City Council Moves On Zoning, Equipment, and Signs
City council tabled action on Oklahoma Vending Co permit for a 28th and E business site amid resident and Cameron College opposition while zoning may allow the stay. The body endorsed street department bids for a 1964 Case tractor with backhoe at 4827.85, appointed Bill Shotts as heavy equipment operator, approved installation of stop signs at 34th and Liberty and 24th and Erwin Lane, and rejected signs at 20th and Lincoln and Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron College
Lawton Metropolitan Area Planning Commission
Manville Redman
Copeland Equipment Co
Bill Shotts
Frank Murphy
34Th
Liberty
24Th
Erwin Lane
Lincoln
Williams
28Th
Gore
Lula E. Brooks
Vernon Addition
Larrance Street
Northside
Library Board
R. M. Dodson
Defense Plant Vending Profit Shares Denied
Miami vending operator Eugene A Hancock testified before the Senate Rules Committee that commissions from Melpar Inc vending in Falls Church Virginia were not to be shared with former aide Robert G Baker. He said he would receive a one percent gross sales commission on machines and a quarter of one percent on cafeteria food. Baker denied involvement. The hearing follows Baker's resignation amid probes into outside business interests and ties to a Florida land venture involving Sen George A Smathers and Scott I Peek.
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Washington
Miami, Fla
Senate
Washington Area Defense
Robert G. Baker
Eugene A. Hancock
Automatic Vending Services, Inc
Interstate Vending of
Chicago
Falls Church
Melpar Inc
Hancock
Senate Rules Committee
Melpar
Carl T. Curtis
Rneb
Baker
Curtis
Interstate
Florida
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Scott I. Peek
Smathers
High School Teacher to Wed Millionaire in Dallas
Norma Knobel a 25 year old Richardson High School history teacher plans to marry Lamar Hunt 31 in January. She will quit teaching to become a full time housewife. The couple says this will be her first marriage and his second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Lamar Hunt
Norma Knobel
Miss Knobel
Richardson
Hunt
City Sales Still Third In State
Garfield county fell from first to third in total October 1963 retail sales in Oklahoma with Lawton retaining third city status at 126 737 50 dollars. Enid followed with 122 189 19 dollars while Comanche County ranked fourth at 133 258 68 dollars. Oklahoma and Tulsa counties led in sales.
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Garfield County
Comanche County
Oklahoma
Lawton
Enid
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Garfield
Comanche
Grady
Tulsa
Lawton City
Harmon
Greer
Jackson
Kiowa
Tillman
Caddo
Stephens
Jefferson
Duncan
Stephens County
Oklahoma County
Tulsa County
Police Court Dispatches From Today’s Municipal Session
Police court cases disposed by Judge J Merle Oaks list defendants and fines. Miles 28 violation of license restraint 20 bond forfeited. Knotts 28 exceeding safe speed 10. Russell 49 failure yield right of way 5. Brown 501 Carver running red light 10. Mills Jr 15 exceeding safe speed 5 improper muffler 5. Reynolds 18 exceeding safe speed 15 improper muffler 20. Whitten 52 following too closely 5. Harris 42 exceeding safe speed 10. Barker 1401 assault and battery 10. Kaufman Wichita Falls assault and battery 10. Jones 151 Garfield vagrancy 15. Public drunkenness two 15 fines and one 10 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Merle Oaks
Allie Moe Miles
Bell
Richard D. Knotts
Summit
Virgil Lee Russell
Hottie Moe Brown
Carver
Rex E. Mills Jr
Charles G. Reynolds
Lindsey H. Whitten
Ernest Harris
Dearborn
Bill Barker
Assovit
Roy Kaufman
Wichite Falls
Assouit
Fred Jones
Garfield
Two Drivers Get Fines in Court Plea Deals
Lester H. Jones, 28, Fort Sill, pleaded guilty to reckless driving and received a $250 fine plus costs. Clifford E. Clark, 54, of 4523 G, pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and was fined $100 with 10 days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester H. Jones
Fort Sill
Clifford E. Clark
Panama tensions flare as flag agreement tested amid riots
In Panama City chaos followed a week of rioting. US embassy staff evacuated, schools reopen, and a joint OAS peace authority convenes without decisions. Panama cuts relations with the United States as border patrols are planned and lawmakers in Washington condemn the flag concession.
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Panama City
U.S
Balboa
United States
Panama Republic
Balboa High School
Canal Zone
Panama
Ancon
Roberto Chiari
OAS
Washington
Panamanian National Guard
Manuel Trucco
Chile
Peace Authority
William Beldon
Andrew P. O'Meara
George Mabry
Julio Cordoves
Panamian National Guard
Floy Bendetti
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
England
Armistead Selden
Baptist Group Holds Evangelistic Conference at Cameron
Rev. Charles Baggett as new Calvary Baptist pastor led the evangelistic conference for the Comanche Cotton Baptist association at Cameron Baptist Church. The event included chili supper, pastors, and music directors with plans for the Baptist Jubilee Revival in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Baggett
Calvary Baptist Church
Comanche-Cotton Baptist Association
Cameron Baptist Church
Dan Pruitt
Cameron Baptist
Tion
Ronnie Boardman
Southside Baptist Church
Georgia Hotchke
Kenneth Hayes
Truck Involves FiveYearOld in Lawton Street Crash
A five year old Lawton boy, David Wingate of 1810 Pollard, was brought to Memorial hospital after a pedestrian collision on Sixth south of E. He ran into a 1960 Ford pickup driven south by Raymond Crook, 1627 N. 26th, while crossing the street. He sustained facial and head injuries not described as critical. Local traffic officer C W Mills reported the incident occurred as the boy was returning to his grandmother Mrs Mae Hobbs at 613 F.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Memorial Hospital
David Wingate
Pollard
Mae Hobbs
C. W. Mills
Mills
Raymond Crook
Stilwell to vote on $75,000 water bond issue
Stilwell residents will vote January 21 on a 75000 water improvement bond to supplement an earlier 450000 waterworks bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stilwell
UPS
Snowstorm Binds Cities Strands Lawmakers and Crews
A major winter storm paralyzed travel as 2,300 city workers and responders battled snow. Delays hit Riders in New Jersey while the Lincoln Tunnel and airports closed. 300 motorists stranded in Brooklyn, crews mobilized, and lawmakers in upstate New York used cots in fallout shelters. Across states, ships faced distress and mass closures followed.
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New Jersey
Lincoln Tunnel
Transit Authority
Brooklyn Parkway
New York
Senate
Walter J. Mahoney
Capitol
Miami
Camptress
Atlantic
Middlesex Trader
Bermuda
Coast Guard
Boston
Logan International
Wilkes-Barre
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Highways Department
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
St. Rita’s Hospital
Lima
Ohio
Delphos
Robert Wegesin
Don Paddock
Alexandria
Ind
Pony Express
Indiana
Indianapolis
Chicago
New York Central
Georgia State Senate
Kentucky
Jacksonville
State School For the Deaf
Lake Jacksonville
Missouri
Illinois
Colorado
Alabama
Tennessee
Michigan
Connecticut
Virginia
Wisconsin
New Hampshire
Lawton Youths Nominated for Service Academy Exams
Six Lawtonians among 32 from the sixth district nominated by Rep. Victor Wickersham to take service academy exams. Final selections rest with the academies with specific vacancy allocations for West Point Naval Air Force Merchant Marine and Oklahoma state slots. Nominees include Robert D. Sander Seiling and others from Hobart Anadarko Guymon Altus Lawton Chickasha and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seiling
Michael FE. Smith
Hobart
Don W. Rakestraw
Walter Morris
Anadarko
Stephen M. Lightner
I. M. Lightner
Guymon
Naval Academy
Paul E. Wilson
Altus
Gary
Cache man enters race for District 3 commissioner seat
Paul Janow, 42, a road construction foreman from Cache, announced his candidacy today in a special primary to fill the vacancy created by the death of James M. Ash. Janow will seek the regular primary for a two year term and has lived in Cache since 1937. Gov Bellman received official notice of the vacancy as county attorneys study district boundaries amid a pending court case challenging a 1910 redistricting order that would place much of Lawton’s western area in District 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cache
Comanche County
James M. Ash
Henry Bellman
Chester B. Silvers
Paul Janow
Bellman
Board of County Commissioners
Phil Gafford
J. D. Durham
Arthur J. Marmaduke
Lawton
Food Distribution Opens in Lawton This Week
Lawton families eligible for surplus foods under the state welfare program are reminded that January commodities distribution runs Wednesday through Friday. District No. 1 county commissioner Robert Ebisch says foods will be handed out from 8:30 to 11:15 a.m. and 1 to 3:15 p.m. Recipients should bring containers for taking the surplus foods home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Friay
Robert Ebisch
Kennedy to Meet Sukarno Over Malaysia Crisis
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy departs for Tokyo to discuss the Malaysian situation with Indonesian President Sukarno. White House officials say talks may cover border incidents in North Borneo and a provision in the foreign aid bill restricting aid to Indonesia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
Sukarno
White House
Kennedy
Tokyo
Andrew Hatcher
Malaysia
U.S
North Borneo
Indonesia
United States
West New Guinea
FASTEETH Alkaline Powder for Secure False Teeth
Advertisement notes that many denture wearers face embarrassment when plates slip and suggests FASTEETH a non acidic powder to sprinkle on dentures. It claims the product helps teeth hold firmer and feel more comfortable while preventing souring and bad breath. Available at drug counters.
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Partment
Highway Department
Oklahoma Vending Co
28Th and E
Lawton Constitution
Defense Plant
Denver
Ed C. Johnson
St. Joseph Hospital
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Nashville, Tenn
Pierre Salinger
Eisenhower
Nashville
Tenn
Salinger
California
Moscow
Valentina Tereshkova Nikolayev
Valentina
Gon Nikolayev
Earth
Top Okie City
Tulse
Lowton
Bortiesville
Muskogee
Norman
Ponca City
Ardmore
Wolters
Chickasha
Anodorko
Hollis
Wourike
Frederick
Horne
Sheridan and
Gore EL
House
Rep
William Cramer
R-Fla
Baptist Group
Lawton Boy
Dalton Business College
Ft. Sill Blvd
The
Lawton Morning Press
Gary K. Pinkston
Richard Allen Williams
Merchant Marine Academy
Charley Brannum
Chattanooga
James E. Johnson
Gerald M. Martin
Davidson
Larry Mayes
Gary D. Rossi
Leland Snell
Buffalo
Paul Weber
Elgin
Charles McCarty
Paul S. Allen
Samuel Harding
Commissioner Post
Cache Road
Sikho
TEL
Robert Kennedy
BUICK
Norton
Cadillac CO
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