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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1972
Page
5
A long list of birth announcements from Memorial Hospital notes multiple newborns, with parents named and birth times on June 22 through June 25. Entries include weights, locations, and occasional hospitals or towns, alongside numerous admitted and discharged patients.
Martha Mitchell, wife of former Attorney General John Mitchell, arrived from California to Rye New York and told Marcia Kramer she wants her husband back and that she is unwilling to stay in politics. She described a confrontational incident with security guards in Newport Beach and displayed injuries she says were caused by the guards.
Lawton police log cites numerous residents and businesses reporting crimes from thefts burglary and vandalism to assaults. Names include Alice Rodiger Ann Miller Vernon Wagnier Eva Stevenson and many more with addresses in Lawton Oklahoma areas and local businesses such as James Gifford Corp and Pony Motorcycle Parts Inc. The report also notes stock market and commodity receipts from New York and Oklahoma City briefs with prices and trading activity.
District Judge Robert S. Landers of 1313 S 27th was listed in satisfactory condition in the intensive care unit of Comanche County Memorial Hospital after a light stroke in his back yard pool Sunday. He was unconscious when taken by Royal Ambulance. doctors monitor progress with chest X rays and tests before possible release from ICU.
A bus carrying soccer fans and players plunged into a ravine near Caceres in western Spain late Sunday. Police report 19 dead and 39 injured or missing amid the crash.
Eight youths gathered at a trailer party in Dalton were shot. Three dead James Norman Large 23 Steve Wayne McClure 18 Sherrie 17. Vietnam veteran Jerry Wade Hussey 23 charged with murder. Loretta Hedden 18 wounded in chest and arm in fair condition. Jerry Nichols 15 wounded in back in fair condition. No motive established.
Reynolds Army Hospital at Fort Sill receives new personnel as the 7th Field Hospital joins the permanent party. The 47th moves 40 personnel and equipment for a 400 bed field hospital from Fort Sam Houston to Fort Sill, commanded by Maj. E. M. Jones. It will take part in field exercises to sustain medical care in combat situations.
Officials meet in Lawton to organize Southwest Oklahoma bi centennial parks. The 3 p.m. Tuesday session at the Museum of the Great Plains invites the public, as federal funds for 1976 birthday parks may follow. Attending: Rep. Jack Lindstrom Rex Sparger John Devine.
The Agriculture Department announces the release of Emerald Sea Shore juniper, a prostrate evergreen for landscape and shore plantings, to experiment stations, arboreta and qualified nurserymen.
Bell Telephone reports rescue boats in the Wilkes-Barre area severed lines on 25 foot poles while flood cleanup progressed. Crews work to restore service to nearly 200,000 phones in central and northeastern Pennsylvania. about 190,000 remain out.
Alice Jenny Wiedeman 75 of Faxon died after a lengthy illness in Lawton. Burial is pending with Lawton Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home. She is survived by three sons, a daughter, three brothers, 14 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Cleo Annie Wallace 72 of Geronimo died in Tulsa after a period of illness. Services set for Tuesday in Lawton Ritter-Dalton Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. She leaves two sons, two daughters, three brothers and 10 grandchildren plus 10 great grandchildren.
Funeral services for Lt. Col. (Ret.) Charles White 60 of Rt. 3 Walters are 10 30 a m Wednesday at Kulen Methodist Church southeast of Lawton with Rev. Raymond E. Griffin officiating Burial with military honors at Fort Sill Cemetery Beck er Funeral Home in charge White died after a heart attack at home He was born August 22 1911 in Burlington Kentucky enlisted July 8 1943 served in Japan Korea and Okinawa later an electronics instructor at Fort Sill Married Mildred Estep August 3 1956 at Fort Sill Survivors include wife four sons a daughter two brothers a sister and one grandson Word was received of Henry M Hunter Sr 62 of San Antonio Texas who died June 17 His wife Mildred Whitten is a native of Lawton Services held June 20 at Castle Hills Baptist Church in San Antonio
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