Eight die during July Fourth weekend mishaps state toll climbs
The long holiday weekend ends with eight fatalities in Oklahoma including four drownings, one electrocution, and three traffic deaths. Notable victims include Fort Sill personnel, a Frederick man, and Anadarko, Tuttle, and Lawton area residents.
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Anadarko
Tuttle
Texas
Elmer
Fort Sill
Sheridan Road
Gore Boulevard
Frederick
Cache
U.S. 62
Jackson County
Steven Owen Martin
Anna Lisa Buchanan
Sheridan
Gore
NWLF claims three time hazardous devices at PG&E sites
The NWLF says it planted three calendar clocks at two PG&E Bay Area sites and warns workers to stay away until after July 10. PG&E says operations continue as normal. NWLF has attacked utilities before and seeks halting slum housing costs and free service for the unemployed and elderly.
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San Francisco
New World Liberation Front
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
San Francisco Bay Area
NWLF
Central Command
Pg&e
Ande Lougher
Nwlf People’s Information Relay 1
Bay Area
Miss Lougher
Paul Girard
Pg&e Public Information
Charles Nixon
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division
The
U.S. Treasury
Hearst Castle
San Simeon
Marin County
Patricia Hearst
FBI
Police Log Of Compliments And Reported Thefts In Lowton
Names and addresses of persons and businesses listed in Lowton Police reports show thefts assaults damages and other incidents. Entries include Malone Oil Company 1508 Lee and Burrs Car Wash 2507 W Lee reporting thefts and money losses at multiple locations.
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Lowton
Geriond Bolley
Ferris
Malone Oil Company
Lee
Frank Meeks
Bishop
Charles Murphree
Hartry
Ind Barth Field Artillery
Luther Cunningham
Brenda Lee
Detroit
Mich
Sandpiper Inn
N. U.S
Exxon
Second
Columbia
Burr
W. Lee
James Munson
34Th
N. Sheridan
S. A. Jackson
S. Sheridan
J. O. Miller
Connie Jones
Bell
Murphy
Woodridge Drive
Larry Tovis
Cowie Road
Roman Lehmkuh
Fort Sill
Charles Gifford
Fletcher
Santa Fe
Harry Jackson
Dearborn
Western Trails
James Walker
Will Rogers
Ninth
John Vincent
Sherman Sims
Mary Parks
Ozman
Corda Mosh
Andrews
Terrance Fontenot
Hoover
Gregory Golightly
Moore
Lego
Larry Ferguson
Motif Manor Blvd
Eugene Minietto Jr
Jerrold Cortez
Sheridan and Gore
Lawrence Chatman Jr
Kingsbury
Oute
Thomas Huffman
Hazel Parsons
Taft
Ronch Oaks
Arbuckle
Influenza Epidemic Death Toll Surpasses WWII Casualties
A historical comparison notes that the 1918 influenza pandemic killed more people than the combined military deaths of World War II, highlighting the pandemic’s unprecedented global impact.
South Carolina Highway Patrol Urged to Hire Women
LEAA threatens to cut federal funds over SC Highway Patrol policy as Col. Thompson argues women cannot perform road duties safely. SEAA plans a hearing on civil rights compliance with 723 patrol officers in Columbia.
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Washington
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
South Carolina
Highway Patrol
SEAA
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Columbia
S.C
LEAA
Col
P. F. Thompson
Thompson
Justice Department
Department
State Attorney General's Office
Graveside rites for infant Justin Lee Cornwell held at Fletcher Cemetery
Funeral services in Lawton area for Justin Lee Cornwell who died shortly after birth at 5 55 am in a Lawton hospital with Adrian Smith officiating. Burial under Robbins Funeral Home. Survivors include parents Guy and Mrs Cornwell and extended family in Fletcher Cement and Stroud.
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Donna Lane Anthony
Bobby Don Finley
Columbia
Mark Anthony Reyes
Anadarko
Lake Chickasha
Highway Patrol
John E. Hayes
12Th Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Lake Texoma
Hayes
Patrick
Madill Hospital
Guthrie
Mickey
SE 38Th
Lawton
Diana
Lisa
T. P. Hayes
Charles Keever
Frederick
Joy Angela Keever
Cache
Old US. 62
Fletcher
Justin Lee Cornwell
Roy Cornwell
Fletcher Cemetery
Adrian Smith
Church of Christ
Robbins Funeral Home
Guy Cornwell
Roy Cates Jr
Cement
Rosie Hopkins
Roy Cates Sr
W. L. Holmes
W. B. Holmes
Stroud
Karl Shedd
Texas
Bethlehem Baptist Church
O. B. Davis
Rev. C. Chapman
Highland Cemetery
Miller’s Mortuary
Mr. Shedd
Chicago
Eisenhower High School
Cecil E. Morris
New Post Chapel
Reynolds Army Hospital
Joseph Marchbanks
Post Cemetery
Becker Funeral Home
Ward
Billy Gene Stockman
Germany
Mr. Stockman
Bristow
Lawton High School
James O. Stockman
Vickie
Guy Knight
Emma A. Wood
Gore Blvd
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Fred Brown
Sullivan Village Methodist Church
Israeli raid leader visits Lawton Fort Sill area
Brig Dan Shomrom who led the Uganda hostage rescue toured Fort Sill with 9 other Israeli officers visiting in January. He dined at 3422 Atlanta with Mrs William Ritzwoller as host. conversation centered on families rather than military matters.
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Dan Shomrom
Uganda
Lawton-Fort Sill
Fort Sill
United States
William Ritzwoller
Atlanta
Ritzwoller
Fire Department Responds to Track Fire in Lawton Area
Lawton firefighters answered alarms at 6 42 PM Tuesday at Sheriden and Cache Road for a track fire. The department logged 1 506 dispatches so far this year.
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Lawton
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Martin
3Rd Corps Artillery
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47Th Field Hospital
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Mike Kelley
Ron Alexander
Mr. Keever
Keever
Jim Pennycuff
Rt. 1
Lake Altus
Quartz Mountain State Park
David Wayne Peters
Kevin Harris
Jackson County Memorial Hospital
Altus
James Boler Jr
George Diefenderfer
Manuel Dean
Tulsa
Dean
Atha Edgar Robbins
Bridgett Tate
Federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Agency
U.S
Dewey Bartlett
Walters
Oklahoma
ATF
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
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Mow-Way House
West Range
Chamber of Commerce Forum
Lawtonian
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Oklahoma City
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Kristi
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Cherokee
Vernie Wayne
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Calif
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Yuma
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Compass
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
13Th
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Kansas City
Kaw
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Army Training Corps
Helene Braybant
Joe McCain
Elks Lodge of
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Neb
Dan T. Moore
Military Order of St. Barbara
Donna Jean
Rogers, Ark
Mary Katheryn
Terry C
Emporia
Michael P
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Cecil E. Jr
Peter B
Claude
Jacksonville
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University of Oklahoma
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