Market Prices Jump At Trade Opening
New York stocks rose in the opening minutes with the Dow up 12.19 at noon to 1032.21 as peace talks in Paris buoy optimism. Gains led by blue chips and autos, with American Telephone and General Electric up, and cattle and hogs markets showing mixed movement in late morning trading.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Paris
Newton
Zinder
E.F. Huston Co. Inc
General Motors
Chrysler
American Telephone
General Electric
American Stock Exchange
Champion Home Builders
93rd Congress Sees More Women and Black Members
In the 93rd Congress newer faces appear in both chambers. Delaware Senator Joseph Biden will be the Senate’s youngest at 3, with multiple Southern states shifting to Republican balance. Barbara Jordan becomes the first black Texan in the House since Reconstruction, along with Yvonne Brathwaite Burke and Andrew Young.
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Washington
Senate
House
93Rd Congress
Delaware
Joseph Biden
Barbara Jordan
Houston
California
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Georgia
Andrew Young
Majorie Holt
Maryland
Elizabeth Holtzman
New York
Patricia Schroeder
Colorado
Fort Sill Names Top Soldiers in January Honors
Fort Sill selects Felix O. Izquierdo and Bernard G. Charest as NCO of the quarter and soldier of the month for December. Izquierdo, 14 years in the Army, is with the 471st Transportation Company, while Charest of the 1st Field Artillery Aviation Battalion is a clerk and personnel specialist. A 9 a.m. January 10 ceremony with Maj. Gen. Roderick Wetherill will honor them.
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Izquierdo
Puerto Rico
Charest
Vietnam
U.S. Army Aviation School
Pranksters Turn Lawton Car Side On Repeated Mornings
Gerald Oyler of 1101 South 40th reports pranksters have moved and even tipped his light foreign sports car in recent weeks. He says waking to find the vehicle turned or on its side is a surprising, tiresome surprise with no damage done.
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Lawton
Gerald Oyler
S. 40Th
Seeral
Pedestrian Hit By Car In Lawton Cited For Jaywalking
A 19 year old Lawton man Danny Ray Elms in fair condition after being struck by a car while running across Lee Street in Lawton around 7 pm Monday. Driver James Donald Trimble 24 of Fort Sill cited for speeding. Elms also to be cited for jaywalking.
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Lawton
Memorial Hospital
Lee
Danny Ray Elms
Bob Stutes
James Donald Trimble
Fort Sill
Stutes
Elms
New York City Plans 750000-Square-Foot Hudson Convention Center
New York City outlines a project to construct a 750000 square foot convention center along the Hudson River waterfront. The plan targets economic development and venue capacity in the riverfront district.
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New York City
Hudson River
Death notices Minnie McMurry
Minnie L. McMurry, 74, sister of Dr. Bill H. Howard, died about 9 a.m. Monday in a nursing home after a several months illness. Funeral pending at Greenlawn Funeral Home. Born Feb. 27, 1898 in Conasauga, Tenn, she moved to Olustee in 1913, then San Diego in 1941, and to Lawton about three months ago. Survived by Dr. Howard and three brothers Lake, Earl, Jack, and two sisters Ala Maxey and Earl Sullivan, plus a granddaughter.
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Bill H. Howard
Greenlawn Funeral Home
McMurry
Conasauga
Tenn
Olustee
San Diego
Calif
Lawton
Howard
Ash
Lake
Carlsbad
N.M
Earl
Great Falls
Mont
Jack
Gainesville
Tex
Ala Maxey
Earl Sullivan
Long Beach
William Kitchens Dies at 79 in Lawton
William Van Kitchens 79 of 113 Ave I died at 6 30 am today after a lengthy illness. Arrangements are pending with Lawton Ritter Dalton Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Alva Williams two daughters Mrs Newt Adair Duncan and Mrs Frances Shultz east of Lawton three sons R V Walters Monroe and A J 1504 Williams a sister Mrs Melisa Bowles Muskogee seven grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Funeral for Daisy Emma Smith 71 of 207 S 45th will be at 1030 am Wednesday at Becker Funeral Home chapel with Rev Forrest Siler officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survivors include four sons Jess Gilley Charley Gilley Troy Gilley and Raymond Gilley two daughters Mrs Stella Monroe and Mrs Anna Nix 906 Jefferson 23 grandchildren four great grandchildren two sisters Mrs Sarah Wilkerson Oklahoma City and Mrs Ruth O Kelly Fresno Calif two brothers Don Parker Blackwell and Haze Parker Fort Smith.
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Lawton - Ritter - Dalton Funeral Home
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Duncan
Frances Shultz
Lawton
R. V
Walters
Monroe
A. J
Williams
Melisa Bowles
Muskogee
Daisy Emma Smith
Becker Funeral Home
Forrest Siler
First Baptist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Jess Gilley
Waverley
Iowa
Charley Gilley
Glenn
Troy Gilley
Oak
Raymond Gilley
Stella Monroe
Fletcher
Anna Nix
Jefferson
Sarah Wilkerson
Oklahoma City
Ruth O'Kelly
Fresno
Calif
Don Parker
Blackwell
Haze Parker
Fort Smith
Ark
Public Records Police Reports From City Complainants
A list of complainants at Lawton Police Department shows Barfield's Package Store reporting vandalism to a storefront front glass. Others include Bonnie Odom reporting theft of clothing, Obie Andrews reporting theft of ring watch and money, and Judith Jackson reporting armed robbery at Jiffy Food Store. Several cases include thefts from autos and residences, burglaries, and vandalism across addresses in Lawton.
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Ith
Bonnie Odom
N. 40Th
Fort Silk Bivd
Obie Andrews
Wilshire Terrace
Bachelor's Hotel
First
Dearborn
Luis Adrian
John S. Bishop
Mission
Bruce Lynn Chorn
Salt Lake City
Utah
Third and Park
Tisch Hicks
N. 35Th Place
Motif Manor
N. Ith
Judith Jackson
S. Lith
Joe Thomas
Mattie Etheridge
Alvie Fulton
S. 40Th
Smith earns master's in industrial engineering at Tennessee
Larry Lynn Smith son of Mr and Mrs Lenwood Smith 2821 Lynn Circle recently received a Master of Science degree in industrial engineering from the University of Tennessee He completed degree requirements while employed full time with Eastman Kodak Company Kingsport Tennessee Smith earlier earned a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering in 1966 from Oklahoma State University where he received the outstanding senior award from the Department of Industrial Engineering
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Larry Lynn Smith
Lenwood Smith
Lynn Circle
University of Tennessee
Eastman Kodak Company
Kingsport
Tenn
Smith
Oklahoma State University
Department of Industrial Engineering
Fort Lauderdale Riots Subside With Dozen Arrests After Morning Clash
Police said Monday night was normal in a beachfront area after 25 to 30 arrests, following a New Year melee that left 27 injured. Earlier the riot drew about 5,000 youths, with 36 arrested in the dawn clash. Most arrests were for minor offenses as officers held the line. Local youths and tourists were involved, and sheriff's deputies stood ready to reinforce.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Brady
William Brady
Cam
Jack Cannon
Sheriff's Department
Charles Stover
Atlantic Boulevard
Two Oklahoma motorists die in New Year traffic
Two young men die in highway crashes as 1973 begins. A 20 year old Coalgate man, Ernest Morrison, dies after his car misses a curve on State Highway 31 north of Coalgate. Samuel Chotkey, 26, of Weleetka, is killed on I 40 near Okemah while crouching in the traffic lane.
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Coalgate
Ernest Morrison
Samuel Chotkey
Weeletka
Okemah
I-40
Chotkey
Store Holdup Suspects Sought
Police seek two black males who robbed a Jiffy Food Store at 1816 S lh around 7 15 p m Monday. An employee said a man asked for cigarettes then drew what appeared to be a shotgun and demanded cash before fleeing with another man in a waiting car.
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S. Lh
Three Inducted Into Sill's OCS Hall Of Fame
Three colonels with ties to Fort Sill were inducted into the Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame. Kenneth F. Myfelt, Louis J. Rothwell, and Ralph L. Stotts join the honor roll. Myfelt headed the TACFIRE test section. Rothwell served as OCS secretary at Fort Riley. Stotts led the 40th Ordnance Group in the Army Reserve.
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Sill
OCS Hall of
Fort Sill
Officer Candidate School
Kenneth F. Myfelt
Louis J. Rothwell
Ralph L. Stotts
Myfelt
U.S. Army Field Artillery Board
Rothwell
U.S. Army Field Artillery School
Fort Riley
Kan
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