Lawton Teen Returns From 24 Day Big Bend Survival Trip
Casey Zwaan, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zwaan, completed a 24 day Outward Bound wilderness expedition in Texas Big Bend. He rafted the Rio Grande, hiked canyons, endured cold and rain, and kept a weathered diary detailing daily milestones and challenges before returning home via Odessa.
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Lawton
Big Bend Country
Texas
Casey Zwaan
America
Henry Zwaan
Bell
Lawton High School
Outward Bound
Rio Grande
Colorado
Oregon
Maine
England
Lawton Drug Busts Spark Prosecution Debate
Oklahoma officials fault Lawton police for improper methods and lack of search warrants leading to the Tuesday release of fifteen suspects and a juvenile girl. District Attorney Vernon Field criticized incomplete information, while Chief Hennessee urged proper warrants and procedures to ensure admissible evidence.
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Istrict
Vernon Field
Lawton
Alford Hennessee
Montego Bay
Field
Medicine Park
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Comanche County
Gannett to Buy Muskogee Newspapers and KBIX Radio
Gannett to acquire Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Muskogee Daily Times Democrat along with KBIX and Missouri properties for 33.4 million dollars. The deal includes Springfield papers and stations KGBX KHMO and a 50 percent share in KYTV. Oklahoma Press Publishing led by Tams Bixby III sells Muskogee assets for 3.4 million. editors John Stone and publisher Bixby to remain.
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Muskogee, Okla
Gannett
Rochester
N. Y
Muskogee
KBIX
Missouri
Springfield
Evening Leader
Oklahoma Press Publishing
Tams Bixby III
New York
Bixby
Paul Miller
Allen H. Neuharth
Arch A. Watson
Miller
Okemah
Okla
Neuharth
Time Zone Gap From Newfoundland to Yukon Calculated
The difference between Newfoundland time in the east and Yukon time in the northwest is stated as 514 hours.
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Newfoundland
Yukon
Three Die In Oklahoma Plane Crashes
A four year old boy and two unidentified adults died in separate Oklahoma plane crashes. Ralph Joseph Hall III was hit by a wing tip during an emergency highway landing near the Ouachita National Forest. A Rockwell Aero Commander twin engine jet crashed near Chickasha during a test flight, killing the pilot and co pilot.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Ralph Joseph Hall III
Ouachita National Forest
Chickasha
Highway Patrol
Ralph Joseph Hall
U. S. 259
LeFlore County
Hall
Mena, Ark
Bethany
Grady County
Roy Sikes
Sikes
Brenda Lee
Bruce Lee
Dana
Hearing Set in Burglary Case for Ronald Klinekole
Preliminary hearing scheduled for August 31 for Ronald B. Klinekole 29 of Apache charged in district court with second degree burglary. Bond set at 3500. Klinekole accused of Tuesday night break in at Sandy's Lounge 1916 Lee Blvd according to court records.
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Ronald B. Klinekole
Apache
Klinekole
Sandy’s
Lee Blvd
Average age of West German doctors reported
Report notes the average age of doctors in West Germany ranges from fifty to sixty years, indicating an aging medical workforce in the region.
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West Germany
Public Records: Lawton Police Reports List Local Complaints
Lawton Police Department logged numerous complaints from residents and businesses. Burglary and theft incidents include Parks-Jones Realtors at 4301 Cache and 1207 S. 24th, Eloise Genter on Salinas, and Vinson's Radio Shop on Sheridan with tire and tools stolen. Other reports involve purse theft, bicycle theft, auto theft, vandalism, and break ins across addresses such as Dearborn, Ridgecrest, Gore Blvd, and 24th Street.
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Lawton
Parks-Jones Realtors
Frances Surratt
Lincoln
Eloise Genter
Salinas
Joe Reynolds
William Rinehart
Cheyenne
Alvah Sponnagel
Fayior
Phillips Aubrey
Sneridon
Charles Huff
Purple Bunny Club
Gore
James Norris
Eisenhower
Michael Bowers
Ozman
Vinson
Sheridan
Mattie Jordan
Murphy Mears
Dearborn
Nora Hurley
Arlington
Howard Campbell
N. 40Th
Eddie Noel
George Sands
Brodley Burgess
Trenide
S. 17Th
William Rose
Ridgecrest
Wanda Schulte
Sherwood Village
Howord Smith Ford Co
Gore Blvd
T. L. King
Wallace Pickett
Salines
Chester McCord
Joan Williams
Euclid
David Wise
N. 24Th
Fire alarms log from Lawton Fire Department
Times and locations of alarms answered by the Lawton Fire Department on Wednesday include reports of house fires at 1207 Texas and 1403 Williams and 1909 Oak, a car fire at 2520 N Fort Sill and 1403 Williams, grass fires near 5th and Oklahoma and SE 45th and Bishop, plus multiple addresses such as 31st and Arlington and 2611 N 46th Place with varied times. The entries list several responses including house and car fires and grass fires across Lawton.
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The
Lawton Fire Department
Texas
Fort Sill
5Th
Oklahoma
SE 45Th and
Bishop
Grass
N. 46Th Place
Williams
Oak
Inury Accidents Reported in Loewton at Williams and Fort Sill
At 12 22 p m two injury accidents were investigated by the Loewton Police Department. Mary Edith Laverty 59 of 1107 Hetherington was taken to Memorial Hospital by Royal Ambulance. Katherine Deokies 22 of 1110 Smith was taken to Reynolds Army Hospital by private car. Officer Fred Walker reported.
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Loewton
Ervin Sees No New Light in Nixon Comments
Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr says Nixon’s news conference added no new clarity on Watergate. He insists only release of White House tapes with John W. Dean III can reveal Nixon’s knowledge of the burglary and cover up. Ervin seeks cross-examination and vows to pursue the probe until completion, hoping by Christmas to move on.
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Morganton
N. C
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Sam J. Ervin Jr
White House
San Clemente
Calif
North Carolina
Democrat
John W. Dean III
Ervin
Dean
Watergate Committee
Officers Enter Innocent Pleas In Tulsa Bank Shooting
Three Tulsa officers Dan Allen Jim Aud and FBI agent Ron Bell pleaded innocent to murder charges in the shooting death of 17 year old Charles Everett Houston outside the First National Bank and Trust Co Houston was in a car back seat holding Margaret Lindsay Dunn 23 hostage when Frederick L Dunn Jr was inside the bank Aud and Allen sought the charges to clear liability and all were released on their own recognizance with a nonjury trial set for Aug 30.
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Tulsa
Okla
Dan Allen
Jim Aud
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ron Bell
Aud
Allen
Charles Everett Houston
First National Bank and Trust Co
Houston
Margaret Lindsay Dunn
Frederick L. Dunn Jr
Dunn
Katy Meeting in Forgan Aims to Revive Abandoned Katy Line
Backers of a plan to revive the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad in western Oklahoma set a second meeting in Forgan Monday night to raise private funds to buy or lease the line from Altus to Keyes. State Rep. Earnest Isch said stock pledges cover about ten percent of a 500000 goal as more meetings are planned along the route.
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Forgan
Okla
Missouri-Kansas- Texas Railroad
Katy
Oklahoma
Beaver
Earnest Isch
Cheyenne
Isch
Altus
Keyes
Global Telephone In Service Hits 291.3 Million In 1972
World telephones in service reached 291.3 million in 1972, reflecting continuing growth in communications. Data show Asia and Europe driving expansion as manufacturers report higher demand for switching equipment and subscriber lines worldwide.
Cameron Cadet Wins Two Year ROTC Scholarship
Cameron College ROTC cadet Robert Vardeman received a two year ROTC scholarship after standout performance at summer camp at Fort Knox Kentucky from June to August. The award covers all tuition and provides a $100 monthly subsistence allotment. Vardeman is the son of Mr and Mrs Wade J Vardeman of 1307 Bessie and is a junior in the Advanced ROTC Course.
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Robert V. Vardeman
Cameron College Reserve Officer Training Corps
Vardeman
Ft. Knox
Wade J. Vardeman
Bessie
Cameron College
Stock Market Rallies as Dow Closes Noon Higher
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 9.33 to 861.23 at noon led by Southern Co while advances outpaced declines on the NYSE and Amex. The broad NYSE index added 0.49 to 54.04 and the Amex price-change index gained 0.03 to 22.77 amid mixed trading. Polaroid rebounded 1 1/4, Syntex rose 3 to 88 7/8 after its earnings surge.
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New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Southern Co
General Motors
Polaroid
Amex
Syntex
Funeral Rites For Robert Nicholl Involve Military Hero
Services are pending at Beck er Funeral Home for Staff Sgt. (Ret.) Robert J. Nicholl 46 of 1912 Oak who died at his home. He served 21 years in the U S Army and also in the British Army born October 24 1926 in Birmingham England married Lorraine Palmer December 18 1962 in Lawton survivors include his wife two nieces and two brothers and one sister. ELGIN Staff services for Richard K Marquis 58 Elgin who died Tuesday in Reynolds Army Hospital will be at 1 pm Friday at Robbins Funeral Home Fletcher burial in Fort Cobb Cemetery Rev De Wayne Wright will preside assisted by Rev Dale Wallis. Funeral at 2:30 pm today in Lawton Ritter Dalton Funeral Home chapel for Henry W Lovelady 71 of 1319 Lincoln died Wednesday after a lengthy illness Rev Dale Wallis will officiate.
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Becker Funeral Home
Robert J. Nicholl
Oak
Mr. Nicholl
U.S
Birmingham
England
Clarissia Campbell
Japan
Carol Antone
Arizona
George T. Nicholl
Buzzards Bay
Mass
Stanley J. Nicholl
Puyallup
Wash
Ann Taylor
ELGIN
Richard K. Marquis
Reynolds Army Hospital
Robbins Funeral Home
Fletcher
Fort Cobb
DeWayne Wright
Fletcher Christian Church
Dale Wallis
Assembly of God
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton
Henry W. Lovelady
Lincoln
Sunset Memorial Gardens
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Solitario
Rainbow Canyon
Fresno
Moe
Clark
California
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Hawaii
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Calvin
McKinney
Tex
Mike
Massachusetts
Floyd
Scott
Moses
New Jersey
Solo
Chisos
Toll Mountain
Mule Ear Spring
Elephant Tusk
Boquillas
Hot Springs
la Linda
Odessa
Paul
Hennessee
City of
Public Records
Arlington, Gross Re
Cameron
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
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Perryton
Afton
Clinton
Medford
Watonga
Weatherford
Manchester
el Reno
Hobart
Geary
Okeene
Gulf
Temple
Mangum
Milo
Pauls Valley
Robert Nicholl
Lorraine Palmer
Richard Marquis
Henry Lovelady
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