Key Witness In Slaying Case Faces Burglary Trial
Lawton 21 year old LEO B. JONES JR. returns to Comanche County District Court to face a burglary of auto charge linked to the March 31 theft of a car owned by A. D. and Vicki Graves. Jones previously testified in two murder trials for Alfonso Mack that ended in hung juries.
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Leo B. Jones JR
Lawton
Alfonso Mack
Comanche County
Chad Bledsoe
Jones
A. D
Vicki Graves
Ferris
Graves
Beverly Hitt
Cherry
Oklahoma City
Pigot
Mee Jones
Mack
David B. Edson
Frederick
38Th
Bishop Road
Edson
School Program To Aid Refugees Gets Under Way
Vietnamese language specialist Anh Tran joins Lawton Board of Education for a citywide program aiding refugee children with English. He notes 36 Vietnamese students enrolled, with ten facing serious language problems as he visits Kuntz Brookland Swinney Jefferson Rogers Geronimo Road Park Lane Lincoln Washington and Whittier schools.
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Lawton Board of Education
Anh Tran
Tran
James Roberts
Evelyn Merkx
Kuntz
Brookland
Swinney
Jefferson
Rogers
Geronimo Road
Park Lane
Lincoln
Washington
Whittier
Roberts
Saigon University
Saigon
South Vietnam
Eloise Forces Evacuations Along Florida Gulf Coast
As Eloise neared land emergency crews urged evacuation along the coast and bayous from Panama City to nearby counties. Residents fled in rain gear as communications sagged and traffic clogged highways with many seeking shelters or higher ground. Local deputies and police urged all to move to safety as the storm shifted course toward the coast.
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Page One
Eseager
Panama City
Taffic
Sheriff's Department
Eloise
Gulf of Mexico
City council hires engineers for street and water projects
The council approved replacing the street division front end leader. It selected R. B. Hendrick & Son as engineers for Sixth Street from Lee Boulevard to U S 277 and Finis Hendrick for Ferris Avenue from Sheridan Road to Fort Sill Boulevard. It accepted easement grants for a 12 inch water line for the new sewer treatment plant and right of way at Flower Mound Road and east Gore Boulevard for water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Hendrick & Son
Sixth Street
Lee Boulevard
U.S. 277
Finis Hendrick
Ferris Avenue
Sheridan Road
Fort Sill Boulevard
Flower Mound Road
East Gore Boulevard
Ford Mrs. Moore Noted as Secret Service Supply Recipient
Fragmentary note states Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Moore were supplied by the Secret Service with unclear details following.
Military Historians Meet at Fort Sill Event
The Company of Military Historians hosts a Fort Sill gathering with dignitaries Peter Blum Philip Cavanaugh and Lt Gen Yarborough among attendees. Activities include museum tours speeches by Col Pappas a horse drawn Field Artillery unit performance and a Fort Sill Polo Club banquet. A fellow election may follow based on achievements.
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Page One
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Camp Eagle
Fort Sill Military Reservation
Company of
Military Historians
United States
Peter Blum
Philip M Cavanaugh
West Point Museum
Old Post Cavalry Barracks
McNair Hall
George S. Pappas
U.S. Army Field Artillery Museum
Post
Fort Sill
Field Artillery
General served in Army since 1939 with global war duties
The general, tied to the Command and General Staff College and Armed Forces Staff College, has served in the Army since 1939 with wartime assignments in Africa, Mali, Sicily, France and Vietnam amid December 1973 fiat.
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Command and General Staff College
Armed Forces Staff College
U.S. Command
Fiat
Africa
Maly
Sicily
France
Vietnam
Charges Lodged In Drug Probe In Baltimore Circle Raid
Dennis James Rhode and Karen Lee Porter face district court misdemeanor narcotics charges after a sheriff raid on a Baltimore Circle home. Rhode is charged with possession of barbiturates and marijuana and Porter with marijuana. Both plead innocent and receive jury trials. bonds set at 500 each. The wife of a Lawton arrest is not charged due to lack of evidence. she was questioned and jewelry not stolen.
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Dennis James Rhode
Karen Lee Porter
Baltimore Circle
Rhode
Miss Porter
D.A
Don Beauchamp
Lawton
Rhode’s
Beauchamp
Funeral Notices for Thorn and Key in Lawton Area
Funeral for Eula Mae Thorn 69 retires a longtime Cache teacher will be Thursday at Cache High School Auditorium with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens Lawton. Survivors include husband Doyle and children. memorials to American Cation in Oklahoma City. Also announced is the death of Ben Key 55 Hammond organ dealer and first president of Lawton Philharmonic Society with services pending.
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Cache
Eula Mae Thorn
Lawton
Cache High School
Weldon Rightmer
George Stauffer
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Huddleston
Lawton High School
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Weatherford
New University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
Chickasha
Eureka
Indiahoma
Doyle E. Thorn
First United Methodist Church
Jacquetta Durham
Corpus Christi
Tex
Troy
Gerald
Fletcher
Orb Brammer
Elk Creek
Calif
Cleo Brammer
Wichita Falls
Della Burk
Smith
Gladys Schwartz
Rt. 2
Ben 0. Key
Kinyon
Lawton Philharmonic Society
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Mr. Key
Kemper County
Miss
Meridian
University of Mississippi
Kappa Sigma
Geneva Schneider
Oxford
U.S. Navy
South Pacific
Enid
Germantown
Tenn
Col
A. E. Key
Western
Oklahoma
NW Expressway
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mystery Of Cameron Flags Resolved By Jaycee Leader
Lawton Jaycees settled the Cameron flag mystery at the Lawton Police Department. The black and gold flags fly on Cameron home game days by contract with the Fraternal Order of Police and around 100 locals. Funds support Cameron scholarships.
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Cameron
Jaycee
Lawton Jaycees
Cameron University
Lawton
Police Department
Jaycees
Buster Brown
Order of Police
Brown
Lawton Police Department
Hearing On Tap In Robbery Case In Lawton
A preliminary hearing is set for December 8 in district court for three Lawton men charged with a Friday morning armed robbery of a Jiffy Food Store at 1816 South 11th. Charges include Emmitt Carter 20 who has prior burglary sentence, Melvin Dana 18, and Marvin Hardin 20. Carter at large. Dana and Hardin bond $5,000 each.
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Lawton
S. 11Th
Emmitt Carter
Melvin Earl Dana
Monroe
Marvin L. Hardin
Douglas
Dana
Hardin
Carter
Wayne Moffatt
Charles Connally
Carl Lindgren
Roosevelt
Robert Morales
Bill Hensley
Robert Anderson
Anderson
Crest Postal Petition Seeks Local Office Reopening
A petition with over 800 Crest residents’ signatures argues for reopening a post office in Crest as the town has about 1000 mail boxes. The Crest postmaster offered to run a home office for 2200 dollars annually, but the Postal Service rejected the bid.
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Crest
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State Penitentiary
Latavia Price
SE Sixth
Florida Coast
Central Panhandle
Mobile
Ala
Pensacola
Fla
Council
Lawton Constitution
Sun Lawton
Sun
Constitution Lawton Publishing Co., Inc
Jrd & A Ave
Constitution
APO
Patete
Ford
Robber
Eula M. Thorn
Ben
Ays
Sou
U.S.D.A
Smmart
Rae
USDA
Postal
Sheridan
Harry N. Harper
Chiropractic Diagnostic Clinic
West Gore Blvd
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