Veteran Denied Parole Bid By Oklahoma Board
Billy Cherry, an 18 year Army veteran and Vietnam décor bearer, was denied parole for a 1973 Lawton murder. Cherry, 42, faces mandatory military reentry by age 44 and kept his Army path blocked. the board also refused parole for Paul Mayabb in the Willie Drake motel murder case.
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McAlester
Lawton
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board
Billy Cherry
Cherry
Parole Board
Jackson
Army
Paul Mayabb
Willie Drake
Oklahoma City
Mayabbe
Funeral services set for Mrs Dale Ray Rigdon in Gillette
Obituary items list funerals for Mrs Dale Ray Rigdon former Lawton area resident who died in Denver Colorado from a heart attack. Services scheduled Wednesday at Nakker Mortuary Gillette with burial in Gillette. She was born October 1913 in Duncan area and lived in Lawton until 1954. Survivors include husband J L Rigdon two sons Jimmy Lynn Jr in Gillette and Michael in Denver and brother Ellsworth Ray.
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Dale Ray Rigdon
Lawton
Denver
Colo
Nackers Mortuary
Gillette
Wyo
Rigdon
Duncan
First Baptist Church
J.L Rigdon
Jimmy Lynn Jr
Mildred O. Dunn
Medicine Park
Post Cemetery
Fort Sill
Becker Funeral Home
Dunn
Savannah
Taylor L. Dunn
New Braussels
Texas
Florence Warren
Gladys Hollingsworth
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Aubrey Nation
Lufkin
Ernest Nation
Logansport
Motorcycle Trailer Recovered By Police
Police arrested a 22 year old Lawton man Monday over the October theft of a motorcycle trailer from Bomars Motorcycle Auto Sales at 203 Columbia. Detective Lt. Jay Vickers said the trailer was recovered and the suspect held in city jail. The theft trailer had been painted brown then black before this investigation. The case will go to the district attorney today for possible felony charges.
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Lawton
Bomar’s
Columbia
Jay Vickers
Vickers
Oklahoma City Market Prices Reported By State Department of Agriculture
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture released today detailed price ranges for wheat and barley across multiple towns, with wheat at 2.46 to 3.13 per bushel and barley 1.30 to 1.60. In Oklahoma City cattle and calves market activity showed feeders firm, slaughter cows and bulls near steady, with a 3000 head Wednesday auction estimate and various price points for feeder steers, heifers, cows, bulls, and hogs including 45.25 to 43.00 for barrows and gilts and 40.25 to 42.00 for 35-55 pound feeder pigs.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Beaver
Keyes
Liberal
Afton
Perryton
Muskogee
Pauls Valley
Manchester
Medford
Clinton
Weatherford
Eldorado
Hobart
Ponca City
Okeene
Watonga
Banner
el Reno
Geary
Kingfisher
Yukon
Lawton
Temple
Houston
Barley
Police Reports List Local Complainants and Thefts
A city police report lists complainants with thefts vandalism and suspicious activity across Lowton. Names include T Jones Pamela Hill Freddie Gallimore Kathy Morgan Tote Am Auto Village George Turner Bettie Bowie Roger Corney Irene Alexander Jackson Elementary School Carl Thompson A W Root Beer Betty Harris Loreta Wise Corolyn Parsint Reynolds & Associates Orville Tarkington Bruce Sanders Roberta Motts Willie Pruitt and others. The note ends with an out-of-context historical aside about William the Conqueror and England.
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Lowton
T. Jones
Kingfisher
14Th and
Jefferson
Pamela Hill
Corral
Sheridan
Freddie Gallimore
Kathy D. Morgan
Tote-Am
Auto Village
S. Sheridan
George Turner
Billifold
44Th
Cowie Road
Bettie Bowie
Pennsylvania
Apt. 4
Roger Corney
Fort Silt
Washington
Seven
Irene Alexander
Carl E. Thompson
A&w Root Beer
N. Sheridan
Betty Harris
N. 16Th
Loreta A. Wise
E. Gore
Apt. A
Ferris
Corolyn Parsint
Toft
Clinton-Herring Inc
Reynolds & Associates
Cache Road
Artington
Orville Tarkington
Verden
Southwestern Hospital
Burglary Charged Against Fort Sill Pair
Robert Lamar Hatfield and Ronnie E. Steele both 19 from Fort Sill were charged with second degree burglary in district court. They allegedly took auto parts and tools from Gate Four Auto Sales on North Sheridan after being spotted leaving the scene by Officers Whitis and Johnson. A transmission floor jack and tools were found near the fence.
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Robert Lamar Hatfield
Ronnie E. Steele
Fort Sill
Gate Four Auto Sales
N. Sheridan
Larry Johnson
Charles Whitis
Whitis
Johnson
Search Continues For Young Robber At Hudson Oil
Police pursue a suspect described as a young Black man about 5 foot 4 in gray sweatshirt and faded blue jeans who grabbed about $40 from Jess Johnson at Hudson Oil Co. 1218 Cache Road while he waited on a customer. The incident occurred near 7 30 a m Monday as Johnson stood at a gas station island asking directions to the restroom.
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Jess Johnson
Hudson Oil Co
Cache Road
Johnson
Crabtree Named Cache Mayor After Council Meeting
J M Crabtree was appointed mayor of Cache at a recent city council meeting succeeding Rex P Taylor who resigned for major heart surgery. Eugene Huddleston was appointed to fill Taylor's unexpired council term.
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Cache
J.M. Crabtree
Crabtree
Rex P. Taylor
Eugene Huddleston
Taylor
Social welfare spending climbs from 1929 to 1975
Welfare expenditures rose to 286.5 billion dollars in 1975 from 3.9 billion in 1929. The latest figure equals 1319 dollars per person, reflecting a substantial growth in social support costs over the period.
Child Beating Charges Refiled Against Sherman Couple
Charges of beating a 5 year old son were refiled in district court Monday against Mark Alan Sherman and his wife Lois after a prior dismissal for venue issues. Bond set at $500 each, with March 8 hearings. The article also notes Terrullian as the first to formulate Latin Catholic orthodoxy principles.
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Mark Alan Sherman
Lois
Lawton
Atty
Alan Foster
Sherman
David Schnitkerr
Foster
Bond
Tertullian
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Willie Pruitt
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