Medal of Honor plaque unveiled at Fort Sill ceremony
A memorial honoring 83 Medal of Honor recipients was dedicated in McNair Hall by Maj. Gen. L. S. Griffing. The ceremony, attended by post leaders and the Lawton Fort Sill community, featured the Civil War and modern medals, with Griffing recounting the award's history and notable recipients. The event precedes Fort Sill’s largest review Monday at Post Field, honoring Griffing as he retires March 31 with a large parade and guest dignitaries.
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L. S. Griffing
McNair Hall
Col
Robert D. Offer
Fort 571
Lawton-Fort Sill
Griffing
Kobangaan-Ni
Korea
Lee R. Hartell
Hartell
John A. D. Page
Chosin Reservoir
Fort Sill
Robinson Barracks
Army Artillery Officer Candidate School
James Robinson Jr
Untergriesham
Germany
Adelbert Ames
U. S. Artillery
Bull Run
Post Field
Hugh P. Harris
Conarc
Carl H. Jark
97Th
4Th Army
Sherman House
Sherman
Harry H. Critz
Lucas Field
Critz
Plane Shot Down Killing U S Officer and Vietnamese
A Vietnamese air force two seater fighter was shot down south of Saigon by rockets from Communist guerrillas. The U S Air Force officer and a Vietnamese crewman were killed, raising American deaths in South Viet Nam to 125.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Water rights hearing drawn 50 residents in Duncan
Oklahoma Water Resources Board hosted a meeting on water rights under a new law. Beaver and Cow creeks will be first tested, with Lawton set to hear Cache Creek on May 7. Ryan seeks daily rights rebuffed to 400000 gallons. Dowlen seeks 20950 acre feet and challenged unappropriated water.
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Duncan
Cow
Beaver Creek
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Beaver
Oklahoma
Cache Creek
Lawton
Weldon Guest
Ryan
Tab Dowlen
Johnson says general war impossible in nuclear age
President Johnson told unions a general war is impossible in this nuclear era and urged reliance on reasoned agreement over aggression. He cited Cuba and Cyprus as examples of dangers managed without force and pressed unions to help fight unemployment poverty and discrimination while planning for broader social programs.
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Washington
Johnson
Panama
Panama Canal
Cyprus
U.S. Naval Base
Viet Nam
Patience Johnson
Building and Construction Trades Department
Aflcio
America
United Auto Workers Convention
Atlantic City
Congress
Negro Students Attack Newsmen as Violence Roils Jacksonville
In Jacksonville a woman died from gunfire and three men were wounded as Negro high school students stoned reporters and photographers while police handled a bomb threat at Stanton High. A car was burned during the flee of journalists, and Life magazine photographer Mike Durham was roughed up but escaped. Police detained about 250 youths over two days, most of them Negro.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Stanton High School
Jacksonville Journal
Harmon
Journal
Bart Parker
Mike Durham
Miami
Life Magazine
Parker
Johnnie Mae Chappell
Kennedy half dollars arrive at local banks in limited supply
John F Kennedy half dollars reached American National Bank and City National Bank in Lawton today with a first come first served limit. Brinks trucks delivered the coins from the Federal Reserve in Oklahoma City while nearby banks awaited shipments and the Treasury faced long lines in Washington.
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John F. Kennedy
Lawton
American National Bank
City National Bank
Brinks
Fort Sill National Bank
Sheridan Bank
Security Bank and Trust
Washington
D.C
The
Treasury
U.S
Fred Baughman
Federal Reserve Bank
Oklahoma City
Baughman
B. H. Good
City Council Bids Waterworks Phase One Bid Opening Planned
City council orders four week bid openings for the first phase of a seven million dollar waterworks upgrade and expansion. They study plans for a new police station jail and courts building and note bond funds already sold for two million.
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Water Committee
Wyatt B. Hendrick
Wayne Gilley
Pat Painter
Hendrick
C. H. Guernsey
James Lee Council
Severe Storm Forecast Extends Across Oklahoma Southwest
A Canadian cold front drives a severe thunderstorm forecast across Oklahoma including the southwest. Forecasters expect storms from 3 to 9 p.m. along a line near Hobart to north of Fayetteville with snow possible in the Panhandle and showers elsewhere. Temperatures drop from the 70s to near freezing tonight before rising again.
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Oklahoma
Hobart
Fayetteville
Ark
Randlett
Cheyenne
Enid
Kansas
Ponca City
Arkansas
Sallisaw
Ada
Randlett Lawton
Missouri
Panhandle
Salinger Senate Bid Rejected by California Official
Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan rejected Pierre Salinger's U S Senate candidacy papers as incomplete. San Francisco registrar Charles Rogers had forwarded documents. attorneys prepared to seek a State Supreme Court order to place Salinger on the primary ballot.
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Sacramento
Calif
Frank M. Jordan
Pierre Salinger
U.S. Senate
Jordan
San Francisco
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Sill
Mmanner
Ine
U.S. Army
Victor Wickersham
Cuba
Guantanamo Naval Base
Fidel Castro
Burn
MacArthur
Kennedy
Associated Press
United States
Ray Atteberry
Rogers Lane
Wolf Creek
Cache Road
67Th
Douglas MacArthur
Edward J. Costello
Salinger
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