Pope Paul VI marks nine years amid papacy turmoil
Vatican notes Pope Paul VI completes nine years as pontiff facing faith, birth control, and lay reform revolts. Close aides say he longs to resign but cannot. Born Giovanni Montini, he became pope after John XXIII. health remains a concern as he presides over travels and duties.
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Paul VI
Apostolic Palace
St. Peter’s Square
Giovanni Montini
Milan
Pope Paul VI
John XXIII
Births and hospital notices list many names and events
Births show multiple families welcoming daughters and sons with dates and weights, including Mr. and Mrs. John Conley and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Dukes. Medical dismissals and admissions accompany numerous names across cities like Oklahoma City and Walters, with notes on June 10 15 and a Pope Paul report concluding.
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John* Conley
Lawrence G. Dukes
Larry Wayne Gather
Kingsbury
Sixto C. Herrera
Chattanooga
Clinton L. Rigg
Shawnee
May L. Morris
Carnegie
Mary Ousley
Marlow
Terry Penrod
Walters
Oleta Pittman
Andrews
Marcia Portillo
John W. Rumbarger
Columbia
Nora Russell
Bishop Read
Laura M. Shafer
Washington
Robert Smart
Herman C. Stafford
Apache
Trilley B. Standridge
Miriam H. Thomas
Aleene G. Webster
Rush Springs
Walter L. Webster
Pennsylvania
Nora D. Williams
Fletcher
Jerry V. L. Wilson
Charlotte A. Woessner
Maurita Jean Wright
Elmhurst
Bobby Abshere
Grace Burns
S. 45Th
Jimmy Callwell
Raymond FE. Caldwell
Cliffie E. Chandler
Duncan
Linda F. Christian
Marilyn J. Douglas
Garfield
H. Douglas Fitzgerald
Chickasha
Kenneth Fowler
Sterling
Texas Man Dies In Auto Mishap
A Texas truck driver Hershel E. Reynolds aged 49 from Lone Star died of head injuries after his truck ran off U S 271 four miles west of Poteau and overturned in a ditch. Oklahoma 1972 traffic toll rose to 348, up from 330 last year.
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Associated Press
Texas
Oklahoma
Hershel E. Reynolds
Lone Star
Tex
Poteau
Reynolds
U. S. 271
Oldest Christian Church Found at Qal'at es Salihiye
Archaeologists identify Qal'at es Salihiye in eastern Syria as the world’s oldest Christian church dating to AD 232 in the late Roman period. The site shows early Christian worship space and stone remains suggesting an early congregational gathering place.
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Es Salihiye In
Syria
Sky Marshals Seize Weapons and Arrest 1163
US Sky Marshals have seized nearly 50 000 weapons and arrested 1163 persons in the past 16 months amid anti hijack efforts. Most arrests occurred at screening before boarding. 34 were nabbed on planes. 612 illegal aliens, 365 with drugs and 152 evading screening.
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Washington
Sky
Treasury Department
Department
Generals Gillem and Seneff to Speak at Fort Sill
Two lieutenant generals visit Fort Sill this week to address the Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course. Lt. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem II of Maxwell Air Force Base will speak Thursday to FAOAC and USAFAS staff and faculty. Lt. Gen. George P. Seneff Jr. of III Corps at Ft. Hood will talk Friday to FAOAC students and their wives. Gen. Seneff has commanded Ft. Hood since July 1971 and began his career as a field artillery lieutenant at Ft. Sill.
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Air Force
Fort Sill
U.S. Army Field Artillery School
Usafas
Alvan C. Gillem II
Air University
Maxwell Air Force Base
Ala
George P. Seneff Jr
III Corps
Ft. Hood
Unidentified Youth Shot Dead by Oklahoma City Police
Police in Oklahoma City killed a youth during a chase after a daytime burglary report. The deceased, estimated 16 to 18, was found with a bicycle, a sleeveless shirt reading Legalize Marijuana, and reddish brown hair. officers Dewe y Morse and Jim Mosely were relieved from duty as the investigation proceeds.
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Oklahoma City
Steve Young
Dewey Morse
Jim Mosely
Young
Mosely
Oklahoma City University
Morse
Charles Marshall
Public Records Of Complainants Reported To City Police
Lawton police logs list complainants with crimes or losses. Names include George Cintron, Bill Laine, Gordon Winkelman, Roy Romies, Bernard Szatkowski, F R Mead, Arnold Jones, Edward Falk, Stanley Booker, James Lee, Loonerland Reality, Patricia Parker, Leotus Guest, Sullivan School, Joanne Baize, Jiffy Food Store, Danny Forbis, Harold Jones, Martha Gaines, Elmer Beasley, Edna Wells, and Mark Haddon with incidents of burglary theft assault or other property loss at residences businesses schools or public locations.
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Lawton
George Cintron
Village Green Drive
Bill Laine
Bell
Gordon Winkelman
Fullerton
Roy Romies
Wisconsin
Sherry’s Station
Oklahoma
Bernard Szatkowski
Arlington
Sullivan School
SE Elmhurst
Joanne Baize
Bishop Road
Jiffy Food Store
Sheridan
Danny Forbis
S. Second
Harold Jones
Andrews
Martha Gaines
Park
Elmer Beasley
Arnold Jones
Edna Wells
Mark Haddon
Summit
Cor
Fire reports list multiple calls across Lawton area
Lawton Fire Department logged several alarms over Sunday and Monday including a smoke investigation at 5717 Ash at 12:05 p.m. a trash fire at 101 N 2nd at 10:57 p.m. an electrical fire at 2705 Fort Sill Blvd at 11:46 p.m. and a house fire at 1612 Texas at 9:19 a.m. on Monday.
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N. 2Nd
Fort Sill Blvd
Area residents pre enroll for Oklahoma College program
Seventeen people from the Lawton area pre enrolled for the Consumer Education and Legal Aid workshop at the Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts Chickasha campus. The session runs through June 30 as part of five Indian Studies Training Program workshops at UCLA this summer. Pre enrolled also include Doris Wilkins Walters Mrs Cherry Mae Goodin Elgin and others from Lawton Anadarko and surrounding towns.
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Lawton
Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts
Chickasha
UCLA
Lawton Area
Doris Wilkins
Walters
Cherry Mae Goodin
Elgin
Rubena Reebes
Cache
Nellie Payne
Carnegie
Frances Kay Desantel
Fort Cobb
Betty Simpson
Duncan
Anadarko
Myles Stephenson
Pearl Keyes
Willie Joe John
Maude McDaniels
Marjorie Tahbone
Lutie Sue Gouge
Darrell Underwood
Vanessa Nance
Linda Poolaw
Paul McDaniel
Patricia Eaglenest
Treasure Lake corpsman dies in sleep in Oklahoma City hotel
Tony J. Lopez 18 of Espanola New Mexico died in his sleep at a Oklahoma City hotel after an overnight bus trip from Guthrie. autopsy attributed death to alcoholic poisoning. Lopez served with Treasure Lake Job Corps Center and is survived by Abel Lopez and Ray Lopez.
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Job Corps
Civilian Conservation Center
Oklahoma City
James W. McKay Jr
Tony J. Lopez
Espanola
N.M
McKay
Lopez
Guthrie
Job Corps Center For
James Williams
Lahoma City
Williams
Abel Lopez
Ray
McKoy
Market Prices Slip During Dull Trading
New York stock market slipped today in dull trading as investors eyed a potential Soviets North Vietnamese peace initiative. The Dow Jones average stood at 940.47, down 4.59, with declines ahead of any major news and few buyers active. Strong entities include Dow Jones and New York Stock Exchange with commodities like cattle hogs and canner prices noted.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Wildlife Bureau Auction Sells Oklahoma Vehicles
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation will auction about 30 vehicles and a lawn mower at the Comanche County Fairgrounds on Wednesday June 28 at 7 p.m. Auctioneers are Pat Weldon and Ray Tanner. rangers will inspect and bid payments must be in full for title to be released after bank clearance.
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Comanche County Fairgrounds
Pat Weldon
Boise City
Ray Tanner
Claremore
Game Rangers
Fairgrounds
Cityans to Attend National NEA Convention in Atlantic City
Lawton education leaders head to the NEA convention in Atlantic City New Jersey June 24 30. Attendees include Marcelle Southerland Dimple Joern and Mr and Mrs George Stuever. Topics include teacher unity school funding court rulings corporal punishment bargaining rights and governance changes. Oklahoma sends 84 delegates with speakers including Alex Haley and political figures invited.
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National Education Association
NEA
Atlantic City
N.J
Marcelle Southerland
Lawton Education Association
Dimple Joern
Lawton Association of
George Stuever
Stuever
American Federation of Teachers
Donald Morrison
Supreme Court
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
United States
Alex Haley
Malcolm X
Oklahoma
Former Cityan to Attend Air Academy in France
Cadet J C Michael Nishimuta a 20 year old Lawton High School graduate and junior at the U S Air Force Academy Colorado Springs has been selected for a semester at L Ecole de l Air Salon France from August to January Nishimuta son of Paul Nishimuta a former Lawton resident now in Hawaii will join six French cadets at the US academy in exchange There are about 200 students at the French school near Marseille Nishimuta says the school is more like a graduate program with two extra years of study He has studied French four semesters and has traveled in Europe twice before 1968 graduate of Lawton High School.
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U.S. Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
L’ecole de l’Air
Nishimuta
Paul Nishimuta
Lawton
Lawton Publishing Co
Hawaii
France
U.S
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Marseille
Nishimura
Europe
Lawton High School
Memorial Services for Edwin Blazier in Wichita Church
Memorial services for Edwin Lawton Blazier 65 of Rogers Arkansas were held at Eastminister United Presbyterian Church Wichita Kansas. Blazier a former Lawton resident and retired Beech Aircraft safety director disappeared after an apparent drowning at Beaver Lake near Rogers on June 8. His empty fishing boat was found adrift and his body remains unfound. Blazier moved to Rogers six weeks ago from Wichita after retirement and was a native Lawtonian who lived here until the 1940s.
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Rogers
Ark
Lawton
Eastminister United Presbyterian Church
Wichita
Kan
Blazier
Beaver Lake
Beech Aircraft Corp
Memorials for Ned Burch and Lillian Cary Funeral Notices
Ned M. Burch 59 of 1913 Lake Ave died June 17 in an Oklahoma City hospital after illness. A 7:30 p.m. service at Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home Chapel precedes a 10 a.m. Tuesday funeral at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church with Rev. Elmer Schwarz. Lillian Cary 61, former Lawton resident, died June 17 in a Midwest City hospital. Services 3 p.m. today at Eisenhower-Northwest Funeral Home, burial Arlington Memorial Cemetery. Born in 1911 in Colony, she moved to Midwest City in 1952 with her husband Clyde Cary. She was an United Methodist Church member and retired clerical at Tinker AFB. Survivors include Clyde Cary. brothers Ralph L. Ross and William A. Ross. sisters Mrs. Minnie Scott and Mrs. Gladys Myers.
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Lake Ave
Oklahoma City
Lawton-Ritter- Dalton Funeral Home
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Elmer Schwarz
Midwest City
Lillian Cary
Lawton
Eisenhower-Northwest
Clyde
The
Home
Ralph L. Ross
William A. Ross
Elgin
Minnie Scott
Gladys Myers
Fire Damages Public Housing Apartments
A Lawton Public Housing Authority building at 1612 Texas sustained about $6,000 in damage from a morning fire likely starting in a closet. Fire Marshal Ray Catlin said cause was undetermined. Residents attempted initial suppression. by arrival one room was nearly destroyed. Two apartments suffered heavy damage with several more smoke damaged.
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Texas
Ray Catlin
Spot Bid Sale Slated At Sill
A spot bid sale will be held June 22 at Fort Sill's Property Disposal Branch Building 3323 beginning at 8 a.m. Over 150 items including hardware office supplies tools chairs and appliances will be sold. For details call Frank C. Ray at 351 4703.
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Fort Sill
Frank C. Ray
Kissinger Arrives In Peking For China Talks
Kissinger, adviser to President Nixon, arrived in Peking for talks with Chinese leaders. The visit aims to advance normalization of relations and exchange views on issues of common interest, with talks scheduled from Monday to Friday.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Peking
Kyodo News Service
Washington
Kissinger
China
People’s Republic of China
United States
Two Killed Aboard Submarine Under Repair in Taranto
An explosion aboard a former U S Navy submarine in Taranto Italy killed two workers and injured four. Two sailors were missing as the Balao class submarine Cappe, turned over to Italy in 1967, was undergoing modernization.
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Italy
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