Death notices and services for local residents
Obituaries from Lawton and nearby areas list William Z. Gray 80 of Baltimore former Baltimore police patrolman 27 years Army service in 1916 Pancho Villa campaign and Sgt J C Gray Jr. residence 1411 Bell. Also notices for Ethel Lee May 86 Norman service at Primrose Funeral Home Chapel burial Lexington Cemetery Nora Tahahunerwe 6? Cache and families Becker Funeral Home arranging. Marguerite Haire 50 Lawton death Brooke Army Hospital and Viola Huitt 69 Lawton services Becker and Sterling Cemetery with survivor details.
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William Z. Gray
J.C
William Z. Gray Jr
Bell
Baltimore
Mr. Gray
Baltimore Police Department
Pancho Villa
Funeral services for Sgt. J C Wlazlinski held at Fort Sill
Funeral for Sgt. J C Wlazlinski 56 of 2903 N 26th will be at 10 a m Tuesday in Hilltop Chapel Fort Sill with Chaplain Capt Eugene E Eagan officiating Burial in Post Cemetery under Lawton Ritter Dalton Funeral Home direction A prayer service was at 7 30 p m today at the funeral home chapel Also noted is the death Friday afternoon of Mrs Giamla Wolfe 43 of 408 NW 56th at Tims Funeral Home Altus She was born June 15 1929 in Tripoli Libya and was married to Leon Wolfe in 1958 Her father and a brother and sister resided in Tripoli
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Nora
Tahah) Titchaunerwe
Cache
Lawton
Titchaunerwe
Indian Territory
Comanche Reformed Church
Eugene Asenap
Russell Benio
Raymond Hadley
Baldwin
John
Viola Huitt
Becker Funeral Home
Guy Swanson
Sterling Cemetery
Huitt
Paluxy
Tex
Cleburne
Sterling
Sunset Baptist Church
James T. Huitt
Marion ‘Red’ Huitt
Route 1
Vernon Dees
Wynette
Cecil Mantooth
Alford E. Taylor
Englewood
Calif
Burl Snyder
la Canaca
J.C
Carl J. Wlazlinski
Hilltop Chapel
Fort Sill
Eugene FE. Eagan
Post Cemetery
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Wlazlinski
Reynolds Army Hospital
Giamla Wolfe
Tims
Altus
Wolfe
Tripoli
Libya
Leon Wolfe
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Nevada recovered entire ransom from skyjacker in Friday hijack
Authorities say $200,000 ransom from a United Airlines jet hijack has been recovered in Nevada, the remaining $803,000 extorted in two other skyjackings still seeks. Federal efforts continue to recover $500,000 from Algeria after a Western Airlines hijack. One suspect, William Holder, 24, and accomplice Mary Karkow, 20, sought political asylum in Algeria. Another claimant, William Hahneman, 49, faces charges after surrendering in Honduras for a May 5 Eastern Air Lines hijacking and ransom. Robb D. Heady, 22, held on air piracy charges related to the incident.
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Associated Press
Nevada
United Air Lines
U.S
Western Airlines
William Holder
Mary Karkow
Algeria
William Hahneman
Florida
Honduras
Eastern Air Lines
Pennsylvania
Central America
Alexandria
Reno
Robb D. Heady
McGovern Expands Calcium Delegates Lead in California Polls
California primary totals show McGovern at 456 490 while an official tally lists 507 391 78. Delegates up for grabs include 271 in California and 144 across New Jersey New Mexico and South Dakota. Humphrey debated poll results and urged a clear withdrawal timetable for POWs to secure prisoner releases.
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California
McGovern
New Jersey
New Mexico
South Dakota
Humphrey
Wallace
Nixon
Jack Chestnut
George Bearden earns divinity degree at Golden State Seminary
George Wilburn Bearden son of Mr and Mrs John W Beard en of 1506 South Tenth graduated from Golden State Baptist Theological Seminary in Mill Valley California with a master of divinity degree.
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George Wilburn Bearden
John W. Bearden
S. 10Th
Golden State Baptist Theological Seminary
Mill Valley
Calif
Laird Warns on Military Funding and ABM Defense Pace
Laird told a subcommittee that funding reductions target antiballistic missile defenses while offensive systems remain essential. He warned the Trident won't be ready until 1978–79 and that the Soviet Union will field more submarines than the United States by then. He criticized SALT limits but urged continued forward weapon development and urged Congress to fund foreign military aid at $780 million. He opposed Cambodia defense expenditure caps, citing risks to alliance arms balance and Cambodia’s defense needs.
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Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Laird
Congress
Vietnam
Defense Department
Department of Defense
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Credit Ales
Middle East
Cambodia
Ticonderoga joins 7th Fleet as Vietnam patrol target guard
U S military officials report the seventh carrier Ticonderoga in Subic Bay and bound for Vietnam within a week to hunt submarines and deter Soviet or Chinese sub activity. Navy actions in North Vietnam continue with river traffic strikes and riverine warfare. The Joseph Strauss suffered minor shock damage from underwater blasts but resumed duties. A Marine F4 Phantom was lost at Phu My with two crewmen killed, as 65 North Vietnamese troops and 15 weapons fell to Saigon forces.
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Ticonderoga
Subic Bay
Philippines
North Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf
Vietnam
U.S
Vinh
Rao Nay
Dong Hoi
Joseph Strauss
Cape Mui Ron
Phu My
South Vietnam
Saigon
Angela Davis Acquittal Sparks Jubilant Courthouse Rally
Angela Davis hugs and kisses the seven-woman five-man jury after a verdict. She calls the acquittal a people's victory as about 300 supporters chant outside the courthouse. Juror Louis Franco says the defense argued persecution of blacks and Mexican-Americans. Prosecutor Albert Harris Jr. offers no comment. A private party with champagne follows, most jurors attending with spouses. Juror Robert Seidel says the decision was not a slipshod one.
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Angela
Miss Davis
Louis Franco
America
Franco
Albert Harris Jr
Friends
Associated Press
Robert Seidel
Summer Jobs For Youths From Low Income Families At Fort Sill
Fort Sill offers a Student Aid Program with about 130 youths to be employed this summer under civilian personnel the post also runs a Summer Employment of Youth Program adding 100 jobs open to those taking the summer employment exam. Forty eight positions involve civilian lifeguards at post pools and across Lake Elmer Thomas.
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Nyc
Primus
Fort Sill
Ken Kaspereit
Kaspereit
Volunteer Army
Lake Elmer Thomas
German Parliament backs fund for American European studies
Chancellor Brandt announced the German Parliament approved the fund to promote US European studies with independent use of money by the fund's board. He presented documents to Dean Harvey Brooks of Harvard and C. W. Dillon as establishing the fund and its first installment. He urged ongoing interdependence between the US and Western Europe while noting Europe will remain distinct.
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Liament
German Marshall Fund
Brandt
Dean Harvey Brooks
C. W. Dillon
Harvard
United States
Europe
Female Mallard Chooses Mate Driving Off Rivals
A female mallard selects her mate and leads him as he chases away competing drakes, ensuring the pair’s pairing amid potential suitors.
Fuller Jr. Receives BA From Hendrix College
Dorsey Ray Fuller Jr., son of Lt. Col. and Mrs. D R Fuller, 4512 Cherokee, has earned a bachelor of arts degree from Hendrix College in Conway Arkansas.
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Dorsey Ray Fuller Jr
D. R. Fuller
Hendrix College
Conway, Ark
Moles Target Small Prey Emerging From Underground
Moles typically surface to hunt mice snails and other small animals as they roam underground corridors.
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United Spanish Veterans
Lawtonian
William J. Otten
Enid
Mander
U.S. War Veterans
Ada Knight
Oklahoma
A.U.S.W.V
Iaa
A. Hewlett
Shawnee
John Jamieson
Temple
U.S.W.V
Ethel Lee May
Ward
Norman
Bernice Carpenter
May
Primrose Funeral Home
Bill Blair
Lexington Baptist Church
Lexington Cemetery
Viola Huntt
Nora Titchaunerwe
Marguerite Haire
Brooke Army Hospital
San Antonio
Carl Wlazlinski
Hanoi
Raulston Furniture
DIAL
North
7Th Fleet
Angela Davis
Gore East
Constitution & Press Circulation
Southwest
Lawton Evening Constitution
D Avenue
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