Oklahoma City Lyric Theatre launches six week summer season
The Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma City opens with Rodgers and Hammerstein Oklahoma! and plans six weeks of summer musicals. Local talent from OCU and statewide artists star in a venture backed by John Kilpatrick with a $50 000 budget. The season includes Kiss Me Kate and Brigadoon with a civic non profit mission to foster local trained performers.
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Oklahoma City
Lyric Theatre
Oklahoma
Long
Altus Air Force Base
Cole Porter
Lerner and Loewe
Oklahoma City Lyric Theatre
Capital City Fine Arts
John Kilpatrick
OCU
Convention Opens At Grant A M E Chapel
About one hundred adults and youths attend a three day convention at the Grant A M E chapel in Oklahoma. Delegates from Enid El Reno Frederick and other cities hear lectures on church organization lay roles and stewardship. Opening address was given by Rev J T Brodnax with Rev Hightower presiding elder and others listed as speakers and department heads.
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W. H. Hightower
Grant A.M. E. Chapel
Jennie V. Travers
Lawton
John A. Cole
Hennessey
John A. Davis
Sandra K. Flemings
Grant A.M.E. Chapel
McKinley
ACE
League, Young People’s and Missionary Departments
Oklahoma Cities
Enid
el Reno
Frederick
Kingfisher
Pawnee
Perry
Hightower
J. T. Broadnax
T. L. Webb
Stewardship
E. D. Miller
Geary Woman Killed in Two Car Collision
A Geary resident, Cecilia T. Cutnose, 58, died in a head on crash about two miles south of Watonga on U S 70. The other driver was Kenneth Regan, 39, of Robstown Texas, in a collision that occurred Wednesday.
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Geary
Oklahoma
Cutnose
Watonga
U. S. 70
Highway Patrol
Kenneth Regan
Robstown
Tex
Industry Director To Start Job Soon In Oklahoma
Lloyd K. Allen the Maine Republican whose appointment stirred criticism in the state legislature will report to work August 1 as director of Oklahoma Commerce and Industry Department. Edwin Malzahn chairman of the Economic Development Commission confirmed the start date this week.
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Oklahoma City
Lloyd K. Allen
Maine
Oklahoma
Commerce and Industry Department
Allen
Edwin Malzahn
Economic Development Commission
Fiji Chief Justice John Levy Mac Duff Dies at 57
SUVA Fiji AP The chief justice John Levy Mac Duff died today after a heart attack at his home in Suva He was 57 years old.
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Suva
Fiji
John Levy MacDuff
Salvation Army Colonel Guilty of Indecent Assault
In Southend England a 59 year old Salvation Army colonel was found guilty of heavy petting with a 14 year old girl. Prosecutor said a policeman had to shout twice before they stopped and the colonel claimed she was a cuddly sort of girl. He resigned, received a 12 month jail term, and appealed while freed on bail.
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Southend
England
Fap
Salvation Army
Tom Holdcroft
Sydney Lawrence
Lawrence
Chevalier Receives Gold Record for All Star Festival Sales
Maurice Chevalier was awarded a Gold Record by a U.N. High Commission for Refugees representative for selling one million All Star Festival records. Artists worldwide contributed to the project, with proceeds aiding refugees.
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Paris
UPI
Maurice Chevalier
U.N. High Commission For Refugees
Hospital Escapee Hunting Halted
VINITA AP Patients who escape from the Eastern State Hospital will not be pursued by Craig County Sheriff R W Green who says his office is through with hunting escapees. Green noted four were caught Tuesday but the hospital refused to send an ambulance for one violent patient. Deputies subdued him and a physician gave a sedative at county expense. He said three or four patients escape weekly and the sheriff’s office will no longer help capture them.
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Vinita
Eastern State Hospital
Craig County
R. W. Green
Green
Ruth Annadown
Sheriff's Office
Town Turns Down New Post Office
The Kingfisher Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce voted to inform the U S Post Office Department that the town does not want a new post office. It favors improvements to the existing building at a fraction of the proposed 110 000 cost and opposes spending tax money on unnecessary items hoping the national budget can be balanced. Members stressed they do not want to jeopardize future proposals if a post office is needed later.
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Kingfisher
Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Post Office Department
J. C. Bittinger
Wichita
Kan
New Gas Contract Cuts Costs for Western State Hospital
Oklahoma City AP reports a new natural gas contract for Western State Hospital at Fort Supply with High Plains Gas Co. of Fort Worth saves the state about $8,000 annually. The rate is 2.31 per 1,000 cf, replacing 29 cents under Canadian Valley Gas Co. The old contract, held since 1953, was tied to the family of former Highway Commissioner John Doolin. last year’s hospital bill totaled $47,000.
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Oklahoma City
Western State Hospital
Fort Supply
State Board of Affairs
Ted Parkinson
High Plains Gas Co
Fort Worth
Canadian Valley Gas Co
John Doolin
Massey Named to Board in Oklahoma State Government Group
Rep. John Massey of Durant was named to replace House Speaker J. D. McCarty as Oklahoma’s representative on the board of directors for the Southern Council of State Governments. McCarty was elected council chairman.
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Oklahoma City
John Massey
Durant
J. D. McCarty
Oklahoma
Southern Council of State Governments
McCarty
Funeral Rites Pending for Lillian Hitcher in Oklahoma City
Lillian Lydia Hitcher of Oklahoma City died after a brief illness at a local hospital on Wednesday. She was born January 25, 1918, in Oklahoma. She is survived by one brother, Richard Kingfisher of Oklahoma City. Arrangements are pending at Becker Funeral Home.
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Becker Funeral Home
Lillian Lydia Hitcher
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Richard Kingfisher
Funeral services for William J. Clifton
William J. Clifton 78 of 81242 McKinley died after a two year illness. Services were held at 3 p.m. at Lawton Funeral Home with Allen Harper of the Church of Christ officiating. Burial in Highland Cemetery. Born September 1 1884 in Georgetown Texas he married Mary Martin in 1884. Surviving wife Floyd Clifton a son two stepsons one step daughter a sister and a brother reside in Texas and California.
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William J. Clifton
McKinley
Lawton Funeral Home Chapel
Allen Harper
Church of Christ
8Th and Lee
Highland Cemetery
Mr. Clifton
Georgetown
Tex
Mary Martin
Ozman Co
Church of Christ, Eighth and Lee
Floyd Clifton
Granada
Calif
L. D. Martin
Pampa
John Martin
Bessie
Elsie Vaughan
Maggie Elledge
Delph Clifton
Merced
Mrs Myrtle Smith Services Held in Enid for Cunningham Smith
Mrs Myrtle Cunningham Smith of Stillwater died Friday of a heart attack in Lawton. She was a longtime Lawton visitor and charter member and first president of Chapter I PEO Sisterhood. Her husband Fred W Smith helped found Citizen State Bank in 1901, later American National Bank of Lawton, and he helped organize First Presbyterian Church Lawton. Survivors include one sister Mrs George D Key of Oklahoma City and one granddaughter.
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Myrtle Cunningham Smith
Stillwater
Lawton
Enid
William J Gamblin Services to be Held at Letitia Baptist
William J Gamblin 78 of 1414 H dies after a lengthy illness. Funeral at 2 30 p m Friday Letitia Baptist Church with Rev Guy Swanson officiating. Burial in Letitia Cemetery. Born May 7 1885 in Arkansas he married Sarah E Caig Aug 12 1908 at Altus. Survived by daughter Belva Sheppard Duncan son Marion Gamblin Walters brother Walter Gamblin Chetotah 11 grandchildren four great grandchildren.
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William J. Gamblin
Letitia Baptist Church
Guy Swanson
Letitia
Ritter - Dalton
Mr. Gamblin
Arkansas
Sarah E. Caig
Altus
Lawton
Belva R. Sheppard
Duncan
Marion C. Gamblin
Walters
Walter T. Gamblin
Checotah
Funeral service for Herman Christian held at Ritter-Dalton
Herman Christian of 613 Arlington died at his home Saturday. Services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home chapel with Rev. H. M. Rick of Northside Baptist Church officiating. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery with bearers Paul Wood Rex Spradlin Alvin Dees Darwin Porter Raymond Brammer and Merle Porter.
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Herman Christian
Arlington
Ritter - Dalton Funeral Home
H. M. Rick
Northside Baptist Church
Highland Cemetery
Paul Wood
Rex Spradlin
Alvin Dees
Darwin Porter
Raymond Brammer
Merle Porter
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