Peg-Legged Hackberry Keeps Smiling at Buffalo Auction
Judy Van Rest profiles Hackberry Johnson at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge buffalo sale. The 87 year old peg legged showman arrives by dented pickup, aims to fund a museum for crippled kids, and celebrates his Hall of Fame selection. Johnson recalls a life of rodeo, comedy, and a peg leg crafted from hackberry wood after a 1906 accident.
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Hackberry Johnson
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Slim’’ Johnson
Goin
Elks Childrens Hospital
Gonzales
Tex
Hackberry
Hackberry Wood
Hugh A. Johnson
Final Senate Vote Near On Defense Funding Measure
The Senate moves toward final passage of a 15 month 112.6 billion defense appropriation bill approving Navy funding to start F18 development. An amendment to require a new design competition failed 64 to 19, while protests over the F18 award persist from LTV Aerospace.
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Washington
Senate
Navy
McDonnell Douglas
Northrop
LTV Aerospace
General Accounting Office
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
House
Ford
Senate Appropriations Committee
Motorist Charged In Traffic Fatality
Pvt. Richard Troy Godwin, 23, of Fort Sill, was charged with first degree manslaughter over the Wednesday night death of Lawton teenager Sharon Lee Pate, 18, of 2406 Ozman. Pate died after the crash and was pronounced dead on arrival at Comanche County Memorial Hospital.
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Richard Troy Godwin
37Th Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Lawton
Robert Looney
Godwin
Sharon Lee Pate
Ozman
Miss Pate
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Inventory Build Slows as Retail Demand Forecasts Dim
Commerce Department reports September inventory rise of 470 million with August and July patterns showing moderated demand. Retail sales dipped 0.9 percent while overall sales rose 0.5 percent. manufacturing up 1.2 percent and wholesalers up 0.9 percent.
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Washington
Commerce Department
United States
International Transactions
United Way Bid Reaches 98 Percent of Goal in Lawton Fort Sill
The 1975 Lawton Fort Sill United Way reports total collections of 391 231 34 dollars toward a 399 126 goal and notes year to year comparisons. Lawton divisions show 213 883 34 dollars raised toward 244 126 while the CFC totals reach 177 348 against 155 000. Other divisions include Kiwanis Rotary Optimist and Lions with varied progress.
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Lawton-Fort Sill
CFC
Advanced
Kiwanis
Rotary
Optimist
Lions
Famed Artilleryman Henry Knox Led 1775 Weapon Trek
Henry Knox, six foot three and 250 pounds, led a 1775 trek from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston with 119 900 pounds of artillery. Named George Washington's chief of artillery at 25, he proved the Continental Army could move heavy arms across 300 miles of wilderness. Congress issued his commission on December 12, retroactive to November 17.
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Sill
U.S. Artillery
Henry Knox
Henry
Knox
George Washington
Ft. Ticonderoga
N.Y
Boston
Continental Congress
Knox One Who Carried Books to Fort Ticonderoga
A self taught Boston book seller known as Knox left school at nine and opened a shop at twenty one. He read military texts in multiple languages and, despite losing two fingers, journeyed from Ft Ti to Boston in forty plus days with captured artillery moved by ox carts and sleighs. He arrived at Ft Ticonderoga with his brother William on December 5 joining garrison troops and civilians.
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Knox
Boston
Ft. Ti
Ft. Ticonderoga
William
Ford open to black running mate for 1976 ticket
President Ford told students at North Carolina Central University he would consider a black running mate, praising Sen Edward Brooke of Massachusetts for his record. Rockefeller has withdrawn from consideration.
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Massachusetts
Senate
Ford
Weather Set For OSU Kansas State And Cameron Southwestern Games
Forecast calls for clear skies and a warming trend through Saturday for OSU Kansas State in Stillwater and Cameron Southwestern at Weatherford. Oklahoma visits Missouri with tonight’s low in the upper 30s and Saturday highs in the mid to upper 60s under sunny skies.
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Stillwater
Weatherford
Oklahoma
Missouri
Massive Fort Sill Parade Marks 200th Army Artillery History
A large crowd is expected for Fort Sill’s 10:30 a.m. Saturday post parade honoring 200 years of United States Army Field Artillery. The event showcases historic and current artillery, bands, and marching units along Randolph Road from Craig Road to the Old Post Corral.
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Fort Sill
US. Army Field Artillery
Randolph Road
Craig Road
Knox
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Senate Committee
Eagleton
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
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Howell
Johnny Collier
Jerry
Tom Lovell
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