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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1977
Page
3
Everett Dick, history professor at Union College, spoke at the Museum of the Great Plains about how semi arid conditions shaped Great Plains life. Panelists Donald Prophet and Ralph Blodgett joined the Sunday talk as part of eight lectures exploring Plains history and values.
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Robert F. Cocklin is named executive vice president of the Association of the United States Army succeeding Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Charles G. Dodge who retires after 11 years as chief operating official. Cocklin, AUSA staff original, has a long Army career including 1941 enlistment and Field Artillery OCS at Fort Sill. He is author on military topics and holds the Bronze Star Medal, the Air Medal and the Purple Heart. He and wife Ruth reside in Arlington Oklahoma.
A misdemeanor firearm charge against Medicine Park Mayor Edward Hilliary Jr. was dismissed by the district attorney. Beauchamp said a dismissal order was signed after witnesses supported Hilliary’s self defense claim that he fired the gun in the air, not at James F. Squyres, who had been shot in front of the mayor’s home on Nov 6, 1976.
A new Red Cross hospital volunteer organization will serve the PHS Indian Hospital and holds its first meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the hospital. It is open to men women and teens from Lawton and Fort Sill. The volunteers will assist in clerical work patient floors the emergency room obstetrics gynecology and dental clinics. Mike Fire director of nurses will lead the orientation.
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