Two 16 year olds charged in car theft case
Lawton authorities filed charges in Special Sessions against Gregory Gene Chicoine and John Carl Steuver both 16 for alleged unauthorized taking and use of a motor vehicle. They were arrested after a seven hour manhunt following the theft of a pickup from Ben Leva Auto Parts and a second truck taken from a Walters resident.
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Lawton
Ben Leva Auto Parts
Special Sessions
Gregory Gene Chicoine
John Carl Steuver
Arlington
Red River
Cotton County
Cotton
Jefferson
Cleo Stout
Walters
James E. Bartes
Fort Sill
N. Sheridan
Frank E. Newton
Leola Newton
Highway Patrol
Albert Bell Jr
Wayne Marvin Martin
Ramsey Dale Swint
Dallas
Tex
Tommie E. Smith
Isaac Tyson
Leroy Martin Williams
Lincoln
Elbert Parker
James Albert Shaw
S. 45Th
Delbert P. Goodrum
Euless
Larry James Savage
Atom
Edward Wright
F. Waite
Darrell Buttram
Roosevelt
Jimmy Paul Jason
Altus
Aden W. Campbell
Oklahoma Toll in 1963 Reaches Three Hundred One
United Press International reports multiple crashes across Oklahoma on Sunday raise the year toll to 301. Victims include Cecil Ladd 50 Caney. Tommie D Sorrell 16 Ardmore. George William Lee 43 Wynona. Jess Talmadge 55 Oklahoma City. Glen Lancaster 36 Wichita Kansas.
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Oklahoma
Cecil Ladd
Caney
Tommie D. Sorrell
Ardmore
George William Lee
Wynona
Jess Talmadge
Oklahoma City
Glen Lancaster
Wichita
Sorrell
U. S. 70
Durant
Wendyl Ray Knight
Lee
Pawhuska
Osage
Talmadge
Ernest Elmer Ford
Modesto
Calif
Juanita
Lancaster
Miami
Annual Red Cross meeting scheduled in Comanche county
The Comanche county Red Cross chapter will hold its annual membership meeting at 4 p m Wednesday at the Oklahoma Public Service Co service center 226 B Mike Darnall chairman said The meeting will include election of officers and a resume of the past year s activities He noted that any contributor of more than 1 to the Lawton Fort Sill United Fund is a valid voting member Nominations from the floor will be taken and for the first time in years representatives from outlying towns will be considered for board positions
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Comanche County
Darnall
Capital Park Integrates Amid Threats at Wedgewood Village
Oklahoma City park owner Maurice Woods says he will integrate his Wedgewood Village amusement park after receiving life threatening calls to his family. Police investigate the threats while activists and a council NAACP leader caution against linking the calls to demonstrators. Later four young Black individuals peacefully enter the park.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Maurice Woods
Wedgewood Village
Woods
E. Melvin Porter
NAACP
Wedgewood
Airman Douglas Edwards Reassigned for Training at Amarillo Base
Airman Douglas L. Edwards son of Hilliard F. Edwards 913 N Sheridan Rd is reassigned to Amarillo Air Force Base for technical training as a supply specialist. He recently completed basic training at Lackland AFB Tex.
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Douglas Edwards
Amarillo
Douglas L. Edwards
Hilliard FE. Edwards
N. Sheridan Road
Amarillo Air Force Base
Lackland Afb
Tex
Airman Nelson Named Honor Graduate at Amarillo AFB
Airman Third Class Ronald F. Nelson of Elgin is the academy honor graduate in the inventory specialists course at Amarillo AFB Texas with a 9 percent grade average. He will rejoin the Oklahoma National Guard unit at Tulsa Municipal Airport. A Elgin High School graduate, he holds a Bachelor of Science from Southwestern State College Weatherford.
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Ronald F. Nelson
A. F. Nelson
Elgin
U. S. Air Force
Amarillo Afb
Tex
Oklahoma National Guard
Tulsa Municipal
Elgin High School
Southwestern State College
Weatherford
Will Rogers stage musical heads to pre-Broadway tour
Long overdue theatrical portrait of Will Rogers seeks a fall pre-Broadway tour starting in Claremore. Eddie Albert leads a cast with George Alexander and a mixed chorus in a scenery-light format. Joint authors Arnold Marquis and Don Quinn produce with music by Gene de Paul.
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Will
Hollywood
Will Rogers
Will Jr
Claremore
Eddie Albert
George Alexander
Hell
John Brown
Arnold Marquis
Don Quinn
Gene de Paul
Goodwill Picnic Planned at Lake Quanah by Baron Quinn
Goodwill Industries will hold its annual employee picnic at 2 30 p m Tuesday at Lake Quanah announced director Barney Quinn. All Goodwill shops will close at 2 p m to allow staff to attend the event.
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Goodwill Industries
Lake Quanah Parker
Barney Quinn
Call For Help From Man In England Says Wife Is Beating Him
Police in Warminster England reported receiving an emergency call from a man who pleaded for immediate aid saying his wife was beating him. The incident prompted police to respond to the scene to assess the situation.
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Warminster
England
UPI
Funeral Rites for Ed Barnes Held in Lawton
Ed Barnes 87 of 1156 Sycamore died after a long illness. Services were at Becker Memorial Chapel at 2 30 p m with Rev H Tom Wiles officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Survived by wife Clara Jane. three daughters Lela Moore Ed Parnell Lee Loveall. three sons George Joe John E Barnes. four sisters. 14 grandchildren. four great grandchildren. Born Sept 24 1875 in Cleburne Texas came to Lawton area 1889.
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Ed Barnes
Sycamore
Becker Memorial Chapel
H. Tom Wiles
First Baptist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Mr. Barnes
Cleburne
Tex
Lawton
Burnett
Oklahoma
Clara Jane Smith
Bowie
Lela Moore
Dearborn
Ed Parnell
Lee T. Loveall
Arlington
George
Joe
Oklahoma City
Sudden Retirement May Speed Aging for Some Workers
The piece argues that sudden retirement can accelerate aging and decline, while gradual reduction in work keeps both body and mind active. It notes evidence of bone calcium loss with inactivity, urges gradual pacing, and cites industry moves to ease workload for older employees. It also discusses limited post retirement employment, civic and recreational outlets, and the role of the family doctor in planning a paced, individualized life after work.
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Oklahoma State Medical Association
Services for Martin Overstreet in Lawton
Martin E. Overstreet aged 17 of Lawton will have services at 10 30 a m Tuesday in Becker Memorial chapel. He died at 11 20 a m Saturday in a U S Army hospital after a car accident on U S 277 242 miles north of Lawton. Rev Richard Smith of Sunset Baptist mission will officiate and burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens.
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Martin Edward Overstreet
Lawton
S. 23Rd
San Diego Naval Base
Becker Memorial Chapel
U. S. Army Hospital
U.S. 277
Richard Smith
Sunset Baptist Mission
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Mystery husband seeks wife after unexplained disappearance
Don Parker of Hitchin England reports his 40-year-old wife Bery vanished two weeks after he bought her a new car. Parker says she had just taken her first drive since the gift and has not been seen since, leaving him mystified.
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Hitchin
England
UPI
Don Parker
Parker
Bery
Sanders to Retire From Army Aug 31
Brig. Gen. Horace L. Sanders of Ent Air Force Base Colorado will retire after more than 29 years of service. He served as commanding general of Fort Sill 1st Field Artillery Missile Brigade from 1956 to 1959 before transfer to the Eighth U S Army in Korea.
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Horace L. Sanders
Ent Air Force Base
Colo
Fort Sill
Army
Sanders
1St Field Artillery Missile Brigade
Eighth U. S. Army
Korea
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