Sill Men Nabbed With Stolen Car In Lawton
Two Fort Sill men were arrested in Amarillo Texas and held for investigation of stealing a 1962 Pontiac from Wade Oldsmobile Co. in Lawton. Police reported numerous thefts including clothing, shoes, suitcases, food, and home items from cars and a hotel room. Weather updates noted snow and ice, with warnings across central areas and several accidents but no injuries.
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Fort Sill
Amarillo
Tex
Wade Oldsmobile Co
Cletus Hill
Auto Agency
Brenda Delco
Birch
Lawton Club
Rhuie Thfolia
Bell
Edward L. Zimmemman
Oklahoma
Betty L. Wallis
Liberty
Artie Stamper
Monroe
Jewel Wade
Kinyon
Olen Overton
Ferris
Shirley
Carolyn Owle
Barbara Foster
Eva Limpy
Lawton
Senate contest heats up with multiple campaign stops
Three Democratic candidates for the U S Senate intensified activity with speeches coffees and handshaking tours. Former Gov Raymond Gary, released from Oklahoma City hospital after food poisoning, heads to Tulsa and Stillwater Perry and Oklahoma City. Fred Harris of Lawton plans Verdigris Bartlesville and Tulsa stops. J Howard Edmondson the incumbent addresses Ardmore and will visit Bartlesville Ponca City Tonkawa and Tulsa.
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U.S. Senate
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Gary
Glenco
Stillwater
Perry
Fred Harris
Lawton
Verdigris
Bartlesville
Harris
Johnson
Fidel Castro
Guantanamo Base
A. J
Apple Sauce With Fried Buttered Bread Fingers
A simple dessert for youngsters combines sweetened apple sauce with fried bread. Remove crusts cut slices into finger lengths fry in butter until golden then dust with confectioners sugar.
Pancake Relay in England Seeks Trans Atlantic Trophy
On Shrove Tuesday housewives in Liberal Kant and Ol ney England run 415 yard S shaped courses flipping pancakes three times each. Official times are compared by telephone with the winner receiving the Trans Atlantic Pancake Trophy.
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Liberal
Kant
Olney
England
Woman Dies Of Injuries In Oklahoma City Crash
A 62 year old Rosedale woman and her husband 62 were passengers in a collision involving a semi trailer truck near Purcell on US 77 March 1. The wife died Sunday night in an Oklahoma City hospital. the husband died at the scene. This crash marked Oklahoma's 143rd traffic fatality of the year, compared with 125 at the same point last year.
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Associated Press
Rosedale
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Vendle Thompson
Thompson
Cassie Thompson
Purcell
U. S
Strike at Crane Co plant reaches ninth day in Miami
In Miami Oklahoma the Crane Co plant strike enters its ninth day as 285 United Steelworkers members walk out after the old contract expired at midnight February 29. No negotiations were reported in progress.
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Miami, Okla
Crane Co
United Steelworkers Union
Six Found Asleep In Bar Arrested In Oklahoma City
Six persons were arrested early Sunday in a downtown tavern after spending the night there. Two faced charges of occupying a room for immoral purposes, including a 23-year-old Walters man who was nude, and a 19-year-old Star Route Lawton girl. The others were charged with vagrancy, and the tavern operator, 53, was charged with maintaining a nuisance after prior warnings.
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Walters
Star Rt. Lawton
Gerald Chadwick
Bill Ward
Rt. 3
Anadarko
Lawton
Rt. 1
Apache
Poice
Parachutist Dies After World Record Attempt
Donald West, 29, an leading Australian parachutist, died during a world record baton passing attempt in Adelaide as his main chute failed to deploy. He had 200 plus jumps and competed in the 1962 world championships in Massachusetts. a late reserve chute only spared him briefly before he crashed 500 feet from ground.
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Adelaide
Australia
UPI
Donald West
West
Massachusetts
Therium
Fort Sill Fallout Shelter Test Under G-3 Direction
The movement will involve nearly all troops as Fort Sill conducts a warning system test to sound start and end times. Civilians go to pre assigned shelters on post. contractors and some staff stay at sites. Dependent and sponsor information is posted and inquiries directed to supervisors or military sponsors. The exercise aims to test alert dissemination movement to shelters staff planning and unit dispersal for survival in fallout.
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Fort Sill
Civil Service
Republicans in New Hampshire Primary Eye Write-In Moves
Weather Bureau predicts cloudy mild day for Tuesday primary in New Hampshire. The GOP field mixes traditional leaders with several write-in campaigns including Henry Cabot Lodge and Richard Nixon, while candidates Rockefeller Goldwater Smith Stassen and Le Page appear on the ballot along with a write-in option.
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Weather Bureau
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
Draft Lodge
Richard M. Nixon
Lodge
New Hampshire
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Norman le Page
Nashua
N.H
Skier Flight Crashes Into Suburban Home Near Chicago
A chartered DC3 carrying 28 skiers home from Michigan crashed into a seven room Chicago area house during approach to O Hare Airport. Co-pilot Danny Jordan died, pilot Virgil Proncost survived. many passengers escaped wearing parkas, while authorities opened CAB and FAA investigations. The Golubski family slept inside the home, seven people were inside.
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Chicago
UPI
Michigan
O'Hare International Airport
Danny Jordan
Gary
Ind
Jordan
Virgil Proncost
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Victor Golubski
Ruby statements after Oswald’s death detailed in police testimony
Police said Ruby spoke about intending to shoot Oswald three times but was interrupted. Ruby recalled considering killing Oswald on Friday night, two days before the assassination, and cited seeing Oswald’s sneer as a trigger.
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Oswald
Townhill
Jack
Ruby
Sgt
P. T. Dean
Moi
Dean
Harris Praises Johnson Stand On Cuba Water
Fred R. Harris praised President Johnson for rejecting Fidel Castro's offer on a renewed water supply at Guantanamo Base Cuba. Harris spoke at a noon luncheon supporting Lawton Harris for the U S Senate term of the late Robert Kerr. He urged keeping Guantanamo Base with its own water supply and opposed employing Cubans off base to aid Castro's economy.
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Bartlesville
Johnson
Fidel Castro
Guantanamo Base
Cuba
Fred R. Harris
Lawton
U.S. Senate
Harris
United States
Guantanamo
Snow hits Lawton area with multiple accidents
A mid morning snowfall in the Lawton area triggered two city accidents and a two truck crash on U S 277 four miles south of Lawton. One city police car was involved in a noninjury crash and one person was injured in the truck collision.
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Lawton
Highway Patrol
U.S. 277
E. L. Scott
Chevrolet
Scott
Fourth
Deloy Misel
Dale Logsdon
Erwin Lane
Fifth
Funeral Rites for Mary Carolyn Dodson Held
Services for Mary Carolyn Dodson, 92, of 313 Park, who died Saturday, were at 10 30 a m in Becker Memorial chapel. John Roy Harris of First Baptist officiated. burial followed at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Bearers included Douglas Meharg Everett Dodson Buster Meharg Paul Dodson John Persinotti and Luther Dodson.
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Mary Carolyn Dodson
313 Park
Becker Memorial Chapel
John Roy Harris
First Baptist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Douglas Meharg
Everett Dodson
Buster Meharg
Paul Dodson
John Persinotti
Luther Dodson
Police Court Disposes Cases Before Municipal Judge Oaks
List of defendants with ages and addresses faced for offenses including speeding, reckless driving, improper parking, assault and battery, running red lights or stop signs, vagrancy, and petty larceny. Fines ranged from 5 to 30 dollars, with several bond forfeitures and one work-related escape noted. Public drunkenness penalties included multiple fines.
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J. Merle Oaks
Larry Wright
Monroe
Jimmy C. Masterson
Atom
Gary Lee van Treese
Ellen J. Morgan
Lake
Robert Lee Johnson
Douglas
Larry D. Buttram
Roosevelt
William Daley Jr
Rudy K Oheiteint
Anadarko
Yockeschi
Wolters
William G. Borcindebor
London
Marion Guy Strange
Elgin
John C. Austin
Cache Road
Brice Clark
Durbin
David E. Hamilton
Ewing Jackson
Okichome
Doris Mread
Gore
Robert A. Sherman
Willem Sulian
South
Bert J. Wergueveh
Faxon
Lee
Johnson
Tennessee
Freddie Prentiss
Garfield
Gefell
Lorrie J. Bender
Soercing
Jonn
Fort Sitt
Melvin A. Hocking
Fort Sit
Fannie M. Stanford
Frederick
Dorothy Stanford
Woman Knifed by Husband. Fort Sill Man Arrested
Fort Sill officers arrested a 35 year old man after an assault on his wife. The victim suffered a deep cut on the right arm and minor wounds, sought help at a nightclub, and was treated at an Army hospital. The woman did not press charges. In other weekend assaults, an 18 year old Lawton youth attacked a man, two Fort Sill men fought downtown, and Lawton men were involved in a tavern disturbance fight.
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Fort
U.S. Army Hospital
Lawton
Fort Sill
Veterans to Give Pot Luck Supper at Ray Chamberlain unit
The auxiliary of Barracks 1168, Veterans of World War I, will hold a pot luck supper at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in People's Baptist church to mark the unit's anniversary. Membership cards can be bought at the door or by contacting A. K. Hovind at EL5-2439.
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People’s Baptist Church
Ray Chamberlain
Chamberlain
A. K. Hovind
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Dennis E. Cavanaugh
Cherry
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N. Sheridan
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Jane Anne Gentry
Maple
Barbara Perry
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Laird
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F. H. Hunt
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Ruby Hunt Plemmons
Mary C. Dodson
Leon Gokey
Pat S. Cutnose
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