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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1963
Page
3
Births list names and times from Medicine Park Elgin and other towns with mothers and newborns. Admissions and discharges cover surgeries medical stays across multiple localities with numerous patient and guardian details.
Willard Van der Veer, a Byrd polar expedition cameraman in the late 1920s, died at his Encino home at age 68 from a heart attack. He won an Academy Award in 1930 for cinematography on the 1929 Antarctic expedition led by Admiral Richard E. Byrd.
The Rev. Silas G. Kessler and Rev. Eugene Carson Blake voiced support for Supreme Court rulings. They urged that religious instruction remain a family duty and cautioned against using prayer to quiet children or Bible meaning being altered by legal decisions.
John Cathey 21 of Jackson and James Gibbs 22 of Martin were rescued from Scott Gap Cave eight miles west of Townsend Tennessee after a 24 hour entrapment. A search of about 50 people from Blount Knox parks and university groups followed. They are charged with exploring in Great Smoky Mountains National Park without a permit.
Seventy two Lawton youngsters join an eight week beginner band program led by Ken Hatch and Don Phillips. The free instruction runs through August 6 and takes place at Lawton High and a junior high band class.
Ballots for the Southwest Oklahoma chapter of the Association of the U S Army will be mailed this week to members. Nominated are James G. Knox president Clyde Shelton first vice president Col Ret G L DeArmond second vice president Lt Col Ret Kenneth F Brown secretary and Col Ret A C Goodwin treasurer. Ballots due by June 25 should be mailed to Rex H Madeira Box 108 Lawton.
The Iraqi government said more than 300 Kurdish rebels were killed in mop up operations in northern Iraq. The army operations department cited casualties including several local Communists. The Soviet Union announced support for the rebels.
More than 100 Lawton high school graduates and guests gathered Saturday at the Hotel Lawtonian for a class reunion. Gene Welch served as master of ceremonies and Mrs. Elmon Ethell presented statistics. Drew William Bell Jr. gave the invocation. Traveling far were Troy Tuttle Armand Reese and Nadyne Sunderland Pond. The Kings Men provided music after dinner. Wayne Smiths tea for members and wives followed, with hospitality hours led by Helen Shrum Liland Jack Brooks and Troy Tuttle.
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