Ike's Team Plans Running Of U. S. During His Illness
Washington reports Ike and his aides moving to keep the government functioning while the president recovers from a heart attack. A National Security Council and Cabinet session are planned under Vice President Nixon to address routine matters and the delegation of authority. Justice Department sources expect an official opinion from Attorney General Brownell later in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred 8S
Hoffman
Washington
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Nixon
Atty
Brownell
New York
Spain
Justice Department
Paul Dudley White
Boston
William P. Rogers
Sherman Adams
White House
Security Council
J. Howard McGrath
Truman
McGrath
Supreme Court
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Rogers
Senior Citizens To Pick Officers
Lawton senior citizens club members will elect officers at 7 30 p m today in the Recreation Center at 14th and Bell Clark Botkin the outgoing president announced Altrusa club members Miss Lydia Blount and Miss Yvonne Bender will provide transportation for members Reservations can be made by calling Mrs Latha H Prosser at 218 Botkin invited all Lawtonians 60 years of age and over to attend and said games and entertainment will be provided Rod Pope is in charge of arrangements for tonight s meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Senior Citizens Club
14Th
Bell
Clark Botkin
Altrusa Club
Lydia Blount
Yvonne Bender
Latha H. Prosser
Botkin
Auxiliary Plans Sunday Luncheon for Veterans Group
C E Ruebell and Mrs Nancy Uhle will attend a covered dish luncheon at 1 p m Sunday for Henry W Lawton Camp No 6 Auxiliary No 12 United Spanish War Veterans At IOOF hall 109 D Fred K Barrett local commander announced Delegates to the National Encampment in Long Beach Calif last week will report Plans include a veterans picnic at Wilburton Oct 7 8 and a four state meeting at Ft Smith Ark Oct 21 22
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Ruebell
Nancy Uhle
Ponca City
Henry W. Lawton
United Spanish War Veterans
IOOF
Wilburton
Ft. Smith
Ark
Six Scouts Named To Troop Offices
Troop 46 with scoutmaster George Wilson will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in Centenary Methodist church. Last week six Scout officers were elected Jim Buxton senior patrol leader Stephen Wilson panther patrol leader John Wilkinson flying eagle patrol Tony Hawthorne Apache patrol leader Dickie Ferguson quartermaster and Joe Wolf scribe Assistant scoutmaster Milton Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wilson
Centenary Methodist Church
Jim Buxton
Stephen Wilson
Panther
John Wilkinson
Flying Eagle
Tony Hawthorne
Dickie Ferguson
Joe Wolf
Milton Campbell
Delegates to State Meeting Eyed by Retired Civil Servants
Lawton chapter 167 of the National Association of Retired Civil Service Employes will elect delegates to a Muskogee state conference on October 29 at 2 p.m. The meeting at the Carnegie library will hear reports from the national office and be led by President G. M. Brooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Lawton
National Association of
Oil Well Drilling Rumbles Next Door in Sherman Family Home
The Giarraputo family at 1915 N Crockett Street Sherman faces three months of loud drilling from a nearby oil well. The constant diesel roar shakes the house and disrupts daily life, yet the family clings to the hope the rig will yield wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannette
Giarrapato
Giarraputo
Freddie Lee
Giarraputos
Area Men In Service On Des Moines Mediterranean Cruise
Donald D. Hefner seaman in the United States Navy is aboard the heavy cruiser USS Des Moines which arrived September 22 at Barcelona to begin its seventh Mediterranean cruise. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Hefner. The ship will visit Spain, France, Italy and Lebanon. Pvt. Dean Trotter, son of Mrs. Florence Griffin, is on leave after basic at Fort Carson Colorado. He entered the Army July 14 1955 and trained with Battery B 43rd FABn 8th Infantry Division. He will return to Fort Carson after leave.
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Donald D. Hefner
United States Navy
Des Moines
Barcelona
Spain
Mediterranean
Raymond H. Hefner
Lee
France
Italy
Lebanon
Dean Trotter
Florence Griffin
N. 31St
Fort Carson
Colo
Trotter
Army
43Rd FA Bn
8Th Infantry Division
Lawton Echoes of Lawton History in Briefs
Ten years ago Russell John Lawton FFA boy won grand championship Holstein at Comanche county junior fair. Eleven Lawtonians named incorporators for Greater Lawton Inc. Classen stops Lawton gridiron bid 19 6. Second Lloyd Grable bank robbery trial enters jury phase. Fifteen civic projects in Lawton cost 25542.97. Rep Morton Munson urges junior chamber to press lawmakers. Thirty years ago Lawton High beat Cameron College 14 0. About 1000 Indians attend annual Lawton picnic. Shakeup hits federal liquor enforcement in district.
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Constitution
Russell John
Lawton Ffa
Comanche County
Lloyd Grable
Lawton
Morton Munson
Chamber of Commerce
Lawton High School
Cameron College
Shakeup Rocks Federal Liquor Enforcement Agency
City Group Back After Attending Veterans Parley
Six Lawtonians returned from Long Beach California where they attended the National Encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. G M Brooks Mr. and Mrs Fred K Barrett Dr Ralph Holt and Mrs Katie Geneva Stewart. The Brooks were accompanied home by their daughters Mrs Gertrude Robinson of Lubbock Texas and Mrs Lyzett Brown of Las Cruces New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
United Spanish War Veterans
G. M. Brooks
Fred K. Barrett
Ralph Holt
Katie Geneva Stewart
Brooks
Gertrude Robinson
Lubbock
Tex
Lyzett Brown
Las Cruces
N. M
Oklahoma Retail Merchants Officials In Tulsa Meeting
R L Gilbert state president and E B Lacy board member attend executive board session in Tulsa today. The group plans to depart Monday and return this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Gilbert
Oklahoma Retail Merchants Assn
E. B. Lacy
Tulsa
New Trial Sought by City Legger in Hudson Case
Mrs Helen Hudson a Lawton bootlegger convicted of illegal liquor possession filed a motion for a new trial in district court After pleading guilty in city court she received 75 dollars and costs and 30 days in jail in district court she faces a 150 dollar fine and 30 days in jail on appeal Deputies Roberson and Phillips testified about seizing 200 bottles of liquor from 715 Douglas Hudson admitted ownership and sale intent The motion cites irregular proceedings jury over ruling demurrer insufficient evidence jury prejudice and excessive verdict as grounds
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Hudson
Lawton
Douglas
Hudson
Wickersham Presses Drouth Aid for Western Oklahoma
Oklahoma Congressman Vic tor Wickersham says his 6th district still needs relief for drought despite rains. He urged Gov Ray mond Gary to back a Department of Agriculture request for drought relief covering 23 western Oklahoma counties, but Gary notes emergency aid has been approved and the cotton crop looks good this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Victor Wickersham
Raymond Gary
Wickersham
Gary
Department of Agriculture
Droathstricken
Oklahoma
City Man Given Suspended Term For Saddle Theft
Thurston Speck a 43 year old Law ton man pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge Robert S Landers to second degree burglary and received a four year suspended sentence. He was charged in connection with the theft of two saddles from a barn at Oscar Cox s farm southeast of town on September 15. The sentence was suspended on recommendation of County Attorney Manville Redman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurston Speck
Lawton
Robert S. Landers
Speck
Oscar Cox
Town
Manville Redman
Casting Continues By Theater Group
Lawton theater's first musical comedy season opener Green Grow the Lilacs resumes casting tonight. Try-outs for 14 principal roles, including singing and speaking parts from the play that inspired Oklahoma, run through Friday. Sessions start at 8 p.m. at 1410 North 15th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Little Theater
Nixon Moves Toward Unofficial Acting Presidency
Vice President Richard M Nixon appears to assume an informal acting presidency as Eisenhower battles illness. Washington officials say no legal delegation exists and the arrangement is personal, not constitutional, with Nixon and White House aide Sherman Adams guiding the process. A Friday Cabinet meeting may issue a Nixon designated statement.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Nixon
Eisenhower
White House
Sherman Adams
William P. Rogers
Denver
Adams
James C. Hagerty
National Security Council
Soldier Released To Military After Breaking Window
Pfc. Thomas H. Palmer, 22, Fort Sill, was arrested early Sunday for breaking a storefront plate glass window and taking two pistols from Liberty Army Store. He was turned over to military authorities Monday at the County Attorney’s request. Palmer was arrested about 2 a.m. by Patrolmen Herman Lee and Melvin Kelley after breaking the window at 308 C. Before arrest, he was reportedly apprehended by two Sheppard Air Force Base airmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Palmer
Fort Sillman
Manville Redman
Herman Lee
Melvin Kelley
Palmer
Liberty Army Store
Sheppard Air Force Base
Socialite Admits Murder Plot Role
In West New York New Jersey the wife of embroidery maker Michael Mortel admitted involvement in a plotted murder. Her brother Albert DeVarti and Alexander Rafalko aided the plan to assault and drown Mortel as churchgoers attended services. The attack left Mortel hospitalized with head injuries and a recent will named his wife as chief beneficiary.
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West
New York
N.J.P
Michael Mortel
St. Mary’s Hospital
Hoboken
Rafalko
Union City
DeVarti
Mortel
Study Farm Product Disposal Plan Gains Cross-Border Focus
A joint Ottawa discussion by top American and Canadian leaders seeks methods to keep United States farm product disposal programs from hampering regular commercial marketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
United States
Turnpike Killer Goes To Chair
BELLEFONTE PA John Wesley Wable 25 of Ohiopyle Pennsylvania was executed in the electric chair for the phantom slaying of a sleeping truck driver on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. He died four minutes after two 2000 volt shocks at Rockview state penitentiary after last minute appeals failed. Wable admitted nothing as guards strapped him to the chair and he was pronounced dead. He was convicted of killing Harry F Pitts 39 of Bowling Green Virginia who slept in the cab of his parked truck on July 25 1953. He faced charges in another driver shooting and wounding on an approach road but was not tried. Wable was arrested in Albuquerque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefonte
John Wesley Wable
Rockview State Penitentiary
Wable
Ohiopyle
Pennsylvania
Harry F. Pitts
Bowling Green
Pitts
Alburquerque
Five Chilean Provinces Put Under Modified Martial Law
SANTIAGO Chile Five Chilean provinces today were under a state of siege modified martial law. President Carlos Ibanez's government said it needed the added authority to deal more effectively with subversive activities and movements aimed at overthrowing the constitutional regime. The Cabinet decided on the move after efforts failed to end a six day strike in the Chuquicamata copper mine in Antofagasta province a subsidiary of the U S Anaconda company.
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Santiago
Chile
Carlos Ibanez
Chuquicamata
Antofagasta
U.S. Anaconda Company
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