Oklahoma Officials Doubt Rex Brinlee Still in State
Oklahoma Crime Bureau Director and the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation question sightings of escaped killer Rex Brinlee Jr in western Oklahoma. Four witnesses report seeing him in Lawton Frederick and Moore last weekend. Investigators note Brinlee may be in Louisiana based on day by day movement records.
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Oklahoma Crime Bureau
Rex Brinlee Jr
Oklahoma
Lawton
Frederick
Moore
Donald Meek
Briniee
Meek’s Heating and Air Conditioning Co
Frank Hagedorn
Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation
Area Produces Large RN Licenses Class From 20 Towns
Twenty persons from Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma joined a record RN licensing class as 368 candidates earned registered nurse licenses. The list names area nurses from Lawton Chickasha Duncan Altus Fort Sill and more, with 24 state schools and seven foreign programs represented.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Shirley Ann Kilbarger Parsons
William Harold Poskey
Judy Marie Marrs Sanfellipo
Sharon Alveg Spaulding
Kathryn Yolanda Bearden Webb
Melva Lenora Hawkins Thompson
Arline Brinlee Williams
RYAN—Debra_ Lynett Jackson
Mary Frances Peeler
Judith Anne Mealy
Chickasha
William Marshall Ohi
Clint Dewayne Riddle
Carol Sue Cook Sellers
Duncan
Mary Maxine Hamm Stout
Patricia Ann Parrack Garnet
Altus
Beverly Jane Lucas Tucker
Fort Sill
Patricia Sandidge Norvell
Public Records Reported Burglary and Theft Totals in Lawton
Lawton Police received a series of public records complaints listing multiple end businesses and residents as alleged victims. Items include burglaries to residences offices and thefts of bicycles tools motorcycles vending machine cash and various personal property across addresses on Cache Road Second Street 52nd Street and surrounding areas.
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Lawton
Margie Hargrove
Bill Geer
Actid
Ronada
David F. Miller
Meiling
E. E. Cochrane
Vernon
Cache Road
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Ferris
King Enterprises
Ith
Bond Tour
Barbara Coxwell
Janet Webb
Fred Lanmon
Bedford Drive
Douglass School
Solinos Drive
Best Motel
Howerd Smith Ford
Third
Gore
Patricia Hutchison
Motif Manor
David Milford
Gore Blvd
Shirley Pue
Columbia
Doriene Crow
N. Séth
Leroy Harrison
Jefferson
David Lassetter
S. Ninth
Injury Accidents Reported by Low ton Police
Times and locations of injuries from accidents investigated by the Low ton Police Department are listed for Monday. Roy H Adams III of 6113 Euclid was taken to a doctor’s office by private vehicle, according to Officer Eddy Horgroves.
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Lowton
Euclid
Roy H Adams iii
Eddy Horgroves
Wellington Daily News Suspends Saturday Edition
The Wellington Daily News has halted its Saturday edition due to a newsprint shortage. Publisher Jack Mitchell says the staff has been trimming one page daily to conserve paper and that the Saturday run was already discounted last week.
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Wellington
Kan
Wellington Daily News
Jack Mitchell
Stocks Drift Down In Moderate Action
Stocks moved lower in moderate trading to start the day as investors took profits and weighed inflation and higher interest rates. The Dow and NYSE indices slipped while certain commodities and agricultural prices were reported in state price listings.
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New York
Two Questioned and Released in City Arson Cases
Police questioned and released two Black men, 26 and 19, arrested inside a vacant house at 1302 Georgia as arson suspects. Fire Marshal Ray Catlin linked the site to two fires recently, amid more than 20 fires in south Lawton this summer.
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Georgia
Ray Catlin
South Lawton
Catlin
Oklahoma man among two struck by train in Des Moines
DES MOINES Iowa AP One man about 40 Maynard Tomey of Pawhuska Oklahoma was killed and another 47 Leroy Jessep with no listed home address was severely injured when struck by a train in Des Moines early Tuesday The injured man was to be transferred to University Hospitals in Iowa City later Tuesday.
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Oklahoma City
Des Moines
Iowa
Maynard Tomey
Pawhuska
Okla
Leroy Jessep
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Retiree Council To Meet At Fort Sill Oklahoma
The new Retiree Council for Oklahoma will hold a two day meeting at Fort Sill NCO Club. Maj. Gen. David Bott will address the group at 8 30 a m Thursday. Fort Sill officials will present reports from staff agencies and departments.
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Retiree Council For
Oklahoma Area
Fort Sill
Noncommissioned Officers Club
David Bott
Department of the Army
Oklahoma
Army
Army Community Services Retirement Services Section
Bill Taylor
Army Community Services
DA declares King assassination case closed
Memphis District Attorney Phil Canale says James Earl Ray acted alone in the 1968 slaying of Martin Luther King Jr. and no new information has emerged. Ray's attorney Robert Livingston notes a habeas corpus hearing scheduled Oct. 9 in Cincinnati, with ongoing efforts for a new trial on the merits.
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Memphis, Tenn
Phil M. Canale
Martin Luther King Jr
James Earl -Ray
Ray
Canale
Robert Livingston
Memphis
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Livingston
King
Missouri
Mississippi
Raoul
South America
Prison Escapee Returned To State
BRANSON Mo AP Billy Joe Harp 29 one of three escapees from the Oklahoma Penitentiary Aug 29 was turned over to Oklahoma authorities by Taney County sheriff s officers Harp was arrested last Saturday in a traffic accident in Branson He had walked away from a trusty building at the Oklahoma prison where he was serving 20 years for armed robbery from Tulsa County
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Branson
Billy Joe Harp
Oklahoma Penitentiary
Oklahoma
Taney County
Harp
Missouri
Oklahoma Prison
Tulsa County
Indicted Baltimore County Executive Dale Anderson to be arraigned
U S District Court Judge Joseph H Young has tentatively scheduled for Friday the arraignment of Dale Anderson Baltimore County Executive indicted on criminal charges in Baltimore Maryland early reports indicate the arraignment will occur in federal court with proceedings overseen by Judge Young.
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Baltimore, Md
U.S. District Court
Joseph H. Young
Baltimore County
Dale Anderson
10 Years Given In Forgery Case
A 19 year old Lawton man, Calvin Chris Stamper, pleaded guilty to uttering a forged instrument and received a 10 year sentence under the Department of Corrections. He admitted writing a $72.50 forged check to a grocery store on August 3, 1973. Stamper had pleaded guilty on November 8, 1972 to second degree forgery and related charges. three year sentences on each count run concurrently.
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Lawton
Calvin Chris Stamper
S. 27Th
Department of Corrections
Stamper
S. Sheridan Road
Oklahoma to issue 1974 plates with stickers for most owners
The Oklahoma Tax Commission announces that only new vehicles and out of state arrivals will receive full sized 1974 plates. Most owners will get sticker tabs for old plates, with personalized plates available for an extra ten dollars if ordered by September 30.
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Oklahoma
M. C. Connors
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Connors
Station Worker Knocked Out In Robbery Try
A Curt's Oil Co station attendant Jake McHarry was knocked unconscious by three Black males who demanded cash at 6413 Cache Road around 2 15 a m The trio fled in a dark blue Volkswagen with no money taken. Earlier three Black men robbed another Curt's station at 11th and Garfield wounding a attendant and fleeing in a dark blue car with about 30.
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Lawton
Jake McHarry
Lee Blvd
Curt’s Oil Co
Cache Road
McHarry
Curt’s
11Th and
Garfield
Graveside rites for Dalton J Patterson in Cache Cemetery
Funeral services are planned for Dalton J Patterson 53 of Verdi Nevada who died Sunday at Martinez Veterans Hospital California. He was born April 1 1920 in Chandler and survived by wife two daughters and a son stationed in Germany. Also noted is the death of Carl Rightmer 58 brother of Rev Weldon Rightmer with funeral at Ash Creek Baptist Church Azle Texas.
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Cache
Dalton J
Dutch) Patterson
Verdi, Nev
Martinez, Calif
Mr. Patterson
Chandler
Pattersons
Nevada
Dave Miller
Chico
Calif
Gary Simmons
Stephenville
Tex
Michael James
Germany
Ben Patterson
San Diego
Carl Rightmer
Weldon Rightmer
Rightmer
Ash Creek Baptist Church
Azle
General Dynamics At
Fort Worth
Lawton
Death of Cue Dunegan in Shawnee Hospital
Cue Belle Dunegan 77, former Snyder resident and mother of four sons and five daughters, died Monday in Shawnee. Funeral Thursday at Gaskill Chapel, burial Snyder Cemetery. Born Feb 4 1896 in Lovelady Texas, she moved to Shawnee in 1956 with husband William N. Dunegan who died in 1958. Survivors include sons Roland, Clyde, Clarence, Dwaine. daughters Jessie Bates Thelma Anders Edna Woodward Wilma Strange Patsy Golden. two brothers, two sisters, 19 grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Shawnee
Cue
Belle Dunegan
Snyder
Lawton
Gaskill
Snyder Cemetery
Dunegan
Lovelady
Tex
William N
Meeker
Roland F
Clyde C
Clarence N
Muskogee
Dwaine G
Jessie E. Bates
Thelma M. Anders
Tucson
Ariz
Edna L. Woodward
Amarillo
Wilma F. Strange
Oxnard
Calif
Patsy R. Golden
Wichita
Kan
Stanley
Leonard Freeman
Audrey Paul
Ruby Lowe
Crockett, Tex
Obituaries from Fletcher area list multiple services and deaths
Fletcher staff reports services for Emza Louise Dilling 94, a former bank executive, with burial at Solomon Kansas and local arrangements by Robbins. Frances Madera Maddux 1113 Taft has funeral at Lawton Ritter Dalton with minister Dr Charles Andrus officiating and burial Highland Cemetery. Kenneth E Etter 51 Fort Sill retiree dies after a jack slips. services pending Robbins. Survivors include wife two sons daughter mother siblings and extended relatives.
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Fletcher
Emza Louise Dilling
Fletcher United Methodist Church
Danner Funeral Home
Abilene
Kan
Solomon, Kan
Robbins Funeral Home
Frances Madera Maddux
Taft
Lawton- Ritter - Dalton
Charles Andrus
Chattanooga Presbyterian Church
Highland Cemetery
Maddux
Kenneth E. Etter
Fort Sill
Etter
Mr. Etter
Rush Springs
Europe
Theresa Nuzzo
Lawton
Kenneth William
Michael Lewis
Felicia Reaves
Yuma
Ariz
Ella Morrison
Star Route
C. W
Enid
Floyd
Fullerton
Calif
Jesse
Weatherford
Juanita Bartlett
Mountain Park
Johnnie Lytle
Mildred Bartlett
Elgin
Pauline Galeman
Germany
Lucille Galloway
County Line
Margie Huddleston
Walters
Geraldine Tilley
Maricropa
Shirley McGloffin
Madeline Potts
Arkan- Sas
Oklahoma orders ban on Prudential ad campaign slogan
State Insurance Commissioner Joe B. Hunt ordered Prudential Life Insurance to stop using the theme Own A Piece Of The Rock in Oklahoma ads. A company spokesman said the slogan is no longer used and that the Rock of Gibraltar remains a longstanding trademark. Hunt emphasized the ad should not imply rock selling while noting offshore references and asset listings.
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Oklahoma City
Joe B. Hunt
Prudential Life Insurance Co
Oklahoma
Ralph Fain
Prudential
Houston
Tex
Fain
Rock of Gibraltar
Hunt
Alcatrez
Rock
Steel price hike approved by Cost of Living Council
The Cost of Living Council authorized a two stage rise in flat rolled steel prices. Major producers may lift prices by 4.5 dollars per ton on October 1 and again on January 1, totaling about a 4.8 percent increase from 150 to 200 dollars per ton. Council director John T. Dunlop said consumer prices will rise in due course after intermediate production stages.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Council
John T. Dunlop
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New York Stock Exchange
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State Department of Agriculture
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Clinton
Medford
Manchester
el Reno
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Yukon
Geary
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Gulf
Temple
Mangum
Hobart
Milo
Pauls Valley
American Stock Exchange
Phillips Petroleum
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Amex
Syntex
McCulloch Oil
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Capitol
David Hall
Gore -Sales
Frances Maddux
Kenneth Etter
Family Center
Sheridan
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