Baldwin Parker Dies Son Of Chief Quanah Parker
Baldwin Parker 75 son of Comanche Chief Quanah Parker died after a week of illness in a local hospital. He was born December 1887 at Fort Sill and wore his hair in long braids, a Comanche tradition. He lived near Cache, worked at Fort Sill and Altus AFB, and was active in Native American church circles. Services are pending at Becker Funeral Home with burial at Nazarene cemetery west of Cache. He left a large family including his wife Nora, eight children and several siblings. He and his wife recently attended the Chief Satanta celebration at Fort Sill.
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Baldwin Parker
Quanah Parker
Mr. Parker
Fort Sill
Wichita Mountains
Cache
Parker
Altus Air Force Base
Liberal
Kans
Cache Indian Nazarene
Becker Funeral Home
Nazarene
Nora Tabbanoid
Lawton
Rt. 1
Ollie Wahkinney
Jo Ann Sands
Oakland
Calif
Elmer
Floyd
Roy
Simmons
Los Angeles
Wilbur
Mescalero
N. M
Whitt Cheney
Funeral Rites for Mrs. Florence McCabe Fletcher
Mrs. Florence M. McCabe 78 died Saturday night in a Dallas hospital after illness. Services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Fletcher First Christian Church with Rev. Gilbert Fletcher officiating. Burial in Fletcher cemetery under Dalton Funeral home direction. Born April 29, 1885 in Iowa, married Charles W. McCabe in 1902 in Oklahoma City. Survivors include daughter Mary Herrin of Dallas, sister Grace McClaran of Davis City Iowa, brothers Lee Merritt, Rex Merritt, and Dave Merritt, three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Fletcher
Florence M. McCabe
Dallas
Fletcher First Christian Church
Gilbert Fletcher
Fletcher Cemetery
Dalton Funeral Home
McCabe
Iowa
Charles W. McCabe
Oklahoma City
Mt. View
Mary Herrin
Grace McClaran
Davis City
Lee Merritt
California
Rex Merritt
Weatherford
Tex
Dave Merritt
South Africa
Services for Mrs Patricia Jo Ann Brown Held in Becker Chapel
Patricia Jo Ann Brown, 29, of 1203 Carroll Drive, died Sunday after a two week illness. Services led by Rollo Tinkler will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Becker Memorial chapel, with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Born September 7, 1934 in Van Alstyne Texas, she lived in Lawton since 1950 with a three year stay in Red Bluff California 1957-60. Survived by her mother Dorothy Philbrook of Red Bluff, a daughter Patricia Ann and a son Fred Thomas, three sisters Eddie Cole, Fstell Rafortti, Roland Pointer, a brother John David Fletcher, and two grandmothers J. W. Cook of Van Alstyne and Lester Morgan of Gunther Texas.
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Patricia Jo Ann Brown
Carroll Drive
Becker Memorial Chapel
Lawton
Dumas
Tex
Red Bluff
Calif
Dorothy Philbrook
Patricia Ann
Fred Thomas
Eddie Cole
Carroll
Overflowing Tub Damages Clothes In Lawton Store
Water from an overflowing hotel bathtub damaged merchandise in the Lawton Boot and Western Wear store at 322 S Third Street early Sunday. Police say water from Room 217 ran into the hall and seeped through the floor into the shop damaging several clothing items. Bill Stanley of the Lawton Hotel reported the incident.
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Lawton Boot and Western Wear
S. Third
Bill Stanley
Lawton Hotel
D. Stanley
Young Boys Held For Theft Of Car
Two boys aged 14 and 15 were arrested after stealing a 1959 Chevrolet from a northwest Lawton address. Officers Kuchynka and Kelley stopped them at 16th and Andrews as they drove the car into a driveway with a police pursuit. The vehicle is owned by Darrell E. Garner of 2265 NW 40th. The case will be handled by Lawton’s juvenile detective unit and the boys are being questioned by juvenile officer C. M. Hawkins.
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Lawton
Tommy Kuchynka
Melvin Kelley
16Th
Andrews
Darrell E. Garner
Set. C. M. Hawkins
Money Theft Case Probed By Police
A $180 theft from a woman's purse is under investigation by local police. Joann Kay Knoll, a grocery store employee from 109 N. Third, reported the incident at a downtown club where she danced with a friend. The victim left her table briefly. the purse remained there and the money disappeared while she was away.
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Joann Kay Knoll
N. Third
Nixon Critiques Kennedy and Nixon Administration
Nixon argued Kennedy is weak in performance while praising his own leadership and the Democratic party. He claimed the administration excels in public relations and has turned failures in Cuba and Southeast Asia into perceived victories, though he warned observers note U S foreign policy difficulties worldwide.
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Democratic Party
Kennedy
Nixon
Cuba
Southeast Asia
United States
Brothers’ Cars Collide Before Their House
Lowell Dodson of Orange County was driving home from work when his car collided with another vehicle driven by his brother Gus. The accident occurred in front of a home owned by Earl Dodson, also a brother.
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Orange, Va
Lowell Dodson
Orange County
Dodson
Gus
Earl Dodson
Lowell
TB Committee Plans Meeting
Fall meeting of the Comanche county Tuberculosis committee is set for 7 30 p m Thursday in Dr H R Bender's office at 1529 Gore Blvd Dr Bender county chairman. The group will plan winter and spring programs and finalize preparations for the 1963 Christmas Seal publicity campaign. Richard Couch of the State Tuberculosis association will report on progress and conditions since centralization of campaign mailing. A report on the county tuberculin test conducted this spring is planned.
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Comanche County Tuberculosis Committee
H. R. Bender
Gore Blvd
Oklahoma Tuberculosis Association
Hearings Tuesday On Insurance Rate Boosts For State
Oklahoma City report states the state insurance board will hold hearings Tuesday on two rate increase proposals that could cost residents up to 3.75 million dollars yearly. One auto liability filing would boost statewide premiums by 3.5 million annually. The second would raise workers' compensation by 2950 000 per year. E J OConnor of Associated Industries of Oklahoma plans to oppose the workers' comp rise. No organized opposition had been noted to the auto proposal.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
State Insurance Board
E. J. O'Connor
Associated Industries of Oklahoma
Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty joins a dozen postwar pacts
The White House plans three copies placed in Washington London and Moscow with a ceremony featuring Harriman Rusk Foster Fisher McCloy and Senate members Mansfield Humphrey Smathers Dirksen Kuchel Fulbright Aiken Hickenlooper Pastore Saltonstall Jackson Cannon. The list spans twelve postwar US Soviet pacts, including the Antarctic Treaty and the hot line agreement.
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London
Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
Dean Rusk
William Z. Foster
The
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
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John J. McCloy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
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Soviet Union
United Nations
San Francisco
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Paris
Berlin
New York
Austria
Vienna
International Atomic Energy Agency
Antarctica
Kremlin
Geneva
Chinese Official Defects To Soviet Embassy
A Chinese Communist trade delegate translator, Chou Hong-ching, 44, defected by scaling the Soviet Embassy wall in Tokyo and seeking political asylum. The Soviet Union granted asylum and refused Japanese immigration requests to hand him over, while Tao Heng-hsien, Red China’s delegation chief, refused to leave Japan until Chou is returned.
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UPS
Peking
Chou Hong-ching
Japan
Russia
Tao Heng-hsien
Tao
China
Chou
Moscow
Old Tibbs Leads Flying Reunion And Drownings Warning
Seeeeee ple Tibbs, a six foot pilot, drew attention at a Sunday fly in while he plans a aviation history book. He logged about 300 hours yearly and urged discipline to curb rising drownings and home accidents among Oklahoma children, citing 1962 and 1963 tolls and traffic deaths.
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Tibbs
Obedience urged as safety amid child poison risks
Dr Shackelford cites 713 emergency calls last year to three Poison Information Centers in Oklahoma City Tulsa and Ponca City. Of these 478 involved under five year olds and 23 involved ages six to twelve. Products linked to incidents include 219 due to misuse of household items and 97 in other categories.
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Ted
Shackelford
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Ponca City
Tulsa Tot Drowns In Shallow Pool Near Home
Three year old Debby Ballard daughter of Mrs. Maxine Ballard of Tulsa drowned today in a shallow pool near her home. Neighbors and firemen gave artificial respiration for nearly an hour before taking her to a hospital where life saving efforts continued. She was pronounced dead on arrival. The circumstances of how she entered the pool were not immediately known.
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Tulsa
Debby Ballard
Maxine Ballard
Police Court Disposes Of City Cases Under Judge Oaks
Municipal Judge J Merle Oaks disposed of a list of defendants with charges including running red lights, stop signs and vagrancy. Fines and bond forfeitures ranged from five to twenty dollars with several cases noting suspensions. Fort Sill, Lawton, Great Falls and Tucson residents appear among the convicted defendants.
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J. Merle Oaks
Colonalp Promises Gentle Constipation Relief Overnight
Nervous tension can block bowel impulses causing constipation. Colonalp tablets use a colonic nerve stimulant and bulking action to restore regularity overnight. Clinically tested, the drug claims gentle relief and a quick return to feeling well. Introductory size 43 cents.
Flora the hurricane nears Cuba and Caribbean towns
The storm Flora hovered 380 miles south-southeast of Miami with 400 mile gusts reaching Jamaica and the Florida coast. One death was reported in Jamaica and widespread flooding hit Cuba and the Bahamas as rescue crews aided marooned farm workers and collapsed villages.
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Bahamas
Flora
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Florida-Bahama
Stuart
Atlantic
Miami
Victoria de Las Tunas
Santiago de Cuba
Havana
Camaguey
Caimanera
Guantanamo City
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Tobago Island
Venezuela
Haiti
Caribbean Sea
Florida-Bahamas
Oklahoma ranks 14th for aircraft based in state
Oklahoma sits 14th among the 50 states in aircraft based within borders according to an FAA report. The agency lists 1,951 planes total with 318 multi engine, across 143 FAA listed airports including 81 public fields.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Campho Phenique Antiseptic Ad for Family First Aid
An old advertisement promotes CAMPHO PHENIQUE as a soothing antiseptic for cuts scratches and minor burns. It claims instant pain relief infection prevention and rapid healing and targets mothers by noting it does not burn like iodine. A bottle in every medicine chest is urged for instant use.
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Grand Hotel
Lee H. Chandler
Anadarko
Amdes L. Evans
Bishop Road
Lonnie Heffner
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S. 13Th
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Billy G. Sattler
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S. 12Th
Henry T. Galloway
Elizabeth Reynolds
East A
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Robert Wayne Tisdel
Euclid
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Jefferson
Speeda
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Earnest Roscoe
N. 48Th
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S. Sheridan
Levi Alexander
Esther Ruby Strong
George Hollins
Billy Joe Boyd
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Frigidaire
Harold Sturgess
Joe Roberts
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Paus
Discount Department Store
44Th and
Cache Road
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HFC
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