Spring Concert Tickets Go On Sale For Lawton Schools
Tickets for Lawton public schools annual spring concert go on sale today. George Walters, Lawton High School band director, announced that tickets are available from EHS and Central Junior High band students and at Hardy Suggs Music Co. Proceeds aid junior high band activities and sending the LUS band to the Tri-State Band Festival in Enid next month. The concert features Lawton High, Central Junior High, and elementary bands, scheduled for 7 20 p.m. Monday April 72 in the LHS auditorium.
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Lawton Public Schools
George Walters
Lawton
Air Rector
EHS
Central Junior
Hardy Suggs Music Co
LHS
Central
Enid
Union High
John McHenry
Hardy Sages
Bend
Oklahoma City Farm Prices and Livestock Report
The State Board of Agriculture lists prices for Wheat No 1 hard at 2.02 to 2.07 with Monday nominal bids. Eggs and butterfat show unsettled or mixed readings across Oklahoma City areas. Livestock in Oklahoma City markets includes cattle calves hogs and sheep with steady to weak demand and prices mostly steady to lower on calves and hogs, and lambs strongest among the offerings.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Agriculture Today
Bison
Edmond
Hennessey
Kingfisher
Vici
Blackwell
el Reno
Zaid
Hobart
Medford
Yukon
Alva
Clinton
Frederick
Guyman
Hooker
Muskogee
Tulsa
Wipita
Watonga
Pauls Valley
Lawton
Elk City
Shattuck
Elk
Enid
Watenga
Vinita
Alva Clinton
Fauls Valley
USDA
Woman Seeks Help Locating Stolen Car Papers
Lawton resident Mis Eleanora Finley asked police to recover stolen items after her car was broken into at a drive in. She loaned the vehicle to a friend and wants the car insurance papers and other important documents left at police headquarters by the finder. In Los Angeles a bicycling suspect was turned over to police after a confrontation with a man on a borrowed bicycle.
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Lawton
Eleanora Finley
Ferris
Finley
Los Angeles
Clarence Porter
William Bullock
Porter
Bonds Forfeited In Heavy City Court Session
Municipal Judge J Merle Oaks ordered forfeiture of 15 cash bonds totaling 248 with 310 in fines across 17 cases. Lawton men tied to bootlegging and liquor offenses forfeited 320 in bonds or complaints. Individuals including Watson Hill Henry Barbee Vicars Shelton Jones Dillman Shaw McCaig Johnson and Slaughter faced varied fines and bonds for reckless driving drunkenness vagrancy and destruction of property during weekend raids and court actions.
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J. Merle Oaks
Lawton
Henry Watson
Washington
Abe Hill
Watson's Place
Hill's Place
Samuel L. Henry
Garfield
Clyde BE. Barbee
F. G. Vicars
Richard Lee Shelton
Gore
Linda L. Jones
Walters
Wilbam Harper
S. 25Th Place
Wheeler Wilson
Cherry
Frankie Boyd McCaig
Irwin Johnson
Gene Slaughter
S. First
L. C. Sprayberry
Rt. J. Duncan
Laren LeRoy Dillman
Duncan
Buck Shaw
McKinley
Hospital Births and Admits Across Communities
Births recorded include names like Ger mansaddle Kirg and Morgan with April dates and weights. Dismissals list Goodwin and Wooley while admissions feature Langford Voltz Helms Powell and many residents across Apache Duncan Fletcher and Marlow.
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S. Henry Hodges
Eliza Jane Morgan
Charles Hopper
Warren Hall
Eddie Eschler
Stanley Bryant
Euclid
Medical
W. Wright
J. N. Hays
Irwin Thurmond
Les
Chester Goodwin
Cache
Frank Wooley
Sheridan Road
G. C. Edwards
Sterling
Robert Lanmann
Lincoln
Robert Wimple
Floyd Freeman
Laird
Stephen Cocker
Darrell Cocker
Walter
Stephen Frakes
Fayne Frakes
Roy W. Easley R
Artillery Village
Nora Lynch
Bell
Jimmy Don Plumlee
Dale Plumlee
James Vail
Apache
Edna Mae Burdock
Deiu~orn
Guy Hickman
Summit
Stephen Wheeler
Wayne Wheeler
Ray Dale Myers
Poy Myers, Jr
William Memming
Geronimo
Dave Boydston
John Yeager
Eunice Brightwell
Park
Hollis Jackson
Walters
John Wooten
Lee
Lou
Arthur
A. Harolf
Sam
Charles D. Kooks
LaSill
Joseph Valla
Fred R. Harris
Enly Alive
Voltz
Jere Helms
J. D. Powell
Bobbie Burrow
Fred H. Scott
Gore
Ida Milan
Columbia
Melvin Jackson
John L. Richardson
Samuel L. Green
Chaplains Front Page Discussion At Prison Test
The prison chaplains debate comfort and procedure around moral tests. Supervising chaplain describes the process as impersonal while awaiting requests. Rev Edward Dinberg Roman Catholic chaplain expects no approach unless asked and will respond distinctly. Episcopal Rev T W Ewalk says he would take the test.
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Mat
Edward Dinberg
Prisom
T. W. Ewalk
Church of the Holy Innocents
Corte Madera
Not a new house but priced below market values
Large six room house now renting for $90 per month offers by TY MILLER. Contact Dial EL 3 3431 or EL 3 0619 for details on house, land, and furniture included in the offer.
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HH. TY. Miller Dial
Mail Jam Moves With Ease At Lawton Post Office
A heavy mail backlog built by Saturday closure strained Lawton postal operations with a flood of outgoing dispatches and extra Easter mail. Murray Gilbert says volume surpassed a normal day after a holiday as the backlog may take until Wednesday to clear. Windows now operate 8:30 am to 4 pm, 134 hours less than usual, with third class mail light and first class mail and newspapers moving steadily.
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Lawton
Murray Gilbert
Gilbert
Summerfield
Consolidated Gas Joins New York Stock Exchange
Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp. was admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange with an initial sale of 200 shares at 16 dollars. Opening block included 100-share purchases by Richard W. Camp and Ted R. Warkentin. Attendees included Dr. Harold Lamport, Charles Friedman, and NYSE President Keith Funston. The firm distributes natural gas in Oklahoma and Kansas to about 500,000 people.
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New York
Consolidated Gas Utilities Corp
New York Stock Exchange
Richard W. Camp
Oklahoma City
Ted R. Warkentin
Consolidated Gas
Camp
Camp and Warkentin
Harold Lamport
Charles Friedman
Keith Funston
The
Exchange
Consolidated Gas Utilines
Oklahoma
Kan Sa8
Science Students Win State Laurels at Oklahoma Fair
Raymond Gray and Orvis Rigs of Lawton high school science club won a medalist certificate for an exhibit titled an electric chart of man's achievements in the last two frontiers at the Oklahoma Science Fairs in Oklahoma City. Teammates Don Hagler and James Gilbert earned an exhibitors certificate for zircon deposits in the Wichita mountains. Miss Lily F Stafford, the club sponsor and instructor, accompanied the students to the two day fair.
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Raymond Gray
Orvis Rigsby
Lawton
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
LHS
Don Hagler
James Gilbert
Wichita Mountains
Lily F. Stafford
Money Thefts Reported In Weekend City Police Notice
Lawton resident and Fort Sill man reported combined losses of 125 dollars in two incidents near First and B. Roland Zakovec said 15 dollars was stolen from his billfold by two Negro girls who entered his car. Raymond Sparks reported 110 dollars taken from his wallet after two women entered his car at First and B and rifled pockets. Four women were brought to headquarters for questioning. Sparks did not identify them.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
First
Roland Zakovec
Raymond Sparks
N. Sheridan Road
Sparks
Pageant draws support from Lawton Fort Sill ministers
The Pageant continues with partial scenes rehearsed and no costumes. It has the backing of the Lawton Fort Sill Ministerial Alliance. Chaplain Col L O Sheffield will lead the supplication prayer and Rev Paul Hanna will lead the Faith of Our Fathers scene. Chaplain Capt Walter R Pettibone is in the reading cast. Local ministers and youth directors from all faiths will assist in various roles.
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Batten
Lawton-Fort Sill
L. O. Sheffield
Fort Sill
Paul Hanna
Real Heights Presbyterian Church
Walter R. Pettibone
Lawton
LHS Confined from Page Que Thompson Jerri McComb and Shirley Hester
Incoming officers listed for student council seniors juniors and sophomores with presidents vice presidents and secretaries named. Outgoing officers include Brad Agnew Joan Godlove Beverly Clem mer and Jerry Pursley Ronnie Hartline Roby Browers Larry Zook Donnie Sapp Valerie Murray Patsy Shep pard Rosalind Stanard Bill Scott.
Jordan Crisis Deepens as Royal Palace Guard Stands Firm
Jordan faces upheaval after King Hussein tightens grip against military factions pro Syria and pro Egypt. Tanks guard the royal palace while about 3,000 Syrian troops remain in northern Jordan and Saudi forces in the south. Censorship slows news as Radio Amman reports an attempted coup quelled by loyalist forces.
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Egypt
Syria
Soviet Union
Hussein
Damascus
Iraq
Faisal
Jordan
Nabulsi
Radio
Adding Machine Stolen From Downtown Bar Over Weekend
Police hunt for an adding machine stolen from American Bar at 425 C. The owner Tom Ward of 1503 Bessie reported the loss and was unsure of the exact type. Other thefts include a tire and wheel from Carl J. Filey’s 1956 Ford wagon and a missing hub cap from C. R. Sanders’ 1952 Mercury.
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American Bar
Tom Ward
Bessie
Carl J. Filey
Williams
C. R. Sanders
First official United States census conducted in 1790
The first United States census was carried out in 1790, beginning a long series of decennial counts to document population, households, and demographics across the new nation, shaping representation and policy.
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BLOC
Staef
Milo Kaif
Southwest Chemical Co
E Ave
Howard Germansaddle
Eugene Kirg
Frankie Langford
Anadario
O. L. Parsons
Gerald Hooks
Donald Langley
Pollard
Ruth Norton
RL. J
Meatival
Iris Bunn
Waurika
Stanley Picek
Indiahoma
Jerry Wright
Sam A. Wright
Fletcher
Nathan Ward
William Thorpe
Snyder
Marvin Lair
H. W. Allen
Oak
Wilmer Mills
Linda Kay Foster
Germial, Foster
Lakin
Kan
Isidro Rodrigue
Liberty
Donald A. Dennis
Drexel Powell
Joseph FR. Smith
W. H. Green
James Oliver
Medicine Park
John Cooper
John C. Hobbs
Brenda Baker
John Baker
Charles E. Brush
Doyle Williams
Margarite Hollis
Smith
Martin Marcus
Lucas
Joe R. Reed
Stephen Cagle
Edward Cagle
Cache Road
Doyle Coppenbarger
Hobart Mease
Grandfield
Adrian
Satepandoodle
Carnegie
Len
Matthew Tolpi
Stella Rivera
Nora Moutray
Rita Mountain
Vletcher
Elnwr Cody
Homer Fiote
Eastman Amos
Marlow
Jewel Ciivo
Joseph Morris
Altus
CO. EL
National Pest Control Association
D. Balbourn
Virgh Laird
G Avenue
Page
St. Joseph
Millona
Food- Donley Agency
Dial EL
Excelsior Institute
Excelsior Springs
RCA
RCA Victor
DIXON
Amenitin
D Ave
Browntown
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