Home Show Opens With Big Weekend in Lawton
The 1963 Southwestern Oklahoma Home Show and Industrial Exposition opens at the Comanche County Fairgrounds with 110 display booths and new industrial exhibits. Shows run 1-10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. doors close at 10 tonight. Prizes include a Shetland pony and a children’s playhouse. special entertainments feature the Lawton Sky Divers club.
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Southwestern Oklahoma
Comanche County Fairgrounds
Calvin Cl
Wayne Gilley
P. W. Leppie
Corn
Wayne Holden
Duncan
Paul Currell
Elk City
Glenn Dobbs
Frederick
Fred Campbell
Granite
Don Gish
Hobart
N. W. Warren
Hollis
Sam Harlan
Mangum
Forrest Hill
Marlow
Dave Roberts
Rush Springs
W. F. Benda
Sayre
C. W. Perrin
Snyder
Ike Williams
Sterling
R. L. Beauchamp
Indiahoma
Sam Creith
Chattanooga
Finis Smith
Elgin
Funeral Rites Held for Russell Hutson
Services for Russell Dean Hutson 17 were held at Fletcher First Baptist Church. Rev. Melvin Moody officiated with Rev. Bob Lovejoy assisting. Burial followed at Fletcher Cemetery under Dalton Funeral Home. Bearers were Mike Bowen Randy Snider Ike Higdon Murray Birdwell Lawrence Hayes and Roy Walker.
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Fletcher
Russell Dean Hutson
Fletcher First Baptist Church
Melvin Moody
Walters First Baptist Church
Bob Lovejoy
Fletcher Church
Fletcher Cemetery
Dalton Funneral Home
Mike Bowen
Randy Snider
Ike Higdon
Murray Birdwell
Lawrence Hayes
Roy Walker
Revolt Continues Over Elections Amid Military Clash
In Magdalena area fighting amid a navy led revolt has damaged eight loyalist tanks and buildings, killing 18. The navy shapes politics since ousting Peron in 1955 while the loyal army and air force back President Guido. Rebels demand Guido removal and election cancellation as a price for peace.
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Magdalena
Navy
Juan Peron
Jose Maria Guido
Guido
Vazquez
Four Young Escapees Nabbed Near Sterling
Four escapees from the Pauls Valley state training school were captured east of Sterling and returned to the reformatory. Sheriff Forest McClung said deputies Tex Thixton and Marin Terry arrested them after they abandoned a stolen pickup stuck in mud. The two 21 year olds and two 19 year olds had been stealing food from local farms since their escape.
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Pauls Valley
Sterling
Forest McClung
Tex Thixton
Marin Terry
Oklahoma Oklahoma City Ward Interstate Route Restudy Agreed
The Bureau of Public Roads and Oklahoma officials agreed to review new cost data on the proposed Interstate 35 routing in Oklahoma. Federal Highway Administrator Rex Whitton did not promise a change but said a review would be ordered. The state cited law requiring weight to local needs alongside traffic considerations in defense highway routing.
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Washington
UPI
Bureau of Public Roads
Oklahoma
Rex Whitton
Bureau
State Highway Department
Pauls Valley
Wynnewood
Davis
Sulphur
Paoli
Wayne
Oklahoma City
Ardmore
Oklahoma Highway
Frank Lyons
Area Man Dies Of Crash Injury
A delayed report shows Jackson County man Joe L. Brinsfield 59 Blair died in an Oklahoma City hospital from injuries suffered March 30 in a two car collision on U S 277 north of Fletcher. He rode with Harold Martin 29 Lone Wolf in one car colliding with Gid Hampton 43 Lawton in the other. Brinsfield’s death is the district’s 21st this year and Comanche County’s sixth.
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Jackson County
Oklahoma
Joe L. Brinsfield
Blair
Highway Patrol
Brinsfield
Oklahoma City
Fletcher
U. S. 277
Harold Martin
Lone Wolf
Gid Hampton
Lawton
Unauthorized tak ing of motor vehicle charge filed
A 17 year old Fort Sill youth Howard Wayne Kennedy was charged with unauthorized taking of a motor vehicle in Special Sessions court after an Oklahoma City arrest. Other cases include Charlies Ray Lawson 19 fined for reckless driving and license violation and William T. Linton 21, Jimmy Belcher 25 facing reckless driving charges. Thomas Birdsong 20 fined for modified exhaust. Vernon Wilson 32 fined for improper shop on roadway. Clyde Ward 37 charged with speeding at night. David Johnson 24 Guthrie charged with creating a disturbance.
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Fort Sill
Oklahoma City
Special Sessions Court
Howard Wayne Kennedy
Charlies Ray Lawson
S. Third
William T. Linton
Jimmy Edward Belcher
Thomas J. Birdsong
N. 19Th
Vernon Lee Wilson
Rt. 1
Snyder
Clyde Edward Ward
David C. Johnson
Guthrie
YMCA Workers Plan Breakfast for Campaign Kickoff
The Big Gifts committee of the YMCA building fund drives a breakfast at 8 a.m. Tuesday in Catlemen's Cafeteria announced by O B Lord chairman. Major announcement expected. Public phase starts April 25 with Wes Miller as teams chairman. Campaign runs March 21 to May 13 for a $400000 facility in Lawton.
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Ymca Building Fund
Cattlemen
O. B. Lord
Lord
Wes Miller
Lawton
Cubans Train in U S Forces Programs Post Bay of Pigs
About 2 935 Cubans are training for ground forces and air duties in the United States. Ft. Jackson hosts 2 600 refugees and 191 former Bay of Pigs brigade members. Ft. Benning and San Diego host 144 former brigade officers. Navy and Marine training totals 23 with 21 officers and two enlisted. Air Force trains 28 Cubans, 24 officers and four enlisted, with officers at Fort Benning and enlisted at Lackland Texas. Dropouts reach about 200, all from refugee volunteers.
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Bay of Pigs
Army
Marine Corps
Ft. Jackson
S.C
Ft. Benning
Navy
Navy Recruit Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Air Force
Fort Benning
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Pentagon
Bay of Pigs Brigade
Comanche County Council Plans State Convention
Members approved paying expenses for teacher Mrs Perry Moss to attend the Stillwater convention April 12 13. Two more delegates will be named later. John Allred announced a $500 profit from the Miller Brothers circus here in March and thanked assisting groups. Mrs John W Tyree presided.
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Comanche County Council For
Perry Moss
Stillwater
John Allred
Miller Brothers Circus
John W. Tyree
Coronalp colon relief promises gentle overnight const For tension constipation relief
The ad touts Coronalp as a new colon nerve stimulant with bulking action to restore bowel regularity after tension blocks impulses. It claims clinically proved effectiveness and an introductory price of 43 cents.
Student Fined for Ride in Dryer at Arkansas Laundromat
Fayetteville text states James McCollum a 22 year old Pine Bluff Arkansas student at the University of Arkansas was fined 10.50 in Municipal Court for riding in an automatic clothes dryer in a help yourself laundry. He was charged with malicious mischief.
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Fayetteville, Ark
AP James McCollum
Pine Bluff
Ark
University of Arkansas
Campho-Phenique Antiseptic Ad for Family First Aid
A vintage advertisement touts Campho Phenique as a soothing antiseptic for cuts scratches and minor burns. It claims instant pain stopping infection prevention and rapid healing suited for children and family use. It urges keeping a bottle ready in every medicine chest.
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Lts
Russell D. Hutson
Comanche County
YMCA
Northside Baptist Church
18Th
Taylor
John Klappenbach
Evang
Glenn Schell
Singer
Buleis
Zale
Vere
Levert
Szale
Cache Road Square
Sneed
Sneed Acres
Sidney's Dairy Creams
Bell
Quality Optical Service
City Child Council
Iblock Nation
U. S
Okla
Shezale
Fruit Tree Sale
Concord
Sears
Ezale
Sears and Save- 11Th and
Gore Sears
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