Arctic supply ships trapped by ice call for help
Ships forming a vast Arctic supply armada are stuck in ice along Alaska's coast. The Alaskan Sea Frontier confirms an SOS. no Kodiak ice breakers are available, and help would likely come from Seattle. Personnel may be evacuated by helicopter if needed. About half a million tons of equipment are on board, with most already unloaded along the continent's rim.
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Mrs Ewbank ill in Norman on trip to Lawton
Mrs. Bob Ewbank of Cherokee was taken ill in Norman while visiting her husband's parents and admitted to Norman Municipal hospital. She will be brought to Lawton this afternoon by her parents Mr and Mrs George L Hutchins. Her son Robert Drake has been with the Hutchins this week. Joe Kirkpatrick son of Mrs Thelma Kirkpatrick of 716 Euclid has departed for Silver Spring Md to attend the Bullis School, a prep school for the US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md He is enrolled in the same school his uncle Commander John M Cease attended before going to Annapolis
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Lawton
Norman
Norman Municipal Hospital
George L. Hutchins
Laird
Robert Drake
Joe Kirkpatrick
Thelma Kirkpatrick
Euclid
Silver Spring
Bullis School
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Cmrd
John M. Cease
Mother Beaten By Son Refuses To Sign Complaint
Lawton youth allegedly beat his mother with a pistol and cut her with a knife. The mother, treated for minor head injuries, planned to sign a complaint but did not appear by noon. This was the third reported beating, leaving the suspect free for the moment.
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Lawton
Tire and wheel stolen from Elgin pickup truck
Comanche county Sheriff Everett Hale investigated the theft of a 600x16 tire and a black wheel from a pickup parked in Elgin last night. Walter Vice, owner of the truck, reported the loss.
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Elgin
Comanche County
Everett Hale
Walter Vice
Cherokee Pageant Opens Tomorrow in Ponca City
The Cherokee Strip Pageant featuring more than 20 scenes about the 1893 land rush and regional growth opens tomorrow night in Ponca City Oklahoma. The first night will crown a Cherokee Strip queen yet to be chosen with continuing performances through Saturday night. Mrs Ollie Magdalene Butler of Taloga will be honored Friday night.
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Ponca City
Okla
Ollie Magdalene Butler
Taloga
Capshaw Returns From National Merle Norman Cosmet ic Dealers Meet
M B Capshaw returned Monday from Washington DC where he attended a five day national convention of Merle Norman cosmetic dealers.
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M. B. Capshaw
Washington, D. C
Merle Norman Cosmetic Dealers
City Police Probe Con Game Story
Police disclosed an apparent con game tied to narcotics possibly involving $120 stolen from Fort Sillman Pvt. Dave C. Ault after a motel night. Ault, who drank at a downtown bar, woke to missing money and unclear events while he and a man and woman registered as Mr. and Mrs. Chapman. Police cited a motel registration and early Sunday taxi pickup as leads.
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Fort Sillman
Dave C. Ault
Henry Bartels
Lawton
Chapman
Hearing Delayed In Larceny Case
A preliminary hearing in the grand larceny case against Roy Rentie Jr. was continued to 10:30 a.m. Thursday. Rentie, 24, faces charges of taking $70 from Jimmy S. Wacaser Jr., A Bty, 553rd FA Bn, at Fort Sill last month on August 19.
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Fort Sillman
Rentie
Jimmy S. Wacaser Jr
Mild Weather Streak Heads Into Thursday
Continued fair and mild conditions are forecast through Thursday. Highs will reach 95 degrees with a low around 70. Today's low was 62 and the 11 am reading hit 86. Tuesday’s high topped 93.
Yankees Top Tigers as Larsen Shines in 6-4 Win
Gil McDougald and Hank Bauer homered behind Don Larsen's five hit pitching to beat Detroit 6-4 and shorten Cleveland's lead to a game and a half. In Boston, Kansas City beat the Red Sox 7-3 on two Gus Zernial homers and Vic Power single to raise Zernial's season total to 28.
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Hank Bauer
Don Larsen
New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Boston
Kansas City Athletics
Boston Red Sox
Gus Zernial
Vic Power
Zernial
AF Launches Balloon to Dismiss Green Men Myth
In Denver at Lowry Air Force Base a 120 foot diameter hydrogen balloon rose to the stratosphere to show it carries no dangers or aliens. Maj Joe R Collins said balloons pose no harm and the launches have continued nationwide for 18 months with over 1000 balloons released. A 500 pound gondola on the balloon carried weather instruments for high altitude data collection.
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Lowry Air Force Base
White House
Joe R Collins
Indiana
California
Collins
Junior High Holds Big Pep Assembly
Junior High staged a pep assembly Tuesday in the auditorium with Ben Ansley as master of ceremonies. Coaches Lou Whiteley and Jack Stephenson introduced the football squad, and students performed vocal pieces by Sally Bassell, Jackie Ellis and Roger Hoffman. Brownie Robertson gave scripture and prayer as the mixed chorus sang, and the band directed by Charles McHenry provided the music.
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Kay Thomas
Johanna Cargill
Stephanie Lester
Shirley Hester
Marilyn Thompson
Lou Whiteley
Jack Stephenson
Sally Bassell
Jackie Ellis
Canyon
Roger Hoffman
Brownie Robertson
Bill Scott
Ellen Mackey
Charles McHenry
Baptist Training Session Draws Six Hundred Twenty Four Attendees
The Comanche Cotton Baptist Association trained 624 people at the Second Session in First Baptist Church. Dr M E Ramey taught a Bible class and Mrs H Tom Wiles led a Sunday school methods course. Dr Harold E Ingraham will deliver the main address Thursday night as attendance nears 800. Rev John J Evans noted expected turnout.
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Comanche-Cotton Baptist Assn
First Baptist Church
M. E. Ramey
Edmond
H. Tom Wiles
Lawton
First Baptist
Harold E. Ingraham
Baptist Sunday School Board
Nashville, Tenn
John J. Evans
The
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The Constitution's Yesteryears Highlights
Items from past issues outline Lt Col Merton Munson returning from Europe on leave, Comanche county’s Pie Williamson freed from a Japanese camp, and 29 schools in a federally funded hot lunch program. Also notes a 20 years ago death of Jimmie McCoy, dam funding of 70167, a Medicine Park rally, and 30 years ago floods and local civic events.
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Merton E. Munson
Europe
Pie Jack Williamson
Comanche County
Lawton
Jimmie McCoy
Lake Thomas Dam
Roosevelt
Medicine Park
Earl Inman
Sterling
Miami churchgoers survey shows 4800 members
A Miami Ministerial Alliance survey indicates Miami Oklahoma lists 4800 church members. The count reflects active participation across local congregations and highlights faith community size in the city.
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Miami
Okla
Miami Ministerial Alliance
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