U.S. Denies Shelling Endangered Soviet Vessel Claim
The United States released a note to the Soviet embassy denying that any U S Navy ship engaged in target practice near Norfolk endangering Soviet or other vessels. Washington said a Russian protest alleging firing near a trawler is unfounded though a trawler beyond seven miles was sighted beyond the gunnery range. The Defense Department noted no ships were within 12 miles and an unidentified trawler was observed beyond that distance.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Kremlin
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
U.S
Russia
Defense Department
U. S
Virginia Capes
State Department
United Press International
Pentagon
February Day Record Shows Oklahoma Driest Month
Oklahoma City reports last month was the fourth driest of the century. The Weather Bureau notes six periods of light rain and four of snow, totaling only 17 percent of normal statewide precipitation. Traces fell in Kay Osage Lincoln and Delaware counties with Sobol Tower Choctaw County at 1.08 inches and Clinton at one inch. Northeastern districts got 4 percent, north central 5 percent, central and south central 6 percent. Panhandle led with 65 percent and the southwest with 30 percent.
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Oklahoma City
UPS
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Kay
Osage
Lincoln
Delaware
Sobol Tower
Choctaw County
Clinton
Southcentral
Panhandle
Southwest
Goerke Named Oklahoma State Crime Bureau Chief
Gov. Bellman announced Earl E. Goerke of Watonga will become state crime bureau director effective April 1. The 37 year old ex FBI agent resigns as Blaine County attorney to take the post, replacing Fred J. Graves who has been acting director after Ralph Venamon resigned several weeks ago.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Henry Bellman
Earl E. Goerke
Watonga
State Crime Bureau
Goerke
FBI
Blaine County
Fred J. Graves
Tulsa
Ralph Venamon
City Firm Wins Poteau Hospital Addition Bid
LeFlore County commissioners accepted a $93,000 bid from Gregory Construction Co. of Lawton to build an addition to the County Memorial Hospital. The firm was the apparent low bidder.
Funeral Rites Set for 1st Sgt Toye Ward Jr.
Funeral rites for 1st Sgt Toye E Ward Jr 35 of 2515 N 38th Place are pending at Ritter Dalton Funeral Home He died Thursday Ward entered the army Feb 21 1948 and had been at Fort Sill since Feb 20 1965 He was 1st Sgt of Headquarters Battery 73rd Artillery Survivors include his wife Nove line two sons Billy Rae Kenneth Eugene two daughters Theresia Jean Rebecca Gail and his parents Mr and Mrs Tose Ward Sr Columbus Ga
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Toye E Ward Jr
Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Ward
Army
Fort Sill
Sth Missile Battalion
73Rd Artillery
Noveline
Billy Rae
University of Southern California
Kenneth Eugene
Theresia Jean
Rebecca Gail
Tose Ward Sr
Columbus, Ga
Death service for Mrs Rosie Pollard at Davis chapel
Mrs Rosie Mae Pollard of 1702 Jefferson died Tuesday. Funeral 2 p m Saturday at Davis chapel AME church with Rev R H Howard officiating. Burial in Highland cemetery under Jefferson Funeral home direction.
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Rosie Mae Pollard
Jefferson
Davis Chapel
AME
R. H. Howard
St. Elmo Baptist Church
Highland Cemetery
Jefferson Funeral Home
Obituary: W. W. Slater of Wichita Falls Dies at 61
W. W. (Bill) Slater 61 of Wichita Falls Texas died about 5 30 p m Thursday at a local hospital after an extended illness Services are pending at Hampton Vaughn Funeral home Wichita Falls He was advertising manager and supervisor of Parker Food stores and had lived in Wichita Falls 35 years.
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W. W
Bill) Slater
Wichita Falls
Tex
Hampton- Vaughn Funeral Home
Slater
Parker Food Stores
Car Hits Bus Near Waco Injuring Ten
A car struck a school bus on Texas Highway 31 injuring ten people. Four elementary pupils were treated and released at Hillcrest Hospital, while Betty Kirbo 19 of Axtell and J A Willingham 60 driver of the bus, plus four children, were hospitalized. One student, Baylor journalism major Betty Kirbo, was seriously hurt. The crash occurred at a country road and highway intersection northeast of Waco as the bus crossed the highway, sending the bus into a ditch and overturning. Firefighters washed gasoline from the wreckage.
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Waco
Tex
UPI
Hillcrest Hospital
Betty Kirbo
Axtell
J. A. Willingham
Kirbo
Baylor University
Atlas Launches In Routine Intercontinental Test
An Atlas intercontinental missile lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in a routine training launch. Air Force officials said the mission involved a missile combat crew from the 565th Strategic Missile Squadron based at Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming and released no additional details.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
565Th Strategic Missile
Warren Air Force Base
Wyo
Senior Story lights Lawton High with senior class show
Lawton high's 1963 senior class, led by speech majors, staged "The Senior Story" in a colorful assembly. Johnnie Grothe's inventive lighting lit the stage with blue lights and a marquee of lights spelling the title, plus a large book replica.
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Ior
Johnnie Grothe
Open meetings debate roils Oklahoma Capitol board
Governor Bellmon urged open sessions for election officials citing democracy risks from closed meetings. Board members and newsmen argued over openness with personnel talks prompting protest and questions about the 1959 open meeting law.
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Capitol
Pugh
Capitol Press Corps
Frank Reneau
Eakes
Slayer Granted 3th Death Stay
Oklahoma City AP A new stay of execution is granted for condemned slaver Gerald Pate who was to die Monday for the 1959 death of Mary Jane Haygood a 1 year old girl in Shawnee The stay is the second by Gov Henry Bellman and runs to May 2 It is the eighteenth stay with earlier ones by Gov J Howard Edmondson Pate 25 was convicted Jan 13 1969 in Pottawatomie County The body was found in a shallow grave on the Pate family farm near Asher in September 1959 Bellman noted the US Supreme Court appeal remains pending and a transcript is requested allowing the case to proceed carefully.
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Oklahoma City
Gerald Pate
Henry Bellman
J. Howard Edmondson
Pate
Pottawatomie County
Mary Jane Haygood
Asher
Bellman
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Rights staffer lands in policy uproar at Greenwood arrest
The Civil Rights Commission says Chester F. Relyea assistant general counsel was arrested in Greenwood Mississippi for refusing to use segregated facilities at a bus station. He was held about an hour and released. He was there investigating complaints of voter intimidation shootings and discrimination in the surplus food program. Greenwood has seen three recent shootings.
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Washington
Civil Rights Commission
Greenwood
Miss
Chester F. Relyea
Relyea
Two-Car Crash Injures Man at 11th and H Streets
City police report a two car collision at 11th and H about 6:30 p.m. injuring Joe Hartfield 40 of 1126 Texas. Hartfield’s auto, southbound on 11th, hit a 1953 Pontiac driven west on H by Juan Carracini 12 of 703 S 10th.
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11Th
Denver McLemore Jr
Joe Hartfield
Texas
McLemore
Hartfield
Juan Carracini
S. 10Th
Area Men In Service Duty At Missile Range
Pfc Richard L Mays wife Paulana lives in Lawton and Mays took part in a week of missile firing practice at McGregor Guided Missile Range New Mexico with Battery C of the 43d Artillery 3rd Missile Battalion The Nike Hercules armed unit is stationed at Lumberton New Jersey and is part of the Army Air Defense Command Mays a 1960 graduate of Douglass High School attended Cameron College and Central State College in Edmond
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Ptc
Richard L. Mays
Paulana
Lawton
McGregor Guided Missile Range
N. M
43D Artillery
Mays
Lumberton
N. J
Army Air Defense Command
Douglass High School
Cameron College
Central State College
Edmond
French Plan Sahara Shot
Paris reports France may detonate an underground nuke in the Sahara at In-Ecker Hoggar Mountains if conditions allow. Algerian officials in Algiers say the blast could occur soon, originally set for last Sunday and postponed a week, part of testing for a potential H-bomb for 1964 target Mangareva Island.
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Paris
UPS
France
Sahara
Algiers
In-Ecker
Hoggar
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Mangareva Island
Pacific
Senior High MYF To Have Service At City Mission
The Centenary Methodist church senior high MYF will hold a worship service at the City Mission located at 12th and Summit at 7 p.m. today. Jack Anderson, a Law ton High School sophomore, will speak. Twelve youth are expected to participate in duties such as ushering reading scriptures and leading in prayer.
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Centenary Methodist Church
City Mission
12Th
Summit
Jack Anderson
Anderson
Lawton High School
Towne Services Workshop Held at Hotel Lawtonian
A quarterly Towne Services moving and storage workshop is held today and Friday in the Comanche room at Hotel Lawtonian. Eddie E. Manns, Lawton branch manager, reports attendees include Roy McNair president J. H. Ruff general manager and several regional managers from El Paso Killeen San Antonio and Waco.
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Towne Services
Comanche
Lawtonian
Eddie E. Manns
Lawton
Roy McNair
J. H. Ruff
Waco
Tex
Don Skillman
el Paso
Jim McLean
Killeen
Bob Pier
San Antonio
Nick Kazanas
Ships Ban on Greek Flag Cargo to Cuba Imposed
The Greek government barred all cargo ships flying the Greek flag from delivering goods to Cuba under Communist control. Only ships chartered before the decree are exempt from the ban.
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Athens
Greece
Cuba
Trio Arraigned In Bank Robbery Case
Three men including Vernon Isaacs Lester Smith and Charles Brennan were arraigned before U S commissioners after robbing the Oklahoma State Bank of Konawa of about 10000 dollars. FBI recovered the stolen money and praised Irving police cooperation.
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Dallas
API
Oklahoma State Bank of
Konawa
Okla
U. S
Ada
FBI
Irving
Tex
Vernon Isaacs
Lester Carroll Smith
Smith
Lyman
Duncan Woman Killed In Crash
Callie Grace Thomas, 48, of Route 1 Duncan, died when her pickup collided with a Rock Island freight train engine at Duncan. Randy, 9, was critically injured. Gary Kent Gentry, 16, Chelsea, died from injuries after his car hit a bridge railing on U S 66 near Claremore while drag racing.
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Callie Grace Thomas
Route 1
Duncan
Gary Kent Gentry
Chelsea
Women Held In $95 Theft
Two eastside Negro women were held today for investigation in the theft of $95 from two workers last night. The theft report was filed by Doyle Mitchell and John R. Young, both of Clarksville Ark, who have been working here. Police said charges were to be filed against the suspects, who were identified by the victims. In other cases, police were checking a money theft case involving the loss of $73 at Pancake Villa, 2415 N Sheridan Road. W. O. Wall, 616 Bell, reported damage to his rent house at 908 F and Marvin Norrell, 1403 Hoover, said vandals burned the seat of his 1950 Chevrolet pickup truck.
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Doyle Mitchell
John R. Young
Clarksville, Ark
Pancake Villa
Sheridan Road
W. O. Wall
Bell
Marvin Norrell
Hoover
Campho-Phenique Promises Quick Pimples Prevention
The ad promotes Campho-Phenique as a soothing antiseptic that forms a ring of protection around pimples to prevent spread and reinfection. It claims the product does not stain skin and can be used under makeup and advises keeping a bottle handy for instant use.
Carrier Service Rates For Lawton Area Subscriptions
Payable in advance prices for Morning Press Sunday Constitution and daily editions listed by area. Rates show monthly and yearly totals for Comanche Cotton Tillman Kiowa Caddo Grady Stephens Jefferson and Jackson Counties with Mail subscription options to Oklahoma and Lawton P O Boxes and outside Oklahoma. Taxes included.
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Lawton
Constitution
Juaiassmoae
Comanche
Cotton
Tillman Kiowa
Caddo
Grady
Stephens
Jefferson
Jackson
Const Press & Sun
Oklahoma
P.O
Press & Sunday
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Toye Ward Jr
Mrs
Rosie Pollard
W. W. Slater
Atlas
Senior Assembly
Lawton High
Mather Eakes
Eddie Oelschlager
Larry Jones
Larry Jeter
Mike Coleman
Jim Matthews
Tommy Mixon
Ozzie Rodriguez
Telephone Hour
Sue Anna Lewis
Polly Sue Nicklas
Virginia Regan
Lana Sue Reichle
Carol McClenary
Anne Thomas
Susan Waltz
Recilla Allen
Mike Quinn
Paul Allen
Mike Sonnenberg
Ben Williams
Rick Holt
Wayne Cooper
Elsie Gardner
Jo Ann Griffin
Sandra Burk
Louise Gray
Gloria Cleveland
Erma Fisher
Charles Reed
Bernard Lee
Rodriguez
Charles Burroughs
Linda Barnes
Jan Burt
Joddi Stephens
Suzanne Jackson
Gail Bridges
Sandy Butcher
Linda Lee
Sandy Filiott
Maribeth Simmons
Judy Warkentin
Freda Urquhart
Carol Duran
Slayer
Zale
Aeg
Slace
PEC
Richard Mays
Lawton Firm
Cache Road
Frank
Murphy
Pol. Adv
William A
Bill
C. B. Pinkerton, M.D
Lawton Clinic
Gore
Block
Corvair
Falcon
Valiant
America
Milo Gordon
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