Market Mixed as Dow Rises Amid Broad Gains
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 3.99 to 945.82 at noon as advances outpaced declines. Oklahoma grain prices were reported with cash wheat around 1.30 to 1.65 per bushel, oats, barley, milo and hay listed alongside poultry and egg prices, while stock activity showed Becton Dickinson and Leasco trades. Cattle and hog markets saw active trade with higher slaughter cow and hog prices and steady sow values.
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New York
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Keyes
Liberal
Afton
Alva
Manchester
Medford
Perryton
Okeene
Clinton
Weatherford
Altus
el Reno
Geary
Hobart
Kingfisher
Watonga
Yukon
Mangum
Enid
Hillsdale
Temple
Gulf Export
Barley
Gulf
MILO
Ent
Fl Reno
Lamont
Pauls Valley
New York Stock Exchange
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Becton Dickinson
Leasco
Death Notice George Rogers 54 of Letitia Area
George Rogers 54 of 4513 Avalon died Monday at a local nursing home after an extended illness. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Letitia Baptist Church with Rev. Ernie Margwarth and Rev. Joe Carman officiating. Burial Letitia Cemetery Greenlawn Funeral Home in charge. Survivors: wife Jerrellene, son Coy, daughter Joy Cook, brother Earl, four grandchildren. Born May 25 1918 east of Lawton. Married June 26 1944 in Lawton. He was a retail grocer and Letitia Baptist Church member.
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George Rogers
Avalon
Letitia Baptist Church
Ernie Margwarth
Joe Carman
Pollard Ave. Baptist Church
Letitia Cemetery
Greenlawn Funeral Home
Mr. Rogers
Lawton
Jerrellene Smith
Rogers
Coy
Steve
Joy) Cook
Norman
Earl
Walters
Walter F. Adkins
Wyatt Funeral Home
Everett Smalts
Duke
Paul Tripp
First United Methodist Church
of Walters
Adkins
Bells
Tex
U.S
Funeral services for Marty Clift Runnels in Kearney Arizona
Funeral services will be held at 10 am Wednesday in Kearney Arizona for Marty Clift Runnels 18 Cache native killed June 18 in an automobile accident. Burial will be at Kearney Cemetery under Griffin's Funeral Home. He was born November 9 1953 in Cache and was a Baptist. Survivors include his parents Billie Frank and twin brothers Kint and Bint 12 of Cache and grandparents Chuck Smith and O M Runnels of Cache.
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Marty Clift Runnels
Cache
Kearney
Ariz
Griffin’s Funeral Home
Mr. Runnels
The
Baptist Church
Billie Frank Runnels
Kint
Bint
Lavelle Chuck Smith
O. M. Runnels
Eight More Face Arraignment In Highway Patrol Drive
Oklahoma Highway Patrol crackdown on drunks yields 53 charged. Eight arraigned include four for public drunkenness, two for no license, one for open container, one for concealed weapon. Judge Taylor set bonds at $1,000. Additional marijuana cases await Wednesday.
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Special District
John Taylor
Taylor
Hotels Contracted to House Summer Troops at Fort Sill
The federal government awarded contracts totaling 44 268 for the Hotel Lawtonian and 17 465 for the Ramada Inn to billet National Guard and Army and Marine Reservists at Fort Sill this summer. The Hotel Lawtonian will provide 49 single and 57 double rooms per four two week sessions beginning Saturday, while the Ramada Inn will house 100 rooms with varying allocations across sessions including July 22 for the third session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawtonian
National Guard
Army and Marine
Fort Sill
Public Information Office
Hotel
Ramada Inn
Arbor Day Is Legal Holiday in Nebraska
Arbor Day on April 22 is designated as a legal holiday in Nebraska, observed statewide with closures of government offices and schools. The law sets April 22 as a day for tree planting and civic activities across the state.
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Nebraska
Cityan Wins Buckskin Dress Contest at Pow Wow
Mary Alice Kaulaity daughter of Ruth Kaulaity of 53 S 49th won first place in the Buckskin Dress contest at the Hub City Inter Tribal Club Pow wow held in Clinton. The 13th annual powwow featured Kaulaity a Cameron College Indian Club princess and Cameron senior.
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Mary Alice Kaulaity
Ruth Kaulaity
Hub City
Clinton
Miss Kaulaity
Cameron College
Cameron
Swim registration for Red Cross Learn to Swim program
A make-up registration session will be held at the Chapter House 401 Gore Blvd this week from 2 to 6 p.m. Each afternoon offers enrollment for the summer Learn to Swim program run by Red Cross.
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Red Cross
Gore Blvd
Paul the First Great Christian Missionary
The text presents Paul as the initial and leading figure among early Christian missionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apostle Paul
Waurika Reservoir funds boost Oklahoma water program
The House Appropriations Committee advanced a $5.6 million line for Waurika Reservoir construction as part of a $53.5 million state projects package. The measure also includes $7.5 million for Mountain Park and adds planning and start-up funds for Clayton, Shidler, and Arkansas Red River chloride projects.
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Waurika Reservoir
House Appropriations Committee
Tom Steed
Carl Albert
Clayton Reservoir
Pushmataha
Latimer
Shidler
Salt Creek
Osage County
Sas
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Sooner
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Appalachian
Congress
Rep. Steed
Kaw Reservoir
Webbers Falls
Waurika Lake
Hugo Lake
Copan Lake
Optima Lake
Oologah
Birch Lake
Skiatook Lake
Lukiata Lake
Arcadia Lake
Mountain Park
Bureau of Reclamation
Central Oklahoma Waterway
Tenkiller Ferry Lake
Arkansas River
Keystone Dam
Webbers Falls Lake
New Mexico
Public Records of Reports to Lawton Police
Lawton police logs list complainants including Moe Holman reporting gun theft, Alvin Jobe reporting vandalism, Barton Benson reporting bicycle theft, Fred Stewart reporting bicycle theft, Janet Coats reporting bicycle theft, Jesse Slavin reporting school vandalism, David McDowell reporting burglary, Sammie Bush reporting residence burglary, Gibson's Meat Company reporting meat theft, Steven Anderson reporting car burglary, Phillip Hooter reporting assault, Miguel Sanchez reporting attempted break in, Hal Falk reporting bicycle theft, Bobby Wiggins missing person, Frances Coriey reporting Marilyn Hody theft, Sondra Davis Franklin reporting automobile theft, Larry Militoy Fort Sill reporting automobile theft, Donald Bolt Fort Sill reporting stereo theft, Raymond Reece reporting bicycle theft, Winston Romines reporting tire theft, Henry Richard reporting automobile vandalism, Rachel Wray reporting house burglary, Richard Miller reporting stereo thefts, Joe Bertram reporting ...
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Lawton
Moe Holman
Oklahoma
Alvin Jobe
N. 46Th Place
Barton K. Benson
Elmhurst
Sullivan Village
Fred Stewart
White
Janet Coats
Oak
Jesse Slavin
Pollard
Lincoln Elementary
Park
David McDowell
S. 68Th
Cor
Sammie A. Bush
Maple
Gibson's Meat Company
E. Lee Bivd
Steven Anderson
Duncan
Phillip Hooter
Lincoln
Miguel Sanchez
S. 18Th
Hal Falk
Washington
Bobby Wiggins
Frances Coriey
Marilyn Hody
Sondra Davis Franklin
Oklahoma City
Larry Militoy
Fort Sill
Donald Bolt
Raymond Reece
Pennsylvania
Winston Romines
Avondale
Henry Richard
Denver
Rachel Wray
Sullivan
Richard Miller
Joe Bertram
Euclid
Fire alarms report multiple incidents in Lawton area
Lawton Fire Department responded to several calls including a building fire at 11th and B with minor damage, grass fires at 2702 2 W. Lee Blvd, a drowning at 610 Bishop Road, a search assist for the drowning victim, and a trash fire one mile southeast of 11th and Combs Road.
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W. Lee Bivd
Bishop Road
11Th and
Combs Road
Eight Aviators Honored At Sill
Fort Sill’s 291st Aviation Company earned eight honorary pins. Col. Frank W. Nadeau Jr. presented a 15 year Army Aviation Association pin to CWO James R. Oden, who has logged over 7,100 hours since 1956. Other aviators received 1,000 hour Sikorsky pins for CH 54 Skycrane and CH 37 cargo helicopter time.
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Fort Sill
291St Aviation Company
Col
Frank W. Nadeau Jr
U. S. Army Field Artillery Aviation Command
Owen Barker
Army
Robert W. Scholz
Eugene L. Eddy
Earl A. Howton
Victor A
Contempt Hearing Delayed In Edmond Case In OKC
U S District Judge Fred Daugherty postponed a contempt of court hearing for Wesley Edmond tax consultant to Rep Archibald Hull Junior of Oklahoma City after Edmond removed his attorney Hill from the case. Edmond had failed to produce Hill income tax records sought by the Internal Revenue Service. No new date is set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
U.S. District Court
Fred Daugherty
Wesley Edmond
Archibald Hull Junior
Hill
Edmond
Internal Revenue Service
Florida State University graduate in fashion illustration
Karen Leffel of 922 SE Second recently earned a B.A. degree in fashion illustration at Florida State University in Tallahassee.
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Karen Leffel
Florida State University
Tallahassee
Parole Board Reviews Kidnapper Claim of Mistaken Identity
The Pardon and Parole Board orders a probe into whether David Lee Househoulder, jailed for kidnapping, was misidentified and whether condemned killer Thomas S. Menthen resembles him enough to be the real culprit. Menthen sits on death row for a 1970 slaying near Oklahoma City. officials say the two men could be twins.
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Mccalester
Okla
State Pardon and Parole Board
David Lee Househoulder
Thomas
Parole Board
Menthen
Househoulder
Charles C. Chesnut
Miami
Oklahoma City
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Guilty Plea In Auto Parts Theft Case
Lawton man Adam Brach Jr. pleaded guilty to taking 12 automobile radiators and 11 batteries May 13 from several cars at 1106 Georgia. The 20 year old received a two year deferred judgment and sentence and was ordered to pay $200 restitution. He was arrested May 25 at 4003 Lindy on a grand larceny warrant.
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Lawton
Georgia
Adam Brach Jr
Monroe
Robert Landers
Brach
4003
Lindy
Fort Sill Man Receives Two Year Deferred Judgment
Alvin N. Scott of Fort Sill Headquarters Battery 18th Artillery pled guilty to grand larceny for burglarizing Comanche Lumber Company at 230 S Railroad. A roll of tent wire was taken. Co-defendant Harrum Butler, 42, faces a preliminary hearing at 2:30 p.m. June 29.
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Fort Sillman
Robert Landers
Alvin N. Scott
1St Battalion
18Th Artillery
Fort Sill
Comanche Lumber Company
S. Railroad
Harrum Butler
Scott
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Marty Clift
Walter Adkins
John C. Guilifer
Teddy M. Burgess
Lowton
Rodney L. Britton
Cyril
Bobby R. Carpenter
Johnny Owensby
Jimmy Wayne Eaton
Route 4
Thomas Allen
Fronetta Anderson
Elgin
Roy Leon Parkerson
N. Sheridan Road
James Harry Siebel
Field Artillery Center
Ronald R. Yellowfish
S. 26Th
Kenneth Floyd Douglas
Doolittle
Paul Guetter
B Battery
James Andrew Trussey
Artillery Training Center
Roy Lynn Kittrell
Medical Company
Miri Grooms
Paul Roy Joerns
N. Soth
Patterson Tahdooahnippah
Gary David Minner
Daniel P. Moran
Artillery Training
James Henry Curry
Medicine Park
Ernest S. Carrillo
Meer Orlando Bierke
Severna Freeman
Claude Jerry Freeman
Jack Royl
Limeum
National Bank
Sions
Arkia
Cityan
SWIM
House Panel UK
House
Office of Management and Budget
Earth
Waurika
Public Records
Lawton Fire Department
Sill
Neal D. Perry
West Gore Blvd
Lawton Lumber Co
REMO
Cedar Lin
Dial
Ralph W. Currell
Jack Brittain
Mgr
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