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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1963
Page
9
The hospital roster records births and admissions including newborns, ages of patients, and surgery or medical status. Names and addresses of mothers, fathers, and guardians accompany numerous cases with details on bedside care and discharges.
Texas rancher Gerald Harrison sailed 1 000 Brahma cross cattle aboard the Lulu Belle from Greenville Mississippi up the Missouri and Mississippi rivers to market. The voyage rekindles a historic cattle drive as rivermen watch and Kansas City and Omaha markets await the herd.
The Oklahoma Board of Paroles approved 30 paroles while denying four petitions. It also commuted the life sentence of Jennie Spears, 77, convicted in 1922 of a Haskell County murder, and granted or denied numerous other releases across counties including Oklahoma, Tulsa, Creek, and Comanche.
John Preer a 19 year old bareback rider from Charleston California visits Lawton with his grandfather C E Price Sr. He is a Citadel sophomore majoring in history and plans to ride again next year after a leg injury. He will stay until late July then return to South Carolina for summer school.
The U S House of Representatives approved 157 million dollars for two years to continue flood control and other projects in the Arkansas River basin.
The National Association reports that the teasing comb with its irregular teeth, the basis of bouffant and bee hive styles, remains a prime tool in 1983. It will require fewer woman hours as haircuts and conifurations are adjusted.
The Lawton chapter of the American Business Club won two top national honors at the ABC convention in Peoria Illinois. Outgoing president Boyd Hoskins received the Mr Ambuc National Award for service across local district regional and national programs. The club also won the National Expansion Award for starting new chapters and a Banner Award for Living Endowment. A regional realignment created District 5 A and 5 B, with new officers to be chosen. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Hoskins Frank Countryman and Mrs Countryman.
At Fort Sill Army Hospital from June 16 to 22 a total of 32 births is recorded including fourteen boys and eighteen girls. The list notes numerous service members and spouses welcoming sons and daughters with ranks from Pfc to Maj and names tied to families across the period.
Gov Henry Bellmon announced a Friday Tulsa meeting of the state Mental Health Board to interview at least one candidate for the mental health director post. The resignation of Dr T Glyne Williams becomes effective Monday, and Dr Joe Tyler of Tulsa arranged the interview to be held at 7:30 p m at the Tulsa Psychiatric clinic.
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Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Harry W. Johnson, senior military advisor for Lockheed, is at Fort Sill visiting the commanding general Maj. Gen. L. S. Griffing and the Artillery and Missile School. He tours the Guided Missile Department and will review the 1st Field Artillery missile Brigade before meetings at the Tactics and Combined Arms Department and Artillery Agency, departing from Lawton Airport.
Maj. Gen. Marshall Stubbs, CBR Operations director, arrives at Fort Sill for briefings. He meets center leaders, tours the Nuclear Weapons Division, CBR instruction, and the Artillery and Missile School including Honest John and Little John systems before departing Thursday morning.
A Wichita Falls Texas girl Rhonda Taylor two is in serious condition at Brooke Army Hospital after a gas explosion at her grandfather’s Oklahoma City residence. She sustains second and third degree burns over seventy percent of her body.
The piece extols Rome as an earthly paradise where all roads lead to the Eternal City. It highlights the Colosseum, Forum ruins, Pantheon, St Peter’s, Via Veneto cafes, Spanish Steps, Borghese Gardens, Trevi Fountain, and Vatican City with Pope anecdotes. It notes Rome’s aging grandeur, Dolce Vita meals, and postwar chic compared to Paris.
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