Local Soldiers Assigned to Fort Bragg and Fort Leonard Wood
Pvt Elgie Forsythe 23 of Sacramento California husband of Pat Forsythe lives near Faxon has joined the 2d Airborne Division at Fort Bragg North Carolina after enlisting last April and completing basic training at Fort Ord California He is a 1960 Chattanooga High School graduate Guard Pvt Jerry R Sorrow 18 of Lawton Oklahoma son of Elbert and Mrs Sorrow has finished an automotive maintenance helper course at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri He completed basic training at Fort Polk Louisiana and is a 1963 Lawton High School graduate.
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Pvt
Elgie Forsythe
Pat
Faxon
Fort Bragg
N. C
Forsythe
Fred L. Forsythe
Sacramento
Calif
Army
Fort Ord
Chattanooga High School
Jerry R. Sorrow
Elbert R. Sorrow
Monroe
Fort Leonard Wood
Sorrow
Fort Polk
Lawton High School
Private Lloyd K Conaway Completes Stenography Course
Pvt Lloyd K Conaway son of Mr and Mrs Floyd C Con away Duncan recently completed a stenography course at the Adjutant General s school Fort Benjamin Harrison Con away 21 is a 1940 graduate of Duncan high school and attended Oklahoma University before entering the Army earlier this year.
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Pvt
Lloyd K. Conaway
Floyd C. Conaway
Duncan
Adjutant General's School
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Conaway
Duncan High School
Oklahoma University
Army
Waurika Soldier Promoted at Fort Hood
Kenneth R. Snider 21 son of Mrs Mildred L Boren of Waurika has been promoted to specialist four at Fort Hood Texas. He serves with the 1st Armored Division as a mechanic in Company E of the division 16th Engineer Battalion. Snider entered the Army in 1959. His wife Marpes lives in Copperas Cove.
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Kenneth R. Snider
Mildred L. Boren
Waurika
Fort Hood
Tex
1St Armored Division
Snider
Marpes
Copperas Cove
Soldier Promoted to Specialist Fire at Fort Hood
Billy G. Unce 28 son of Mrs Katherine Herden Frederick Texas promoted to specialist fire in mid October at Fort Hood Texas serving as radar repairman in Headquarters and Company A of the divisions 123d Maintenance Battalion entered the Army in 1954 his wife Katherine lives in Temple Texas
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Billy G. Unce
Katherine Herden
Frederick
Fort Hood
Tex
1St Armored
Unce
Katherine
Temple
Electrician's Mate 3¢ Lens ton M Loyd Serves Aboard Hornet
Electrician's mate third class Lens ton M Loyd, son of Mr and Mrs Merle L Loyd, Rush Springs, is serving aboard the anti submarine warfare support aircraft carrier USS Hornet. The Hornet recently completed training off California's northern coast and entered San Francisco Bay September 2, then moored for deployment at Long Beach California.
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Lenston M. Loyd
Merle L. Loyd
Rush Springs
Hornet
California
San Francisco Bay
Long Beach
Calif
Seaman Robert D. File on USS Princeton Western Pacific Cruise
Seaman Robert D. File son of Mr and Mrs W P File Duncan serves aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Princeton. The vessel is scheduled to return to Long Beach California this month after a nine month Western Pacific cruise with the Seventh Fleet visiting Okinawa Manila Taiwan Hong Kong Japan and Hawaii.
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Robert D. File
W. P. File Duncan
Princeton
Long Beach
Calif
Seventh Fleet
Okinawa
Manila
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Japan
Hawaii
Airman Reeder Assigned After Amarillo Training
Airman Third Class Joseph E. Reeder III of Snyder is reassigned to Webb AFB Texas after graduation from the technical training course for U S Air Force jet aircraft mechanics at Amarillo AFB Texas. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J E Reeder Jr and a Snyder High School graduate.
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Joseph E. Reeder III
Snyder
Webb Afb
Tex
U. S. Air Force
Amarillo Afb
J. E. Reeder Jr
Snyder Hi School
Suicide as a public health problem urged by statistician
Two million Americans have history of suicide attempts and about 200000 yearly make attempts with 25000 to 35000 or more succeeding. Dr Louis Dublin cites the toll and urges community action to provide help and coordinated social medical and psychological services to prevent deaths.
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Kansas City, Mo
Louis I. Dublin
American Publicaison Association
United States
Dublin
Solons To Honor OU's Dr. Cross
Washington congressional delegation will honor Dr. George L Cross president of the University of Oklahoma at a Capitol luncheon. R Sargent Shriver Jr director of the Peace Corps will attend. OU has trained Peace Corps volunteers since 1941. Cross was honored Tuesday at a reception by the OU Alumni Society of Washington at the Rolling Air Force base officers' club. He will be in town most of the week.
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Washington
Oklahoma
George L Cross
University of Oklahoma
Capitol
R. Sargent Shriver, Jr
Peace Corps
Subscription rates for Lawton area newspapers listed
Rates shown for Morning Press and Sunday editions in Lawton and surrounding counties. Domestic mail subscriptions vary by county with yearly and shorter terms, plus additional charges for Sunday editions. A 2 percent state sales tax and advance payment terms apply to all subscriptions.
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Lawton
Constitution Press
Cody
Comanche
Coffer
Tiiren
Kiowa
Codde
Grady
Stephens
Jeferson
Jackson
Oklahoma audit questions former treasurer spending
State Auditor John Rogers criticized William Burkhart for allegedly using altered invoices to pay last year’s bills from next year’s funds. The audit shows improper payments and bookkeeping errors during Burkhart and successor Cowboy Williams’s tenures, none causing losses but indicating weak administration and possible staff shortages.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
John Rogers
William Burkhart
Rogers
Burkhart
Pink Williams
IBM
Budget Office
Williams
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Discount Department Store
44Th and
Cache Road
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EKCO
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