Mammoth Remains Found Along Fort Sill Cache Creek
Archaeologists at Fort Sill uncover mammoth bones in a Cache Creek bluff deposits likely 10 000 years old. Museum experts seek spear points and artifacts to connect bones to ancient human activity while noting similar finds at Naco Lehner Domebo and Domebo sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Leonhardy
Museum of the Great Plains
Cache Creek
Frank C. Leonhardy
Marvin E Tong, Jr
New World
Naco
Lehner
Arizona
Dent
Colorado
Blackwater Draw
New Mexico
Texas
Mexico
Domebo
Caddo County
Mammoth
Substitute Judge Orders Belli To Hush
A substitute judge, J. Frank Wilson, begins presiding over Jack Ruby’s murder trial in Dallas after defense counsel Melvin M. Belli fights the substitution. Belli objects to Wilson replacing Judge Joe B. Brown who is ill. The bench warns Belli to “Take your seat” and questions over peremptory challenges are raised as the third week of testimony continues.
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Dallas
Tex
J. Frank Wilson
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Melvin M. Belli
Belli
Wilson
Joe B. Brown
Brown
Interchange Lighting Study OK'd By City
City council OKs an initial study to gauge need for expressway lighting at the three level interchange and its connections to Pioneer Expressway. Mayor Gilley asks the street lighting committee to consult the state and Public Service Co. for a funded or unfunded lighting plan and to survey lighting needs if state funds are unavailable. The traffic committee will meet state officials about a signal at 26th and Cache Road to aid Tomlinson Junior High students and parents as 26th is opened for access to the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Gilley
State Highway Department
Com
Light turnout in special primary for County District 3
Lawton precincts showed low voting early with 816 ballots cast in 21 of 24 precincts before noon. Ward 5 Pct 8 led Lawton turnout with 132 ballots, while Ward 1 Pct 11 recorded 14. Two party races feature eight Democrats and two Republicans seeking the unexpired term after James M. Ash's death.
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Lawton
James M. Ash
Pose
Col
Heaviest Viet Nam Battle Hits Airborne Units
In Kien Phuong Province near the Mekong River, Communist guerrillas mauled two airborne battalions in an hour-long fight described as the fiercest since World War II. An American captain and 14 other U S. soldiers were killed, 85 wounded, as more than 100 Viet Cong were claimed dead by Vietnamese authorities. U S helicopters could not fly within three miles of the border, and the clash ended with the rebels reportedly heading toward Cambodia.
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Tan Chau
South Viet Nam
U.S
Kien Phuong
Mekong
Cambodia
Hoffa Reprimanded As Jury-Tampering Trial Proceeds
In Chattanooga the judge scolded James R Hoffa for loud outbursts during the conspiracy case over fixing the 1962 Nashville jury. Hoffa and five others face potential prison terms up to 15 years and fines up to 15 000 if convicted, with co-defendants risking five years and 5 000.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Dist
Frank Wilson
Teamsters Union
International Teamsters Union
Nashville
Panhandle Faces Big Snow With Cold Front Move
Oklahoma weather forecast warns heavy snow and blizzard conditions across Panhandle tonight and Wednesday with three to six inch accumulations and 25 to 35 mph northerly winds. Lawton may see rain and thundershowers, with highs this week in the 40s to mid 60s and lows around 30s.
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Oklahoma
U. S. Weather Bureau
Lawton
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Lawton Junior Wins State Essay Contest in Handicapped Contest
Lawton high school junior Carol Greenwood won first place in the Hire the Handicapped contest for her essay How Handicapped Workers in My Community Are Proving That Ability Counts. Her win, announced at a city council ceremony, advances to the national contest and she will join four other Lawton seniors among top state finishers.
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Carol Greenwood
Lawton High
Bill Crawford
Lawton High School
Ieday
Governor's Committee On Employment of
Carol
Ricki Graef
Cameron College
LHS
Susan Sanders
Arville Sanders
Cherry
Richard Cross
Richard L. Cross
Denver
Patricia Pollock
W. Dale Pollock
Bell
Larry Hedges
William R. Hedges
Euclid
Marilyn Hennessee
Pres Gray
Sheridan Road
Lloyd Hennessee
Scott Road
Leslie Howard
President's Committee On Employment of the
Washington, D.C
Airman killed as door blows out of C130 over Smoky Mountains
A crewman aboard a four engine C130 plunged 19000 feet after a door blew from its hinges during a flight over the Great Smoky Mountains. The plane diverted to McGhee Tyson Air Force Base for an emergency landing with no injuries reported. A board of officers investigated the accident.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Air Force
McGhee-Tyson Air Force Base
Here
Galimburg
Great Smoky Mountains
Sewart Air Force Base
Smyrana
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Royal Air Force Exchange
Parsons
314Th
Sewart
1950 Was A Good Year Rainfall Start In Lawton
Rainfall in southwest Oklahoma shows 3.68 inches through February in Lawton, exceeding the 92 year average by over an inch. February’s 2.05 inches beats the 1.30 inch average, with January at 1.63 inches and heavy snows concentrated around Jan 30 to Feb 5. If the pace continues, the annual total could approach 46.50 inches, well above the 92 year average, contrasting with last year’s 19.19 inches.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
France Pushes Red China Into WHO Seat at Geneva
France demands Communist China replace Nationalist China as a WHO member at Geneva during the world health assembly. The U S condemns the move as Paris seeks a broader role for Peking, signaling broader aims at the United Nations amid Cold War tensions.
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Geneva
UPI
France
China
World Health Organization
WHO
Wan Nations
Paris
Peking
United Nations
U.N
Red China
Genea
Common Market Executive Commission
Brussels
United States
Bombing threat accompanies Oklahoma City council meeting
Oklahoma City police guarded the city hall as the council, facing a telephoned bomb threat against Mayor Jack Wilkes, backed down on suspending sonic boom tests. Wilkes was in New York. Councilman Frank Love proposed a letter to the FAA noting citizens’ concerns about property damage from sonic booms.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Council Chamber
Jack Wilkes
City Hall
Wilkes
New York
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Frank Love
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Klahoma
Kentucky
Bly
Partridge
Combat Developments Agency
Colin
East Range
Geronimo
Fort Sill Apache
Paul
McClung
Viet Nam
Steft
Eugene Bowman
E. C. Parks
Teamster
Judge
Storm Bears
Mercury
Oklahoma State Medical Association
State Aflcio
Washington
Sheraton-Oklahoma
Oklahoma Association of Insurance Agents
Associated Industries of Oklahoma
U. S
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