Ray Charles Rocks Lawton Gym For Dull Concert
Ray Charles and his Raelets performed in Lawton in a gymnasium venue with a faulty public address system and backless bleachers. The show started slowly but music lifted spirits after intermission. Charles impressed with Georgia On My Mind and Them That Got. Raelets energized the crowd before the audience grew restless near 11:30 PM.
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Awton High School
Ray Charles
Waglass Athletic
Charles
Lawrence Welk
Georgia
Raelets
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Johnson To Head 1963 United Fund Drive
Local businessman Bill Johnson was approved as campaign chairman for the 1963 United Fund drive at a Lawton Fort Sill United Way board meeting. The outline for written uses of the budget committee was approved and rules were set for agency requests and subcommittee meetings. Johnson noted the goal of forming a strong campaign with the support of the 100 Plus Club and current board enthusiasm.
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United Fund
Lawton-Fort Si
Ohnson
Howard Freeman
Johnson
United Fund Board
First Baptist Church
Children’s Shelter Board
Lions Club
Retail Merchants Association
The
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Mit
Board of Directors
Budget Executive Committee
Fort Sill
Bill Sieg
Little Rock
Ark
How the West Was Won in Cinerama at Cooper Theatre
Cinerama’s second feature after a decade of growth, How the West Was Won, opens for two hours forty five minutes with three synchronized projectors on a curved screen. Narrated by Spencer Tracy, the film covers 1839 to 1889 through a three generation saga with big stars and a buffalo stampede shot in South Dakota, a sweeping Western praised for visuals and scope.
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Hollywood
Gregory Peck
Robert
Life Magazine
Spencer Tracy
Erie Canal
Ohio River
Raymond Massey
Lincoln
Southwest
Black Hills
South Dakota
Tracy
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and
Debbie Reynolds
Billboard
Carroll Baker
Lee J. Cobb
Henry Fonda
Carolyn Jones
Karl Malden
George Peppard
Robert Preston
Miss Reynolds
James Stewart
Eli Wallach
John Wayne
Richard Widmark
Brigid Barlen
Walter Brennan
David Brian
Andy Devine
Agnes Moorehead
Henry
Harry) Morgan
Funeral Rites for Earl Lee Kerbo Held in Becker Chapel
Earl Lee Kerbo aged 70 of 1005 F died Sunday. Funeral services were held Thursday at 1 30 p m in Becker Memorial chapel with Dr H Tom Wiles officiating. Bearers named and burial in Binger Cemetery with graveside rites by Rev C R Kerbo.
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Becker Memorial Chapel
H. Tom Wiles
First Baptist Church
Jerry Rath
Keith Cartwright
Darrell Smith
Jack Glasby
J. A. Borgfeld
Irwin Johnson
Binger
C. R. Kerbo
Church of God At
Mr. Kerbo
George W Fritze 86 Funeral in Grandfield Saturday
George W. Fritze 86 died Wednesday in a Lawton hospital. Services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Grandfield First Baptist Church with Rev. L A Norwood officiating. Burial in Grandfield cemetery. Survivors include wife Sarah son J K Fritze daughter Juanita Witt brother Willie Fritze sister Lesley Johnson.
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Grandfield
George W. Fritze
Lawton
Grandfield First Baptist Church
L. A. Norwood
Grandfield Cemetery
Boydston Funeral Home
Mr. Fritze
San Antonio
Tex
Sarah
J. K. Fritze
Juanita Witt
Willie Fritze
Castell
Lesley Johnson
Mason
Cityan Sentenced For Slaying Wife
Arnold Lee Kelly, 24, formerly of 30742 Jefferson, was sentenced to 5 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the slaying of his estranged wife Amy Ruth Kelly, 23. The stabbing occurred during an argument outside her sister's Los Angeles home following a trip to Altadena on October 14.
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Pasadena
Calif
Arnold Lee Kelly
Jefferson
Kelly
Altadena
Amy Ruth
Lawton
Paul Hoefner
Funeral Services and Admissions in Southwestern Area
Funeral services and hospital notices list numerous admissions and discharges across Southwestern institutions. Entries name individuals by name, address, and status such as medical, surgery, or dismissed, with several births noted and memorial mentions.
Former Oklahoma resident on Thresher crew identified
Springfield report notes Ronald H. Solomon, 26, a nuclear power specialist from Barnesville, attended high school there and played on the track and basketball teams before joining the submarine Thresher crew.
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Springfield
Thresher
Oklahoma
Ronald H. Solomon
Barnesville
Scholarships boost journalism study funds in New York
The Newspaper Fund says more than 500000 dollars in scholarship aid is available for journalism students. The fund set by the Wall Street Journal notes an increase of 100000 dollars from 1961 estimates for both graduate and undergraduate study.
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New York
UPI
The
Wall Street Journal
Battalion to be recognized as Army's Fourth Sergeant unit
The 5th Missile Battalion 73rd Artillery will be honored as the Army's Fourth Sergeant battalion during a ceremony at 10 30 a m Saturday at Fort Sill Lucas Field.
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73Rd Artillery
Army
Fort Sill
Lucas Field
Army Conditioning Program for Men Over Forty at Fort Sill
The Department of the Army outlines conditioning exercises for men over 40 to be conducted at Fort Sill during May. The plan emphasizes moderate activity and health maintenance for older service members.
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Department of the Army
Fort Sill
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