City Council Advances Waterworks Bond Plan And Ordinances
The council details long term bond issues dating from 1951 to 1961 with interest rates, funding a four year waterworks program. Planned work includes doubling Lake Lawtonka filter capacity, extending 42 inch water lines to Lawton, seven million gallon storage, and 50 miles of distribution lines. Additional actions include animal protection for police dogs, liquor bottle leakage restrictions, vending machine warehouse protests, fuel pump bids, traffic stop signs, oil lease study, annexation, and purchasing a garbage packer truck for 7800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Lawtonka
Lawton
28Th and
City Shops Committee
Rose Equipment Co
Oklahoma City
Yoder Equipment Co
Holt Pump 4 Supply
Public Property Committee
Lake Ellsworth
Country Club West 6Th
Sanitation Committee
J&r Supply Co
Redistricting Battle Hinges On 1910 Boundaries
Lawton redistricting dispute heats as the court weighs a stay of the mandamus writ while precinct changes may follow the 1910 district map. If not stayed, a special election to fill the District 3 vacancy may occur under Governor Bellman’s deadline, with boundary fixes affecting two Lawton precincts. County officials and attorneys urge the Supreme Court to rule, while City and County figures clash over the proper three district plan and population balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appeals Court
Supreme Court
James M. Ash
Lawton
Fort Sill Blvd
County Election Board
Ferris and
Gore
Phil Gafford
Election Board
Henry Bellman
Githen K. Rhoads
Arthur Cavanagh
Board of County Commissioners
Robert Ebisch
Marmaduke
Ash
R. F
the) Myers
Rhoads and Cavanagh
T. D. Nicklas
W. F. Parrish
Owen S. (Sam) Ard
Cavanagh and Rhoads
Comanche County
Myers
Ebisch
Fort Sill
Gafford
District No. 2
Lee
Indians plan factory site in Indiahoma amid water wealth
An Indian group led by Roy Meyers and Tom Gordon aims to lease land long term with option to buy for a factory. Ben Moore and Morris Eckhart support the project. Alpine Shirtmakers showcased shirts at Market Hall Dallas. Indiahoma leaders prepare a brochure to study the factory site in the water rich town 25 miles west of Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nivah
Frank Poafpybitty
Ben Moore
Indiahoma State Bank
Morris Eckhart
Indiahoma
Alpine Shirtmakers
Market Hall
Dallas
American Industrial Development
Howard Nivah
Bill Queetone
Cache
Irene Poafpybitty
Loverna Chappabitty
Lester White Pigeon
Cache Nazarene Indian Mission
Lawton
Fidel Castro Farewell Kremlin Reception Planned
Moscow AP reports the Soviet government scheduled a farewell Kremlin reception for Fidel Castro as the Cuban prime minister wrapped up his visit to the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Johnson Life Insurance Ties Linked to LBJ Co
Jenkins signed a sworn statement asserting the memorandum is true. Reynolds testified that to counter a rival bid in 1961 he agreed to buy advertising time on LBJ Co television in Austin. The LBJ Co, in which Mrs Johnson holds stock in trust, bought the insurance with about 200000 total policies and premiums paid to date. Reynolds noted $1100 in lost commissions and $50000 policy values from 1957 and 1961. He denied prior similar side arrangements with other clients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Jenkins
Reynolds
Johnson
LBJ Co
Austin
Tex
Sen
Claiborne Pell
D-R.j
Funeral notices for Hobart and nearby areas
Obituaries list Mrs. Martha Whitehorse Doy eto of Hobart died after a brief illness. Survivors include two daughters and six grandchildren. Services set at First Baptist Church in Hobart with burial in Samone Indian cemetery at Carnegie. Also noted are obituaries for Willard W. Lakin of Cache and Homer M. Lamb of Lawton with service details and survivors. Burial sites include Rush Springs and Cache cemeteries, arrangements handled by local funeral homes.
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Martha Whitehorse Doyeto
Hobart
Kathleen Parker
Harriet Moore
Mary Tanequoot
First Baptist Church of
Samone Indian Cemetery
Carnegie
Peoples Coop Funeral Home
Lone Wolf
Willard W. Lakin
Cache
Cache Methodist Church
Charles Pickens
Rush Springs Cemetery
Becker Funeral Home
Vonnie Kirkpatrick
Ben Hollander
Jim Hollander
Ted Jackson
Ao Dupler
Dale Robins
Homer M. Lamb
Lee Blvd
Ritter-Dalton
Vida Lauderback
Lawton
Connie Hill Enterprises
Assembly of God Church
Vida
William Lee Lamb
Fort Meade
U.S. Army
R. D. Perkins
Rt. 3
Tommy
Robert Lee Lauderback
Jimmy Lauderback
Wichita Falls
Tex
J. T. Lamb
Frederick
Lenora
Blackstock
Fresno
Calif
Cleo Baker
Eakley
Mildred Sallee
Pasco
Wash
Maxine Dodson
Pauline Carson
Florine Sy
Johnson proposes 1965 budget with welfare push and moon goal
The budget sketches a 1.5 billion cut from Kennedy levels and redirects savings into welfare labor education and youth programs. It calls for 14 000 Peace Corps volunteers in 1965 a 44 new dam harbor and power projects totalling 512 million and a total 1965 outlay of 2.7 billion. Johnson reaffirms a moon landing goal while seeking debt limit increases and defense pay reductions.
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John F. Kennedy
Johnson
United States
Congress
Peace Corps
Commodity Credit Corporation
Agriculture Department
Indian Meeting On Tap Tonight
K A McClure Cameron College spokesman will outline methods to expand the Indian Education Workshop tonight at 7 30 p m The meeting moves to the Lawton Chamber of Commerce and aims for broader participation in community projects The group started a year ago and has linked with Carnegie and other groups with support from OU Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies and the Bureau of Indian Affairs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. A. McClure
Cameron College
Fort Sill Indian School
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Harry Wallahdooah
Carnegie
OU Southwest Center For Human Relations Studies
Bureau of Indian Affairs
PASTEETH Tooth Powder Improves Denture Stability
PASTEETH is an improved powder sprinkled on upper or lower plates to hold false teeth firmly in place. It prevents sliding and rocking and leaves a pasty taste or feeling. CEETH is alkaline and does not sour. It helps curb plate odor and refreshes breath. Get FASTEETH at any drug counter.
Ruby on President's death prompts venue rise request
Ruby testified about his feelings after the President's death and denied knowing Oswald, while defense lawyers push for a delay and a change of venue. He recalled a 1959 trip to Cuba and specialists argued he has an organic brain disorder affecting impulse under stress.
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Melvin Belli
Joe Tonnhill
Oswald
Ruby
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U.S
Mutiny in Tanganyika Gains African Army Command
Tanganyika mutiny leads to replacement of Brig. Patrick Sholto-Douglas by Lt. Elisha Kavana as commander of the Tanganyika army. The BBC said Dar es Salaam reported quiet after the night, and the U.S. reported about 1,300 Americans safe, including 165 government employees. The unrest followed Zanzibar’s leftist coup.
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British Broadcasting Corporation
Dar Es Salaam
U.S. State Department
Tanganyika
U.S
U.S. Information Service
Peace Corps
Zanzibar
Dar Es Salaam Radio
Elisha Kavana
Patrick Sholto
Talk On Speech Given For Club
Alvin Turner of Southwestern Bell gave a demonstration on the Miracle of Human Speech to the Lawton chapter of the National Secretaries Association. Cedric Bourn assisted. program chair Deloris Carpenter announced new member Bonnie Heskett. Lilly Mae Frazier and Martha Saffit conducted the ceremony. plans for a March 2021 division meeting were announced with several local and Wichita Falls guests attending.
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Alvin Turner
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Lawton
National Secretaries Association
Cedric Bourn
Southwestern Bell
Deloris Carpenter
Bonnie Heskett
Lilly Mae Frazier
Martha Saffit
Patricia Palmisano
Darlina Scroggins
Wichita Falls
Leona Evans
Lois Robinson
Nella White
Bobby McFarland
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Council
Anadarko
Roy Meyers
The
Indiahoma Jaycees
Tom Gordon
Richard Stoll
Spider‘s
King Merritt & CO. Inc
Roy N. Guzzle
Columbia
Martha Doyeto
Willard Lakin
Eco
Ose
Defense Department
Kennedy
Department of Urban Affairs and Housing
Department of Housing and Community Development
Lth
Western Hills Realty
Leva
Aavenue Telel
DeWitt
Bell-ans
Orangeburg
N. Y
Philco
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