Gary Proposes Avenues For Four Lane Oklahoma City Lawton Highway
Gov Raymond Gary outlined two main options to advance a four lane expressway from Oklahoma City to Lawton or beyond. He spoke to the DowdLawn Kiwanis at Hotel Lawtonian and urged exploring bond financing to cover half the route to Chickasha with state primacy aid for the rest, or placing the Oklahoma City to Wichita Falls segment on the interstate system to gain 30 percent federal funding. He urged Lawton residents to consult their representatives to decide the best path amid strong highway growth in Oklahoma.
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Raymond Gary
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Oklahoma
Dowslawn Kiwanis Club
Lawtonian
Chickasha
Gary
Wichita Falls
Governor fires Bailey firm over southwestern turnpike plan
Oklahoma City Governor Raymond Gary ousted Gary Boots Bailey's DeLeuw, Cather & Co. from turnaround project consulting on the proposed southwestern turnpike. The Turnpike Authority said bonds would not be sold soon and questioned the firm’s role, while noting no other roads or earlier turnpikes were affected. Local officials debated the move as Bailey criticized the highway program as financially troubled.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
H. E. Bailey
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Bailey
DeLeuw, Cather & Co
Turner
Will Rogers
Tulsa
Gary
Tulsa Chamber of Commerce
Joe Jarber
Turnpike Authority
Riley Black
Poteau Turnpike
Southwestern Turnpike
Lawton
Milt Phillips
Seminole Turnpike
Ned Looney
Authority
Phillips
Pace 2
Poison Death Perils Town In Ontario
In TITAN TOWN Ontario a train crash spread cyanide on a quarter mile area after it struck a truck carrying cyanide pellets. Police and civil defense workers organized a burial of the toxic debris and warned of possible airborne exposure amid warnings of rain.
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Robert Letts
Loe Pielore
The
Truck Transport Co. Ltd
Dearborn
Mich
Sarnia
Weather Bureau
Toronto
Thames
Chatham
Leils
Asian Flu Siege Grows in United States
The Public Health Service reports U S Asian flu cases exceed 100000 with Mississippi and Louisiana bearing large outbreaks. Dr Carl C Dauer of the Health Service warns Mississippi could signal a nationwide epidemic though other states show localized clusters in 37 states.
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Washington
Public Healy Service
United States
Mississippi
Carl C. Dauer
Wealth Service
Dauer
Louisiana
Former Spartan workers win unemployment claim approval
More than 115 former Spartan Aircraft Co. workers on the Port Sill maintenance contract received unemployment benefits after the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission affirmed an initial determination. OESC referee O. J. Caldwell presided as Spartan officials did not attend the hearing.
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Spartan Aircraft Co
Virginia Kidson
Lawton
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
Oklahoma City
Spartan
O. J. Caldwell
OESC
Kidson
Defense Secretery Orders Major Military Cut Across Services
Defense Secretary Wilson announces a total 106,000 soldier sailor and airman reductions by June 30. Army Navy and Air Force each face caps while Marine Corps gains short-term flexibility to meet targets. Next steps include deactivating divisions dropping wings and laying up ships as the force scales to a leaner total.
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Washington
Wilson
Muner
Air Force
Army
Navy
Tal
Ashtan
Marine Corps
Guard on Texas prison farm fires on convicts killing inmate
A new guard at barlem prison farm No 1 fired a shotgun into a crowd of convicts, killing Pan Villareal 26 and wounding Israel Casarez 19 and Cayano 13. Guard Robert E Risinger 28 was suspended indefinitely as superintendent O B Ellis called the incident unintentional. The shooting occurred in a cotton field at about 6 38 p m as convicts loaded onto trailers. Risinger said he was excited and flustered when crowded by prisoners.
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Sugar Land
Tex
Barlem Prison Farm No. 1
Robert E. Risinger
O. B Elis
Sue Perintendent
Texas Department of Corrections
Ellis
Pan Villareal
Bexar County
Israel Casacez
King Haakon Near Death as Norway Grieves
Oslo reports King Haakon Vows end appears near as Norway's 83 year old monarch weakens. Black banner headlines flood papers while the nation awaits the beloved sovereign's fate.
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Oslo
Norway
Haakon
Masked Man Robs City Chiropractor
A soft spoken masked bandit with a nickel plated revolver bound Dr. Robert S. Ward at his clinic on 601 B and escaped with about 300 dollars in cash. Ward was tied and taped while the intruder, who entered shortly after 7 am, ordered him to lie on the floor and warned of death for any movement. The victim, Walter Tolland, was taken to a back room for treatment during the robbery.
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Robert S. Ward
Hhis Building
Ward
Walter Tolland
de. Ward
Dr. Ward
City Builder Wins FSIS Contract for Fort Sill School Renovation
Interior department awarded the Fort Sill Indian School project to Joe H Choate of Lawton at 57,989 dollars. Bids ranged 467,800 to 109,000. Work includes plumbing heating glazing electrical and carpentry. A Decatur Illinois firm won the Cheyenne and Arapaho school contract at Concho with a 62,155 dollar bid. Both schools serve Bureau of Indian Affairs recognized children in home communities.
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tMirtinee
Berit
Washington
Interior Department
Fort Sill
Decatur, Ill
Cheyenne and
Arapaho
Concho
H.L. Grohne
Bureau of Indian-Affgistor
Hopkins Scientist Develops First Cold Vaccine
John Hopkins University researcher Dr. Winston H. Price reports a killed JH virus vaccine preventing colds in 80 percent of cases during tests on 400 plus subjects. The study notes many cold viruses exist, and vaccines may not cover all. tests used boys in training schools with control groups and monkey kidney tissue as the growth medium.
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Baltimore, Md
John Hopkins
Winston H. Price
Price
She
Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
Johns Hopkins
Front May Bring Showers and Thunderstorms in Area
A cold front moved into the Oklahoma Panhandle early today bringing a chance of a few thunderstorms and lower temperatures tonight in the Lawton area. Highs near 89 this afternoon and a 57 degree low tonight. The storms expected as the front meets warmer air from the south with cooler conditions continuing Friday and Saturday.
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Oklahoma
Panhandle
Lawsen
Governor Faubus May Disqualify Davies at Friday School Hearing
Gov. Faubus defies a federal subpoena in a civil rights case and questions attending the Friday Central High School integration hearing. He threatens an appeal to the 8th Circuit if an injunction is issued, while the city mayor and others express cautious confidence amid tense Little Rock events.
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Davies
Little Rock
Ark
al Faubus
Central High
Faubus
Arkansas Democrat
National Guard
U.S. District Court
8Th Circuit Court of Ap
Woodrow Wilson Mann
Lite Rock
Arkansas
Ronald N. Davies
Dakota
Thomas Harper
Fort Smith
State Democratic Party
Cittle Rock
Missing Plane Found Burned Near Jacksonville Texas
A Fort Sill L 19 plane went down near U.S. 79 two miles south of an open field. First Lt. R. E. Wright of Fort Sill died in the crash nine miles east of Jacksonville. An investigation board will determine the cause as Army and civilian crews search with 54 planes.
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Fort Sill
Jacksonville
Tex
R. E. Wright
Smith
Field Artillery
Fort Sil
U.S
Herman Sherman
Set
John McVean
Texas Highway Patrol
Ractio
State Man Denies McAlester Murder
A 42 year old Shawnee tavern operator pleaded innocent to a murder charge in the slaying of Carroll D. Pennington, a 36 year old Dallas oil field worker. The suspect’s son Cyril Conners surrendered with his attorney Claud Henson and was arraigned before Justice of the Peace E. W. Thomas after being sought since the Tuesday night shooting. His wife accompanied him and said they fled to Shawnee. she heard of the death on radio yesterday.
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McAlester i
Dallas
Cyril Conners
Justice of the Peace E
Thomas
Pittsburg
Ewing Sadley
Conners
Claud Henson
Shawnee
Carroll D. Pennington
McAlester
Prather Seeks Death Hearing In Daughter's Death Case
Richard Dean Prather a 21 year old Fort Sillman entered a plea of innocence through his court appointed attorney Paul A Busby Lawton attorney assigned by District Judge Luther B Eubanks requested a preliminary hearing in the case Justice of Peace Woodrow Giles said the hearing will be set after lawyers reach agreement on a date Judge Eubanks said Wednesday
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Richard Dean Prather
Fort Sillman
Paul A. Busby
Lawton
Luther B. Eubanks
Sillman
Justice of Peace
Woodrow Giles
Jdge
Eubanks
Pratwrr
Artillery Air Force join for Fort Sill firepower show
A joint artillery and Air Force demonstration at Fort Sill on Saturday will showcase pentomic division firepower. The program starts at 10 a.m. at Point 137, with the Air Force taking over 23 minutes later for further displays. Fifty four guns will be stationed, and guests may obtain tickets from the Chamber of Commerce.
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Fort Sill
Air Force
Artery
Chamber of Commerce
Hg. & Sve Co
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