Holiday Keeps City Cops Busy Entire Weekend
Lawton experienced a violent weekend with a stabbing, vandalism, an attempted burglary, and several thefts. Suspects were detained, including a 28 year old Henry Jones tied to a August 5 burglary, while two others are held as accomplices. Multiple vehicles and items were stolen or recovered, including three autos.
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Lawton
Johnie Odell Spivey
Taft
So Llth Street
Tommy Tompkins
Oklahoma City
Henry Jones
Council Heights
Otis Waldron
Jones
Waldron
Lawton Venetian Blind Company
G. R. Pugh
Mike Lewis
Bell
Goodyear
Gordon Walford
Memorial Hospital
Roy Jones
Allen Brown
Brown
Robert C
Esther Hawthorne
Sgt
Monell Ornsby
Fort Sill
Lloyd Jordan
Gore
Highway work eyed from Temple to Gore Gap road
Osborn says construction will begin in about a month on Temple area resurfacing from west city entrance to main street at 10 000 dollars. Barr quotes Logan hopeful eight miles of State Highway 5 A from Cookietown east to junction with Highway 5 to be let this year. A bridge over West Cache creek estimated at 540 000 dollars. Gore Gap road project likely to be let next year. Gov Gary hopeful toll road southwest leg and northern highway construction seen earlier than expected.
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Walters
Temple
Creek
Cache Creek
Logan
Gore
Gore Gap Road
Carter’s Corner
Lake Lawtonka
Carnegie
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma state price report for poultry eggs and livestock
State Department of Agriculture reports wheat and egg prices across Oklahoma towns with steady hen and broiler markets. Oklahoma City livestock totals show cattle, hogs, and sheep trades, with volatility in steers, heifers, bulls, and calves, alongside a Chicago butter market snapshot with steady prices.
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State Poultry
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
City court docket and multiple traffic charges filed
A flurry of speeding at night violations, no driver’s licenses, and reckless driving were filed in Peace Justice Woodrow Giles and Marvin Cameron courts. Notable entries include Henry Tilford and Svendsen of Fort Sill, Varnell’s DWI plea and 75 fine, and Decker Kopaddy’s 100 fine plus 10 days jail.
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James A. Hall
Fort Sill
George Kingfisher
John Thomas Tatoke
Carnegie Rt
Elya Thomas Lindley
Chickasha
Robert Edward Lee Fitzgerald
Earl Louis Fitzgerald
Sheppard Afb
Woodrow Giles
Marvin E. Cameron
Justice of Peace Court
Nelson Morice Kinchen
Binger
Charles A. Wormly
Bell
Willie Attockine
S. 10Th
George D. Brown
Elmer C. Davis
Fletcher
Fred Overstreet
Oklahoma City
Wallace Young
Paul van Landers
Ralph Cline
Henry Thomas Tilford
James Arthur Svendsen
James L. Durkin
Two Men Face Burglary Charge in Fletcher Area
County Attorney Manville Redman filed burglary charges against Elmer C. Davis and Harley Willey. The pair, both jailed after a deputy sheriff’s tip, allegedly broke into two farm homes near Fletcher, taking a Murray electric clock and sewing machine attachments and Cornwell wallet and papers.
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Manville Redman
Elmer C. Davis
Cleveland
Okla
Harley Willey
Fletcher
Arvil Roberson
Guy Cornwell
Dale Murray
Murray
Cornwell
Lawtonka Dam To Get Gauge
Lake patrolman John Frampton and filter plant superintendent David Duke will install a measuring device on the dam face to show water depth behind the dam and the distance from the top. Previously depth was measured by lowering a string to the lake bottom.
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Lake Lawtonka
John Frampton
David Duke
Cameron High Hosts Freshman Orientation at Campus
Cameron California announces freshman orientation and placement tests starting at 7 45 a m. New students including a graduate and a coac who attended Wiesbaden Germany last year join the class. Registration runs to 5 p m for non pre enrolled students. A YY mixer is set for 7 p m Wednesday in the cafeteria recreation room.
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Coac
Wiesbaden
Germany
Cameron
Troop I&e
Fort Sill
Graveside rites for infant Truex twins held
Funeral rites for the infant twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Truex of 2212 Williams will be at Highland Cemetery Wednesday afternoon. Procession leaves Becker Funeral Home at 3 p.m. The twins died at birth about two hours apart. Survivors include the parents and a brother, Walter Louis Truex II, 14 months, with paternal grandparents A. C. Truex of Anadarko and maternal grandparents L. N. Farris of Gracemont. Father works in Fort Sill motors. The family moved from Anadarko five years ago.
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Walter Truex
Williams
Highland Cemetery
Becker Funeral Home
Walter Louis Truex
A. C. Truex
Anadarko
L. N. Farris
Gracemont
Oklo
Department of Motors
Fort Sill
Harris Infant Elizabeth Harris Graveside Rites Held
Elizabeth Caryl Harris infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Harris of 405 N 31st will be buried at Devo cemetery southwest of Lawton. Friends and relatives leave Becker Funeral Home at 2 p.m. for the service officiated by Rev Amos Komah Nazarene Cache. The baby was born dead Monday afternoon.
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Elizabeth Caryl Harris
Fred R. Harris
Devo Cemetery
Lawton
Becker Funeral Home
Amos Komah
The
Nazarene Church
Cache
Western District To Get New Truck
A motion to buy a new two ton Ford truck for the western district of Comanche county was approved by Pete Wynn and Emil Woesner at a county commissioners meeting. The leased vehicle, costing about 3500 dollars, will haul commodities from Oklahoma City and gravel and lumber in the county. Also approved were appointments of Betty Brannon as assistant home demonstration agent and Floyd W Kennedy as juvenile officer, the resignation of Louise Kennedy Rupe, and county office revenue tallies for August plus July sheriff collections. An 11 dollar bill for courthouse elevator repairs was approved.
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Western District
Comanche County
Pete Wynn
Board of County Commissioners
Wynn
Oklahoma City
Emil Woesner
Betty Brannon
Holiday Toll: Weekend high traffic deaths by state summarized
The August holiday weekend saw 385 deaths across states with traffic drownings and other causes. The National Safety Council cites 60 million motorists on the roads in 25 million vehicles, attributing part of the toll to an inadequate road network. States report varied fatalities, with California and New York among higher totals and many others listed.
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National Safety Council
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
New Hampshire
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
District of Columbia
Local Marine Recruiters Expand Drive in Lawton Area
Local Marine recruiters boost monthly Oklahoma quota of 74 with a revised schedule. This week they visit Marlow, Rush Springs, Duncan, Comanche, Mangum, and Altus, with next week covering Apache, Cement, Snyder, Duncan, Mangum, and Altus. Lawton office staff includes S-Sgt. Lee Laws and M-Sgt. Bill Schoolcraft.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Marlow
Rush Springs
Duncan
Comanche
Mangum
Altus
Apache
Cement
Snyder
Lee Laws
Bill Schoolcraft
Jackson Students Begin School Enrollment and Classes
Approximately 225 students enrolled at Andrew Jackson elementary by noon. Classes start Wednesday as workmen finish classrooms. The city’s 19 schools opened with over 8,000 students. superintendent Shoemaker reported all running smoothly. Enrollment totals to be released Wednesday. Board to meet lightly, discuss elementary band and bid eight work benches for high school industrial arts, plus playground equipment for Adams, Cleveland and Jackson.
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Andrew Jackson
John Littlefield
Jackson
John Shoemak
Lawrence Laird
Board of Education
Shoemaker
Adams
Cleveland
Oklahoma Relief Board to Sign Up Needy in Comanche County
Oma Gish of the Oklahoma Emergency Relief Board will visit four towns in Comanche county on Thursday September 15 to sign up needy persons for free commodities. Stops are Fletcher Baptist church 9 to 10 a.m. Elgin Baptist church 10 to 11 a.m. Sterling Baptist church 1 to 2 p.m. Geronimo Baptist church 2 to 3 p.m.
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Oma Gish
Oklahoma Emergency Relief Board
Comanche County
Fletcher Baptist Church
Elgin Baptist Church
Sterling
Geronimo Baptist Church
Three Offices Move Rooms in Federal Building Shuffle
Moving day in the Post Office and Federal building. The selective service board shifts from 306 to 309, the Internal Revenue department reoccupies 305 and 306 from 301 309 and 318, the Naval recruiting office relocates from 305 to 301, and the Marine recruiting office shifts from 305 to 318.
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Post Office
Federal
Selective Service Board
Internal Revenue Department
Naval, Recruiting Office
Marine Recruiting Office
The Best Is Good Enough For Your Child
A concise guidance piece encourages choosing reliable, quality education and care for children, stressing consistent standards, nurturing environment, and attentive supervision as essential foundations for healthy development.
Sooner Estates Ad Lists Rates and Hours Near Sheridan
The notice advertises 8402 Cache Rd near Sheridan. Rates are 50 cents per day. Open daily until 8 p.m. Contact A. E. Morris at residence phone 2824. Church, business, or real estate listing style common to local notices.
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Pho
Sheridan
Cache Road
Sooner Estates
E. Morris
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