Woman Jailed In Check Case
A 20 year old Lawton woman was arrested in a downtown bar and held for investigation on issuing bogus checks and defrauding a motel owner. She said she received merchandise for most checks and that a Fort Sill man financed clothes for her during two weeks together. Police noted the man had issued many bogus checks locally. The suspect, who had planned to file for divorce soon, said the man had left for an overseas assignment after staying at his Pennsylvania home. The motel bill totaled 20 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Southside
Tues
Kenneth Stradlery
Carl Morrow
Fort Sillman
Pennsylvania
Entertainment Center hosts new theatre group meeting
Miss Arla Guild led a gathering of Billboard and civil service employees at the Entertainment Center to discuss an independent theater organization under Special Services. The Fort Hood Little Theatre serves as a model for post entertainment with free admission. the Red Barn Players disbanded after relying on box office receipts. The group will choose its own board plays casts and director. Three Eisenhowers high school speech students closed the meeting with readings and a dramatic duet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artillery and Missile Center
Red Barn Players
Fort Sill
David Phillips
Lucille Diver
David Love
Mike Barton
Richard Garvey
Renee Maxwell
Iris Webster
Frankie Ingraham
Civil Service
Eisenhowers
Sue Jones
Chuck Lytle
Judy Mahoney
Tommie Conners
Miss Guild
Wilkinson joins GOP in Oklahoma as two party system grows
Democratic registration shifts as Bud Wilkinson becomes a Republican. Bellman promotes the move at a Jackson fundraiser and urges other Oklahoma voters to align with Republican principles. Beall Harris and Wheeler react positively while Edmondson offers no comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellman
Jackson
Miss
Bud Wakinson
Oklahoma
Republican Party
Wilkinson
Burkett
Beall
Tom Harris
Oklahoma City
Harris
GOP
Clyde Wheeler
Tulsa
Senate
U. S. Senate
J. Howard Edmondson
Edmondson Cancels OU Speech for White House Dinner
Sen. J. Howard Edmondson canceled a University of Oklahoma address to fly to Washington for a White House dinner. The OU talk was rescheduled from Thursday to February 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
J. Howard Edmondson
University of Oklahoma
Washington
White House
Damage Suits Filed In Court
Two traffic accident lawsuits were filed this week in Lawton area courts. In Superior Court Brock and Hensley sue Charles Hennessee for 67 567 88 on behalf of Florence Harris over a Sept 6 collision between a 1959 Rambler Station Wagon and a 1962 Chevrolet pickup near Lawton. In District Court Rhoads and Cocke represent Peggy L Lux as next friend in an 18 150 claim against Jewell E Cope over a Jan 11 Arlington area crash involving a 1964 Cadillac and a 1961 Chevrolet Injuries are alleged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Brock and Hensley
Florence Harris
Charles Hennessee
Geronimo
Rhoads and Cocke
Peggy L. Lux
Jewell E. Cope
Altus
Peggy J. Lux
Arlington
Miss Lux
Cope
Top Students Named By Schools
January Students of the Month at St Marys and Lawton High were announced. St Marys honorees are Kaye Pittman a junior and Ronald J Hyatt a sophomore. Lawton High seniors named are Janie Bardsher Marvin Russell Janie Green and Richard Hogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's
Lawton
Toay
St. Mary’s
Kaye Pittman
Lee Pittman
Bishop Rd
Ronald J. Hyatt
Douglas P. Hyatt
Columbia
LHS
Janie Bardsher
Fred Bardsher
Marvin Russell
M. W. Russell
Janie Green
Charles Green
Richard
Butch) Hogue
Coleman Hogue
Smith
Mine Explosion Takes 27 Lives
An explosion in a coal mine near Taipei on Monday killed 17 miners and left 10 missing as the death toll was expected to reach 27. Rescue teams hunted through the debris while officials assessed the disaster consequences.
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Taipei
Formosa
Oklahoma woman enrolls in graduate school for guidance master’s
Personal Jeanne K. Bunch, 20, daughter of Mrs. Maude Bunch of 701 F, enrolled Tuesday in the University of Oklahoma graduate school to pursue a master’s degree in guidance. A 1961 Lawton High School graduate, she earned a bachelor of science in elementary education this month at Southwestern State College Weatherford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanne K. Bunch
Maude Bunch
University of Oklahoma Graduate School
Miss Bunch
Lawton High School
Southwestern State College
Weatherford
Talks Wind Up Between Moro and Erhard
Italian premier Aldo Moro and West German chancellor Ludwig Erhard concluded two days of talks Tuesday night stressing a strong Atlantic alliance and close ties with the United States as the best guarantee for safeguarding peace and security in the free world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Aldo Moro
Ludwig Erhard
United States
Free World
Saturn 1 launches with heavy payload and radar trouble
The Saturn 1 flight proceeded toward orbit with a live second stage and a 37,700 pound satellite as ballast. Radar interference traced to a offshore ship delayed countdown from 13 to 25 minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Dryden
Space Agency
United States
Soviet Union
Cape Kennedy
Russia
Moon
Opening of Pennsylvania Turnpike marks highway era
The modern era of expressways in the United States began in 1940 with the opening of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
FAA cancels Lawton airport tower bid opening
Federal Aviation Agency officials canceled the bid opening for the Lawton Municipal airport control tower after plan changes. New plans, a five level pentagon shaped 62 foot tower, site work and power plant will require a new bid date, with a $15 deposit for plans. Ten air traffic controllers will staff the tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Aviation Agency
Lawton Municipal
Robert D. Murphy
FAA
Southwest Region
Fort Worth
Tex
Murphy
Cecil R. Green
Lawton
Shriver rules out vice presidency but hints at public office
U.S. Peace Corps chief R. Sargent Shriver said he has no aspirations for the vice presidency. He declined to name any other office he might seek and left Bangkok for Washington after a Thailand visit tied to the Peace Corps. He is related to the Kennedy family and had been linked as a potential running mate for President Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
Thailand
U.S. Peace Corps
R. Sargent Shriver
Washington
Tokyo
Kennedy
Johnson
Tobacco sponsor pulls from Dodgers radio broadcasts
In Los Angeles, the American Tobacco Co. will not sponsor the Dodgers radio broadcasts next season, breaking a ten year sponsorship run. Union Oil Co. holds the rights and cites the U.S. Surgeon General’s report linking cigarette smoking to health hazards as the reason for the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
American Tobacco Co
Los Angeles Dodger
Union Oil Co
Tobacco Company
U.S
Surgeon General's Committee
Woman Jailed As Dope Addict After Arrest
Altus Oklahoma police arrested a 29 year old woman on Tuesday for investigation of narcotics addiction. Officers first spotted her leaning against a drugstore and she resisted when being taken into custody. She admitted to being a narcotics addict en route to the station after allegedly swallowing a capsule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altus
Fifth
J. B. Smith
Police Court Disposes Municipal Judge Oaks Cases
Today in police court under Municipal Judge J Merle Oaks multiple defendants faced health permit, license, traffic and vagrancy charges. Fines ranged from 5 to 20 dollars with several bond forfeitures and public drunkenness bonds listed.
France Open to Swap Heavy Industry with Soviet Union
A Soviet French communique announced France is willing to supply complete chemical factories and other heavy industrial equipment to the USSR in exchange for Russian machinery and equipment. The accord followed the French foreign minister's week long visit and calls for expanded trade between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
France
Soviet Union
Telephone Talk At School Demonstrates Telephony Progress
Alvin Turner of Southwestern Bell Scientists spoke at Tomlinson junior high to eighth and ninth graders. Kelly Colwell, new Lawton office manager, presided. Turner showed 1912 versus modern phone conversations and explained instruments that replace human speech organs. He demonstrated a talking machine and noted benefits for people with voice loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomlinson Junior High School
Alvin Turner
Southwestern Bell ‘Telephone Co
Kelly Colwell
Lawton
A. Richardson
Turner
Fort Sill Army Hospital Births 32 Newborns in Jan 1925
Nineteen boys and thirteen girls were born at Fort Sill Army Hospital in January 1925. The record lists dozens of families with service members and spouses, detailing birth dates from Jan 17 to Jan 25 and including ranks such as S Sgt, Sp4, Pfc, Lt, Maj, and CWO along with the mothers and fathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Army Hospital
Fort Sill
Johnnie R. Hamilton
Rudolph A. Harboun
William K. Curtis
John L. Schubert
Ernest D. Seneca
Rober D. Yates
Melvin G. Hughes
Carl W. Bailey
Claude Springs
Perry R. Johnson
Sfc
Roland R. Julien
Gilbert E. Gagnon
Eric L. Stone
Charles Kinnard, Jr
Fred T. Smith
George Y. Suzuki
Pfc
Charles H. Tharpe
Ivon G. Turmel Sr
George H. Pertain
William E. Wissinger
William Salerno
Adrian K. Waalkers
Jerry K. Schwartz
Leonard Bryen
Sp4
Donald D. Halford
Guadalupe Villafranca
Mainor D. Lang
Raymond C. Albertelia
Frank Y. Rogers
Gene A. Smith
CWO
Charles R. Morrow
Tommy van Doozer
Knights Confer Degrees On 13 At Council 1287
Thirteen candidates received the first degree of Knights of Columbus Council No. 1287 in an exemplification Tuesday night at 709 Hilltop Drive. Grand knight Chris O Connor directed the ceremony naming J Michael Frascati Patrick McLoughlin Joseph S Russo John E Donohue Dick Merges Jesse O Irwin Joseph F Hager Francisco Diaz Cortes William E Sweet Robert E Roach Robert A Belie Paul Jung and Gilbert H Martinez.
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Knights of Columbus Council
Council Hall
Hilltop Drive
Chris O'Connor
J. Michael Frascati
Patrick McLoughlin
Joseph S. Russo
John E. Donohue
Dick Merges
Jesse O. Irwin
Joseph F. Hager
Francisco Diaz Cortes
William E. Sweet
Robert E. Roach
Robert A. Belie
Paul Jung
Gilbert H. Marinez
Officer Joins Unit At Center Fort Sill NCO Academy
Lt. Patrick L. McGaughy joined the Leader Preparation Course staff at Fort Sill's NCO Academy this week. He previously served a year as section commander of a Missile Detachment in Northern Greece. He is a 1962 Texas A&M graduate with a BBA and received his commission after completing the Officer's Course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick L. McGaughy
Fort Sill
Greece
McGaughy
Texas A&m
Private club workers fined for health permit violations in Lawton
In Municipal court Judge J Merle Oaks fined two workers twenty dollars each for working without health permits at the Devon Gables Lounge. Linda Kay Wilson and Robert Steve Cain were named along with Quinton Dale Elam who forfeited a twenty dollar bond for failing to appear. Ronnie B Norred, operator of the Devon Gables Lounge, received a twenty dollar fine for permitting unpermitted workers. The manager was fined ten dollars for letting an unlicensed driver operate a vehicle, while Miss Wilson paid five dollars for driving without a license after posting bond. Police also reported a Lawton man was arrested for allowing unpermitted workers at the Latin Lounge.
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J. Merle Oaks
Robert Steve Cain
Atlento
Linda Koy Wilson
Lincoln
Ronnie B. Norred
Mission
Quinton Odie Elem
William L. Fogiesong
Edrew Alvin Watts
Ferris
Martin J. Schoffer
Cannell Neugebover
Cameron
Sephine A. Lowe
Fort Sil
David Gien Harkey
Monroe
Paul R. Marburger
Ciem
Brooks
Garfield
James P. Carson
Cherokee
Herold Wayne Dixon
Muffiers
W Wittem G. Floyd
Cherry
Wilton
Hoffmen
Arlington
Atlanta
Linda Kay Wilson
Quinton Dale Elam
N. 19Th
Devon Gables
Fort Sill Blvd
Miss Wilson
Nor
Man Extradited From New Mexico Sent To Prison
Dwight Gayle Scott a 31 year old former Lawton man extradited from Santa Fe New Mexico received a three year prison term after pleading guilty in District Court to obtaining property under false pretenses He was charged with taking a sewing machine from Mrs Dorothy McHenry 1506 Garfield Sept 28 and not returning it Two additional related charges were filed but the sentence was imposed on the false pretenses count transferred from Superior Court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight Gayle Scott
Lawton
New Mexico
Scott
Dorothy McHenry
Garfield
Science Fair Theme Lights Up Woodrow Wilson Cub Meeting
Woodrow Wilson Cub Scout Pack 144 met Tuesday in the school auditorium with the science fair theme. Webelos den led opening and closing ceremonies while Den 1, led by Mrs. George Virgil, earned best attendance and Doug Virgil won uniform inspection. Awards were presented by Max Whitaker. recipients included Greg Lawson with wolf badge and arrows, Doug Virgil with gold wolf arrow and denner stripes, and Donald Benge as assistant denner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
Eldon English
Webelos den
George Virgil
Den 1
Doug Virgil
Max Whitaker
Greg Lawson
Denner
Donald Benge
Firefighters Knock Out Grass and Car Fires in City
Local firemen battled two grass fires and a car blaze this week. They extinguished a car fire at 13th and Andrews around 7:52 a.m. and put out grass fires on U S 277 north of the city at 7:34 a.m. today and 825 N 35th at 4:37 p.m. Tuesday.
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13Th
Andrews
U. S. 277
N. 35Th
Funeral Rites Set for Rev Henry F Heitfeld Pioneer Lutheran Missionary
Rev Henry F Heitfeld 81 a pioneer Oklahoma Lutheran missionary and pastor died in a Lawton hospital after a brief illness. Services Friday time pending Crews Funeral. Heitfeld organized Lawton St Johns Lutheran 1916 helped found Apache church 1907 48 years in southwest Oklahoma born August 21 1882 Bremen Kansas married Mary Werner 1914 Apache graduated Cancer Seminary 1907. Survived by wife two daughters son a sister and six grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry F. Heitfeld
Lawton Hospital
Crews
Heitfeld
Southwest
Oklahoma
St. Johns
Immanue Lutheran Church
Apache
Colorado
Lawton
Heitfled
Farn
Marie Adams
Oak
Esther Larsen
Redwood City
Calif
Paul Heitfeld
Pasadena
Tex
Minnie Sattelmeier
Enid
Ernest
Nashville Tenn
Fred
Springfield
Rudolph
Fairmont
Okla
Fight Breaks Out In Laos In Central Regions
Reports from Vientiane describe heavy fighting among Pathet Lao Vie Minh and neutralist forces. Communiques say simultaneous attacks south of Nam Theun and in Nhommarat pressure neutralist troops who retreated from Nor Theun toward Nakayir Khammouane. Neutralists estimate six Pathet Lao battalions and one Vie Minh battalion involved.
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Vientiane
Laos
UPI
Pathet Lao
Vie Minh
Nam Theun
Nhom Marat
A Muong Phanh
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Lawton Constitution
Billboard
By Bill Crawford
Camelot
McMahon Auditorium Authority
Charlotte Henderson
Lawton Community Theatre
Gigi
Alicia
Stephanie Lester Sosa
Cameron Coed
School of Drama
Wayne Littlefield
Sigma Nu-Tri Delta
Alpha Gam
Kathy Carr
Lawton Glass and Mirror Co
Cache Road Square
Saturn
Shriver
The
Lawton Morning Press
Ida M. Huston
Douglas
Ernest C. Priest
Ann Sue Warren
Angie Hotel
Sterling Rodman Moore
Toamaroo
Clifton G. Suogee
Tulse
Joseph Kiser
Wichita Falls
HFC
D Ave
Elgin
Mon
Thur
Altus Plaza
North Main St
Hudson
Wed
Thor WO
Henry Heitfeld
Ervic
Rada
Philco
Shen Sine
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