Fund Drive Nears Goal in Lawton Campaign Effort
United Fund volunteers report $1,389.20 added to receipts, totaling $121,134.27 or 87.9 percent of a $137,800 target for Lawton. Bill Johnson outlines a Tuesday November 9 cleanup drive to boost participation across 22 agencies with payroll deductions and personal outreach.
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United Fund
USA
Lawton
Bill Johnson
Drive
Johnson
Howard Freeman
Jack Raulston
C. F E. Price
Jerry Mustain
Ross Porter
Elmer Bauman
W. F. Shepard
C. R. Ellsworth
George Stein
C. B. Lord
Tot Found Unharmed In Stolen Tulsa Car
A 7 month old boy, Richard Davis, was found crying but unharmed in a stolen Tulsa car after a 714hour police search. The car was taken downtown, then found a mile away with the baby wrapped in blankets on the front seat. The boy’s father Joe Davis and the infant’s mother were briefly separated during the incident. Police stated the child was in good condition at a hospital.
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Tulsa
Richard Davis
R. L. Mills
Joe Davis
Mills
Davis
Mattis Mass
Mass
Oklahoma agency records dispute travel pay and altered invoices
Bewley presented invoices showing two Tulsa school tracks valued at 500 each but listed as 10 000 in state records to gain credit. He alleged other items and equipment were loaned to schools and then vanished. Rogers testified Brawley traveled nearly 99 000 miles costing 14 911 while claiming home travel.
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Bewley
Tulsa
Fine
Brawley
Board of Affairs
Ted Parkinson
Rogers
Henry Bellman
Muskogee
Brawleys
The
Affairs Board
John M. Rogers
Oklahoma
Parkinson
Comanche County Leads Oklahoma Highway Contracts Total
Oklahoma State Highway Commission reports over nine months in 1963 awarded and completed highway work totaling 58.15 million dollars statewide. Comanche County shows 8.86 million under contract with 395 thousand completed and 8.46 million in progress. District 6 totals reach 15.32 million under contract. statewide under construction stands at 70.57 million with 11.67 million under contract for interstate and non interstate projects.
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Comanche County
Oklahoma State Highway Commission
Comanche
Blaine
Caddo
Canadian
Cotton
Grady
Jefferson
Kingfisher
Stephens Counties
Frank Lyons
Oklahoma
Lyons
State Highway Commission
Stephens
Governor vows action over irregular loan by School Land Commission
Governor Bellmon, chair of the School Land Commission, pledges legal steps to recover a $15,000 loan to Claude Riggs amid fraud allegations. The panel, which funds low interest farm land loans, considers action after an appraiser raised land value estimates. Delegates named to a Dewey industry outreach panel include Paul Allee and Arch Little.
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School Land Commission
Claude Riggs
J. Howard Edmondson
Bellman
Bellmon
Supreme Court
Marian Opala
Dewey
Dewey-Portland Cement Co
Tulsa
Commerce and Industry Department
Paul Allee
Dave Ross
Charlies Lay
Carl Frost
George Jenkins
Arch Little
Bartlesville
Glenn Schuber
Joe Inda
J. S. French
Tom Pittman
Firemen Quell Several Small Blazes in City
Fire crews from Station No. 3 and Central Station battled minor blazes Wednesday. A bathroom heater overheated causing clothing to ignite in the home of Mrs. Imogene Gardner at 1303 8th. A 1955 Chevrolet owned by Charles Sartain suffered motor and wiring damage, and a blaze damaged the front seat of a 1950 Mercury owned by Frank Hopeid.
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Imogene Gardner
Charles Sartain
Central Station
Frank Hopeid
Kennedy Signals Tax Bill Delays and Foreign Policy Cautions
The President warned the $11 billion tax cut may be delayed until next year, saying Congress could act on civil rights this year. He urged momentum on foreign aid, warned against House backers hampering foreign policy, and expressed confidence in Gen. Harkins in Vietnam. He noted ongoing visa renewal for Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu and outlined top policy concerns across China, Cambodia, and security travel rules.
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Kennedy
Congress
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
U.S
Sihanouk
Viet Nam
Paul Harkins
South Viet Nam
Harkins
Honolulu
Nhu
Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu
Rome
China
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
State Department
Training Specialist Exam For Work At Fort Sill
Civil Service Commission announces a training specialist examination for Artillery extension courses at Fort Sill. GS 6675 per year. Apply via J C Stafford at the post office or the Civil Service Examiners Board Fort Sill for full details and forms.
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Civil Service Commission
Fort Sill
J C. Stafford
Stafford
Civil Service Examiners Board
New Trapiec Officers Take Over Georgia Town Traffic Duties
In Ludowici Georgia highway patrolmen under Gov Carl F Sanders seize traffic duties from local police at midnight. The 90 day operation targets speed trap abuse and aims to restore Georgia s image and tourist trade under a 1963 anti speed trap law.
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Ludowict
South Georgia
Carl F. Sanders
Sanders
Georgia
Rainfall Deficit Shows Oklahoma Below Normal in 1963
Weather bureau reports southwest Oklahoma at 67 percent of normal rainfall for 1963, total 16.54 inches vs 24.73 normal. Deficiencies range 1.73 to 3.40 inches across regions, with eastern and south-central areas hardest hit. October warmth persisted 6 to 9 degrees above normal, rainfall 0.3 inch southwest to 1.0 2.25 inches north.
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Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
North-Central
Panhandle
Bureau
Newkirk
Wichita Refuge visitor history and local recollections
The article notes Wichita Refuge ranks third in national wildlife refuge visitor use and nears a million visitors. It recalls past milestones, local figures, and regional development plans like the Southwestern Turnpike, alongside reminiscences of Holt and Fulbright era activities and family ties to Lawton Oklahoma.
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Wichita Refuge
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Wichita
Julian A Howard
West Gate
Howard
Holts
Fort Sill Artillery Range
Cot Bar
Dot Fulbright
Forest Land
Holt
Bill Fulbright
Tulsa
Cache
Lawton High Names November Students of the Month
Lawton high school selected four Students of the Month for November Jodi Howard Verna Mae Hooper Gene Cagie and Gary Worcester named by their parents at 1314 Ash 1114 Laird 3413 Cache Road and 2109 Liberty The students will be honored at an Optimist Club luncheon later this month.
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Lawton Hich School
Jodi Howard
Vito Howard
Ash
Verna Mae Hooper
Roy & Hooper
Laird
Gene Cagie
Edward F. Cagie
Cache Road
Gary Worcester
L. E Worcester
Liberty
Troops Return From Long Big Lift Air Mission
Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion 31st Regiment arrive at Fort Sill after a 37 hour 45 minute airborne maneuver from Sheppard Air Force Base. Capt. Smith and Sgt. George Lee praise the trip while Col. William Hughes Col. L. C. Downs and Lt. Col. Charles K. Harris greet the weary troops and plan rest and two to three day passes. The 34th Artillery Brigade and 41st Artillery Group units are scheduled to fly back in waves, with Lt. Col. John Sawbridge aboard the sixth flight and Lt. Col. Douglas Harper leading the 2nd Battalion 34th Artillery on later flights.
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William Hughes
34Th Artillery Brigade
L. C. Downs
41St Artillery Group
Charles K. Harris
41St Group
Harris
Fort Sill
Military Air Transport Service
Sheppard
John Sawbridge
Sill
2Nd Battalion, 34Th Artillery
Douglas Harper
Pershing Fired By Sill Troops From Fort Wingate
A Pershing missile was launched by the army from Fort Wingate New Mexico and impacted about six minutes and 230 miles away at White Sands Missile Range. The firing was a graduation exercise for Battery C 4th Missile Battalion 41st Artillery Fort Sill Oklahoma. Additional missiles will be fired later this week and next for missile batteries.
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N. M
Upt
Army
White Sands
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