Harris Seeks Capital Talks On Oklahoma Water Plan
Fred R. Harris of Lawton, Democratic candidate for the unexpired Kerr Senate term, will fly to Washington Sunday for talks with federal officials. He aims to discuss Oklahoma water program policies with the Agriculture Department the Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation. He will also meet Don McBride and return Thursday.
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Fred R. Harris
Lawton
U. S
Robert S. Kerr
Washington
Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture
Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Harris
Don McBride
Sen
Kerr
Mike Monroney
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lawton School Election Set For March 24
The Lawton school district will hold its general election on Tuesday March 24 to choose a Ward 3 board member to replace Glenn Dutcher and to decide on a five mill building levy. Filing runs March 4 through 14 with candidates from Ward 3 filing a declaration of candidacy. The board of education consists of five five year terms and will reorganize at the April meeting with new officers elected.
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Lawton
Glenn Dutcher
Justin Kuntz
Board of Education
Dutcher
Sam Joyner Jr
Harold Short
Howard Babbitt
Lawrence Sheffield
Funeral Rites for John Edd McGuire
John Edd McGuire 67 of 107 S Seventh died on arrival at a local hospital after a heart attack. Services set for Saturday at Lawton Funeral Home chapel with Dr H Tom Wiles officiating and burial in Highland Cemetery. He served in WWI, worked Civil Service at Fort Sill and Camp Chaffee, and was a member of several veterans and fraternal groups. He married Willie J Guthrie in 1930 and is survived by his wife, a daughter, two sisters, a brother, and three grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Edd McGuire
Lawton Funeral Home
H. Tom Wiles
First Baptist Church
Highland Cemetery
Mr. McGuire
Shaw, Kaw
Willie J. Guthrie
Walters
Scofield Barracks
Honolulu
Hawaii
Fort Sill
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Lowery- Whitehead American Legion
Lawton
Mrs. Mary E. Hillis Rites Set At Cyril Assembly Of God
Mrs. Mary E. Hillis 66 a Cyril area resident for 39 years will be honored Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Cyril Assembly of God church. She died Thursday in a Cyril hospital. Burial is in Elgin cemetery with Cyril Funeral home directing. Born May 1 1897 in Poteau she moved to Cement in 1924 then Cyril in 1959 living with her daughter since 1963. She married James Hillis in 1922. he died in 1939. Survivors include eight daughters two sons five brothers one sister eight stepchildren 38 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
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CYRIL
Mary E. Hillis
Cyril Assembly of God
Cyril Hospital
Earl Ostrom
Charles Abney
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Elgin Cemetery
Cyril Funeral Home
Poteau
Cement
Leon Janousek
James ©. Hillis
Lane
Janousek
Lorene Hamm
Arcata
Calif
Peggy Moller
San Jose
Billie Baker
Willow Creek
Mary Belemecich
Monteco
Ola Mae Emery
Portland
Ore
Melba Trotter
Dallas
Tex
Ganetta Smith
Burkville
Carl Wilkerson
Woodland
Sewell Hillis
John Simmons
Veterans of World War I Install 1964 Officers
The Veterans of World War I group installed 1964 officers at their Thursday meeting in Peoples Baptist Church with Arne K. Hovind presiding. Ray Chamberlin named commander, with Ernest Floyd first vice commander H W Lanmann junior vice commander George Jorgenson quartermaster W A Kendall trustee Pete Jepsen chaplain L R Ehler and Ed Callahan sergeants at arms. Charles Fowler past department commander acted as installing officer. Ladies Auxiliary members served lunch after.
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Peoples Baptist Church
Arne K. Hovind
Ray Chamberlin
Ernest Floyd
H. W. Lanmann
George Jorgenson
W. A. Kendall
Pete Jepsen
L. R. Ehler
Ed Callahan
Charles Fowler
Ladies Auxiliary
Largest octopus in captivity at Marineland
The Marineland of the Pacific Oceanarium on the Palos Verdes Peninsula announced a new 80 pound octopus with eight foot tentacles. The creature was captured last month in 360 feet of water off Zuma Beach in Southern California.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Pacific Oceanarium
Oceanarium
Palos Verdes Peninsula
California
Zuma Beach
Voting begins in Nagaland's first state legislative assembly
Nagaland holds elections as the 16th state begins its first legislative assembly vote. The creation followed an eight year push by Naga tribes toward statehood after confrontations with the central government led by Prime Minister Nehru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
UPI
Nagaland
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Rosetta Stone of American archaeology found in Mexico
A National Geographic Society expedition unearthed a steel fragment in Mexico dubbed the rosetta stone of American archaeology. The artifact bears a date equivalent to 291 B.C. the oldest known date recorded in the New World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Mexico
New World
Shoplifter Seized In Downtown Store For Matching Coat
A 12 year old shoplifter was arrested in Levine's store at Fourth and D about 4 p.m. Thursday after returning to match pants with a coat stolen the day before. Lt. Hawkins said the youth, a county ward, was turned over to juvenile authorities. The coat was recovered at the boy's east Lawton home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Hawkins
Vine’s
V. B. Langford
Lawton
OU Plans Busy Summer Insitutes and Grants
OU president Dr. George L. Cross announced nine summer institutes on campus funded by eight NSF grants allowing hundreds of teachers and students to study mathematics chemistry zoology botany and geography. An extra 112000 from the U S Office of Education funds training for secondary school French and Spanish teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Perry
Dallas
University of Texas Atlas
Police Court Dockets Reveal Wide Range of Traffic Infractions
Today's police court list shows numerous defendants with violations from speeding and running stop signs to improper registration and no valid license. Fines range from 5 to 29 dollars, with several bond forfeitures and suspended fines noted.
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Vernice W. Motley
Wichite Falls
Peter A. Delucie
Evond
Zertine Harris
Arthur J. King
Jett W. Mauldin
Ringling
Hoover C. Senders
Lawton Hotel
Nettie F. Woilth
Jerry W. Spivey
Everett J. McDuttie
Guy A. Shackelford S
William ©. St John
Anthony J. Schwite
Loke
Jerry JA. Granom
Sth
Glen G. Oberkrom
Clifford A. Cantwell
Lee Noel Benford Jr
Donald M. Sherry
Colombie
Geraldine Hinton
Washington
Elim
Martha Oliver
John C. Holt
Baldwin
Samuel Hill
Ernest
Russ
John W. Shehen
Arthur Atkins
Euclid
Lorene J. Stigier
Anne Moe Kirk
Duncan
Eddie Williams
Wolds E. Oney
S. I.th
Aia
Thieves Steal Papal Gift Monstrance In Turin Shrine
Thieves stole a silver monstrance donated by the late Pope John XXIII to the Madonna of the Roses shrine in Turin, Italy. Church officials said the vessel is worth about 800 dollars and their concern centers on the papal gift.
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Turin
Italy
UPI
John XXIII
Panama Crisis Sparks U S Panamanian Clashes
Sniper fire casualties rise as U S soldiers suffer four wounded and later six as the army directs return fire. Panamanian mobs flood the Canal Zone, damage buildings, and force evacuations while Gen O Meara imposes military control and closes schools.
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U.S
Panama
Canal
U.S. Army
Canal Zone
Balboa High School
Canal Police
United States
U.S. District Court
Ancon
Panamanian
Augusto Guillermo Arango
Washington
Panama City
Augusto Rango
Colon
Caribbean
U.S. Information Agency
Pan American
Braniff Airways
Goodyear
Firestone
U.s.la
Chase Manhattan
National City Bank
O'Meara
Hoffa Trial Delay Denied in Tennessee Court
Federal Judge Frank Wilson denied a delay request from Thomas Ewing Parks in Hoffa's jury tampering case. Jury selection for the January 20 trial proceeded with about 200 prospective jurors. Hoffa’s team may file a separate bid for a 60 day postponement citing illness and NLRB actions in China.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Wilson
Hoffa
Detroit
James C. Haggerty
Teamsters
Nashville
Cache Road Plans Third Texas Oklahoma Sidewalk Art Show
Members of the Cache Road Square Merchants Association vote to sponsor the third annual Texas Oklahoma Sidewalk Art Show. The event runs May 8 9 10 with prize money totaling 850 dollars raised, said president Herb Stonehocker.
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Cache Road Square Merchants Association
Herb Stonehocker
Americans Used 58 Pounds of Paper in 1899
The record notes that in 1899 each American consumed 58 pounds of paper, whereas current consumption exceeds 410 pounds per person, indicating a sharp rise in paper use over time.
Argentine Plane Crash Kills 29 in Argentina
A twin engine DC3 of ALA Airlines crashed near Zarate after attempting an emergency landing. 29 people died including four Americans Mary Bruce Goldie Ryan Thelma Ryan and Tom Jewell. Two Argentines survived in serious condition and a German engineer died in Buenos Aires. The flight from Santa Fe to Buenos Aires stopped in Rosario.
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Zarate
Argentina
UPID
ALA Airlines
Buenos Aires
U.S
Mary Bruce
Sunnyvale
Calif
Goldie Ryan
Albuquerque
N.M
Thelma Ryan
Playa del Rey
Tom Jewell
Rosario
Santa Fe
Paper price cuts by two producers in coated stock
Two coated paper producers, Oxford Paper Co. of New York and Consolidated Papers Inc. of Wisconsin Rapids, cut prices to 5 dollars per ton amid competitive pressures. The reductions partly offset a 10 dollar per ton increase set by major producers on October 1.
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New York
UPI
Oxford Paper Co
Consolidated Papers Inc
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Seven Indian Skeletons Found During Hartshorne Lake Expansion
Hartshorne Oklahoma area officials disclose seven skeletons probably from Indian burial grounds were unearthed by earth movers while enlarging Hartshorne City Lake for a larger water supply. One grave held a woman and baby. others buried separately. Legal action may require state attorney general input on disposition. health survey asked.
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Hartshorne
Hartshorne City Lake
Pittsburg
Arvil Barnes
Richard Penix
Penix
Oklahoma Department of Health
Barnes
Bookie Hires Diesel Train for Son’s Return to School
Bookie Arthur Rigby, based in Fleetwood, rented a two car diesel train at 25 pounds to transport his 16 year old son Fred back to his boarding school. He said the move would give British railways a little extra business.
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Bookie
Fleetwood
England
UPI
Arthur Rigby
Fred
British Railways
Rigby
Nix Contemplates Oklahoma U S Senate Bid
Kirksey Nix of McAlester a state Court of Criminal Appeals judge says he is interested in the coming U S Senate race. He notes he would likely resign from the court if he runs and says Democrats seek another candidate.
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Oklahoma City
Kirksey Nix
McAlester
State Court of Criminal Appeals
U. S. Senate
Nix
U. S
J. Howard Edmondson
Fred Harris
Raymond Gary
Senate
Court
Vance Named McNamara Aide at Defense Department
Washington UPI Cyrus R. Vance named to succeed Roswell Gilpatric as deputy secretary of defense. Gilpatric will leave Jan 20 to return to law practice in New York after Senate probe into the TFX contract. Stephen Ailes nominated to succeed Vance as undersecretary, both West Virginia natives.
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Washington
UPI
Army
Cyrus R. Vance
Johnson
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Defense Department
Gilpatric
Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
New York
Senate
Vance
Stephen Ailes
West Virginia
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Pedasi
Nombre de Dios
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Veterans’ Group
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McNamara
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