Fort Sill to observe Thanksgiving with multiple religious services
Soldiers and civilian personnel at Fort Sill will observe Thanksgiving with services planned across six post chapels. Catholic Mass and Protestant services are scheduled at Hilltop New Post Hartell Quarry Hill Grierson Hill Old Post Chapels on Wednesday and Thursday with times listed. A training holiday is declared for Friday November 28, allowing civilian employees to take leave while essential military personnel report to duty.
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Hartell
Quarry Hill Chapel
Grierson Hill Chapel
Old Post
Fort Sill
Service Men Undergo Training at Schofield and Fort Bragg
CWO Ray G. Kencke of Lawton earns Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart and recently completed annual readiness tests at Schofield Barracks Hawaii with the 25th Infantry Division. He entered active duty in 1962 and is stationed with Troop B 3rd Squadron 4th Cavalry. His wife Marion joins him in Hawaii. Cpl. Philip P. Casale of Lawton, 20, assigned to Battery D 3rd Battalion 4th ADA of the 82nd Airborne at Ft. Bragg, entered service in 1972 and was last in Korea. He is a 1974 Lawton High School graduate.
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Ray G. Kencke
Gordon F. Kencke
1725
44Th
Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
Kencke
25Th Infantry Division
4Th Cavalry
Korea
Frankfurt
Germany
Marion
Lawton
North Carolina
Philip P. Casale
Martha
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Casale
4Th Air Defense Artillery
Army
Lawton High School
Marine promoted for outstanding duty at Cherry Point
Cpl. Clarence A. Berry son of Mr and Mrs William T Berry of 1912 Floyd has been meritoriously promoted at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point North Carolina. Berry is a 1973 Lawton High School graduate who joined the Marine Corps in 1973 and earned the early rank for outstanding performance and military bearing.
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Clarence A. Berry
William T. Berry
Floyd
Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point
N. C
Berry
Lawton High School
Marine Corps
North Korea may cut armed forces and budget says source
A well informed Beijing source reports Kim Il Sung plans to reduce the armed forces and to cut military spending. Estimates place North Korea’s army around 500,000, with no details on the scale of cuts. Chinese leaders signaled reservations about renewed conflict on the peninsula.
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Jean Sauvagn
Pyoungyang
Big fire roars through Ventura County and Los Angeles area
The northern city limits brace for evacuations as flames move east at about one mile per hour. A fourth 350 acre blaze near Santa Paula in Ventura County dodges a tank farm threat. Missing youths are reported in Big Tujunga as sixty of Los Angeles' fire companies battle the largest blaze this year. Winds up to 50 mph feed the inferno. Police place units on tactical alert and evacuate dozens of homes.
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Big Tujunga
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State grain and cattle prices in Oklahoma City report
State Department of Agriculture lists today’s prices for wheat barley Milo and soybeans at multiple Oklahoma locations. Cattle and calves trade opened active with varied steady to higher quotes across utility and cutter cows slaughter bulls and replacement cows, hogs and feeder pigs also noted with ranges.
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City council weighs contracts and easements for infra upgrades
The council reviews funds for the 38th Street road improvement that overran estimates by 12249.27 and considers an engineering contract with Hendrick for the Model Cities utility project. It also weighs easements for Lee Boulevard water line projects and Gore Boulevard rights of way from 38th to 53rd Streets. A supplemental sewer interceptor plan may cost 34086 with city share 8522 and EPA funding the rest.
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Robert P. Hendrick
Model Cities
Lee Boulevard
Industrial
State of Oklahoma
Gore Boulevard
Mike Johnson
Gore
38Th
53Rd Streets
Environmental Protection Agency
Rikers Island inmates seize control in tense jail disturbance
Five hostages and guards faced a fracas at New York City’s Tombs detention center as inmates using improvised weapons flooded cells and set fires. Tear gas was used, no serious injuries reported, and officials including Mayor Beame and Judge Lasker oversaw the response amid overcrowding and staff cuts.
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Correction
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Birnbaum
Abraham D. Beame
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U.S. District Court
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Lasker
Lower Manhattan
Rikers Island
Mattreses
Correction Department
Moynihan and Ford hold talks on U.N. issues
Moynihan met with Ford as officials noted his possible resignation remained unconfirmed. Nessen said Moynihan agreed with the White House statement and there was mutual desire for the meeting. Moynihan denied plans to resign, stressing he serves at the President’s pleasure.
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U.N
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Nelsen
Moynihan
Nessen
White House
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Ford
Leonard Garment
Richard M. Nixon
Garment
U.N. Human Rights Commission
U.S
General Assembly
State Department
Britain
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Ivor Richard
Richard
Wyatt Earp
O.K. Corral
Savonarola
King Lear
Deputies Face Panel Over Raid Drugs Allegations
Deputies seized cocaine and amphetamines during a raid at 13074 NW Smith. A district attorney’s officer reportedly leveled charges against the lawmen after reviewing the arrests and raid report. A panel of sheriff department lieutenants Bill Banks L B Scott Roy Bryant and Bob Williams will question the deputies Tuesday. If Alderson and Anderson are found at fault the deputies may face suspension or dismissal.
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Sheriff Department
Bill Banks
L. B. Scott
Roy Bryant
Bob Williams
Alderson
Anderson
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