Tribal Authority Oversees Kiowa Indian Housing Plan
Indians may apply through a tribal housing authority for government financed homes under the mutual help program. The Kiowa Housing Authority, with Great Plains Development Corp as builder, plans 450 homes in four counties at 8.5 million dollars. Applications number 300, reviewed by a five member board led by Maye R. Johnson.
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HUD
Maye R. Johnson
Meers
She
Great Plains Development Corp
Oklahoma City
Caddo
Kiowa
Comanche
Cotton
Comanche Tribe
Mrs. Johnson
George Nixon
Carnegie
Joe Lahmaunt
Star Route
Lawton
Harry Tonemah
Herbert Brown
Moore
Martha Depel
Stock Prices Rise As Trading Slows
New York AP reports a slowed trading day with stocks higher as an early rally stalls. The noon Dow gained 2.63 to 893.84 on 6.8 million shares, while analysts called it an extension of the late Wednesday technical rally after Tuesday’s losses.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
John B. Treasury
Connally
Indian Powwow Set At Walters
The annual three day Comanche Indian Homecoming Powwow starts Friday at Sultan Park near Walters. About 100 camps expected. meat rations issued to those with fireplaces. Dancing runs daily from 10 30 am through night. head singers include Bill Koomsa Sr James Chasenah Edwin Chappabitty. Eva Kay Rice is powwow princess. Contests in war straight cloth buckskin divisions nightly. Memorial dinner Saturday noon honors Clinton Nauni.
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Walters
Sultan Park
Bill Koomsa Sr
Carnegie
James Chasenah
Edwin Chappabitty
Lawton
Maxine Wahkinny
Cyril
Melvin Kerchee Jr
Martin Weryahwke
Eva Kay Rice
Oklahoma City
Brigham Young Leads Mormon Church After Smith
Brigham Young assumed leadership of the Mormon Church following the death of Joseph Smith, becoming the new head of the religious movement.
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Brigham Young
Mormon Church
Joseph Smith
Witness Held in Drehmann Case as Material Witness
A 21-year-old truck driver, Joe Peepers, was held in Midwest City jail as a material witness in the shooting death of Mrs. Joan Drehmann. Peepers had moved from Seminole to Tahlequah and previously worked at the Shawnee Sale Barn, where Mrs. Drehmann had an interest. Two men, Victor Tucker and Herbert Rush, also worked there and are held without bond in Seminole.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Midwest City
Joan S. Dreh
Roy Cook
Joe Peepers
Seminole
Tahlequah
Cook
Peepers
Drehmann
Youth Charged In City Burglary
A 19 year old Lawton youth Alvin Eugene Teel 922 SW 35th was charged in District Court with second degree burglary in the McMahon Auditorium burglary. The incident at 801 Ferris netted about 400 in sound equipment. desks doors and paperwork were damaged. A second suspect was arrested but not charged.
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Lawton
McMahon Auditorium
Alvin Eugene Teel
Ferris
Chester Wells
Funeral Rites for Stella Thompson Pending in Lawton
Stella Thompson born February 26 1896 in Spring Valley Minnesota married to Raymond A Thompson in 1913. She worked as a clerk in Minneapolis then for Sears Roebuck in Lawton. Survived by daughter Mrs Leroy F Morrow Stanton California another daughter Mrs Ben Gustafson California sisters Mrs Pearl Whitney and Mrs Irene Walker California four grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral pending at Green Lawn Funeral Home for Mrs Thompson.
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Wednesday
Leroy F. Morrow
Euclid
Spring Valley
Minn
Raymond A. Thompson
Minneapolis
Lawton
Sears and Roebuck Co
Methodist Church
Ben I. Gustafson
Stanton
Calif
Pearl Whitney
Irene Walker
California
Funeral for Gertrude Langley Held at Greenlawn Chapel
Mrs. Gertrude Langley 73 of 1115 Garfield dies after an extended illness in a local hospital. Funeral at 11 a.m. Friday in Greenlawn Funeral Home Chapel of Memories with Rev. Brad Allen officiating. Burial in Walters Cemetery.
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Gertrude Langley
Garfield
Brad Allen
Central Baptist Church
Walters Cemetery
Hearing Set In Sodomy Case For Atteberry
Special District Judge John Taylor set a preliminary hearing for 42 year old Atteberry on August 10 at 10 30 a m with bonds at 2000 property or 1000 cash after his arrest on a sodomy accusation based on a complaint by a 16 year old Lawton youth alleging unlawful acts in a Glendale Drive utility building. He was previously cleared of a lewd molestation charge by an all male jury.
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John Taylor
Atteberry
Lawton
Glendale Drive
Gretchen Weber Named to Miami Deans' List
Miss Gretchen Weber of 426 S. Chickasha Road Fort Sill has been named to the Deans' List for the spring quarter at Miami University Oxford Ohio.
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Gretchen Weber
S. Chickasha Road
Fort Sill
Miami University
Oxford
Ohio
High School Vocational Agriculture Instructors Reach 11000
U S high schools report over 11 000 vocational agriculture instructors nationwide. The figure reflects teachers guiding farm mechanics animal husbandry and farm management courses in secondary schools across states.
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U.S
Detroit Grand Jury Probing Capitol Blast
FBI Hoover report notes a grand jury investigation into the March 1 bombing of the U.S. Capitol. Indiana antwar organizer Larry E. Canada is detained as a material witness. two others subpoenaed to appear. The Detroit and Seattle juries review evidence in the case amid new left terrorism findings.
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Washington
FBI
Hoover
U.S. Capitol
Indiana
Larry E. Canada
Bloomington
Ind
Justice Department
Justice
Seattle
Detroit
Stigler Man Killed In Crash
A 66 year old Stigler man died Wednesday when the car he was riding in collided. Oklahoma’s traffic fatality toll rose to 388 for the year compared with 380 a year ago.
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Sheutespeae Makene
Oklahoma
Sparta City Life in Early Greek State
Sparta was a Greek city state famed for its simple sturdy citizen life and austere society built on military training and communal discipline.
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Sparta
Greece
Hopefuls Agree To Limit Campaign Costs
Five Democratic presidential hopefuls reach a 5 cent per eligible voter spending cap for the 1972 primaries. Lawrie F O'Brien notes the plan could total about 2.82 million dollars for a candidate in all 23 primaries while targeting Republican opposition.
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Washington
Lawrence F. O’brien
O’brien
Harris
Muskie
Jackson
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