Red Shield Boys Club Plans Gym
The Red Shield Boys Club outlines preliminary gym plans at a regular committee meeting in the Salvation Army Citadel. A new gym is needed as the Youth Center gym is leased to another group, with Maj. Harold Davis noting state funds will match local raises for capital projects.
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Red Shield Boys’ Club
Salvation Army
Red Shield
Harold Davis
Salvation Army Comander
Maj. Davis
Tee
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Lawton-Fort Sill United Fund
Harold Gordon
Bob Scott
Boys Club
GOP Harris Visits Lawton In Campaign
GOP senatorial candidate Thomas J. Harris held two informal sessions in Lawton including a breakfast at Cattlemen’s Cafeteria and a 10 a.m. coffee at the Holiday Inn. Harris, 49, facing Forrest Beall and Bud Wilkerson, promotes a conservative, win‑in‑November platform and touts his Oklahoma City firm and party roles. The piece ends with a local joke about Cyprus workers and unemployment.
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Thomas J. Harris
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Cattlemen's
Holiday Inn
Harris
U. S. Senate
Forrest Beall
Oklahoma University
Bud Wilkerson
Aero Commander
Management Enterprises, Inc
Central Oklahoma
Association of the United States Army
Chicago
Oklahoma
Republican Party
Thee Oklahoma Goldwater
GOP
Bud Wilkinson
Wilkinson
Sheriff Candidate Promises Tough Law Enforcement
ANTLERS Oklahoma AP Ernest Moore a Democrat running for sheriff of Pushmataha County acknowledged in a campaign leaflet that he was convicted of running a liquor still. He defended his liquor as the best and said he aims to pursue the same high standard in law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Livestock Larceny Sentence Reduced
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals upheld F. E. Alborn Jr. livestock larceny conviction but reduced his prison term from seven to five years. The court found sufficient evidence for the verdict from the LeFlore County district jury while noting trial errors could have led to a harsher punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Court of Criminal Appeals
F. E. Alborn Jr
LeFlore
Trophy honors forge new First Field Artillery Brigade
Gen Griffing lauds unit work and dedication as the 1st Missile Brigade and 34th Artillery Brigade are merged into the 1st U.S. Army Field Artillery Brigade effective March 25. Col Becker to lead the new unit with a 30 day transition period. The Maj Gen Griffing trophy, forged from World War II era shrapnel and set on a black walnut base, will be awarded on a points basis for training, inspections, and other unit activities.
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1St Missile Brigade
34Th Artillery Brigade
U.S. Army Field Artillery Brigade
Becker
First Field Artillery Brigade
34Th Brigade
Lewis S. Griffing
Fort Sill
School of Fire
Presser Flowers Jr
Medicine Creek
Griffing
Flowers
9Th Field Artillery Missile Group
Jim Thomas
Col. Flowers
Oklahoma City University Names Three Senior Girls for Cardinal Key
Lorene Joan Bendure daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd K Bendure of 711 Euclid is among three senior girls chosen for initiation into Cardinal Key an honor organization for women Selection honors scholarship and leadership at Oklahoma City University.
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Lorene Joan Bendure
Lloyd K. Bendure
Euclid
Oklahoma City University
Greenwich Village Triangle of New York’s Arts Hub
Greenwich Village bounded by 14th Street to the north Spring Street to the south and extending west from Broadway forms a triangular section famed as a center of American arts and letters per Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Greenwich Village
14Th Street
Spring Street
Broadway
New York City
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Cadets Name Lois Saunders Sweetheart of Lawton CAP
Lois K. Saunders 18, daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Saunders of 911 Columbia, chosen Sweetheart of the Lawton Civil Air Patrol. She will compete for Miss Oklahoma Wing at the CAP Ball in Oklahoma City April 11. She is Lawton High School senior, cadet second class, assist information officer, assistant editor of the unit paper, and has attended an eight day summer encampment at McConnell AFB Kansas.
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Lois K. Saunders
J. F. Saunders
Columbia
Lawton Civil Air Patrol Squadron
CAP
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Lawton High School
Lawton
Air Force
McConnell Afb
Kans
Nils Saunders
Coins on the silver dollar reports stir collectors
An amateur collector argues the government aims to save Kennedy half dollars while discarding silver coins. A dealer says a $5,000 silver dollar order was refused and only common $1 coins were supplied. A critic warns collectors against speculating and notes values depend on mintages, citing the 1950 D nickel as scarce with high prices.
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U. S. Treasury
Utah Man Faces Escape Charge
A 25 year old Salt Lake City man Robert Clay was charged with escape after fleeing from officers Wednesday following an arraignment on forgery in District Court. He was arrested near Municipal Airport at 1 50 p m and offered no resistance when recaptured.
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Salt Leake Cly
Utah
Robert Clay
Bill Ward
Johnny Rhodes
Clay
Widow Lois Strait Dies in Lawton At 28
Mrs Lois JoAnn Strait 28 of 1714 Ferris died unexpectedly about 7 am today in a local hospital. Born March 22 1936 in Larned Kansas she lived there most of her life. She married Richard D Strait in Larned in August 1954 and lived in Lawton since 1958. Survived by husband three sons Chris 6 Dennis 3 and Richard Kevin born Sunday March 22 her parents Mr and Mrs John W Marley Cordell and others. Funeral services pending Becker Funeral home.
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Lois JoAnn Strait
Ferris
Larned
Kans
Richard D. Strait
Lawton
State Farm
Lawton Heights
Chris
Dennis
Richard Kevin
John W. Marley
Cordell
Edward J. Schultz
Wayne E. Marley
Boycott Begins in Jacksonville Over Racial Restrictions
The NAACP in Jacksonville launches a boycott of businesses enforcing Negro restrictions, urging spending only where respected. Leaders from white and Black communities seek a path through four days of racial tension as violence subsides with minor incidents reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville, Fla
Jacksonville
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Rutledge Pearson
Sonic boom misread as explosion near Tulsa airport
A loud boom heard by FAA staff and residents in Jenks and Yale coincided with a house fire near the Tulsa airport. Airport controller Clayton Lehman said personnel initially linked the sounds to an explosion but later determined the event was a sonic boom and a relatively minor house fire.
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Tulsa
UPS
FAA
Clayton Lehman
Lehman
Jenks
Yale
Forty two Strep Throat Cases Reported Locally
The state health department reports forty two strep throat cases in Comanche county last week. Dr Charles Green notes most reports come from doctors, with Fort Sill Army hospital contributing. Nationwide total reached seventy strep cases. measles forty two. four rabies in animals. three infectious hepatitis. one salmonellosis and one whooping cough.
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Comanche County
State Health Department
Charles Green
U. S. Army Hospital
Fort Sill
Fort Sill Colonel Hughes Receives Early Joint Service Medal
Colonel William M. Hughes deputy commander of the 1st Field Artillery Brigade at Fort Sill was awarded one of the nation’s first Joint Service Commendation Medals for outstanding service in Washington from 1961 to 1963. Brig. Gen. James W. Totten presented the medal as Col. Hughes, to be the first Fort Sill recipient, accepted the citation in the Fort Sill chief of staff’s office.
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William M. Hughes
James W. Totten
Fort Sill
McNair
Col. Hughes
Washington, D.C
1St Field Artillery Brigade
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
L. S. Griffing
E. G. Hahney
William H. Durand
Hughes
Maxwell Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington, D. C
United States
Europe
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Department of Defense
34Th Field Artillery
Sill
Pageant at Holy City in Wichita Mountains Refuge
The Holy City amphitheater about 22 miles northwest of Lawton hosts a pageant with Cast pantomiming actions. Col Rhodes urges warm dress and early arrival. Traffic to site moves single file with MPs and Fort Sill artillery directing parking. Highway patrol covers routes. Refreshment stand on Audience Hill. Red Cross runs two first aid stations and restrooms east of Audience Hill.
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Holy City
Lawton
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Col. Rhodes
Fort Sill
District Highway Patrol
Audience Hill
Comanche County
Red Cross Chapter
Red Cross
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Gop Harris
Cyprus
Jack Webb
Jackie Loughery
U.S.A
Los Angeles
FREE
Allen
Lbr. Co
E Street Dial
Edward T. Williams
Fort Sil
Williams
San Antonio
Gen. Griffing
John
Utah Man
6Th & A Ave
Dial
Mrs
Lois Strait
Zales
Lzale
Cache Road Sq
Pageant
A. Marquessa
Wis
C. Meadow Lark
Zale
Cache Road
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