Two Tornadoes Hit Frederick Killing and Wounding Many
A pair of tornadoes struck Frederick injuring 46 residents of Hallmark Villa Nursing Home and damaging churches, schools, and homes. Volunteers and Civil Defense aided, with patients moved to five area nursing homes as ambulances and Air Force bases ferried the injured to Altus and Lawton hospitals.
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Rubye Holloway
Vernon, Tex
Fort Sill Indian Hospital
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Lawton
Altus
Crystal Thrash
Hallmark Villa
Kris
Altus Air Force Base
Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Fort Sill
Hallmark Villa Nursing Home
Tillman County Memorial Hospital
Frederick
Lillian Todd
Walter Bray
Sallie Cook
Vernie Delaney
Christine Gober
Vernon Harvey
Mona Harwell
Sara Hooker
Ruby Kennedy
Kate Munson
Lucy Roberts
Anna Smith
Ivan Wallace
May Younger
Maud Wood
John Zumwalt
Josie Reid
Dewey Luck
Lola Allen
Virgil Griffith
Vernie Rose
P.H.S. Indian Hospital
Susie Kidwell
A. T. Thurmond
Nursing Home Tornado Destruction In Tillman County
Nurses at Hallmark Villa Nursing Home describe a destructive tornado that struck around 7 40 p m tearing the building apart and leaving patients injured. Mrs Louise Adams and Mrs Olevia Toney recount walls collapsing and rescuers digging residents from rubble as they work to move the injured to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Adams
Two Men Dead After Submersible Decompression Attempt
Two men found dead in the forward chamber of a 21 foot submersible 15 miles southeast of Key West. The rear chamber remained pressurized while decompression continued aboard Sea Diver. officials warned that opening the hatch could have caused fatal depressurization.
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Sub
Tor
Key West
Stover
Juno Beach
Fla
Meek
Santa Barbara
Calif
Navy
Bisbing
Link
Maurine
Explorer
Cmdr
Dan Disney
Revenue Sharing Planned Use Allocation Details
Allocation for 1973 period shows operating maintenance and social service expenditures totaling 8 717 dollars. Motch Chairmen Comanche Tribe listed as issuing authority in the public notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson Constitution
Financial Administration
Motch
Astronauts finish solar observatory spacewalk and film release
The Skylab crew completed a major space walk to service a sun watching lab, freeing a stuck solar panel, replacing film cans with fresh supplies, and filming 30 242 photographs. Observations include a mid Friday solar flare and corona details from above Earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weitz
Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Pacific Ocean
Rusty Schweickart
Earth
Robert McQueen
High Altitude Observatory
Boulder
Colo
Robert A. Parker
Newsmen
Eagle Shooting Rules and Penalties compare Canada US
Canadian law bans bald eagle shooting with fines up to 300 dollars. In the United States, penalties reach 5000 dollars and up to one year in jail.
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U.S
Canada
Large Turnout for Lawton Labor Survey At Armory
About 1 275 people showed up Monday for an international firm’s labor market survey seeking Lawton as a site for a new plant. By noon almost 300 had applied. the survey runs 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through Wednesday at the National Guard Armory in Elmer Thomas Park.
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Lawton
National Guard
Elmer Thomas Park
Robert Head
Lawson Industrial Foundation
Combine and Truck Shortage Seen in Oklahoma Harvest
Oklahoma wheat farmers face a shortage of combines and trucks as harvest continues. The State Employment Service notes a deficit of 147 pieces of equipment statewide while crews leave Oklahoma for contracts in Kansas. High humidity and showers slowed cutting but aided grain shipments to terminals.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State Employment Service
Agriculture Board
Billy Ray Gowdy
Robert Lamm
Seiling
Dewey County
OSES
Kansas
Raymond Crump
Council approves land use change and city projects
The council approved COUNCIL Up Services Inc. land at 2434 F rezoned from R-3 and C-5 to I-1 after LM A PC review. Actions include two street lights along Fifth and Sixth avenues, railroad train speed limits within city, contract with Lawton Urban Renewal Authority for D-6 Development, and bids for a new grass fire truck and HVAC work at Central Fire Station.
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Up Services Inc
LMAPC
Public Service Co
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Boardman Co
Oklahoma City
Home Decor
Lawton
Central Fire Station
Lawtonka Overflows After Storms Hit Area
Overnight rains measure 1.78 inches downtown Lawton with 2.12 inches at Fire Station Five. Area totals list multiple towns, while two tornadoes struck Frederick injuring at least 57 and causing about 2 million dollars in damage. Many residents sought shelter in Civil Defense facilities across Lawton and nearby communities. The Weather Service issued a tornado watch as storms continued across Oklahoma with warnings and heavy rainfall reported.
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Lawton
53Rd
Gore Boulevard
Chattanooga
Faxon
Fletcher
Marlow
Walters
Anadarko
Chickasha
Duncan
Frederick
Tillman County
Cameron College
Great Plains
Vo- Tech
Cache Civil Defense
Sooner
Oklahoma
Texas
Wichita Falls
North Central
Oklahoma City Councilman Acknowledges Hudgins Contracts
Councilman Kenneth R. Boyer admits two real estate deals with Ed Hudgins of Hudgins Thompson Ball and Associates, firm handling most of the city’s architectural and engineering work. He says contracts predate his election and do not relate to his council duties. HTB has nine contracts totaling 321,000 dollars during his term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Kenneth R. Boyer
Ed Hudgins
Hudgins, Thompson, Ball & Associates
Boyer
Hudgins
HTB
Kidnap Crisis as Ransom Demanded for Banker Lockwood
A revolutionary army warns of harm to executives unless payment is made. Charles Lockwood a 65 year old British financier and Roberts Finance Co. director is held captive by guerrillas. He was seized thirteen days ago in front of his London home Hurlingham. A ransom of two million dollars is reportedly demanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revolutionary Army
Charles Lockwood
Lockwood
Roberts Finance Co
Hurlingham
Nixon Brezhnev Sign Moscow Accord Affects Trade Talks
The ceremony featured showy gestures as the leaders signed accords reached by lower level officials after talks in Moscow. The pact covers information exchange and agricultural estimates to aid grain forecasts, with further discussions planned at the White House.
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State Department
Benjamin Franklin
Brezhnev
Blair House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Congress
17Th Street
Constitution Ave
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorials
Executive
Moscow
U.S
Meat yields from beef cattle fall short for steaks
Meat packers say only about 12 percent of a beef cow becomes broil able sirloin porterhouse T bone club or rib steaks. The remainder is used for other cuts, processing products or byproducts.
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Wilbarger General Hospital
Vernon
Tex
Winne Staher
Sarah Peters
Jackson County Memorial Hospital
Lorena Hazel
A. F. Thurman
Pioneer Manor
Velma Rushing
Marie Wallace
Park Lane Nursing Home
Hubert Amyx
Henry Amyx
Ann Kennedy
Susie Zelmer
Buford Nicholson
Bessie Hokes
Plato Nursing Home
David Conkey
P. W. Myers
L. S. Smith
Millie Short
Virgie Jones
Perry Long
Cora Eslinger
Ayers
Snyder
Werley Hicks
Margaret Huffer
Pearl Hodges
Bertha Porter
Elma Rogers
Montrey Manor
Myrtle Dickson
Bob Pritchard
Barnie McDowell
Lena Clifton
Helena Barnett
Walter Webb
Lavada Hendricks
By Nick Stuart
Clayton Link
Edwin A. Link
Menzies
Vero Beach, Fla
Montana
Schweickart
Mission Control
Head
Council
Woodsy Owl
Roscoe Spires, Inc
Roscoe Anne
Lawtonka
Carnegie
Don Trobe
Fort Cobb
Jimmy Rogers
Clyde Daukei
Leva Dyer
Frank Roberts
Apache
Guy Funk
YMCA
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
National Weather Service
Pittsburg
Latimer
Sequoyah
Leflore
McAlester
Chelsea
Tishomingo
Ragu
Ragu Ji
Uncle Lou
Mattress Sale
DIAL
Raulston Furniture
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