Three More Bodies Found In Coates House Fire Toll Rises
Kansas City authorities say three more victims were recovered from the ice-coated debris of the Coates House hotel raising the death toll to 16 in the weekend blaze. Among the dead were two small children. twelve are still unaccounted for as investigators probe whether more bodies remain in the six story hotel ruins. The fire began on an upper floor and officials expect the search to continue through the week with an all night guard posted at the scene.
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Wreck Claims Fletcher Man in fatal 1:35 a.m. crash near Cyril
Edward Love 19 died en route to Anadarko hospital after his eastbound car left SH 19 three miles west of Cyril, struck logs and dirt, flipped and jumped a creek. He was a Fletcher High School graduate and veterinary assistant. Funeral Tuesday at First Baptist Fletcher with burial in Fletcher Cemetery. Survivors include mother Jimmie Sue Turner and sister Jeannie Love.
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Lorena Mitchell
Duncan
Hazel Love
Nora Carpenter
Chickasha
Katie Bridges
Anna Love
Frigid area endures continued rainfall and cold highs
Rainfall persisted on the frigid side with today and Tuesday forecast to reach the mid to upper 30s. Tonight’s low should hover around 20. Saturday brought mild flirtation with a 48 degree high, then plunged to the low 20s by night. Sunday’s high barely reached freezing with subfreezing temperatures again Sunday night.
Mercy flights amid Ohio snow storm crippled highways
Army and National Guard helicopters ferried kidney patients and medicine to an 89 year old near Columbus and moved over 200 pounds of food to utility workers at a Coshocton County substation. Volunteers in Cincinnati used four wheel drive vehicles to reach 20 counties across three states delivering 15 tons of milk and groceries. Coast Guard planes airlifted 15 tons more to feed 17,000 people across Ohio Kentucky Indiana. Ice jams on the Ohio and Muskingum rivers impeded vessels while dynamic blasts loosened ice near Philo.
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Walters Theater Fire Destroys Thompson Venue
Walters patrons left after the final show about 10 minutes before a blaze gutted the Thompson Theater built in 1919. State Fire Marshals at the scene, fire units from Duncan Temple and Walters battled flames for about three hours, preventing spread to nearby buildings.
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Conference Draws Great Plains Area Voc Tech Staff in Oklahoma City
About 25 faculty members and administrators from the Great Plains Area Vo-Tech Center attended a state Vocational Technical Education Mid-Winter Conference in Oklahoma City Friday and Saturday. The conference featured a series of specialized meetings.
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Lighter Side Of The News Offers Odd Local Tales
In Seattle a masked gunman delays a robbery by two hours as the pharmacist confirms the crime was already carried out and substitutions are taken. In Westbrook Maine a rescue team delivers a baby in a moving vehicle, the fourth time they have done so together. In Miami a firefighter commutes seven hours daily for his job, moving his family to a piney woods plot near Gainesville to keep working.
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Lunch program finances and serve rules in Lawton schools
Lawton school lunch program operates at a break even level with hamburger meals costing about 58 to 60 cents. Plans for a two year state lunch initiative exist to cut plate waste but no setup details are announced. Expanded offer or serve rules could require cafeteria retraining and remodeling once federal guidelines arrive.
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Lawton
Meers store cited as relic of Wichita Mountains boom
Meers gold boom era site at the Gold Bell Cyanide Mill near Roosevelt is on the State Inventory of Historic Places and may join the national register. The Meers store, still a functioning country store and community center, sits on land owned by Charles Dickens and Wayne Rowe Sr. The building moved several times since 1902, originally the Mount Sheridan Drug Company, and is now a key remnant of early mining camps in the Wichitas including Craterville Oreana Golden Pass Wildman and Camp Doris.
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Family of Seven Found Dead in Utah Home
Police say seven members of the Martinez family died of asphyxiation from a faulty furnace with temperatures up to 112 degrees noted in the home. Carbon monoxide tests will determine autopsy necessity as relatives discovered the scene Sunday afternoon. Names include Ruben Martinez 22 Ernestina 26 and six children ages 2 to 16. The furnace thermostat was broken with only an on off switch, and investigators describe the baby’s room as the hottest.
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Ruben
Chard
Lawrence
Robbers Take Pizza Cash From Delivery Man
Two men robbed a Sub by's Pizza driver near 14th and Baldwin at about 2:15 a.m. Sunday, taking about $40 in cash and a pizza. Vernon Spicer, 2310 N Fort Sill Blvd, said one robber pistol-whipped him and demanded the money and pie during the delivery.
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Subby’s Pizza
Fort Sill Blvd
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Spicer
Lawton Hears HUD Distressed City Funding Debate
Fleming outlines HUD funds to spur private investment in local economies and neighborhood revitalization. Council members questioned Lawton's distress status last year, noting it was the only Oklahoma city meeting HUD criteria. Seven backed pursuing the grant while three opposed the measure.
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Fleming
Lawton
Oklahoma
Funeral for Lena Howeah McArthur Missionary Resident of Lawton
Mrs. Lena Howeah McArthur 72 a missionary and Lawton area resident died early today in a Joplin Missouri nursing home Funeral is pending with Martin Funeral Home in Elk City She was born March 29 1905 south of Lawton Oklahoma a registered Comanche Indian she married Rev Perry McArthur August 30 1930 They served as missionaries to Indians in Arizona and lived in Sweetwater Oklahoma In 1943 they moved to a farm near Garfield Grandfield Mr McArthur died June 8 1977 She is survived by daughter Doris Jean Caldwell Joplin and son Perry Jr Los Angeles five grandchildren One son preceded her in death in 1961.
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Perry Jr
Los Angeles
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Swifts Catch Insects In Flight With Speed And Agility
Swift birds display high speed and precise maneuvering to snatch insects midair, using rapid aerial dives and agile turns to capture prey. Their flight prowess allows efficient foraging across open skies.
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