Funerals for Holt John and Others Across Area
Funeral services for Paul J. Holt 64 of 1317 Ferris will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Lawton Ritter Dalton Funeral Home Chapel with Joe Stewart officiating and burial in Highland Cemetery. Also scheduled: Michael James John 48 of 7207 Kingsbury dies Sunday. 10 a.m. Thursday at Hilltop Chapel with military honors at Fort Sill Post Cemetery. Emmitt Thomas 48 of 1810 Pollard dies Saturday. service 10 a.m. Wednesday at New Post Chapel Fort Sill, burial at Post Cemetery. Ray Harmon 71 of Snyder dies Sunday in a Lawton hospital. service 2:30 p.m. today at First Baptist Church. burial Snyder Cemetery. Harmon formerly managed United Super Market and served in local civic groups. He is survived by wife Millie, a sister and several relatives.
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Paul J. Holt
Ferris
Lawton-Ritter- Dalton Funeral Home
Joe Stewart
Lawton
Fletcher
Highland Cemetery
CWO
Michael James John
Kingsbury
Hilltop Chapel
Joseph McCormick
Fort Sill’s Post Cemetery
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton
Emmitt Thomas
Pollard
Santa Rosa
N. M
California
New Post Chapel
Fort Sill
Post Cemetery
Manitou
United Super Market
Lamar Furniture and Allen Lumber Co
Snyder
First Baptist Church
Jackie Kopp
Harmons
John Worthen
Troy E. Harmon
Wichita Falls
Anna Rae Kopp
Guardsman Freed By Special Judge In Chicago Slaying Case
A 21 year old Army National Guardsman, Pvt. Juan N Martinez of Junction City Kansas, was released from custody after Illinois failed to file an extradition warrant. Martinez faced a first degree murder charge in Chicago linked to a 1973 slaying and had been held 62 days without bond at Fort Sill. Judge David Carter noted the process likely could not be completed within the 90 day limit.
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Army National
Chicago
Illinois
Juan N. Martinez
Junction City
Kan
Special District Court
David Carter
Comanche County
Bill Banks
Martin
Fort Sill
Martinez
Army
Carter
Asst. Dist. Atty
Steve Lile
Ft. Sill
D Btty
Cake Walk Sponsor Details for Comanche Veterans Association
The Comanche Indian Veterans Association sponsors a cake walk at 7 pm Wednesday in Tia Piah Park. Members should bring cakes and prizes. Proceeds fund the trip to the Carnegie Kiowa Warriors Labor Day Dance.
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Comanche Indian Veterans Association
Tia-Piah Park
Carnegie Kiowa
Charges Lodged In Area Slaying
ANADARKO Okla AP First degree murder charges were filed against Sand Springs couple Frederick Broom 27 and Kitty Broom 20 in connection with the Saturday night stabbing death of Hershel Goodwin 45 of Anadarko Authorities said the fire department received an anonymous call then found Goodwin with multiple stab wounds in a locked residence The Brooms were arrested in Sand Springs and held at Caddo County jail.
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Anadarko, Okla
Sand Springs
Anadarko
Frederick Broom
Kitty Broom
Hershel Goodwin
Goodwin
Caddo County
Seminar on Korean Culture at Fort Sill
Chaplain Division sponsors a two day Korean culture seminar at New Post Chapel from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday led by Rev. Harold Gateley and Kyung Lim. Topics cover Korea geography history social customs and family life styles. Personnel should contact their commanding officer to take time off.
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Fort Sill
New Post Chapel
Shade Ave
Harold Gateley
Kyung Lim
Gateley
Korea
Lim
Seoul
United States
Don Davidson
Taejon
Southern Baptist Mission Board
Stonecarvers keep medieval craft alive at Washington Cathedral
In a Hyattsville studio beside Washington National Cathedral six masters led by Roger Morigi carve limestone gargoyles and tympanums for the cathedral. Morigi and peers face a shrinking craft as automation rises and few skilled carvers remain, with work spanning decades and the hope of a thousand year structures.
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Washington National Cathedral
Roger Morigi
Morigi
Bureau of Standards
Hyattsville
FBI
New York
Washington
Supreme Court
Frank Zic
Chevy Chase, Md
Liz
Patrick Plunkett
Salisbury
England
Plunkett
Working Wives Eligible For Pay Social Security Disability
Lawton district manager Cokeman Johnson explains that a wife and her children can receive disability payments on the wife's work record regardless of the husband’s earnings. Benefits require at least five years of work in the prior decade, with different rules if disability occurs earlier in life.
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Cokeman Johnson
Lawton
Social Security
Inlay Decoration Describes Technique and Materials
An inlay is a decoration created by carving a design into one material and fitting contrasting materials into the recesses. The result highlights contrast and craftsmanship in furniture and artwork.
City Sales Tax Revenue Hits Historic High in August
Oklahoma City led a statewide surge as the August disbursement from city sales taxes reached a record 10.808 million dollars to 363 communities. The two per cent levy began June 1 and boosted allocations for Lawton, Tulsa, and 119 other towns, with Okla City and Tulsa posting the top receipts.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Everett Watkins
OTC
Lawton
Tulsa
Southwest
Apache District Fair Opens With Parade And Events
The Apache district fair begins Wednesday with a downtown parade and horse show at night. Livestock entries are due by 9 am Thursday, with other entries by 9:30 am. Swine judging starts 7 pm, steer and wether lambs weigh-in 9-10 am, sheep judging 8:30 pm Friday, beef judging 8:30 pm Saturday, tractor pull 1:30 pm Saturday. Grandstand entertainment and a carnival run nightly. Fair board and department superintendents listed.
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Francis Woodward
Donna Cunningham
Clint Palmer
Bob Schneberger
Carl Jarbo
Robin Iams
Sissy Miller
Anne Tate
Mike Watts
Brian Hatfield
Clint Mindemann
David Nunn
Scott Weber
Curtis Price
Wayne London
Kenneth Shafer
Ruth McDaniel
Jan Worden
Freda Hrbacek
Ruby Whaley
Bessy Washburn
Ruby Cook
Laura Vickrey
Jennie Hill
Flossie Warner
Helen Carr
Odie Mae Marr
Henry Lesch
Walter Gilbreath
Dosia Jackson
Gene
H R Block Offers Basic Income Tax Course
H R Block announces a Basic Income Tax Course starting September 16 with morning afternoon or evening options at 41 Cache Road Square. The 13 percent week program awards certificates for all graduates and enrollment is through the local office. licensure in Oklahoma Board of Private Schools supports the course.
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H&r Block
Cache Road Square
H&r
Oklahoma Board of Private Schools
Police Log Of Reported Thefts Damages And Suspected Crime
Lawton Police report lists multiple complainants with incidents including thefts from residences vehicles and businesses. Names and addresses appear with alleged crimes such as theft of TVs radios tools and cash plus damages to property and attempted break-ins. One arrest noted for a gun incident.
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Lawton
Weyman Mcintosh
Oak
Rest- Scott Roadhouse
Boggs Cycle Shop
James Mcintyre
Mission Bivd
Fort Silt Bivd
Timothy Friday
Ozman
Evans Komordiey
Euclid
Richard Moxberry
Gore
Mary Horn
Georg Walker
Guy Knight
Gary Pennington
Elgin
Hoover
James Hood
Kathhleen Stevens
Lindy
Billy Wickware
Artington
Kevin Lopoto
Audree Willliams
Columbia Savare
Act
Robert Meadors
Ronald White
Eactic
Jairo Restrepo
Cache Road
Joe Watling
Birg
Fort Sit
Taovier
Walter Suber
Coche Road
Belize Issues Bicentennial Stamps Honoring Three Americans
Belize releases three commemorative stamps marking the U.S. Bicentennial. The stamps honor William Wrigley Jr, Charles Lindbergh and John Lloyd Stephens rather than Washington Franklin or Revere.
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Belize
U.S
Cotton Electric Coop Plans Annual Meeting at Sultan Park
Cotton Electric Cooperative prepares for its annual meeting next Thursday at Sultan Park. Registration starts 6 p.m. with supper service and musical entertainment by Shirley Landrum and her Blue Grass Partners. Board president Edwin Ketchum will preside as reports by Ketchum Miller and Melvin Robison are presented and by laws revisions are voted on.
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Walters
Cotton Electric Cooperative
Shady Sultan Park
William Miller
Cotton Electric
Oklahoma
Comanche
Stephens
Jefferson
Caddo
Tillman
Grady
Carter
Shirley Landrum
Blue Grass Partners
Enid
Edwin Ketchum
Velma
Ketchum
Miller
Melvin Robison
Medicine Park
First Bloomers Debut At Seneca Falls Convention
Bloomers were introduced July 19 1848 at the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls New York highlighting a pivotal dress reform moment and engagement by attendees and reformers across New York.
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Seneca Falls
N.Y
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