Fund Drive Taps Planning Meetings for Solicitation Push
The fund drive proceeds with a planning meeting set for Monday at 12 15 pm in the Hotel Lawtonian Gerenimo Room to organize construction workers and unions for solicitation. The overall goal tops 96314 dollars with a 1 day per employed person target in Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawtonian Geronimo
Paul Harris
Charley Wade
George Page
Lawton
United Fund
Koehler
Babbitt
George Barber
Howard Babbitt
Pete Becker
James A. Black
Jack Carter
J. Olen Conner
George H. Dent
R. L. Gilbert
J. C. Kennedy
Emmett L. Keough
E. B. Lacy
Dr. Wilber Lewis
William C. Love
Jerry
Elmer Bauman
Civic Club
Altrusa
Lions and Frogge
Rotary
Northwest Kiwanis
Business
Kiwanis
Optimist
ABC Club
Prosser
Spies Daily Worker duo plot to hoodwink CIA for service
Hollie and his partner claim to have devised a plan to act as Soviet spies then be used by the CIA abroad. They detail missions to a U S military intelligence school in Oberammergau and to Belgium’s arms factory. They accuse the CIA of poor payments and low per diems while offering double agent services through an Al lied News Agency cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Worker
Hollie
Greg
CIA
U. S
Oberammergau
Germany
Belgium
Darmstadt
East Berlin
Berlin
Cafeteria Robbery: Manager Recounts Escape Plan
White, a cafeteria manager, described two men who robbed the back safe then the front desk. They demanded cash from a box containing about 700 dollars in ones, ignored coins, and fled toward a car on a nearby lot after warning the cashier. Police withheld the suspects’ descriptions pending further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldron
White
Enlists in Marines from Altus to San Diego training center
George E. Grandy of Altus has enlisted in the Marine Corps and reported to the San Diego Marine Center for boat training. Marine recruiter MSgt. W. E. Schoolcraft said Friday.
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George E. Grandy
Altus
Marine Corps
San Diego Marine Center
W. E. Schoolcraft
Marine
Plaxco Resigns From Zoning and Planning Board
Mayor C R Ellsworth announced this morning the resignation letter of John Plaxco longtime member of the city's Planning and Zoning board Plaxco who leads the local carpenters union said duties prevented him from continuing on the board Ellsworth expressed regret at the loss and said he will not consider a replacement until after speaking with Plaxco He praised Plaxcos outstanding service on the planning board
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Ellsworth
John Plaxco
Planning and Zoning Board
Plaxco
Carpenters’ Union
Ellsworth
Zoning Board
Ward beer license hearing delayed in county court
The county attorney said no date has been set for the revocation hearing in Judge S R Harper's county court. The hearing had been scheduled for this morning and was postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
S. R. Harper
Lawton to Host 1954 Industrial Tour Start October 15
Council report in Business Week praises Oklahoma great industrial expansion. Lawton residents are urged to support the Oklahoma development group as plans near launch of the 1954 industrial tour leaving Lawton October 15. Tour chairmen are English Lane and Donald Kennedy of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Week
Oklahoma
Lawton
Oklahoma Development Group
English
Lane
Donald Kennedy
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co
Oklahoma City
Local man electrocuted in Chickasha district service
A man from Blanchard died after an electrocution in the Chickasha district where he had served for 13 months. He leaves a wife Iris Dawn Fuller, whom he married in 1946, and two sons Jimmy and John. Surviving relatives include his mother, two brothers, five sisters, and an obituary burial pending at Highland cemetery after services at Becker Funeral Home with Rev. Clifford Brandor officiating.
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Lic
Chickasha
Rt. 1
Blanchard
Iris Dawn Fuller
Slimp
Wichita Falls
Jimmy
John
J. H. Slimp
Elmer E. Slimp
Denver
Colo
Ronald Jamisons
Horace V. James
Thomas Roach
San Fernando
Calif
W. P. Gibson
Gore
Marvin Martin
Germany
James McCurley
Fletcher
Becker Funeral Home Chapel
Clifford Brandor
Trinity Baptist Church of
Two Uranium Hunters Trapped In Ancient Shaft Near Georgetown
U.S. Bureau of Mines experts joined over 100 volunteers in a rescue effort for two Kansas uranium prospectors, Glenn Dew and Melvin LeBlow of Ulysses, trapped about 3000 feet into an old shaft near Georgetown. Companions Hickok and Stubblefield escaped as resumption began after a cave in blocked progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
Colo
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Kansas
Glenn Dew
Melvin LeBlow
Ulysses
Kan
Hickok
Stubblefield
LHS Band and Pep Squads Prepare For Home Games
Ardmore and LHS will be saluted before the band marches off the field. LHS band has 77 students and about 250 Wolverettes pep squad will participate. Pep club initiations occur Saturday night in the high school cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
LHS
Walters
Wolverettes
Patterson
Southerly Winds Keep Area Warm
Strong southerly winds will push warm, fair weather through today and Saturday in Lawton with a developing cold front from Minnesota promising cooler air and possible thunderstorms Saturday night and Sunday. Highs near 95, tonight's low around 68. Yesterday's high reached 97.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Vicki the Elephant Escapes Hunt Sparks Local Turmoil
A six year old Indian elephant named Vicki evaded capture as volunteers and a corral of steel cables failed to trap her. John Ringling North may deploy bull elephant experts if needed. The chase drew 250 volunteers and prompted the Board of Commissioners to intervene after confusion endangered handlers and bystanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicki
John Ringling North
Smoky Strickland
Sailor Arrested Over Unregistered Car While En Route Home
Medford B. Johnson, 22, of Bogota Illinois, bought a car in his town and headed toward Quonset Rhode Island, where he is stationed with the Navy. Police stopped him 12 miles from his base for driving an unregistered vehicle, and he was arrested.
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West Warwick
R. IL
Medford B. Johnson
Bogota
Ill
Quonset, R. I
U. S. Navy
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Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E
Nits Bf
Zale
Sua
Lait
Ameria
Orga
Council
Ancient
Dew
LeBlow
Idaho Springs
Colp
Willie Porter
LeBlon
Indonesia
Vick
Sailor
Jesser
International Harvester
Robertshaw
E Avenue
Chiropractic
Gore Blvd
DR. J. Ji. Hart
City of
R. M. Dodson
Toaster
Coffeemaker
America
Orga Dumon
Retsier
Ogamon
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