AUSA Fourth of July Picnic Draws Four Thousand Fans
AUSA celebrated its fifth annual Fourth of July picnic at Landing Strip No. 15 Fort Sill with about 4,000 attendees from Lawton and Fort Sill. The event opened with a concert by the combined Tith and 97th Army bands, featured children’s games with prizes, parachute jumps, entertainment by local artists, and a grand fireworks display.
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Association of the
U. S. Army
Lawton
Fort Sill
Landing Strip No. 15
Tith
97Th Army
U. S
Special Services Division
Jim Rinehart
Altus Afb
Russ Peters
Charlie Bagwell
Joe Armstrong
Fort Sill’s Landing Strip No. 15
Escapee Turned Killer Shot Down In Tavern
Milwaukee police wound 22 year old escapee Michael Weston in an Eastside tavern as he attempted to elude a crowd watching a circus parade. Weston had slashed and slain after slapping a 17 year old girl. Adams died from a heart wound in County Emergency Hospital. Weston was captured for the slaying and had escaped five days earlier from a prison farm.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
Michael Weston
Harold Breyer
Edward Shaffer
Weston
Adams
Santo Curro
County Emergency
Hiding Out Joke Lands Teens in Trouble
Two teenage campers in Oklahoma City joked about hiding from police on Belle Isle Lake island and post ed $20 bonds for disorderly conduct. Officers found a .22 caliber rifle fishing gear a knife and cooking items on the island after they converged on the scene.
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Oklahoma City
Belle Isle Lake
Names In The News At Sill French Lessons Reached
Fort Sill offers practical conversational French lessons at the Education Center starting July 16 for nine weeks with sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 45 to 8 45 pm Enrollment can be made by telephone EL1 4987 Officer Candidate School ceremonies in Snow Hall will see about 43 officer candidates trade arm patches for gold bars Col John J Kenney commander of the 34th Artillery Brigade will be guest speaker New tactics unit appointments include Capt Jere L Hickman and Capt James M Wiles Lt William F Tinder has received the Army Commendation Medal Sgt Richard H Mantzke lost his stripes and gained his bars Capt Thomas A Connick departed for Fort Leavenworth to attend Command and General Staff College William W Maurer promoted to major Stanley J Zagalak promoted to captain Larry L Fairman wears first lieutenant bars National Federation of Federal Employee Local 273 to hold 6 30 pm dinner at Catlemens Cafeteria Lt Col George L Waters named director of Gunnery at the Army Artillery and Missile School Col James J Gibbons to Vietnam The early Maya cross eyes viewed as beauty in southern Mexico.
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Fort Sill
Snow Hall
John J. Kenney
34Th Artillery Brigade
Herbert W. Krueger
Thomas A. Connick
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Command and General Staff College
William
Army Training Center, Field Artillery
National Federation of Federal Employee Local 273
Cattlemen’s
George L. Waters
Department of Gunnery
U. S. Army Artillery and Missile School
James J. Gibbons
Vietnam
Weatherman in Cleethorpes Fired for Accurate Forecasts
Ray Camray, 60, longtime weatherman for Cleethorpes, England, was dismissed after his forecasts of frequent rain kept tourists away. The council said his precise rain predictions harmed the town’s tourism.
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Cleethorpes, Eng
UPD
Ray Camray
Camray
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AUSA
Bart Cook
Ed Leipais
Randy Christ
Ed Seipals
Sylvia Hennons
Anthony McIntosh
Lauri Cubbison
Kathleen O'Donnell
Pat King
Kay Brown
Marilyn
Carolyn Anthony
Bryan Cook
Steve Mcintosh
Sherry Dadines
Denny Rainey
Anthony Mills
Bill Beck
Bobby Gilbert
Cecil Riley
Berry Wilkers
John Rubach
Terry Hardy
Colleen Dooka
Daniel Olinger
Larry Trosner
Walter Notwicz
Roger Olson
Olson
Cornelius Laird
77Th Army Band
Sheridan Bank
Fort Sill National Bank
Security Bank and Trust Co
American National Bank
Servicemen’s National Life Insurance Co
Cris Kenney
Andrew B. Freeman
Terry Wayne
Charles Husted
John Fairbanks
J. Frease
MAM Insurance Co
Currell Lumber Co
Gilbert's Pharmacy
Sears and Roebuck and
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Robert Shireling
Katherine Janda
Clarence Nared
Gordon Smith
Jim Barker
Jack Webb
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Ronald O. McLaurin
Ken Kaspereit
Wolverton Electric and
Robert G. Raymond
Towne’s Men
Dixie
Wayne Powell
A. B
Lloyd C. Walker
Knox-Jensen Motor Co
Berlen Smith
Victor Wickersham
U.S
James Knox
James F. Brittingham
L. S. Griffing
Niagara Falls
James House
Bill Bentley
William Hadfield
Robert M. Stegmaier
G. L. DeArmond
Glen Dutcher
A. C. Goodwin
Gilbert B. Sage Jr
Gordon R. Cubbison
McDonalds
Golden Arches
Cache Road
Diana
Bob Hope
Anita Ekberg
Diana Theatre
Clayboy
Claris
Sdelmer
Daves
Roma —Preserting
Warner Bros
Henry Maureen "Fonda
Ohara
Twilight Beach
Duncan, Okla
Lifeguard
Lawton Constitution
Sill
Mexico
Tex Howard
Rockin’ Ramblers
American Legion Hut
Medicine Park “Y
Sheridan Road
Carl's
Sidney's Dairy Creams
Bell
Iekdae
Elvis Presley
Santa Fe
John Payne
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Vaska
Marlon Brando
Trevor Howard
Richard Harris
RITZ
Lost Bridge
Gore Boulevard
Dial
Three Stooges
Walt Disney
Denver
Richard Widmark
Tina Louise
Earl Holliman
Tarren Sophia Loren
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