Lawton Council Faces Street District Votes and Ambulance Aid
Lawton City Council upheld or rejected street district proposals affecting segments from 14th Street westward with protest percentages cited. The body also weighed subsidies for Mercury Ambulance Co. and considered meter removal, parking plans, sewer lines, and fire hazard condemnations while planning attendance at a housing conference and affiliation with the Oklahoma Municipal League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
35Th
Arlington
Ferris
Cornell
Marion
Hilltop
Runyon
Lee
Washington
Irwin
Sheridan
Bell
Elm
Park
Gore
Lorrance
Chris Dodson
Mercury Ambulance Co
Dodson
Board of County Commissioners
Gilley
Eugene Bowman
Jerry Brandon
E. C. Parks
Lawton Inc
Central Business District
Lawton
Howell
Southwest
Cotton Electric Co-op
Lake Lawtonka
Public Property Committee
Wiley Cox
Cox
Pat Painter
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Fort Worth
C. A. Bentley
Oklahoma Municipal League
League
Bentley
Cooper Flight Scrubbed By Radar Unit Failure
The Atlas Faith 7 mission for astronaut Cooper was postponed due to a radar unit failure in the Atlas autopilot system. Engineers replaced the diesel gantry engine, cleared fuel lines, and resumed countdown after a two hour delay as a 700-strong recovery force awaited launch at Cape Canaveral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Virgil I. Grissom
John H. Glenn Jr
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Atlas
Project Mercury
Cape Canaveral
Bermuda
Houston
Tex
Trudy Cooper
Mercury Con
Mercury Control Center
Howard Minners
Minners
John A. Powers
Hangar S
Complex 14
Faith 7
Charles A. Berry
Air Force
Berry
Schirra
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Gemini
Shepard
America
Fraud Trial Opens Over Walker Hill Resort Scam
Four defendants go on trial in Seoul district court on charges of bribery and embezzlement tied to the Walker Hill resort complex construction project worth $5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul, Korea
UPI
Seoul District Court
Walker Hill
Birmingham tense stand in Birmingham riot aftermath
In Birmingham Alabama on Saturday riot aftermath and threat of federal troops dominated as President Kennedy considered mobilizing federal aid. Wallace refused to rule out calling the National Guard while Kennedy urged law and order and supported the desegregation agreement. Jackie Robinson Floyd Patterson and Dr. King appealed for nonviolence as violence erupted after bombings at A D King’s home and a movement hotel.
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Muscle Shoals
Ala
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wallace
Kennedy
Birmingham
Jackie Robinson
Floyd Patterson
FBI
Martin Luther King Jr
Army
Justice Department
National Guard
Department of Justice
Jamie Moore
Alabama
al Lingo
Eugene (Bull) Connor
Walter Allen
Highway Patrol
Albert Boutwell
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
A.D. King
Fort Sill Births Record Twenty-One Boys And Seventeen Girls
Twenty one boys and seventeen girls were born at the U S Army Hospital Fort Sill during May 5 to 11. The entries list a sequence of births by date and the parents ranks and names, including Capt and Mrs and S Sgt couples and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army Hospital
Fort Sill
Jaycee Delegates Set for State Convention in Ponca City
Ten delegates from Lawton Junior Chamber of Commerce will attend a three day state Jaycee convention in Ponca City this weekend. Bill Crawford president elect says officer selections for the 1963 64 term and convention site choices will be decided at the Sunday morning meeting. Lawton attendees include Mr and Mrs Bill Crawford Mr and Mrs Richard Glenn Dr and Mrs Gilbert Gibson Mr and Mrs Jim Warkentin Mr and Mrs Sam Ard Mr and Mrs Ray Shackelford Dr and Mrs Lewis Flagler Mr and Mrs Charles Singleton Eddie Kern and Dan Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Richard Glenn
Gilbert Gibson
Jim Warkentin
Sam Ard
Ray Shackelford
Lewis Flagler
Charles Singleton
Eddie Kern
Dan Martin
Officer Receives New Assignment at 184th Ordnance
Captain Leo R. St. Amour, a 1955 West Point graduate, will become S-3 of the 184th Ordnance Battalion this month, succeeding retired Maj. James K. McCartney. He hails from Clermont New Hampshire and previously served as executive officer of the 17th Ordnance Company at Fort Sill. He lives with his wife Katherine and children Susan and Michael at 1611 North 39th Street in Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo R. St. Amour
U. S. Military Academy
184Th Ordnance Battalion
James K. McCartney
St. Amour
Claremont
N. H
17Th Ordnance Company
Fort Sill
Battalion
Katherine
Susan
Michael
39Th St
Lawton
Funeral Rites for Willie Lee Bates Held Today
Services for Willie Lee Bates age 49 of 1713 Irwin were at 10 30 a m in Becker Memorial chapel with Rev H M Reik of Northside Baptist officiating burial followed at Sunset Memorial Gardens Bearers included Wollie Wade Emmett Pope Sfc Leo G Haynes Birney Ferguson Walter Buzbee and Vernon Buzbee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Lee Bates
Irwin
Becker Memorial Chapel
H. M. Reik
Northside
Two Men Sentenced in Local Courts for Felony Charges
Two men received penitentiary terms after pleading guilty to felonies in district and superior courts. William Vallejo 20 of Sidney Montana drew two years for second degree burglary. Frankie Hadley 19 of Washington Street faced three years for unauthorized taking and use of a motor vehicle. Kenneth Allen 27 of San Antonio Texas was charged with indecent exposure in a Birch and Parkview complaint signed by a Lawton resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Eubanks
William Paul Vallejo
Sidney
Mont
Robert S. Landers
Frankie Hadley
Washington
Kenneth Wayne Allen
San Antonio
Tex
Lawton
Allen
Birch and
Parkview
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Council
14Th
James Hood
Lee Blvd
Dearborn
Larrance
Euclid
Cooper Flight
Sidney's Dairy Creams
Tnd
Bellith &B
Mac‘s Tree Service
Koehler Bldg
Bell-ans
Orangeburg
Capt
Dahl J. Cento
Dale J. Shoemaker Jr
Calvin DeWitt III
John C. Young
Roger A. Kelley
Thomas W. A
T-Sgt
Allen Jeffcoat
Sp4
Alton F. Livingston
Willie Burton Jr
Joseph H. Bill
Durwood W. Busbee
James T. McColgan Jr
Wayne S. Lutz
Dwight C. Reed
William S. White
Roger P. Roberts
Gerald N. Richards
Charther R. Mucker
Gerald E. Chastain
Harold D. Stanford
CWO
Richard E. Wilkinson
Sfc
James A. Scott
William N. James
Howard L. Barnes
Sps
Jesse J. Mallon
Sergio A. Flores
William J. Mitchell
Sp5
Tommy R. Coffey
Earl F. Wrobel
Wolfgang G. Priebe
Robert K. Kingery
Lewaine A. Dain
Pfc
Lee C. LeMasters
Donald H. Rodgers
Solomon Joseph
Alvin C. Reeder
John M. Osborne
Robert L. Barts
Ony
Jaycee
Heratone
Olahoma City
Ohio
Kelvinator
Volts & Cycles
BTU
Raulition Furniture
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