Soldier Of Month Named At Center Fort Sill
Spi Shaun Shannon an operations clerk in headquarters 4th Field Artillery Missile Group was named Fort Sill's soldier of the month for June. The Londoner who moved to the United States in 1961 from Canada raced sports cars in the Bahamas and is a licensed private pilot with 100 logged hours. He joined the army after moving to the United States and later trained at Fort Knox before serving at Fort Sill where the sport parachute club lists him as a novice sky diver.
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Fort Sill
Spi
Shaun Shannon
Headquarters
4Th Field Artillery Missile Group
United States
Canada
St. Edwards College
Liverpool
England
Royal Canadian Air Force
Bahamas
Sp4
Shannon
U.S. Army
Fort Knox
4Th Missile Group
Stuart F. Jillson
Spi Shannon
Soap Box Derby Day Proclaimed In Lawton
City proclaims July 13 1963 as Lawton Soap Box Derby Day. Mayor Wayne Gilley invites citizens to view the event and extends best wishes to all boys competing in the self built gravity racer race.
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Lawton
Wayne Gilley
99-Year-Old Angler Still Casts Lines in California
Mrs. Mabel Isola Hyde of Fresno has fished since youth and at nearly 99 still pursues salmon on the Sacramento River. Last week before her birthday she reeled in a “nice mess” of crappie, her latest joy after giving up trout due to rough-country hiking.
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Fresno
Calif
Mabel Isola Hyde
Sacramento River
Three Boys Suspended Search In Abandoned Mine
Rescue teams halted work in the Castle Shannon Coal mine after probing 2,000 feet without finding Daniel O’Kane 13 Billy Burke 13 and Robert Abbott 14. Officials said teams would decide next steps as bikes and a torn seal suggested entry, with residents recalling the boys near the shaft days earlier.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Castle Shannon
MacDonald
Bureau of Mines
Burke and O'Kane
Florence Burke
Billy
Post Says Goodbye To Col Kerr At Fort Sill
Col Billy H. Kerr deputy commander of the U S Army Training Center Field Artillery will depart Fort Sill for the Army War College Carlisle Barracks Pa after serving since August 1961. A World War II and Korea combat veteran with eight medals and nine ribbons Kerr praised trainees and noted ATCs role in shaping modern artillerymen. He led the centers list battalion and became deputy commander January 1 1962.
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U. S. Army Training Center, Field Artillery
Billy H. Kerr
William S. Lancey
ATC
Fort Sill
Army War College
Carlisle Barracks
Turkey
Kerr
Korea
Col. Kerr
Tokyo
Fa East
Continenta Army Command
Fort Monroe
List
Fifty Men Report for OCS Class at Fort Sill
About 50 men will report to Fort Sill Officer Candidate School for a six month course. They will form the first class of the new fiscal year and begin academics on July 22 after zero week orientation outlining what to expect in the school.
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Fort Sill
Four Million U.S. Families Drive Custom Built Home Demand
Housing authorities say households earning at least ten thousand dollars annually lead demand for custom built homes. The figure highlights strong buyer activity among middle income families and shapes early market forecasts.
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U.S
Subscription Rates for Lawton Area Newspapers
Rates listed for Morning Press Sunday Constitution and press combos in Lawton area with mail and delivery options. Includes prices by county, Oklahoma balance boxes, and outside state rates. Notes mention taxes and a 2 percent state sales tax.
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Lawton
Constitution
Gee Constitution
Comanche
Cotton
Tillman
Kiowa
Caddo
Grady
Stephens
Jefferson
Jackson Counties
Press & Sunday
Const. Press & Sun
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Everett Turner
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Turner
Lois O'Kane
Danny
Kenny
Burke
Nellie Bell
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad
Post
Kasserine Pass
North Africa
Lemuel G. Conway
Gladys Cooper
New York
Time Square
Paris
Conway
Baytown
Tex
Pasadena
Houston
Beauticians
S.W
Oklahoma
Lawton Beauty School
Sheridan Road
Safeway
Betty Crocker
Phys
Meadors
Charles B. Hoover
Claire Tiffany
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