Principals Named for Lawton Open Space Schools
Lawton school board approved preliminary drawings and named principals for three new open space elementary schools. Leslie Hastings moves to Carriage Hills, Jim Jones to Crosby Park, and Raymond Smith to Almor West. Administrators to be announced for current posts.
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Lawton
City School Board
Leslie Hastings
Sullivan Village
Carriage Hills
Jim Jones
Adams
Crosby Park School
Raymond Smith
Jefferson
Almor West
Oklahoma City Auction Market Report And State Prices
Oklahoma City markets show cattle and hog movements with calves, slaughter cows and bulls advancing. State grain and produce prices list wheat barley Milo soybeans alfalfa hay and eggs with regional variations.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Afton
Manchester
Medford
Hobart
Okeene
Altus
Climon
el Reno
Geary
Watonga
Weatherford
Enid
Temple
Yukon
Gulf Export
Muskogee
Gulf
MILO
Mangum
van Buren
Death notices from McLean, Tipton, Fletcher and Lawton-Ritter
Obituaries report Laura Andrews 81 of McLean Texas with funeral at McLean Baptist Church burial in McLean Cemetery. Also Enos Flassinger 86 of Tipton, three daughters and 16 grandchildren. John Nix 87 of Fletcher died, funeral at First Baptist Church. Roy Moore 66 of Tuskahoma died in Paris Texas. survivors include wife two sons and two daughters.
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Ward
Laura Andrews
McLean
Tex
Myrle Humble
S. 45Th
McLean Baptist Church
McLean Cemetery
Andrews
Huttig
Ark
Frankie Weatherby
Shamrock
Clyde H
Albuquerque
N. M
Tipton
Enos Flassinger
Winston Shaffer
Assembly of God Church
Altus
Pecinosky Funeral Home
Flassinger
Loucki
Moravia
Czechoslovakia
United States
Deweese
Neb
Elizabeth Frances Prochezka
Clay Center
Albert
Anthony
Eva) Ramirez
John
Frances) Rogers
Enid
Vernon
Evelyn) Southerland
Dale
Dorothy) Ritchie
Charles
Maxine) Carpenter
Fletcher
John Nix
First Baptist Church
A. L. Swagerty
Mountain View Cemetery
Robbins Funeral Home
Mr. Nix
Palo Pinto County
Rush Springs
Nora Francis Birdwell
Lawton
Fletcher First Baptist Church
Roy O. Moore
Rt. 1
Tuskahoma
Paris
Lawton - Ritter - Dalton Funeral Home
Mr. Moore
Newkirk
Mary Ethel Franklin
Sedalia
Lake Ellsworth
Christian Church
City Food Store Robbery Report Near Noon
Police investigate a theft at Jiffy Food Store 1202 S 45th where about $173 vanished from a money bag left on the counter. Clerk Francisca Rodriguez said two boys, around 10 years old, fled as she fetched sacks, later suspected to live nearby.
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S. 45Th
Francisca Rodriguez
Oklahoma to inventory billboards under federal rule push
Oklahoma City AP reports a $542 320 project to inventory highway billboards and move the state toward compliance with federal billboard regulations was approved Monday by the state High Commission.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
State High Commission
Katabatic Winds Roar Over 100 MPH in Eastern Antarctica
Katabatic winds, gusting above 100 miles per hour, sweep across eastern Antarctica shaping snow and ice movement. Researchers note these gravity-driven winds originate from high plateaus and descend toward coastal regions.
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Antarctica
Teen-agers of the Month named in Lawton program
Lawton Elks Lodge No 1056 named Patricia Baker and Billy Vasquez as Teen-agers of the Month. Both are 17 and seniors at Eisenhower and MacArthur high schools respectively. Selection by a student panel considered character leadership service citizenship and scholarship.
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Patricia Baker
Billy Lee Vasquez
Lawton Elks Lodge
Miss Baker
Jack Baker
Tanglewood Circle
Eisenhower High School
Vasquez
Manuel Vason
Elmhurst Lane
MacArthur High School
Elks Lodge
Lawton
Bill Wolf
Elks
Mobile Home Course Still Open for Prospective Owners
About 20 spaces remain in a mobile home management and ownership course sponsored by the OSU Extension Service. John Moten of the Comanche County Extension Center says the program, open to park managers transporters and salesmen, runs Wednesdays 7 to 9 PM from Nov 8 to Nov 29 at the City County Health Department auditorium. Enrollment is 8 dollars for individuals and 10 dollars for couples.
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John Moten
Comanche County Extension Center
OSU Extension Service
City County Health Department
S. Sheridan
OSU Extension Office
Comanche County
Central Junior High Students Pick Nixon 5 1
Central Junior High School students favored Richard Nixon in a mock presidential election with 917 votes to 169. Dewey Bartlett led the Oklahoma 609 to 411 over Ed Edmondson, with 14 for William Roach and four for Paul Trent. Tom Steed beat William Crozier 514 to 319.
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Central Junior High School
Richard Nixon
Dewey Bartlett
Ed Edmondson
William Roach
Paul Trent
Tom Steed
William Crozier
Forked tongues serve two roles for lizards and snakes
The forked tongues of lizards and snakes function to smell and to touch.
MacArthur Students Vote Nixon In Mock Election
At MacArthur High School the Interact Club sponsored a mock presidential election. Nixon led with 178 votes, McGovern 34, Schmitz 5, and Archie Bunker 1. Dewey Bartlett won the senatorial race 125 to 87 with Edmondson at 3. State Question 480 passed 136 to 79. Eightteen year old reg istered students favored McGovern by eight to six and Edmondson by eleven to four, and liquor by the drink by eleven to four.
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Richard Nixon
MacArthur High School
MacArthur
Interact Club
Nixon
George McGovern
John Schmitz
Archie Bunker
Dewey Bartlett
Ed Edmondson
Wiliam Roach
American Party
McGovern
Edmondson
Government Sues Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City
The U S Attorney announces a federal suit against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City for price control violations in group health insurance. The case challenges the company's method of setting premium increases using projected figures from prior years rather than actual current data.
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Kansas City
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Blue Cross-Blue Shield of
U.S. Atty
Vernon A. Poschel
Tire firm plans plant launch in Ada next year
Gov Da has finalized plans for the General Tire and Rubber Co to begin manufacturing automotive parts in Ada Oklahoma with Hall announcing the project set to start next year.
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Ada
Okla
Gov. da
Hall
General Tire and Rubber Co
Doctors Recommend Anacin For Pain Relief
Doctors prescribe many medicines for pain but Anacin is highlighted as a widely used over the counter option. The copy asserts it contains the main pain reliever doctors favor, relieves headaches dental pain arthritis colds and flu and claims minimal stomach upset.
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Tors
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Dick Tipton
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Board City Schools
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Bish
John Elkins
Vo - Tech
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
72Nd
Gore
Billy Crow
John Morrow
Alfred Shepard
Ruth Porter
Cook
Lawrence Williams
Bernette Bivens
Eisenhower High
Pat de Verna
Gail Hart
Eisenhower Junior High
Pauline Jackson
Roosevelt
Elzora Kaufman
Douglass
Amanda Brown
Virginia Gonzalez
Shirley Jackson
Clarissa Russell
Emily Brummer
Edna Fehr
Donna Gahr
Robert Watkins
Dixie Elder
Raymond Reece
Howard Johnson
C. L. Henry
A. B. Norman
Andrew Hill
Vivian Waller
Ronald Best
Carol Lubke
Odell Gunter
Mary Rubin
Monta Collins
Ruby Forbess
Herman Milford
James Thornton
Ann Lorenzi
Laucretia Jones
Debra Miller
Helen Sanders
City Food Store
National Bank
Central Junior High
Mac
Government Sites Insurance Firm
First Assembly of God Church
9Th
Columbia Lawton
Ossie B. Jones
J. L. McQueen
Jack Lindstrom
Wernest Roper Vo
Ernest Roper
3Lahoma
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Gore Blvd
Gore Plaza
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