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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1963

Page

3

Miss Oklahoma Heads for Miss America Pageant Trip

Eyed Miss Oklahoma Cheryl Ann Semrad travels with chaperone Dollie Hoskins from Oklahoma City to Atlantic City for Miss America Pageant. Stops include Kansas City Chicago Washington New York City with visits to Hereford prize events and Capitol tours. Kiowa artist Charlie Rowell paints calendar series. Clyde-Beaty-Cole Circus to perform Labor Day at Comanche County Fairgrounds.

Fort Sill Atlantic City Cheryl Ann Semrad Dollie Hoskins Oklahoma City N.J. Boardwalk Chicago Washington, D. C New York City Waukomis Kansas City Cheryl Ann Oklahoma Junior K. C Dollie J. Howard Edmondson Mike Monroney Victor Wickersham Page Belcher Fifth Avenue Labor Day Charlie Rowell Rowell Lone Wolf Texas Robinson's Landing Lake Lawtonka Bialboard Comanche County Fairgrounds Jack Warkentin Lawton Kappa Alpha Sheraton-Oklahoma

Hospital News Memorial Births and Admissions

Births record multiple newborns with parents at addresses in Oklahoma towns, listing times and weights. Admitted and dismissed patients include names with ages and destinations in Snyder, Electra, Apache, Walters, and surrounding areas.

C. C. Reed Columbia Jack L. Burton Elm John G. Millicons Snyder Charlotte Shively M. Shively Apache Wayne P. Lutowski Gus Lutowski Elgin Ethel White Chattanooga Joe Phariss Santa Fe Valerie N. Tully Jimmy Upton Garfield Floyd Baker Georgia Roy Lee Stafford Leann Schulte Lake Robert Ray High Sterling Lola Lorene Daniels Altus Ramey C. Gregg Alta Bing Thomas Allan Marshall Virgil Marshall Electra Tex Glen Wheeler Henry W. Preston Walters

Sooners To Change Kansas Mailing Addresses

In northern Alfalfa County, 68 residents between Burlington and the Kansas line will switch from Kansas to Oklahoma mailing addresses. Starting Sept. 14 their mail and newspaper deliveries will be routed from Burlington rather than Kiowa, Kansas, per Sen. Mike Monroney.

Burlington Okla Alfalfa County Oklahoma Kansas Mike Monroney D-Okla Kiowa Kan

Burglars Return Hearse After Loot Is Stolen

Jeremiah Henry John of a Houston funeral home recounts that burglars stole an adding machine a typewriter and a radio but returned the new hearse and parked it in the driveway while he alerted police.

Houston UPI Jeremiah Henry John John

Kennedy Returns to Washington After Cape Cod Visit

President Kennedy flew from Otis Air Force Base Massachusetts to Andrews Air Force Base Maryland after an overnight Cape Cod family visit. The presidential jet landed about an hour after departure.

Washington Kennedy Cape Cod Andrews Air Force Base Otis Air Force Base Mass

Dr Stephen Ward Estate Worth 12476 Pounds

London AP reports Dr Stephen Ward left a net estate of 4420 pounds after debts in probate. Attorney Joseph Jackson said provisional valuation was 14620 pounds, but settlements reduced it. Much of the estate reportedly came from portraits Ward sold during his trial for vice offenses. Ward, central to the Profumo scandal, killed himself after the trial found him guilty of living on earnings of prostitutes.

London Stephen Ward Joseph Jackson Ward John D. Profumo Harold Macmillan

Lawton Principals Plan Meeting Friday

Lawton principals from 27 elementary schools meet at 9 30 a m Friday in Superintendent John Shoemaker s office. A second planning session for the new term is set for 9 30 pm August 27 in Shoemaker s office to finalize opening arrangements.

Lawton John Shoemaker Shoemaker

Gas Stations Open Across Street in Laramie

In Laramie Wyoming a gasoline company opens the Downtown Service station directly opposite a rival’s Uptown Service station, marking a rare close proximity in town.

Laramie Wyo

Khrushchev Tours Skopje Ruins After 100000 Ahead

In Skopje Khrushchev rode through quake scarred streets as a 500 man Soviet rescue team worked cleanup. Tito and Khrushchev discussed aid after the July quake that killed over 1000 and left the city a ghost town during his 15 day Yugoslavia visit.

Skopje Yugoslavia Khrushchev Tito Belgrade U.S Orville Freeman Soviet Union West Germany Freeman Kenneday United States

Delaware Chief Joins New Jersey Scout Order

Delaware tribal chief Arthur L. Thomas 33, president of the Delaware Tribal Council in Anadarko Oklahoma, was inducted into the Order of the Arrow at Camp Mohican near Blairstown. He met Governor Hughes to discuss Delaware participation in New Jersey's tercentenary celebration and marked the first official contact between the Delaware Tribe and New Jersey in about 169 years. The Delawares left New Jersey in 1757 amid clashes with settlers.

Blairstown N. J Delaware New Jersey Arthur L. Thomas Delaware Tribal Council Anadarko Okla Order of the Arrow Camp Mohican Richard J. Hughes Hughes Thomas Oklahoma

Church Revival Planned at Highland Park Methodist

Highland Park Methodist Church at 29th and E announces a revival series from August 25 to 30 at 7 30 p m each night Led by Rev W W Stephens pastor of the church as speaker each evening

Highland Park Methodist Church W. W. Stephens

Britain Protests Cuban Kidnapping Over Anguilla Cay

Britain lodged a formal protest with Cuba's government in Havana after Cuban gunboats seized a group of Cubans who had landed at Anguilla Cay in the Bahamas. The Foreign Office demanded the return of the captives and an apology, noting the incident prompted by the recent seizure.

London UPI Britain Fidel Castro Havana Foreign Office Paul Scott N.J.A. Cheetham Anguilla Cay Bahamas

Army Orders Promotions and Assignments Overseas and Stateside

The Department of the Army issues orders listing personnel promotions and reassignments. Names include Maj Gen Moetieldrick Korea, Maj Gen Von Kann Korea, Lt Col Billy J Adams, Capt William H Het, CWO We and Wa Jonn HK Wimmersberg, and Capt Theodore A Crawford among others, with postings to Forts Lawton Redstone Huachuca Polk and USAADC.

Department of the Army Washington D. C Charles H Bonestee APO New York Washington DC Francis M Moetieldrick Korea Lawton Clifton F. von Kann FY Barker Indio ANS Billy J. Adams Knute Nelson Louis G Spears Billups Sampee R. Washington Rites Theodore A Crawford Usaadc Riise Lee SN Bimer Ries Hered Frear Redstone Areena Alan Melvin L. Wuest Huachuce William A. Cote Redstone Arsenal Ain Ma George V

Police Dog and Monkey Bite In Oklahoma City

A police officer and a zoo worker were bitten by a police dog and a monkey in Oklahoma City. John Daley was bitten on the leg by the dog during an incident to detain a prisoner, and Robert Everett was bitten on the thumb by a monkey. Both required stitches.

Oklahoma City Zoo John Daley Robert Everett Daley Everett

Goldwater Youth Club Plans Petition Effort

The Lawton Youth for Goldwater Club will meet at 10 30 a m Friday at the Republican County Headquarters 412 S Third Robert Smith chairman announced today The club open to Goldwater supporters aged 15 25 will begin work on a petition backing the Arizona senator for President

Lawton

Mangum Man Joins Staff of Edmondson Tulsa

Mangum Oklahoma resident Jerry L Goodman joined the staff of Sen Howard Edmondson replacing resigning aide James L Barrett. Goodman will serve in Oklahoma City as Edmondsons assistant.

Mangum Man Edmondson Washington UPI Jerry L. Goodman Mangum Okla Howard Edmondson Goodman James L. Barrett Oklahoma City Smith, Scott and Marrs

Hoffa Calls Rights Proposals Farce Amid March Comments

In Minneapolis Teamster leader James Hoffa denounced federal civil rights proposals as a farce and a fake. He warned the Washington march would be a futile gesture and claimed the laws would flim-flam Black people into believing the civil rights program creates jobs. He noted about 20 percent of the Teamsters’ 1.7 million members are Negroes.

Minneapolis Teamster James Hoffa Congress Washington Hoffa

State Broadcasters Open Meet Friday in Oklahoma

The Oklahoma Broadcasters Association summer convention opens at Western Hills Lodge Friday. An estimated 75 attendees will join a two day meeting with speakers Gov. Henry Bellmon Hollis M Seavey associate counsel to a House subcommittee and Robert E L Richardson.

Senate Starts Work On Rail Legislation

The Senate Commerce Committee begins work on a Kennedy rail bill to avert a nationwide strike. Negotiations between carriers and unions broke down with July 22 proposals failing to reconcile key arbitration issues. Railroads plan to post new work rules at 12:01 a.m. Aug 29 unless Congress acts.

Washington Senate Commerce Committee Warren G. Magnuson D-Wash Mike Mansfield Montana Senate Congress Charles Luna Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railroad Kennedy Interstate Commerce Commission

Fort Sill Fire Near Deer Creek Canyon

Fort Sill officials surveyed a three acre grass and timber fire south of Elmer Thomas Lake inside the reservation. Two shifts of 160 soldiers worked eight hours to extinguish the blaze confined within artillery impact area fire breaks. Estimates link ignition to a shell landing in the impact area.

Fort Sill Elmer Thomas Lake Deer Creek Canyon Road Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Test Application Deadline Changed at Cameron College

Cameron College announces the ACT registration deadline extended to Friday. Freshmen entering this fall must take the three-hour test in the Davis Memorial Union building after announcements in the college auditorium at a.m. The exam covers English, mathematics, social studies, and natural sciences.

Charles Elkins Cameron College Stuents At & A.m Davis Memorial Union Building

Methodist Secretary Slated To Speak At Centenary Church

Dr. E. L. Jones executive secretary of the Methodist Oklahoma Conference Board of Education will speak at Centenary Methodist church Sunday services at 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Rev. C. L. Cranfill associate pastor at First Methodist will deliver the 7:30 p.m. sermon in Rev. Hamilton Jr. absence.

E. L. Jones The Methodist Church Oklahoma Conference Board of Education Centenary Methodist Church Seventh C. L. Cranfill First Methodist Church Argus Hamiltton Jr

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