Elk Hunt Opens at Wichita Wildlife Refuge in 1975
The first session of the 1975 elk hunt at the Wichita Wildlife Refuge began with 72 hunters briefed on safety and rules. Each hunter may take five shells daily, only antlerless elk are targeted, and permits allow a three day hunt across four unit areas including Quanah Elk Mountain and Pinchot.
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Wichita
Roger Johnson
Johnson
Quanah-Elk Mountain
Pinchot
Graham Flat
Eesti Mountain
Distinguished Service Medal Presented to Brig Gen James Cannon
Brig. Gen. James W. Cannon received the Distinguished Service Medal from Maj. Gen. David E. Ott for meritorious service in high responsibility roles. The award cites his work in Vietnam and at Fort Sill and his duties with the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Cannon, retired Nov. 20, has been treated for lung cancer at Reynolds Army Hospital since Nov. 15. He previously led III Corps Artillery from Aug 1973 to Apr 1975 and directed refugee operations at Ft. Chaffee and Ft. Indiantown Gap.
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Army
James W. Cannon
Fort Sill
III Corps
David E. Ott
Cannon
Department of the Army
Republic of Vietnam
Secretary of Defense
Ft. Chaffee
Ark
Ft. Indiantown Gap
Reynolds Army Hospital
III Corps Artillery
Neighborhood Watch Meeting Set At Sullivan School
A neighborhood watch organizational meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at Sullivan Elementary School for area residents. A Lawton police representative will brief participants on the community crime detection and prevention program.
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Neighborhood Watch
Sullivan Elementary School
Lawton
Club Meeting Set and History of White House Tree
The article notes a club meeting being scheduled and recalls that the first Christmas tree in the White House was erected during Benjamin Harrison's presidency, highlighting early presidential holiday traditions.
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White House
Benjamin Harrison
Is the Earth Round The Globe Not a Perfect Sphere
The earth is round but not a perfect sphere. The National Geographic Society states the equatorial circumference is 24,902 miles and the polar measurement is 24,818 miles, indicating slight flattening at the poles.
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Earth
National Geographic Society
Ghosts of Palo Dur Canyon chronicles Moonbeam’s Comanche era
Robert S. Sprague presents a 233 page study tracing the life of a captured Mexican child renamed Moonbeam. The narrative follows her childhood marriage and motherhood while weaving in the Plains Tribes history from 1845 to the 1875 surrender at Fort Sill. The work is grounded in Sprague family memories and extensive research conducted in Oklahoma Territory.
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Indian Territory
Delores
Moonbeam
Fort Sill
Tulsa World
Fred Starr
Lawton
Oklahoma
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Wildlife Refuge
Mig
Cricket Keeper
Mennen
Schick
Your Associated Druggists
Noa Kodak
Shulton Desert Flower
Rexall
Skekdan RD
Gore Bird
Southwest Sierra Club
Florafauna
Comanche County
Wackers
Lee Blvd
Avenue
N. Sheridan
Avenue A
F.d.1.c
Sears
Geronimo
Robert S. Sprague
Star
Quanah Parker
West
Cache Creek
Okla. Territory
Quanah’s
The
By Fred Starr
Palo Dur Canyon
Gwen Fisher
Lawton-Fort Sill
I-See-O
Scout
Sherman
Sheridan
Custer
MacKenzie
Sprague
Srass By
Ratcliffe’s Gift & Book
C’’ Ave
Cache Rd
Ward Mall
Duncan
Lovelace Book
Wichita Falls
Old Post Corral
Ft. Sill
Connell
Altus
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