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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1963
Page
2
Buenos Aires dispatch reports a river steamer carrying more than 400 people sank in fog on the Plate River estuary. Forty bodies recovered. 355 survivors rescued from crowded lifeboats as rescue vessels search for the missing 20.
Racial unrest in Cambridge Maryland escalates after Governor Tawes sends National Guard on June 14. Shots strike civilians and guardsmen amid violence that followed four nights of protests. Maj. Davidson recommends militia reinforcement as curfew, alcohol ban, and martial law remain in effect.
The fourth general synod of the United Church of Christ adjourned in Denver with President Dr. Ben Mohr Herbster urging congregations to actively seek Negro members. Delegates approved a policy denying funding to church-related institutions that lack an open racial policy by July 1, 1964, after initial rejection.
A downtown Tulsa blaze caused about 50000 in damage before firefighters contained it Thursday. The fire began in the Veale Electric Co garage and destroyed the garage workshop and two vehicles. A nearby hotel suffered smoke damage and the roof of an adjacent building burned.
Mrs. Virginia Brewczynski, manager of the Lawton Credit Bureau, will attend a management institute July 14 to 20 at Kansas University Lawrence Kansas. The program is sponsored by the Associated Credit Bureau of America and open to managers assistants and supervisors of credit bureaus or collection services.
Meeting Monday will discuss job opportunities as part of a cooperative effort on integration in Lawton. Dr. Parsons notes the committee engages area residents in quiet, temperate dialogue to improve race relations and uphold dignity and brotherhood.
University of Oklahoma regents discussed a plan to study all aspects of federal aid to education with action not expected until September. Tulsa regent James Davidson proposed each regent investigate a facet and report back. The board also awarded a $2.4 million contract to Harmon Construction Co for an engineering center and a $119,000 bid to Link-Cowan Construction Co for an aerospace building at the Norman campus.
Four separate deadly events struck Mississippi on Thursday. In Pascagoula a plane crash killed Capt. Guy E. Enabric and Edward Wisner. In Jackson two boys suffocated under sand at a construction site. Near Tupelo a dawn gunfight killed Claude Pittman and John Younger. In Carolina two brothers drowned in a private lake.
Seven Lawton youths aged 17 to 19 were arrested after a gang fight at Third and Euclid. Detectives say two groups clashed, with one group arming from their car with tools and can openers to confront the other. All suspects were held overnight on disturbance charges.
The Lawton Oklahoma Board of Education will receive sealed bids until 10:00 A.M. on July 17, 1963 at Ninth Street and C Avenue office for moving five portable classroom buildings.
A 26 year old Fort Cobb man, Earl Dean Kieffer, was killed when his 1963 Chevrolet pickup crashed into a concrete bridge near Fort Cobb. Darrell Woolwine, 24, a Lawton High School drama teacher, was seriously injured with head lacerations and fractures after the early morning crash. Investigating trooper says Woolwine apparently fell asleep at the wheel.
Ellsworth Wisecarver known as Sonny, age 33, pleads guilty to posing as a telephone repairman and robbing pay phones. He and accomplice Jimmy Wright admit burglaries totaling 206.74 dollars. Pacific Telephone says thefts reached 6800 dollars in coins. He receives a state prison term.
The Board of Education of Lawton Oklahoma invites sealed bids by 11:00 A.M. July 17 1963 for paving the Douglass School parking area with asphalt. Specifications available at the board office on Ninth Street and C Avenue.
Battalion Chief Charlies M. Busbee Jr. assumed command of the 6th Training Battalion at Fort Sill Army Training Center Field Artillery. New appointments include Lt. Col. Lawrence P. Bischoff Jr. and Maj. John L. Winn. Rodeo participation features ROTC cadet Gregory Pye and privates Dick Robbins and Roger Bush competing at West Cade.
In Vinita Oklahoma hospital officials said escaped patients from Eastern State Hospital will be brought back at the hospital’s expense rather than the county’s. Acting director Dr Ruth Annadown announced the change after Craig County Sheriff R W Green said the sheriff’s office could no longer bear the cost and time to return escapees.
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