Easter Service Seeks Extra Donations for Pageant
The Holy City Easter pageant relies on Lawton Fort Sill United Fund and freewill gifts. With a budget of 17905 dollars, the group gets 6134 from the United Fund and needs about 8000 more this year. Donations average around 3000 annually, with a push to raise funds via three donation booths manned by the Lawton Elks at Cache and Medicine Park entrances and Audience Hill.
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Holy City
Lawton-Fort Sill
Sandstrom
Lawton
Elks
Audience Hill
Hart
Easter Service Association
John Stanard
Board of Directors
Offenders Attack Nightclub Patrons Leaving VFW
Local officers investigated a nightclub brawl that left two men hospitalized. Clyde Terry of Fort Sill sustained serious head injuries after being beaten and stomped behind the Deluxe Courts. Lonnie James Riley of 104 Bell had a stab wound and fatal back knife wounds. The fight began inside the VFW club at Second and Euclid and continued outside as several assailants pursued and attacked Terry.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Second
Euclid
Ferris
Clyde] Terry
Fort Sill
U. S. Army Hospital
Lonnie James Riley
Bell
Memorial Hospital
VFW
Riley
Terry
Deluxe
Wife Of Prominent Oklahoman Is Dead
Mrs. B. C. Clark Sr. died in Purcell after a long illness at age 90. She came from Kentucky in 1890 and married jeweler B. C. Clark in Purcell. Clark was a leading state Methodist layman and opened stores now run by his son B. C. Clark Jr.
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Oklahoma City
B. C. Clark Sr
Purcell
Kentucky
B. C. Clark
Clark
B. C. Clark Jr
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs. Emily Elam in Lawton
Mrs. Emily Pearl Elam 78 of 2701 East died in a local hospital Wednesday night. Funeral services at 2 30 p m Monday at the 28th and Cornell Church of Christ with Feldon Flanagan officiating. Burial Sunset Memorial Gardens Ritter Dalton Funeral home in charge. Surviving: five sons William James Quenton John Thurman Elam of various locations, four daughters Leon Myers David Day Lyle Shaver James Landrum Yazoo City Miss, 25 grandchildren 30 great grandchildren two brothers John Carter Jess Cartier sister Mrs Gladys Mauldin.
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Emily Pearl Elam
Cornell Church
Christ
Feldon Flanagan
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Ritter-Dalton
John and Thurman Elam
Powers
Ore
Leon Myers
Lake
David Day
Lyle Shawver
Portland
James Landrum
Yazoo City
Miss
John Carter
Clovis
N. M
Jess Cartier
Sayre
Gladys Mauldin
Englewood
Colo
Oklahoma farmers discuss farming policies and surpluses
A Tulsa meeting reviewed federal farm programs with emphasis on price supports and marketing control. Oklahoma officials argued surpluses burden taxpayers while urging policy that favors productivity. Speakers noted Oklahoma County’s unique private service and discussed income drops per farm and the broader impact on agriculture.
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Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickersham
Bureau
Henry Bellman
Harold Colley
North Carolina
Colley
House Agriculture Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma
Colonalto Introduces Nerve Based Constipation Remedy
New Coronato tablets claim a unique colonic nerve stimulant with bulking action to relieve constipation overnight. The ad promises gentle restoration of bowel activity and improved well being, offering an introductory size for 43 cents.
Kennedy urges restraint on steel price hikes amid deficit jobs
President Kennedy counsels steel industry leaders and the United Steelworkers Union to avoid across the board price increases that could worsen the market and harm the public interest. He notes over 100000 unemployed steel workers need more jobs and security, not higher wages. Kennedy arrives in sunny weather with First Lady and dog Clipper, meets at a villa loaned by C Michael Paul, and receives Rusk updates on Paris defense talks about a multinational Allied nuclear force.
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Kennedy
United Steelworkers Union
Afl-Cio
Rusk
Washington
Parade honors Sergeant Major at Schofield Barracks
Twelve hundred troops of the 25th Infantry Division paraded for Sergeant Major Howard A. Brosseau at Schofield Barracks. Brosseau, 41, voted top NCO after 23 years in the Army, departs for West Point.
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Honolu
Markets Closed For Good Friday
United Press International reports all securities and commodity markets were closed today for Good Friday. In Britain and Europe stock and commodity markets were also closed and will remain closed Monday, April 15, for Easter observance.
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United Press International
Britain
Europe
Comanche County Wavers Over Regional Planning Authority
Rural residents urged commissioners to drop support for the Lawton metropolitan area planning commission and oppose countywide planning. The group backed a proposed amendment to confine planning and zoning to Lawton itself, with rural areas seeking a voice in any regulation and the right to manage local planning.
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Comanche County
Lawton Metropolitan Area
Senate
Lawton
Taliaferro
Charles Ozman
Rural Planning Authority
Ozman
H. E. Leonard
Rural Citizens and Land Owners Committee
Elgin
Planning Commission
Wayne Gilley
Pat Painter
LMAPC
Painter
Board of County Commissioners
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Quality Optical Service
Emily Elam
Arkansas
Oklahoma County
Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association
OCA
Big Parade
Area Planning Agency
Cache
Indiahoma
de Caen Cs Cnm
SRG
Munsey
Cache Road Sq
Yes Lee Kco
U.S
Ino
Sidney's Dairy Creams
Fedders
Nema Btu
Hermetic
Gustertee
Certrail
Ae Reve Nee Eminsted
Ocail
Jess
4Th and
E Avenue
Zale
Tee Ae
Fust
Cache Road Square
Florentine Center
Ezale
Cache Road
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