Local Deaths in City Area Honor Several Residents
Lena Agnes Tucker 77 born in Oklahoma Territory died after a long illness. Funeral in First Baptist Church with Rev. Ronnie Chad officiating. Survivors include husband Charles Ervin Tucker, son Robert, daughter Benny Lee Derdivanes, and others. Aubrey A. Hartsell 92 died at home. widow of Nannie Herndon, survived by daughter Opal Brown and several siblings and grandchildren. Roy Easton 62 of 712 H died after short illness. service details noted. Col Dick served multiple Fort Sill tours. funeral in Colorado Springs. Ward listed as deceased in Seattle.Shipley family early Lawton settlers. Blessed Sacrament Catholic context mentioned.
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Tucker
Charles Ervin Tucker
Davidson
Davidson Baptist Church
Robert
Lawton
Benny Lee Derdivanes
Salinas
Calif
Carl Hutsister
Ethel Casida
Oklahoma City
Col
Fort Sill
Jean
James R
Colorado Springs
Robert L. Graham
Stocks Start High But Lose Momentum
The noon Dow Jones average of 30 industrials stood at 889.15, up 2.64 for the day but down from a surge of about 13 points in the first half-hour of trading last week and Monday amid investor concern over the Water. Oklahoma city price report lists wheat, barley, Milo, soybeans, alfalfa hay, broilers, eggs and cattle prices from various towns, with cattle auctions moderately active and slaughter cattle firm to higher.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Afon
Hobart
Manchester
Medford
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Clinton
el Reno
Geary
Okeene
Watonga
Weatherford
Muskogee
Yukon
Enid
Temple
Altus
Gulf
Barley
Afton
Mangum
MILO
Pauls Valley
Escapees Break From Pryor Jail After Window Bars Sawed
PRYOR AP Officers confirm Gene Hart 29 Locust Grove and Larry Day 22 Salina escaped after sawing through window bars. Hart was awaiting a post conviction hearing on rape charges and Day had been arrested Saturday for auto larceny. Sheriff Pete Waver says the two fled their confinement.
Funeral services for Connie Hill Jr. Jr. details
Connie Hill Jr. Jr. 45 of Rte. 4 died at 8 am. Funeral 10:30 am Thursday at Centenary Methodist Church with Dr. Charles Green and Rev. Tom Hubbard officiating. Burial in Highland Cemetery under Becker Funeral Home directions.
Panel Rejects Nixon Drug Enforcement Plan
Republicans Gilbert Gude and Pau McCloskey opposed the Nixon plan which would create a Drug Enforcement Administration in the Justice Department. The committee deadlocked 18 to 18 and sent the measure to the House for floor action with the package overall subject to rejection or approval.
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Gilbert Gude
Maryland
Pau N. McCloskey
California
House
Nixon
Drug Enforcement Administration
Justice Department
Congress
Committee
Ashton Named To Hospital Panel In Lawton
Alfred J. Ashton Sr., Lawton attorney, named to the Comanche County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees by Supreme Court action. He plans to move to Oklahoma City soon. Commissioners disallowed a $435 claim by Dr. Henry L. Regier Jr. for hospital care for former jail inmate Norman McNeely after a December 1972 heart attack.
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Alfred J. Ashton Sr
Lawton
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Sill Man Facing New Heroin Count
Theodis R. Campbell, 20, of Fort Sill, was arrested Monday on a John Doe warrant for heroin sale and charged with possession of heroin with intent to distribute after 12 packets of a white substance were found in his shirt during a city jail search. Preliminary hearings set for June 19, with bonds of $5,000 on each case.
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Fort Sillman
John Doe
Theodis R. Campbell
Fort Sil
Fort Sill
Glenn Williams
Williams
Campbell
Vaughn Monroe Dies at 62 After Illness and Derby Trip
The entertainer Vaughn Monroe died at 62 in Stuart hospital after stomach surgery two weeks earlier following a Louisville engagement for the Kentucky Derby. Born in Akron, he formed a band in 1937, popular on Camel Caravan, and later became RCA’s voice on TV ads. A private funeral was planned in Stuart where he lived.
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Monroe
Stuart
Area Man Heads Lung Association Meeting Honors Worker
James Scheer of Duncan was elected leader at a recent Lung Association meeting at the Holiday Inn. Carl Bishop Lawton was named Wonder Worker of the Year for his volunteer work. Volunteers from 17 Southwestern Oklahoma counties attended as programs on Stop Smoking, asthma parents, and professional education for clinicians were discussed.
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James Scheer
Duncan
Wen
Holiday Inn
Carl Bishop Lawton
Volun
Oklahoma
Red Cross Seeks Disaster Relief Funds in State Drive
Comanche County Red Cross assigned a local quota of $2665 as part of a $6 million national drive for flood and tornado relief. The state quota totals $22707. Spokesmen note aid distributed in 73 disasters to date.
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Comanche County
The
Red Cross
Lawton High Student Earns ROTC Award
Lionel Cantu, son of Sgt. Maj. and Mrs. Luis Cantu of Fort Sill, received the Sons of the American Revolution ROTC award for outstanding junior cadet leadership and excellence. He attends Lawton High School.
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Lionel Cantu
Luis Cantu
Fort Sill
Sons of the American Revolution
Cantu
Lawton
City Hospital Births and Admitted Patients Log
Birth notices list multiple births with names addresses and times in May. admissions include Terry Aldredge Denise Woods Glenda Davis Lonna Green and others from various towns. postnatal discharges and surgery notes appear with numerous patient names and locations across Oklahoma communities.
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Terry L. Aldredge
Euclid
Denise Woods
Dorchester Drive
Glenda June Davis
Apache
Lonna S. Green
Medicine Park
Mary Laverty
Fort Sill
Ida B. Linker
Dearborn
Lola W. Reed
Chattanooga
Walters Thomason
Anadarko
Gerald F. French
N. 10Th
Jack T. Housewright
Williams
Wendall Liles
Elgin
George J. Paulson
Fletcher
Fred L. Potts
Walters
Darrell Smith
John W. Creel
Mac Alester
Dannie L. Jones
Bedford Circle
Andrew S. Zunich
Meadowbrook Drive
David D. Edmond
Bishop Read
YMCA Camping Programs Set
Registration open for two YMCA summer camps at a 100 acre Fort Sill site east of Rucker Park. The Day Camp for ages 6 to 10 runs six two week sessions June through August led by Joel R. Blomgrem with fees 22 for members 27 for non members. The Kiddy Kamp offers two four day sessions for ages 4 to 6 at 10 for members 12 for non members.
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Lawton
Rucker Park
Fort Sill
Joel R. Blomgrem
Cameron
YMCA
No. 5
S. Fifth
Origin of Yankee Doodle Song Noted
The origins of the tune Yankee Doodle are uncertain but believed to have originated in England with later American lyrics supplied by early colonists.
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England
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Lena A. Tucker
Aubrey A. Hartsell
Opal H. Brown
SE 38Th
Mr. Hartsell
Magnolia
Ark
Nannie Herndon
Wewoka
Hartsell
Church of Christ
Brown
B. B. Kendrick
Shreveport
el Dorado
C. C. Plain Dealing
S. B
Haynesville
Roy Easton
Calvary
James E. Dick
Ruth Timmons
New York
BEN Leva Auto Supply Inc
Wiest
Connie Hill Jr
Ashton
Sill Man
Vaughn Monroe
Area Man Heads Lung Association
le Can
National Bank
Stag Beer
East Sale CO
Larrance ST. Lawton
City Hospital
Jimmy Allen
Woodville
Hubert Jarnagin
Latham
Jerry Salmon
Alta Lane
Hazel c .James G. Blaine
Snyder
Oliver R. Bonds
Cache
Eva
S. Brown
Linda S. Caskin
Summit
Melba T. Champlin
Atom
Darlene J. Corbin
Mountain View
D. Cox
James D. Dixon
N. 53Rd
Lion Donahew
Marlow
Melody Dunford
Ave. I
Charles E.echells
Gladys Miller
Park
Shela G. Monson
Jeannie S. Nesmith
Vena L. Parks
Alice Penskofer
Joe Perez
Loretta Simpson
Barbara A. Smith
S. Seventh
Betty L. Smith
Pennsylvania
Henry F. Stewart
Kalina S. Thompson
Edwin N. Trope
Kelly Wisdom
Paul A. Tate
Taylor
Vernon J. Best
Richard A. Dooley
Cherry
Edwina L. Fenter
Granite
Cora Gossett
Grandfield
Missouri Hall
Overland Drive
Neline E. Handlin
Durvis W. Hulen
Helen M. RedElk
S. 49Th
Steven L. Ryan
Frederick
Shawn Stratton
Alta Thompson
Cornell
John Trinidad
Indiahoma
Richard L. Williams
Esther C. Wiseley
Brenda Priest
Ozman
Jerry Lee Edmond
Mary Effie Achenbach
Ene Deeshandl
Met Hattie L. Glover
Edith Keegan
Atlanta
Hazel Laird
Gary G. Wright
P. H. S. Indian
Orvall Day
Ben McCullar
Shawnee
Eileen Harjo
Seminole
Melissa Peno
Leslie Wooth
Cyril
Velma Tate
Stephen Laurenzano
Ray Shadden
Abernathy
Tex
Nettie Standing
Gracemont
Edna Blackwood
Chickasha
Pearline Niedo
Charles Passaic
John Salazar
Johnson Harjo
William Dean
Dennis Saupitty
Dorothy Carpenter
Wisconsin
Rebecca Bautista
Savanna
Horace Queetone
Willie Wade Jr
Theresa Hunter
Kathleen Asetamy
Roosevelt
Connie Jones
America
Ford Courier
Ford
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