City Dads Study Bids on Sewers
City officials studied four sewer district bids at a weekly meeting and took no action on the sewer district 7 bids. The council also accepted three used truck bids for the garbage department and chose Frank Godfrey's $300 Ford 1 1 2 ton as best. A special committee to work with the Humane Society on the city animal shelter was named with Warren Wolverton as chairman and Buck Kinsey and E W Kirkpatrick as members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green- Howenstine Motor Company
Paving Company
Gils Construction Company
Sherman Machine and Iron Works
Horn & Smith
Humane Society
Warren Wolverton
Buck Kinsey
E. W. Kirkpatrick
Storm Flyers Love Job Flying Into Hurricanes
U S Navy weather planes from Airborne Early Warning Squadron Four chase storms to chart force and direction from wavetop levels. Seven dozen sailors, including 35 officers and 200 enlisted men, volunteer without extra pay and stay on call year round.
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Jacksonville
Fla
U. S. Navy
Airborne Early Warning Squadron Four
Navy
Galveston
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Fleet Weather Central
Miami
Weather Central
Neptune
Doctors Speak At Club Lunch
Lawton Kiwanis heard a medical program Tuesday with Dr Melton Meek Dr Frank Austin and Dr Joe Kelsey detailing medical education pathways and residency lengths. They noted internships pay little and outlined steps from pre medical study through specialty training for physicians and four years of veterinary school for veterinarians.
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Lawton Kiwanis Club
Melton Meek
Frank Austin
Joe Kelsey
Three Texas Escapees Recaught After Prison Break
WELDON Texas Sept 15 UP three convicts from Eastham prison farm were recaptured after bloodhounds tracked two men and the third surrendered. Kenneth Dunham 24 and Jay Lubbock 25 were chased by a 20 man posse four miles north of Weldon. Floyd Adams 40 turned himself in to Sheriff R R Walker after the escape. The trio overpowered a guard, abducted a truck, then stole a clubhouse and shotgun.
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R. R
America Is An Atmosphere Not A Land Or Law
Mrs. James H. Boyd, the Lawton Rotary speaker and former Hungarian war bride, described America as an atmosphere and an ever evolving ideal. She explained that American citizenship requires self dedication, not birth, and freedom to think and act without fear.
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America
James H. Boyd
Lawton
Tulsa
Boyd
Floyd Jackson
Area Men In Service Profile Second Lt Curtis Jeffreys
Second Lt. Curtis Ray Jeffreys of Sterling is stationed at Fort Benning Georgia. He is from Sterling and is married to Nora. Jeffreys graduated Sterling High School and Oklahoma A&M College where he joined Farm House and the Future Farmers of America chapter. He majored in animal husbandry and served as a livestock judging team member and Black and Bridle club member.
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Curtis Ray Jeffreys
London Jeffreys
Sterling
Fort Benning, Ga
Nora
Jeffreys
Sterling High School
Oklahoma A&m College
A&m
Farm House
Arraignment Set Monday in Hitchhike Murder Case
James Upton 21 of Bakersfield California is charged with murder in the hitchhike shooting of Donald T Dilley 19 of Salt Lake City an airman. He will be arraigned Monday with Wilson Hurley and Joseph Ryan appointed as counsel. Upton formerly lived in Nowata Oklahoma.
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Albuquerque
N. M
James Upton
Bakersfield
Cal
Donald T. Dilley
Salt Lake City
Paul Tackett
Wilson Hurley
Joseph Ryan
Upton
Nowata
Okla
Three Negroes Enroll At A and M in Oklahoma
Three African American students enroll at Oklahoma A&M College as first race master students in a major state college. John Warren joins mechanical engineering, Jodie Shaw Jr. electrical technology, and Joan Ware medical technology. College officials pledge desegregation for dorms and facilities. Glenn and Dolphin Wharton from Guthrie had previously enrolled as juniors in engineering.
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Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A&m College
Langston University
John Warren
Muskogee
Jodie Shaw Jr
Tulsa
Joan Ware
Enid
Ed Morrison
Aggie
Glenn
Dolphin Wharton
Guthrie
Langston
Japanese Prime Minister to visit the United States in November
Denver dispatch reports Prime Minister Yoshida of Japan will visit the United States in November as the official guest of the American government. The White House announced the trip at President Eisenhower's invitation to renew personal and official friendships and discuss mutual concerns.
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Denver
Yoshida
Japan
United States
White House
Eisenhower
Drouth Strengthens Hold Across Oklahoma Crops
Oklahoma crops face renewed drought as rainfall remains far below normal. Over 15 weeks since June 1, total rainfall by the Federal State Crop Reporting Service averages 4.4 inches, hampering ranges, stock ponds, and water supplies while cattle require more feed. Cotton and wheat planting proceed with stressed yields expected versus last year.
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Oklahoma City
Drouth
Oklahoma
Federal
Panhandle
Senator Predicts Federal Pay Raise in Next Congress
Senator Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina told the National Federation of Federal Employees convention in Dallas that the 84th Congress will pass a federal pay raise over the president's veto if needed. He said a more equitable pay adjustment would be first order of business and criticized the president's veto of the last session's raise.
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Dallas
Olin D. Johnston
South Carolina
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Congress
Johnston
National Federation of Federal Employees
Cowering killers captured in wood near Jackson
In Jackson Mississippi two condemned killers Gerald Gallego and Minor Sorber were captured in a wood after a jailer died from injuries in their escape. Patrolmen used bloodhounds and a helicopter to flush the suspects who were shoeless and hungry, five days after their trail disappeared.
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Jackson
Miss
Gerald Gallego
Minor Sorber
Young and Zeckendorf Target Grand Central Skyscraper
Robert R. Young aims to build the tallest and largest office tower in the world on Grand Central Station in Manhattan. Partner William Zeckendorf proposes an 80 story tower with 4.8 million square feet of floor space, an elevated plaza, and a project cost near 100 million dollars.
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Robert R. Young
New York Central Railroad
Grand Central Station
Manhattan
America
New York
Grand Central
Empire State Building
Chicago
Mammoth Merchandise Mart
United States
Young
Texas
Wall Street
William Zeckendorf
Webb & Knapp Development Co
New York Central
Grand Central Terminal
Midtown Manhattan
Webb & Knapp
Zeckendorf
Merchandise Mart
The
Mart
Washington
Pentagon
Plan for skyscraper taller than Empire State proposed
Real estate experts envision a building reaching 1000 to 1200 feet with an observation tower surpassing the Empire State. They estimate construction at about 20 dollars per square foot, totaling near 100 million dollars.
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Empire State
Peter J. McGuire’s Labor Day Idea Originated 1882
Peter J. McGuire proposed a union holiday in 1882 shaping the modern Labor Day observance. This fringe fact reflects early labor movement advocacy and its lasting impact on workers’ rights celebrations.
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Peter J. McGuire
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Rotary
England
Egypt
Persia
West Indies
Future Farmers of America
Black & Bridle Club
Curtis Jeffreys
U. S
Om Electric Co
American National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ratcliffe
Young New Eyes
By Robert Zimmerman
Van's Cycle Shop
Cache Road
Zundapp
Remington
C Avenue
McCord
Ser
Eugene L Bowman
South
Bill Wright
Mgr
FT. Sill
Tina
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