Fourth of July observance rules for Lawton area
City fireworks limited to designated areas with police and firemen on duty. Fireworks banned in all other city and county areas and in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge where penalties up to 500 dollars and six months in jail may apply. State patrol lake duty remains, offices close, and schools and businesses observe holiday.
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52Nd Street
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Roger Johnson
State Highway Patrol
Cameron College
Lawton
City council renews rain making pact amid bill adjustment debate
Council renews the rain making pact while Ladusau seeks partial payment of a water bill amid questions of city labor. Cleo Craig supports adjustment citing meter installation delays for new homes. City Attorney Cude says no provision allows such adjustments and notes fireworks discharge policy confusion at Elmer Thomas Park and West Gore Boulevard.
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Cleo Craig
Wayne Smith
Jerry Cude
Cude
Bob Ensley
Fair
Eisenhower Elementary
Gore
Beller
Smith
Elmer Thomas Park
West Gore Boulevard
Nance
Glascock
Gore Boulevard
Willie Hopkins
Whitaker
July Fourth Picnic Draws Big Crowds at Fort Sill Landing Strip 15
A large crowd is expected for the Association of the United States Army Fourth of July picnic at Fort Sill Landing Strip 15. The bring your own food event starts at 4 p.m. with a 9 p.m. fireworks show, model airplane, sky diving, karate, trampoline exhibitions, a variety show, games, and prize drawings. Tickets are 50 cents, and prizes include cash bonds and merchandise from local businesses. Traffic directions to the site are provided and signs will guide attendees.
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Fort Sill’s
Association of the U.S. Army
Southwest
Fort Sill Sport Parachute Club
77Th Army Band
Fort Sill
Landing Strip 15
U.S. 277-281
Oklahoma 49
Apache Gate
Lawton Newspapers Subscription Rates and Details
Lawton publications list multiple delivery options and prices for the Constitution Press and Sunday editions, with carrier and mail subscriptions in Oklahoma and other states. Rates range from yearly to monthly plans, with separate prices for morning and Sunday editions and outside Lawton Fort Sill delivery.
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Lawton Constitution
Sol
Sun Lawton Morning Press
Sun
Lawton Constitution and
Morning Press
Lawton Publishing Co., Inc
3Rd & A Ave
Lawton
Ohio
Lewton
Fort Sill
Constitution-Press and Sundey
Sundey
Constitution
Lawton-Fort Sill
Sundey Amincenarmentele
Constitution & Sundey
Jon
Press & Sundey
Oklahoma
Press
Const.Press & Sum
APOS
Ms Press
Const
Suncay
Const. Press & ‘UN
Fuel policy cited after hearings and rumors debunked
The News quoted Ligon saying voluntary allocations won t solve fuel shortages and that the objective is to spread shortages evenly to protect independents. In Oklahoma the Corporation Commission is set for a September hearing on making gasoline distribution a public utility amid disputes with Phillips and other refiners.
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News
Simon
Ligon
Oklahoma
State Corporation Commission
Charles Nesbitt
Doyle Downing
Locust Grove
Okla
Commission
Phillips Petroleum Co
Phillips
Marilyn Grable dies at 59 long career in film and stage
Actress Grable topped box office lists and earned over 3 million dollars in 1946 47. Born in 1916 in St Louis she married Jackie Coogan Harry James and had two daughters Vicki and Jessica. She died before funeral plans were announced leaving a sister and four grandchildren.
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Treasury Department
Las Vegas
Miss Grable
Harvard Lampoon
St. Louis
Conn
Lillian Grable
Jackie Coogan
Harry James
Rockies
Vicki
Jessica
James
Oklahoma DAR Official Dies
Mrs. Melvin R. Race, 75, Shawnee, former Oklahoma Regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution, died June 25. A funeral was held Wednesday June 27 in Shawnee. she was well known in Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma.
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Melvin R. Race
Shawnee
Race
Oklahoma
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lawton
Tulsa considers restricting public access to arrest records
Tulsa city commissioners consider a proposed ordinance to limit arrest record disclosure to only criminal justice agencies. The measure, drafted at the request of Police Commissioner Carroll Griffith, would bar employers newsrooms and insurers from using arrest data and restrict distribution to law enforcement courts corrections and approved research groups. Sigma Delta Chi advised delaying action for study while Griffith supports moving forward.
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Tulsa
Okla
City Commission
Carroll Griffith
Griffith
Eastern Oklahoma
Sigma Delta Chi
Professional Journalism Society
World War II bomber pilot and Air Force leader Brown dies prominent official
World War II veteran and former head of the U S 7th Air Force who led a squadron after its commander was killed during the Ploesti raid in 1943. He later served as military assistant to Defense Secretary McNamara and as an aide to Joint Chiefs chair Wheeler. Born 1918 in Montclair New Jersey, he married with three children. McLucas, physicist and former under secretary of the Air Force, also served as NATO science official and has four children.
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U.S. 7Th Air Force
Southeast Asia
West Point
Brown
England
Ploesti
Romania
Robert S. McNamara
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Montclair
N.J
McLucas
Air Force
Nixon
Mitre Corp
Bedford
Mass
Defense Department
Kennedy
Johnson
NATO
Paris
Fayetteville
N.C
Davidson College
Tulane
Penn State University
Young garter snakes feed mainly on worms
When garter snakes are young they rely almost entirely on a diet of worms. The statement highlights the larvae and worm consumption as the primary food source for juvenile garter snakes.
POWs Freed Relaxed Tone Triggers Defense Stance
Eight enlisted Marines including Staff Sgt. Alfonso Riate and Pvt. Frederick L. Elbert Jr. were released after being held captive for years. They were linked to antiwar statements. The Defense Department announced it would not prosecute returning POWs for statements made in captivity.
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Land Heights
Alfonso Riate
Santa Rosa
Calif
Frederick L. Elbert Jr
Brentwood
N.Y
Defense Department
North Vietnam
Comanche County Students Named to State Tech Honor Roll
Fifteen Comanche County residents earned honor student status for the spring term at Oklahoma State Tech Okmulgee with a 3.0 or higher GPA. Lawton students cited include Tae Seong Bae Andrew J Callaway Rhonda Corbin and others. Comanche County students listed are Wesley O Perry Cache Robert M Seymour Franklin R Whitewolf Medicine Park and Edmund E Wilkerson Indiahoma.
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Comanche County
Oklahoma State Tech
Okmulgee
Lawton
Tae Seong Bae
Andrew J. Callaway
Rhonda Corbin
Grady S. Davis
Edward A. Green
Bernard Henry
Gary R. Johnson
Cletus L. Key
Tom Moore
John W. Phelps
Clyde E. Wheatley
Wesley O. Perry
Cache
Robert M. Seymour
Sterling
Franklin R. Whitewolf
Medicine Park
Edmund E. Wilkerson
Indiahoma
Fire Reports Across City Through Monday Evening
Fire calls logged from Monday include a minor kitchen fire at 1505 Tennessee Apt F at 3:35 p.m. a shed fire at 20th and B Avenue at 3:58 p.m. a truck fire at 1420 Tower Road at 4:48 p.m. grass fires at 2915 N 17th 7:17 p.m. and H E Bailey Turnpike Bishop Road 9:08 p.m. light pole fire at 3110 Cache Road 9:50 p.m. and a light pole repair at 622 Bishop Road 2 p.m. PEE. Tuesday 8:35 a.m. gas line 5402 Cottonwood.
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Tennessee
Apt
B Avenue
Tower Road
N. 17Th
H. E. Bailey
Bishop Road
Cache Road
New Vo-Tech Staffer Named Reece to lead adult education
Charles T. Reece named assistant superintendent in charge of adult education and youth activities at the Great Plains Area Vo-Tech School. He replaces Bruce Gray who left for a state post. Reece arrives July 24 with a salary of 11 600 and a background in vocational education.
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Charles T. Reece
Great Plains Area
Vo-Tech
Bruce Gray
State Department of
Vo-Tech Education
Stillwater
Reece
Southwestern State College
Weatherford
Oklahoma State University
Lindsay High School
Bob Neale
Vo-Tech Board
Ansley Paper Co
Huntington Laboratories
B and L Supply
Thompson- Hayward Chemical
Martin Linen Service
Wichita Falls
Tex
Lloyd A. Williamson
Medford
Lea Ann Kuehl
Flag Adoptions in Netherlands Preceded Betsy Ross by Centuries
A red white and blue flag was adopted by the Netherlands more than 200 years before Betsy Ross designed the Stars and Stripes, highlighting early use of tricolor symbolism in national banners.
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Netherlands
Betsy Ross
Stock Prices Slip Amid Listless Trading and Rate Hikes
New York stocks drift lower as investors weigh rising interest rates and profit outlooks. Dow down 5.04 to 75.53 at noon as banks boost rates and Fed actions rear concerns. Oklahoma cattle prices and farm markets also summarized with commodity quotes across wheat, barley, Milo, alfalfa hay, and poultry.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve
Gardeners Use Castor Beans Against Moles
Gardeners plant castor beans to deter moles. the toxic root system may kill burrowing moles.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ladusau
Townes Men's Store
Peggy’s Fashions
Fieldson's Men’s Store
Fort Sill National Bank
Sheridan Bank
Security Bank
Sears
Home Savings and Loan
First Federal Savings and Loan
Southwestern Stationary
Hopkins
Nesbitt
DAR
Smokey
State Tech
Altus Junior College
Oklahoma City
IBM
American Stock Exchange
State Department of Agriculture
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Mangum
Manchester
Hobart
Afton
Clinton
el Reno
Geary
Okeene
Watonga
Yukon
Altus
Muskogee
Gulf
Temple
MILO
Pauls Valley
Broilers
Rational Bank
Marilyn Hardy
George Henry Hardy
University of Oklahoma
Center For Student Development
Paul Kruger
Jack Lindstrom
D Avenue
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Federal Home Loan Bank System
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