Swiss Cheese Plan Fails to Free Bank Hostages in Stockholm
Stockholm police drill more holes in a bank vault ceiling as two convicts hold four hostages for six days. The thwarted Operation Swiss Cheese aims to pressure Jan-Erik Olsson and Clark Olofsson with limited movement while a shot injures a officer. Olsson and Olofsson demand ransom and safe passage. hostages endure shortage of food water and sanitation. The siege continues as authorities report none of the captives are suspended from ropes, while lines of contact remain cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Jan-Erik Olsson
Clark Olofsson
Tually
Olsson
Birgitta Lundblad
Kurt Lindroth
Olofsson
Aake Aakesson
Kreditbanken
Aakesson
Public records list local thefts and burglaries reported
Police records show multiple complaints including thefts from autos and bicycles, burglaries at homes and businesses, vandalism, and a lost wallet. Names include Roy Bromiley, Mrs. M. B. Schottenhover, Leonore Layton, R. J. Sherping Co., Southwest Pawn Shop, Hunt Construction, MAP Grocery, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowton
Roy Bromiley
Fullerton
Citizens Band
M. B. Schottenhover
40Th
Alex Willis
Orman
Southwest Pawn Shop
Leonore Layton
Beil
Mount Scott Lodge
R. J. Sherping Company
Lee
T&g Construction Co
Don Greham
Washington
Richard Lewis
Cherry
Walter Wolters
Tower Road
Richards
Élst
Hunt Construction Company
Carriage Hills
J. ©. Nicholes
Cocie
W. S. Motousek
Linds Harris
S. J
Jimmy Vickers
Bete
Ricky Andrews
Bishop Reod
Kathleen Worley
Charles Paine
Austin
Roy Lee Carter
Rond Ocks
Carol Wortham
St. Sis
Richard McFarland
Lincoln
MAP Grocery
Cowie Road
Charges Filed In District Court List Of Defendants
Names listed with charges include Jesse South transporting an open container of beer James Donaldson driving left of center Robert Billings transporting an open container of beer Charlotte Whitworth following too closely Donald Burns speeding James Estes driving left of center Donald Bridges driving left of center Wallace Dutton driving left of center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congue
Jesse South
Summit
James Donaldson
Fort Sill
Robert Billings
Hoover
Charlotte Whitworth
Donald Burns
James Estes
Donald Bridges
Fletcher
Wallace Dutton
Fire Alarms Reported for 92 Sedolic Home and 812 F Mattress
Lowton Fire Department records show alarms in Monday morning shifts including a house fire at 92 Sedolic at 9 48 and a mattress fire at 812 F at 10 44. Fire crews responded to both incidents and assessed the scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedolic
Suspects Sought In Blazes Here
Fire officials seek arsonists tied to at least six fires in south Lawton including vacant houses and grass fires. Six blazes since Friday destroyed one two story house and damaged two others. latest on New York Avenue and near Tennessee Avenue. Investigators note multiple ignition points suggesting deliberate setting.
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Lawton
New York Avenue
Tennessee Avenue
J. W. McCaig
McCaig
Pennsylvania
Douglas
Tennessee
14Th
New York
16Th
Roosevelt
County Bonds Sale Progress Report In 1973
Don Sherry announces Comanche County has sold 1.69 million dollars in Series E and H Savings Bonds from January through July, reaching 64 percent of the county goal of 2.64 million. Statewide seven month totals show 38.79 million dollars in sales, 58 percent of a 65.9 million goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Don Sherry
Comanche
Police Seek Pair In Motel Holdup
Two black males robbed a Prairie Inn Motel clerk at gunpoint around 4 a.m. at 1025 S. Sheridan Road, escaping with about $1,000 in cash after forcing the clerk into a back room. Witness Dorothy Bills described the suspects as 5 foot 10, slender, in bright shirts and dark hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Inn
S. Sheridan Road
Dorothy Bills
Indian Property Bid Data Offered for Sale in Oklahoma
The Bureau of Indian Affairs offers 132 land parcels in Comanche Cotton Caddo Canadian Kiowa and Tillman counties for sale. 80 agricultural tracts 14 for residential or commercial use and 38 mineral only tracts. Contact Anadarko Indian Agency for legal descriptions. Sealed bids due by 10 a.m. Sept. 24 with opening at Baldwin Building Anadarko.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Indian Affairs
U. S. Department of the Interior
Comanche
Cotton
Caddo
Canadian
Kiowa
Tillman Counties
Anadarko Indian Agency
Anadarko
Baldwin
HEW Panel to Rule on Dunbar School Reopening
A four member HEW panel in Washington DC will confer on reopening Dunbar Elementary School and contact Lawton school board attorneys. Chuck Wade says HEW has not committed but will discuss the proposal this morning and expects a definitive answer within days. If approved Dunbar would reopen while awaiting a federal court ruling on the desegregation plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Washington, D.C
Dunbar
Lawton School Board
Chuck Wade
City School Board
Jane Sessoms
HEW
Wade
Infant Bobby Beasley Funeral Set in Walnut Ridge
Funeral services for infant Bobby Dewayne Beasley, son of Pvt. and Mrs. Rocky Beasley, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Bryan Funeral Home Chapel in Walnut Ridge Arkansas. He died shortly after birth at Reynolds Army Hospital. Local arrangements are by Becker Funeral Home. Survivors include grandparents Velmar Beasley and Mildred Hodges and great grandmothers Cora Light and Tinnie Shepherd.
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Bobby Dewayne Beasley
Rocky Beasley
Bell
Bryan Funeral Home
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Reynolds Army Hospital
Becker Funeral Home
Velmar Beasley
Black Rock
Mildred Hodges
West Plains
Cora Light
Hoxie, Ark
Tinnie Shepherd
Fayetteville, Ark
Stock Prices Show Slight Gains Today
Dow Jones average rose 0.38 to 871.09 at noon with more advances on the NYSE as light trading suggested underlying strength. OKC cattle and hog markets mixed. grain and hay prices reported by the State Department of Agriculture with regional variations listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Teleprompter
Southern Co
Xerox Corp
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Afton
Clinton
Medford
Weatherford
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Manchester
Altus
el Reno
Geary
Hobart
Muskogee
Watonga
Yukon
Okeene
Gulf
Temple
Aston
Mangum
Milo
Births and admissions listed in Southwestern area hospital notices
A long hospital notice lists births and admissions with names and addresses across towns like Duncan Snyder Lawton and Elgin. The August 24 27 dates appear for newborns and discharges include many patients under medical and surgical categories.
Three Lawton youths admit to extensive burglaries
Police said three youths aged 13 to 15 admitted involvement in at least 23 city burglaries after officers interrupted a garage burglary at 4621 H Street. The suspects, residents of the area, were dismantling a stolen motorcycle when arrested. They confessed to 22 other burglaries and will be held for juvenile court disposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
H Street
Marie Detty Youth Center
Myrtle Peters area pioneer dies at age 80
Myrtle Lillian Peters 80 of 1206 A died early today at home. Funeral pending at Becker Funeral Home. Born August 7 1893 in Sumner County Kansas she came to the Deyo community with family in 1902 and attended Deyo school. Survived by sister Hattie Porter and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lillian Peters
Becker Funeral Home
Miss Peters
Sumner County
Kan
Deyo
Lawton
Hattie Porter
Cache Road
Beatrice Taylor Walters, Former Principal, Dies at 61
Beatrice Taylor Walters, a former elementary school principal in Walters and longtime Cotton County resident, died Sunday in a Lawton hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral Wednesday at First Baptist Church, burial in Walters Cemetery. She was born January 8, 1911, married to Carrol Taylor in 1927, and taught for about 21 years before retiring in 1965. Survivors include her husband, a daughter Helen Fletcher, a son Dale, five sisters, a brother, five grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
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Walters
Beatrice Taylor
Lawton
First Baptist Church of
George McDow
Walters Cemetery
Wyatt Funeral Home
Taylor
Cotton County
Carrol Taylor
First Baptist Church
Order of Eastern Star
Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority
Helen Fletcher
Temple
Dale
Rt. 2
Dorothy Gay
Noble
Jean Clark
Los
General Kalergis to Visit Fort Sill for Briefings and Graduation
Lt. Gen. James G. Kalergis assistant vice chief of staff Department of the Army will arrive at Fort Sill for briefings and talks and to attend a class graduation He will meet with the commanding general and assistant commandant of the U S Army Field Artillery School then attend the Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course graduation in Snow Hall Auditorium The afternoon will cover new field artillery programs and personnel topics He departs Fort Sill at 3 30 p m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James G. Kalergis
Department of the Army
Fort Sill
Kalergis
U.S. Army Field Artillery School
Snow Hall
Marijuana Case Sentence Delayed at Fort Sill Court
Fort Sill resident Neal R. Glenn pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana. He faced a $500 bond and a prior defendant received a one year deferred judgment and sentence after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor drug count in District Court on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sillman
Neal R. Glenn
Bears defensive back Calland arrested for threatening former agent
White Plains police report Lee Arthur Calland former Chicago Bears defensive back was arrested after allegedly threatening to shoot his former business agent. The incident occurred in White Plains New York with authorities confirming the arrest and ongoing investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N.Y
Lee Arthur Calland
Chicago Bears
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Swiss Cheese
Public Records
Lowton Fire Department
Panel Malls
Dunbar Bid
School Board
Sen
E. Melvin Porter
Corley & Sons Firestone
Gore
David E. Ott
George R. Robinson
Robinson
CWO
Bruce E. Delay
Eugene E. Holbrook
Alma L. Rigdon
Roger A. Moore
Hubert L. Wolfe
Michael B. Schottenbauer
Cwos
Arland V. Perkins
Paul E. Repsher
Sylvester L. Watson
Bobby Nailer
Beatrice Foods
Deere & Co
Coit Internetna
Atlas Consolidated Mining
Mes
William H. Edmonson
Frances Adams
Ave. I
Elmer E. Bousman
N 15Th
Ronnie Breckenridge
Ash
Aretta M. Brisson
David L. Cain
Virginia E Cox
Bedford Circle
Claud A. Hodges
LaVerne I. Inglis
Betty J. Johnson
Dorchester Drive
Jeannie L. Johnson
Columbia
Mamie Johnson
Embassy Circle
Benny C. Kelso
N. 22Nd
Joyce C. Kile
Cimarron Trail
Dan T. Lee
Logan
Glennis Y. Lee
Laird
Viola M Leslie
Sterling
Christina M. Martin
Duke
Shawn S. McDaniel
Eisenhower Drive
Avis Mitchell
Snyder
Ical
Beatrice Moore
Carnegie
Tammy Morton
Garfield
Ann J. Nelson
Octavia Powell
Georgia
Alvin L. Robertson
Shirley M. Robinett
Cheyenne
Oscar L. Shuler
C. W. Spivey
Edith W. Stradley
Carlina D. Warner
Laura A. Warner
Monroe
Kenneth Watkins
Jim Williams
Vernon Wilson
Danna E. Lewis
Irwin
Fred L. Hicks Jr
Cyril
Frances Briggs
Oak
John A. Adams
Henrietta Allen
Arlington
Janie B. Allen
Barbara C. Anderson
Billy W. Blackburn Jr
Elgin
Marion Booker
Ferris
Marion N. Cobb
Tami J. Dirickson
Marlon
Claude Fair
Bishop Read
Gerald Martin
Village Green
Alana D. Mileto
S. 25Th Place
Mary E. Perkins
William Pulis
Michael J. Seaman
Davie B. Seymour
Ruby P. Shackelford
Rush Springs
David Stith
Linda Tullous
N. Eighth
Terry Williams
Frank J. Zollars
Michael B. Golden
Duncan
Nela R. Tate
Bessie L. Gray
Mary Ann Nix
S. 26Th
Chloe Roach
N. 36Th
George L. Grooms
Orlando Nursing Home
Pat W. Hardin
Cherokee
Erwin T. Penland
A. R. Shaffer
Meadowbrook Drive
Celia E. Barfield
S. 15Th
Viola L. Smith
Edna Williams
Lubbock
Tex
Cora Woods
Pearl T. Woodward
Apache
Jimmy R. Avens
Mike Reeves
Lucille A. Suess
Euclid
P.H.S. Indian
Pamela Yeahque
Betty Simmons
Geronimo
Raymond Paddyaker
Janice Kadayso
Anadarko, Medical
Myrtle Peters
Weelen National Bank
Oklahoma
Capitol
David Hall
Chicago Bear
Gibson's Drug Store
Gibson's
Lawton Lumber Co
REMOS
Cedar Lin
Seling
Ralph W. Currell
F Avenue
K.D
Jack Brittain
Mgr
Dial
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