Cautious Advance Noted On Market
Stock prices edged higher in slow trading on the New York exchanges. The Dow averaged 981.19 at noon, up 0.38, with 639 advancers to 58 decliners as buying focused on blue chips amid presumed rate concerns. A&P activity followed Gulf & Western’s tender offer and related suit, while other market indexes and commodity prices also showed modest moves.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Great
Atlantic & Pacific
Gulf & Western Industries, Inc
A&p
G&w
Securities and Exchange Commission
American Stock Exchange
Soldier shot outside VFW Club in Lawton prompts arrest
A 21 year old Fort Sill soldier, Pvt Roosevelt Allen of A Company 4th Battalion 31st Infantry, was shot in the neck outside the VFW Club at 110 B early Sunday. He was in satisfactory condition at Reynolds Army Hospital. A 24 year old man was arrested at a west Lawton apartment and two others were held as material witnesses.
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Fort Sill
Reynolds Army Hospital
Pvt
Roosevelt Allen
31St Infantry
V.F.W
Roosevelt
West Lawton
Seminar on Food Stamp Program Planned in Comanche County
A 9 36 am seminar for home maker recipients of food stamps is offered by the OSU Extension Center at the county fairgrounds. Carol Giese leads the event with speakers George Williams and Clyde Shipp from the USDA Food Stamp Program in Oklahoma City. A nursery will be provided.
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Comanche County
Oklahoma State University Extension Center
Carol Giese
County Osu
George Williams
Clyde Shipp
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma City
Belknap Elected OPA President in Oklahoma City
Harold R. Belknap editor and publisher of the Norman Transcript was chosen president of the Oklahoma Press Association for 1973 74 at the midwinter convention. He will take office July 1. Officers include Bill Van Wie vice president, Milt Phillips treasurer, Joe Taylor board member, and Jack Dyer re elected to a three year board term.
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Oklahoma City
Harold R. Belknap
Norman Transcript
Oklahoma Press Association
Bill van Wie
Blanchard News
Milt Phillips
Joe Taylor
Davis News
Jack Dyer
el Reno Tribune
State Due Moon Rock Exhibition in Oklahoma City
NASA provides a 46.2 gram portion of the 468.2 gram Apollo 12 rock for display at the Oklahoma Science and Arts Foundation at the state fairgrounds in Oklahoma City February 10 to 23. The rock’s age is about 3.8 billion years. Public shows are scheduled February 10 11 17 18 and 24 25 coordinated by the Kirkpatrick Planetarium.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma Science and Arts Foundation
State Fairgrounds
Oklahoma City
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Kirkpatrick Planetarium
Moth er Palm at Rio Botanical Garden Lost to Lightning
The 127 foot Mother Palm, planted in 1809 by King Joao VI, was struck by lightning last October and the garden announced it could not save the famous tree.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Rio
Joao VI
Portugal
Business Meet Set At City Hall
A seminar for local businessmen on avoiding small business failure will be held at 6:30 p.m. today in City Hall council chambers. Sponsored by Oklahomans for Indian Opportunity, the event features R. W. Chapman Chapman & Company Accounting Firm Richard J. Cissell Metropolitan Life Wayne Moss attorney and Dave Sandstrom Security Bank & Trust Company. Refreshments will be provided by the Lawton Indian Youth Council.
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The
Oklahomans For Indian Opportunity
R. W. Chapman
Chapman & Company
Richard J. Cissell
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Wayne Moss
Dave Sandstrom
Security Bank & Trust Company
Service for Ollie Ann Phillips Held in Grandfield
Ollie Ann Phillips 91 died Saturday in a nursing home. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. in Grandfield Church of Christ with Wayne Zuck officiating. Burial in Grandfield Cemetery under Gray's Funeral Home. Born October 10, 1881 in Walden Arkansas she lived in Broken Bow before moving to Grandfield 22 years ago. Survived by four daughters Pearl Catorokas Josie Franks Janna Riddles and Opel Thomas one son Lewis Phillips two grandchildren 55 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Ollie Ann Phillips
Phillips
Walden
Ark
Louis Phillips
Broken Bow
Funeral notices for Albie Prettyman and Mary Jane Brown
Funeral services are planned for Albie D. Prettyman at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Cyril with burial at Celestial Gardens Cemetery. Prettyman, 55, died Sunday in the Veterans Administration Hospital Oklahoma City. survivors include wife Mary E. Prettyman, two sons, three daughters, siblings, and 12 grandchildren. Also, funeral arrangements for Mary Jane Brown, 74, with services at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity Baptist Church, following her death Sunday in a local hospital. Brown, born March 10, 1898, lived in Lawton and Shawnee before returning, was choir director at First Baptist Church 1937-42, and had six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. donations may go to the First Baptist Music Fund.
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Albie D. Prettyman
Cement
Veterans Administration Hospital
Oklahoma City
Pentacostal Holiness Church
Celestial Gardens
Cyril Funeral Home
Mr. Prettyman
Lawton
Mary E. Prettyman
Aubrey Prettyman
Breckenridge
Tex
Ochis
Placerville
Calif
Gayland Perrin
David Ellis
Lynn
Mary Jane Brown
Trinity Baptist Church
Forrest Siler
First Baptist Church
Charles Green
Mission Village Baptist Church
Parker County
Frank B. Brown
Grandfield
Brown
Shawnee
Business and Professional Women's Club
Schubert Music Club
The
Ezra Baker
Cecil Brown
Cache Road
Royce Brown
Sapulpa
Public Records Cases Reported To City Police
A list of complainants reported to Lawton Police for offenses including assault with a deadly weapon, vandalism, theft of credit cards, theft of license tag, strong arm robbery, assault and battery, burglary of residences, failure to pay for gas, vandalism to a school, theft from a business, theft of money, and breaking and entering. Names and addresses appear for Roosevelt Allen James Harmon S W Keeton Leon Macklin Albert Hall Thomas Lynch Millford Wilcox Roy Adams Antone Smith Bessie Hinchcliff Juanita Hamilton Melvin Block.
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Roosevelt Allen
Fort Sill
James Harmon
Eisenhower
S. W. Keeton
Ferris
Leon Macklin
Albert Hall
Thomas Lynch
Millford Wilcox
Ave. 1
Roy Adams
Jiffy Food Store
Sheridan
J. R. Morris
Hoover School
Stan
Lee
Roy Boyce
Rt. 1
Antone Smith
Bessie Hinchcliff
Juanita Hamilton
Wisconsin
Melvin Block
Columbia Square
Fire Department Responds to Grass and Car Fires in Lawton
Lawton Fire Department reports incidents with times and locations including Sunday at 2 45 p.m. grass fire at 40th and Cache Road and at 6 13 p.m. a car fire at 1th and A.
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The
Lawton Fire Department
40Th
Cache Road
Puppies Born 14 in Sicilian Boxer Litter
In Sicily a boxer dog gave birth to 14 puppies, the veterinarian says this is six more than the normal maximum for the breed. The sire and dam are healthy and the litter is under veterinary observation.
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Stracula
Sicily
Israel Navy Graduates Often Do Not Serve Afloat
Haifa Israel AP report notes that one third of the 1958 1965 graduates from Israel’s two naval schools never served at sea according to the Israel Shipping Research Institute.
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Haifa
Israel
Israel Shipping Research Institute
Council Weighs Emergency Pump Purchase And Zoning Items
City council will consider buying an emergency portable water pump for Public Works to pump water from Schoolhouse Slough at Lake Lawtonka and make it available to all divisions. Other agenda items include rezoning requests for Trade Mission International and Tom Brown Optical, street light installations, a Latin American Community dance request, disposal of Eisenhower Road Right of Way matters, Busy Bee Cab taxi increase request, and a legal consulting agreement with Manville Redman.
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Schoolhouse Slough
Lake Lawtonka
Trade Mission International
Crosby
Tom Brown Optical Company
Finley Commercial Properties Inc
74Th
West Gore
Public Service Company
46Th
Dearborn
Grand
SW 10Th
Latin American Community Club
F Eisenhower Road
Busy Bee Cab Company, Inc
Employees Fight To Save Tinker Base
Oklahoma City AP report says Tinker Air Force Base workers rally to petition for an Urban Renewal Authority to clear homes and schools near the runway. Rep Tom Steed warns Air Force may cut centers and dismantle the base if housing around the flight path forces action. About 300 to 400 homes would need relocation under the runway.
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Oklahoma City
Tinker Air Force Base
Jerry Rigsby
Tom Steed
Air Force
Tinker
Pentagon
Marion C. Reed
Midwest City
David Hall
Triple Murder Suspects To Be Quizzed
Police in Mangum seek leads in a triple murder case as three suspects without names were to be questioned. Victims Velma Adams Clara Westmoreland and Raymond Hendricks, ages 63 79 and 57, were found stabbed and robbed with two throats slashed. Two defendants are jailed in Rogers Mills County, a Lindsay man is held in Garvin County.
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Elkcity
Mangum
Rogers-Mills
Lindsay
Garvin County
Dist. Atty
Richard S. Dugger
Velma Adams
Clara Westmoreland
Raymond Hendricks
Dugger
More Bicycles and Shoe Leather in City Initiative
Woodsy Owl hoots calling for cleaner air with emphasis on cycling and walking. Campaign promotes more bicycles and pedestrian transit to cut smog levels. Friendly environmental message stresses practical steps over slogans.
Memorial Births And Admits In Southwest Oklahoma
Birth announcements list three newborn sons with times and weights for Bert Brown James Graham and Joseph Porcellini. A long hospital roll then details admissions and dismissals across Southwestern Oklahoma facilities including Lawton Duncan Cache Temple and Elgin with many names and medical notes.
Vo-Tech Sales Offer Student Clerical Skills Next Week
Great Plains Area Vo Tech School students plan the Sell A Saleable Skill project for National Vocational Week February 11 to 17. They offer clerical services including typing stenography filing bookkeeping and other office tasks for a token wage to fund attendance at the FBLA conference in Tulsa March 8 to 10. Employers may contact the school to request services and hours. About 100 students are in the FBLA chapter with 45 entered in state contests.
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Great Plains Area
Vo-Tech
Votech
Future Business Leaders of America
FBLA
Tulsa
Postman Arrested for Dumping Mail in Bergamo River
In Bergamo Italy an AP report says a postal worker was arrested after authorities found he dumped mail into the River Serio rather than delivering it. Police identified the suspect and detained him following the investigation.
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Bergamo
Italy
Serio
Homesick pig travels 40 miles to former owner in Belgrade
A pig sold the day before wandered over 40 miles to return to its previous owner at a farm near Belgrade as reported by Politika Ekspres. The animal’s long journey drew attention for its apparent attachment to the former caretaker.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Politika Ekspres
Sill Battalion Due New Chief
The 1st Battalion 30th Field Artillery at Fort Sill will change commanders Tuesday at 3 p.m. Lt. Col. Maurice H. Krause will succeed Lt. Col. Richard L. Addison as battalion commander at Service Club No 1. Addison will assume Krause’s former post at the 75th Field Artillery Group.
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30Th Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Maurice H. Krause
75Th Field Artillery Group
Richard L. Addison
Addison
Krause
75Th Group
Integrated in-plant systems may rise with labor costs
The Bureau of International Commerce says higher labor costs in Europe and Japan will boost demand for fully integrated in-plant packaging systems that minimize manual labor.
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Europe
Japan
Bureau of International Commerce
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Gloria Jean Newton
Jay R. Williams
Florence Wiersema
Donald W. Russell
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Marion N. Wilson
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Mill Creek
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Agnes Horse
Fletcher
Audra Worchester
Stonewall
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Susan Hicks
Anita Blind
Calumet
James Lee Kueter
Anadarko
Frank Sheridan
Ronald Germansaddle
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