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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1963
Page
6
Pilgrims fill Bethlehem grotto as Pope Paul VI urges peace while conflicts across the globe persist. Berlin's wall opens for reunions. Cyprus battles rage. Korea cold war lines persist as Johnson heads to Texas. Cuba schedules a socialist Christmas with rationed food.
Bethlehem townspeople and international visitors crowd the Church of the Nativity for Christmas Eve rites as 200 Jordanian police join army troops in Man ger Square to manage up to 10 000 worshipers ahead of Pope Paul VI’s Epiphany visit on January 6.
Teak has been used in India for over 2,000 years with beams aged around 1,000 years found in good condition. The Baltic Sea is the world's least salty with seven parts per thousand, versus 42 in the Red Sea.
A community church service mourned six family members killed in a Friday night fire and shooting. Frank Harris, 53, of Jonesboro Ark was charged with first degree murder in Leonard Dever's death after a farm home dispute over money. Two surviving children ran barefoot a mile through freezing temperatures. their father was shot and the home set ablaze. Dever's wife and four daughters aged 1 to 8 died. the woman may have been shot. Harris, an ex convict from Missouri, denied the charges. Ronald Devers 9 and Mary Devers 6 refused to attend the mass funeral. Charles Grimes said the children should not endure the ordeal.
Tulsa barbers asked the state board of barber examiners to raise haircut prices from 1.50 to 1.75. The board will decide by January 6.
Capt. Elbert J. Andoe 31 of Tulsa Oklahoma was co-pilot of a Strategic Air Command B52 bomber that exploded shortly after takeoff from Columbus Air Force Base. All nine crew members perished. Andoe longtime Tulsa resident survived by his wife Charlene and 3 year old daughter Andrea.
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