Rains Flood Ohio Valley Amid Weekend Storms
The Ohio River valley faced new flooding in Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia as storms battered the nation. Tornadoes hit Alabama Iowa and Georgia while mild air returns, and Easter pageant rehearsals report high participation and nearing completion at Fort Sill and Oklahoma locations.
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Business Contests Slated This Week At Lawton High
Contests in typing shorthand and spelling will be held at Lawton High School during Business Education Week under the Future Business Leaders of America chapter. Winners receive certificates and tests guide selection for state FBLA convention Cameron College contests next month.
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Future Business Leaders of America
FBLA
Cameron College
Shrine Circus Trip For City Mission Children
About 50 children from the city mission and Salvation Army will be escorted to Oklahoma City Saturday by the Lawton-Fort Sill Shrine club to see the annual Shrine circus. They will travel by bus and be served lunch in Oklahoma City by Lawton chapter 82 and Charity chapter of the Order of Eastern Star with soft drinks provided by Ellsworth Bottling company.
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Salvation Army
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Soviet Sub Carries Arms From Cuba To Other Latins Exile Story Says
Exile reporters in Miami circulated a claim that a Soviet submarine left Cuba about a month earlier with arms for Latin American nations. The letter dated February 19 from Havana describes shipments aboard a submarine, labeled destinations Venezuela Panama Nicaragua and Honduras, and mentions Cuban trainers at the University of Havana and planned sabotage efforts in New York City.
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Central American leaders seek united front on economic integration
Presidents from Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua and Costa Rica met with President Orlich to push for regional economic integration into a common market with Panama potentially joining. They planned to present Kennedy with urgent economic measures under the Alliance for Progress and discussed Cuba and anti Castro actions amid a tense regional stance.
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500 Homemakers To Attend Home Demonstration Parley
About 500 homemakers from 15 counties will attend a full day meeting in Lawton Oklahoma on March 29. The event at Theater 3 Fort Sill features a colors ceremony, welcome by Col William S Lancey, and greetings by Milton Keating. Grace Lee Spivey will deliver the keynote for the State Home Demonstration program.
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State Home Demonstration Council
Clara Kelley
Fort Sill
Grace Lee Spivey
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Dean Carter
Buffalo
Col
Lancey
Ann Powell
Bob Baumann
Southwest District
Nancy Smith
Jefferson County
George Stroup
Parked Truck Hit In Mishap In Front Of McKinley
Police reports describe a two vehicle mishap early Saturday in front of 804 McKinley involving a moving 1957 Oldsmobile driven west by J. D. Blank enship 32 of 1102 Williams and a parked 1958 Ford truck owned by J. S. McDonald 804 McKinley. The truck was stationary at the home.
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J. D. Blankenship
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Reckless Driving Complaints Filed by County Office
The county attorney filed thirty traffic complaints today at the highway patrol request. Four reckless driving charges were listed against Billy Gene McDonald and others, with fines, jail terms, and license-related offenses noted for multiple defendants. Additional charges included speeding, failing to register a vehicle, allowing an unlicensed driver, and modified exhaust violations.
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Billy Gene McDonald
Sterling
Marion Harland Crawford
Fort Sill
Thomas Paul Davis Jr
Fletcher
Stanley Wright
Summit
Horace Henry Jr
Arlington
Rudolph Coosewoon
Roosevelt
Donn Rockwell Mall
Kenneth Hayden
Floy Gabriel Gellegos
Sheppard Afb
Donald L. Flinn
Theodore Edwin Brice
Principals to Meet in Lawton Public Schools
Secondary principals in Lawton public schools will hold their monthly meeting at noon Wednesday at Douglass School.
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Douglass School
Canadian farms grow bigger yet fewer in number
Canadian farms, similar to the United States trend, are increasing in size while the total count of operations declines, signaling consolidation in the agricultural sector. The pattern mirrors broader farm structure changes across North America as larger enterprises dominate.
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United States
Annual Dress Revue Set at Fort Sill School and Fairgrounds
The 1963 Comanche county 4-H Dress Revue will be held Thursday at Fort Sill Indian School and County Fairgrounds. Miss Alma Koerner said the Carras clothing award will go to the top two in each junior class. One senior will advance to the state revue in Stillwater this summer. Girls will display nine classes and boys will showcase appropriate wear in five classes.
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Juries Selected In Damage Suits In District and Superior Courts
Two juries were selected to hear damage suits in district and superior court. Leonard Stout sues Emmett Long of Comanche County for 100000 alleging false accusation of taking a ball from leased land. Gary Lee VanTreese sues Paul F. Dunbar in superior court, with another suit against Dunbar by Barry Allen VanTreese on file.
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Leonard Stout
Emmett Long
Comanche County
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Gary Lee VanTreese
Paul F. Dunbar
Dunbar
Barry Allen van- Treese
Funeral services for John Lee Lattimore
John Lee Lattimore died at his San Antonio home Sunday. Survived by widow Nina, son John L., Jr., and a granddaughter in Enid. Funeral at Peter-Loring Funeral Home in San Antonio today 5 pm, with a second service at Cliff Temple Baptist Church in Dallas Tuesday 1 pm. Burial in Denton Odd Fellows Cemetery. Col and Mrs Lattimore to travel to Dallas Tuesday.
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Enid
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Cliff Temple Church
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Denton
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Services for Glenn L Clark
Glenn Lewis Clark 16 of Indiahoma died Sunday in a local hospital. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Post Oak Indian Church with a 7 p.m. prayer service today at the church. Burial in Post Oak Mission Cemetery under Becker Funeral Home direction. He was born January 23, 1947 in Lawton and lived in Comanche County all his life with his grandmother Mrs Tahthay Codopony. He was a sophomore at Indiahoma High School active in the FFA and a member of the Post Oak Indian Church. Survivors include his grandmother, a sister Glenna Sue Clark of Indiahoma, his mother Mrs Ben Wood Jr and five half sisters Kathy Louise Wood Victoria Wood Sharon Kay Wood Denise Wood and Debra Wood, all of Shawnee.
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Comanche County
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Kathy Louise Wood
Victoria Wood
Sharon Kay Wood
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Mrs. Fields Named Woman of the Year in 1954
Mrs. Fields receives 1954 Woman of the Year honor from Lawton charter chapter of American Business Women’s Association. She held roles in Lawton and Oklahoma City groups including Home of Redeeming Love advisory board president and Zenith Study Club. Memorial gifts to Home of the Redeeming Love requested. Street and Draper Funeral Home handling arrangements in Oklahoma City.
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American Business Women's Association
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Oklahoma City
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Order of Eastern Star
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Glandular Inflammation Treatment Claims at Excelsior Springs
The notice says glandular inflammation is a constitutional disease and temporary relief medicines do not remove causes. It claims neglect leads to premature senility and incurable conditions. It notes that last year men from 1,000 communities were treated there with soothing relief and improved health.
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