Sleeping Bride Killed By Car On Highway
Four persons died in separate highway crashes Saturday lifting the year’s toll to 388. Among the dead were 15 year old Evelyn Moree of Clinton Iowa and 30 year old Thomas Thornhill of Amarillo Texas. Mrs Hodnett 47 of Bartlesville was ejected in a two car crash south of Bartlesville and crushed beneath the overturned vehicle. Detailing the other deaths, Mrs Vanney Powers of Madill and Betsiel Moree 25 of Nowata were also killed in crashes on U S routes and county roads as police investigated the day’s fatalities.
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Associated Press
Vanney Powers
Madill
Anna Neema Hodnett
Bartlesville
Evelyn Juanita Moree
Clinton
Iowa
Thomas Eugene Thornhill
Amarillo
Tex
Hodnett
Highway Patrol
Lawton Hosts Large Brewing Convention Attendance List
Lawton's major convention attracts top brewery figures from Anheuser Busch, Falstaff, Coors, Miller, Pabst, Hamm, and other companies. Attendees include executives from St Louis to Milwaukee and New Orleans with USBF and Oklahoma Malt Beverage Association delegates present to elect officers. Local distributors assist in planning the three day conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
August A. Busch Jr
Anheuser Busch Inc
St. Louis
Joseph Griesedieck
Falstaff Brewing Corp
Ian R. Dowie
Carling Brewery
Bellville
Adolph Coors Jrs
Coors Co
Golden, Colo
M. F. Dykema
Progress Brewing Co
Oklahoma City
Harris Perlstein
Pabst
T. J. Kelly
Frank
Gene Trouppy
Jack
Tulsa Leader Invited to Eisenhower Youth Fitness Conference
Hugh McKenna of Tulsa president of the National Junior Chamber of Commerce is among 139 outstanding Americans invited by President Eisenhower to attend a conference on American youth fitness at the Summer White House September 27 and 28.
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Tulsan
Denver
Hugh McKenna
Tulsa
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Eisenhower
White House
Comanche County Junior Free Fair judges and exhibits announced
Fair officials outlined daily judging times for poultry rabbits swine beef sheep and dairy with judges from nearby colleges and schools. Entries must be registered by category and weighed before noon. Prizes and ribbons reward top finishers, with merchant booths and a food club planned for the county women.
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Donald Prophet
Cameron College
John Kusel
Fort Cobb
Johnny Goodin
Gotebo
Comanche County
W. L. Spradlin
Roseland
Medicine Park
Meers
Messing
Mt. View
Paradise Valley
Fred Davis
Lawton
Darold English
Farm Bureau
Rural Electrification Assn
Singer Sewing Machine
Cecil Easton Hardware
Letzo Plumbing
Pfaff Sewing Machine
Popular Furniture
N@cchi
TB Association
Long - Bell Lumber Company
Southwest Venetian Blind
Airway Vacuum Cleaners
Eugene Bowman Siding and Roofing Company
Fairmont Foods Company
Wickersham backs Fort Sill expansion to boost bases
Wickersham said Fort Sill faring well percent-wise and has more troops than expected. He noted range expansion could bring more units for training and new reserve programs. He cited possible helicopter training expansion and testing of equipment under a research program. He discussed appraisals, House and Senate approval, and a potential 10 day window for authorization. He hinted Interior objections unlikely as Eisenhower favors land for defense. He traveled from Washington with officials, aims for funding and road access, while warning the tense international climate amid calls to strengthen Fort Sill and other bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickersham
Fort Sill
Army
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
McKay
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Eisenhower
Oklahoma
Washington
Sec
Army Brucker
Maxwell Taylor
Altus
Clinton
Sherman
Training schedule for 617th unit cadre and recruits
A detailed overview of the SILL UNIT basic training plan outlines the 22 cadremen and NCOs supervising two trainee batteries. It notes health welfare and training duties, emphasizes teamwork, and describes a sequence from map and vehicle instruction to specialized artillery-like training, field bivouac, and final exams before post assignments.
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Robert C. Dufault
617Th
Tractor Backed Over 16 Month Old in Walters Farm
A 16 month old boy, Johnny DeWayne Rupe, is in Memorial hospital in serious condition after a tractor backed over him at a Walters Rt. 5 farm home. His four year old brother was nearby as Cecil Rupe and grandfather H L Rupe prepared to start engines. The accident occurred about 3 05 p.m. eight miles west and 232 south of Walters.
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Walters
Memorial Hospital
Walters Rt. 5
Johnny DeWayne Rupe
Cecil Rupe
H. L. Rupe
Rupe
Oklahoma churchmen warn of mongrel race in America
A group of Missionary Baptists from Oklahoma issued a resolution condemning the Supreme Court ruling against school segregation as likely to produce a mongrel race. The 20 000 strong church body said mixing races opposes scripture and sent the resolution to Gov. Raymond Gary and two U S senators to declare their stand.
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Marlow
Okla
Oklahoma
U. S. Supreme Court
America
Missionary Baptists
Raymond Gary
U. S
Argentina Rebel Uprising Moves Across Buenos Aires
Government broadcasts claim calm except for rebel pockets as loyalist forces under Maj. Gen. Franklin Lucero strike two insurgent centers at Rio Santiago and Curuzu Cuatia. Rebel fleets gather near Montevideo promising bombardment of Buenos Aires while Cordoba and Puerto Belgrano remain key strongholds.
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Franklin Lucero
Plaza de Mayo
Buenos Aires
Juan Domingo Peron
Argentina
Adm
Juan F. Rojas
Rio de la Plata
Montevideo
Uruguay
Rojas
Peron
Rio Santiago
Curuzu-Cuatia
Entre Rios Province
Cordoba
Puerto Belgrano
Lucero
Bahia Blanca
Eden Showing Good Progress After Flu Attack
London reports Prime Minister Anthony Eden is making good progress Saturday in a bout with the flu. The government says he is improving and resting at Chequers. No complications are described and his schedule remains uncertain for the coming week.
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Eden
London
Anthony Eden
Moone's Emerald Oil Offered for Skin Itch Relief
A clean stainless penetrating oil now dispensed by pharmacists at trifling cost provides speedy relief from itchy skin troubles. Moone's Emerald Oil quickly soothes and calms the itch with fast relief. Money back if not fully satisfied. Inexpensive grease less stainless. All drug stores. A. and B. Drug Company.
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Moone
A. & B. Drug Company
Lawton Soldier Joins Paratrooper Unit at Fort Campbell
Pvt. Phillip C. Simpson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl C. Simpson of Lawton, has been assigned to Company L, 51th Airborne Infantry, 7th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell Kentucky. Enlisted May 31, 1954, he is a rifleman with eight jumps and Parachutist Badge of Courage. Training included Fort Bliss Fort Ord Fort Campbell with jump school graduation December 9, 1954.
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Phillip C. Simpson
Carl C. Simpson
Bessie
51Th Airborne Infantry
7Th Airborne Division
Fort Campbell, Ky
Simpson
Lawton
Fort Bliss
Tex
Fort Ord
Calif
Fort Campbell
Burglary Suspect Must Stand Trial
Walter Caldwell 41 of Layton is bound over to Superior Court on second degree burglary charge for a Sept 4 break in at 1126 Georgia. After a preliminary hearing Peace Justice Marvin Cameron sent Caldwell back to county jail in $1000 bond. The suspect allegedly took household articles from Ethel Moore 55 who confronted him.
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Walter Caldwell
Lawton
Georgia
Superior Court
Marvin Cameron
Caldwell
Ethel Moore
Dairy equipment auction listing with multiple items
Auction listing for dairy apparatus from Riddle and Palmer. Included are a two unit surg milker seven can with water cooling, six can IHC cooler, surge electrical water heater, surge aerator, wash vat 23 ten gallon cans and other items. Lunch served at noon. Auctioneers Heldenbrand & Associates.
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Riddle & Palmer
Nat'l. Bank Alex
Heldenbrand & Associates Auctioneers
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