City Woman Dies Of Shotgun Blast In Mountain Park
Mrs. Tommie Noble, 24, of 2003 North 20th, died yesterday afternoon from a 12 gauge shotgun blast in her in law's home in Mountain Park. Investigators said the shooting appears personal safety related. she was alone with her three month old daughter Polly Gay. She was born May 19, 1930 in Indiahoma. survived by husband, daughter, mother, and maternal grandparents. Preston Lechie Funeral Home of Snyder arranged services.
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Mountain Park
Tommie Noble
Segregation Moves Continue Across States
Washington enrolled 16 000 new pupils placed by boundary maps with Negro students now in majority in several districts. In Charleston Arkansas 11 Negroes integrated on Aug 23 as white teachers taught many Negro classes. Maryland parents discuss preserving segregation while Virginia plans continue. Mississippi weighs a constitutional amendment to protect public schools and Georgia voters face a similar November vote.
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U.S Sun Court
Columbia
Arkansas
Washington
Charleston
Ark
H. M. Orsborn
Maryland
Richmond
Legislative
Virginia
Senate Constitution Committee
Mississippi
Senate
House
City Council Faces Light State Tonight
City councilmen at Memorial Park prepare for a brief weekly meeting with one eye on the Sooner State playoff game. Only a few minor business items are due, with most activity anticipated to be routine claims for city operations.
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Memorial Park
Dopey Zipen Returns From 32nd Honeymoon Visit
Mr and Mrs J L Zipen of 1710 Liberty have just returned from a long honeymoon trip to Canada and New England with a Hyde Park visit noted. Zipen reassumes role as local service officer for the American Legion, aiding veterans. Ricky Morris hopes his future brother may catch a football, while Milton Keating may be reached in the coming days for chamber matters.
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J. L. Zipen
Liberty
Canada
New England
Hyde Park
Zipen
Doc
American Legion
Legion
Ricky
Leo Morris
Dearnborn
Milton Keating
Chamber of Commerce
Quanah Parker Lake
Milt
Frosty Troy
Constitution
Hospital Births and Admissions in Southwestern region
Birth records show several newborns including a daughter born to Captain and Mrs. S. G. Zimmerman at 3:22 a.m. on Sept 14 and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Charlie C. Smith in Walters at 1:35 a.m. Sept 14. The notice lists numerous admittees and discharges with names and addresses across towns such as McQueen Oklahoma, Chattanooga, Anadarko, and Grace mont, plus surgical and medical cases.
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S. G. Zimmerman
Kinyon
Charlie C. Smith
Walters
W. L. Lynch
B. Lowe
Monroe
Medical
R. G. Mangum
N. 16Th
O. L. Parsons
Euclid
John Alexander
McQueen
Okla
Thomas Decker
Chattanooga
Roy Sally Ann Ray
Tom Ray
N. 20Th
Glen Stinson
Bell
George H. Hembree
Confession details linked murders and run from Oklahoma to Penn State
The document outlines a confession tying a murder to similar slayings, including Fay Gatis's 1939 killing. It recounts the suspect Ray fleeing Oklahoma to the East after the first murder, contacting gang figures, obtaining a new Social Security card as David Carter, and using aliases while moving through Texas and Pennsylvania. He was arrested for stolen car in 1940, convicted of grand larceny, then tied to a separate murder case and imprisoned. He attempted escape in 1954 and remained in poor educational and disciplinary standing.
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Miss Taylor
Fay Gatis
Mt. Eagle
Ray
Oklahoma
Penn State
Dallas
Herbert
Cat
David Carter
Tacoma
Wash
Lawton
Okla
Granite Reformatory
Granite
Goodman
McAlester
Youth Cleared in Father's Death in Oklahoma City
Carl S. Miller Jr., a Board of Education employee, was cleared of assault with intent to kill in his father Carl S. Miller Sr.'s fatal shooting last June. The county attorney cited lack of evidence. Miller Jr. said he shot to stop his father from beating his mother.
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Oklahoma City
Carl S. Miller Jr
Board of Education
Carl S. Miller Sr
Young Miller
Lawton Firms Buy Space in Comanche County Fair Exhibit
Four Bay Space For Fair Exhibit four Lawton business houses have purchased space in the merchant exhibit tent at the Comanche County fair next week. Participating firms include Fitch Welding Supply Co. Lawton Feeders Supply Comanche County Farm Bureau and Airway Sanitizer Co. Farm Bureau officials led by Wesley Regan work with the Chamber of Commerce to organize this fair feature replacing last year’s discontinued Industrial show. Deadline to file for space is 5 p.m. Friday at the Farm Bureau office 125 Space is allotted on a first come first served basis.
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Lawton
Fitch Welding Supply Co
Lawton Feeders Supply
Comanche County Farm Bureau
Airway Sanitizer Co
Farm Bureau
Wesley Regan
Chamber of Commerce
Milton Keating
Chamber
Watson Testimony Details Chinese Trial and Repatriation
Batchelor allegedly told the 23 non repatriates and five Chinese officers that the purpose was to create Communist agitators and smuggle them back to the United States. Watson recalled beatings and a bent confession as he described his capture and coerced cooperation. The 1953 trial involved 22 Americans, a Briton defender, and an order to shoot Watson despite allied doubts. Batchelor faces charges of wrongful action in the trial and aiding Red propaganda efforts.
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Chang
United States
Watson
Mississippi
Andrew Condron
Batchelor
Kermit
Red
Catholic Church
Atlanta-Savannah
Mitchell
Detroit
Taxes through the years warrant distribution begins
Deputy Sheriff Tommy Tompkins starts Wednesday a major task of sorting and mailing warrants to county taxpayers who owe previous years. The warrants act as Hale's final warning before seizure and sale after 60 days. Some delinquents seek installment plans, with Treasurer Lilian Waid noting partial payment options.
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Hale
Tommy Tompkins
Lillian Waid
General Insurance Discussed At City Farm Bureau Meet
Speakers addressed insurance issues during a Monday night meeting of the Southwest district Agent Study group of Farm Bureaus at the Motor Inn. Dave Fowler of Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Co. led the program with several attendees from Comanche, Cache, Lawton, Walters and Marlow present.
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Motor Inn
Southwest District Agent Study Group
Farm Bureaus
Dave Fowler
Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Co
Oklahoma City
Wesley Regan
Lawton
Comanche County
Stanley Cahn
Cache
G. A. Kluck
Clarence Fletcher
Herman E. Scherler
Walters
B. F. Richardson
Marlow
Oklahoma City and Chicago Dairy and Livestock Prices Report
Butter prices steady with specific bids listed for AA 93 score and various grades. Oklahoma City state agriculture prices cover wheat futures, broilers, hens, butterfat, and egg markets with regional city readings. Oklahoma City Livestock report notes cattle and calves, hogs, and sheep with price ranges and slaughter figures.
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Chicago
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Guyman
Hooker
Clinton
Alva
Blackwell
el Reno
Enid
Fairview
Hobart
Lawton
Medford
Vici
Yukon
Hennessey
Kingcan
Bison
Frederick Broilers
Muskoog
Vinita
Tulsa
Ardmore
Chandler
Durant
Pauls Valley
Chickasha
Elk City
Muskogee
Laverne
Watonga
McAlester
Chandier
Chicka- Hobart
Oklahoma City Livestock
USDA
Former City Man Maps Dance Plans For Dallas Game
Jess Norman Tate, a former Lawton resident, helps lead the OU club of Dallas in planning a Beat Texas dinner-dance the night before the OU Texas game in the Cotton Bowl. Earl Holden is club president with about 200 Dallas alumni. Hal McIntyre will lead the orchestra for the Crystal Ballroom Balker Hotel event on October 8 with admission at 7.50 dollars.
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Hal McIntyre
Crystal Ballroom
Balker Hotel
Race Reported Fixed Sparks Crowd Attack on Official
In Tokyo anger over a rumored fixed bicycle race boiled over as about 2000 bettors and fans seized a track official, dragging him from his office and milling around him. Police intervened, rescuing the official amid the volatile scene.
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Tokyo
Southerner's View Of Segregation End
In the Deep South the Southern Regional Council shapes race policy as it foresees ending segregation within a dozen years. Executive director George Mitchell argues change will come from community action led by church women, with the council acting as a regional clearinghouse for tolerance and reform.
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Deep South
Southern Regional Council
Atlanta
George Mitchell
Supreme Court
Mitchell
South
Jesse Daniel Ames
Texas
Tryon
N. C
Richmond
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Carolinas
Durham
United States
Arthur J. Moore
Ralph McGill
The
Atlanta Constitution
Charles Johnson
Howard Odum
University of North Carolina
Rufus E. Clement
Atlanta University
Virginius Dabney
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Council
Maine Returns Republicans to Senate in 1950 Victory
Maine voters elect Republicans to the U S Senate while two Democrats win House seats in Brann's term. Governor races see Muskie lead Cross as Edna hurricane disruptions mute precinct results. Muskie credits voters with supporting a Republican legislature to work with Eisenhower.
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U.S. Senate
Maine
House
Brann
Muskie
Cross
Smith
Paul A. Fullam
Colby College
Robert Hale
James C. Oliver
Charles P. Nelson
Thomas E. Delahanty
Clifford G. McIntire
Kenneth B. Colbath
Frederick G. Payne
Senate
Payne
Sen. Smith
Congress
Frank M. Coffin
McCarthy Censure Hearings End With Debate On Fairness
The McCarthy censure hearings wrapped with Chairman Watkins noting committee counsel Chadwick and De Furia pushed a fair record while McCarthy and lawyer Edward Bennett Williams argued they acted as prosecutors. Zwicker defended his testimony as consistent, and Williams urged independent counsel to review the nine day evidence.
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Watkins
Utah
E. Wallace Chadwick
Guy G. de Faria
McCarthy
Edward Bennett Williams
Chadwick
de Furia
Sen
Senate
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Johnson
Coloradoan
Ralph W. Zwicker
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
New York
Zwicker
Charles Zwicker
Williams
de. Furia
Funeral rites set for Eddie Christmas 52 Lawton
Eddie Christmas 52 of 911 Douglas died of a heart condition today in a Lawton hospital after a three week confinement. Services 3 p.m. Thursday at the Church of Christ Eighth and Lee with Minister Allen Harper officiating. Burial Sunset Memorial Gardens by Lawton Funeral Home. Survivors include wife, four daughters, one sister, one brother, and five grandchildren. Born September 9 1902 in Lawton he later worked in Becker's Penny Wise Meat Market.
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Eddie Christmas
Douglas
Lawton
Church of Christ
Eighth and
Lee
Allen Harper
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Lawton Funeral Home
Christmas
Becker’s
Stella DeBoy
Earl Christmas
U S Cavalry Patrol Intervenes in Czech Refugee Incident
A U S patrol from the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment withdrew after a Czech refugee was under interrogation at Weiden. During the withdrawal an American lost a carbine and three comrades fired to cover the search. The MID refused further information.
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Diers
U. S
Weiden
U. S. Military Intelligence Division
MID
2Nd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Cityans Charged With Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Two Lawton men were charged Monday with fishing and hunting without licenses. Game Rangers L. Crawford and Flentge Huffman arrested Kenneth D. Bode 41 of 1210 Jefferson for hunting without a state permit and Joe Berkshire of 1503 Taylor for fishing without a license.
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Lawton
L. Crawford
Flentge Huffman
Kenneth D. Bode
Jefferson
Joe Berkshire
Taylor
Welfare committee crafts program plan for special education
Mrs Worley stated that the new program will be set by league members using information from a state special education workshop and officials in the field. The Welfare committee has assistance from Shoe maker Miss Thelma Talla elementary coordinator of Lawton public schools Dr Royce Beans medical director of the County City Health department and staff members who attended the workshop.
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Worley
League
Welfare Committee
Thelma Talla
Lawton Blic
Royce Beans
County City Health Department
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Glenn C. Rading
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Dale Finnigsmier
George W. Saley
General Insurance
City Farm Bureau
Thomas E. Stanton
Lowton
Ieee Ee
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Republic
Herman Talmadge
Msgr
T. J. McNamara
B. P. Hann
Auto Radio
Southwestern Radio
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Russell
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