Kennedy Democrats face losses as Kennedy cancels stay
Oklahoma political turmoil surrounds John R Kennedy's withdrawal from race for county commissioner. Republican Dick Richardson is set to be re elected as no replacement can be named. Kennedy blames party leaders for Dixiecrat shifts and Edmondson McGovern tensions.
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J.C. Kennedy
U.S. Senate
Ed Edmondson
Kennedy
Oklahoma County Commission
George McGovern
John R. Kennedy
Dick Richardson
Oklahoma
J. C. Kennedy
Democratic
U.S
McGovern-Shriver
McGovern
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Fort Sill to honor 34 retirees in Friday retirement review
About 34 Fort Sill soldiers will be honored in a 10 a.m. Friday retirement review on the Old Post Quadrangle. The event features four Field Artillery trainee battalions, a massed colors formation, the 77th U.S. Army Band, and the Fort Sill Half-Section.
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Fort Sill
Old Post
77Th U.S. Army Band
Fort Sill Field Artillery
Anadarko Death Probe Advances in Stabbing Death
Authorities probe the Monday stabbing death of Ruth Lucille Lee in Anadarko. The divorced mother of four was found in her home around 4 p.m. by her teenage daughter after being stabbed four times in the throat.
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Anadarko
Ruth Lucille Lee
Caddo County
Benefit Bean Supper for Roosevelt Elementary School
A bean supper fundraiser by the Roosevelt Elementary School Booster Club will run 6 to 7 30 p.m. Friday at the Comanche County fairgrounds. Tickets cost 50 cents at the door. proceeds fund school sports equipment. Children under six enter free.
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Comanche County Fairgrounds
Roosevelt Elementary School
Ratcliffe Book Stores Buys Downtown Land Frontage
Ratcliffe Book Stores purchased a 50 foot frontage on C Avenue from the Lawton Urban Renewal Authority for 300 block property at 317 C Ave for 30000 dollars. The firm plans a new store next to the Christian Service men's Center with designs pending. A second Ratcliffe partnership agreed to buy the adjoining 50 foot parcel soon.
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Ratcliffe Book Stores
C Avenue
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Ratcliffe
Lee Ratcliffe
Gale Sadler
Christian Servicemen's Center
C Ave
LURA
Don E. Gaskins
Sadler, Lee
Richard
Randall Ratcliffe
Sadler
Vancouver philanthropist Dr Leon Koerner dies at 80
Dr Leon Koerner, 80, a Czech refugee who prospered from a novel timber drying process and became a prominent Vancouver philanthropist, died Monday. He built a business curing and drying hemlock and marketed the finished timber as Alaska Pine.
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Vancouver
B.C
Leon Koerner
Alaska
Eleanor Glueck Dies at 74 Found Dead in Bath Tub
Eleanor Glueck longtime researcher in Harvard Law School criminology was found dead in her Cambridge home along with retirement in 1964 after 36 years on the staff. Her work with her husband helped pioneer studies of crime and delinquency at Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, Mass
Eleanor Glueck
Harvard Law School
Sill Sergeant Passes Thousand-Hour Mark In Study
Fort Sill sergeant J C M Smalley has logged 4460 hours of nonresident instruction since 1967 and expects to reach 5000 by January. He studies up to 15 courses nightly, earned 411 hours in finance, and 23 hours in armor tactics, with 60 hours or more in many other Army schools and Air Force Extension programs.
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J.C
Michael T. Smalley
Fort Sill
U.S. Army Field Artillery School
Amoret
Smalley
Army
Air Force Extension University
Institute For Military Assistance
Combined Force Rounds Up Drug Suspects in Oklahoma City Area
A three‑city police sweep in Midwest City aided by Del City and Spencer nets 29 arrests on Monday night in a long term drug probe. Nine offenders are juveniles. some will be released to parents, others held at the county juvenile detention center. Chief W E Bailey notes action began about 6 p.m. after months of undercover work.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Midwest City
del City
Spencer
W.E. Bailey
Bailley
Traffic Toll Rises to 626 in Oklahoma
Two Oklahoma youths died from injuries in traffic crashes this week. Faye Baker, 19, of Wright City, died at University Hospital after a Monday Idabel area crash. Junior Burgess, 13, of Sapulpa, died from internal injuries after a Sapulpa intersection collision involving a motorcycle driven by his brother.
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Associated Press
Faye Baker
Wright City
University Hospital
Oklahoma City
Idabel
Junior Burgess
Sapulpa
Tulsa
Larry
Highway Patrol
Jimmy D. Brooks
Canadian Liaison Officer to Visit Washington Post Meeting
A Canadian liaison officer arrives in Washington Wednesday for an overnight visit. Brig. Gen. Harry B. Brodie will meet post representatives to review changes and plans implemented in recent months.
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Washington, D.C
Harry B. Brodie
House Panel Approves Travel Ban Amid Speedy Push
The House Internal Security Committee voted 5 to 0 to advance a travel ban restricting American trips to North Vietnam without presidential permission. The bill carries up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine, applies to POW families, and faces possible floor action before a pre-election recess.
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House Committee
House Rules Committee
House Internal Security Committee
Robert F. Drinan
D-Mass
Richard H. Schord
Dmo
Drinan
Senate
North Vietnam
Jane Fonda
Ramsey Clark
United States
Ichord
Farmers Feel Effects Of Labor Laws On Farms
Washington AP Congress first labor law covering farm workers is being felt as farmers complain of harassment by federal safety inspectors. Rep. James O'Hara notes the act may reduce high farm injury rates while AAsst. Labor Secretary Guenther discusses initial inspections, standards, and nationwide surveys of farm injuries and illnesses.
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Washington
Congress
James O'Hara
O'Hara
Michigan
House
George C. Guenther
Bureau of Labor Statistics
O’hara
Department of Labor
Department of Agriculture
Hanoi claims four U S planes shot down over Vietnam
Radio Hanoi said four U S aircraft were shot down over North Vietnam over the weekend. It listed three on Saturday including an A7 over Nghe An, an F4 over Quang Binh, and a helicopter over Ha Tinh, plus an F4 over Vinh Linh on Sunday for a total of 3937 aircraft claimed down.
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Hong Kong
Radio Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Nghe An
Quang Binh
Ha Tinh
Vinh Linh
Hanoi
Straight bourbon whiskey aging rule states two years minimum
The rule specifies that straight bourbon whiskey must be aged in oak barrels for no less than two years. This requirement emphasizes time as a key quality factor and anchors production standards for the liquor.
Public Records Complainants List At Lawton Police
Lawton Police record a roster of complainants including Wadie D. Miller at 1605 Pennsylvania who reports burglary of residence and multiple businesses and autos. Names include Karen Shields 2334 Bell and Bobby Davis 2314 C with various burglary vandalism theft and arson attempts.
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Lawton
Wadie D. Miller
Pennsylvania
Morton's Distributors
Lawton View Drive Up
Douglas
Wardell Hawkins
Garfield
Brock Office Supply
Seven Up Bottling Co
Lee
Midwest Distributors
Ray Taylor
Ronny J. Denham
Laird
Karen Shields
Bell
Leonard Craft
Parkwood Place
Don Melton
Liberty
Ray Hufnagel
Kingswood
Katherine Germaine
Onedia Bonner
Bobby Davis
Kenneth Thompson
Oy A. Moore
Florida Bright
Carver
Injury accidents investigated on U S 277 near Gore Boulevard
Lawton Police report data show a Monday 11 50 a m injury incident one third mile north of Gore Boulevard on U S 277 involving Marsha L Morse 3323 SW Salinas transported to Reynolds Army Hospital by Greenlawn Ambulance per Traffic Officer Billy Godfrey
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Gore Boulevard
U.S. 277
Marsha L. Morse
Salinas
Reynolds Army Hospital
Greenlawn
Billy Godfrey
Fire alarms responded to by Lawton Fire Department
The Lawton Fire Department answered alarms for a gas fire at 1433 S. First at 3:00 p.m. and an electrical fire at 1411 Cache Road at 8:52 p.m. No injuries reported in this brief notice.
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The
Lawton Fire Department
S. First
Cache Road
Funeral Rites Planned for Everett J. McDuffie
Everett J. McDuffie 68 of 2810 N 23rd dies Sunday night in a local hospital. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bob Noble officiating. Burial Highland Cemetery. Born August 30, 1904. Married Christeen Mavity April 25, 1931. Employed at Fort Sill since 1942. Survived by wife, daughter Sandra Reynolds, and son Ebb C. of 1903 N 40th. He was a 32nd degree Mason and a member of Boulevard Congregational Church and Masonic Lodge No. 183.
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Everett J. McDuffie
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Bob Noble
Boulevard Congregational Church
Highland Cemetery
Christeen Mavity
Walters
McDuffie
Fort Sill
Boulevard Congregational Christian Church
Sandra Reynolds
Ebb C
N. 40Th
Le Pavillon Closes as Iconic New York French Restaurant
Le Pavillon once a pinnacle of French cuisine and training ground for many restaurateurs has closed, joining a select graveyard of haute cuisine restaurants in New York.
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New York
le Pavillon
Americans Flock to Canada in 1971 Migration Wave
About 25,000 Americans moved to Canada during 1971. The shift reflects ongoing cross border migration trends and demographic shifts impacting both nations.
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Canada
Monetary reform plans lift stocks amid peace prospects
Stocks rose on hints of peace talks and planned international monetary reform. Dow up 0.98 to 936.71, NYSE up 17 to 59.41, with Schultz urging sanctions on currency manipulators. Oklahoma cattle and hog markets listed with prices and ranges.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
American Exchange
Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
Paris
Treasury
George P. Schultz
U.S
International Monetary Fund
Washington
Schultz
Retail Sales Off Slightly in Lawton for August
Lawton recorded 11 661 850 in retail sales for August a 20000 drop from August last year state tax collections rose 1 07 statewide Clarence L DeWees notes August 1972 high month skewing results Manche County totals reach 12303850 up 27250 from a year ago State tax excludes motor vehicles gasoline beer tobacco farm machinery and feed and fertilizer while covering business services machines utilities and oil field equipment.
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Lawton
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Commission
Clarence L. DeWees
Tax Commission
Comanche County
Wetherill to Speak at OSU Conference for Principals
Maj. Gen. Roderick Wetherill Fort Sill commander will be a principal speaker at a statewide conference at Oklahoma State University for about 250 high school principals October 10 and 11. Sessions will cover admissions enrollment clinics financial aids counseling tutoring testing and military science benefits.
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Roderick Wetherill
Fort Sill
Oklahoma State University
Denture Adhesive Promises Stable Fit and Comfort
Worried about false teeth dropping? FASTEETH Powder can give dentures a longer firmer steadier hold. For more security and comfort use FASTEETH Denture Adhesive Powder and see your dentist regularly for a proper fit.
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Sill
U.S. Army Training Center, Field Artillery
ATC
Clare D. Paul
Col
Harry R. Jackson
Snow Hall
Rex G. Masters
Usafas
Leonard J. Siebert
John P. Nester
U.S. Army Field Artillery Center
Usafacfs
Rose Supton
Richard P. Box
2Nd Field Artillery
George W. Ford
Leroy D. Rogers
Steff
Elmer J. Singleton
M. Sat
Ernie Spurgeon
1H Field Artillery
Willie Brooks Jr
12Th Field Artillery
Doyle J. Brown
Donald R. Homer
Walter B. Mills
U.S. Reynolds Army Hospitel
RAH
Delbert €. Pote
9Th Field Artillery
Roosevelt Pringle
Clyde W. Shepherd Jr
Calvin Sparkman
John C. Soonavole
Edwin L. Stoney
Edgar L. Andrews
Raybourne Batchelor
Headaver- Stef
George E. Settles
Frederick Vasquez-Stello
4Th Training Battalion
Shes Saas National Bank
Laird’s of
Schord
Rules Committee
Asst
William Olson
Justice Department
Labor Department
Guenther
Reds
Capitol
David Hall’s
First Capital Investment
Associates First Capital Corporation
Associates
Associates Financial Services
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Arizona
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Diana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Minnesota
Nebraska
Ohio
Tennessee
Texas
Wisconsin
Public Records
Lawton Police
State Grain
State Department of Agriculture
Afton
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Manchester
Okeene
Medford
Weatherford
Altus
Clinton
el Reno
Geary
Hobart
Watonga
Enid
Temple
Yukon
Gulf
Mangum
Reno Geary
MILO
Chickasha
Pauls Valley
Lamont
Gen. Wetherill
Osu
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