tillman County
Hall
Tillman
L. L. Kilgore
Frederick
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