Turkish Officers Visit Fort Sill for Three Day Tour
Maj. Gen. Yusuf Alpmansu leads four Turkish officers on a three day visit to Fort Sill. The group meets leaders at McNair Hall and Snow Hall and tours the Artillery and Missile School. They will observe training, examine Honest John systems, and depart Wednesday from Lawton Airport.
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Yusuf Alpmansu
Turkey
Fort Sill
General Staff
Alpmansu
Orhan Akodgan
Second Army
Turan Sokmen
Third Army
Cemal Eldem
First Army
Sill
Lawton
Governor Moves to Strike Bill 714 From Session
Governor Bellman signals delay in public school funding changes by moving to strike House Bill 714 from the calendar. He discusses deficit financing and welfare transfers, proposing shifts of funds and open to some open-end budgeting measures while urging progress in conference.
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Ares
Bellman
General Fund
House
Senate
Common Education Committee
Lawton Schools Face Federal Aid Plan Fallout
Lawton schools rejected Governor Bellman’s plan that would shift 75 percent of federal impact funds to state aid. Board members say the decision preserves next term’s budget and allows future planning as Lawton districts argue impact areas carry high non taxable values due to Fort Sill. The plan’s defeat could affect surrounding districts like Comanche and Altus.
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Oklahoma
Joyner
Lawton
Bellman
Comanche County
Altus
Jackson County
Shoemaker
Lawton Public
Fort Sill
Fort Sill Officer Promoted To Lieutenant Colonel
Lt. Col. Charles C. Watts of the 3rd Missile Battalion, 32nd Artillery at Fort Sill received a promotion to lieutenant colonel recently. He traded his gold leaf for a silver one on February 25 and is a Virginia Polytechnic Institute graduate.
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32Nd Artillery
Fort Sill
Charles C. Watts
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
One Person Hurt In City Accident
Police reported a two car crash in front of 814 Jefferson injuring Gerald M. Hooks 25 of 301 Lee. Hooks drove a 1953 Chevrolet east on Jefferson and struck the rear of a 1963 Rambler owned by Daniel Nicar 814 Jefferson which was parked at the curb.
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Jefferson
Gerald M. Hooks
Lee
Daniel Nicar
Lawton 4 H and FFA Members Sweep State Livestock Honors
Lawton area 4 H and FFA members dominate the Oklahoma City State 4 H and FFA livestock show results. Alan McCune and Frankie Rush of Lawton FFA won champion and reserve in Hereford heifers, with Kelly Sharp and Ronnie Richardson among top placers in various divisions. The four day event totals 1225 barrows 579 lambs and 648 beef cattle entered, with competition concluding Tuesday.
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Lawton
Area
FFA
Oklahoma City Fair Grounds
Alan McCune
Frankie Rush
Lawton Ffa
Kelly Sharp
David Holloway
Snyder
Ronnie Richardson
Marlow Ffa
Danny Horton
Raymond Lee Bott
Eddie Brammer
James Freie Jr
Cyril Ffa
David
Kenneth Holloway
Kenneth Holloways
Longacre
Frederick
Johnny Kusel
Fort Cobb Ffa
Rennie Richardson
Bob Kelsey
Gary Cook
Jimmy Ferrell
Elgin Ffa
Joey Kelsey
Leon Tugman
Striking Miners Plan Motorcade to Paris
Striking coal miners in the Merlebach area plan a motorcade to Paris to press for a wage hike. They seek a 40 hour week and an 11 percent rise from their current $5.80 daily average, while the government offers 5.7 percent spread over a year. Churches and merchants aid about 170,000 strikers.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Merlebach
Lorraine
Council to Meet Lawton Comanche County Officials
The Lawton Comanche County Law Enforcement Council will meet at 3 30 p m on March 20 Col Ret J E Holley announced today. The session had been scheduled for this week.
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Lawton-Comanche County Law Enforcement Council
J. E. Holley
Auto Mishaps Take 2 Lives in Oklahoma
Two men died in separate traffic accidents in Oklahoma on Sunday raising the 1963 road toll to 126. Ronald Craig Payne 26 of Childress Texas was struck by a pickup on the Red River bridge on S H 44 near Eldorado driven by Harry Turssler 27 of Duke. Charles Gordon 19 of Shawnee died when his car left S H 99 north of Prague and plunged down a 20 foot embankment. two passengers suffered minor injuries.
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United Press International
Oklahoma
Payne
Red River
Eldorado
Highway Patrol
Harry Turssler
Duke
Gordon
S. H. 99
Prague
Body Of Pastor Found In Snow
Searchers recovered the body of Marvin Hudson in Ouray Colorado after an avalanche swept his family vehicle off U S Highway 550 into a 15 foot canyon. His two daughters Amelia 17 and Pauline 11 remain missing as crews continue the search.
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Ouray
Colo
Marvin Hudson
Amelia
Pauline
U.S. Highway 550
Three Chamber Meetings Set
Three meetings are on tap this week at the Chamber of Commerce office. The military affairs committee chair Bob Gilbert calls a sub committee meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The aviation committee meets at 3 p.m. Thursday with Jack Webb as chairman. Exall English presides at the board of directors meeting at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bob Gilbert
Military Affairs Committee
Aviation Committee
Jack Webb
Exall English
Board of Directors
Weather Drops Slow Lawton Job Openings in February
Lawton area employment data shows a small February decline with 618 new applicants and 900 jobs filled from 1 042 openings and 1 516 referrals. Losses in wholesale retail trade and service workers partly offset by gains in construction and private households. Weather and seasonal trends cited, with 124 interviews and 171 tests conducted to aid vocational choices.
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Lawton
Virginia Kidson
Oklahoma State Employment Service
Kidson
Students Attend University of Oklahoma Art Day
Tomlinson junior high students joined 57 local youths for the first annual junior high art day on the OU campus. They toured the art museum, heard professors discuss art as a career, and enjoyed a luncheon in the Student Union. Lawton's group was named largest and farthest traveling.
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Tomlinson Junior High School
University of Oklahoma
Vida True
Irene Harris
Museum of Art
Oklahoma
Art
Lawton
Harris
Warring Tribes Win Self Rule
In northern Iraq the warring Kurds have won self rule after laying down arms and entering negotiations. Iraq's revolutionary regime announced over the weekend it agreed to decentralization of government for the tribesmen who fought 18 months against the late dictator Abdel Karim Kassim.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Abdel Karim Kassem
Cameron Actors Sweep Oklahoma Junior College Speech League Honors
Cameron college actors won top honors at the 30th annual Oklahoma Junior College Speech League tournament at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. Helen Stout earned best actress for the one act play Lady of Larkspur Lotion which placed second in its division. Linda Pahodeco and Hank Sabine won first in duet acting, Travis Rickman took second in poetry, and the team total of 23 participation points earned third in sweepstakes. Miss Jane Quaid guided the group.
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Cameron College
University of Oklahoma
Helen Stout
Linda Pahodeco
Hank Sabine
Travis Rickman
Jane Quaid
Norman
Reckless Driving Complaints Filed by County Attorney
Four reckless driving charges were filed along with traffic violations by the county attorney at the highway patrol request. Names include Glenn Wayne Shafer 19 Curtis Don Young 18 Billy Throneberry 33 and Charles Wayne Jenkins 23.
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Highway Patrol
Glenn Wayne Shafer
Washington
Curtis Don Young
Dallas
Tex
Billy R. Throneberry
Charles Wayne Jenkins
Lawton Hotel
John F. Marshall
Fort Sill
Bobby R. Piercy
Duncan
M. C. Russell
Charley E. Vaughan
Jefferson
J. H. Baxter
S. Eighth
Maurice Mason Brown
J. W. Green
Lawton
Eurl Harold Huggins
Baldwin
J. D. Lewis
Joe V. Killingsworth
Oklahoma City
Melvin Lee Beeson
Cache
Willie Lee Jay
Sterling
Donald Ray Nisbett
Troy H. Hickman Jr
Guyman
Leon Ray Hurst
Charles David Hise
Pollard
Burglar Draws Two Year Term In Superior Court
Floyd Millard Myers pled guilty to burglary and received a two year sentence. A second charge was dismissed. Amos George Sims faced trial on a larceny by fraud count for stealing from a local grocery. County attorney filed a second degree burglary charge against William Paul Vallejo and George Conrad Englebrecht, both of Sidney Mont.
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Robert S. Landers
Floyd Millard Myers
Myers
Amos George Sims
William Paul Vallejo
George Conrad Englebrecht
Sidney, Mont
Battalion Wins Mess Award for February
The 3rd Missile Battalion 32nd Artillery won the 1st Field Artillery Missile Brigade best mess award for February. Brig. Gen. Robert H. Safford presented the award to Sgt. Alcess Bergeron, mess sergeant of the battalion, with Col. S. F. Jillson and Lt. Col. Charles C. Watts in attendance.
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32Nd Artillery
1St Field Artillery Missile Brigade
Robert H. Safford
Alcess Bergeron
S. F. Jillson
4Th Field Artillery Missile Group
Charles C. Watts
University engineers named Knights of St Pat
Jimmie K. Walker of Norman joins 14 fellow OU engineering seniors named Knights of St Pat by the St Pat s Council of the Engineers club. The Mounts hosted weekend guests at Holiday Plaza Apartments, 3132 Cache Road.
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C. L. Mount Jr
Norman
C. L. Mount
Holiday Plaza Apartments
Cache Road
Jimmie K. Walker
James Walker
Dearborn
University of Oklahoma Engineering
Knights of
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