Amateur fireworks light Lawton night as election party looms
Dozens of Lawton residents joined family outings for a large crossroad fireworks display sponsored by the Charlie Wade family. A youth, John Larry Overby, was injured when a firecracker exploded under his bicycle, fracturing his jaw and hurting his heart in the incident. The Constitution and KSWO plan a live election night broadcast starting at 7 p.m. with rapid tabulation of results. Mary L. Goddard returns to the newsroom after a two week Rocky Mountain vacation.
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Paul Overy
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Red Scientists To Study Desert Area
Moscow AP Turkmenia the southernmost Soviet republic bordering Iran and Afghanistan will host numerous scientific expeditions this season. Researchers will study natural wealth flora and fauna and the republics past. Turkmenia covers 485000 square kilometers much of it Kara Kum desert. The Institute of Botany and Plant Cultivation leads with 53 expeditions.
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Turkmenia
Soviet Republic
Iran
Afghanistan
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Lawtonian Will Appear on Workshop Broadcast
Mrs Thelma Talla curriculum supervisor for Lawton elementary schools will appear on a radio program from Norman Tuesday afternoon. She will be heard at 5 p m over station WNAD singing Language Arts. Also appearing will be Miss Elizabeth McKinney of Durant. The eight week workshop aims to develop a curriculum guide for Oklahoma elementary schools.
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Lawton
Norman
Oklahoma University
Miss Talla
WNAD
Elizabeth McKinney
Durant
Oklahoma
Chattanooga News Notes on Local Residents and Visitors
Special dispatch lists residents visiting relatives and traveling companions. Mr and Mrs C J Walker Geronimo spent Friday with Mr and Mrs Joe D Brooks and traveled to Wichita Falls for eye treatment. The Brookses visited Lawton and other relatives nearby.
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Geronimo
Joe D. Brooks
Wichita Falls
Tex
Brooks
Arkansas
Llsyd Patton
Loweta
South Dakota
J. M. Dalton
Dalton Peters
Red River
N. M
Dalton
Leon Smith
Hyder
P. T. Murphy
Long Beach
Calif
Arnald Blibro
Pelahatchie
A. T. Warper
Pauls Valley
Clarence Bentley
Charlene
Lawton
L. Branson
Rhea
Harold Crum
Dallas
Local Guests Visit Families and Travel Notes
Mr and Mrs HB Crum and son Herbert host weekend visitors from Oklahoma City. Mr and Mrs Spencer Watts and sons visit from OKC. Mr and Mrs Henry Sutherland stay with Ira Hampton. Margaret Cummins travels to Big Spring and Wichita Falls. Mrs C M Smith visits Norman to see brother John Poe. Mrs C E Martin of Bartlesville stays with daughter Rey Enterline. Mr and Mrs J E Baugh go to Fort Smith Arkansas for the Fourth and baseball games. Woodrow Patton runs their store. Mrs John Griffith of Comanche is ill. The United States bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark for 25 million in 1917.
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Spencer Watts
Oklahoma City
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Ira Hampton
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Tgpether
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Big Springs
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James Ethridge
Wichita Falls
C. M. Smith
Norman
John Poe
C. E. Martin
Bartlesville
Rey
J. E. Baugh
Fort Smith
Ark
Murray
Woodrow Patton
John Griffith
Comanche
Nita Poe
Returned Slavs Stay In Country
Hundreds of Yugoslavs who have returned from Canada and Australia face confiscation of their passports and have no recourse to those countries' representatives under Yugoslav law. Ordinary citizens cannot easily obtain a Yugoslav passport, leaving them with limited options.
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Belgrade
Canada
Australia
Repatriates settle abroad despite wish to return home
The repatriates state they must stay here whether they want to or not. Many arrived hoping to visit homeland and relatives briefly before returning to adopted homes. They have been settled and offered good jobs, often as technicians, with many choosing to stay instead of returning.
Unclear passage on Yugoslavia and consulates
The text discusses the new Yugoslavia, authorities, and Canadian consulates with claims of fair treatment. It notes some disslav citizens and references British involvement, but the message is fragmented and ambiguous.
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