Cameron FAA Building Renamed in Honor of Kenneth M. Smith
Cameron FAA Building renamed Kenneth M. Smith Hall honoring the former FAA deputy administrator instrumental in bringing the management training school to campus. Board of Regents approved the name at Stillwater during a weekend meeting alongside a $30,876 boiler project contract, new faculty hirings, and routine items. City voters decide home rule government with polling places statewide and transportation assistance available.
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FAA
Cameron College
Kenneth M. Smith
Management
Board of Regents For
A & M Schools
Stillwater
Regents
Melton Construction Co
Lawton
Continental Casualty Co
FAA Management Training School
Smith
The
League of Women Voters
McGovern Unveils Top Campaign Team in Black Hills
Sen George McGovern announced his principal campaign advisers at a Sylvan Lake retreat near Custer South Dakota promising to return government to the people. Jean Westwood will direct the national ticket campaign from top to bottom with a focus on widening participation including more women.
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Custer
S. D
George McGovern
White House
Sylvan Lake
Black Hills
South Dakota
McGovern
Washington
Allie Ritzenberg
Ritzenberg
Jean Westwood
Democratic National Committee
Shoplifting Seminar Set at Lawton Merchants Office
A shoplifting seminar will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Lawton Retail Merchants Association office. David M. Dank of the Oklahoma Retail Merchants Association will lead, assisted by Mark Brainard, with invitations to Police Chief Alford Hennessee and Superintendent Hugh Bish and area school principals. The aim is to acquaint officials with shoplifting problems, especially teen shoplifters, and collaborative countermeasures.
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Lawton Retail Merchants Association
David M. Dank
Oklahoma Retail Merchants Association
Mark Brainard
Alford Hennessee
Hugh Bish
the Merchants Association
Death Notice Lucy Pope
Funeral for Lucy Pope will be at 2 30 p.m. Tuesday at the Northwest Church of Christ with Harold McKay officiating Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Lawton Rit ter Dalton Funeral Home In Lawton she died Sunday night after a lengthy illness Born December 28 1899 in Red River County Texas moved to Lawton in 1935 married Byron B Pope December 24 1908 in Cordell He died January 5 1970 Survivors include her daughter Imogene Pope two daughters in law seven grandchildren two great grandchildren two nieces and a nephew
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Lucy Pope
Northwest Church of Christ
Harold McKay
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Pope
Red River County
Tex
Lawton
Frederick
Byron B. Pope
Goodwill Opens Upholstery Shop in Lawton
Goodwill Industries of Southwest Oklahoma opens an upholstery training section in its downtown Lawton workshop at 302 S Second. Supervising instructor James Williams earned a certificate from Oklahoma State Tech Okmulgee last spring. The unit trains handicapped locals for employment and aids renovation of donated furniture for resale in Lawton Duncan and Altus outlets, including custom work on recliners sofas and chairs.
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Goodwill Industries
Oklahoma
Lawton
S. Second
Goodwill
James Williams
Oklahoma State Tech
Okmulgee
Duncan
Altus
Scoutmaster Honored by Troop 162 for Six Years of Service
Archie Jenkins scoutmaster of Troop 162 was honored for six years of service at a court of honor held at Elmer Thomas Park. Awards went to Danny Ashfield Ben Cole Anthony Lupi Harry Hogan Richard Dusek Larry Cox Brian Smith Don Belcher Ronald Cox and Michael Reap. Troop 102 is sponsored by Trinity Baptist Church.
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Archie Jenkins
Elmer Thomas Park
Danny Ashfield
Ben Cole
Anthony Lupi
Harry Hogan
Richard Dusek
Larry Cox
Brian Smith
Don Belcher
Ronald Cox
Michael Reap
Trinity Baptist Church
Gore
Three Drown Over Weekend In Oklahoma Waters
A Tulsa man 45 Claude Dean drowned Sunday while swimming a 44 mile channel near Pawnee Cove on Lake Keystone. His body was recovered in 10 feet of water about 500 feet from shore. Also drowned Saturday night were Jimmy Baker 44 of Wright City and Tonya West 2 of Tulsa in separate incidents. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported the outings involved several people.
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Tulsa
Pawnee Cove
Lake Keystone
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Dean
Wright City
Jimmy Baker
Tonya West
Refuge Staffer Chosen For Washington Manager School
Steve Smith a public use specialist at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge since January 1970 is selected for a 10 month manager development program in Washington DC. The interior department program trains future managers and administrators. Smith 28 from Bertram Texas holds a BS Wildlife Science from Texas A&M 1967 and a MS Recreation and Resource Development from A&M 1968. He will depart with wife and son Brent for Washington this week.
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Steve Smith
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Washington, D.C
Department of Interior
Bureau of Sports Fisheries and Wildlife
Smith
Bertram
Tex
Texas A&m University
College Station
Texas A&m
Youth Killed By Gun Blast In Grocery Store
Oklahoma City police identified 17 year old Joe Carter as the youth killed by a grocer’s shotgun blast early Saturday. The grocer, sleeping after burglaries, said two intruders entered his store about 5 30 am and he fired, hitting one burglar as the others fled with a third person waiting outside.
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Oklahoma City
Joe Carter
Public Records Of Theft Vandalism Reports In Lowton
City police logged multiple complaints from residents and businesses reporting thefts vandalism and property damage. Names include C L Pearson Gerry Harris Mitchell Beane Gene Burk Mrs John Sukes George Boyce Gerry Burk Don Rudder Motor Co Richard Tear James Snyder Coy Alien Helen Ficklen Elaine M Erwin and others noting items stolen or damaged at residences apartments and businesses.
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Lowton
C. L. Pearson
Bell
Gerry R. Harris
Fort Sill
Mitchell R. Beane
Dearborn
Gene Burk
John Sukes
Hoover
George Boyce
Gerry Burk
Elaine M Erwin
Andrews
Fire department responses include multiple grass fires Sunday
Lowton Fire Department reports Sunday calls for grass fires at 1400 block New York 3117 Kinyon 2300 block Lincoln and 111% Dearborn and a 1814 Douglas grass fire on Monday followed by a building fire at No. 23 C at 10:27 a.m.
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New York
Grass
Kinyon
Lincoln
Dearborn
Douglas
Senate Debates 20.5 Billion Military Aid Bill
The Senate opened debate on a 20.5 billion military procurement bill championed by Sen. John Stennis. It funds weapons including the Trident submarine and the B l bomber as essential for national defense amid arms talks with Russia. Consideration of a separate 1.8 billion foreign aid measure proceeded with end-the-war amendments and a Mansfield proposal to pause U S operations in Vietnam tied to a cease fire and prisoner releases.
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Washington
Senate
Armed Services Committee
John Stennis
D-Miss
Russia
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
U.S
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Indochina
Mansfield
Two Teenagers Die In Okmulgee County Car Crash
Two teens from Cushing died in a two car collision two miles north of Okmulgee on U S 75 at the intersection with two county roads. Karstetter and Stroud were trapped in their vehicle while a Okmulgee woman driver was seriously hurt. A third person was hospitalized in Tulsa in critical condition. The 1972 traffic toll reached 437.
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Okmulgee
Cushing
Robert Mark Stroud
Lee H. Karsttetter
U.S. 75
Karstetter
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Tulsa
Births and admissions reported from area hospitals
The list records births including a Bolte son born July 22 at 3 11 p.m. and a Ward son born July 23 at 1 54 a.m. with weights 8 10 and 6 2 respectively. It also lists numerous admissions and discharges across multiple cities, with patients named along with addresses and medical or surgical status.
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Thomas Bolte
Denver
Travis Ward
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Harold M. Elliott
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Refuge
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Joe Seacrist
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Bible Baptist Church
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Snyder
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Williams
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Vera V. Cartwright
Delton Wayne Foley
la Donna F. Heddleson
Kingsbury
Stella B. Kirby
Irwin
Odos H. Mullenix
Fletcher
Fred C. Walls
Mountain Park
Kathleen J. Ward
Grandfield
Jeanne Watkins
Beta
Mary R. Ward
S. 26Th
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Medi
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Mountain View
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Taft
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Elton Cary
Fred Alvin Clifton
Jessie Dewberry
Gery
Mattie E. Pyle
Albert Montemayor
Inpass
Diahoma
Robin L. Rochelle
Ellsworth Ray
Ris
Sherry L. Solomon
Leonard C. Wiley
Eugene Stockton
Fred Adkins
A. Cherry
Ada W. Johnson
David Baker
Sherri McCollum
C. M. McCollum
Tammi McCollum
Donald Dunnavant
S. 51St
Christina Vache
William H. Joiner
Raymond Carter
Faxon
Jimmy D. Boxley
A. W. Crow
Indiahoma
Mel B. Hennessee
Leonard L. McAlister
Fred B. Ortiz
Brenda Baughn
Marlow
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Edward Cagle
Cache Road
Nora Cook
Bishop Read
Chamisa Cribbs
Virginia Gibson
S. 45Th
Fania Greear
Ella L. Adams
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Mountain Ams
Mary B. Russell
Park, Medical
Florence Wiersema
Elgin, Medical
Etta Wilmeth
Cedar Crest Nursing Home
P.hls
Mollie Haddon
Annabelle Bobb
Abel Williamson
Peggy Nickell
Allen Redden
Apache
Roger Tenneguer
Ewan Kaulaity
Amber Milacek
Dearmond Henry
Don Wheller
Snyder, Sur
Ruth West, Geronimo
Mary Jane Verner
S. 34Th
Dorothy Adams
Gladys Ashton
Cache
Alice B. Bollen
Medicine Park
Bert J. Caton
Martin
Christy Chatham
Mary Beth Cochran
Elgin
Ethel Dunnagan
Michael R. Frazier
Anne L. Givens
Harvey Hager
Bessie L. Jackson
Patricia A. Knight
Garfield
Clara M. Miller
James T. Pepper
N. 29Th
Mary A. Zea
Pinkie B. Bell
James Borror
Medical
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Lake, Medical
Clifford C. Bryant
Willie L. Copeland
Myrtle M. Currey
Danita J. Dodson
Rush Springs
Surgery
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company
East Trafficway
Springfield
Missouri
R. W. Booker & Associates, Inc
Olive Street
St. Louis
Pioneer Building
C Avenue
Arch M. March
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