Lawton voters set for March 3 District No. 3 primary
The article explains that registered voters in Ward 3 Precincts 1 through 7 and Ward 5 Precincts 6 through 9 will vote in the District No. 3 special primary on March 3. It covers residency, transfers, and new registration rules, lists county precinct registrars, and notes boundary changes and transfer mailings for two Lawton areas. It also records Fort Sill births for Feb 9–15.
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Lawton
Cache
Devo
Indiahoma
Lake No. 1
Lake No. 2
Lawrence
Lawton No
Mangan No
McMaster
Painter
Quanah
Durham
Followag
Viet Cong Claims Wanton Bombings Near Cambodian Border
The Viet Cong charged U S imperialism carried out wanton bombings in the Ban Cau area Tay Ninh Province on February 6. Radio Peking quoted a Viet Cong statement saying more than 1,000 houses and temples were burned and over 300 people killed or wounded.
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Tokyo
Communist Liberation Press Agency
U.S
Ban Cau
Tay Ninh Province
Viet Nam
Radio Peking
Timely Speech Contest Draws Comanche 4H Youths
About 300 Comanche county 4H youths aged 10 to 19 competed in the annual Timely Speech contest at Fort Sill Indian School. Winners, from 26 clubs, may advance to the state roundup in Stillwater in May.
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Comanche County
4H Club
Fort Sill
Stillwater
Opal Walker
Sam Holden
Virginia Cole
Tillman County
Rosemary Culver
Pat Coffey
Jackson County
Jean Ware
Lolan Taylor
Clara J. Kelley
Lewis Haydock
Elmer Provence
Indian Leader To Speak Here At Lawton Forum Event
L P Towle Anadarko area director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs will discuss the Image of the Indian at 7 30 p.m. today as guest speaker for the Public Affairs department of the Lawton Woman's Forum in Sen Fred Harris home 1120 Cherry. Towle a Iowa native who joined Indian Affairs in Fort Belknap Montana and rose through the central office Portland and Pine Ridge assignments before his Anadarko post.
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L. P. Towle
Anadarko
Bureau of Indian Affairs
U. S. Department of the Interior
Public Affairs Department
Lawton
Iowa
University of Iowa
Elven
Indian Affairs Bureau
Fort Belknap Reservation
Montana
Central Office
Washington, D.C
Branch of Roads
Portland
Ore
Anadarko Agency
Pine Ridge Reservation
Johnson Approves LBJ Model Hat Design
Hat Corp of America said President Johnson has allowed promotion of an LBJ hat model. The design by Charles H. Salesky is a modified smaller version of the Texans five gallon hat, a cowboy ten gallon variant.
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New York
Hat Corp of America
Johnson
Charles H. Salesky
Hat Corp
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Mable Nash Washington
Funeral services for Mrs. Mable Nash Washington 47 formerly of Lawton were set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of God in Christ with Rev. J A Young officiating. Burial followed at Highland Cemetery under Miller's Mortuary direction. Surviving are two sisters Bernice Livingston Josephine Milton and brother J D Milton all of the home two other brothers Tony and Elijah Conner of Waco Texas five nieces and eight nephews also of the home.
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Mable Nash Washington
Lawton
Phoenix
Ariz
Church of God In Christ
J. A. Young
Highland Cemetery
Miller’s Mortuary
Tony
Elijah Conner
Waco
Tex
Two Car Collision Kills Norman Man
A two car collision in Moore, Oklahoma, killed James A. Wedgeworth, 35, of Norman, as Roy Eugene Robinson, 37, of Moore, escaped with minor injuries. The crash raised the year's traffic toll to 99 in Oklahoma, 19 more than last year at this time.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
James A. Wedgeworth
Norman
Highway Patrol
Wedgeworth
Roy Eugene Robinson
Moore
Robinson
Mindanao Flood Deaths Rise Amid Flooding in Agusan
Manila AP reports deaths in widespread Mindanao floods have reached about 30 with cholera reported in flooded towns of Agusan Province as authorities assess the disaster impact.
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Manila
Mindanao
Agusan
Plan Agreed For Cyprus Police Force
UNITED NATIONS N Y AP Britain and Cyprus reportedly agreed on principles for an international peace force for Cyprus and a consultative UN committee. Secretary General Thant proposed mediation machinery to avoid a Soviet veto while aims to keep the force under Security Council oversight or an allied framework.
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United Nations, N.Y
Britain
Cyprus
Mediterranean
U.N
Security Council
U Thant
Thant
Turkey
United States
Greece
Makarios
United Nations
Boss Night Banquet Planned by Lawton Secretaries
Members of the Lawton chapter of the National Secretaries Association held their monthly meeting at Hotel Lawtoniar. President Martha Safrit led the session as Mrs Doloris Carpenter demonstrated intercom, speaker and electric secretary devices at a workshop in the telephone building.
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Lawton
National Secretaries Association
Martha Safrit
Lawtoniar
Mildred Hunter
Maryellen Ramsey
Jury picks begin in Ruby Oswald case in Dallas
Jurors begin questioning as lawyers debate moving the trial of Jack Ruby for Oswald's murder. Judge Brown predicts about 10 days to two weeks to select an impartial jury in Dallas amid claims of local bias and pressure to proceed toward execution.
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Wade
Ruby
Oswald
Belli
Venireman
Brown
Mr. Oswald
Stone
Dallas
Joe B. Brown
Bob Considine
Melvin Belli
San Francisco
Points Global
Oklahoma increases old age pension for 90000 recipients
Oklahoma Welfare Commission raises monthly old age pensions by 2 to reach about 90,000 beneficiaries effective April 1 under a 1963 act. Average January payment was 75.65 dollars. 1 dollar added to food budget and 1 dollar to basic drug budget per director Lloyd Rader.
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Oklahoma City
State Welfare Commission
Lloyd Rader
Commission
Rader
Tax Commission
Bellmon weighs districting changes and court action
Bellmon seeks boundary redrawing of the 1st and 6th districts possibly creating a separate Tulsa County district. Nesbitt notes a Supreme Court ruling may revive a related federal suit by Dale McCleery. Porter says Oklahoma districts range from 552000 to 227000 population. final ruling expected this summer.
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Bellmon
Tulsa County
Atty
Charles Nesbitt
U. S. Supreme Court
Dale McCleery
Edmond
Don Porter
McCleery
Supreme Court
Georgia
Porter
Oklahoma
John Jarman
Carl Albert
McClerry
Nesbitt
Dale Cook
Bellman
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