Funeral Rites for Richard Lee Newell Held After Utah Crash
Funeral services for A3C Richard Lee Newell 20 who died in a one car crash south of Ogden Utah Aug 23 were conducted at Becker Memorial chapel with Rev Marvin Nelson and Rev J G Anderson officiating. Military graveside rites were to follow at Rest Haven Cemetery Oklahoma City at 3 p m with Chaplain Maj Melvin Miller of Tinker Air Force Base presiding.
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Richard Lee Newell
Ogden
Utah
Becker Memorial Chapel
Marvin Nelson
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
J. G. Anderson
Rest Haven Ceemetery
Oklahoma City
Melvin Miller
Tinker Air Force Base
Obituaries for Williamson Nease and Infant Rams in Local Churches
Services were held for 89 year old Georgia Williamson at the Little Chapel of the First Baptist with burial in Highland cemetery. William Harle Nease, 87, of 505 Lee Blvd., died of a heart attack and was buried at Letitia cemetery after funeral at Letitia Baptist Church. Graveside services were set for infant twin son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Boyce A. Ramming in Highland cemetery in Irving, Texas.
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Georgia Williamson
Bell
First Baptist Church
H. Tom Wiles
Highland Cemetery
Becker Funeral Home
Robert Ward
Mansell Moss
Wallace Chandler
Charles Moss
Louis Pettigrew
Maurice Crain
Ray Nowlin
Forest McClung
G. G. Downing
Exall English
Claude Watson
Alvin Wade
William Harle Nease
Lee Blvd
Letitia Baptist Church
J. L. Carman
Letitia Cemetery
Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Mr. Nease
Green County
Tenn
Comanche County
Pumpkin Center
Boyce A. Ramming
Irving, Tex
Brad
Archie L. Ramming
Dearborn
Joe Teetor
Kilgore
Tex
Schools Not For Sale Upset over prank signs at Eisenhower HS
Police report "For Sale" signs planted on Eisenhower Junior-Senior High School lawn at 52nd and Gore. Officers say teens removed metal placards from vacant homes citywide and used them in a prank leading to a disturbance call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower Junior-Senior High School
52Nd and Gore
Melvin Kelley
Air Guard airman dies after horse bite at base stables
Columbus report says James C. Davis an airman second class with the 121st Tactical Fighter Group died after being bitten by a horse during training at Lockbourne Air Force Base. The incident occurred at the base riding stables.
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Columbus
Ohio
121St Tactical Fighter Group
Cavalry
James C. Davis
Air National Guard
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Jaycees Launch Operation Rest Stop In Lawton
Lawton Jaycees start Operation Rest Stop at 6 p.m. with the Jaycee Janes, offering free coffee, soft drinks and doughnuts to travelers until 6 p.m. Monday. The drive, coordinated with the state fire department and Oklahoma Highway Patrol, posts wrecked cars on highways and uses trailers near Surplus City and the Austin Drive In theater to caution motorists. Fort Sill provides coffee urns and generators for lighting as about 100 volunteers work in four hour shifts over 72 hours.
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Lawton Jaycees
Jaycee Janes
The
Jaycees
State Fire Suit Department
W. F
Parrish
Lawton
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Surplus City
Austin Drive In
Fort Sill
Two Sill Men Held In Auto Parts Embezzlement Probe
Fort Sill men aged 21 and 18 were arrested on suspicion of embezzling auto parts. They reportedly took a spare tire and wheel during a car lot theft and had earlier swapped a tire on another vehicle. Police also investigated assaults and thefts, including a police officer’s private car stripped and dumped near East Cache creek.
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Fort Sill
Hill Motor Co
Derrell Hill
Hill
Ben Lewis Motor Co
Woody Nichols
Lewis Auto Lot
Kemp Motor Co
Sheridan
Smith
Apache
Cache Creek
J. W. Cox
Claud Smith
R. W. Parr
B. E. Brooks
Watch and clothing theft report at city pickups
Elfrieda Navarro reports watch theft from her pickup at 1109 F. Benjamin Hicks and Mrs Loyd Dupler also report clothing thefts from addresses on East Avenue and 152 D. The incidents are part of local theft reports.
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Elfrieda Navarro
Benjamin Hicks
East A
Loyd Dupler
Singers Meet in Medicine Park At Baptist Church
The Comanche County Singing Convention meets this Sunday at 24 pm in the Medicine Park Baptist Church. Special performers include the Sooner Land Quartet and the Good Family Singers along with other spiritual singers. All are invited.
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Comanche County
Baptist Church In
Medicine Park
Sooner Land Quartet
Good Family Singers
Spiritual Singers
City of Lawton sues over fire truck crash damages
A district court civil suit filed by Lawton seeks about 21 500 in damages for the loss of a fire truck after a collision at Second and Lee. Defendants include Melvin J Cox and Mel Cox Transport Co Inc with driver Glendon W McGuire and Empire Indemnity Insurance Co. Fireman Jim Cook died and Lt. Albert McKenzie was seriously injured as the truck responding to a house fire collided with a transport truck at the intersection. The city alleges driver negligence for excessive speed and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.
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Lawton
Manville Redman
Melvin J. Cox
Cox
Mel Cox Transport Co. Inc
Comanche
Glendon W. McGuire
Empire Indemnity Insurance Co
Second and
Lee
LaFrance
Second
Jim Cook
Albert McKenzie
McGuire
Albert to Attend Oklahoma Events in McAlester and Heavener
Rep. Carl Albert sails to Oklahoma for the prison rodeo opening in McAlester tonight and the dedication of a new Post Office in Heavener on Saturday.
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Washington
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
McAlester
Heavener
Death of Cameron football player sparks safety questions
Funeral services are set for 4 p.m. Saturday at Central Hillcrest Baptist church in Oklahoma City with burial at Sunnylane cemetery. Harmon, born May 31, 193?, is noted as the first football death on record in Lawton and Cameron. He died after a routine blocking drill in which a hook block led to a head and helmet injury during practice.
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Central Hillcrest Baptist Church
Oklahoma City
Sunnylane Cemetery
Harmon
Cameron
Oklahoma City Grant High School
Oklahoma State University
Lawton
Lawton High School
Montgomery
Green
Major's Daughter Tops Sill Readers With 79 Books
E V Creel, commander of the 3rd Missile Battalion, 38th Artillery, promoted to lieutenant colonel. Virginia Ellen Leach, daughter of Maj and Mrs Charles Leach, led Sill's summer reading with 79 books. Over 200 dependents read 12+ books in Circus Reading club. Soldier of the month honors go to PFC Lawrence Martens and Pvt Emmett D Arp Jr. Orientation film on Germany shown to Sill trainees.
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E. V. Creel
38Th Artillery
Edward H. de Saussure
Virginia Ellen Leach
Charles Leach
Sill
Special Services
Lawrence Martens
4Th Battle Group
20Th Infantry
214Th Artillery Group
Pvt
Emmett D. Arp Jr
14Th Artillery
Germany
Army Training Center
Field Artillery
Army Health Nurse
Edward K. Burton
Post Transportation
Four Felony Docket Changes In District Court
Four felony cases slated for jury trial in a district court session starting September 16 were dismissed or resolved by guilty pleas. Victor W. Gatliff pleaded guilty to second degree burglary and received a suspended three year prison term. George M. Melton also pled guilty to a similar charge and drew a one year sentence. Marion D. Austin had a forgery charge dismissed and J. O. Smith had a charge of concealing mortgaged property dropped.
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Victor W. Gatliff
George M. Melton
Switzerland's First Nickel Coin Issued in 1881
Switzerland released its first nickel coin in 1881 marking a new metallic standard for small denominations. The coin represented a shift in minting, reflecting changes in metal supply and monetary practice during the era.
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Switzerland
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Dan Martin
Joe Traynham
Rex Pierce
F Ave
Harold Sturgess
Due Roberts
Dial EL
Sn. Mart
44Th and
Cache Road
Rtment
Lawton, Okla
Albert
Major
William A. Becker
CWO
Delbert A. Dory
Paul E. Christie
Ben L. Walton
Holy
80Th Artillery
Command and General Staff College
NCO Club
Moniaomeno Ward
Marion D. Austin
J. O. Smith
Signature Steam Iron
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