Destruction Of The Great Buffalo Herds In Plains History
This Wichita Will series summarizes the U S Department of the Interior findings on buffalo decline. It traces population estimates from about 60 million around 1800 to under 300 by 1990, the roles of Indians and the army, railroad expansion, and the rise of buffalo hides as a major trade. The Wichita refuge herd began with 15 animals in 1907 sourced mainly from captive herds.
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U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
Wichita Refuge
Ernest Thompson Seton
U.S. Army
Mississippi River
Red River
Plains
American Fur Company
St. Louis
Canada
Refuge
New York Zoological Park
Cache
President Kennedy Billed for Wife’s Hospital Care
At Otis Air Force Base Mass President Kennedy was charged hospital rates for his wife’s week long emergency care and delivery. The bill totaled 174 25 dollars with 1 75 per day for airman care plus food medicines and doctor maintenance costs. Pierre Salinger said the total included aides and Secret Service in the VIP hospital suite.
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Otis Atr Force Base
Mass
Kennedy
U.S
Air Force
White House
Secret Service
Pierre Salinger
York Sits Up Briefly Amid Ongoing Illness at Hospital
In Nashville, Alvin C. York, World War I hero and Medal of Honor recipient, awakened Saturday to see his wife and children at his bedside. Doctors labeled him a very sick man still, noting a late Friday move to the serious list at Veterans Hospital due to fever and unresponsiveness. York, 75, has been hospitalized since July for bed sores and other illnesses since 1942.
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Nashville, Tenn
Alvin C. York
York
Veterans Hospital
Dork
Zoo Denizens and Clues Guess a Word List
Puzzle lists animal themed terms and word clues ranging from zoology to language roots. It presents a sequence of numbered hints such as Class of vertebrates and a Gaelic epic poetry term, plus a hidden African zoo denizen and a European finch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Chamber Groups Plan Meetings This Week
Four Chamber of Commerce committees plan meetings this week led by Milton Keating. Monday features an industrial committee subcommittee at 2 p.m. and the water committee at 3 p.m. on Monday. A state community achievement contest workshop by Oklahoma State Chamber reps is set for 2 p.m. Wednesday. Thursday offers a 7:30 a.m. breakfast at the Hotel Lawtonian hosted by the agriculture committee and Armour & Co to discuss beef cattle improvement.
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Chamber of Commerce
Milton Keating
Chamber
Industrial Committee
George Barber
Water Committee
Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce
Keating
Agriculture Committee
Martin Keathley
Armour & Co
Lawtonian
Workmen Begin Tear-Down for New Parsonage
Workmen started demolishing a three bedroom brick veneer home in preparation for Gee Gir tin wlmen of a parsonage. The new parsonage is expected to be completed in five weeks.
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Cache
Classical League Receives National Honors
Lawton high school's Junior Classical League members returned from the University of Kansas with multiple national awards. Larry Hedges won first in Latin I derivation, Etta Anderson took second, Jerry Joern earned third in broad jump with his relay team winning, Stan Shelton joined the NJCL band, Susie Jopling joined the NJCL chorus, and Martha Lee Barkholz was named secretary of the National Senior Classical League. Eighteen LHS delegates and three Senior Classical League members attended, led by sponsor Evlyn Barkholz.
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Larry Hedges
Etta Anderson
Jerry Joern
Stan Shelton
Susie Jopling
NJCL
Martha Lee Barkholz
University of Oklahoma
LHS
Evlyn Barkholz
Candidate for Degree at Auburn University
James Ellis Dunning Jr., son of Lt. Col. and Mrs. James E. Dunning, Fort Sill, is among 517 degree candidates at Auburn University. He is a candidate for a bachelor of visual arts degree in the School of Architecture and the Arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ellis Dunning Jr
James E. Dunning
Fort Sill
Auburn University
Auburn
Ala
School of Architecture and the Arts
British Commando Cliff Demonstration Set at Fort Sill
A British 79 Commando Battery unit will display cliff techniques at Medicine Bluff Fort Sill next Saturday Aug 24 starting 7 30 am The display includes death slides cliff climbing rope movements and moving heavy howitzers up and down a 200 foot cliff Spectators access via Gate 3 Fort Sill Blvd directions detail the route to Medicine Bluff for the public demonstration.
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Fort Sill
Kirkef Commando Battery
Royal Artillery
Sills Medicine Bluff
Medicine Creek
Medicine Bluff
Fort Sill Reservation
Gate No. 3
Fort Sill Blvd
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Pablo-Allard
Montana
Blue Mountain Forest Association
New Hampshire
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Taj Mahal
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Zale
Sansion
Cache Road
Quality Optical Service
Classical League
Lawton High School
Junior Classical League
University of Kansas
King Road
Bateman Road
Wrest 33 Auto Service
Melmacr
Melmac
Ratcliffe
Cache Road Square
Ezale
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Oklahoma Mortgage Company Security Bank
I Skedrich
Friedrich
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