Prairie dog notes and Jamboree letters from Idaho to Lawton
Letters from Boy Scouts at the Idaho Jamboree and a Florida reader thanking Lawton for not harming prairie dogs frame a group of notes. George Griffin from Troop 145 reports a Miss America 1970 moment, while POW correspondence highlights gratitude and family updates from Colonel Lawrence N. Guarino and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Florida
Lawton
George Griffin
Farragut State Park
Vonda van Dyke
George
Boy Scouts of America
Funeral Rites for Maddox Asphalt Owner Held
Leon Willis Maddox 61 who owned Maddox Asphalt Co. died Wednesday after a long illness. Funeral at First Christian Church with Masonic graveside rites at Highland Cemetery. Surviving wife Evelyn McRae two sons Jim and David his mother and siblings. Memorials to Comanche County American Cancer Society.
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Leon Willis Maddox
N. 13Th
Maddox Asphalt Co
First Christian Church
Norman L. Williams
Brad Allen
Central Baptist Church
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton
Highland Cemetery
Maddox
Evelyn McRae
Norman
Guthrie
Jim
Beta
David
Augusta
Elizabeth Maddox
Arlington
Orville Maddox
Uvalde
Tex
Hazel Davis
Tyler
Comanche County
American Cancer Society
Two Die In Fiery U S 82 Crash Near Seymour
Seymour Texas AP officers sought the identity of two persons burned beyond recognition in a crash involving their car and a truck on U S 82 near Seymour. Harry Ward 46 of Moore Oklahoma the truck driver was reported in satisfactory condition at a Wichita Falls hospital.
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Seymour, Tex
U.S. 82
Seymour
Harry Ward
Moore
Okla
Wichita Falls
Head Start Opens to Handicapped Children in Lawton
Head Start will enroll ten percent of its four year old students who have handicaps such as mental retardation hearing loss deafness speech impairment visual impairment serious emotional disturbance or other health problems. Mae Simmons Head Start director notes many eligible handicapped children are not registered and funds are being sought for staffing and services. The program budget totals 116 900 with fees for nonpoverty families starting at 2 50 monthly and rising by income and family size. Fall classes begin September 10 and parents may contact Mrs. Simmons at the Community Action Agency 410 Koehler Building or call 353 2364.
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Casey Church Mong
Office of Child Development
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Mae Simmons
Comanche County
Simmons
Community Action Agency
Koehler
Wall Street Holds Steady Amid Slow Trade Slippage
Caution dominated Wall Street as prices steadied near midday, with the Dow down 0.98 at 901.04 amid more losers than gainers. The NYSE index rose slightly to 56.35 as analysts noted limited activity and mixed earnings. Oklahoma farm prices followed, listing grain, hay, and poultry quotes across several towns.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Amex
Homestake Mining
la Maur, Inc
Walmac Industrials
Man Arrested For Desertion In Fort Hood Case
A 19 year old soldier was arrested in an apartment complex here Wednesday night as an Army deserter from Fort Hood Texas. A 19 year old Fort Sill man was also taken into custody awaiting federal authorities as an accessory. The deserter had been living in the Fort Sillman’s apartment at 1910 Hoover for about a month.
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Fort Hood
Tex
Fort Sillman
Hoover
Population Facts: 15 034 Small U S Cities Listed
A compiled count identifies fifteen thousand thirty four U S cities with populations between one thousand and five thousand. The figure highlights the sizable number of small urban areas across the nation.
Beer truck crashes into parked cars at Cache Road
James Clayborn 29, driver for Tri-Chex Distributors, swerved to avoid a collision on Cache Road and clipped a restaurant at Across the Street Restaurant. The impact damaged two parked cars and a Winnebago camper, with total losses around 4,000 dollars. The truck left 52 feet of skid marks and ended 466 feet from Cache Road on Homestead Drive.
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Cache Road
James Clayborn
No. 6
N. 25Th
Tri-Chex Distributors Inc
Lanny Wallace
Dan Rudder Motor Co
Joe Sherrill
John Kinder
Route 1
Manitou
Sherrill
Kinder
Wallace
Homestead Drive
Homestead
Clayborn
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Joe House
Charley Evans
Joe
Prairie Dogs of Lawton
Elmer Thomas Park
Carl Johnson
St. Petersburg, Fla
Gary Roberts
NW 63Rd
Lawrence N. Guarino
United States Air Force
Mrs. Roberts
North Vietnam
Evelyn
Allan
USAF
Tom
Coast Guard
Florida Keys
Ray
University of South Florida
Jeff
Leon W. Maddox
Ollie Blackburn
Ollie M. Blackburn
Greenlawn Funeral Home
Mrs. Blackburn
Alabama
Dawson
Dawson Baptist Church
Bert Kelley
West Monroe
Pearl Blackburn
Louella King
Eras
Martha Welch
Lubbock
Juanita Reynolds Sterling
Juanita Reynolds
Sterling
Sterling Baptist Church
Paul Hampton
Sterling Cemetery
Robbins Funeral Home
Fletcher
Quaker State Oil
Public Service of Colorado
Alberto Culver
Deere Co
Magnavox
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Medford
Manchester
Afton
Clinton
Altus
el Reno
Geary
Hobart
Okeene
Watonga
Weatherford
Yukon
Muskogee
Gulf
Temple
Mangum
MILO
Chickasha
Pauls Valley
United States
Nati - National Bank
ABS
Harvey Hagle
Elgin
Jim Benton
Marlow
John McGaugh
Ccc
R. Anthony Aeiva
Sheridan Mall
Golden Vee
Cache Road Square
Golden Wee
Birdseye
Lord
Docron
Ford
Levi's
Panatela
Levi
C.r. Anthony CO
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