City Nation Join In Salute To Veterans
The Veterans Day parade moved through downtown Lawton with a sparse chilly crowd. At Fort Sill Post Cemetery Maj. Gen. Roderick Wetherill praised Southeast Asian war veterans amid ceremonies honoring war dead. Local veterans groups laid wreaths as nationwide observances echoed Arlington and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Lawton
United States
Fort Sill’s Post
Roderick Wetherill
Sill
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
Post Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
OSU President Seeks Major Budget Increase
Oklahoma State University asks state Regents to approve an 11.4 million dollar increase to reach a 36.9 million dollar total budget with 26.9 million from state funds. Dr. Robert S. Kamm cites rising salaries and aging facilities as reasons, noting average faculty pay would rise from 13,800 to 15,000 dollars and a 2 million dollar renovation backlog. The request mirrors prior years with revised figures after legislative cuts. OSU subunits proposed increases include the Technical Institute in Oklahoma City 1.8 million and Okmulgee Technical Institute 5.1 million along with other divisions.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma State University
Robert S. Kamm
OSU
Kamm
Regents
University of Oklahoma
OU Health Sciences Center
OSU Technical Institute
Okmulgee Technical Institute
School of Veterinary Medicine
Agricultural Extension Division
Agricultural
Idabel Tornado Repairs Underway After Street Damage
Southeast Oklahoma city Idabel cleans up tornado debris with damage to downtown records site and high school facilities. Officials estimate property losses above 150000 dollars, with insurance executive Otis Hall warning up to 200000 to 300000 dollars. mayor Charles McGowen cautions injuries were limited.
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Peaser. Okla
Oklahoma City
Idabel Insurance
Otis Hall
Retired Sill Colonel Dies In Car Crash
Col Richard G Marriott Jr 57 of 5107 Ash died from injuries after his car hit a semitrailer on US 380 twelve miles west of Denton Texas He was dead on arrival at Denton County Hospital Funeral services set for 10 am Tuesday at St Andrews Episcopal Church Burial with military honors at Fort Sill post cemetery Col Marriott retired in 1968 as director of the Target Acquisition Department at Fort Sill He later worked with the University of Oklahoma Research Institute Fort Sill born Sept 21 1915 in Wilmette IL married Margery Fendley Sept 23 1939 in Oklahoma City He entered the army Feb 15 1942 at Camp Carson Colorado and served at Fort Sill See COLONEL Page 4 Col 3
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Richard G. Marriott Jr
Ash
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
William C. Shirey
Fort Sill
Greenlawn Funeral Home
Col. Marriott
Denton, Tex
US 380
Denton County Hospital
Highway Patrol
Army
Field Artillery
University of Oklahoma Research Institute
Wilmette
Margery Fendley
Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma
Camp Carson
Colo
Kissinger Returns To U S After Saigon Peace Talks
U S Air Force jets shot down three North Vietnamese MIG 21s west of Hanoi eight days earlier with eight F4 Phantoms escorting bombers. The battle left no U S losses and increased MIGs shot down in the war to 177 66 this year. Navy strikes hit Hai Yen base and Haiphong boatyard while B 52s targeted southern North Vietnam supply dumps. Mortar rounds wounded four government troops near Bung Cau market.
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Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
432Nd Tactical Reconnaissance
388Th
Thailand
Commard Ures
North Vietnam
Air Force
Kitty Hawk
Enterprise
Hai Yen
Vinh
Haiphong
Panhandle
Bung Cau
South Vietnam
Steed pushes gains and Edmondson in Lawton rally
About 150 supporters heard Congressman Tom Steed recall his work in Congress and urge re election if voters want more. He pluged for Ed Edmondson's Senate bid and defended opposition to unlimited presidential veto power.
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Tom Steed
Lawtonian
4Th District
Congress
Steed
Ed Edmondson
U.S
Tel Lawtonian
Minco
William Crozier
U.S. House
Don Owen
Cameron College
FAA
Cameron
Hugh Bish
Lawton
Nixon
Kissinger Leaves Saigon After Intense Indochina Talks
Henry Kissinger flew from Saigon to Washington after six meetings with President Thieu as U S Viet Nam peace talks showed progress but left remaining differences. A Saigon paper described a heated atmosphere while North Vietnam stressed the war continued and urged serious negotiations. Senate leader Mansfield voiced cautious optimism that a settlement might be in sight.
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Saigon
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
U.S
Nixon
Neuyen van Thieu
Kissinger
Thieu
Tin Song
Paris
Vietnam
Senate
Majorit
Mike Mansfield
Chilly Weather To Continue Here
Cloudy skies and cool temperatures persist after a frontal system dropped four inches of rain in the Lawton area over the weekend. Highs reach the low to mid fifties with lows around the low forties, and next Tuesday’s highs in the low sixties. Northerly winds 15 to 25 mph ease tonight. Sunday’s high was 68 and the low this morning 44. Lawton totals 3.95 inches of rain for the weekend.
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Lawton
Irish Guerrillas Raid British Armory in Lurgan
A 14 man squad raided a British armory in Lurgan at dawn seizing over 100 firearms and 1,300 rounds, later reports say 61 rifles and eight submachine guns were recovered on a Portadown golf course. The raid marked a bold arms grab amid sectarian tension in Northern Ireland.
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Elfast
Northern Ireland
Lurgan
Portadown
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
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U.S. Army Training Center
City
Nation
Idabel
N. Central St
Charles McGowen
McGowen
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Lprott
Ulster Defense Association
Ster
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