In late 1954, Gen. J. Lawton Collins was made ambassador to " Free Vietnam " ( the term South Vietnam came into use in 1955 ), effectively elevating the country to sovereign status.

The Texas longhorn stock slowly dwindled, until in 1927 the breed was saved from near extinction by enthusiasts from the United States Forest Service, who collected a small herd of stock to breed on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Lawton, Oklahoma.

The group had occupied part of the grounds of Fort Lawton, which was in the process of being surplussed by the United States Army and turned into a park.

Based on an original screenplay by J. F. Lawton, Under Siege was rated ' R ' (' Restricted ') by the MPAA.

The Everglades Forever Act, introduced by Governor Lawton Chiles in 1994, was an attempt to legislate the lowering of phosphorus in Everglades waterways.

Confederate General James Longstreet was headquartered at Home Hill ( now the Lawton House on Lawton Street ) following the First Battle of Manassas.

According to the US census, the population of Lawton was 96, 867 in 2010, which is 78 percent of the county's population.

Michael Collins was born in Rome, Italy on October 31, 1930, to United States Army Major General James Lawton Collins, who would serve in the army for 38 years.

His decision to join the United States Air Force for his active service was based on both the wonder of what the next fifty years may bring in aeronautics, and also to avoid accusations of nepotism if he joined the Army where, among other things, his uncle, General J. Lawton Collins, was the Chief of Staff of the United States Army.

According to the 1916 History of Clinch County the town was first settled around 1856 as Lawton, but was renamed in 1874 after J. P. A. DuPont, an early settler.

Camp Lawton — also referred to as Fort Lawton — was built in what is today Magnolia Springs State Park ; the location was favorable because the springs provided potable water and because of its proximity to the Augusta and Savannah Railroad.

Screenwriter J. F. Lawton had prepared a script before relations soured over the film's rating, content and merchandising rights and the project was abandoned.

Its most important business was the Lawton twine factory, which was long closed by 1880.

Lawton was founded in 1902.

Built on former reservation lands of Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indians, Lawton was founded on August 6, 1901, and was named after Major General Henry Ware Lawton, a Civil War Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action in the Philippine – American War.

Police officials, the irradiated Dr. Vornoff, Dick Craig and Janet Lawton all escape, and Dr. Vornoff is eventually killed by a bolt of lightning, forming a mushroom cloud as the film ends.

After siding with the Confederacy, acting as scouts for the Texas Rangers, the Tonkawa Massacre, occurring near Lawton, Oklahoma killed about ½ of the tribe.

Then the supercell spawned a tornado that killed three people in Lawton, Oklahoma.

Henry Ware Lawton ( March 17, 1843 – December 19, 1899 ) was a highly respected U. S. Army officer who served with distinction in the Civil War, the Apache Wars, the Spanish-American War and was the only U. S. general officer to be killed during the Philippine-American War.

During the Battle of Paye, Lawton, as usual, was in the midst of the fighting and was killed by a Filipino sharpshooter, ironically under the command of a general named Licerio Geronimo.

A sharpshooter shot Lawton and killed him instantly.

Chaffee submitted his battle plan to Lawton who read and signed it without change.

The battle began while Lawton and his men were en route to San Mateo and received fire from Filipinos under the cover of dense jungle and secure trenches in the town.

Although Colonel Gonzalez Clavel was criticized by some U. S. officers for not taking part in the attack, he had in fact acted in accordance with military protocol and his directives from General Lawton, the supreme authority during the landing, the Headquarters ' orders being not to advance until the landing was completed.

On 1 May, Hughes added another two goals in County's final home game of the season making him the first Notts player to score 30 league goals since Tommy Lawton in the 1949 – 50 season.

It was the Battle of Zapote Bridge that earned the respect of General Henry Ware Lawton, whose dispatches invariably carried a sympathetic note of the heroism displayed by Filipinos fighting for their freedom.

Its first major engagement would be at the Battle of Shiloh where Lawton ’ s regiment suffered heavy losses.

He is remembered in Philippine-American War annals as the opposing general to Major General Henry Ware Lawton at the Battle of San Mateo ( San Mateo, Rizal ) on December 19, 1899, where Lawton lost his life along with 13 other Americans.

Lawton and directed by Garry Marshall, the film stars Richard Gere and Julia Roberts, and features Hector Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy ( in his final performance ), and Jason Alexander in supporting roles.

Miles selected Captain Henry Lawton, in command of B Troop, 4th Cavalry, at Fort Huachuca, and First Lieutenant Charles B. Gatewood, to lead the expedition that brought Geronimo and his followers back to the reservation system for a final time.

She had her final bout on September 8, 2002, when she beat Cassandra Geigger by a decision in four at Lawton.

The final tribute of recognition from the President and army had already been paid in the form of the promotion for Lawton on the day of his death.

Following the release of Pilot EP, Lawton left and was replaced by their final drummer, Guy Davis.

In the final, she won just 52 % of the vote and took her seat for a four-year term as the youngest council member ever elected and only the second woman — the first having been Estelle Lawton Lindsey in 1915.

As of May 2006, Renée announced on Breakfast that after 12 years together and due to a personal conflict between herself and drummer, Dean Lawton, Tadpole as a band were to go their separate ways indefinitely, effective June 24, 2006 after a final Auckland concert and self-titled album release, Tadpole.

* Lawton Valley Hunt -- a very large ( and still-growing ) housing development between Caughdenoy Rd, NY-31, and Lawton Rd.

Lawton averages between 8 days that fail to rise above freezing.

The major rift, though, developed between Hensley and Lawton.

The plot tells the story of a feud between two affluent families, the long-established ( upper class ) Hillcrists, played by C. V. France, Helen Haye, and Jill Esmond, and the nouveau riche ( formerly working class ) Hornblowers, played by Edmund Gwenn, John Longden, and Frank Lawton.

On the night of August 14, 1944, the Fort Lawton Riot between black U. S. soldiers and Italian prisoners of war at Fort Lawton near Seattle, Washington resulted in Italian POW Guglielmo Olivotto being lynched, after which forty-three black soldiers were charged and twenty-eight were convicted of participating in the longest U. S. Army court-martial of World War II, prosecuted by Jaworski.

Through the Lawton / Fort Sill metropolitan area, US-281 again overlaps a toll-free section of I-44, while the former US-281 alignment through the city of Lawton is designated as Business US-281 between I-44 exits 34 and 39B.

UIATF, which had previously avoided dealing with the BIA, now went through the National Congress of American Indians to approach the BIA and request a freeze on plans to transfer land at Fort Lawton until the issue between UIATF and the City was resolved.

* Lawton Place Historic District, a historic district on Lawton Place between Amory Road and Jackson Street in Waltham, Massachusetts

Once Santiago fell, Lawton served as military governor between early August and early October 1898.

Lawton suffered from a fever, possibly malaria, on and off between July and October.

Today, the name Lawton is used to refer to the area in between the post office building ( including Liwasang Bonifacio and the Manila Metropolitan Theater ) all the way up to the Park n ' Ride in Padre Burgos.

Combined between the Twins and Mets that season, Lawton batted. 277 with 95 runs scored, 155 hits, 36 doubles, one triple, 13 home runs, 64 RBIs, and 26 stolen bases in 151 games played.

It was fought on December 19, 1899, near San Mateo in Morong ( now Rizal ) between the forces of General Henry Ware Lawton, and 200 Filipino riflemen under General Licerio Gerónimo.

The situation is complicated by the romantic relationship between his wife, Diana ( Frances Drake ) and Ronald Drake ( Frank Lawton )-the nephew of Lady Arabella Stevens ( Beulah Bondi ), who was part of the African expedition.