Hospital Births and Notices Include Oklahoma City Entries
Births list multiple families with times, weights, and dates on April 5 in Oklahoma City and surrounding areas. Dismissed and surgery notes include names and addresses alongside medical statuses across multiple hospitals.
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Helen F Hill
Apache
Patricia Hutchinson
Sterling
Wynema L. Jones
Wood Medical
Jana Sing
Pistia
Mary Lee
McKinley
Fam & Tam
Roy Franklin Merritt
Arlington
Ruth M. Miller
Monroe
Wynema M. New
N. Wilson D. Nickell
Lee Mont Dalton Peters
Charles H. Pistole Jr
Roosevelt
Cornelia H. Robinson
Pollard
Jesse Slavin
Johnny Spivey
Latham
See Stradley
Snyder
Betty A. Sullivan
Kingsbury
Kevin 0. Toles
Lori D. Tucker
Indiahoma
Cora S. Whalin
Bell
Dwayne Wilson
Oklahoma
Medon Faxon
Willis Gray
Pennsylvania
Paul Martin
Summit
Jimmie Strange
Geronimo
William Wilkerson
Tex
Willis Mills
Walters
John Stapp
Dick Hodges
Fort Cobb
Reader letter questions March 30 Calley article accuracy
Captain Sprabary protests published remarks misquoting him in the March 30, 1971 Lawton Constitution front page story about Calley. He cites specific misattributions including “killed civilians” and other phrases, asking editor Mr. Bentley to correct the record and defend his professional integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill F. Bentley
Lawton Constitution
Bentley
Ap Calley
Gil
Calley
Vietnam
Sprabary
Miller
Soviets Hint At Cooled Tensions In Major Talks
Washington sources say Brezhnev and Gromyko offered more conciliatory statements than expected signaling a possible Soviet pause in hotly contested issues. Officials note domestic economic woes may drive Moscow toward cooperation with the United States on key fronts including Berlin and Vienna talks.
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Washington
White Congress
Leonid Brezhnev
Andrei Gromyko
White House
Soviet Union
United States
Brezhnev
Gromyko
Nixon
Middle East
Berlin
Vienna
Comanche County Improvement Foundation to Meet Thursday
The Comanche County Improvement Foundation Board of Directors will hold a monthly meeting at 5 30 p m Thursday in Lawton City Hall council chamber. The panel governs the Community Action Agency directed by Bob Cannon. Public invited.
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Comanche County Improvement Foundation Board of Directors
Lawton City Hall
Community Action Agency
Bob Cannon
Wounded Man To Face Trial In Police Killing
Tulsa district attorney files murder charges against a man hospitalized with bullet wounds after a Friday drug raid. Spybuck, 39, was killed and buried Monday after being shot three times. Two others, Glenda Trowbridge 22 and Donald Odell 22, are held as material witnesses.
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TULSA
Tulsa District Attorney's Office
Spybuck
Trowbridge
Glenda
Donald Odell
OCU Student Killed In High Speed Mall Crash
Richard Robert Rice 19, of Centerport New York, a sophomore at Oklahoma City University, died after his car crashed into the Shepherd Mall exterior wall. Police and a wrecker crew used an ax to open the vehicle, with guard Delton Byford noting the car appeared to reach about 100 mph before impact.
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New York
Richard Robert Rice
Centerport
N.Y
Oklahoma City University
Mercy Hospital
David A. Mercer
France Keeps Large Arms Trade With Other Nations
France maintains a substantial arms export business. In 1970 exports totaled about 1.26 billion dollars, illustrating the scale of its defense trade with foreign powers.
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France
Three Face Hearing In Saddle Theft Case
Three Lawton men face formal hearings after saddles were reported stolen from Bishop Riding Stables near Bishop School. Bonds were set at 10,000 each. Stephen Otis Wessels, 16, and Jackie Lee Wessels, 25, remained jailed while a third suspect was released on bond. Deputies Banks and Thornton arrested them Friday in Comanche after an attempted saddle sale was reported.
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Lawton
Bishop Riding
Bishop School
Roy Moore
Stephen Otis Wessels
Jackie Lee Wessels
Bond
Comanche
Bill Banks
Herman Thornton
Hearing set on theft charge for Billy Groff
Billy Edward Groff 21 of 1914 was scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 2:30 p.m. May 3 after being charged with grand larceny. Bond set at $1,000. Groff arrested Monday at the Lawton Police Department in connection with the Feb 24 theft of a stock tandem trailer from Joe Langford at 1501 Andrews. He remained jailed in lieu of bond.
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Billy Edward Groff
Groff
Lawton
Joe Langford
Andrews
Public Records Charges Filed in District Court
Names listed on charges include Harold M Melvin 20 Fort Sill for grand larceny and Billy E Groff 21 914 B for grand larceny. Also Roy L Bennett 18 914 S 37th Jackie L Vessels 25 251 A and Stephen O Vessels 2511 A charged jointly with second degree burglary. Minor traffic: Austin R Alexander Fort Sill driving left of center.
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District Court Clerk's
Austin R. Alexander
Fort Sill
Harold Michael Melvin
Billy Edward Groff
Roy Lee Bennett
Jackie Lee
Stephen Otis
Police logs list complainants and petty thefts in Lowton
The Lowton Police Department filed reports from residents and businesses. Virginia Conner reports vandalism with a concrete block through a windshield. Curt's Service Station says fuel was not paid for. others report thefts of rods and reels, a television, a case of soft drinks, a camera, and a radio and television.
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Lowton
Virginia Conner
Nwth
Harry Ezell
Brianb. Jablonski
Fort Sill
Wisconsin
I Cean Dennis Sigety
George Dockery
David Fortney
52Nd and Gore
Curt
Swith
Joan C. Grotes
Children blamed for Ton fire at 807 S 4th
Fire heavily damaged a six room frame house at 807 S. 4th in Lawton linked to children playing with matches in a closet. Assistant chief Tom Perkins said two children were scared to talk. a bedroom and roof suffered major damage while the rest had smoke damage. The occupant is Mrs. Pat Hilburn.
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Lawton
S. 4Th
Tom Perkins
Perkins
Pat Hilburn
Three Lawton Students Named to Fall Honor Roll
Three Lawton students are named to the fall semester honor roll at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They are James Bushart, Rebecca Hicks, and Charles Bennett Lord, with listed addresses in Baltimore.
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Lawton
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Tex
James Bushart
Baltimore
Rebecca Hicks
Cherry
Charles Bennett Lord
Fire reports from Lowton Fire Department
Times and locations of fires reported including grass and house fires at 97 Ranch Ock 302 Ferris 807 South Fourth 32 Euclid and 82nd Gore and a building fire at 417 OD. Early afternoon to morning incidents covered across Monday and Tuesday.
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Lowton Fire Department
Ranch Ock
Ferris
Lahoma
South Fourth
Euclid
Fort Sill Man Charged With Coat Theft
Harold Michael Melvin, 20, of Fort Sill, was charged with grand larceny after two leather coats were stolen from Four Deuces Western Wear Store. Bond set at $1,000 with April 30 preliminary hearing. one suspect caught, Melvin in jail.
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Harold Michael Melvin
Fort Sill
Roy Moore
Melvin
Richard Briley
Donald Flack
George Fordacey
Flack
Briley
Fordacey
Dale
Young 4-H Member Becky Kelsey Wins Bond
Becky Kelsey, 12, daughter of Dr and Mrs Charles Kelsey, won a 25 dollar bond from the District Farm Bureau Association for her essay What 4-H Means To Me in the district essay contest. She previously won the county contest with the same essay as a member of the Bishop 4-H club.
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Becky Kelsey
Charles Kelsey
District Farm Bureau Association
Bishop 4-H Club
Post Offices Handle Majority of U S Mail
Three hundred of the larger post offices handle eighty percent of the nation’s mail, indicating the concentrated workload and distribution of postal traffic across major hubs.
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U.S
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul Penrod
Oklahoma City
Stephen Rice
Don Sapp
Lake
Guy B. Andrus
Carroll Drive
Paul H. Bailey
Anadarko
Charles Allen Bancroft
N. 14Th
Elbert W. Bonds
Duke
Kimberly R. Booras
Frankie Mae Daugherty
Frederick
Glenn H. Davis
Lone Wolf
Joe G. Dewald
Carnegie
Sur
Jimmy D. Brasher
Kenneth W. Moran
Apa
Che
An R. Smith
Edward M. Speed
Oak
Florence T. Wilson
Marlow
P.H.S
John Mendinghall
Ardmore
Mala. Campo
Arto Otay Shane
Sendeabe
Lacy Tiddark
S. 24Th
Elmer Thompson
Vance Green
Maysville
Velma Newell
Pauls Valiey
Lydia McGirt
Holdenville
Party
Indochina
Mideast
Moscow
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Geneva
OCU
CTY
Delton Byford
Shepherd Mall
Byford
Okla
Public Records
THE
Morning Press
Ft. Sill
Walters Walters
Cyril Cyril
Fletcher
Foxon
Chattanooga
Min
Frankie Manuel
Constitution
Linda Manuel
Ella Hardin
Press & Constitution
Chuck O’malley
David Thompson
Pamela McFeron
Joyce Henry
Daniel Kilman
Duane Pearson
Junior Webster
Pete Gelvin
Bobby Jackson
Terry Stoll
Marvin Sharp
Dean Clemens
Ed Adamson
Alfred Tucker
Press
Tony Elkins
Meridian Area
Joe Terrell
Hiway
Mtr
Grandfield
Manitou
Tipton Altus
Altus
Rush Springs
Duncan - Washite
Cobb
Mtn. View
Gozebo
Sterling Hobart
Eddie Johnson
Gary Rhea
Jimmie Belshe
Steve Clark
Riley Crosby
Allen Bradley
Dorothea Dirickson
Wallis Johnson
Mike Roberson
Mark & Ray Lawin
Leon Davis
A.p.o.s
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