Area Men In The Services Pvt. Donald Meads Completes School
Pvt. Donald E. Meads son of Mrs Dorthy L Patterson Law son has completed a one week helicopter repair course at the Army Transportation School Fort Eustis Va Meads who entered the Army in June 1963 received instruction in the repair of tandem rotary wing aircraft.
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Pvt
Donald E. Meads
Dorthy L. Patterson
Lawson
Army Transportation School
Fort Eustis
Meads
Army
Ryan
Harry F. Lemme
Lela L. Lemme
Army Southeastern Signal School
Fort Gordon
Funeral Rites for Roxie Chaat Held in Comanche Church
Funeral services for Roxie Chaat 67 of Star Road Lawton were conducted at the Comanche Dutch Reformed church with burial in Highland Cemetery under Becker Funeral Home. A Sunday prayer service, officiated by Rev. Robert Chaat, preceded the Monday rites. Bearers named. Pearl Mae Willis also remembered with services at Ritter Dalton chapel and burial in Highland Cemetery. Victor Simpson of Dallas death noted with earlier services in Bolivar. Several military and community notices follow, including Marine officers and recruits and a 20 week repair course completion at Fort Gordon.
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Roxie Chaat
Star Rt
Robert Chaat
Pearl Mae Willis
Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Carrier hunts stormy sea for schooner Camptress
The Franklin D Roosevelt aircraft carrier and two destroyers searched the Atlantic about 160 miles east of Jacksonville Florida for the 58 foot schooner Camptress reported sinking with five aboard. Winds 45 miles an hour tore 15 foot waves as planes combed the area but no sign of the vessel or its passengers. A child was aboard with no further passenger details available.
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Miami
UPS
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Atlantic
Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Camptress
Charleston
S.C
Coast Guard
Local Coast Guard Radio Picks Up Mayday Distress Signal
A distress call was received from the Coast Guard radio station at Jacksonville Beach at 4 06 p m EST. The signal was picked up during routine transmissions and involved an international Mayday alert. Several grandchildren and great grandchildren are listed among the relatives of an unnamed individual.
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Oo Cpos Acksonville Beach Coast Guard
Union Shop Ban To Face Vote In May
Oklahoma lawmakers poised to vote in May on a constitutional amendment banning the union shop. The Oklahoma AFL-CIO halted further legal action on the right to work petition and will consent to a May 5 special election. Gov. Bellman has yet to commit to May 5 but intends to avoid counting the silent vote in any measure.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Afl-Cio
Right To Work
Ray Armstrong
Oklahomans For Right To Work, Inc
Henry Bellman
Armstrong
State Supreme Court
Bellman
Oklahoma City to hear eight sonic booms daily for six months
The FAA will run a program starting February with eight daily flights over residential Oklahoma City at speeds above sound. Air Force F104 planes will cause booms from 30 000 to 40 000 feet as Gordon Bain says public reaction will guide future overland supersonic transport plans.
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Oklahoma City
Gordon Bain
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Bain
Clinton- Sherman Air Force Base
Air Force
Altus Chamber Installs Officers For Coming Year
Harold Doughty installed as chamber president at a banquet in Central Junior High school cafeteria. Several hundred attended. Doughty succeeds Esco Robertson. New officers include Dick Maffrey as vice president and Weaver Creed as secretary.
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Altus
Harold Doughty
Chamber of Commerce
Central Junior High
Esco Robertson
Dick Maffrey
Weaver Creed
Rex Bailey
Troy Warren
T. L. Gramling
Doughty
First State Bank of Altus
Waldo E. Stephens
Oklahoma City
Esperanza Oils, Inc
Warren
Ralph Hietz
Hal Grider
Joe Buck
Johnnie Diltz
Roberson
Bailey
Gram
Ling
Joe Green
Bob Kerr
Steve Conaster
Maffry
Creed
Jimmy Aboussie
Phil Carson
Bill Appleby
Rod Warner
Charlie Blanton
Fred McElroy
Harold Skinner
First State Bank
First National Bank
Kiwanis Club
Bill F. Bentley
Ross Porter
Milton Keating
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Dodd Says Cuban Reports Signal New Military Buildup
Senator Thomas J. Dodd reports Cuban refugees cite a rising military buildup in Cuba similar to the 1962 missile crisis. A Dodd spokesman cautions on accuracy but notes a pattern of intelligence echoes earlier missile revelations.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
Cuba
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Eagles
Orville H. Tackett
Fort Sill’s Army Hospital
L. S. Griffing
Artillery and Missile Center
Tackett
U.S. Army
Donald Meads
Mrs
Howard Pahdopony
Haddon Naum
Sam Pahdopony
Fancie Lee Tate
Clayton Naum
Oliver Blackstar
Mrs. Pearl Willis
Rollo Tinkier
6Th
Arlington Church of Christ
Highland Cemetery
James Farrell
Herman Greer
Clarence Putney
John Turner
Rebel Jones
Stanley Sasser
Victor Simpson
Sterling
Dallas
Bolivar
Tex
Simpson
Denton County
Lena Shackelford
Lavina Simpson
Beatrice Mathis
Fayetta Brown
Claud
Roy
Elly
Los Angeles
Chipheeid Texas
John R. Moody
N. C. Moody, Duncan
Marine Corps Schools
Quantico
Marine Corps
James Tongkeamah
James T. Tongkeamah
Weiser Tongkeamah
Carnegie
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Parris Island
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Lemme
Waurika High School
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Coy Leggett
Jim Julian
Donald L. Mathis
Lawton
Lacy
Proctor
Vaur
Altus Chamber
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Allen
Lbt. Co
E Street
Dial
C. D. Shamburger
Umbhar
Avice
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