Lawton School Board Ends Bible Reading Policy
The Lawton public schools adopt a regulation removing any requirement or prohibition on Bible reading and prayer at opening exercises. The move follows the Supreme Court decision and places Bibles in school libraries while ending mandated religious activities in classrooms. A special meeting approved the policy stance, with legal guidance from T. D. Nicklas.
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Lawton
Board of Education
Lawton Board of Education
John Shoemaker
Supreme Court
Ministerial Alliance
PTA
T. D. Nicklas
Lawton School Board Abolishes Bible and Lord's Prayer Policy
At a special meeting Lawton school officials approved a resolution removing the formal requirement to read the Bible and recite the Lord's Prayer from daily morning exercises. The action follows a citizen letter citing the Abington case and aligns with a U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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Lawton
United States Supreme Court
Abington
Schempp
William J. Murray
Four Fort Sill Men Charged in Armed Robbery Case
Fort Sill soldiers were hijacked by four men near Fort Sill. the suspects include John Henry Stanley 17 Albert William Mackey 20 Donald Ray Lavery 18 all of Fort Sill and Manuel P Ybarra 22 of Lawton. Victims handed over about 80 dollars before being dumped. Shatz 24 Gomez 22 both Fort Sill identified suspects. Arraignment pending investigation completion.
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Fort Sill
Lawton
Special Sessions Court
John Henry Stanley
Albert William Mackey
Donald Ray Lavery
Manuel P. Y'barra
William Shatz
Michael Gomez
Third and
Shatz
Gomez
Third
Chester Silvers
Bellmon defends out-of-state trips in Plainly Speaking
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon states in his weekly column that he has traveled to Washington four times on official business and visited Texas Kansas California Arkansas and Alabama. He notes attending two governors conferences giving speeches at Republican rallies and visiting industries in Texas and California.
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Alahoma City
UPI
Henry Bellmon
Bellman
Washington
Texas
Kansas
California
Arkansas
Alabama
Ambush Kills U.S. Captain and Eight Soldiers
In Vietnam, an American special forces captain and eight Vietnamese soldiers were killed when guerrillas ambushed their two-truck convoy near Phuoc Long six miles northeast of Saigon. A mine disabled the lead vehicle, a second truck was struck by another mine, and firing followed with no reported guerrilla casualties. Four Americans are missing in action and 33 have died from other causes.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Phouc Long
NAACP Branch to Discuss Bi-Racial Committee Reports
Lawton NAACP branch will meet at 4 30 p m Sunday in the Masonic lodge to hear reports from committees including recent surveys. E A Owens says plans for the state meeting next month will be outlined. Calvin Luper will preside at convention sessions. The meeting is open to the public.
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Lawton
NAACP
Masonic Lodge
E. A. Owens
Frank Whitfield
Hope Singers
Oklahoma City
Calvin Luper
Plane Cartwheels Kill Test Pilot in Belfast
Britain's first vertical take off plane the SC-1 crashed during a hover 20 feet above a runway in Belfast. Test pilot John Richard Green aged 31 was killed when the craft cartwheeled and landed upside down after a 30 minute flight. The SC-1 first flew in 1957 and was dropped as a combat project in favor of the Hawker P-1127.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Britain
John Richard Green
McMahon Circle Paving Begins in Elmer Thomas Park
City crews started paving McMahon Circle in Elmer Thomas Park with $2,000 donated by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The project runs before McMahon Memorial Auditorium and the Museum of the Great Plains and should finish for the 1963 64 season. The Jaycee committee arranged the work with labor from city crews under Street Commissioner Earl Christmas, and plans include a paved parking area near the auditorium, says Jaycee president Bill Crawford.
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McMahon Circle
Elmer Thomas Park
Junior Chamber of Commerce
McMahon Memorial Auditorium
Museum of the Great Plains
Civic Auditorium
Jaycee
Earl Christmas
Bill Crawford
Funeral Rites for Fort Sill Soldier Held in Milwaukee
Funeral services for Thomas L. Cyrus a Fort Sill soldier killed early Tuesday in an automobile accident will be conducted in Milwaukee Wisconsin Becker Funeral Home handled local arrangements.
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Thomas L. Cyrus
Fort Sill
Milwaukee, Wis
Becker Funeral Home
Services set for Travis Green 63 No 10 C
Funeral services for Travis Green 63 of No 10 C are pending at Miller Funeral Home after his death about 9 15 p m Wednesday in a local hospital. He is survived by two sons Bub ber of Chicago and Sonny of Conroe, three sisters Hattie Williams Lillie Dawson and Anabelle Haynes all of Conroe, and a brother O R Toliver Kerens ex.
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Travis Green
No. 10 C
Miller Funeral Home
Green
Bubber
Chicago
Ill
Sonny
Conroe
Tex
Hattie Williams
Lillie Dawson
Anabelle Haynes
O. R. Toliver
Kerens
Farmhouse Fire Claims Two Men Near Yale
A farmhouse fire near Yale leaves two men dead. Merle Boyles is 49 and Art Johnson 77. Payne County investigators report no foul play suspected.
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Stillwater
Yale
Ripley
Merle Boyles
Art Johnson
Payne County
Jess Berger
Johnson
Kennedy Defends Public Works amid Arkansas Tour
President Kennedy, on a Western conservation tour, argued for federal funding despite critics who label such projects pork barrel. He contrasted Arkansas projects with past failures and urged careful cost-benefit review while defending ongoing investments. NAACP protests over segregation at Barton Coliseum appeared amid White House assurances of open attendance. Local leaders pledged Southern hospitality to the President.
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Kennedy
Greers Ferry
Arkansas
TVA
Grand Coulee
Hoover Dam
Little Rock
White House
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Barton Coliseum
Exposition Grounds
Coliseum
Capital Citizens Council
Arkansans
William Mitchell
Litthke Rock Chamber of Commerce
Police Court Disposes Multiple Cases Under Municipal Judge Oaks
Police court today disposed numerous cases before Municipal Judge J Merle Oaks. Fines ranged from 1 to 20 dollars for offenses including speeding, running red lights, backing violations, stop sign infractions, driving left of center, and public drunkenness. Several defendants faced health permit and solicitation violations, vagrancy, and license issues.
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J. Merle Oaks
David R. White
Hoover
Robert J. Spivey
Euclid
John Alfred Reeves
Taft
Anthony Lee Nichols
Kenneth R. Brown
Bell
Wayne Vernie Abla
Eldon Ine Smith
Lawton
Wiliam J. Kosechatah
S. 17Th
Norma Jean Johnson
Alberta Joyce Johnson
Pasterville
Calif
Joyce Elaine Jump
Betty Lou Buckner
Oklahoma City
Katherine J. Sparks
Wichita
Kans
Wanda Bourne
Alen Leroy Knoles
Aneeda J. Brown
New Orleans
Mary Dickson Steele
Levi Washington
Jefferson
Blue Teen Parley Slated Saturday
Dan Jopling chapter manager announced the Red Cross Blue Teens initial meeting for 10 a.m. Saturday in the City-County Health Department auditorium. More than 100 Lawton teens showed interest in volunteer work at Memorial Hospital and McMahon Tomlinson Nursing Home. Parents are asked to attend. training starts the next Saturday October 12.
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Red Cross Blue
S. Sheridan Rd
Dan Jopling
Lawton
Red Cross
Memorial Hospital
McMahon-Tomlinson Nursing Home
Jopling
Biglift prep eyed for rapid air movement drill
Col Sawbridge and Col Harper discuss the upcoming Biglift exercise with NATO forces, noting its similarity to prior German maneuvers but highlighting the vast scale and surprise element. They stress rapid loading, coordination, and a focus on air mobility to deliver troops quickly.
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Col. Sawbridge
Europe
Pentagon
NATO
Col. Harper
Fort Sill
Carolinas
Col. Landbridge
Harper
Army Corps
Fort Hood
Water Committee Presses $6 Million Water Bond Plan
The Citizens Water committee urged the city council to approve a $6 million bond issue for a major water works expansion after reviewing the Guernsey Report and prior recommendations by Wyatt Hendrick and J. C. Kennedy. They call for expanding the filter plant, a new 42 inch main to Lawton, and broader distribution upgrades.
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Citizens Water Committee
Guernsey
Wyatt B. Hendrick
J. C. Kennedy
Lawton
Kennedy
Centrals Band Elects President and Officers
Central junior high school advanced band announces Dan Greene elected president with Richard C. Lassetter as director. New officers include Marion Pamplin vice president Mike Doag secretary treasurer Tommy Todd student council representative Gerald Pippin. Ross Taylor is drum major with Judy Ross and Linda Rice as twirlers.
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Dan Greene
Central Junior High School
Richard C. Lassetter
Marion Pamplin
Mike Doag
Tommy Todd
Gerald Pippin
Ross Taylor
Judy Ross
Linda Rice
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Maxwell D. Taylor
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Taylor
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Ngo Dinh Diem
MacNamara-Taylor
National Security Council
Jan Jacobs
Nicklas
William J. Murray III
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Pho
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Quality Optical Service
Blue Teen
Liberty Heights
Ferris
Service Built
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Centrals
Cache Road Sq
Preyel
OTN Mic
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