Funeral Rites for Local Editor William Ewald
William Ewald 37 assistant news editor for the Lawton Constitution and Morning Press died shortly before noon today in a local hospital. He formerly worked in Ardmore and as a public-relations official in an eastern bank before returning to Lawton in 1963. Survived by wife Betty and two sons Mike and David of 514 N W 58th. Services will be announced.
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Lawton Constitution
Morning Press
Jill
New Jersey
Rutgers University
Eastern Bank
Oklahoma
Ardmore
Lawton
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Mike
David
N.W
Funeral Services for Luther Littlefield at Fletcher
Funeral services for Luther Custer Littlefield 79 will be held at 2 30 p m Friday at Fletcher First Baptist Church Rev Melvin Moody and two other ministers will officiate Burial will be in Fletcher Cemetery under Dalton Funeral Home direction Littlefield born April 17 1884 in Adamsville Tennessee moved to Fletcher in 1906 he worked in general merchandise later as a Frisco Railroad agent and for Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association then at Paso Natural Gas Co He retired in 1950 and returned to Fletcher in 1952 Survivors include his wife three daughters one son a sister two brothers eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren
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First Christian Church
Claude Scott Jenkins
Lawton
B. F. Jones
Methodist Church
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Cottonville
Town
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Missouri
Here
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Pilkenton
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Rotary Club
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Oklahoma City
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Fletcher
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Fletcher First Baptist Church
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Walters First Baptist Church
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Gilbert Forrest
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Adamsville
Tenn
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Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association
New Mexico
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Zula Buffington
Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Jessie Ellis
Vadna Tayior
Arvada
Colo
Lois Kernodle
Dallas
Tex
Rain Perils Threaten Eastern DC8 Search Efforts
Rain and gusts hampered the hunt for the Eastern Air Lines DC8 wreckage in Lake Pontchartrain. Winds up to 35 mph and squalls closed in on New Orleans as a US Navy MAD aircraft prepared to probe the muddy lake bottom, where only debris has been found.
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UPI
Lake Pontchartrain
Navy
Eastern Air Lines
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The Deputy Quietly Opens Amid Controversy on Pius Silence
Atkinson Theater premiere presents The Deputy with a subdued premiere in contrast to outside protests. Herman Shumlin directs Emlyn Williams and Jeremy Brett in a restrained staging that elicits quiet applause after seven scenes.
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Herman Shumlin
Emlyn Williams
Jeremy Brett
Lyons Pushes One Cent Gas Tax Boost for Tulsa Roads
Lyons urged a one cent gasoline tax increase at a chamber lunch. He proposed rerouting 10 million highway user taxes from the state general fund to highways, pledging a 50 percent boost for the highway department and a four year program to armor coat 600 miles of roads, build roadside parks, upgrade bridges, and widen 1,660 miles. Governor Bellman supported no new taxes but did not specify stance on legislature action or public vote.
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UPI
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Chamber of Commerce Forum
Lyons
Highway Department
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Bellman
Third Blast Hits Railway Near St Augustine
A dynamite blast 10 miles south of St Augustine on the Florida East Coast Railway derailed a locomotive and several box cars. No serious injuries reported as fires affected some cars. The FEC links the violence to sabotage amid ongoing labor strikes and unnamed dynamiters.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Florida East Coast Railway
Here
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New Smyrna Beach
Miami
Filings Continue With 247 Entries in Oklahoma Delegations
The list shows 197 Democrats among 247 filings across congressional and state races. Entries include Howard Edmondson and numerous district candidates such as Barry Albert Charles A McWilliams Walter Asbery Don Baldwin Weldon Smith J Rex Huguley and others from Oklahoma City Tulsa Lawton and surrounding towns. Roles span attorney publisher dry cleaner policeman farmer and teachers with districts including Dist 5 Dist 9 Dist 7 and more.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Sid White
Midwest City
Bruno H. Miller
Tulsa
Charles A. McWilliams
Broken Arrow
Dewey, Ellis
Roger Mills
E. D. Nichols
Leedey
Russians Plan 1250 Mile Superhighway
Moscow authorities announced plans for a 1250 mile superhighway from Moscow to Chelyabinsk in the Urals. Tass reported the road will bypass cities and bridge intersecting roads.
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Chelyabinsk
Urals
Tass
Jews Win Permit to Bake Matzo for Passover in Moscow
Moscow Jews secure government permission to bake matzoh at a special bakery for Passover, starting March 28, marking the first such approval in three years according to Jewish sources.
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Moscow
Oklahoma Toll Rises With Fatal Traffic Crashes in 1964
Two men died from injuries in separate accidents as Oklahoma’s 1964 traffic toll reached 118, with three more deaths reported Wednesday. Victims include Robert Stephenson, 37, of Tulsa. Herbert Blackburn, 55, of Paris Texas. Mrs Dorothy Morgan, 4, Sand Springs. Charles Sutton, 33, Peck Kansas. and Ethel Marshall, 65, Hennessey.
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United Press International
Oklahoma
Robert Stephenson
Herbert S. Blackburn
Paris
Tex
Dorothy Morgan
Sand Springs
Charles G. Sutton
Peck
Kan
Oswald’s funeral trials and juror completion in doubt
Judge Joe B Brown indicated a high chance the jury would be completed today as eight days of questioning produced 94 veniremen and three seated jurors. Defense attorney Melvin Belli described Jack Ruby’s deteriorating health and mental state, while Ruby rests under heavy guard and hospital-like scrutiny.
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Lee Harvey Oswald
Joe B. Brown
Veniremen
Ruby
Melvin Belli
Belli
Jack
Japan studies missile battalion for Khushu substitute
The Japanese government is studying plans to station a battalion of U.S.-built antiaircraft missiles on Khushu to replace a U.S. fighter interceptor squadron withdrawan before July 1.
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Tokyo
Japan
Khushu
Formosa May Boost Raids Against China
The article discusses possible Nationalist guerrilla raids and a small scale invasion against the Chinese mainland sparked by Chiang Kai-shek's stance and France's recognition of Red China. Experts say the Nationalists could strike with about 25 000 troops by sea but lack air cover and supply capacity without U S help.
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Formosa
Charles de Gaulle
Red China
France
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Formosa Strait
Washington
Chiang
China
Fuss Over Tapping Jordan River Brings Arab-Israeli Showdown
Arab-Israeli tension climbs over Jordan River diversions as Israel plans to divert water into the Negev while Arab states rally in Cairo for a counter plan. The move risks widening conflict along the Syrian Israeli border amid Cold War pressure and a fragmented Arab leadership.
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Cairo
UPI
Israel
Jordan
Negev Desert
Baath Party
Yemen
Middle East
Amin FE Hafez
Syria
Lake Tiberias
Biblical
Sea of Galilee
Jordan Project
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United Arab Republic
Ali Ali Amer
Arab League
U.S
Pravda
Holding a Candle Expression Origins
A brief note explains the saying can't hold a candle to you as a historic English practice where a boy or apprentice held a candle while a master read. It links the lamp-bearing task to comparisons of skill or status.
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England
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