Lawton Keeps Fourth in State Sales for August
Oklahoma Tax Commission reports July sales show Lawton maintaining fourth in state sales during August with $83,066.08, down from $94,423.75 last year. Comanche County falls 11.76 percent from August 1954, to $87,644.47. Enid ranks third with $93,463.12, while seven of eleven southwestern counties show small gains and three border counties post declines.
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Lawton
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Comanche County
Enid
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Harmon
Greer
Jackson
Caddo
Grady
Stephens
Jefferson
Kiowa
Tillman
Garfield
Kay
Comanche
Washington
Cub Pushmobile Derby Planned
The Hunting Horse district schedules a Cub Scout pushmobile race for 2 30 p m on Sunday Oct 16 on the west Sears Roebuck lot at 1 S Ith Entries are accepted an hour before start in two cub teams Separate heats determine winners for ages 8 9 and 10 With no limit on wheel count but 15 inch diameter max one rider and one pusher per team swap positions at mid race Participants include district officials and Scouts from Troop 83 who offered an opening skit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunting Horse District
Sears-Roebuck
S. Ith
Security Trust Bank
L. R
Tex’’ McCoy
McCoy
Frank Crawford
Chester Weeks
C. H. Parsons
A. J. Matheny
Howard Freeman
C. A. Vokins
J. H. Crosby
Bob Fullerton
O. B. Lord
D. A. Givens
Basil Cherry
William E. Harris
Don Bowles
Jim Schaaf
Bill Schaaf
Cameron Gym Project Spurs Oklahoma College Plans
Cameron officials present a proposed 140 by 142 foot physical education complex with reinforced concrete and brick walls, seating 1800, housing a basketball court, offices, classrooms, a boxing arena, and storage. The $375000 estimate covers construction with plans to use remaining funds for repairs, while state regents push ahead with $13.75 million in campus building projects as soon as possible.
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Howell
Cameron
Oklahoma Regents For Higher Education
Joint Committee On Appropriations
Board of
Regents For Higher Education
Col College
Frederick Air Base
Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
Gary
Tom Sexton
Board of Affairs
University of Oklahoma and University School of Medicine
Okmulgee
Oklahoma A&m
Oklahoma College For Women
Southeastern
Southwestern State Colleges
Oklahoma Junior Colone
University School of Medicine
Okmulgee School
OCW
Southwestern
NOJC
Panhandle A&m College
Langston College
Central State College
East Central State
Northeastern State
Northwestern State
Cameron A&m
Connors A&m
Eastern A&m
Murray School of Agriculture
Northeastern A&m
En Military Academy
Four Car Collision Kills Six In California
Six people including a Duarte family of four were killed and four others seriously hurt in a four car crash on the San Bernardino Freeway when a sedan knocked over the center divider and struck oncoming traffic. Victor L. de Casas, 32, of Santa Fe New Mexico and Los Angeles, was booked on six counts of manslaughter after suffering minor injuries. A gasoline fire erupted in one car, while another car carried victims identified as Joseph Golden and his wife Minnie, with two children among the dead. The Hearn family of Van Nuys survived with injuries.
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Los Angeles
San Bernardino
California
Victor L. de Casas
Santa Fe
N.M
Joseph Golden
Duarte
Calif
Minnie
Lida
Robert
William L. Spackler
David B. Hearn
van Nuys
Spackler
Golden
Vincent Weiner
de Casus
Arnau preliminary hearing details gun death case
Testimony recounts Arnau stating I shot him and Had to Do It as officers describe the scene. Police and ambulance personnel, including Grady Crabtree and Otis Waldron, describe bullets entering from the front and positioned low in the room amid claims of a possible struggle at the Arnau home. The defense highlights stray bullets and furniture movement while witnesses place Arnau near the scene as Sharon Kay Shaw’s family grieves nearby.
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Lance Driver
Arnau
Williams
Grady Crabtree
Otis Waldron
Otis
Waldron
Ernestine Russell
No. 342
Dearborn
Arnans
Louis J. Arnau Jr
Magic Mile
Shaw
Crabtree
McCracken
Cameron
Sharon Kay
Arnan
Missing P2V Neptune crew listed by Fleet Weather Central
Janet Lt Cmdr G B Windham of Fairfield Alabama names 11 men aboard the missing P2V Lockheed Neptune bomber. Copilot Lt (j.g.) G W Herlong of Lake City Florida, navigator Lt (j.c.) Greaney of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, and crew include Lt (j.g.) T R Morgan of Fenton Michigan, Lt (j.g.) W A Buck of Wilmington Massachusetts, Mech 1-C J T Windham of Bon Wier Texas, Radioman 1-C J F Combs of Forestport New York, Radar Tech J J Mann of Canton Ohio, Photographer K H Clegg of Cranston Rhode Island.
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G. B. Windham
Fairfield
Ala
Fleet Weather Central
J.g
G. W. Herlong
Lake City
Fila
J.c.) Greaney
Pittsburgh
T. R Morgan
Fenton, Mich
W. A. Buck
Wilmington
Mass
J. T. Windham
Bon Wier
Tex
J. F. Combs
Forestport
N.Y
J. J. Mann
44Th St
N.W
Canton
Ohio
K. H. Clegg
Waldo Ave
Cranston, R.I
Cityan Returns From TB Talks
Mrs. Hal Hallett director of the Comanche County Tuberculosis association returned from Louisville Ky where she attended a southern tuberculosis conference. She represented state tuberculosis workers as president and noted Dr Blomquist urged vigorous case finding as TB cases rise in men over 45 and women over 65 with the aim of earlier cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Hallett
Comanche County Tuberculosis Association
Louisville
Earl Koos
Edward Blomquist
United States Public Health Service
Typhoon Louise Heads For Japan
Typhoon Louise, the Pacific season’s fiercest storm, moved toward Japan as Air Force crews repaired the Iwo Jima base. Three planes delivered food mail and supplies to damaged buildings. a mercy flight found the base nearly demolished and the 300 man garrison escaped with minor injuries.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Japan
Air Force
U. S
Iwo Jima
Coast Guard
Funeral Rites for Peggy S. Baird Held at Fort Sill
Services for Mrs. Peggy Scott Baird age 40 of 1113 Lake will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Old Post Chapel Fort Sill. Burial in Fort Sill cemetery. Officiants include Rev Russell Rauscher and Chaplain Col William Estes. Survivors: Maj Alonzo Baird husband two daughters Sandra Gene 8 Celeta Ellen 5 son Michael Harry 6 and her parents Mr and Mrs H H Scott of Menominee Minn.
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Peggy Scott Baird
Lake
Old Post Chapel
Fort Sill
Russell Rauscher
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
William B. Estes
Mrs. Baird
Minneapolis
Minn
Episcopal Church
Maj
Alonzo Baird
Sandra Gene
Celeta Ellen
Michael Harry
H. H. Scott
Menominee
Oklahoma City Prices Report From State Agriculture Department
Oklahoma City report shows wheat prices across multiple towns with No. 1 hard steady at 2.03 to 2.04. Broilers and hens priced lower or steady with regional variations. Eggs and butterfat values listed for several cities, while Chicago market reports butter steady with wholesale prices and scores listed.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Guyman
Hooker
Frederick
Vici
Blackwell
Lawton
Medford
Clinton
el Reno
Enid
Hobart
Kingfisher
Yukon
Bison
Hennessey
Tulsa
Muskogee
Vinita
Alva
Watonga
Woodward
Laverne
Elk City
Pauls Valley
Oklahoma City cattle and hog market report highlights
Oklahoma City report shows 3 500 cattle calves 1 000 with slow grain fed steers and heifers early sales. cows 14 percent of receipts, stockers largest. bulls steady to strong. Hogs 800 with barrows gilts steady to 25 lower. sows steady. Sheep 100 with few slaughter lambs up 50, good and choice feeder lambs noted.
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Oklahoma City
USDA
Robbers threaten Bull and trap him in a store room
Robbers forced Bull to open a safe then slugged him and locked him in a small room for about 20 minutes until the bookkeeper finished lunch. City police detained eight suspects Monday afternoon and night, releasing all but two. The remaining two remained in jail as detectives were tied up with other court cases.
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Bull
City
City garbage strike sparks pickets and violence at City Hall
About 50 march in front of City Hall with signs pleading for food for children as threats of prosecutions loom. Gill declares protected 175 workers and warns interference will be prosecuted. Cox and Gordon attacked while emptying cans, one struck with a baseball bat. Police patrol routes as 10 workers were fired for refusing to work.
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City Hall
Gill
Thurman Rhodes
Cox
Gordon
Floyd F. Ward
Bergman
Education Group Plans Oct 6 White House Talks
Citizens Council on Education urges city groups to send six delegates to the Oct 6 mass county meeting at Lawton High School cafeteria. The White House conference aims to focus local and national education issues and elect 12 delegates from Comanche County for the Oklahoma City state conference Oct 17-18.
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Citizens Council On Education
Mass County
Little White House
Darold English
Lawton High School
White House
Comanche County
Oklahoma City
Western Union Manager Receives 35-Year Service Pin
Walter Brooks, manager of the Lawton Western Union, received a 35-year service pin from district manager T. R. Griffiths of Oklahoma City. Brooks has led the Lawton office since 1944 after coming from Muskogee, marking Sunday as his 35th company anniversary.
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Walter Brooks
Western Union
T. R. Griffiths
Oklahoma City
Brooks
Lawton
Benefit Musical Tickets Go Out
Tickets are on sale for a western musical show at Cameron college auditorium on October 6. The bill features Bill Mack and Co. from Wichita Falls, Texas, and the event is a fundraiser by the Lawton Civil Defense unit to buy a tornado warning system for Lawton. Advance adults 60 cents, students 30 cents. at the door 75 cents.
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Cameron College Auditorium
Bill Mack and Co
Wichita Falls, Tex
The
Lawton Civil Defense Unit
Civil Defense Group
Don Taylor
Dow] Smith
Taylor
Lawton CD Group
Ike Advances Anew In Recovery From Heart Attack
The President showed steady progress on the first full day after his hospitalization. A 4 p.m. bulletin reported a comfortable day with a moderate lunch and visits from Mrs. Eisenhower, while a later update noted the removal of the oxygen tent at intervals and three brief outings totaling about 90 minutes.
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Eisenhower
Oklahoma sales tour lists many attendees and goals
Dennis E Boothe Hobart druggist W A Yielding Temple department store operator State Sen D L Jones Altus Dick Moore Altus Consolidated Gas Utilities Cecil Neely Sayre North Fork Electric Co op M G Tomlinson Tomlinson Son Frederick Wallace Kidd publisher Anadarko Daily News Also attending session were Czar D Langston Jr Okla City Department of Commerce and Industry Clyde Hamm Oklahoma Employment Securities Commission Oklahoma City W H Hudson Coalgate Russell Putnam Oklahoma City Okla Development Council Also present were David Rudolph Temple N J Dikeman Anadarko banker Wyatt Hendrick Ross H Porter Floyd Zook and D L Wigington Lawton businessmen English noted enthusiasm for the trip with visits to New York Boston Philadelphia Cleveland Chicago and other industrial centers Sooner salesmen will stress Oklahoma's climate tax position and market of 38 000 000 within 500 miles Cost of the trip 600 to 700 per person paid by individual or sponsoring organization
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Dennis E. Boothe
Hobart
W. A. Yielding
Temple
D. L. Jones
Altus
Dick Moore
Consolidated Gas Utilities
Cecil Neely
Sayre
North Fork Electric Co-op
M. G. Tomlinson
Tomlinson & Son
Frederick
Wallace Kidd
Anadarko Daily News
Czar D. Langston Jr
Oklahoma City
Department of Commerce and Industry
Clyde Hamm
Oklahoma Employment Securities Commission
W. H. Hudson
Coalgate
Russell Putnam
Oklahoma Development Council
David Rudolph
N. J. Dikeman
Anadarko Banker
Wyatt Hendrick
Ross H. Porter
Floyd Zook
D. L. Wigington
Lawton
English
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Chicago
Oklahoma
Cub Pack 71 Plans Meeting
Cub Pack 71 schedules a meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday in Howell school at 24th Place and E den mother Mrs W C Disnuke announced today an executive meeting was held Monday at Cubmaster Ray Meyer home 2015 C attendees included den mothers Mrs Disnuke Mrs Dale Zacharis Mrs Claire Cotton and Mrs Ray Meyer
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Howell
W. C. Disnuke
Ray Meyer
Disnuke
Dale Zacharis
Claire Cotton
Piles Shrinkage Claim From New Science Aid
A healing substance nickname Bio-Dyne is said to shrink piles and relieve itching without surgery. Marketed under the name Aeire H the product comes as a suppository or ointment. Reg. U S Pat Off.
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Cub Pushmobile
aGodwell
Oak Street
Mrs. Arnau
Don Holman
Lawton Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Janet
Joe Ford
Russell and
Ford
Insurance Agency
Llth
Cityan
Typhoon Louise
Peggy S. Baird
Oklahoma City Livestock
Education Group
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
LA Sill
Cache Rd
Pho
Sheridan
Cache Road
Sooner Estates
E. Morris
Res
KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
D Ave
D Avenue
Ike
St.joseph
Ieve
See Crook
Wichita Falls
Lee
C.D
America
Damon
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