Hearing Ordered For City Pair Faces Murder Charge
A preliminary hearing is set for Jan. 22 in district court for Lawton men Charles Anderson 27 and William Craine 22 charged with first degree murder, robbery at knifepoint, sodomy, and slaying of Fort Sill worker Denzil Branstetter 21. Debra Stevenson 18 named as material witness.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Charles Edward Anderson
William Eugene Craine
David Carter
Carter
Debra Delane Stevenson
McKinley
Craine
Anderson
Denzil Darrell Branstetter
Garfield
Branstetter
Douglas
17Th
18Th
Dunbar Elementary School
Cleve Rose
Dorchester Drive
Richard Boats
Sidewalk rule rejected by Lawton planning panel
Lawton Metropolitan Area Planning Commission rejected amendments requiring sidewalks in new subdivisions after critics cited cost and the city’s current policy of developer choice. The commission will revisit the issue at the next city council meeting amid opposing builder testimony.
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Lawton Metropolitan
Jo Johnson
S. Larrance
Cameron Debaters Capture Trophies at Midwest University Meet
Cameron University debaters earned five trophies at the Midwestern University tournament in Wichita Falls Texas Cameron claimed second in debate sweepstakes and third in overall. Bill Burgess and Joey Martin led the team with second and third in top speaker trophies. Other Cameron teams and speakers included Cindy Davis Candy Sterett Dee Testing Mike Taylor Barby Brown and Brenda Mowrey contributing to the sweepstakes results.
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Cameron University
Wichita Falls
Tex
Bill Burgess
Joey Martin
Cameron
Cindy Davis
Candy Sterett
Dee Testing
Mike Taylor
Barby Brown
Brenda Mowrey
Author Sprague’s Quanah Parker Legacy Revealed
The author Robert S. Sprague was born near Star House in Comanche County Oklahoma Territory two miles west of Quanah Parker’s 10 room mansion on West Cache Creek. He recalls hearing tom-toms as a child and wrote about the Indians from the Stone Age to the 20th century.
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Robert S. Sprague
Star
Quanah Parker
West
Cache Creek
Comanche County
Okla. Territory
Quanah
Tulsa World
Fred Starr
Lawton
Oklahoma
Ghosts of Palo Duro Canyon historical study of Plains Tribes
The 233 page book traces the life of Delores later Moon beam from childhood to motherhood interwoven with the Plains Tribes era from 1845 to 1875 at Fort Sill. It features Indian Chiefs I See-O Scout Quanah Parker and Geronimo and generals Sherman Sheridan Custer MacKenzie with early camps and buffalo decline.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Geronimo
Indian Territory
Delores
Moonbeam
I-See-O
Scout
Quanah Parker
Sherman
Sheridan
Custer
MacKenzie
Local Gift and Bookshops Listing
Ratcliffe's Gift and Book, 317 C Ave and Cache Rd Shop, Duncan Ward Mall. Lovelace Book Store in Wichita Falls. Old Post Corral Gift Shop at Ft. Sill. Connell Bookstore in Altus. A catalog of regional bookshops and outlets.
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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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Coombs Road
South
Jerry Butler
Dave Mapel
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
John Sanders
Coy Rogers
Robert Hawkins
Planning Commission
Charley Farly
Richard
Bruce Cornish
W. Gore
Cornish
Sunshine Messenger
Univer- Houston
Texas Tech
Oral Roberts University
University of Okla
Bakers Racks
Srobert
Sprague
The
By Fred Starr
Palo Duro Canyon
Gwen Fisher
Fisher
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