Parking Outlined For Sill Parade
Fort Sill officials outline spectator parking for the artillery bicentennial parade with lots east of McNair Hall north of Snow Hall and near the Post Cemetery. The parade starts 10 30 a m at Craig and Randolph and travels to Randolph Road and Tank Trail. Road closures on Randolph Bateman and Gruber Roads run 7 30 to 11 a m to ensure smooth flow with MP control on site.
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Field Artillery
Fort Sill
McNair Hall
Snow Hall
Post Cemetery
Craig
Randolph Roads
Randolph
Randolph Road
Deregulation push seeks broader trucking rules
Ford administration advances a trucking bill that would reshape interstate moves from Chicago to New Orleans via St. Louis. The proposal, third in a series of deregulation measures, follows similar asks for airlines and railroads and could affect cities and consumers nationwide.
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St. Louis
New Orleans
Chicago
Ford Administration
Congress
Study Sought On Bond Issue
The Chamber of Commerce board discusses a 4.5 million school bond issue on the December 9 ballot. Superintendent Hugh Bish canceled a planned meeting, and directors will hold a special session to decide support or opposition. The plan funds two new junior high schools at opposite city ends to relieve crowding.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber Education Committee
Hugh Bish
MacArthur Junior High
MacArthur
Eisenhower Junior High
Santa gift names light up states in holiday list
The article lists Christmas items shaped as place names across many states. Postmarks Carolina, Pennsylvania and West Virginia appear with others like Plum Texas and Raisin California. McClure urges Wise North Carolina for purchases as bills come due with Money Mississippi to cover the Check Virginia.
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Carolina
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Texas
California
Alabama
Kentucky
Minnesota
North Dakota
Arizona
Colorado
Michigan
North Carolina
Idaho
Mississippi
New York
Florida
McClure
Wyoming
Virginia
Bicentennial Program Planned at MacArthur High School
Parents of MacArthur High School students are invited to a bicentennial program and open house at 7 30 p m November 20 in the school auditorium. The event ties to American Education Week November 16 22. The band vocal music ROTC and speech departments will perform with a reception in the cafeteria afterwards. The school remains open all next week for tours.
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MacArthur High School
Lawton Airport Authority Sees New Members Elected
The Lawton Airport Authority met briefly this morning and will reconvene later today. Three new members Grover White Clinton Herring and Wayne Smith seek time to review industrial expansion plans for airport land. Boyce Ramming was elected chairman replacing Dr Gilbert Gibson. T Henry is vice chairman and Dan Rudder remains secretary treasurer.
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Lawton
Grover White
Clinton Herring
Wayne Smith
Tion. Boyce Ramming
Authority
Gilbert Gibson
T. J. Henry
Dan Rudder
Portugal Faces Civil Tension as Strikes Rally in Lisbon
Demonstrators besiege the parliament and government offices in Lisbon demanding wage increases up to four percent. Workers sleep on streets while food blocks enter and officials debate emergency cabinet action as military tentatively stands by. Union workers from Lisnave Setnave yards and 123 trucks of farm workers join the siege. President Gomes holds talks with Prime Minister Azevedo as crisis deepens.
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Communist Party
Azevedo
Lisbon
Labor Ministry
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Constitutional Assembly
Lisnave
Setnave
Alentejo
Funeral services for Jack L. Sharp 60 Route 2
Funeral 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Chapel with burial in Highland Cemetery. Died 6 a.m. today after brief illness. Born Holdenville November 19 1915 and educated at Holdenville High School and Oklahoma State University. Married Juliet Johnstone May 5 1943 in New Orleans. WWII U S Army Fifth Ranger Battalion veteran. Later farmer and real estate man in Lawton. Survived by wife and two sons Kelly and Mikel.
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Jack L. Sharp
Route 2
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Highland Cemetery
Mr. Sharp
Holdenville
Holdenville High School
Oklahoma State University
Juliet Johnstone
New Orleans
Mr. Taylor
Fifth Ranger
Lawton
Kelly Sharp
Mikel J. Sharp
E. Ave
Funds boost for manpower program expansion
Harris said the final funds adjustment increases the total allocation announced earlier, enabling jurisdictions receiving more money to offer additional activities and services not previously planned.
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Harris
Army's Top Enlisted to Visit Fort Sill Next Week
Command Sergeant Major William Bainbridge, the Army’s senior enlisted leader, will spend two days at Fort Sill arriving Wednesday to observe training. He will address an NCO class, meet III Corps Artillery troops, tour FATC, and view the Primary NCO Course at Camp Eagle with barracks tours planned.
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Army
Fort Sill
William Bainbridge
Post Command
SGM
Melvin J. Holifield
Bainbridge
Lawton Municipal Airport
Field Artillery School
Field Artillery
III Corps
David B Ott
Charles F. Gordon
Albert B. Akers
Field Artillery Training Center
FATC
Camp Eagle
West Range
President Eyes Douglas Successor in Move After His Illness
The president considers a successor to Justice William Douglas after his 1939 swearing in following FDR appointment. Speculation centers on potential candidates including Shirley M. Hufstedler Carla Hills Martha Griffiths Cornelia Kennedy Mary Coleman and Atty. Gen. Edward M. Levi. Levi’s candidacy could yield the first Jewish justice since Abe Fortas.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
Stephen Field
Abraham Lincoln
Betty Ford
Shirley M. Hufstedler
Los Angeles
98Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Carla A. Hills
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Ford
State
Michigan
Martha Griffiths
U.S. District Court
Cornelia Kennedy
Detroit
State Supreme Court
Mary Coleman
Edward M. Levi
Levi
Abe Fortas
Louis D. Brandeis
High Court
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Griffin
Douglas
Nominee Vision News Inc Faces Scrutiny Over Travel Costs
The Burgess nomination review revealed Nominee Vision News Inc board member traveled more than peers, missed meetings, and incurred higher travel costs while owning Allegheny Airlines stock and accepting free railroad transport during a railroad accident probe. Only Sen. Cannon supported reporting to the full Senate. White House cited Ford’s prior Blackburn nomination note about urban housing rents.
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Vision News Inc
Adolph Coors Brewery
Coors
Burgess
Allegheny Airlines
Howard Cannon
Nevada
Senate
White House
Ron Nelsen
Ford
Blackburn
Atlanta
Bus Overturns in Piedmont Injuring Two Children
A Piedmont Oklahoma school bus carrying 60 students overturned in mid afternoon. Two students were slightly injured. Driver Max Payne was cited as the cause after the bus ran off the pavement and toppled into a ditch. Older students helped younger peers exit via a rear emergency exit.
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Piedmont
Okla
Floyd DuBoise
Max Payne
Bethany
Fire alarms tracked by Lowton Fire Department shifts
Reports show alarms on Wednesday at 52nd and Gore trailer house minor fire 76th and Potomino Drive trash fire Sheridan and A wash down gas 5329 Evuctia house fire minor 415 DO service collision total dispatches 1333 this year. A note adds the first captive porpoise birth occurred February 14 1940 at Marineland Florida.
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Lowton
Oklahoma City market prices show varied grain and hay rates
State Agriculture reports today with wheat at 3.28 to 3.88 per bushel across towns including Muskogee 3.28 and Clinton 3.38. Barley ranges 1.90 to 2.40 with Manchester and Temple at 2.20. Milo per cwt from 3.95 to 4.85. soybeans listed at 4.15 to 4.70. alfalfa hay per ton from 60 to 70 in Chickasha and 45 to 60 in Pauls Valley. Eggs at 66 for large and 66 for mediums, broilers live 28.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Muskogee
Afton
Manchester
Medford
Pauls Valley
Weatherford
Banner
Beaver
el Reno
Geary
Liberal
Yukon
Clinton
Kingfisher
Okeene
Ponca City
Watonga
Fldorado
Hobart
Temple
Keyes
Perryton
Gulf
Barley
MILO
Ccwt
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Lawton Industrial Founda
Portugal
Comanche County
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Board of County Commissioners of
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Oklahoma
County Commissioners Office
Board OF County Commissioners
W. F. Griswold
Marineland, Fla
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Jean McGavie
Don Smith
Lawton Beard
County Commissioners
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