Funeral service for Alex Dunford at New Zion Church
Funeral for 66 year old Alex Dunford of 1415 New York will be held at 10 am Thursday at New Zion Baptist Church with Rev N H Jones officiating. Burial in Highland Cemetery under Jefferson-Greenlawn Funeral Home direction. Mr Dunford died Thursday in a local hospital after a short illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Dunford
New York
New Zion Baptist Church
N.H. Jones
Highland Cemetery
Jefferson-Greenlawn Funeral Home
Dunford
Scout Development Fund Month Set
Mayor Wayne Gilley proclaimed April as Boy Scout Development Fund Month to back a $313,800 drive. Volunteers will seek donations from homes and businesses in Lawton for a three year plan to upgrade Camp George Thomas near Apache and Camp Winkler near Duncan with facilities updates including dining hall, shelters, wash stands, a cab pavilion, and utilities.
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Wayne Gilley
Lawton
Camp
George Thomas
Apache
Winkler
Duncan
Camp Thomas
Camp Winkler
Off duty officers arrest two teens on drug charges at lake
An off duty Lawton police picnic at Lake Jed Johnson ended with the arrest of two out of state teenagers suspected of possession of marijuana and a controlled substance. Officers Sharon Molinaro and Daniel L. Borders placed the pair under citizen’s arrest after finding a bag of marijuana in the suspects’ car. The 17 year old was sent to Marie Detty Youth Services Center, and the 19 year old remains in Comanche County jail awaiting charges.
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Lawton
Lake Jed Johnson
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Comanche County
Sharon Molinaro
Daniel L. Borders
Molinaro
Borders
Marie Detty Youth Services Center
Northrop Secures $5.4 Million DoD Contract
Northrop Worldwide Aircraft Services Inc with HQ in Lawton won a $5.4 million U S Department of Defense contract with the Air Force for reporting analysis planning systems over a two year period in Iran. Senators Bellman and Bartlett announced $1.5 million is presently obligated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northrop Worldwide Aircraft Services Inc
Lawton
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S
Henry Bellman
Dewey Bartlett
US Air Force
Iran
Northrop
Lawton Man Arrested For Indecent Exposure
An 18 year old Lawton man was arrested after a mother and her child encountered an indecent exposure near a Lawton grade school at 9 am on Briarwood. Officer Alvin M. Gatlin arrested him within 90 minutes using the vehicle description and tag number.
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Lawton
Briarwood
Gore Avenue
Alvin M. Gatlin
City Area Deaths and Births in Memorial Section
Births list four new babies born April 3 to Ellis Peck Kip Rasco Nahpi. New patients admitted include Sarah Bethel Jennie Burt Christi Cloud and many others. discharges note several individuals leaving hospital with March end dates. Wesley city area and Southwestern Indian Hospital entries appear with names and addresses.
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Otis Ellis
Kip Peck
Dennis Rasco
Kingsbury
Ted Nahpi
Crewmen Escape Air Force Jet Crash Near Randlett
A U S Air Force T-37 trainer from Sheppard AFB crashed in a wheat field six miles south of Randlett while on a routine training flight. Both crewmen ejected before the plane exploded. Captain Jerry Richardson and an Iranian student pilot were hospitalized for observation. A local farmer helped evacuate them to Wichita Falls, and a board will investigate the mishap.
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Randlett
Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Here
Air Force
Red River
Jerry Richardson
80Th Flying Training Wing
Raymond Hale
Bentley
Hale
Oklahoma
Air Force Reserve
457Th Tactical Fighter
Carswell Afb
Texas
Roosevelt Area
Tom Steed Reservoir
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Scout Development Fund
National Geographic
Wilma Garrison
Sarah Bethel
Salinas
Jennie Burt
Snyder
Christi Cloud
NW Compass
Robert Cotner
Smith
Dorothy Dees
Bell
Mary Early
H Drayton Everett
Robert Fraze
Cade Alinda Gilbert
W. Gore
Michael Green
Jefferson
Patricia Grimsley
Lindy
Reba Harrouff
Oak
Michael Hawkins
Yukon
Georgiana Holland
Dorothy Jones
Walters
Michael Kelley
Ave. I
Hazel Leonhardt
William Linke
Velma
Clifford Luder
Antony Mitchell
Elva Nelly
Yukiko Oakley
Elgin
Julio Ponce
Park Steve Price
Maggie Raley
E. Goldie Spring
Ethel Stephinson
Armand Arias
Lula Vanvekoven
Cheyenne
Patricia Wilson
Johnnie Woods
Alex
Doris Covington
Mike Ybarra
Hollis
James Baldwin
Lawrence Banks
Route 4
Sharmaine Carter
Donna Chapman
Fort Sill
Elizabeth Coe
Pioneer
Mary Cook
Jon Cable
Marsha Harris
Graywood
Herman Howell
Carnegie
Wanatelma Johnson
Ronnie Long
Park
Rosemary Melton
Crosby Park Bivd
Gerald Neal
Maple
Onia Oldaker
Ronnie Prentice
Temple
Scottie Race
Natoya Reed
Christina Saunders
Terry Shaw
Larry Small
Doris Smith
Bellview
Esther Smith
Medicine Park
Grady Williams
Ralph Woodruff
Henry Yerger
S. Sheridan
Dorothy Yoder
Carroll Blythe
Gary Coffey
Altus
Southwestern
Delores Adair
Woodland Drive
Marian Bybee
Euclid
Arch Coombs
Gene Elkins
Don (Bona) Diddell
Columbia
Ivy McIntosh
Eva Penrod
Coleta Rambo
Sybel Smith
Everett Watson
Billy Wimple
Gladys Wiwatoski
Willie Cates
Summitt
Nikki Herring
Wilbert Kessner
Williams
John McCarty
Indiahoma
John Nunn
Fred Townsend
PHS Indian
Allen Silverhorn
Anadarko
William Burris
Tishamingo
Bernice Thomas
Ada
Howard Germansaddle
O'neda Heminokeky
Fort Cobb
Carl Tahah
Stanley du Bray
Cache
Katherine Keadbone
Nelson Harry
Oklahoma City
Margie Steelman
Davis
By the Constitution Staff
457Th
Rush Springs
Falcon
Avalon
Supreme Court of
M.D
Lee Optical
VISA
BankAmencard
S.W. 29Th ST. ST
N.W
Lee, Zr Dee
Lawton Heights Nursing Center
Andrews, Lawton, Okla
Cedar Crest Manor
Arlington Manor
Ross P. Dennas
W.W. Greb
Sec
William A. Matthey
Bryan Aycock
Robert P. Dennis
B.K. Fowler
Wayne Abshere
Ross P. Demas
Steve
Curtis Mathes
White
Mt Television
Electagats Electronics
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