Innocent Plea Entered in Reported Incident Case
Booker T. Gilbert a 39 year old Lawton Black man pleaded innocent to a first degree reported incident involving his 13 year old daughter He was committed to county jail without bond Peace Justice Marvin E Cameron set a preliminary hearing for Jan 6 at 2 p m County Attorney Manville Redman filed the charge after consulting with local officers and the victim The report alleges rape in the presence of the victim and a 10 year old witness Mrs Samuel the victim's guardian reported the alleged acts Police and a physician confirmed injuries and statements made by the girl Gilbert was arrested at his home 1714 Washington and has five daughters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker T. Gilbert
Lawton
Marvin E. Cameron
Manville Redman
Gilbert
Samthew Samuel
Samuel
Cleo Stout
Melvin Simmons
Washington
Money and Purses Reported Stolen Across Fort Sill Area
Fort Sill soldier Eddie B. Bostick said $80 to $90 was taken from his billfold while he slept at a friend's house, with a suspect named to police. In downtown stores Liz Reising and Mary Harris reported purse thefts with cash losses totaling $15 each. A hub cap from a 1955 Oldsmobile and a .22 caliber Winchester rifle were also reported stolen from vehicles.
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Fort
Fort Sill
Kress
Mary Harris
Washington
Penney
William E. Brayer
James R. Tuck
Prentice
Funeral Rites for Mrs Moten Held in Lawton
Mrs. Mattie Moten 60 of 108 S First died suddenly at home at 2 a m Saturday likely from a heart attack. Born 1895 in Bartlett Texas she moved to Lawton in 1917 and lived here since. A masseuse in local beauty shops she was a Bethlehem Baptist Church member. Survived by daughter Margaret Battles 108 S First and two brothers Roger Carroll also of 108 S First and Joe Carroll of Kansas City Missouri. Arrangements pending with Shaw Funeral Home.
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Mattie Moten
Bartlett
Tex
Lawton
Moten
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Margaret Battles
Roger Carroll
Joe Carroll
Kansas City
Shaw Funeral Home
Last rites pending for Abbie Colwell 84 at Worley funeral home
Waurika special report: Abbie Colwell died at Waurika hospital Friday morning from a cerebral hemorrhage after being stricken at home Thursday. Survived by son Upham Cargill Acata Calif daughter Mrs Cleve Largent Waurika sister Mrs Leon Gardner Comanche and brother Charles Upham Texas. Four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Waurika
Abbie Colwell
Waurika Hospital
Worley Funeral Home
Colwell
Upham Cargill
Acata
Calif
Cleve Largent
Leon Gardner
Comanche
Charles Upham
Texas
Nelson Adams Visits Relatives in Lawton and Cache
Nelson J. Adams of Bartlesville, assistant Washington county agent, is spending holidays with his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Harry Routh in Cache. A Cache High School graduate, he earned a master’s degree in agriculture last year from Oklahoma A&M College Stillwater and attended Cameron College for two years.
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Nelson J. Adams
Washington County
Bartlesville
Harry Routh
Cache
Adams
Cache High School
Oklahoma A&m College
Stillwater
Cameron College
One-Way Traffic Curbs Listed for Fort Sill Blvd
Fort Sill public information officers say Fort Sill Blvd will be two way until January 3 to ease holiday traffic. The post previously restricted entry from Gate 3 north of Lawton with morning in and evening out flows.
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Fort Sill
Fort Sill Blvd
Lawton
PIO
Indian man killed after being knocked from train in Oklahoma
The report details the death of 1917 F Kaulaity, a World War II veteran, after being struck and hurled about 21 feet by a train near Lawton Oklahoma. Coroner's jury members and local officials were present, with survivors including wife Ruth Kokoom and seven children. Arrangements are to be announced by Becker.
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McCracken
Kaulaity
Cameron
Phillips
Oral Ridgeway
Tahbonemah
Stout
Wesley Stamper
F. Kaulaity
Carnegie
Okla
Saddle Mountain
Oklahoma City
Hill’s Business College
Shilocco
Kansas
Lawton
Sandra Gail
Mary Alice
Imogene
Ioleta
Henry Kaulaity
William
Robert
Manfred
William Witt
Horace
Donald
Norman
Thurman
Tommy
Anna Domebo
Violet Kauley
Gloria Holder
Thelma
Louella Kaulaity
Shu
Becker Funeral Home
Oklahoma towns weigh water plan to ease shortages
A federal report analyzes options to deliver Otter creek water to Altus and nearby towns amid rising demand. Plan A would serve six towns with a 23 mile Altus pipeline, planning costs near 13 million dollars and 14.6 cent per thousand gallons for Altus. Plan B expands to eight or nine cities with Hobart seeking 2.8 million gallons daily, cost about 15.2 million dollars. Plan C redirects Mountain Park water to irrigation, cost about 9.6 million dollars. Federal funding shares vary by plan. drainage and storage facilities would be built by the Bureau, while local pumps and pipelines fall to municipalities or consortia.
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Oklahoma
Altus
Lake
Bureau of Reclamation
Frederick
Tillman County
Tipton
Terrace
Snyder
Otter Creek
Mountain Park
Hobart
Elk Creek
Roosevelt
Manitou
Lawton
Lake Lawtonka
Medicine Creek
Reclamation Bureau
North Fork
Red River
Bureau
Mountain Park Dam
The Christmas Story: Lights Trees and Common Folk
A compact history notes Martin Luther placing lights on the Christmas fir, Christmas carols deriving from carolla, and past bans on Christmas celebrations in the 1600s. It cites Strenae gifts and the biblical three wise men offerings as origins of gifts. Earl W Count reflects on Christmas as a spontaneous drama of common folk amid great art.
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Northlands
Thor
Martin Luther
United States
England
Bethlehem
Earl W. Count
Hamilton College
Raphael
Cathedral of
Chartres
Flames Damage Small Residence
A stove was pushed near a cardboard wall causing a fire in a two room frame house at about 4 20 p m. Fire Capt Claude Hennessee reported occupant Asbery Douglas 1614 C called firemen before major damage. Earlier at 11 a m Southside Station extinguished a grass fire at 1709 Monroe.
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Claude Hennessee
Asbery Douglas
Southside
Monroe
Lawton Elks Host Free Christmas Movie Party for Kids
More than 800 city and area children filled the Dome theater for the Elks lodge sponsored free Christmas movie event. Santa greeted youngsters as they entered with bags of treats, while Elks Loyal Knight Harold Carey praised the party. Co sponsors included Lawton Theater Corporation and local operators donated services. Elks Does auxiliary assisted distribution.
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Elks Lodge
Dome Theater
Santa Claus
Elks
Harry Payne
Frank Lawrence
Harvey Mathes
the Dome
The
Lawton Theater Corporation
Elks and Does
Santa
Evacuation Fumes as Yuba City Faces Levee Breach
Mass evacuation begins after levee break south of town and weakened north bulwark. Marysville volunteers sandbag 30 foot levees as deputies order residents to flee north to Colusa and Woodland. Refugees overwhelm Colusa and nearby towns while some head toward Sacramento. Four dead in Marysville Yuba City disaster as Feather River surpasses critical height.
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Yuba City
Sacramento Valley
Yuba
Marysville
Colusa
Woodland
Sutter
Meridian
Williams
Arbuckle
Sacramento
Marysville-Yuba City
Yuba County
Feather River
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Nelson Adams
George Tahbonemah
M. T. McCracken
Carl Phillips
Lester Stout
Kauliaty
Handel
Bach
D Avenue
Mele AL
Letzo National Plumbing Store
South 11Th
Orville D. Pope
S. 4Th St
Wilson Eee
Henry — Stafford
C Avenue
Faa
Orga Puawonn
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