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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1963
Page
3
Lawton public schools adopt a tentative 1963 64 budget with 5 696 050 for the general fund and 606 570 for the sinking fund and plan March 26 for the school election. Gov Bellmans financing plan could cut state aid and affect hiring and salaries.
The list details admissions across several addresses and hospitals for medical and surgical care including Aubrey Parks and Mrs Elwood DeWoody. It also notes births within the period and multiple dismissals, naming families and home towns such as Walters Duncan and Cache.
The Untouchables nickname spurred KSWO's basketball squad to adopt the moniker, linking Desilu's TV hit to local sports efforts benefiting worthy causes. Actor Robert Stack praised the team for community-minded play and neighborly support as the season unfolds.
Philip Cummings prominent world affairs observer will address Lawton Knife and Fork Club members on Southeast Asia. The dinner begins at 7 p.m. in the Hotel Lawtonian ballroom where Cummings has served abroad as an economic observer at the League of Nations and has lived on four continents.
At 8 am today tag prices doubled with a 10 cent daily penalty effective since February 1. Deadline extended from Saturday midnight to Monday due to the holiday Washington's birthday, disrupting buyers. About 20 300 tags issued since December including CC CH and 300 CM series.
Mrs Lucille Cole of 1910 Oak is reported in satisfactory condition at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City recovering from major surgery. She is a former superintendent of nurses at Memorial Hospital.
The police court today disposed cases including Robert E Putney 29 caught running a red light with $10 bond forfeited Kenneth Hayden no driver's license fined $10 Charles Richard Barber 31 DUI fined $20 with open bottle offense Lula Mae Whitlock 11% Bell disturbance by fighting fined $15 Linda Yeahque Carnegie disturbance by fighting bond forfeited Marshall Johnson 57 speeding fined $5 Joseph Marion Bolin 35 exceeding safe speed fined $5 Max Lial 21 no driver's license fined $10 improper registration fined $10 Public drunkenness fines $10 $15 and bond forfeiture $20.
Rex Madeira vice president and general manager of Page Aircraft will discuss the Vehicles Safety Check topic at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon forum in the Hotel Lawtonian ballroom. E. L. Robinson, coordinating chairman Lawton section of the American Society of Safety Engineers, also appears on the program.
Lawton civic club presidents meet at the Chamber of Commerce to plan ticket sales for a Southwest Oklahoma Association of the U S Army banquet this month. Sen J Howard Edmondson will be principal speaker March 22 at the Fort Sill Officers Club. Tickets go on sale soon.
Officials report 262 babies born in Comanche county during February, including 126 girls and 136 boys. Mrs Mollie Randolph, local registrar of vital statistics, notes 215 births and 59 deaths in February 1962 for comparison.
Three officers from Libya and Thailand attend the Field Artillery Officers Orientation Course at the Artillery and Missile Center. Capt Mustafa Ali Buzakuk Lt Khalifa Mohamed El Ftesi and Lt Prasert Choomuendi take part in basic branch training and orientation in field artillery.
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