Fire Destroys Arlington Two Story Garage Apartment
Early morning flames gutted the two story frame garage apartment at No 4 Arlington as occupants Pvt and Mrs Willie Arrington were away. Firemen reported the cause as WHS and said contents of both downstairs and upstairs were destroyed. Nearby a Maze fire damaged another east Lawton home with one room lost and roof heavily damaged at Florence Sterling residence No 9 Arlington, traced to clothes catching fire on a stove.
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Arlington
Myrtie G. Phillips
Willie Arrington
Lawton
J. W. McCain
Florence Sterling
No.9
Snowbound Europe Struggles as Blizzard Toll Rises
Snow blankets southern Europe with Rome amid two inches of snowfall the heaviest since World War I. Across Europe 415 deaths are reported with 500 Apennine communities cut off. Japan seeks Disaster Relief Act as blizzards persist along its northwest coast.
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Rome
Europe
Italy
Apennines
Austria
Madrid
Germany
Britain
French Riviera
Japan
Tiny Island Hit By Polio Epidemic Spreads Fast
The Navy reports three native Ebeye children died and 70 more are ill from polio on Ebeye Tiacre and Rongelap atolls near Kwajalein. Four Navy dependents on Kwajalein also contracted the disease but remain stable. Emergency oral polio vaccine has been administered to about 5,700 residents across Ebeye Rongelap and Kwajalein.
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Honolulu
Pacific Islands
U.S. Navy
Ebeye
Tiacre Atoll
Kwajalein
Rongelap
New Mexico Police Arrest Escapees
Two men claiming they are fugitives from an Oklahoma jail were held in Bernalillo County jail. Eldon McKelhannon 29 and Almer Berryhill 30 were arrested January 27 near Albuquerque after admitting a jailbreak involved four escapees from Okmulgee County jail. James Honacker 37 was arrested last week in Texas. Roy Lee Graham 36 remains at large.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Okmulgee, Okla
Bernalillo County
Eldon MckElhannon
Okmulgee
Almer Berryhill
Bristow
Okla
Here
Okmulgee County
James Honacker
Wichita Falls
Tex
Roy Lee Graham
Funeral Rites Slated For Barbara Williams
Funeral services are set for Barbara Dean Williams 29 of 907 S Soth at 2 30 p m Sunday at the Gozebo First Baptist church Dr Raymond Payne pastor of the Salem Missionary Baptist church will officiate She died Thursday morning in a local hospital from lupus erythematosus systemic a toxic form with no effective treatment Survivors include husband Dale her parents Mr and Mrs Earl Gipson Hobart four brothers Earl Jr Kans Ellie Jean Oklahoma Dale Kingfisher and Archie and a sister Mrs tat Hokett Odessa Texas The family name is Gibson, and funeral arrangements are by Gish Funeral Home Hobart
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Barbara Dean William
S. Soth
Gozebo First Baptist Church
Williams
Shawnee
Lawton
Salem Missionary Baptist Church
Dale
Earl Gipson
Hobart
Sonja
Joey
Earl Jr
Ere Kans
Ellie Jean
Oklahoma
Kingfisher
Archie
Tat Hokett
Odessa
Tex
Raymond Payne
Wil
Gish Funeral Home
Services for Ralph Elliott Held in Lawton Heights Church
Apache area landowner Ralph Elliott 25 died Thursday when a tractor fell on him. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Lawton Heights Methodist Church with Rev. Ralph Hooper officiating. Burial by Crews Funeral Home Apache. Born April 5 1907 in Hood County Texas he moved to Apache in 1924. Survived by wife Ella Dinse Olen daughter J L Harrison mother Ava Hunt three brothers Virgil J D Charles and two sisters Ira Wilson Pauline Elliott.
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Ralph Elliott
Comanche
Caddo County
Lawton Heights
Ralph Hooper
Crews Funeral Home
Apache
Edicott
Hood County
Tex
Ella Dinse
Napoleon
Caddo
Stephens
Grady
Olen
J. L
Harrison
Lawton
Ava Hunt
Wichita Falls
Virgil Elliott
Oklahoma City
J. D. Elliott
Charles Elliott
Pico Riveria
Calif
Ira Wilson
Corpus Christi
Pauline Elliott
Funeral services for Carl F. Carson 78 in Lawton Okla
Carl Francis Carson 78 of 1327 Cherry died at home Thursday night of a heart attack. Services set for 2:30 p m Saturday at Central Baptist Church with Dr Donald R Potts officiating. Burial in Highland Cemetery under Becker Funeral home. Survivors include wife Lola. seven sons Oran H Carlson Faxon Clyde L Carson Aubrey F Carson Thurman O Carson Raymond M Carson Carl Carson Jr Eugene Carson. a daughter Evelyn Hines. 19 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. sister Mrs Allen Webb Whitesboro Tex. brothers Thurman A Carson Glen Rose and Samuel F Carson Borger Tex.
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Srvices
Carl Francis Carson
Cherry
Central Baptist Church
Donald R. Potts
Highland Cemetery
Becker Funeral Home
Mr. Carson
Hico
Tex
Lola Sarah Haile
Chattanooga
Geronimo
Lawton
Oran H. Carson
Faxon
Clyde L. Carson
Borger
Aubrey F. Carson
Thurman O. Carson
N. Soth
Raymond M. Carson
Carl Carson Jr
Okmulgee
Eugene Carson
Lynn Circle
Evelyn Hines
Bell
Allen Webb
Whitesboro
Thurman
A. Carson
Glen Rose
Samuel F. Carson
Oklahoma House Seeks $1000 salary hike for teachers
Oklahoma City UPI A proposal to boost teachers salaries by 1000 across two years was introduced in the Oklahoma House. Reps John McCune and Bill Shipley authored the measure backed by the Oklahoma Education Association. The plan raises starting pay for bachelor degree teachers to 1400 next fall and to 1.60 the following year, with master's degree raises at 200 above this level. The current 100 annual increments remain for a total rise of 800 next fall plus 200 in 1961.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
John McCune
Tulsa
Bill Shipley
Novata
Oklahoma Education
Shipley
House
Police Revenue Shows Decline
January revenue collections by the police department fell nearly $12,000 from January 1962. The report to the city council covers deposits last month and notes parking meter revenue ceased since November with $282.50 in overparking penalties and $0 in parking meter income versus $8,862 in January 1961. Bond and police court fines totaled $7,423 and $99 respectively.
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Police Department
Auto Strikes Woman on Sheridan Road Injures Pedestrian
A pedestrian, Elva Barbero, 40, was hit Thursday evening on Sheridan Road about 75 feet north of Cache Road and is in Memorial Hospital with non serious injuries. The driver was Buford Eugene Leonard, 31, Fort Sill, driving a 1958 Oldsmobile south on Sheridan as Barbero walked east across the road.
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Sheridan Road
Cache Road
Elva Barbero
N. 19Th
Memorial Hospital
Sheridan
Buford Eugene Leonard
Fort Sill
Employment Down As Jobs Cut In January
Washington AP reports employment fell by over 1.6 million in January with unemployed rising by 85 000 to 4 672 000. The Labor Department cites holiday season temporary help layoffs as the main cause.
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Washington
Labor Department
CAMPHO-PHENIQUE Quick Relief for Cold Sores
An old time ad urges immediate use of CAMPHO-PHENIQUE at the first sign of a cold sore or fever blister. It promotes rapid healing with local anesthesia and antiseptic action, does not stain skin, and recommends keeping a bottle ready in the medicine chest.
Police Check Theft Reports In Lawton Offenses
Police filed new offense reports listing two thefts at east Lawton including $80 missing from Dewey Hil Fort Sill and $60 from Gary Joseph Galli Fort Sill. Other losses include $7 purse from Mrs. Eunbanks car a shotgun from Billy Dowley and a hub cap from Robert Frye. Burglary at Farm Bureau Insurance Co. 2501 N Sheridan with cash register stolen later recovered with $30 missing. Two suspects held for investigation.
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Dewey Hil
Fort Sill
Gary Joseph Galli
East Lawton
Martin Eubanks
Billy J. Dowley
Sullivan Drive
Robert W. Frye
Farm Bureau Insurance Co
N. Sheridan
Mehew
Francis Germine
Russell Cleaners
Gore
Rogers Lane
Lawton
Edmonsons May Join New Clan
Washington reporters note Rep Morris Udall considers a bill to form a Washington brother ship clan with charter members including the Edmondson brothers from Oklahoma Senator Howard Edmondson and Congressman Ed Edmondson and the Kennedys Ted Kennedy as the new senator from Massachusetts. The Udalls joked about hairstyle as a sign of unity and wrestling prowess from youth.
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Washington
Edmondson Brothers
Oklahoma
Howard
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Rep
Udall
Stewart Udall
Congress
Washington Brothership
Udalls
Edmondsons
Massachusetts
Sen
Ted Kennedy
Kennedy
Morris
Seven Motorists Face Complaints
The county attorney filed seven traffic complaints at the highway patrol request and transcribed a felony charge against Lawton man Clint Holmes, 32, from Special Sessions court to higher court for later trial. Holmes waived a preliminary hearing after arraignment before Judge Jack Brock. Other traffic cases list Carlis Calvin, Tom Lee Ledford, Lacy Lee Parker, Bertrand Stevenson, Donald Tippeconnie, and Douglas Gene Wood with various offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Patrol
Lawton
Special Sessions Court
Clint Holmes
C. R. Anthony
Holmes
Jack Brock
Special Sessions
Carlis Calvin
E. Bell
Tom Lee Ledford
Lacy Lee Parker
Rt. 1
Thomas
Bertrand D. Stevenson
Washington
Donald D. Tippeconnie
S. 10Th
Douglas Gene Wood
Ratliff City
Police raid Cape Town office of Spark newspaper
South African security police raided the Spark office in Cape Town and seized books papers and documents relating to the New Age weekly newspaper once suppressed by the government last December. Spark is published as a successor.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Spark Today
South African Press Association
New Age
Spark
Weather Chaos Hits Pacific Coast With Snow and Floods
A major East Pacific storm chain drenched the coast from Edmonton to Honolulu and toward Vancouver. Washington and Oregon endure heavy snow and power outages. California reports several deaths and a missing boy as thawing snow causes flooding in Idaho and rapid temperature swings in Denver.
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Queen Elizabeth
England
Prince Philip
Edmonton
Alberta
Honolulu
Vancouver
B.C
California
Weather Bureau
Oregon
Washington
Yakima Valley
Portland
Bancroft
Idaho
Denver
Wayne Palmer Named Division Manager for Western Oklahoma
Wayne Palmer, formerly general sales and service manager for Southwestern Bell in St. Louis, is named division manager of the Western Oklahoma division. He will oversee 360 staff across Lawton and 26 western Oklahoma offices from Oklahoma City. He replaces Louis Trost, who moves to the Oklahoma Executive staff as supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Palmer
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
St. Louis
Western Oklahoma
Palmer
Lawton
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Louis Trost
Reader's Digest Exposes Cigarette Ad Tactics
An article questions public indignation while 4500 youths aged 12 to 17 begin smoking daily. It advertises a February feature critiquing cigarette campaigns that target athletes and young women as more Americans die of lung cancer.
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Reader's Digest
Reader’s Digest
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Carl F. Carson
Western Hills Christian Church
57Th and
Liberty Ave
Lawton, Oklahoma
A.B.C. Bonds
American National Bank
A. B. Culbertson and Co
Fort Worth
Texas
Russell Dennis
A. B. Culbertson
Eastman Drive
City
Dick Williams
N.W. 57Th
Floyd Cramer
New York
Washington Heights
Zales
New
Payne's Pet Shop
G Ave
Guppys
The
Church OF Christ
U. S
Ino
Cremer
SPC
Salem
Nick
Philco
Cremer Furniture Company
Salem Maple
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