New Commander for 3rd Howitzer Battalion 30th Artillery
Lt. Col. Walter A. Davis assumed command of the 3rd Howitzer Battalion, 30th Artillery at the Army Artillery and Missile Center. He succeeded Lt. Col. James E. Dunning, who moves to the Survey Division, Target Acquisition Department. Col. Davis, a former infantry officer, has held multiple posts including ROTC at Alfred University and service in Korea and Hawaii, and is married with three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Davis
30Th Artillery
Artillery and Missile Center
James E. Dunning
U.S. Army Artillery and Missile School
France
Beryl L. Boyce
214Th Artillery Group
Davis
Artillery
Infantry
Mediterranean
University of the South
Sewanee
Ten
Angela
Peter
Paul
Col
Baltimore Theater Demonstrations Lead to Mass Jailing
More than 300 people, mostly Negro college students, were jailed as protests at the Northwood Theater in Baltimore continued. Police charged 120 with disorderly conduct and trespassing. 138 jailed since picketing began. Bail topped $90,000 for 151 arrested. leaders urged federal and state officials to intervene and treat demonstrators as adults.
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Baltimore
Northwood
Maryland
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
J. Millard Tawes
Thomas B. Finan
Philip Goodman
Joseph G. Finnerty
Finnerty
Cub Scout Blue and Gold Banquet Honors Pack 144
The Blue and Gold Banquet at Centenary Methodist Church drew 160 attendees. Cubmaster Marvin Trope awarded honors to Michael Campbell Charles Bertram Ricky Hargett Gary Jensen Harold Cannon Mike Mitchell Mike Tribbs Johnny Holley Timmy Blunk Tommy Newby Ricky Sexton Russell Bills Danny Adams Greg McNeil John Wayne Dickson Mike May Brent Craig Dean Newby Russell Bills Rusty Boyd Joe English Paul Falkner John Hinson Howard Cannon Ernest Thompson Joel Tedder Webelos Darryl Gowan Kenny Virgil received pins and welcomed into Troop 176 Invocation was led by Russell Bills.
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Centenary Methodist Church
Den
Marvin Trope
Michael Campbell
Charles Bertram
Ricky Hargett
Gary Jensen
Harold Cannon
Mike Mitchell
Mike Tribbs
Johnny Holley
Timmy Blunk
Tommy Newby
Ricky Sexton
Secretaries Hold Dinner Meeting in Lawton Hotel
Lawton chapter of National Secretaries Association held its regular monthly dinner meeting at 6 30 p m Monday in the Hotel Lawtonian. Miss Wynema Sloan president reported. Plans discussed for Boss Night banquet during National Secretaries week in April and for selecting the most valuable member of the year. Guests were Mrs Morraine Gelvin and Mrs Charlie Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
National Secretaries Association
Lawtonian
Wynema Sloan
Morraine Gelvin
Charlie Hamilton
Maryland House Speaker Quits Amid Federal Indictment
Maryland House Speaker A. Gordon Boone resigns amid a nine count mail fraud indictment of Boone and five associates over Security Financial Insurance Corp. arrangements. Indicted are D Oran Mensik D Spencer Grow Henry McGurren Charles Culver and Boone faces March 1 arraignment in Baltimore U S District Court.
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Baltimore
Maryland
House of Delegates
A. Gordon Boone
Baltimore County
Boone
National Conference of State Legislative
Security Financial Insurance Corp
D. Oran Mensik
Chicago
Security Financial
Mensik
U.S
Henry MecGurren
MecGurren
D. Spencer Grow
Provo
Utah
Charles F. Culver
Daniel Brewster
D-Md
U.S. District Court
Post's Board Stars In Films
Fort Sill men and materiel will appear in a new Army orientation film depicting the Army Artillery Board's activities. Filming took place at the Artillery and Missile Center with crews from White Sands Missile Range. The movie features tests of an 8 inch self propelled howitzer and FA DAC computer trials, plus recent Sergeant Missile firings at White Sands.
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Fort Sill
U. S. Army Artillery Board
Artillery and Missile Center
U. S. Army Test and Evaluation Command
White Sands Missile Range
Sill
Field Artillery
West Range
White Sands
Club Hears Brotherhood Talks At Regular Meeting
Sheridan Kiwanis club observed National Brotherhood week with guest speakers Rev. Bob Brannon Jr. Rev. Thomas Darnell and Ben Leva. Cecil Baker presided and Sid Bentley served as program chairman.
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Bob Brannon Jr
Thomas Darnell
Ben Leva
Sheridan Kiwanis Club
Cecil Baker
Sid Bentley
New Alibi Claimed In Duncan Death Case
Attorneys for James Richard Ellis presented new evidence claiming he could not have been at Duncan when Beauchamp was slain. They argued his rights were violated and that he was coerced into signing a confession. Ellis and Padley had pleaded guilty and received life terms.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
James Richard Ellis
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Ellis
Duncan
Kelsie Beauchamp
Sam Sullivan
Durant
Jack Rose
Fort Smith
Ark
John Dale Padley
Beauchamp
Radley
Rose
Evi
Huch Collum
State Attorney General's Office
Collum
Missing Boys Case Closed and Kay Sharrock Added to List
Local officers cancelled a missing persons report for Donnie Powell and Dale Powell who returned home after two days. A new missing person case was added for Kay Sharrock, 15, of Pauls Valley, last seen after leaving a Chickasha place on Feb. 2 with mother Mrs. Lucille Heaton staying in Pauls Valley. Also reported were thefts of truck keys and a spare tire at Lawton Meat Market and a burglary at Sgt. Dan Porter’s home.
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Pauls Valley
Donnie Powell
Dale Powell
Kay Sharrock
Lucille Heaton
Washington
Dan Porter
Ferris
Training Center Adjutant Named
CWO Herbert N. Stevens a 20 year Army veteran was named adjutant of the U S Army Training Center Field Artillery. He succeeds Capt Norman L Galyon who moved to the Center Adjutant General's Office. Stevens entered in 1943 served in Central Europe and the Rhine campaigns as an infantryman. He was battalion sergeant major in the 16th Armored Division at war end. He earned the Combat Infantryman's Badge the Bronze Star and the Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters.
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Central Europe
Rhineland
16Th Armored Division
Stevens
Germans join NATO artillery training at Fort Bliss and Fort Sill
German artillery unit trains with U S and NATO leaders at Fort Bliss and Fort Sill. General Maeder stresses artillery as a major war threat and the value of U S friendship. Maj Albrecht Kuehne and his battalion receive high praise for the Sergeant system during two firing sessions in the New Mexico desert.
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United States
Germany
Maeder
Safford
Joel F. Thomason
9Th
Fort Sill
Albrecht Kuehne
NATO
Free World
Europe
New Mexico Desert
Roy Lassetter
Army
Maag
Fort Bliss
Tex
White Sands
Charles B. Elliott
Field Artillery Missile Systems Evaluation Group
Famseg
Hans A. Heymann
E. V. Creel
38Th Artillery
J. Frederick Thorlin
Col
Hans Finck
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Maj
Rudolph Block
German Army Ordnance School
Aachen
Funeral Rites for Carrie Winnerchy Held in Faxon
Carrie Winnerchy, 68, of Faxon, died at 7:25 a.m. Tuesday in a local hospital. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Friday at the Deyo Mission with Rev. Berry Shonga of Rainey Mountain Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Deyo Cemetery under Lawton Funeral Home direction.
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Carrie Winnerchy
Faxon
Deyo Mission
Berry Shonga
Mt. View
Rainey Mountain Baptist Church
Deyo Cemetery
Lawton Funeral Home
Three Hurt in Auto Collisions with One Fire
Two traffic accidents Tuesday left three people uninjured but involved. A 1961 Chevrolet east on Cache road hit a 1951 Pontiac driven by Mrs Irma E White and rear ended it causing a fire and heavy damage. Another crash on 28th and A involved a 1960 Chevrolet that struck a barrier and landed on Cameron College lawn.
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Cache Road
Irma E. White
Keith Walker
Tommy Butt
Vernon Sizemore
Fort Sill
20Th
Ozman
Sizemore
Cameron College
Denver L. McLemore
Janie M. Oupoby
S. Sixth
Four Oklahoma towns approve multiple bond issues
Voters in Midwest City Bethany El Reno and Hobart approved bond issues totaling nearly 6 million dollars. Midwest City authorized about 4.5 million for water sewer street and fire stations. Bethany 875000 for water sanitation and municipal improvements. Hobart 150000 for industrial development. El Reno 342000 for library sewer and Mustang airport upgrades.
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Miwest City
Bethany
el Reno
Hobart
Midwest City
Mustang
Births and Admits at Lawton Oklahoma Hospitals
The Lawton hospital section lists births at PHS Indian Hospital and Southwestern Hospital, including new daughters for Thomas Yahola and Charles Caldwell and multiple births details. It also records numerous admissions and discharges for medical and surgical cases from various towns such as Oklahoma City Cache Meers Anadarko Shawnee and Geronimo between Feb 19 and Feb 21.
Freighter Turned Over To Brazilian Officials
The hijacked Venezuelan freighter Anzoategui surrendered to Brazilian officials in Macapá after Brazilian marines boarded the ship from an armed boat. Lt. Francisco Medeiros Araujo led the operation with three marines, while Orlando Saboya, acting governor of Amapá, represented Brazil. The rebels were to be transferred to the corvette Solimões as command returned to the Venezuelan captain.
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Macapa
Brazil
UPI
Anzoategui
Santa
Amazon
Francisco Medeiros Araujo
Orlando Saboya
Amapa
Reds
Medeiros
la Guaira
Houston
Tex
Solimoes
Governor Bellmon objects to breakfast conference disclosures
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon criticized public discussion of his weekly breakfast talks with House and Senate leaders. He said the value of the meetings is ruined when details are reported and declined to comment further on conversations about Alcoholic Beverage Control and Mental Health Department legislation. House Speaker J. D. McCarty defended the sessions and urged accurate news reporting.
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Oklahoma City
Henry Bellmon
House
Senate
Bellmon
J. D. McCarty
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Mental Health Department
Bellman
McCarty
Fletcher Man Reappointed to Comanche Excise Board
Comanche county commissioners reappointed Robert Collier to the three member excise board which sets the ad valorem tax levy and acts as a board of equalization. Other members are James Black and Ray mond Carson with appointments by judge Eubanks and the state tax commission. Routine claims were approved at the meeting.
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Comanche County
Fletcher
County Excise Board
Robert Collier
James Black
Lawton
Raymond Carson
Faxon
Black
Luther B. Eubanks
Carson
State Tax Commission
Injuries Fatal To Airman And Bartlesville Woman
A Bartlesville woman and an airman at Perrin Air Force Base in Texas died from separate Oklahoma road accidents. Helen Jean Donlay, 30, was killed when her car hit a freight train near Dewey. Phillip F. Kunkel, 30, died at Durant hospital after a crash on U S 69 south of Durant.
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Associated Press
Bartlesville
Texas
Oklahoma
Helen Jean Donlay
Phillip F. Kunkel
Perrin Air Force Base
Sherman, Tex
The
Highway Patrol
Donlay
Santa Fe
Dewey
Kunkel
Durant
U. S. 69
Dan Manson Pike
Dallas
Five New Traffic Complaints Filed
Five new traffic complaints were filed today by the county attorney's office at the request of highway patrol officials. Special Sessions court charges listed Dick Eagle shield, 24, 1914, Engle Everett Harrison, 22, Fort Sill, speeding. Robert M. Elliott, 38, Oklahoma City, driving to the left of center. Paul Albert Roberts, 45, Rt. 2 Lawton, driving without a license. Herbert Henry McNair, 26, Western Trail motel, charged with reckless driving.
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Special Sessions Court
Dick Eagleshield
Engle Everett Harrison
Fort Sill
Robert M. Elliott
Oklahoma City
Paul Albert Roberts
Rt. 2
Lawton
Herbert Henry McNair
Western Trail Motel
Grass Fires Extinguished in City Respond to Alarms
City firemen responded to two grass fire alarms one minute apart in the 2700 block Marion and the 3326 Oak area. The first blaze was reported at 10 16 a.m. followed by a second call a minute later, with both fires quickly put out.
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Marion
Oak
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McKinley
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Slagle
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Medicine Park
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James Elliff
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Charles A. Stafford
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Sam Stradley
Indiahoma
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Bell
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B. T. Gowan
Tulane
Virgil E. Baker
Hydro
Thomas E. Bishop
Diane Louise Weatherly
Melvin Weatherly
S. 36Th
Willie B. Dunn
Manitou
Lisa Beth Hillstromb
Orlie Hillstromb
Chickasha
Fred D. Pittman
Box 205
Bob Massey
Apache
Michael Conway
J. J. Conway
Greenmeadow Drive
Iona F. Bellinger
Medi
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J. T. Stauffeur
Edna Swyden
Rosella Walker
Grandfield
Kendell Wilson
Ralph Wolverton
Tonia Hutchinson
Jimmy Hutchinson
Snyder
Thomas Anthony Cave
June Cave
Tommy Hennessee
Tom Hennessee
Iil J
David Mansell
David H. Mansell
Ora Lee Robinson
Effie Rowland
Dearborn
Ronald D. Seymour
Otis Spears
Ezuelan
Venezuela
Breakfast
Excise Board
Special Commissioners’ Meeting
Jim Maddox
Lawton High School
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