Precocious 8 Year Old Serves as Capitol Page
Charleston West Virginia reports precocious eight-year-old H Michael Simpson II has completed five years at the state legislature as a page and observer. He travels with parliamentarian Osher Parsons, runs bills, delivers messages, and helps with typing. He has met Gov Arch Moore Jr and admired Hulett Smith. His mother says the experience may shape him though he may pursue football.
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H. Michael Simpson
Osher Parsons
House of Delegates
Capitol
Mike
Parsons
House
Senate
Arch A. Moore Jr
Moore
Hulett Smith
Smith
FBI Receives Stolen Film From Informant
The Miami Herald reports an informant turned over a film of the VVAW Winter Soldier demonstrations to the FBI. The film was later given to the Jacksonville sheriff's office and had not been used in the Gainesville Eight case. An FBI agent filed in Pensacola confirming the informant source.
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Pensacola
Fla
FBI
Miami Herald
Jacksonville
Robert Pence
Washington
U.S. District Court
Gene Thrasher
Pence
Thrasher
David Williams
VVAW
Gainesville
Esville
Anthony Sidell
Williams
the Herald
The
Herald
W. M. Alexander
Funeral Rites for Local Residents Held Across Grandfield
Funeral services are held for Charlie Mae Jackson in Grandfield with Wayne Zuck officiating at the Church of Christ and burial in Grandfield Cemetery. Also noted are services for Bernice Vowell in Lawton and S Sgt Ret Perry Wiseman in Grandfield area, with survivors listed.
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Grandfield
Charlie Mae Jackson
Church of Christ
Wayne Zuck
Grandfield Cemetery
Gray Funeral Home
Jackson
Mannsville
Faxon
Loveland
Raymond Jackson
Corpus Christi
Tex
Peggy Joyce Jackson
Pam Adams
Custer City
Edwin
C. E. James
Hazel Salyers
Portland
Ore
Jennie V. Jones
Bethany
Jo Reeves
Lawton
Claudine Bolton
North Little Rock
Ark
Mary Millar
Burkburnett
Norma Wahkahquah
Oklahoma City
Milton James
Weatherford
F. L. James
Bernice Vowell
S. Ninth
Greenlawn Funeral Home Chapel of Memories
Jesse L. Davenport
St. John’s Baptist Church
Highland Cemetery
Perry D. Wiseman
Reynolds Army Hospital
Becker Funeral Home
Sgt. Wiseman
Petersburg
Joan Lynn Hunsberger
Lorraine Switzer
Massillon
Ohio
Donald Wiseman
Arkansas
Bert Wiseman
Illinois
Stock Market Drifts Lower on Light Volume in New York
Stocks eased in thin trading as the Dow fell 3.91 to 870.26 at noon. Weak dollar and rising rates weighed, with Memorex down 11 on news of a possible sale of a majority stake. Cattle and hogs markets showed limited gains and mixed demand across feeder and live categories.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Memorex
American Stock Exchange
Fire reports list multiple calls to Lowton Fire Department
Chronology shows several fire responses including 27% and New York, 52nd and Railroad, 27th and New York, 24m and Wolfe, and 2315 N 35th, plus false alarm and grass fire at Om Elghin and Grend.
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New York
Crass
Wolfe
City
Public Records Reported Burglary and Theft Incidents in Lawton
Lawton police field reports list complainants including Dan Overfield at 3110 Cache Road and others. Reports cover burglary, vandalism, theft from cars and residences, shoplifting, and equipment theft across several addresses and sites including Fort Sill and local businesses.
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Dan Overfield
Cache Road
Sharon
Barnes
Moe Flowers
Kinyon
Scott Wiesemann
Euclid
Jiffy Food Store
N. Sheridan Road
Fred Baughman
Cor Wash
S. Park
Frank Simmons
Jefferson
Eule Mae White
Summit
Joan Overstreet
S. Third
John Miller
Harold Touchstone
S. 3Rd
Jeanette Osbun
Laird
Robert L. Meadors
N. 32Nd
36Th
Denver
Robert Olson
Fort Sill
Alice Frye
Taft
Adeline Conway
Fort Sill Blvd
Porter Bros. Construction Co
Robert Loop
Oak
Twelve of the 39 U S vice presidents have become presidents
A concise historical note states that twelve individuals who served as vice presidents of the United States later ascended to the presidency among the twelve dozen vice presidents in U S history. The fact emphasizes the trajectory from vice president to chief executive across American governance.
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U.S
New Manager of Sears Named in Lawton
Don Marvin 44 assumes duties as manager of the Lawton Sears Roebuck store after the retirement of Evan G. Jones. Marvin comes from Midland Texas where he managed the Sears store. A Sears veteran of nearly 22 years, he is a native of Arkansas with wife Betty and three children.
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Don Marvin
Lawton
Sears Roebuck and Co
Evan E. G
Cap’’ Jones
Marvin
Midland
Tex
Sears
Arkansas
Betty
Hearing Set in Oklahoma City Robbery Case
Preliminary hearing set for July 26 for Benetta Hervey 24 of Oklahoma City charged in district court with robbery by force Bond fixed at 10000. She is accused of an early Sunday knifepoint robbery of 200 dollars from David McCarty in front of 3200.
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Benetta Hervey
Oklahoma City
David McCarty
Vatican Returns to Global Politics at Helsinki Conference
The Vatican leads a four member delegation to the Helsinki Security Conference with Msgr Agostino Casaroli set to address leaders. The church seeks broader freedoms including thought conscience and religion and aims to share information across political frontiers while stressing responsibility to participate in world affairs.
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Helsinki
Finland
Vatican
Papal
Europe
Pius VII
Aachen
Mser
Agostino Casaroli
Paul VI
Msgr
Casaroli
Holy See
Joseph Zabkar
Msgr. Zabkar
AUSA Picnic Draws Record Crowd at Fort Sill
A record crowd of about 10 000 attended the Association of the U S Army Fourth of July picnic at Fort Sill Landing Strip No 15. Ralph Saenz said bleachers were full as parachuting demonstrations, skill contests, model airplanes, karate and trampoline exhibitions and music by the 77th Army Band complemented a dusk fireworks finale.
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Association of the U.S. Army
Fort Sill
Landing Strip No. 15
Ralph Saenz
AUSA
Saenz
77Th Army Band
Roby Mahoy
Rudela Perez
Diana Huff
Dawn LaRue
Sean Sullivan
Shelly Knightstep
David Osborn
Ilene Haggerty
Chuck Howell
Marketa Samuels
Mark Maggerd
Duane Drake
Donna Kelly
Jeff Banks
Greg Maphis
Lawton Native Named Research Specialist at 3M Lab
Lawton born Dr. Jack E. Reece promoted to research specialist in the Microfilm Product Laboratory at the 3M Company. He joined 3M in 1969 as a senior chemist and holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from studies at the University of Oklahoma and the University of North Carolina. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Reece of 1203 Dearborn and a Lawton High graduate.
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Lawton
Jack E. Reece
3M Company
R. E. Reece
Dearborn
University of Oklahoma
University of North Carolina
Lawton High School
Egypts Population to Double in 27 Years Warns Minister
Cairo AP report cites Dr Aisha Rateb Minister of Social Affairs warning that Egypt will see its population double within 27 years unless mothers heed family planning experts over traditional midwives. She notes 36 million inhabitants mostly in the Nile valley and a vast irrigation network, while midwives resist contraception and prefer traditional roles.
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Cairo
Egypt
Aisha Rateb
Nile Valley
Gadalla
Ford Foundation
U.N
Aziza Hussein
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Charleston, W. Va
Del
Thomas Edgar
Perry Wiseman
State Department of Agriculture
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Medford
Mangum
Manchester
Afton
Clinton
Fleeno
Geary
Hobart
Okeene
Watonga
Yukon
Altus
Muskogee
Gulf
Barley
Temple
MILO
Chickasha
Pauls Valley
Syntex
Oklahoma
Lowton Fire Department
Public Records
Ausa Picnic
Mary Ann
Phil Kraut
Ricardo Lucero
Keith
Boston
Charles Davidson
Donald Coyle
Greg
Terry Maphis
Lawtonians
Clanton Adams
Andy Hughes
Kim Ready
Dale Pollock
Marina Dempsey
Rick Menendez
Evelyn Allen
Lana
Ministry of Social Affairs
Saad Gadalla
Rea
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