Dodgers Hit Off Four Yank Hurlers In Series Game Three
Brooklyn Dodgers break two-game skid by beating the New York Yankees 8 3 at Ebbets Field on Johnny Podres birthday. Campanella drives in three with a homer and key hits while Jackie Robinson stars on offense and base paths. Turley exits early for the Yankees as Brooklyn builds a lead and never relinquishes it.
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New York Yankees
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Jackie Robinson
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Mickey Mantle
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Phil Rizzuto
Andy Carey
Imall
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Turley
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Jackie
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Mantle
Reese
Snider
Furillo
Skowron
Bill Skowron
Brooklyn Dodger
Mantle homers into center field grandstand in long shot
Mantle drives a home run into extreme center field lower grand stand about 400 feet from the plate. Skowron doubles down the left. Lee CONVENTION, Page 14.
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Grandstand
Skowron
Lee
Lawton hosts largest OMBA convention to date
Oklahoma division of United States Brewers Foundation and Oklahoma Malt Beverage association wrapped a three day Lawton convention at the Hotel Lawtonian. L I Robinson of Oklahoma City was elected OMBA president succeeding Jack Bryan of Tulsa. Other officers named include Gene Byrd and Cleveland Hall. Director Jack Webb led a slate that included Steve Roemer and Byrd. The group selected Lake Gibson Sequoyah park near Wagoner as next year’s lodge site for Sept 25 27. More than 200 state delegates and 16 brewery executives attended. Outgoing officers included Bryan Bob Brown and several board members. C C Cowden of the Oklahoma Tax Commission was unable to attend.
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United States Brewers Foundation
Oklahoma Malt Beverage Association
Lawtonian
L. I. Robinson
Oklahoma City
OMBA
Jack Bryan
Tulsa
Gene Byrd
Cleveland Hall
Jack Webb
Lawton
Robinson
Steve Roemer
Shawnee
Byrd
Association
Bryan
Board of Director
Gene Trouppy
Dean Alexander
Ponca City
Ralph Hearst
Cushing
T. B Hendricks
C. C. Cowden
Beverage
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Freedom on bond tests Kanady amid Wake Island flight
Texan Kanady, 36, freed from a Chinese prison after four and a half years, refused to complete his return to the United States. On Wake Island he sought to stay on American soil, fearing return to Red China, exhibiting claustrophobic and fearful behavior during the Tokyo to Wake Island leg.
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Honolulu
Kanady
Millet
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T. F. George
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Hong Kong
China
Pan American
Tokyo
Reds
Suspected Slayer Doesn't Take Stand In Own Behalf
District Judge Toby Morris granted Louis J. Arnau bail on a $20,000 bond after a habeas corpus hearing. Arnau, 56, is charged with murder in the Sept. 8 killing of Jack Shaw, a 52-year-old Lawton bootlegger and service station operator. Arnau did not testify, relying on his defense team to secure release pending October trial before Superior Court Judge Robert S. Landers.
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Manville Redman
Louis J
Arnau
Jack Shaw
Lawton
Lawton Burton
Allen Sasser
Superior Court
Robert S. Landers
Morris
Charlie Ozman
Star Studded Game Ducats Ready To Go
General admission tickets for the Fort Sill Bolling air base football headliner go on sale Saturday morning in seven Lawton area business houses. Only 1800 general admission tickets remain for the Sill Bolling clash at Roosevelt stadium on Saturday night October 8. Proceeds aid travel costs for the Cannoner squad after a 15 game win streak.
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Chamber of Commerce
Fort Sill
Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Tex
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Prichard Field
Lawton
Roosevelt Stadium
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Maryland
Chet Hanulak
Billy Reynolds
Pittsburgh
Johnny Lattner
Notre Dame
Reynolds
Cleveland Browns
Lawton Banks
Security Bank and Trust Company
City National
American _ National
R&s Sporting Goods
Walt’s News Stand
AB Drug
Boulevard Pharmacy
Cannoneer
Interservice
Lawton Carriers Reach State Fair on New Subscriptions
Lawton and area carrier boys toured the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City on a chartered bus. Ahischlager and House led the contingent after securing 700 new subscriptions. Several merchants from Altus to Cyril joined as attendees for school and press day.
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Area Constitution Press
Oklahoma City
Joe House
Lawton Constitution-Morning Press
Lawton
H. O
Ahischlager
Carey Worrell
Bobby Worrell
Altus
Jackie Gentry
Tipton
Wiley Tindle
Grandfield
Louie Rue
Waurika
Glen Barry
Comanche
Jack O'Dell
Walters
Jimmy Brown
Fletcher
Odie Jackson
Jerry King
Cyril
Roy House
Larry Noble
Sid Hardy
Jim Callahan
Ron Ferguson
Thomas Isbill
Bob Foster
Jack Lord
Jerry Isbill
Lewis Morris
Lin Hall
Wayne Lanman
Mike Darnell
Butch Dorman
David Olin
Don Lucas
Don Huddleston
Buddy Carroll
Blair Kelly
Donnie Arnold
Scotty Scott
William Daffler
Station A
Jerry Martin
Jimmy Owens
Virgil Wyrick
Bobby Newman
Ronald Honeycutt
Jimmy Moore
Station C
Area Man Hurt In Car Accident
Kenneth Allen Smith a 23 year old Fletcher man and Jerry Belcher a 17 year old from Lawton Rt 3 were treated at Southwestern hospital for injuries from separate accidents in the last 24 hours. Smith’s car struck an embankment on U S 277 near Fletcher after veering from a curve and traveled about 560 feet before hitting the embankment. He sustained extensive lacerations and heavy blood loss with transfusions, listed as in satisfactory condition this morning. Belcher suffered injuries when his bicycle and a 1953 Chevrolet four door collided on a westward road. Alta Ruby Wooten swerved to avoid the bike but could not stop in time.
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Fletcher
Jerry Belcher
Lawton Rt
Smith
Belcher
Alta Ruby Wooten
1108
S. Ninth
Woman Pastor Threatens Chief Eisenhower in Letter
Mrs Jonnie Mae Shaufler a 50 year old self styled pastor from Brenham Texas organized the Church of America in her home and admitted writing to President Eisenhower warning she would be a means of his death and that other hands would do so at her direction while claiming to act to defend the constitution in a Secret Service arrest reported from Houston.
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Houston
Eisenhower
Secret Service
Dwight David Eisenhower
Jonnie Mae Shaufler
Tom Hanson
Storms Hit Edmond and Oklahoma City Area
A band of storms lashed Edmond and northern Oklahoma City with gusts. The system moved east and dissipated in extreme eastern Oklahoma. Piedmont and Edmond reported about 5 inches of rain unofficially. The 300 foot Highway Patrol transmitting tower near Edmond was toppled and a drive-in theater screen knocked down. No injuries were reported.
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Piedmont
Highway Patrol
Mysterious Blast Rocks Frisco Area
A thunderous blast shook a 15 square mile area of San Francisco last night. Meteorologists physicists and the military offered no explanation. Residents fled into the streets in a panic with one neighborhood near chaos as frightened locals sought safety and details.
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San Francisco
Lake Lawtonka Holds Steady Amid Weekend Showers Forecast
A cool weekend is forecast with partly cloudy skies and scattered showers and thunderstorms. No rain fell in Lawton last night. Lake Lawtonka is holding its own with a 2 percent rise. Lake patrolman John Frampton of Medicine Park said the extra rise is used daily and creeks are running well but not up, likely to continue through winter.
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Lawton
Lake Lawtonka
John Frampton
Medicine Park
Area Weather Forecast With Scattered Showers
Partly cloudy through Saturday with scattered showers and thunderstorms. No major temperature change. High today 85, low tonight 65. High Saturday near 90, 11 am reading 80, Thursday high 90.
Sensational Trials Ready in Comanche County Docket
An 18 case docket opens in Superior court Oct 18 with Judge Robert S. Landers. Notable cases include Louis Arnau's murder charge for the Sept 8 shooting of Jack Shaw, plus Chambless the Oklahoma City bootlegger linked to a Fort Worth robbery and Cuban revolutionists. Also to be retried is Ira Beasley on a liquor protection bribery charge, with other trials for Guy Kleeman embezzlement and Ricky Tamburo gambling nuisance followed by Paul Glass armed robbery proceedings.
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Comanche County
Superior Court
Robert S. Landers
Landers
Louis J. “Nig” Arnau
Lawton
Jack Shaw
Arnau
Toby Morrin
Orville Lindsay Chambless
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Chambless
Henry Albion Potts Jr
Ira Q. Beasley
Criminal Court of Appeals
Beasley
Lawton View Addition
Guy Kleeman
Bill Kleeman
Richard
Ricky” Tamburo
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