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Newspaper

Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Nov 22, 1963

Page

2

First Congregational Church Choir Plans Public Concert

The First Congregational Church choir at Seventh and C announces its first public concert since 1958 set for Sunday at 7 30 p m in the Fellowship Hall. Director David F Sandstrom leads soloists Mrs Paul DeCoster and Sandstrom with choir members and a vocal quartet performing selections including Calvary The Lord s Prayer You ll Never Walk Alone and Give Me Your Tired Your Poor.

First Congregational Church Seventh and C David F. Sandstrom Fellowship Hall Paul DeCoster Calvary Sandstrom DeCoster Wayne Smith Jerusalem Donald L. R. McDougle Warren Moeller Pfc Bob Ricciolli Roger Sherwood Louis Collins Erroll Miller Riccioli Sp4 Wilson Burger Mrs. Miller

Robberies Continue With Hijacker Details At Motel

Police linked three separate hijack incidents. At Face Service station an attendant described a brown hat and gray coat worn by the suspect who escaped with about 80 to 85 dollars after forcing open a cash register. Eyewitnesses offered conflicting descriptions including a white scarf and mark on the face.

Dale Butler Lee Butler H Butler Mathis Forthman

Films Shown By Enid Professor At Music Camp

Pr Henry Hobart of Phillips University Enid presented films of Inspiration Point music camp in Eureka Springs Arkansas to Lawton high mate vocal music class in New York.

Henry Hobart Phillips University Enid Inspiration Point Eureka Springs Ark Lawton High Tony

Subscription rates for Lawton area newspapers listed

Rates show morning press and Sunday at 1.55 monthly in Lawton with various combinations. Mail subscriptions cover several Oklahoma counties and surrounding areas with prices per year and per month, including Constitution and Press options. Some lines indicate different regions and delivery terms with small print notes on taxes and single year terms.

Ciess Lawton Ohio Constitution Constitution Press Cory Comanche Cotton Tillman Kiowa Codco Grady Stephens Jefferson Jackson Sundey Press & Sun Oklahome & Lowton P Press & Sunday Oklahome

Bailey touts turnpike viability from Purcell to Ardmore

Bailey says a turnpike could open within 30 months after bonds. He cites an engineering survey from 1931 and proposes a new feasibility study with traffic analysis by Wilbur Smith & Associates and an Bailey engineering review. Estimated 51 miles would cost 37 to 44 million depending on route.

Bailey Highway Department Purcell Springer Okla Ardmore Wynnewood Pauls Valley Davis, Wayne and Pauli Turner Oklahoma Kansas Texas Wilbur Smith & Associates

Fort Sill United Fund drives exceed goals amid strong participation

Fort Sill reports an 122 percent completion of its 85 000 goal with receipts totaling 104 729 98. Col Alfred Farrell notes most commands hit targets led by Col William Lancey s 184 2 percent finish and several groups exceeding 100 percent. Lawton s drive totals 127 074 08 or 92 2 percent of its 137 800 goal. A cleanup drive is planned with results to be announced this weekend by Bill Johnson.

Fort Sill United Fund Alfred Farrell Artillery and Missile Center 1St Field Artillery Missile Brigade Farrell Lawton Bill Johnson

PTA on Record for More Local School Financing

Muskogee delegates to the Oklahoma Congress of Parent Teachers Associations backed higher local school funding by 446 to 68 and approved 429 to 80 for more state aid. They favored equalization of local property tax assessments 450 to 34 but rejected any reduction or abolition of the homestead exemption 276 to 218. Altus was chosen as the 1964 meeting site.

Muskogee UPI Oklahoma Congress of Parent- Teachers Associations Altus

Picketers Protest Prisoners Deaths in New York

About 600 demonstrators gathered outside the West 10th Street police station protesting the deaths of Victor Rodriguez and Maximo Salerno as two youths in an upper West Side apartment house incident. Five demonstrators were arrested for disorderly conduct. no injuries were reported. Patrolman James Edmundons said he shot the pair after Rodriguez allegedly fired a shot in the patrol car.

New York West 10Th Street Victor Rodriguez Maximo Salerno Upper West Side James Edmundons Rodriguez

Orientation for 70 Blue-Teens and 10 Gray Ladies

Red Cross and hospital orientation will be held Saturday at 9 30 am in the City-County Health department auditorium. Dr Avalo V Caldwell will stress doctor patient volunteer ties as 62 teens receive completion certificates in Red Cross first aid with Trooper Joe Elam presenting. Co chairs are Mrs W R Cooter and Mrs Ellen Rush.

Red Cross Mike Darnell County Red Cross Sheridan Rd Avalo V. Caldwell Memorial Hospital Memorial McMahon - Tomlinson Nursing Center American Red Cross Fort Sill Lydia Blount State Highway Patrol Joe Elam W. R. Cooter Ellen Rush

Police Court Disposes of Municipal Judge Oaks Session

Today police court cases handled by Municipal Judge J Merle Oaks list multiple defendants with speeding running a stop sign failing to yield right of way and other traffic violations. Several bonds were forfeited and fines imposed including cases of public drunkenness disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

J. Merle Oaks Wilkes Verstenete Lowton Elmo C. Roley Dearborn John PR. Meeger Willow Spring Ernest M. Long Jr Buddy Sect Myra Grocerick Robert W. Block, Jr Star Troller Park Forceny Neve G. Burdine Angie Hotel Erlert Shimock Lou's Lynn Givens Chester Dirck Ash Joccavetta Sue Holt Leva Tne Collins Mckinsey Robert Oscer Webt Gore Leon Pay Hurst Red Clyde W Marcemey Elgin Foltewire Fom Witten G. Ticer Tayier Johe Robert Neo Fanes Kerdal Spencer Pinen Trotter Park Coty Whitlock Lewten Lorence Wyatt Garber Ford

Lawton Teens Prepare for State Hi-Y Conference Trip

Forty five Lawton youths head to Sequoyah State Park for a two day State Hi-Y conference. State president Mary Margaret Newcombe will preside at luncheons and banquets and oversee election procedures.

Lawton Sequoyah State Park Wagoner Mary Margaret Newcombe Warren Smith YMCA Lawton Hi-Y Jodi Howard Jeri Trope Ashley Cagle Jerry Porter P. R. Ramey Nancy George Pat Menendez Linda McCord Sherry Trussell Susan Currell Claiborn Ellis Bob Looney Edward Rydman Dallas Tex Smith Tri-Hi-Y Don Collier Larry Klee Keith Parris Carol Rust Phyllis Autry Jeanie Blake Lynda Booth Susan Brillhart Carmen Cintron Sara Cloninger Judy &Ason Gloria Farris Sharlie Conter Sandie Hagan Lynda Helms Linda Jenkins Lewanne Johnson Jennie Leggett Jan Tisk Jan Little Sally Porter Sherrie Singleton Ann Smith Stephanie Jones Karen Tackett Batricia Tompkins Patti Walker Linda Watts Mary Ann Winter Glenda Wood Myra Zerbis Lauren Ellis Marshal Looney Hi-Y Leslie Howard Marvy Jane Bradford Arnold Newcombe

Rewards Offered In KC Killings

Rewards totaling 6250 have been offered in four of the nine unsolved murder cases in the Greater Kansas City area this year. An investment firm that employed Mrs. Shirley Lee Moore posted a 1000 reward for her killer after she was found Wednesday stabbed eight times. Rewards also have been posted in the deaths of Mrs Patricia Willoughby Henry C. Graham and Martin Luther Graybeal.

Kansas City Greater Shirley Lee Moore Patricia Willoughby Henry C. Graham Martin Luther Graybeal

Rain Deluge Spurs Oklahoma Farmers Boosted by Storm

Rain from a Pacific front drenched central and western Oklahoma with from .25 to .75 inch totals. Quapaw recorded 1.70 inches, Belton 1.38, Smithville 0.93, Fargo 0.80, Vici 0.80, Vinita 0.80. A tornado touched ground near Ralston with no damage. A fatal crash in Oklahoma City linked to the rain occurred as Mrs. Helen Kubiak, 21, died after her car struck a bridge abutment near I-35 and 44. Lawton area forecast: partly cloudy and colder with highs near 58 and 52, lows around 30.

Wichita Mountains Pacific Coal Front Oklahoma Quapaw Idabel Smithville Fargo Vinita Vici Ralston Oklahoma City Helen Kubiak Harrah

Cambodia seeks France aid to replace U.S. funds

Phnom Penh authorities say Cambodia will ask France for financial and military assistance after rejecting U.S. aid and fearing Communist China influence. Prince Norodom Sihanouk declared France the capable Western power for Asia and that Americans have been erased from the country.

Phnom Penh Cambodia UPI France U.S Norodom Sihanouk China Asia

Brokers Back On Exchange Reinstates Trading Privileges

New York Stock Exchange reopened trading for J. R. Williston and Beane Inc after suspending them along with Ira Haupt & Co due to near 19 million dollar margin shortfall from Allied Crude ml & Vegetable Refining Co of Bayonne New Jersey. The exchange announced the reinstatements on its ticker tape.

NEW York New York Stock Exchange J. R. Williston and Beane, Inc Williston and Beane Ira Haupt & Co Allied Crude ml & Vegetable Refining Co Bayonne New York Exchange

French Youth 18 Kills Self Using Gasoline Fire

In Nimes France an 18 year old man killed himself by pouring gasoline on his clothes and lighting a match. Police say he appears to have chosen the method after reading reports of gasoline suicides tied to Viet Nam era Buddhist protests against the Diem regime.

Nimes France

Lawton High School assembly features Cameron chorus

Cameron college chorus directed by Gene Brooks entertained at Lawton High School. Mrs. Mary Ellen Cost presented sterling silver harp pins with an L center to LHS organists Melanie Merritt and Joe Earls Jr.

Cameron College Gene Brooks Lawton Mary Ellen Cost LHS Melanie Merritt Joe Earls Jr

St Marys Students Kick Off Basketball Season With Pep Rally

Students at St Marys High School held a pep rally in the gym on a Tuesday to start the basketball season. Cheerleaders performed a skit called Lovers of Art and led the crowd in yells while photos of the Lancerettes pep club and the Golden Knights basketball team were taken for the program.

St. Mary's High School Lancerettes Golden Knights

Lawton High Students Compete in Phillips Speech Tourney

Twenty three Lawton high school students compete today in a speech tournament at Phillips University. The event gathers student speakers from area schools to showcase oratory skills and public presentation.

Lawton High School Phillips University

Cotonsip Promises Relief For Constipation Overnight

A newspaper ad touts Cotonsip as a new colon nerve stimulant with bulking action to restore regularity. It claims tense nerves block bowel impulses and promises gentle, overnight relief and a clinically proven effect at a retroductory price of 43 cents.

Thanksgiving Service Set at Lawton Church

Lawton’s First Church of Christ Scientist plans a 11 a m Thanksgiving Day service at 631 EF. A Bible lesson on Thanksgiving will be featured along with expressions of thanks, hymns and prayer.

Lawton Church of Christ, Scientist

Creighton University to Organize Oklahoma City Alumni Club

Creighton University in Omaha Nebraska will organize an alumni club in Oklahoma City at a 6 30 pm dinner in December at the Quail Creek Country Club. Law ton and area alumni are invited to attend.

Creighton University Omaha Nebr Oklahoma City Quail Creek Lawton

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