Three Comanche County 4-H Members Place First in State Judging
Three Comanche County 4-H Council members won state record book judging at Oklahoma State University. Vicki Bain topped the photography program and earned an expense paid trip to the National 4-H Congress in Chicago sponsored by Eastman Kodak. Kerry Chavez won in dog care and training, Ronald Chavez led in Southwest Division Boys Achievement, with each receiving additional prizes and competition entries. Gail Turner placed second in beef and Virginia Reed ranked fifth in health, earning scholarships and recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Vicki Bain
Harned Bain
Kerry Chavez
Jim Chavez
Faxon
Ronald Chavez
Miss Bain
Lawton High
Chicago
Eastman Kodak Company
Kerry
Eisenhower
Ralston Purina Company
Ronald
U.S
C. R. Anthony Company
Washington, D.C
Gail Turner
Lawton
Virginia Reed
Turner
Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association
Miss Reed
Public Records Of The Lawton Police Department Notices
List of complainants at the Lawton Police Department detailing burglaries thefts vandalism and stolen items including a 32 caliber pistol bicycle scooters and money from autos across multiple residences. Individuals named include J L Lawson Lee R Cook Don Aust Jerry W Dixon Mrs Oscar Chandier Deporter Burr Bill Douthis Beverly Gilliam and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
J. L. Lawson
Lee R. Cook
Lincoln
Don Aust
Jerry W. Dixon
Baldwin
Oscar Chandier
Gore
Deporter Burr
Dearborn
Bill Douthis
Grand
Beverly Gilliam
Bell
Fire units respond to multiple incidents around Lawton
Lawton Fire Department reports several calls on Monday including a house fire at 1116 Park at 12 14 a m a car fire and crash at Sheridan Road and Taft at 2 56 a m a trash fire at 591 Dearborn and a car fire in Gibson's parking lot. Later responses include a building fire at Sixth and F and an electrical fire at 713 Park.
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Park
Sheridan Road
Taft
Dearborn
Gibson's
Injury Accidents Investigated on Fort Sill Blvd
At 1 53 a m a two vehicle collision occurred at 2546 Fort Sill Blvd Lawton. Sybil Bennett of 1505 S Seventh was transported to Reynolds Army Hospital by Royal Ambulance after duty patrolman Nick Alderson investigated the scene.
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Lawton
Fort Sill Blvd
Sybil Bennett
S. Seventh
Reynolds Army Hospital
Royal Ambulance
Nick Alderson
Lawton Boot & Western
Third Street
Lee
Highway 7
Terrorist raid at Munich Olympics leaves Israelis killed
In Munich Arab gunmen stormed the Israeli compound during the Olympic Games. Two Israelis were killed and about 12 were taken hostage as police and army surrounded the village. Negotiations continued with West Germany offering money and hostages to be released while Black September claimed responsibility for the operation.
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Will Grimsley
Olympic Village
U.S
Willy Brandt
Munich
Bonn
Brandt
Israel
Bavarian
Interior Ministry
Moshe Weinberg
Uruguay
Hong Kong
West Germany
Manfred Schreiber
Middle East
Black September
Ikrit
Berem
Wasfi Teil
Jordan
Tel Aviv
Kozo Okamoto
Golda Meir
Weinberg
Mark Spitz
Schreiber
Avery Brundage
International Olympic Committee
Air Force led attack campaign cuts flow of war supplies
In a five month operation, U S air power damaged North Vietnamese supply lines around Hanoi and Pleiku. Radar sites 17 miles southeast and 10 miles northwest of Hanoi were knocked out. North Vietnamese 320th division moved toward Pleiku, increasing pressure within 25 miles of the city. B52 strikes targeted troop concentrations near Pleiku. In other battles, government forces retook two outposts near Que Son and Ben Cat while fighting continued along Highway 13 to An Loc and Ben Cat with casualties.
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Air Force
China
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Central Highlands
Bau Can
Pleiku City
de Viet
Saigon
Pleiku Province
Kontum
Pleiku
320Th Division
South Vietnam
Associated Press
Richard Blystone
Baldy
Ross
Que Son
da Nang
Tien Phuoc
An Loc
Ben Cat
Campaign critiques unfold as McGovern touts jobs and reform
McGovern urged federal aid to create 25,000 Boeing jobs in Seattle and favored cleaner jet engines. He pressed for a $150 monthly Social Security minimum and national health insurance while criticizing Meany as an apologist. Shriver implied Mitchel and Stans were involved in alleged Watergate bugging and accused Nixon of being the No 1 warmaker in Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Gate National Recreation
California
Seattle
McGovern
Boeing Co
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Portland
Nixon
Los Angeles
Shriver
Syracuse
N.Y
Boston
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Secretary of Commerce
Maurice Stans
Democratic
Washington
Senate considers $50,000 for double dis memberment reforms
Senate debates a bill offering $50,000 payments for double dismemberment with no federal income tax. The proposal cost is $6 million to $8 million annually, retroactive to 1967, with $40 million appropriated for the first year. A separate bill aims to curb cargo theft profits via treble damages and antitrust-like remedies. Losses from cargo theft exceed $1.5 billion yearly. Another measure would expand methadone maintenance under the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act of 1966, awaiting Senate passage after House approval.
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Senate
Justice Department
Lawton Newspapers Subscription Rates and Details
The Lawton Publishing Co lists subscription options for the Morning Press and Sunday Constitution with varying frequencies and prices. Rates cover Lawton Fort Sill, outside Lawton, and all other states with monthly and annual figures, plus single-copy costs and mail options.
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Lawton Constitution
Sun
Lawton Morning Press
Lawton Constitution and
Morning Press
Lawton Publishing Co., Inc
3Rd & A Ave
Lawton
Okla
Lawton-Fort Sill
Constitution
Oklahoma
Press & Sun
APO
Council Divided Over Day Care Center and Union Signups
City council split 4-2 to uphold Herman Norman’s day care center permit at 1705 Baldwin after a two week delay. AFSCME claimed a union majority among city workers, while delay motions and tie votes prompted further investigation. Other actions included streamflow data study, zoning changes for Gore Boulevard, and paving and water system adjustments. Mayor Whitaker noted six city manager applications and set a plan to review them with a goal of Sept. 15 appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFSCM
Herman Norman
Baldwin
Lawton Metropolitan Area
Lawton
Department of Interior
Gore Boulevard
Lawton Country Club
12Th Street
LMAPC
Crosby Park
Lake Lawtonka
Comanche County
Hall Privett Made Deal, Simms Says
Barry Simms former Democratic candidate for the Corporation Commission claims in a KWTV interview that Governor Hall and House Speaker Rex Privett struck a 1971 deal. Simms says Hall pledged support to Privett in exchange for Privett backing the governor’s tax package to neutralize oil-industry opposition during Hall’s re election bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Barry Simms
Corporation Commission
David Hall
Hall
Rex Privett
Privett
Simms
Kissinger Plans Moscow Trip Amid Munich Rest Stop
Ziegler outlines Kissinger's schedule with Moscow talks eyed after a Munich layover. In April 2024 Kissinger visited Moscow for summit prep and aimed to meet Brezhnev Kosygin Podgorny and Gromyko. In Munich he would rest before meetings with Brandt Scheel Bahr Barzel and Strauss.
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Ziegler
Kissinger
Moscow
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Nikolai Podgorny
Andrei Gromyko
Munich
Willy Brandt
Walter Scheel
Egon Bahr
Rainer Barzel
Franz Joseph Strauss
World Deaths Warren K Billings and others
Warren K. Billings, 79, labor organizer linked to the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing, died in Redwood City. He served a life sentence for the attack that killed 10 and injured 40, but maintained his innocence as later witnesses recanted. John B. Edgar Jr., 38, Wesle yan University swimming coach since 1967, died of a heart attack in Middletown. Raymond J. McCarthy, 84, veteran newspaperman and former Buffalo Courier-Express assistant telegraph editor, died in Buffalo.
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Warren K. Billings
Redwood’ City
Calif
Tom Mooney
San Francisco
John B. Edgar Jr
Middletown
Conn
John B. Edgar, Jr
Wesleyan University
Raymond J. McCarthy
Buffalo
N.Y
Cleveland
Denver
Buffalo Courier-Express
Senators condemn Munich attack during Olympic pageant remarks
In a Senate session leaders condemn the Munich terrorist assault on the Israeli Olympic team. They urge United Nations action and insist the games symbolize world unity and peace despite the violence. The remarks extend condolences to the victims’ families and call for universal condemnation of the barbaric act.
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Scott
Senate
Munich
United Nations
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
McGovern
Terrill Byeing Eyes 1974 Races for Senate and Congress
State Senate Majority Leader Al Terrill, Lawton Democrat, said he may run in 1974 for the U.S. Senate or Congress if retirements occur. He finished third in the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination race and ruled out a gubernatorial bid, noting three major races loom in 1974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Senate
al Terrill
U.S. Senate
Lawton
Congress
U.S
Tom Steed
D-Shawnee
Funeral rites for Carl Brown at Lawton chapel
Carl Brown 79 of 805 Arlington died at 5 35 am Monday after a brief illness. Funeral services set for 11 am Wednesday at Lawton Ritter Dalton Funeral Home Chapel Rev Weldon Rightmer to officiate. Burial in Olustee. Survivors include two brothers Tom and Kab.
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Carl Brown
Arlington
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Weldon Rightmer
Liberty Heights Chapel
Olustee
Mr. Brown
Asheville
N. C
Morgantown University
Morgantown
W. Va
Lawton
Brown
Fourth and D
Tom
Kab
McMahon-Tomlinson
Funeral services for Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) Donald H. Walker
Funeral services for Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) Donald H. Walker 53 of 1714 N 44th are set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Old Post Chapel with Maj. K J Cochran Catholic chaplain officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Post Cemetery under Becker Funeral direction. Walker died at 11:50 a.m. Sunday in a Fort Worth hospital after a heart attack.
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Donald H. Walker
N. 44Th
Old Post Chapel
Maj
K. J. Cochran
Post Cemetery
Becker Funeral Home
Mr. Walker
Fort Worth
Tex
1112 Attend Jehovah Meet
A three day circuit assembly of Jehovahs Witnesses drew 1112 attendees to Mc Mahon Auditorium. Residents from central and southwestern Oklahoma attended the final session on Sunday. Leland Erskine of Brooklyn New York delivered the main address Is This Life All There Is.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses
McMahon Auditorium
Oklahoma
Leland Erskine
Brooklyn
N. Y
Soldier in Fair Condition After Self Inflicted Wound
A 38 year old soldier, likely stationed in Germany, was hospitalized in Reynolds Army Hospital in fair condition after apparently attempting suicide at a Lawton residence. Police report he shot himself in the abdomen with a .38 caliber revolver around 3 55 a.m. today. The weapon and ammo were found with him.
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Germany
Reynolds Army Hospital
Lawton
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Wanda
Comanche-Cotton Baptist Association
AREA
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Whitaker
Charles Beller
Max Seibold
Roy B. Hooper Jr
Ferguson
Harrell Moore
Woody Wolverton
Cleo Craig
Robinson’s Landing
Lawton Boot & Western Wear No
BankAmericard Welcome
Cuicucan
National Bank
AAA Glass CO
PFC
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