Inactivation Ceremonies for Redstone Unit at Fort Sill
Fort Sill holds Tuesday inactivation ceremonies for the 4th Missile Battalion 333rd Artillery marking the end of the Redstone missile era. Col. Becker will address attendees and present Col. Jillson the unit colors before they are casings released.
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Fort Sill
333Rd Artillery
Army
A.m
Fourth Field Artillery Missile Group
William A. Becker
S. F. Jillson
Col
Jillson
Pershing
Redstone
Sill
333Rd
White Sands Missile Range
N.M
Alan Sheppard
Virgil Grissom
U.S
Police Report Details Burglary Wave Across City
Police reported numerous burglaries Sunday including a drive in at 923 S Second with 20 rings boots three purses nine pipes tobacco cans and money from a cigarette machine. Burglars hit McKelvey stores on 2615 Sheridan Rd and 602 Lee stealing cash and cigarets. Kephart cleaners 2204 Gore and Schuler Fruit Co two A details. A 1958 Ford and a 1963 Jawa motorcycle were stolen among other thefts. A Fort Sill man was arrested in South Lawton for theft of a 1953 Pontiac.
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Police Department
Cleo Stout
Billy Burke
S. Second
James McKelvey
Sheridan Road
McKelvey
Lee
Warren Shelton
Kephart Cleaners
Gore
Odessa Davis
James L. Gunther
Wichita
Kan
Bill Freeland
Schuler Fruit Co
Dearld Fill
Hill Motor Co
Mets
Harold Roach
Dearborn
John W. Gallen
Woodridge
Gerald Kirchner
Jawa
Alfred Catron
Fort Sill
Henry D. Neal
South Lawton
Geraldine Frazier
Funeral Rites for W. M. Bailey Held at Faxon Baptist
Funeral services for W. M. Bailey age 48 were conducted Sunday at 2 30 p m in Faxon Baptist Church with Rev Elmer Price of Cache officiating. Burial followed in Faxon Cemetery under Lawton Funeral Home direction. Bearers were Bill Capshaw Gene Capshaw Merle Zea Charles Ragan Oren Carson and Earl Medlock.
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W. M. Bailey
Faxon Baptist Church
Elmer Price
Faxon Cemetery
Lawton Funeral Home
Bill Capshaw
Gene Capshaw
Merle Zea
Charles Ragan
Oren Carson
Earl Medlock
Graveside rites planned for infant Reginald Eugene Church
Reginald Eugene Church infant son of Capt and Mrs John W Church 6715 Spaulding will be buried at Fort Sill Post cemetery at 10 am Tuesday with Chaplain Lt DeFarris Gooden officiating Burial under Jefferson Funeral home direction He was born Oct 10 at Fort Sill and died Oct 12 in a local hospital Survivors include paternal grandparents Monroe Church of St Petersburg Fla and maternal grandparents Rev and Mrs C J Houston Harlingen Tex Also two great grandmothers Mrs Hattie Butler Corpus Christi Tex and Mrs Kizzy Adams Camilla Ga Services for Minnie Morris 1002 Laird died Friday at Lawton Funeral Home chapel Bearers listed Also services for Daniel Payne 11 months son of Sp4 and Mrs William Payne Ardmore at Harvey Funeral Home Ardmore He died Saturday night at Fort Sill Army hospital His father is with Headquarters Battery USAAMC Fort Sill
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Reginald Eugene Church
John W. Church
Spaulding
Fort Sills Post Cemetery
DeFarris Gooden
Jefferson Funeral Home
Fort Sill
Monroe Church
St. Petersburg
Fla
C. J. Houston
Harlingen
Tex
Hattie Butler
Corpus Christi
Kizzy Adams
Camilla
Daniel Payne
Sp4
William Payne
Lake
Harvey Funeral Ome
Ardmore
Becker Funeral Home
U.S. Army Hospital
Usaamc
Mrs Sadie Spencer Elgin services planned
Mrs Sadie Lee Spencer 82 wife of pioneer Elgin farmer died early today after a long illness in a Lawton hospital. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Fletcher First Christian Church with Gilbert Forrest officiating and burial in Elgin Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, three daughters, two sons, a sister, a brother, 13 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
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Elgin
Sadie Lee Spencer
Fletcher First Christian Church
Lawton
Gilbert Forrest
Elgin Cemetery
Dalton Funeral Home
Fletcher
Spencer
Wabash
Ind
Whiting
Kans
Ontario
Thomas A. Spencer
Christian Church
Frances Waggoner
Henrietta
Tex
Lois Kleeman
Adenauer to Step Down Amid West German Reunification Debate
The article reviews Konrad Adenauer's legacy as chancellor, his push for reunification with Germany on neutral terms, and the shift to Ludwig Erhard as successor. It notes Erhard’s economics-led background, Adenauer’s distrust of his ability, and the fragile coalition with the Free Democrats while facing 1965 elections and Socialist strength.
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Adenauer
Germany
Weimar Republic
Adolf Hitler
Ludwig Erhard
de Gaulle
France
West Germany
United States
Britain
Ferhard
Ministry of Economics
Erhard
Pershing Test Delayed Near White Sands
Fort Sill missilemen delayed the Pershing ballistic missile firing from Fort Wingate New Mexico to White Sands Missile Range due to a system component malfunction. A new launch time was set for noon CST, with no new date yet announced. The test, the first over a populated area, carries a high price tag and follows preliminary firings at Black Mesa Utah.
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Fort Sill
Fort Wingate
N.M
White Sands
White Sands Information
44Th Artillery
Fort Sil
Black Mesa
Utah
Blandine
Impact Point
Police Court Disposes Cases by Municipal Judge Oaks
Police court records list numerous defendants from Fort Sill Anadarko and other areas. Fines range from 5 to 70 dollars with bonds forfeited for speeding running stop signs improper driving and public drunkenness.
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J. Merle Oaks
Jesse Fisher
Fort Sill
Ed John Jones
Billy F. Else
Regine C. Kadagho
Anadarko
Brenda Lee Architte
Bernice M. Shone
Garfield
Francisco Gonzales
Pushmobile Derby Held at Eisenhower High School Lot
The annual Pushmobile Derby drew 58 cars and featured 58 cubs in pairs racing in three age divisions. Winners included Lyn Meyers and Cris Morris and others from Pack 101 and 181, with judges Percy Givens and Bill Burgess among officials.
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Eisenhower
Homer Stevenson
Stevenson
Lyn Meyers
Cris Morris
Kent Smith
Jay Bitsche
Randy Stevenson
Steven Oliver
Robert Winger
Robert Roehr
Tom Edmonson
Wayne Riley
Mike Page
Bill Whiteley
Robert Northrup
Ricky Harris
Craig Book
Garry Elton Ludwig
Paul Butler
Jimmy Lee
Phillip Bressman
Greg Smith
Richard Barrett
Steve Cunningham
Danny Oliver
Barry Lodge
Percy Givens
Bud Overstreet
Bill Burgess
Bill Mayes
Joe Page
Henry King
William Norris
Steve Porter
Kerschel Passons
Jason Monroe
J. F. Saunders
Roy Maynard
Winning Horses From Four States at State Fair
Animals from four states shared championships in quarter horse judging at the State Fair of Texas. Skipper Skat, a 4 year old dun mare, won grand championship for roping quarter horses for Lucky D. Farm of Jackson, Mississippi. In halter classes grand champion stallion was Otoe owned by Jack W. Donald of Sulphur, Oklahoma.
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Dallas
Texas
Skipper Skat
Lucky D. Farm
Jackson
Miss
Otoe
Jack W. Donald
Sulphur
Okla
Muscular Aches Pains Relief Ad from Gilbert-Woods Drug
An advertisement for Provo tablets offers temporary relief from minor aches and pains and muscle stiffness linked to arthritis rheumatism bursitis lumbago backache and muscular pains. The offer promises money back if not satisfied and is signed by Gilbert-Woods Drug 431 D-Cache Rd. Sq.
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Gilbert-Woods Drug
Children Start Blaze In House Near 19th Street Vacant home minor damage
Firefighters from Stations 3 and 4 responded to a vacant house at 2006 N 19th where children playing with matches started a fire. Firefighters kept the damage minor and also extinguished a grass fire at Sheridan and Cache Road and a car fire at 1507 Taft.
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N. 19Th
Sheridan
Cache Road
Taft
Coronalp tablets offer colon nerve stimulant relief
Nervous tension can block bowel impulses causing constipation. Coronalp introduces a new colonic nerve stimulant with bulking action to put the colon back to work and relieve constipation overnight. Clinically proved SoLonato offered in introductory 43¢ size.
Museum Joins National Catalog Plan for Manuscripts
The Museum of the Great Plains joins the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections at the Library of Congress. Director Marvin E. Tong Jr. says the move will raise visibility for holdings, with 500 institutions already in the program and printed cards and annual volumes distributed worldwide. Collections include Elmer Thomas papers and local records from Lawton, along with the Chrisman letters and Hollywood memorabilia.
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Museum of the Great Plains
National Union Catalog
Library of Congress
Marvin E. Tong, Jr
National Union Catalog of
Museum of the
Chrisman
Standardized 11 pica column size adopted for wire news
The American National Publishers Association and wire services AP and UP, plus United Press International members, voted to standardize news transmission formulas to an 11 pica universal column. Lawton papers switch from 11 pica to the new width to align with Constitution Press type sizes. Major papers will use the 11 pica column for wire copy starting Sunday morning.
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American National Publishers Association
Associated Press
United Press International
Lawton
Constitution Press
Patrol License Checks Lead to Numerous Driving Charges
Highway patrol roadblocks for license checks yielded multiple charges for driving without a valid license among a long list of motorists. Names include Sofia S. Fitzgerald and Paul Dean Harris along with others from Fort Sill, Apache, Elgin, and surrounding areas, plus several traffic offenses such as speeding at night and reckless driving. Local officials reported the results.
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Sofia S. Fitzgerald
Elgin
Paul Dean Harris
Rt. 3
Apache
Albert Holt Jr
Anadarko
Annette House Johnson
Glendale
Eloy Martinez
Floresville
Tex
Robert Meehan
Fort Sill
Bicycle Collision Injures Local Boy on 17th and B
Mickey Healton 11 of 1501 C suffered bruises and scratches after his bicycle collided with a 1948 Mercury at 17th and B. The Mercury, driven west on B by David E Davis 73 of 2002 B, was turning left as the bike came from the east. He was treated at Memorial hospital.
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Mickey Healton
Frank Williams
David Eager Davis
Memorial Hospital
Fifth
Monroe
Musgrove
Juanita Munoz
Ramos S. Munoz
Bobby W. McCaig
Garfield
Two Trains Collide In Fog Injuring Forty
In Rutherford New Jersey a three car commuter train crashed into the rear of a nine coach Erie Lackawanna train in dense fog. About 650 were aboard the long train and 400 on the shorter one. Forty people were hurt but none seriously.
Death Notice for Mahorney in Cyril Area
Mahorney born October 8 1939 grew up in Cyril area moving there in 1942. Survivors include his parents Howard and wife two brothers Jim and Kenneth and sister Ellen. He was a service station operator and member of First Baptist Cyril services set for 2 30 pm Wednesday with details to follow.
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St. Francis Catholic Church
Fisher
Minn
Rick
Ronna
Raymond Quirk
Elgin
Charles Daugherty
Eugine
San Maria
Calif
Mahomey
Cyril
First Baptist Church of
Howard Mahomey
Jim
Anadarko
Kenneth
Broken Arrow
Ellen
Ellen Mahorney
Collinsville
H. A. Crawford
Bristow
Mahorney
First Baptist Church
Primatene Tablets Now Sold Without Prescription
New York doctors widely prescribe Primatene for private asthma patients and tests show it stops attacks within minutes and provides hours of relief. The tiny tablets open bronchial tubes loosen congestion and relieve tension without injections, combining three active medicines for nighttime sleep and freedom from spasms.
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New York
N. Y
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Laird
Whit Ozier
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Stanley Sasser
Frank Kitchens
G. L. Hoskins
Lawton Burton
Sadie Spencer
Wiest
Fth & B
Yau
Zales
UTA
Aetes
Frank Sneed
Howell
Charlie M. Robinson
S. 9Th
Victors Delk
Louis Lampkins
Washington
James A. Lawrence
Piaza Trailer Park
Jerry L. Ballard
Martha Belle Watts
Ronald L. Lewis
Joe Dole Cherry
Lowell M. Gilliland
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Williams
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Bernd F. Hellwig
Bishop Rood
Wilber DO. Cline
Franklin Delano Smith
Kenneth College Jr
Cameron College
Louise H Lunn
Patrick H. Burton
William H. Little Jr
David Carter
Alva Lee Mathews
Bell
James St. Brunick
Lincoln
Gerald Glenn Snider
Cache
Stanley Wright
Summit
Warren D. Shelton
Margaret Rhodes
Oak
Andrew Joshua Stryant
Jessie James Bass
Walter Hughes Weir
Houston
Raymond Alvin Dorman
Lowton
Howard T. Moore
Oklahoma City
George Alexander
Georgia
Erma Jean Mitchell
Rancho Village
Richard A. Bybee
Star Route
Elizebeth A. Baxter
Baldwin
Leroy E. Lt. Boulanger
Billy G. Runyon
White
William Zemonek
Liberty Heights
Ferris
Old
Tennessee
Smokey
Gore—El
Smokey Torbet
Wayne Frank
Lacy
Museum
Householder
HFC
Credit Life
Household Finance
Cowoladon Pe Oklahome
Household Finance and Thrift Corp. OF
Lawton, Inc
Ines
Thur
Opal O. Ranson
Walter Stanley Snoop
Elk City
Newell Franklin Thomas
Woodrow W. Whitaker
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Barbara A. Wolfe
Ermon Vann Jr
Main
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William L. Gotchey
Oakland
Cailif
Eskew King
Sedalia
Harold Kent Symes
Lamont
Harley D. Phillips
Carl Eldon Atauvich
Rt. Cache
Lawrence E. Clapton
Rt. 2
Robert L. Williams
Temple
Milton E. Smith
Fort Cobb
Robert Edward Woods
Roosevelt
George Brister
Medicine Park
George Grady Cooper
Wichita Falls
Charles R. Lansimore
Donald E. Lovett Sr
Tulsa
Ernest Earl Thompson
Henry Peter Trone Jr
Sheppard Afb
Calvin Williams Jr
Southwest
D Avenue
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