Lawton to Replace Filter Beds in Water Plant Upgrade
City council approves low bid for washing system and underdrain overhaul for 14 filter beds at the Lawton water plant. Leopold Co. wins contracts for glaz ed tile underdrain six filters and 30 wash water troughs. Additional purchases funded for electric hoist piping and welding supplies as studying civil improvements proceed.
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H&e Engineering
F. E. Leopold Co
Leopold Co
Sherman Machine and Tron Co
Larrance Tank Co
Louis Yarmuk Co
Fitch
Lawton
Medicine Park
Riley
Roy Stephens
Irva J. Black
Park
Lee
Washington
F i
Frisco
Bell
Dearborn
Larrance
Euclid Drive
Sheridan
Lindy
20Th
McKinley
22Nd
Gore
A. Banta Construction Co
State Health Department
Heinz
Runyon Hillside
City Park
Brookland Addition
Lake Ellsworth
Water Committee
William B. Boling
Wisconsin
Wade To Speak At Tulsa Bar
Dallas County Atty Henry Wade who headed the Jack Ruby murder trial will speak at a Tulsa County Bar Association luncheon in May and attend a reception for the Oklahoma County Attorneys Association. Wade led the Ruby prosecution for the slaying of Lee Harvey Oswald, accused killer of President Kennedy.
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Tulsa
Dallas County
Henry Wade
Jack Ruby
Tulsa County Bar Association
Oklahoma County Attorneys Association
Oe County
David Hall
Sai
Wade
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Ten Greek Spies Freed by Arabs Released to Greek Embassy
In Cairo the United Arab Republic freed ten Greek nationals convicted of spying for Israel in 1962. They were handed to the Greek Embassy for deportation and no reason was given for the release.
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Cairo
United Arab Republic
Israel
Griffing and Indian farewell at Sherman House May 2 1871
Mrs Alice Apekaum Zenella granddaughter of Kiowa Chief Stumbling Bear presented a blanket to the Griffings. Generals Sherman and Griffing passed ceremonial farewells amid a council of Indians at Sherman House with Lone Wolf aiming a carbine before restraint.
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Griffings
Alice Apekaum Zenella
Stumbling Bear
Sherman House
William Tecumseh Sherman
Sherman
Jacksboro
Tex
Lone Wolf
Grierson
Indian Schools Teacher Dies After 27-Year Career
Mary Donica, longtime teacher in Indian schools across Oklahoma New Mexico and Arizona and later in the Philippines, died Monday. She was born in a log cabin northeast of Mildred Kansas, where her father Abram Donica settled in 1859.
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Iola
Kan
Mary Donica
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Philips
Miss Donica
Mildred
Abram Donica
Jobless Pay Restored in Oklahoma City after Funds
Oklahoma City The State Employment Service resumes unemployment benefit payments to former federal employees and veterans after a $42 million federal appropriation. Checks totaling $18,521 were mailed today, with another $15,531 due this week. weekly benefits range from $10 to $32.
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Oklahoma City
State
Raymond Crump
Vietnamese Rangers Kill 32 Viet Cong in Saigon Area
A South Vietnamese Ranger battalion killed 32 Viet Cong guerrillas in a three hour battle about 30 miles north of Saigon. Ranger casualties were 7 killed and 31 wounded, according to U S military sources.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Khrushchev in Hungary as East Bloc faces China rift
Khrushchev visits Hungary for celebrations and likely policy speeches. Informants say Hungary Poland and Bulgaria pledge aid if China split widens. A Moscow birthday gathering may decide whether to maintain peace with Peking or break openly. Chinese media intensifies attack on peaceful co existence and Soviet line.
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Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Hungary
Peking
Nazi Germany
Andrei A. Gromyko
Yuri Andropov
Poland
Bulgaria
Red China
Moscow
Peking People’s Daily
Red Flag
Nickel Discovery Noted by Cronstedt in 1751
Swedish chemist Axel Frederick Cronstedt identified the element nickel in the year 1751. The finding established nickel as a distinct metal and contributed to early chemical classification and mineral studies in 18th century Europe.
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Axel Frederick Cronstedt
Nickel
Candidates Zero In On Big Cities
The Associated Press reports three U S Senate hopefuls focusing on Oklahoma City as early voting occurs. Democratic Fred Harris and Raymond Gary and Republican Forest Beall campaigned there while incumbent Democrat J Howard Edmondson worked in Hughes and Seminole counties and Republicans Bud Wilkinson and Tom Harris campaigned in Bartlesville Blackwell and Stillwater.
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Associated Press
U. S. Senate
Oklahoma City
Senate
Fred Harris
Raymond Gary
Forest Beall
J. Howard Edmondson
Hughes
Seminole
Bud Wilkinson
Bartlesville
Tom Harris
Blackwell
Stillwater
Cabbie Keeps The $1,000 Bill From 40 Cent Ride
New York AP. Cab driver Harry F Kuester kept a $1,000 bill after he incorrectly gave a passenger $9.60 in change from a $1,000 note for a 40 cent fare on March 6 1963. After returning the bill to police and finding no claimant, the city delivered the bill to Kuester who plans to use it for medical bills while recovering from illness.
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New York
Harry F. Kuester
Kuester
Worry over loose false teeth eased with FASTEETH powder
Don’t be embarrassed by slipping dentures. Sprinkle FASTEETH on plates to hold them more firmly. The non-acid powder adds comfort, reduces slipping and awkward pasty taste, and is sold at drug counters.
Five Receive Awards At Sill
Five soldiers and civilian employees at Fort Sill received incentive awards from Col. Paul A. Reed. Sgt. Harrison Pershka won $25 for a disposable bag idea to cut handling of contaminated linen. Mildred Hood earned $15 for a hospital directory board and $10 for a medical records transfer method. Other cash awardees were Specialist Fourth Class Robert M. Stucker, Mr. Thomas R. Weaver, and Mrs. Katharine K. Craig.
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Fort Sill
U.S. Army Hospital
Fort Sill Hospital
Paul A. Reed
Harrison Pershka
Supply and Service Division
Quartermaster
Mildred Hood
Hoopital
Paint remover for women available from Savogran
A consumer note confirms Savogran offers a paint remover suitable for household use and suggests checking with local hardware dealers for availability.
Soviet Defense Chief to Visit East Berlin
Marshal Rodion Malinovsky, the Soviet defense minister, will arrive in East Berlin on Wednesday for a 10 day visit, according to the East German ADN news service reported on Monday.
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Berlin Berlin
UPI
Rodion Malinovsky
East Berlin
ADN
Morse ad offers disability insurance through hospital coverage
Ray E. Morse promotes disability insurance as protection when medical bills arise. The ad notes dialing a local number and invites a call without obligation to discuss coverage beyond hospital plans.
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Lice Department Records Division
Cleo Stout
Frank Zanbrano
Don Cunningham
Oklahoma University
26Th
Cache Road
Columbia
Ith and
Gerald N. Cameron
Githen K. Rhoads
Jack Brock
Cameron
James A. Gibbs
James M. Gibbs
Taft
Csder
Waltz Leal .Co
Ahan
Griffing
Sfc
Hugh Bolla@s
E. G. Hahney
Hahney
William C. Horne
Key Gate
Gen. Griffing
Home Owners’ Policy
J. T. Neal Agency
Lawton Boot & Western Store
S. 3Rd
OMPAD
Dan Lys Zales
PAL
Shawnee, Okla
Shawnee Coin Club
Ren
Ewe Lee
Cache Road Sq
Cabbie
Sill
Savogran
DeWitt
Ray E. Morse
North 17Th
Woodman Accident and Life Company
Jewel Man's Baylor
Ewe Lers
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