Planning debate on subdivision rules and county authority
City and county planners voiced objections to proposed amendments about planning authority. Leaders cited minimum standards for water and sewer, cross tract access issues in Indiahoma and Lake Ellsworth, and the impact on financing and home construction in unincorporated areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Painter
Lawton Metropolitan Area
Planning Commission
Lawton
United States
Indiahoma
Lake Ellsworth
Federal Housing Agency
Veterans Administration
Welfare bill eyed to balance state budget changes
The bill shifts three schools from general fund to welfare funded by sales tax, allowing up to 7.5 million welfare dollars and moving 4 million in sales tax to four state mental hospitals, potentially freeing 11.5 million for other general fund use. It also creates a commission study of health and welfare duties and outlines emergency fund controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellman
Sand Springs
Pauls Valley
Enid
General Fund
Mental Health Department
Welfare Department
Senate
Social Welfare Commission
House
Legislative Council
Bellmone
Oklahoma Ordnance Works Authority
Pryor
Senate General Investigating Committee
OOW
Ed Berrong
Weatherford
National Guard
Club To Honor Allied Officers At Fort Sill Luncheon
Lawton Rotary Club hosts a farewell luncheon for 28 Allied officers graduating from the Officer Career Course at Fort Sill's Artillery and Missile School. They depart April 5 for Air Defense training at Fort Bliss Texas. Maj Gen Griffin attends as guest. speakers include Captains Derpech Myint Al-Showier Sicco and Nestor Sicco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Carlos Derpech
Chile
Kyaur Myint
Burma
Ahmed Yousif Al-Showier
Saudia Arabia
Nestor Felipe Sicco
Uruguay
Reapportion Suit Moves Through Oklahoma Courts
Box files suit challenging both the House and Senate reapportionment acts as unconstitutional. Nesbitt and Rinehart set 15 and 10 day reply windows, totaling up to 45 days before a ruling on state court jurisdiction. Federal case parties argue federal violations may affect state action. Judges Murrah Rizley Daugherty await decision next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Box
House
Senate
U. S
Oklahoma
Charles Nesbitt
Jim Rinehart
el Reno
Allen
Nesbitt
Jackson
State Supreme Court
State Court
U. S. Dist
Ross Rizley
Fred Daugherty
U. S Circuit Court
Alfred P. Murrah
Murrah
New 175mm Cannons Demonstration At Fort Sill Event
The Army showcases new weapons including 175mm cannons M107 and M110. Trials covered extreme cold and heat. UK War Office observer Thomas Dennis Jacobs plans contracting talks. Saturday finale features artillery fire power, helicopter lift, and Honest John missile with public viewing through Gate 4 Sheridan Road. Spectators urged to arrive by 9:30 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Pacific Car and Foundry Co
Fort Greeley
Alaska
Death Valley
Fort Sill
Thomas Dennis Jacobs
War Office
United Kingdom
Honest John
Sheridan Road
Foreclosures in Lawton Show 55-House Build Retrenchment
Bell reports 38 foreclosed houses in Lawton and 17 more acquired in early 1963, totaling 55 over 15 months. Of these, 24 have sold and 31 remain. FHA appraisals remain stable and foreclosures blamed on personal factors. VA foreclosures likely similar. Houston notes 600 planned Lawton homes in 1963 with costs higher than some areas but lower than others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Bell
FHA
Veterans Administration
Houston
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Winter ballgame disruption across Tennessee and beyond
A tornado struck Portland Tennessee causing extensive property damage while severe winds damaged areas in middle and east Tennessee. Twisters touched northern Decatur Alabama and Bellefontaine Mississippi with heavy rains flooding streams in West Virginia Indiana and Southern Illinois. Evacuation of several hundred residents reported as spring pollen season begins but snow blankets northern regions. Houston Maine records zero inch snow depth. Houghton Michigan reports 19 inches on the ground after three inches fell in six hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Tennessee
Middle
Decatur
Alabama
Bellefontaine
Miss
West Virginia
Indiana
Illinois
Ground breaking ceremony set for Lawton expressway dedication
Rites will honor the expressway namesake with invocations by Rev. Arduary Ritter and remarks from Lawton officials. Speakers include Ned Shepler of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, Howard McCasland, J C Kennedy, Maj. Gen. Griffing, State Sen. Fred R. Harris, and Sen. Edmondson. Ground breaking will involve city state federal and military authorities plus pioneer Lawton group representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Simms
Phillip Harris
David Ewing
Arduary Ritter
Geronimo Baptist Church
Lawton
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Mayor Gilley
Ned Shepler
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Howard McCasland
Duncan
Oklahoma Highway Commission
J. C. Kennedy
Greek and Pakistani Officers Enroll in Fort Sill Radar Course
Officers from Greece and a non commissioned officer from Pakistan attend the Field Artillery Radar Maintenance Course at Fort Sill U S Army Artillery and Missile School. Maj Athanassios Mamarelis Capt Panourgias Papavieros Lt Nicolaos Dokos and Sgt Havildar Muhammad Zaman participate to learn radar operation adjustment and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Pakistan
Fort Sill
Detroit Health Officials Cite Rare Type E Botulism Deaths
Detroit health officials report two deaths from rare Type E botulism after a shared tuna meal. Margaret McCarthy and Collete Brown are named among the deceased. two girls remain under observation as FDA and state inspectors test tuna from A&P shipments tied to a West Coast packer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United States
Margaret McCarthy
Collete Brown
New York
A&p
California State Food Inspection Service
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Washington Packing Corp
San Francisco
Albert D. Levy
Food and Drug Administration
Committee plans cooling unit for children’s shelter
Barracks 1168 Veterans of World War I named a committee to work with Mayor Wayne Gilley on purchasing a cooling unit for the children’s shelter. Arnie Hovind, commander, reported. The committee includes C. E. Fowler as chairman, Wheeler Wilson and Pat Stevenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Gilley
Arnie Hovind
C. E. Fowler
Wheeler Wilson
Pat Stevenson
City primary results show narrow margins and running totals
In a crowded city primary several races remained undecided with recounts studied for clerk and police chief contests. Fuller beat High 2 783 to 2 695 in police chief, while Christmas led street commissioner race 3 373 to 1 746. Ward 2 and Ward 5 precincts split votes, and Mayor Gilley and other incumbents advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion
Patterson
Charles High
Fuller
High
Christmas
Eugene Hill
Brandon
Elmer R. Bauman
Lester McKenzie
Zorger
Munn
Willie J. Munn
Mann
McKenzie
Percy
Adair
Haile
Murphy
Police Department
Ward 1
Ward
Dodson
Hill
Buzbee
Clarence P
Blackie
Hugh L. Brigham
Wayne Gilley
Nettie Pippin
E. C. Parks
Willis T. Miller
Parks
Miller
Six Men Enlist In Army Reserve In Southwest Oklahoma
Six southwest Oklahoma men have enlisted in the U S Army Reserve and await six months of basic training. Dale Chaney Collins Stevens Mitchell Jr Rosebure Gant are named with hometowns listed. James Young has three-year reserve enlistment with no basic training due to prior service. he will be supply sergeant of Battery B 4th Howitzer Battalion 79th Artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Oklahoma
U.S. Army Reserve
Lowell D. Walker
Lawton
Dale Edward Chaney
S. 10Th
Avis Wayman Collins
Chickasha
Jimmy George Stevens
Verden
Claud Frank Mitchell Jr
Duncan
William Floyd Rosebure
Tipton
Jimmy Lee Gant
Bell
Walker
Collins
Stevens
Fort Polk
Mitchell
James Joseph Young
Star Rt
79Th Artillery
Young
Army
Sp5
George D. Keathley Reserve Center
Cache Road
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County Planing Agency
Commission
Sneed
Sneed Acres
C. B. Pinkerton
Lawton Clinic
Gore
Meirway
Marci
Cc. M. Ward
J. L. McQueen
Assembly OF God
Sth & Columbia
Bride
Zale
Zales
Zalez
Ewes Saas Ae
Twist-O-Flex
van Omcy
Kelvinator
Raulston’s
Raulston Furniture
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