Carolyn Hunt Club Drives For Mattie Beal Home
The Carolyn Hunt Club in Lawton kicked off a year long Mattie Beal Home restoration drive with a $50 donation and challenged other civic clubs to contribute. Donations total $1 580 toward an estimated 30 000 cost for the Fifth and Summit mansion and land. Audrey Routh urged a dollar from 30 000 Comanche County residents to save the historic home.
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Mattie Beal Payne
Carolyn Hunt Club
Mattie Beal
Lawton
Chester Wells
Audrey Routh
Carolyn Hunt
Comanche County
Audrey
Wichita, Kan
Stock Mart Prices Slide Again Today
NEW YORK AP Prices slid lower in the stock market for the second day in a row. The noon Dow was down 6.10 to 935.20. Gulf Oil led activity on the Big Board while Overseas Shipholding topped the American market. Grain and oil prices were listed for Oklahoma with soybeans at 3.15 to 3.26.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Gulf Oil
American Stock Exchange
Funeral rites for Danford Robey Stephens
Funeral services for 74 year old Danford Robey Stephens of 208 N 14th are set for 2 30 p m Saturday at the Law ton Ritter Dalton Funeral Home Chapel Reverend C W Sasser of Oklahoma City will officiate Burial will follow at Flower Mound Cemetery in Sulphur Oklahoma
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Danford Robey Stephens
N. 14Th
Veterans Administration Hospital
Sulphur
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
C. W. Sasser
Oklahoma City
Flower Mound Cemetery
Graveside rites for Mrs Skinner in Sunset Memorial Gardens
Graveside services for Mrs. Maude Agnes Skinner 76 of 406 South 23rd will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery with H R Patterson reading the service. She died Thursday afternoon after a lengthy illness in a local nursing home. Born April 9 1896 in Marlow she and her husband longtime Lawton area residents. Survivors include her husband eight sons two daughters two sisters a brother 24 grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Allen
Maude Agnes) Skinner
S. 23Rd
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Becker Funeral Home
H. R. Patterson
Tuttle Church of Christ
Skinner
Marlow
Lawton
Sally Moore
4309
Summit
Mary Patterson
Tuttle
Robert
Jack Montgomery
Cement
Lynn
Frederick
Gene
Sylmar
Calif
Paul
Clovis
Mark
Big Piney
Wyo
Johnny
Long Beach
California
Ruth Smith
Frances Vaughn
John Baker
Beatty, Nev
Musician Named Soldier Of Month at USAF Artillery School
A member of a folk music band was named Soldier Of Month at the U S A Artillery School. Stephen FR of Battery C, Staff a Battalion, received a cannon plaque for the achievement. Deputy commandant C Davis presented the award. Grudner, an instructor in azimuth for the Pershing Missile team, holds a B S in communication arts.
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U.S. A
USA
Stephen FR
C Davis
Mandant
USAFA
Grinder
Méi
Grudner
Censorship Enforcement in Spanish Cinema Since 1939
The article notes Spain has enforced strict film censorship beginning in 1939, shaping the content shown to audiences. It discusses authorities, control over genres, and the impact on creative production in the early Franco era.
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Spain
Area Man Places In Dance Contest at State Fair
Joe Bounty of Anadarko placed third in the men s war dance at the State Fair of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City Other area winners included Kimberly Chasenah Star Route Lawton first in buckskin dress Jeffrey Toehay Apache second in junior war dance Joe Jee Palmer Cache third in junior war dance Amos Penenoskit Cyril first in straight dance and Floyd Moses Apache fourth in straight dance
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Joe Bounty
Anadarko
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Kimberly Chasenah
Star Route
Lawton
Jeffrey Toehay
Joe Jee Palmer
Cache
Amos Penenoskit
Cyril
Floyd Moses
County OKd For Food Stamps Initiative
The county commission approved participation in the Oklahoma Public Welfare program as of Aug 9. L. E. Rader announced the plan to place the county under the food stamp program, replacing commodity disbursement, with implementation expected early in 1973.
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Comanche
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Public Welfaree Commission
Silk Stands as Strongest Natural Fiber
Textile guide proclaims silk the strongest natural fiber surpassing other proteins. It highlights durability and tensile strength, noting its widespread use in luxury fabrics and technical applications. The statement reflects industry consensus on silk's exceptional properties.
Lawton FFA Exhibitors Shine at Tulsa City Fair
Lawton youth members show strong sheep and beef results at the Tulsa State Fair. Daniel Conway wins reserve grand champion Hampshire and sixth in heavy Hampshire. Leroy Conway shows second in heavy Dorset. Other Lawton FFA exhibitors place in Suffolk, Shropshire, and Dorset varieties, plus Hereford and Shorthorn steers.
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Daniel Conway
Lawton
Tulsa
Conway
Future Farmers of America
James E. Conway
Lee
Leroy Conway
Daniel
FFA
Karl Hanza
Suffolk
Shropshire
Kenny Newton
Dorset
Curtis Giles
Hampshire
Lawton Ffa
Mike Porter
Stephen Kriz
Marcus Cortez
Rick Smith Wins World Putting Championship Title
Rick Smith of Muncie Indiana holds the world putting championship.
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Rick Smith
Muncie, Ind
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Miss Harper
Ellen H. Richards
Ellen Economist
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Ellen Richards
Mary Swartz
McClung
Amex
State Department of Agriculture
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el Reno
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Gulf
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N. Sheridan
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5Th and Gore
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Holy
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BIG Bob
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Dearborn Heater Sale
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