Lawton Schools Enroll Over 16 000 As Board Approves Staffing
Enrollments in Lawton schools exceed 16 000 with 2 100 first graders and 2 075 at Lawton High. Eisenhower Junior-Senior High shows a 500 rise. Tomlinson and Central Junior High also rise. The board approves new personnel including teachers bus drivers secretaries and custodians plus salary changes and facility upgrades.
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Oma
Lawton High School
Eisenhower Junior - Senior High
Shoemaker
Tomlinson Junior High
Central Junior High
Douglass
Geronimo
Clara M. Ross
Eisenhower
Andy Thorn Butler
Joe Spradlin
James Blackburn
Clayton McFall
Melvin Tubbs
Jimmie McClung
Peaches M. Lee
Eula L. Nichols
Mary Belle Smith
June Godwin
Phyllis Cline
Thelma Sare
Murrell Anthony
Barbara L. Hanefield
Darnell Wilson
Billy Howeth
Bill Lynn
Craig Johnson
Jimmy Williams
Darrell Woodson
Richard Frank
Harvey Powell
Ronny Means
Mike Carrick
James Turner
Turnpike plans access roads amid debate in Tipps district
A plan to build access roads costing about 5 million dollars faced commission scrutiny after a shouting match over resurfacing a half mile in Gene Autry. The panel approved adding the road to the state system by a unanimous vote, pending state funding and policy limits.
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Gnemey Jent
United States
Garber
Gene Autry
Tipps
Reds First to Fly by Air in Major League Baseball 1935
The Cincinnati Reds became the first major league baseball team to travel by airplane in 1935, marking a milestone in the sport's travel methods and team logistics.
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The
Cincinatti Reds
Racial desegregation efforts span several states
In Alabama Tuskegee and Birmingham spar over court orders to desegregate as troopers stand by. Florida reports peaceful integration across eight counties with limited incidents. Englewood New Jersey sees a march by over 100 Negro children to register for fall term. Georgia expands desegregation in Atlanta with 150 Negro children at white schools, and Savannah and other cities report limited enrollments.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jamie Moore
Jiff
Mel Bailey
Bailey
Wallace
Tuskegee
Alabama
Florida
Englewood
N.J
Lincon
Charleston
S.C
Georgia
Atlanta
Savannah
Valdosta
Columbus
Albany
Funeral Rites Held for Gus Japp and Pennington
Funeral services were held for Gus Japp 60 of 912 S Fifth ending after brief illness at Becker Memorial chapel with burial in Flower Mound cemetery. Elvis Pennington 45 of No 15 S 50th died suddenly of a heart attack and was buried in IOOF cemetery Ponca City with Beck er Funeral Home in charge. Pennington, born June 15 1918 at Avant, formerly of Ponca City where he owned an insurance agency, moved to Lawton and served as director of Service man's National Life Insurance Co. He was a WWII Marine veteran, a 32nd degree Mason, past exalted ruler of Elks Lodge 2002 and a Shriner. Survivors include his wife two children and other relatives.
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Gus Japp
S. Fifth
Becker Memorial Chapel
Clayton S. Walder
First Presbyterian Church
Flower Mound Cemetery
Don Mahaffay
Leroy Byrd
Joe Reed
Carl Dove
Val Frakes
Forrest McCord
Elvis Ross Pennington
S. 50Th
Thigpentor
IOOF
Ponca City
Becker Funeral Home
Mr. Pennington
Avant
Mary Jo Hame
First Methodist Ae
Pomeogens Agency
Pennington
Lawton
Serviceman’s National Life Insurance Co
U. S. Marine Corps
Masonic Lodge 83
Elks Lodge
Kurt
Sherry Jo
Elvis Ross Pennington Jr
University of Oklahoma
Lulu Pennington
Lou Pennington
Ceres
Calif
Claude Jones
Harold Ashley
Oklahoma City
Harold
Stillwater
Kenneth
Marvin McIntyre
Crash Kills 22 Couples in Swiss Hamlet Trip
A French-built aircraft carrying 22 married couples from Ham liken in Switzerland crashed on a farming cooperative organized trip. Fire lit nearby farms as residents watched. A witness described pieces hitting houses and the fuselage burning. It was the third fatal crash of this aircraft type, following Ankara 1960 and Rabat 1961 disasters with 41 and 77 fatalities.
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Hamliken
Emil Luescher
Ankara
Tur
Rabat
Mocccon
Govt
Father of European Unity Robert Schuman Dies at 77
Robert Schuman, a pioneer of European integration, died at his home in Sey-Chazelles near Metz at 77 after years of illness and strokes. Known for the Schuman Plan, he helped fuse France and Germany’s industry and contributed to the Coal and Steel Community and the move toward the Common Market. He was among France’s elder statesmen and earned the nickname Monsieur Europe.
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Metz
France
UPI
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Sey-Chazelles
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Common Market
Europe
Jean Monnet
Community Theater Starts Ticket Drive for 1963-64
Lawton community theatre kicks off its 1963-64 season with a membership ticket drive led by president Fred Stegin. The lineup includes Gigi and The Imaginary Invalid plus All the Way Home, with South Pacific designated as a benefit show. Proceeds fund a permanent theatre building. season runs through Sept. 17 with mail and phone reservations available.
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Wton Community Theatre
Fred Stegin
Gigi
South Pacific
Community Theatre
Fort Sill
Mary Lou Strickland
Peggy Whitley
Lawton and Sill
Lawton Community Theatre, Inc
Box 42
Lawton
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