Mammoth Remains Found At Fort Sill
Fort Sill diggers led by Leonhardy and museum staff exposed a shoulder blade toe bone and jaw fragment from a mammoth skeleton. They identified a Clovis point and noted evidence suggesting humans hunted mammoths in the Domebo area as climate and vegetation resembled Kentucky.
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Fort Sill
Leonhardy
James Marler
al Copley
Cameron College
Colonel Partridge
Lake Ellsworth
Domebo
Kentucky
Substitutions Approved in Ruby Oswald Trial Jury Fight
Ruby's case against Lee Harvey Oswald slaying moves on as substitutions are approved and Judge Wilson replaces Judge Brown for health and discipline reasons. Jury selection stalls over an epilepsy pamphlet controversy and peremptory challenges. Aileen Shields, a telephone company employee, is seated on the panel and backs capital punishment.
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Wilson
Belli
Henry M. Wade
Brown
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Judge Wilson
Dallas A. Blankenship
Administrative Judicial District of
Texas
U.S. House
Congress
Atty
Wade
Aileen B. Shields
Telephone Company
Oswald
National Epilepsy League
Melvin Belli
Oklahoma winners receive bonds and college scholarships
Winners receive 150, 100, and 50 dollar savings bonds. Top ten winners gain two year tuition and fees scholarships to Oklahoma colleges. Essay winners, teachers and parents tour the Oklahoma City Goodwill Industries Workshop and attend a luncheon. Gov. Henry Bellman will greet them at a state capitol awards ceremony. Ken Armstrong chairs the committee. others present include Otis Howard and city officials.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Goodwill Industries Workshop
Henry Bellman
State
Ken Armstrong
Gilley
Committee On Employment of the
Lawton
Lawton Board of Education opens filing for Office No 4
The Lawton School Board announces a 10 day filing period for Office No 4 starting Wednesday and ending March 14. Ward 3 residents may file with Clerk Justin Kuntz at Central Junior High. Election set for March 24 with at large seat and five mill building levy on the ballot. Polling sites include Central Tomlinson and Eisenhower junior high schools.
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Lawton Board of Education
Justin Kuntz
Kuntz
Central Junior High
Glenn Dutcher
Lawton
Central
Tomlinson
Eisenhower
Lawton City Council Faces Annexation and Lighting Plans
Lawton council considers annexing 10 acres owned by Jack Webb and Carl Stephens east of the city, reviews a Lawton View Improvement survey for more street lights, and studies speed signs and billboard advertising for local lakes along with garbage service expansion on Capital Hill. The panel also approves Bud Controop land condemnation settlement of 8744 dollars for Pioneer Expressway right of way.
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Jack Webb
Carl Stephens
Dan Glasscock
Eighth and
Lawton Metropolitan Area
Henry A. Bartels
Services
Baxter Polygraph
New York
Bartels
Elmer Thomas Park
Two City Lakes
Southwestern Turnpike
Grand, Manning, Highland
Magnolia
Capital Hill
U. S. District Court
Buddy Condroop
Queen's Midwife Moves To Palace
Queen Elizabeth's midwife moved into Buckingham Palace for the fourth time to assist with the birth of the Queen's baby. The Queen is expected to have her fourth child in about two weeks.
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London
UPI
Health and accident plan that wards off worry
The ad promotes a health and accident insurance plan from Woodmen Accident and Life Company. It promises to protect against unexpected expenses and invites readers to call for details and to find a plan that fits their needs.
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Woodmen Accident and Life Company
Crash Victims Recovery Starts in Nevada Town
Workers began recovering 85 people after Paradise Airlines Constellation crashed on a snowbound peak near Lake Tahoe. Relatives flooded Minden as authorities and investigators, FAA and CAB, moved bodies to a makeshift center and morgue. Pilot Henry Norris, 43, steered toward the north end of the lake before contact was lost.
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Minden
Nev
Lake Tahoe
Nevada
Paradise Airlines
San Jose
Calif
Carson City
Carson Valley Improvement Club
Douglas County
Federal Aviation Agency
Civil Aeronautics Board
Norris
Reno
Leroy W. Marx
Election results and candidate list for Lawton special primary
The article lists Democratic and Republican candidates for a Lawton special general election, including Hewes Guess Janow Ebisch Huch Brigham Black Hill Pier son and Martin Zumwalt, with Ward II vote tallies by precinct and eligibility rules for west of Fort Sill Blvd residents.
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Billy R. Hewes
Star
Rt. Lawton
W. P. Guess
Rt. 1
Cache
Paul Janow
William Robert Ebisch Huch Brigham
James A. Black
Eugene B. Hill
Morris Pierson
Lawton
Claud Martin
Chattanooga
Ottis FE. Zumwalt
Fort Sill Blvd
Gere
Ferris
Council Members Face Primary as New Candidates Enter
Incumbent council member facing challenger as former Ward I councilman Lester McKenzie filed in the Democratic primary. Ward II incumbent T R Stephens draws FE Kirkpatrick as opponent. Other Democrats Eugene Bowman and Perry Weger filed for new terms as filing closes Friday. Voter registration in Lawton precincts also ends Friday.
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Appenga
Lester McKenzie
Andrews
McKenzie
Gale A. Sadler
T. R. Stephens
FE. W. Kirkpatrick
Named to Dean's Honor Roll at NE State College
Marilyn Evelyn Cookson of Lawton has been named to the dean's honor roll at Northeast State College in Tahlequah. A senior history major with sociology minor, she serves as Delta Zeta sorority rush chairman.
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Marilyn Evelyn Cookson
Lawton
Northeastern State College
Tahlequah
Delta Zeta Sorority
Rush
MacArthur Suffering From Moderately Severe Jaundice
Gen Douglas MacArthur, 84, is treated at Walter Reed Army Hospital for moderately severe jaundice persisting for months. He arrived from New York for tests and rested well after a comfortable night. His condition and full diagnosis remain undisclosed. Jean MacArthur accompanied him. son Arthur plans a brief visit later in the week.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
New York
MacArthur
Walter Reed
Jean
Arthur
Bohannon Withdraws From Oklahoma Senate Race
Sen Wilford E Bohannon of Checotah withdraws as candidate for re election in Senate District 41 becoming the first of 466 filing to pull out The district covers Haskell Latimer and McIntosh counties Two Democrats remain Hercel W Hickman and Francis D Stipe Bohannon cites risk to livelihood from a hard campaign saying he would sell textbooks
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Wilford E. Bohannon
Checotah
Senate
State Election Board
Haskell
Latimer
MclIntosh
Hercel W. Hickman
Stigler
Francis D. Stipe
Gene Stipe
McAlester
Bohannon
Anti Smoking Clinic Closes in Louisville
The First Unitarian church non smoking clinic disbanded. Director Dr George Kimbrough said 16 of the 20 original attendees quit the clinic instead of cigarettes.
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Louisville. Ky
First Unitarian Church
George Kimbrough
Funeral Rites Held for Myrtle M. Liles
Services for Myrtle M. Liles age 57 of 6109 Oak were conducted at 10 a.m. in Becker Memorial chapel with Harold McKay of Northwest Church of Christ officiating. Burial followed in Duncan cemetery with graveside rites led by C. Cannon. Bearers were Jesse E. Jones Lloyd Goombi Charlie Kriss C. B. Shults C. E. Putney and M. Slaughter.
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Myrtle M. Liles
Oak
Becker Memorial
Harold McKay
Northwest Church of Christ
Duncan Cemetery
John A. Cannon
Duncan Church of Christ
Jesse E. Jones
Lloyd Goombi
Charlie Kriss
C. B. Shults
C. E. Putney
M. Slaughter
Russia Quits Buying Grain
New York report says the Soviet Union has decided it has enough grain and will not buy more United States wheat at this time. American wheat traders in Moscow were told no further purchases are planned, despite past sales totaling about $132.5 million and continued purchases from other Western nations after crop failures.
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New York
United States
Soviet Union
New York Times
Moscow
U.S
Russia
Boy Suffers Minor Injuries In Wreck On Fort Sill Blvd
A 14 year old Lawton boy, Larry Wright of 612 Monroe, received minor injuries Monday in a truck motorcycle crash on Fort Sill Boulevard. He was riding a motor scooter northbound when it collided with a General Baking Co. truck driven by 46 year old Fred Carnes of 1227 Logan. The truck driver attempted a left turn onto I, and the mishap sent Wright to a local hospital for treatment.
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Lawton
Fort Sill Blvd
Larry Wright
Monroe
General Baking Co
Fred Carnes
Logan
Food Costs Rise to Record High in January
Washington reports the consumer price index rose to 107.7 percent of 1957-59 prices in January, led by sharp gains in fresh vegetables and eggs. Coffee sugar and candy increased, while white sales cooled clothing and house furnishings. New index reflects different stores and goods, causing divergence from old measure.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
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