Village Draws Opposition To Kiowa Cultural Camp
Kiowa tradition preservation plans face council opposition as the idea of a cultural camp to be followed by similar camps for the Comanche and Apache tribes is discussed. Sparger notes the EDA would accept a 20 to 30 year lease with option to extend, while a proponent seeks a 99-year lease. The proposal, first presented by Mayor Don Whitaker last July, was passed by the council.
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Sparger
Council
Economic Development Administration
Don Whitaker
Manville Redman
Redman
U.S
Thanksgiving Aims Across Nation Amid Vietnam War Wariness
The holiday brings sunlit skies for football and parades while Apollo 17 crews plan a Cape Kennedy launch. In Vietnam, soldiers enjoy a sparse feast and reflect on home, hoping next Thanksgiving brings peace as plans for a local water project meet council scrutiny and environmental concerns.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Santa Claus
B52 Downed by Soviet SAM Amid Thanksgiving War News
A B52 bomber was shot down by a Soviet built surface to air missile during a raid near Vinh. Crew of six bailed out and were rescued unhurt near Nakhon Phanom Thailand. North Vietnam claimed both sides downed, while U S totals show heavy losses across ally nations and enemy forces during the war.
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Vinh
Panhandle
North Vietnam
Laos
Utapao
Thailand
Air
Nakhon Phanom
U.S
Indochina
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Navy
7Th Fleet
South China Sea
Frederick C. Weyand
Vietnam
Saigon
Cimarron Turnpike Bids Accepted Despite Overrun
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority approved 11 Cimarron Turnpike bids totaling 16.61 million dollars, 2.72 million over estimates. The project, set for completion in July 1974, runs from the Tulsa Expressway westward to I 35 with a Stillwater branch. all major contracts have been awarded.
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Oklahoma City
Cimarron Turnpike
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
H. E. Bailey
Cimarron
Stillwater
Burns Send Fort Sill Soldier to Brooke Army Hospital
A Fort Sill serviceman was moved to Brooke Army Hospital Fort Sam Houston Texas in critical condition after a welding accident at the 593rd Engineer Company motor pool on Tuesday. Spec 4 Leonard L. DeVille of Lake Charles Louisiana was treated at Reynolds Army Hospital after head injuries and burns from attempting to cut an empty five gallon oil drum with an acetylene torch a drum fumes ignited.
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Fort Sillman
Brooke Army Hospital
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
593Rd Engineer Company
Leonard L. DeVille
Lake Charles
Reynolds Army Hospital
Sill Man Hurt In Car Crash
A 23 year old Fort Sillman is listed in critical condition at Miami Baptist Hospital after his car collided with a tow car on the Will Rogers Turnpike in Ottawa County. Bryan McDonie was alone in his vehicle and not wearing a seat belt. The wrecker driver Steven Ray, 17, of Webb City Missouri was uninjured.
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Fort Sillman
Miami Baptist Hospital
Highway Patrol
Bryan McDonie
Will Rogers Turnpike
Ottawa County
Steven Ray
Webb City
McDonie
Thanksgiving gratitude voiced by Lawton residents and official remarks
City and Lawton area residents including Bob Bodenhamer Frances Ireland and Carl Elling express thanks for health family faith and community. Speech highlights cover religious freedom wartime hopes and blessings from a supportive town while students note personal growth and opportunities in a free America.
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Lawton
Fremin
Edwin Rumbaugh
America
Huck Peck
Fort Sill
Peck
Oklahoma
Sandra Morse
MacArthur Junior- Senior High School
Miss Morse
Man loses 210 pounds and plans Easter suit purchase
HAMTRAMCK Mich AP George Kulchesky weighs 190 pounds after shedding 210 pounds over two years and aims for 154 by Easter. The 45 year old market analyst says weight loss changed his life from shrinking from public view to dating and enjoying life, feeling 20 years younger.
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Hamtramck, Mich
George Kulchesky
Kulchesky
Barley developers unveil higher nutrition grain
Copenhagen reports a Danish study details a new barley variety with up to 30 percent higher nutritional value than existing barley. Researchers say the grain could reach farmers in a few years, promising improved feed and food quality.
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Copenhagen
City Man Dies Of Gun Wound
A 34-year-old Lawton man, George Cooper of 405 Garfield, died from an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound at about 3 15 a m He was pronounced dead on arrival at Southwestern Hospital Mrs Bertha Cooper said she and her son had been talking before she went to bed a few minutes later she heard a gunshot and found him with a .25 caliber pistol beside his body police reports stated
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Carlotta Castillo
San Antonio
Tex
Vietnam
Camp Alpha
Air Force
Ronald E. Smith
High Point
N.C
Henry Kissinger
le Duc
Kissinger
Tho
Paris
E. John Johnson
Brooklyn
N.Y
Wayne Wood
Hyannisport
Mass
Charles Gardner
Somerset
Oklahoma
Nebraska
M.J. Wilkerson
Jesup
Maj
Roger Larsen
Provo
Utah
Lawton
George Cooper
Garfield
Southwestern Hospital
Bertha Cooper
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Craig
Norma Roberts
Cherry Williams
Environmental Board
Williams
Jack Lindstrom
Medicine Park
Lindstrom
Washington
Albuquerque
N. M
Federal Wildlife Refuge
Mt. Scott
Lake Elmer Thomas
Lake Lawtonka
Cimarron Pike
Texas
Sill
HCAL
Sears Pe
Ed Sprowse
National Hearing Aid Society
Lawton Sears
City, Sill
Ness
Professional Woman’s Club
Bob Bodenhamer
United States
Hayden
Frances) Ireland
Comanche County
Carl Elling
Route 1
Cache
Elling
C. B. Farmer
Russell Fremin Sr
Civil Service
Turkey
Pare National Bank
Embrace
Constellation
Marquise
BankAmericaid
D Ave
Cache Road Square
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