Theft At Fishing Resort Probed
Sheriff Forest D. McClung investigates a burglary at Ralph Hennessee's Resort on Lake Ellsworth. Loot included 20 dollars cash a 9.50 dollar check merchandise valued over 400 dollars and fishing permits licenses. Stolen autos recovered in Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge and other local burglaries noted.
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Forest D. McClung
Ralph Hennessee
Lake Ellsworth
Chandler Creek
McClung
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Elmer Martin
Johnny Hocutt
Medicine Park
Mt. Scott
Chevrolet
James Pair
S. Sixth
W. A. Stephens
Walter Wicker
Ferris
Junior Editors Quiz on LAUGHTER
Experts explain laughter and smiles express happy feelings and stem from two emotion groups. Laughter links to joy and love, while anger fear and hate speed bodily processes. The diaphragm vibration creates the laugh, jokes surprise with familiar ideas, and humor is hard to pin down.
School Picks Its Favorites
Central junior high students vote in a special election to choose yearbook profiles. Ninth graders named to Who's Who include Ernest Sheppard and Linda Myers. Top 10 lists for eighth and seventh grades feature numerous students with roles such as best all around and most athletic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Junior High School
Mary Beth Alliizer
Ernest Sheppard
Linda Myers
Johnny Fremin
Sandra Branscom
Jack Palmer
Kathy Hooper
Bobby Dayton
Mary Logan
Lance Ozier
Linda Hansen
Kenny Hogue
Murphy Walker
Pat Treadway
Janet Becker
Monte Merritt
Fran Spradlin
Randy Abbott
Denny Baker
Tom Brillhart
Gary Capshaw
Jimmy Dossey
Jackie Cartwright
Kim Cook
Freddie Jo Hale
Vickie McDowell
Diane Smith
Keith Best
Ronnie Coppenbarger
Barry Harper
Stanley Ray
Terry Tallent
Donna Foxx
Trudy Gibson
Debra Mavity
Jill Palmer
Patti Pope
Bellmon Comments on Wilkinsons Future at Oklahoma
Governor Bellmon defends Coach Wilkinson amid talk of a new head coach and potential political plans. He notes the Feb 24 filing period for office and that Wilkinson should delay any announcement to focus on recruiting. Bellmon supports Jones as successor, backed by players and President Cross, stressing no undue pressure on OU regents.
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Wilkinson
Bellmon
Bellman
Gomer Jones
Jones
Regents
George L. Cross
Cne
Legal wrangle over Comanche secession and district lines
A peremptory writ confirms Comanche county commissioner districts set in 1910 and rules these remain legal boundaries. Debate centers on whether the western area could secede to Kiowa county, with proponents citing tax and road benefits and opponents warning of rural neglect and Kiowa orphan status. Local figures including Burns Ebisch Hennessee Powell Hess and Foley weigh the political impact.
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Board of Commissioners
Comanche County
Board of County Commissioners
Kiowa County
Cotton County
Lawton
Burns
Robert Ebisch
Central District
Lloyd Hennessee
Ray Powell
W. D. Hess
E. D. Foley
Indiahoma
Fort Sill Blvd
Kiowa
Zanzibar upheaval prompts armed guard at hotels
Karume seized power after an armed coup in Zanzibar as Britain issued evacuations. The BBC cited 400 dead in the fighting. Cross thwaite ordered Royal Navy help to remove 130 British subjects while 270 stay. Fifty five Americans linked to the U.S. space tracking station were evacuated by USS Manley earlier this week.
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Sultan
Karume
Zanzibar
Britain
British Broadcasting Corporation
Crossthwaite
Royal Navy
U.S
U.S.S. Manley
Hospital Births and Admits in Southwestern Region
Birth announcements list several newborns with times and weights from Apache, Randlett, Duncan and other towns. The section also notes admitted and dismissed patients at Southwestern Indian Hospital with names and addresses, including surgeries and medical treatments.
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Southwestern
Deborah Bryant
Don Bennett
Washington
Connie Buttram
Edmond Buttram
Roosevelt
Michael Carnahan
Ellis Wayne Carnahan
N. 40Th
Jimmy Warren Smith
Henry F. Smith
S. 26Th Pl
Martin W. Rankin
J. B. Rankin
Columbia
Fred M. Mahaffey
Indiahoma
Robert Eads
Apache
Gerald Huckleberry
George Dunham
Snyder
Jesse Orbison
Modesto
Calif
Cora Allen Herndon
Cecil Carter
Oak
Opal Mae Wyatt
John Scott
Arlington
Patsy Romines
William R. Bramlett
Ferris
Terri Day Roach
Darwin Roach
Kimberly Eckhart
Jer
Eckhart
C. C. Kirkpatrick
Rogers Lane
Sophia Miller
Grandfield
John Rupe
Walters
Dennis Edwards
Lewis Montgomery
Williams
Jessie Ann Smith
William Lawrence
Oklahoma City
Jessie Reece
Summit
Walter Swallow
Automated reconciliation new scene at Grand Central bouquet vending
At New York's Grand Central station a glass front bouquet vending machine operates for commuters. Passersby insert quarters to purchase flowers, illustrating automation extending to personal gestures in a busy transit hub.
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New York
API
Grand Central Railroad
Reserve Officers Chief Will Speak To Local Chapter
National president Brig. Gen. James E. Frank of San Francisco will address the Lawton Lawtonian Hotel meeting of the Lawton Fort Sill ROA chapter Saturday at 7 p.m. Col. Harry W. Hughes says the talk covers the national program and status. ROA, founded by Harry S. Truman, unites reserve officers across services and the Health Service with regular officer associates.
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U.S. Reserve Officers Association
James E. Frank
San Francisco
Lawton-Fort Sill
Hotel Lawtonian
Harry W. Hughes
ROA
Harry S. Truman
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Gore
Roys A. Allen
Bell
Gus Swayze
54Th
Ford
11Th and I
Joe Donley
Dodge
Jimmy
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Picard
Sheik Abdul Rahman Mohammed Babu
Timothy Crossthwaite
Zales
Quality Optical Service
Johnson
Gore EL
Sill
Don Spann
Leslie Kramer
Kinyon
P. C. Looney
Randlett
Charlie Lawley
Howard Turnbull
Frimian
Lake
Mark Wayne Dixon
William Dixon
Willie Skinner
Fletcher
Kraig Bickerstaff
W. R. Bickerstaff
Gerald Bessett
N. 30Th
Virgil Plew
Altus
Ross Collins
J. D. Collins
Donald Smith
Ash
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Cache
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Elmer Ennis
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Tom Williams
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Monroe
Terri Klaassen
Archie Klaassen
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James Stout
Mary Ann Moore
Andrews
W. C. Brooks
Western Hills Realty
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