Mattie Beal Home Marker Unveiled In Lawton Anniversary Ceremony
A bronze plaque marking the Mattie Beal Home lot at 415 Summit was unveiled by Mrs. Leonard Wilson during a Great Plains Historical Association ceremony on Lawton's 2nd birthday anniversary. The marker notes Beal drew the second homestead in the 1891 land lottery and funded local community sites. Mayor Wayne Gilley praised the association for preserving city heritage.
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Leonard Wilson
Mattie Beal
Summit
Toby Morris
Mattie Beal Payne
Great Plains Historical Association
Payne
Lawton
Beal
Tory Morris
Mattie
Morris
Charles Warren Payne
Beal Heights Presbyterian Church
Wayne Gilley
The
Hugh Corwin
Association
Gilley
Charles Dickens
Ranger
Jess Percival
Pioneer Women'’s Club
Fifth and
Great Plains Historical Associatens Historical Sites Committee
Lawson
Pace
Miss Oklahoma Cheryl Ann heads to Miss America pageant
Cheryl Ann leaves Lawton for Atlantic City to represent Oklahoma in Miss America. At a Club Lawton breakfast she spoke of her early morning chores on her father’s 800 acre Enid farm milking cows feeding calves and ploughing with sister Connie. She leads Oklahoma Junior Breeders and has ties to Skull and Ferrel Hereford ranches.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Rotarians
Lawton Rangers
Cheryl Ann
Enid
Connie
T of A Come Association
Lawton
Skull and Ferrel Hereford
Brunet
Oklahoma
City Marks Birthday With Breakfast and Rites
Lawton observes its 62nd birthday with a four day celebration including a sunrise breakfast at LO Ranch, a parade, street dance, and a memorial service. Mayor Wayne Gilley, Miss Cheryl Ann Semrad, and Pioneer Women led events with a dedication of a Mattie Beal historic plaque at Fifth and Summit. 69 pioneers were commemorated at the memorial service as officials and residents attended.
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Lawton
Lawton Rangers
LO Ranch
Wayne Gilley
Oklahoma
Ann Semrad
Jess Percival
Pioneer Women’s Club
Miss Semrad
Senate to OK 12 Billion Military Pay Rise Today
The Senate planned to pass a 12 billion dollar military pay raise effective Oct 1 for almost all active duty officers and enlisted personnel. The bill, backed by the administration, boosts pay across ranks, adjusts amounts for those with under two years service, and differs from the House version.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Armed Services Committee
Howard W. Cannan
D-Nev
Cannon
Cannon Group
Cosmos 19 Satellite Launched by Soviet Union
Tass news agency said the Soviet Union launched an unmanned artificial earth satellite named Cosmos 19 to continue its space research program announced on March 16 1962. The brief notice gave few details beyond confirming the routine mission.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Tass
Outer Space
Oilman Rush M. Green died at 78 in Tulsa
Rush M. Green, retired vice president general manager of Gulf Oil Corp and Gulf Refining Co, died today at his Tulsa home after several months illness. He was 78.
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Tulsa
UPI
Rush M. Greenglade
Gulf OD Corp
Gulf Refining Co
Beauty Queen from Oklahoma Heads to Lawton Show
A farm girl and livestock exhibitor Cheryl Ann Semyad, holder of the Miss Oklahoma title, travels to Lawton to groom her white-faced Herefords for a major show. She embraces the spotlight after hours of brushing and prep.
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Waukom
Jonesonge Howe
Cheryl Ann Semyad
Chevy
Ann
Lawton
Insurance rates to rise in Oklahoma auto policies
An Oklahoma auto insurance rate filing to raise premiums will be submitted within 45 days. R L Jewel Jr of the National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters said the bureau plans a filing for Oklahoma, with a likely increase indicated. The move follows similar requests in surrounding states and a withdrawn increase last year after controversy.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Oklahoma
R. L. Jewel Jr
Austin
Tex
Jewel
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
National Automobile Underwriters Association
Jewell
State Insurance Board
Insurance Cenaneladet
Joe B. Hunt
Justice Douglas's Ex Weds Young Coed at Allegheny
Justice Wil Harm O Douglas heads west on a month long camping honeymoon after marrying 23 year old student Joan Carol Martin in Beverly Hills. Mercedes Hester Douglas, his former wife, plans a cross country car honeymoon with attorney Robert Eichholz after their divorce for cruelty last week.
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Babes N.Y
UPT
Supreme Court
Wil Harm O. Douglas
Auto
Mercedes Hester Douglas
Douglas
Beverly Hills
Calif
Joan Carol Martin
Allegheny College
Meadville
Miss Martin
Fort Sill to cut 40 civilian positions by Sept 29
Commanding General Maj. Gen. Griffing orders a reduction of about 40 civilian employees at Fort Sill by September 29, 1983. Reassignments and demotions may occur, with hires limited and attrition used to meet ceilings. Displaced workers will get job placement priority and 30 days written notice.
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Fort Sill
L. 8. Griffing
U.S. Civil Service Commission
J. D. Cregg
Lawton- Fort Sill
Elgin
Halliburton reports higher net income and earnings
Halliburton Co and subsidiaries announce a 6 percent rise in net income to 8.655 million dollars and earnings per share of 2.08, up from 2.02.
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Dallas
UPI
Halliburton Co
Russian Anti War Plan Being Studied By Rusk
Secretary of State Dean Rusk discussed a Russian plan to place inspectors at strategic locations to deter surprise attacks. Talks with Gromyko and Home were exploratory, focusing on East and West Germany and potential East West accords. Further summits could follow if talks show real possibility.
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Rusk
Henry Shapiro
Moscow
UPI
Dean Rusk
Soviet Union
United States
East
West
Britain
Lord Home
Andrew Gromyko Rusk
NATO
Khrushchev
Home
Gromyko
West Germany
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
United Nations
New York
Germany
Court orders implied redistricting for Comanche County
Comanche County commissioners face an implied court order to redraw district lines to fit state statutes and a 1929 Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling. Judge Marmaduke granted a new trial in a mandamus action brought by Owen S. Ard after hearing arguments June 13, noting the county should strive to redistrict by population. If evidence matches the June 13 hearing, a decision to order redistricting seems likely.
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Comanche County
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Arthur J. Marmaduke
Duncan
Supreme Court
Okmulgee County
Lawton
Owen S. Ard
Marmaduke
Rebels Encircle Cap Haitien as Haiti Invasion Continues
A spokesman for Haitian rebels said two columns surrounded Cap Haitien, Haiti's second city, though the port remains under control. Rebel forces led by Gen. Leon Cantave, composed of exiled soldiers, struck Fort Liberte Monday and aim to topple Francois Duvalier. Dominican authorities alerted frontier forces amid reports some invaders came from the Dominican Republic.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Cap Heitien
Palm du Nord
Leon Cantave
Fort Liberte
Cap Haitien
Francois Papa Doc Duvalier
Duvalier
Dominican
Hispaniola
Juan Bosch
National Palace
Listin Diarie
Weather Stays In A Rut In Southwest Oklahoma
The weather office forecasts clear to partly cloudy skies and hot temperatures through Wednesday. A few widely scattered thundershowers may occur today and Wednesday in southern Oklahoma. Highs trend toward 101 with overnight lows around 74. Lawton tops at 100 today, with Altus at 103.
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Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Lawton
Altus
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