Birthday Of Christ Celebrated Worldwide
The world marks Christmas with uneasy calm as Christians celebrate amid threats and inflation. A cyclone in Darwin, Australia killed between 20 and 50 people and injured hundreds. Vietnam fighting continues at lower levels. A cease fire in Northern Ireland holds. Arab attacks on pilgrims to Israel did not occur. Pope Paul VI spoke of a bright but troubled world during his noon message in St. Peter’s Square.
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Christ
Australia
Darwin
Vietnam
Northern Ireland
England
Irish Republican Army
Israel
Paul VI
St. Peter's Square
Rome
St. Peter's
Young Pharmacist Pays Debt By Working At Hospital Here
Weatherford native James H. Jones Jr. commuted weekly to Lawton from 1973 to 1974 to work as a relief pharmacist at Southwestern Clinical Hospital Pharmacy to meet a 1,000 hour post graduate requirement and support his family. He balanced studies at Southwestern State University with part time roles, later becoming a registered pharmacist in 1974. He continues weekend work to give back to the school and its staff, hoping to inspire minority students to pursue pharmacy careers.
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James H. Jones Jr
Weatherford
Lawton
Southwestern State University Pharmaceutics Laboratory
Southwestern Clinical Hospital
Jones
School of Pharmacy
Southwestern
Pharmacy
Mullenax
San Antonio Air Force Base
Tom Sauer
Southwestern State University School of Pharmacy
Lawton Pharmacy
State Board
Sauer
State Board of Pharmacy
School of Pharmacy Administration
Linda
James Howard
Snow Covers North With White Christmas Across Regions
A white Christmas blanketed the northern states from the Rockies to New England with fresh snow in the upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes. Oklahoma stayed cold but clear with warming forecast. showers and thunder storms moved from southern Texas to the lower Ohio Valley. fog and rain affected the Carolinas to the Panhandle, while the Pacific Northwest saw rain and higher elevation snow.
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Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes Region
New England
Oklahoma
Lawton
Texas
Ohio Valley
Seaboard
Louisiana
Misssippi
Carolinas
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida Panhandle
Pacific Northwest
Northwest
Central Plains
Great Lakes
Best Cartoons Of 74 Offered
TAFF cartoonist Vern Thompson presents 16 of his best 1974 cartoons on page 17. Thompson is a national award winning cartoonist whose daily work appears in The Lawton Constitution and the Sunday Constitution.
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TAFF
Vern Thompson
Thompson
Lawton Constitution
Inside Wont Ads Circus and Editorial Numbers
The fragment lists internal ads and editorial contacts with numbers 353 0620 and 353 0626. It hints at a publication page segment for advertising and editorial departments. No identifiable people or organizations are clearly named in readable form.
Residential Fires Kill Two Cityans in Holiday Blazes
Two people died in separate early Christmas Eve and Christmas Day fires in Lawton. Dorothy Hall, 57, found burned in a bathroom by responders. Walter McAnerney, about 45, found in a bedroom. Investigators probe heater as possible ignition. neighbor reports McAnerney home alone. Damage estimated at least 25004M with both homes largely destroyed. Fire officials cite smoke inhalation and heat as causes.
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Lawton
Dorothy Hall
Monroe
Robert Dix
Hall
Greenlawn Funeral Home
Ozbirn
Walter McAnerney
Snyder
Northwest City
Porter
White House Bomb Scare Ends With Suspect Surrender
A man in makeshift garb drove an explosive device toward the White House gate and front entrance before surrendering to police hours later. The incident occurred while President Ford and his family were away on a ski trip in Vail Colorado. Secret Service said a dramatic security breach prompted a swift response.
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Ashington
White House
Secret Service
Ford
Vail
Colo
Marshall H Fields Jr
U.S. State Department
Fields
Pennsylvania Avenue
Three Die On State Roads Christmas Eve Toll Rises
Oklahoma traffic deaths on Christmas Eve total three with a Fort Smith Arkansas injury last week. Frank Sanders 55 of Mounds and Roy J Turner 17 of Broken Arrow were struck while working on Sanders disabled car in south Tulsa County. Sanders died en route to a Tulsa hospital and Turner remained critical. Otis R Brown 30 of rural Mounds drove the pickup that hit the pair and overturned.
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An-Ager
Fort Nith
Ark
Oklaoma
Frank Sanders
Mounds
Roy J. Turner
Sanders
Tulsa
Young Turner
Otis R. Brown
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Associated Press
Doug Kriesel
Linda Akins
Hugo
James Howard Jones III
Loren Mullenax
Air Force
Southwestern Clinical Hospital Pharmacy
Rockies
Editoria
Abby
NW 74Th
Rick Ozzbirn
NW 74H Place
Dorwen Porter Saxi
Dix
McAnerney
Greenlawn
Kirk
Vis
John Spray
Howard University
Lafayette Park
Kourtney Chaloire
Kenneth Chaloire
Rt. 3
Marlow
Bill Munoz
Ferris
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