Food aid distributed to 350 families in county
County commissioners began distributing 16 000 pounds of surplus food to 350 families hit by unemployment and drought. Trucks were sent to Lawton and outlying districts while a long line formed orderly as certified recipients collected rations. Many recipients were Lawton residents and several were African American.
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Comanche County
OK Transfer Warehouse
Umanche County
Woesner
Lawtonians
Cooler Weather Expected Across the Midwest Tuesday
Area residents can anticipate cooler air Tuesday with partly cloudy skies. Forecasters predict near 90s in places but colder air should lower temperatures statewide. Arkansas faces partial clouds and scattered thundershowers in the north, Missouri sees showers in the far northeast, and Kansas experiences drizzles in the northwest as cooler air arrives tonight.
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Tusey
Arkansas
Missouri
Kansas
Illinois Train Wreck Near Mattoon Kills One
At least one person died and 21 were injured when an eastbound train struck a vehicle at a grade crossing east of Mattoon. The driver, identified as a man from the asphalt track project, was killed. the incident involved a York-tem line train running from St. Louis to Indianapolis.
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Illinois
Mattoon
Til
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Hotel Stock Drive Dinner Set Tonight
Completion and opening of the new 130 room Hotel Lawtonian on schedule is the goal as 60 civic workers launch a five day stock drive with a 6 30 dinner in the unfinished banquet room. A financial statement shows 870 100 already spent on building site and assets, with 670 000 available through RFC and local banks. Extra 30 000 stock will raise funds to 760 700 to finish the building, furniture and operating capital for the planned Christmas opening.
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Lawtonian
Lawton
Inc
RFC
Red China Moves to Bid for U N Membership at UN Open
United Nations opens its ninth General Assembly session amid Red China’s formal bid for UN membership. Peiping radio announces the bid backed by Soviet Pravda. US and Britain ready to block China’s seat with Western allies, while a possible 60 nation assembly president is eyed for Netherlands’ Ivo van Kleffens.
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China
United States
Pooeday
Peiping
Russia
Pravda
United Si
John Foster Dulles
Britain
Red China
Andrei Eadaere
Ico N. van Kleffens
Netherlands
Lawton High School Dedication Set For Tuesday
The new two million Lawton high school building will be officially dedicated by student body president Val Frakes tomorrow. Superintendent John Shoemaker announced the 30 minute program in the high school gymnasium with invitation to the public. The band led by James T Matthews will perform as invocations are offered by Julia Fullerston.
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Lawton High School
John Shoemaker
O Val Frakes
Igh
Fuldes
Fireball Seen Across West Proves More Than a Meteor
Dr. Lincoln LaPaz, meteorologist at the University of New Mexico, said the bright fireball over the western states on Saturday was “something queer” and not a ordinary meteorite. He spoke after interviewing witnesses in Albuquerque and nearby areas, noting widespread calls to the municipal airport and control centers about the aerial display.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Lincoln LaPaz
University of New Mexico
Chico Ills
Bay Control
Sabie Malle Ce
Sheriff’s Deputies Collect $300 in Delinquent Taxes
Sheriff Everett Hale announced that his office collected an additional $300 in delinquent personal property taxes on Saturday. He and deputies are pursuing about $16,000 in 1953 delinquent taxes, with Lillian Waid noting many delinquent personal property taxes dating back 10 years.
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Everett Hale
Hale
Lillian Waid
Block Denies Politics in Relief Distribution Claims
Oklahoma City Abe Block state emergency relief administrator denied that politics influenced relief in drought areas. He rebutted Fred M. Mack Republican nominee for the U S Senate who alleged Democratic county commissioners told victims to vote Democratic to receive aid. A full drought report for Eastern Oklahoma is due by week’s end.
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Oklahoma City
Abe Block
Oklaoma
Fred M. Mack
U. S. Senate
Oklahoma
Czar Langston
State Planning and Resoarces Board
Atoka
Sallisaw
Langston
Block
Politics In Relief
Sequoyah
Dan Boyd
U. S.agriculture Department
Black
Saucer Man Warns Clinton Woman Of UFO Bomb Threat
A Canton Indian woman, Gladys White Eagle, reports a disc shaped visitor warned of United States destruction on October 13 by bombs and an earthquake. Deputies escorted her to the Clinton Daily News office after she told them she saw the man from another world. She claimed the being, who spoke in twisted words, vanished after predicting calamity and laughed. She had been told to return September 17 but stayed away.
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Clinton
Okla
United States
Gladys White Eagle
Talog
Clinton Daily News
Tim
White Eagle
Canton
Mendes-France lays plan for German rearma and defense alliance
In a Brussels Pact briefing Mendes France urged transforming the Brussels pact into a wider European defense and arms program. He proposed British participation across a broader European defense, a European peace convention, and West German rearmament within a new framework. Bonn sources expect West Germany to demand a NATO seat if rearming occurs.
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French National Assembly
Brussels
Bonn
West Germany
NATO Council
Western
Europe
Konrad Adenauer
London
Washington
Mendes
France
Brusacts
European Convention For Peace
Secur
Great Britain
Mendes-France
Three-Day Fair Opened This Week at Comanche County
Comanche County free fair launches Tuesday for a three day run. County agent Lew Haydock says exhibits should be in place by noon with preliminary judging at 1 p.m. Mrs. Clara Kel and Miss Lou ise Kennedy direct 4-H activities. New features include a merchants exhibit, outside displays of trucks and farm machinery, and a tractor rodeo with cash prizes for farmers and youth.
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Comanche County
Jed Tadey
Lew
Lewis Haydock
Clara J. Kel
Louise Kennedy
Kennedy
Comanche County Farm
Polio Strikes Duncan Bay in Comanche County Ward
Polio hits Duncan Bay with Comanche county Memorial Hospital reporting its 18th case since June. A patient remains in isolation in the ward as Kenneth Woods, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Woods, Duncan, is noted among the cases. Five other mild victims are hospitalized in Stephens county.
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Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Momi Kenneth Woods
Joseph Woods
Duncan
Ad- Stephens County
Ing
Pat
Dial Phones Expansion Drives Lawton Plans
South western Bell moves to clear property at 17th and Gore for a new dial telephone office. estimated $25 million conversion costs include reconnection of wires. The company is spending about $350,000 this year on expansion, extending lines to the west and northwest. Underground cables are under construction and long distance pole lines are being removed to widen streets. By year end Lawton will see about 14,500 telephones, with 600 added since January. A long distance cable from Enid to Guthrie, Duncan, and Lawton is under way, aiming to improve service to OK towns and reduce open wire and pole counts.
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Western Bell
Lawton
Page
Ferris
Fifth
11Th
Cache Road
38Th
Dial Sys
William Ick
Gore
Elmer
Arceiver
DIAL
Southwestern Bell
17Th and
Senate Parliamentarian Defends Subcommittee Authority
Veteran Parliamentarian Arthur V. Watkins disputed Sen Joseph R McCarthy’s claim that the elections subcommittee acted illegally. He testified the panel had proper authority to investigate McCarthy’s actions and that Hayden and Hennings proper names and roles supported the panel’s capacity to convene. He also challenged McCarthy’s denouncement of the subcommittee and said the secretary’s actions were within procedural bounds.
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Washington
Joseph R.mccarthy
Senate
Senate Elections Subcommittee
McCarthy
Elections Subcommittee
Lings
Watkins
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate Rules Committee
Sen
Thomas
C Hennings Jr
Wakins
Ex-Pro Sought Job In Army Intelligence
Ex-Progressive Cpl. Claude J Batchelor testified in San Antonio that after his fling with the Chinese Communists he sought a US Army intelligence post. He said two intelligence officers promised to recommend a transfer, and later statements he made to them were used as evidence against him.
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San Antonio
Cpl
Claude J. Batchelor
U. S. Army
Batchelor
Barbecue Salad Poisoning Affects Hundreds At Event
Doctors reported a large food poisoning incident after a barbecue where a potato salad is blamed. About 500 were affected, with 42 hospitalized in five nearby towns and none seriously ill. Medical staff treated up to 300 on site and administered over 150 shots during a six hour period.
First Snow Falls In U S
United Press reports the season's first snow hit Cutbank and Great Falls as St Louis endured a severe wind and hailstorm. Injuries totaled around a score, with thousands of windows and neon signs shattered and trees and poles down. Flooded streets and power outages affected about 1,500 homes on Monday after a second heavy event.
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United Press
Cutbank
St. Louis
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