Amputated Boy Leads Mummers Parade Spirit in Philly
Vincent Bim Paley a 14 year old with a leg amputation will march in Philadelphia's 72nd Mummers Parade alongside his three brothers despite doctors' concerns. Funds from a community raffle and an anonymous donor provided an artificial limb and a trust fund. The parade starts at 8 a.m. with 16 000 costumed participants along Broad Street.
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Philadelphia
Vincent “Bim
Paley
Bim
Helene Paley
Broad Street
Bridge and the 25th Jacoby column milestones
The article notes Win At Bridge 1974 marks the Jacoby column's 25th anniversary and reflects on changes over 25 years in bidding and opening leads. It discusses a sample hand with West-South play and how leading from three can affect contract outcomes, referencing the Newspaper Enterprise Association. It also mentions Greece and Saturnalia in a separate blurb about a holiday day of satire and gift exchange.
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Jacoby
Jim
West
South
Greece
Momus
Rome
Santa Ransom Call Over Candy Bar Heist
In Fort Thomas Kentucky the Otto family reported a ransom call after a 5 foot plastic Santa Claus vanished from their lawn. The kidnapper demanded three Milky Way bars two Snickers and a Nestle Crunch. The family followed instructions placing loot in a coffee can on the front lawn. Police said the thief promised to call again with new instructions.
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Fort Thomas
Fred Otto Jr
Prenuptial shower honors Miss Joan Brantley bride elect
Miss Joan Brantley was honored with a prenuptial shower in the Sterling Community Center a year ago today. Hostesses included Mrs. Lee Miliam Mrs. Albert Jacobi and other local women. The report notes the social event and lists the participating hostesses. The story also reports a business consolidation in Frederick where Walter Ray Insurance merges with Homer Tilley Insurance and Real Estate Co with Howard Watkins taking over.
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Joan Brantley
Eddie P. Rankin
Sterling Community Center
Lee Miliam
Albert Jacobi
Clarence Witt
Billy Pierce
Norvel Heston
Bill Glass
Sam Braly
Erwin Seymour
Arnold Sullivan
al Musgrave
Frederick
Walter Ray
Homer Tilley Insurance and Real Estate Co
Howard Watkins
Tilley
Ron Ray
Watkins
First area baby of the year born in Lawson area
Yesteryears notes list Eddie Joe Fisher as the first area baby of the new year born to Mr and Mrs Louis E Fisher with Dr H R Seesaran returning from Trinidad on vacation. Other items include a Southwestern Hospital baby girl born to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Ridley earning the Ton Lawton Stork Derby award and social notes from the Carolyn Hunt Club and Woodrow Wilson PTA meetings.
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Constitution Files
Eddie Joe Fisher
Spec. 5
Louis E. Fisher
H. R. Seesaran
Trinidad
West Indies
Willard Johnson
Carolyn Hunt Club
L. O. Parsons
Kenneth Ridley
Duncan
Southwestern Hospital
Lawton Stork
Kate
Wichita Mountain
Ernest J. Greenwalt
H. R. Crittenden
F. E. Weller
Woodrow Wilson Parent-Teachers Association
Robbery Reported Outside Holiday Bowl
A Lawton man told police he was robbed of 38 dollars while sitting in his car in the Holiday Bowl parking lot on Cache Road. He described the suspect as a white male in his early 20s, armed with a small pistol, who fled north across Cache Road.
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Lawton
Holiday Bowl
Cache Road
Arctic Front Brings Snow Across Oklahoma in 1973
Arctic cold from a departing high pressure and a new western front bring snow to Oklahoma. Guyman reports three inches, Gage two, McAlester one. Temperatures fall to near zero in the north with highs in the teens to 20s and wind chills below. Snow spreads from the west tonight into Wednesday as another front lingers.
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Articair
Oklahoma
Guyman
Gage Two
McAlester
Tulsa
Ponca City
Altus
Cameron Sets Registration for Cameron College
Administrative offices reopen Wednesday and pre-enrolled students must pay tuition and fees by Thursday for valid pre-enrollment. Regular enrollment runs Jan 14 15 for those not pre-enrolled. Night school starts Wednesday. Freshman orientation Jan 14 1 30 p.m. in Shepler Center. Veteran freshmen attend Jan 10 1 a.m. orientation with William Lee. Day classes begin Jan 17.
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Cameron College
Shepler Center
William Lee
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Lawton Constitution—Morning Press
By Oswald and
James Jacoby
NORTH
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Santa
Yesteryears
Arctic
The
Associated Press
Mars
Curtis Mathes
Techna Iil
Techno
Lee Blvd
Cameron
Dan Glascock
8Th Street
Avenue B
Christ
Fox
F. Street
Lawton, Okia
D Avenue
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Federal Home Loan Bank System
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