Six Injured In Head-On Crash East Of Waurika
Six persons were injured in a head on collision east of Waurika at the Highways 81 and 70 junction about 9 10 this morning. The most serious injuries were to Mr and Mrs George Cash of Apache Route 2. The other vehicle occupants included Charles Robertson 39 Colorado City his wife Maurine 42 and Mrs H W Robertson 67 and Mrs Virgie Goodlett 21. Mrs Goodlett broke a collarbone Mrs Robertson ribs and the three Robertson family members sustained cuts and bruises. All were treated at Waurika hospital. Trooper Kenneth Skelton said Robertson failed to stop at a stop sign on U S 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrika
Waurika
George Marion
Cash
Apache Rt. 2
US. 81
Goodlett
Robertson
Robertsons
Waurika Hospital
Kenneth Skelton
U.S. 70
Accused Hijacker Must Stand Trial
Paul Glass 22 of Lawton ordered by Peace Justice Marvin Cameron to stand trial in higher court for armed robbery at Paden's D X service station January 6. Glass returned to county jail without bond. victim Warren Crane and Det. Stout testified. Glass previously fined $80 Aug 18 in municipal court for weapons and property destruction charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace
Marvin Cameron
Paul Glass
Lawton
Paden
D-X
Llth
Glass
Lamb
Cleo Stout
Melvin Simmons
Wayne Paden
Crane
Manville Redman
Cameron
Circle Drive
23Rd
Lee
Court Action Mix As Morris Schedules Septembers
Court session in district court before Judge Morris includes September trials for Gaines and Evans cases. Multiple defendants face pleas and preliminary hearings on charges from grand larceny to embezzlement and illegal liquor possession. Several civil docket items and appeals also noted for the week of September 26 with numerous money judgments and damages actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaines
Morris
District Court
Marvin Cameron
Thomas Evans
Tom Hawkins
Joe Tompson
Helen Hudson
Ralph Robles
William Beaton Reynolds
Hazel Worley
William McKinley
Mack” Overton
Howard Shaw
Mrs. Worley
Robles
Reynolds
Evans
Tompson
Randolph Chanclor
Chanclor
Grady Benson
K. E. Peters
H. E. Leonhart Lumber Company
H. C. Roberts
John C. Jadel
W. C. James
Justice Court
George V. Stein Lumber Company
John O. Serak
Home Building and Supply Company
Jeff Runyan
Edgar M. Sperling
Robert L. Hutchins
Chris Southard
Lillity E. Sullivan
Earl Alford
Euell Bradshaw
Everett Hare
J. Hale Edward Jr
James Hinson McNeill
Pasek
Patrick Fitts
McDonald-Meyer Inc
Amil Winkelman
Donald N. Basher
Sooner Motor Company
Walter Gillispie Jr
Lewis Matthews
Hoppe Ousted From Revenue Service as Trainor Replaces Him
Witsil denounces the ouster of Hoppe from the revenue service and notes Harry J. Trainor was appointed acting inspector and later full commissioner. Hoppe faced dismissal effective July 21, 1953, after nearly 25 years of service amid a political patronage controversy.
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Hoppe
Harry J. Trainor
Revenue Service
General Accounting Office
Trainor
Witsil
United States Court of Claims
School Enrollment Totals Across 19 Districts Rise
Shoemaker notes a 70 student increase from last year with 441 sophomores, 3% juniors, 326 seniors among 19 schools. Post Children School at Fort Sill leads elementary enrollment with 609, while Doug lass totals reach 504. District hires Beatrice Baker Pat Moser Nancy Forsyth and reports 10 Negro students in junior high and 12 in high school under the July integration mandate.
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Post Children’s School
Fort Sill
Shoemaker
Andrew Jackson
Board of Education
Beatrice Baker
Pat Moser
Jackson School
Nancy Forsyth
Supreme Court
GOP eyed Tulsa May or Clark as possible Senate bid
McKeever said Republicans have a good chance to elect a senator in 1956 and cited the 1942 Oklahoma race where Edward H. Moore defeated incumbent Josh Lee. He warned that as a border state anything could happen and dodged comments on Doenges party disputes while inviting Democrats to join the fold. He denied any internal GOP strife in Oklahoma.
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Tulsa
L. C. Clark
McKeever
Oklahoma
Edward H. Moore
Josh Lee
GOP
Gary Doenges
Republican Party
Fire deaths and blazes sweep multiple forests across the West
A firefighter died trapped during a fire on the Ochoco National Forest west of Sneca. A rogue river blaze on the Rogue River National Forest near Medford consumed over 1 000 acres. Along the Southern California coast a fast moving brush fire destroyed three homes and halted four trains on the Southern Pacific line twelve miles north of Santa Barbara. A ranch lighting plant explosion sparked a 3 000 acre blaze. Sequoia National Forest reported containing a 15 000 acre fire near Grant Grove home to the Gen Grant tree, one of the oldest in the world.
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Ochoco National Forest
Sneca
Rogue River National Forest
Medford
Southern Pacific
Santa Barbara
California
Sequoia National Forest
Grant Grove
Gen. Grant
City Council hires four men and raises salary for inspector
Four men named employed today include Lee Clark Billy Davis Bryan Logan and Elmer West with addresses in Lawton. Ron Wheatley police inspector and radio technician gets a $45 raise to $400 annually. Bids for fire hose radios trucks and equipment opened and referred for study to respective committees. A parking meter system trial aims to ease downtown parking with ten cents buys half a day.
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Ralph Hennessee
Lee R. Clark
Bell
Billy Jim Davis
Summit
Bryan Logan
S. Eighth
Elmer Johnny West
Ron Wheatley
Eureka Fire Hose
New York
Carl Unger Hewitt Rubber Division
Buffalo
N. Y
American LaFrance Corp
Oklahoma City
Jake Witzel Ford
Lawton
Green Phillips
Fire Department
Civil Defense
Fire Chief and Fire Committee
Ralph H. Smith
Knox-Jensen Motor Co
Jake Witzel
Witzel
Seg
Ellsworth
David Howell
E. W. Kirkpatrick
Police Department
Ed Walker
Lake Lawtonka
Lester McKenzie
Funeral Rites Held for Jack E Shirley at First Baptist
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. in the First Baptist church for Jack Elbert Shirley 33 of 1416 Irwin with Dr H Tom Wiles officiating. Graveside rites followed at Norman cemetery at 3 p.m. conducted by Dr E F Hallock. Shirley died Monday afternoon, apparently of a heart attack, while working. Bearers were Dr Royce Means, Myron Ellis, A B Norman, Ed Burgess, Dr Cuffie Ward, Clinton Hildebrand. Becker Funeral home in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Elbert Shirley
Irwin
First Baptist Church
H. Tom Wiles
Norman Cemetery
E. F. Hallock
Norman First Baptist Church
Shirley
Royce Means
Myron Ellis
A. B. Norman
Ed Burgess
Mrs N S Toothman Services Held for 83 in Beal Heights Church
Mrs N S Toothman 83 of 2412 Lee Blvd died after a short illness. Services were at 10 a m in Beal Heights Presbyterian Church officiated by Rev Paul Hanna. Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens with Lawton Funeral Home in charge. Bearers named W H King Willie Green F G Byrd C W Keener C A Tackitt and Sherman Craw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. S. Toothman
Lee Blvd
Beal Heights Presbyterian Church
Paul Hanna
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Lawton Funeral Home
Toothman
W. H. King
Willie Green
F. G. Byrd
C. W. Keener
C. A. Tackitt
Sherman Crawford
Labor shifts in Comanche county reveal unemployment dip
Employment data show total labor force down from 16 950 to 16 925 as 16 425 employed, 500 in Lawton with 100 fewer than last month. Non agricultural placements rose to 958. Openings dominated by unskilled labor, service workers and clerical staff across contract construction, utilities, wholesale retail, and domestic work. Agricultural placements fell though total agri employment held steady. cactus grubbers and hay hands led. End of August total registered jobseekers 753 with 328 women. 39 new applications, 164 women and 71 veterans. Counseling and aptitude testing conducted for dozens of jobseekers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Comanche County
Riots Hit Izmir and Athens Over Cyprus Crisis
Fires burned at scattered sites as Greek consulate in Izmir and Greek pavilion at Turkey’s fair were damaged. In Athens mobs looted Greek officers’ homes in Izmir while Turkish crowds moved on the Greek Embassy in Ankara. Police used tear gas. a Greek military plane evacuated families. The Greek army stayed in barracks across Greece amid Turkish minority tensions. The flare up followed Cyprus annexation anger and a dynamite blast near Salonika.
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Izmir
NATO Ecomnmi
Europe
Turkey
Athens
NATO
Ankara
Salonika
Panayotis Canellopoulos
Greece
Cyprus
Kemal Ataturk
Clinton Boom Continues In August Building Permits
Clinton Oklahoma reports a construction boom as August permits total $189 950 including 23 single family homes. Local developers push residential growth amid steady activity across the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Okla
Lawton Man and Paul Wilson Called for Induction
Jack Dalton, 24, of 1312 Elm, and Paul Wilson, 19, formerly of 905 S Eighth now in Borger Texas, are ordered to report for Army induction in Oklahoma City Thursday. Mrs Carla Williams, clerk of the local selective service board, announced. Dalton is a Lawton High School and Oklahoma A&M College graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dalton
Elm
Oklahoma City
Carla Williams
Selective Service Board
Dalton
Lawton High School
Oklahoma A&m College
Paul Wilson
S. Eighth
Borger
Tex
Preparation H heals piles without surgery says doctors
Wuvstance Science reports a healing substance that shrinks piles and relieves pain promptly. Doctors observe actual size reduction and sufferers note relief, with the product Bio-Dyne used previously for injured tissue now available in pill or ointment form under the name Preparation H. Guaranteed by druggists. Reg. U. S. Pat. Office.
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Will Rogers
Woodrow Wilson
Douglass
Orville D. Pope
Foupoor
Holcomb
Hokeein
C Avenue
Council
Earl Christmas
McKinney
C. R. Ellsworth
34Th Street
Cache and
Kin
Lawtonka
Ayor Ellsworth
Harold Redding and
L. M. Williamson
Gore
Sheridan Road
Planning and Zoning Board
David Duke
Blount Zorger
McKenzie
Wesley Kepler
Wayne Gilley
34Th and
Cache Road
Traffic Commission
S. 6Th
Lions Club Paper Drive
iGaeerseee Insurdrs Realtors
Ave
Jayne
D. Jayne
Jayne's
Selective Service
Lawton Man
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
LA Sill
Cache Rd
Sheridan
Sooner Estates
E. Morris
Res
KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
D Ave
Pho
Wm Rogers
Birantisy
Zale
Wm. Rogers
International Silver Company
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