The Lawton Constitution & Morning Press (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 29, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 17, 1966 Page: 6 of 42
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Urban Renewal Plans
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against the other project, the
Pleasant Valley project which
General Neighborhood Renewal
Gertrude Farmer
(Staff Photo)
Plan,
Mayor Gilley explained.
an
the pleased
Urban renewal projects in
The show. held under part-
“cool” 80-
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with the firing
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July 17th
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hearing was properly advertis-
ed, and no protests were filed.
The council acted in complete
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test.
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Two Assault
Cases Listed
By VIRGIL GAITHER
HIGHLY enthusiastic au-
dience of about 5,000 was
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of several hundred civilians.
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summer item, and that’s all
we have, exactly 1/3.
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the problems of segregation,” (1887. and had lived in Tillman
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Mayor Gilley said the city’s
other urban renewal project is
county is assessed for tax pur-
poses at a rate far below the
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of small arms and proceeded
without a hitch through the
parade and firing of the tow-
ed and self-propelled 105mm,
155mm and eight-inch howit-
regular customers know what
line we mean. If you don’t
know, you’ll find each
garment labeled and tagged.
Clifton Wearmouth. £
would appear the protest is too
late.
“A public hearing was held
on this project before it w a s
approved by the City Council,”
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it was interred with a simple
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for public drunkenness.
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neers never missed a target,
and following each fire mis-
sion received a big round of
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We’re not allowed to use the
name of this top nationally
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zers and the 175mm self-pro-
pelled gun.
The crowd got an idea of
what the artillery can do in
war as most of the weapons
in the show are being used in
Viet Nam.
The highly - skilled canno-
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Monday On Slacks, Shorts, Shells, Tops and
Cathy Mikeal
CHATTANOOGA (Special) -
Funeral services are pending
in Azle. Tex. for Cathy Mikeal.
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SUMMER CLEARANCE SALE
ROTC cadets with school names chalked on helmets formed the biggest block of viewers at the Sill firepower show.
Martin, died in July of 1946. |
_ ------- Survivors include one daugh-
rescind it. Civil rights leaders ter, Mrs. C..___ —________•
took the position the ordinance Frederick; three grandchildren
and five great-grandchildren.
jected.
HE EXPRESSED a further
belief that the majority of Ne-
gro citizens of Lawton. especial-
Cannoneers Please Big Crowd With Skillful Shooting
Britain. Canada and Australia
attending an Artillery quadri-
partite conference at Fort
Sill
of Artillery
5th Battal-
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The only flaw in the pre-
cision show came at the very
were aviators from the Army
Aviation School. Fort Rucker,
who fired the M-22 wire-guid-
ed missile from an airborn
A. This beautiful tody’s Elgin 17.
jewel with contour fashion band.
Delightfully feminine.
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Elgin, luminous dial, expansion
band.
Compare quality, compare price!
Than come to Zale’s. See our
complete selection of Elgin
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pickup was broken.
Arrests Saturday afternoon in-
cluded three Fort Sill men in
connection with the theft of an
air cleaner from an auto at the
Howard Smith Motor Co., Third
and B; a 15-year-old boy was
arrested after being found on)
the roof on a Lawton home
and three persons were jailed
Mayor Gilley said it
a" —.ng
make it a neaaquaners. is aco.cu ... ---- .
Hotel officials were optimis- cent of the fair market value,
tic over the beneficial effects
that Urban Renewal will
Lawton firemen received a See Related Photos. Page 14A
single call at 4:14 p.m. Satur- „
public utilities, day to extinguish a blazing au-| A Little John Rocket, car-
includes to tire set on fire by a defect ried to the demonstration area
housing, they said, by a Chinook helicopter, was
and 2. .. am run through a simulated
sons,” Mayor Gilley stated.
“The projects are planned for
the general benefit of the entire not have any part of it.”
community, without regard to „Do we do'business in a bus-
race, religion or social stand- inesslike way or have the trou-
ing. The projects are planned J ’
for the areas where they are
See Zale’s for your
best Elgin buys !!!
lv those who live in the urban 20. who died Friday night in a
renewal project areas, will not hospital there.
. . . . be in favor of the NAACP She was the granddaughter
and ill-advised, the mayor stat- move. Of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hard-
'“■To begin with, it tends to (SDoskerzoand Mr. Slara.tp dasgnterandGebege ESKefra li
upset the precarious balance on youth director came here to of Chattanooga
which negotiations are hanging confer with local civil rights
to settle the question of a CIV i leaders after a scheduled dem-
rights ordinance. Mayor Gil- — -
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tops, and everything you’U
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I save 1/3 off the regular price,
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Open Evenings til 9 p-m.
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report that assessments on ru-
„ .. , , ral property had decreased
tai tax collection without an throughout the state during the
j increase in the tax rate, past three vears.
, While the assessor’s report The average for the state
the showed an increase in valua- was listed as 18.49 per cent of
tion of property in Comanche the fair cash value, a decrease
J------- . - . of almost three per cent below
the Oklahoma Tax Commission in- the rate of 21.36 per cent for
tin. ji__a__i .....1 m--Amorte, in thisi •
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Mrs. Farmer was born Nov. A
Cottonwood Falls,
------ — on
UH1B Huey helicopter, and
personnel from Fort Sills
provisional 1st Aerial Artil-
lery Battery, who fired 4 5-
inch rockets from H-34 Choc-
SPORTSWEAR LINE
Other survivors include her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
. , . . onstration at Doe Doe Park Mikeal of Azle, Tex., and two
lev continued. It would be im- had been cancelled sisters, Mrs. Charles Winter-
proper for me to speak for the Chanter officials agreed to owd. Fort Worth, and Nan-
ty Council, butrcamicertain suspende’demonstrtidnsEwhich cy Mikeal ol the home.
106 Jen by the coun- ksSrm Mrs. Ollie Morton !
Mayor Gilley said the action dity nouncinagrind to recnsd. FREDERICK (Special)—Mrs.
is ill-timed because one of the er’the proposed public accom- Ollie Mae Morton. 79 long-
urban renewal projects, for the modations ordinance, which the time Frederick resident, died
central business district, has council earlier had rejected Saturday at 6 a.m. at a local
not as yet been presented to known what ef- rest home following a prolong-
the council and therefore a pub- It Was not “JJ __ 5. ed illness.
lie hearing date has not even fectnth urban rNAA projects Services will be at 4 p.m. to-
been set would havi? on tn coun?!?s at day at Bible Baptist Church,
“By the action disclosed Sat- "tde with Rev. Vernon Floyd, pas-
urday afternoon.” the mayor nIEeryurged local leaders tor, officiating. He will be as-
noted, “it would appear t h e to Dpush’oroth a public ac sisted by ReV. James Roberts,
NAACP is filing its protest commodations ordinance and a Lawton. •
against the central business dis* non-discriminatory ordinance. Burial will be in Frederick
trict project both ahead of the •We will seek'further reme- Cemetery directed by Gish
proper protest time and with dies if the council doesn’t pass Funeral Home.
the wrong governmental agen- these ordinances and resolve
dered against Comanche Coun-
ty valuations almost every
year since 1960.
The report showed rural,
property in Comanche County
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body was found in an alley in
Evanston, three miles from the
chapel. The body was nude. A
few days later Theresa’s yellow
dress was found in an alley on
CONCERNING any
federal government would not
consider such a protest.
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DOCKERY also condemned church.
the city council for passing a Her husband,
protest trespassing ordinance and said
. "' a demand should be made to
some 1.800 ROTC cadets at-
tending summer camp here.
OCS candidates and Artillery
and Missile School students.
Also in the audience were
some 80 representatives from
48 colleges and universities
within the Fourth and Fifth
Army areas who arrived here
Thursday for a visit to the
ROTC summer camp.
Following the demonstra-
tion, the representatives,
many accompanied by their
wives, met with ROTC cadets
from their schools.
Dignitaries in the audience
included Maj. Gen. Harry H.
Critz, Fort Sill commander;
Maj Gen William A. Harris,
deputy Fourth Army comman-
der. and officers from Great
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Saturday as Fort Sill canno-
neers staged a near-flawless
Artillery firepower demon-
stration.
under a federally
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sire to lend full support to the sessedatlarate of 23.66 per
___________ program to make Lawton one . . market value
who might come here to incite of the most attractive and de- cent of f ----------—----
riots. -sirable cities in the South-
Oklahoma City demonstrators west.
have participated in recent ■■ ----
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a national holiday in 1868.
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was aimed at their demonstra-
approved tions. City officials denied this,
" ’ saying it serves to protect the
private property rights of all
individuals. GRANDFIELD (Special) —
A discussion of methods of Funeral services are scheduled , c • t mrr. • I
achieving goals indicated some for 10 a m Tuesday in the FirstQOT( Cadets Meet W ith SchOOl UlTICIOlS
dissension within the organiza- Baptist Church of Devol for N-- ------ --kk- -------------------------
tion. T Mrs. Gertrude Wheeler Farmer,
The Rev. James Miller. Negro who died Saturday in a Lawton
Baptist minister, said some . .
people had the idea the, NAACP P
was “moving too slow.”
Mrs Luper responded th a. ,
“we are fighting a war on field Cemetery under the di rec-
segregation” and “sometimes tion of Gray Funeral Home,
we have to retreat before we ]
for the Cameron College area, can go forward.” 2anl8nainmarried Melvin E.
not involved in the p: DOCKERY said the NAACP Farmer in Zenda, Kan., in 1913.
has control of its members and They moved to the Rocky Ford
--------- — - - “they respect and obey their community north of Devol in
Lawton are not, and will not, be leaders •• 1920. Mrs. Farmer had been a
designed to help any particu- "If you want the Black Mus- member of the Devol Baptist
indinide e" Tnn Pf nelims or the ‘Black Power’ boys Church for the past 47 years, Iy cloudy skies and
in Lawton, you can have Her husband died in 1945 degree temperatures,
them,” Dockery said. “We will Survivors include one son. at 10:15 a m. i -
— , , Robert E. Farmer of Devol;
“Do we do business in a bus- two daughters, Mrs Marguerite
i j Glendenning. Wichita Falls
— _ anftrnubiehoysedreTex. and Nis. Douglas
needed, and the Urban Renew trying to bring crucial situa-
al Authority has to this dateltions in every community,”
done an outstanding job for the Dockery declared,
entire city,” Dockery said the NAACP has
Mayor Gilley said the urban been working for 57 years by
renewal projects have received peaceful means and does not
unqualified approval of the fed- intend to alter its policies,
eral government, and predicted,
the NAACP action will be re- Mrs. Luper would attend a
p.m. NAACP meeting at New homa City
Zion Baptist Church today. ' ‘
Among others attending the Devol,
meeting at Dr. Owens’ resi-
dence were Postmaster Kinley
The show, presented by th®
Artillery and Missile School s
Gunnery Department , was
narrated by Capt. Robert S.
Austin Maj. Donald J. Zur-
briggen, who has served in
the same capacity for several
such demonstrations, was of-
ficer in charge.
In overall charge was Col.
Frank Hawthorne. acting 1
Gunnery Department director.
It was his first demonstra-
tion since assuming the post
in late June.
Other units taking part in J
the show included Company
A, 4th Battalion, 30th Infan;
try: 4th Battalgon. ATC; 3rd
of the 30th; 2nd of the 31st;
7th of the 8th; 2nd of the 2nd;
6th of the 16th; 2nd of the I
36th; 4th of the 28th and 3rd
of the 32nd.
McClure. Rev. W. G. Hayden
of Blessed Sacrament Catholic i
Church; Arch March. Urban
Renewal director; Assistant Po- have been redone over
lice Chief Al Hennessee; John; past two years
Henry Nelson, administrative Members of the Board ex-
‘assistant to Sen. Fred Harris; pressed the opinion that f ,U.._________ ____ _
Lawton police Saturday re- Rev. N. H. Jones. Robert Hotel Lawtonian would contin- dicated rural property in this
ported two assault cases which Wheeler, Everett Hill and oth- Ue to be the downtown center
occurred at separate locations ers. for years to come and that it
downtown. is imperative that it be main- fair cash market value.
Joseph L. Hill, 2201 Smith, DR. OWENS said Saturday tained in first class condition It was indicated by the ra-
said he was attacked while in, his reference to “outsiders” not; to serve the needs of towns- tio report, which is to be stud-
the 500 block of D, and Al To- being welcome to demonstrate people. Fort Sill and the ied by the State Equalization
nips 2710 N. 26th, reported an here did not apply to other numerous conventions that BOard this week, that rural
assault while he was in the 500 state NAACP groups, make it a headquarters. is assessed at only 12.30 per
block of S. Third. ! Dr. Owens said his statement,
in other reports, Carl Sted- made in a meeting with cityi
man, 2109 Arlington, said van- officials Thursday night which property m cullalcie---
dais put sugar in the gasoline brought a suspension of ra- bring and expressed the de- Prgert this county was as-
tank of his motorcycle and cial demonstrations, was aimed cire to lend full sinort tn the P °P5 • -ena —
threw eggs on it; Jack Sayre, * " ’ -3 h1 hene"
of the Fourth and U. S. 277 Ga-
rage. reported a go-cart stolen,
and Ray Hughes. 302 D, told of-
ficers the windshield on his
good faith in approving the
project.”
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the three-year average.
Members of the State Equali-
zation Board are empowered to
order the county assessors to
raise valuations to the state
average.
Such increases have been or-
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SKOKIE, m. (AP) — An 18-
year-old youth was arrested;
Saturday after reportedly
bragging about the bizarre theft
of a young girl’s body from a
funeral home two years ago.
Police Chief Kenneth B.
Chamberlain said Carlos Savil-
la. of Evanston, was arrested at
a dance in nearby Deerfield aft-
er two teen-age girls told detec-
tives he had boasted to them
about the crime. .
Theresa Koertgen, 14, of Sko-
kie died July 22, 1964 of a cere-
bral hemorrhage. Two days lat-
er her body, clad in a yellow
dress she had worn to her el-
ementary school graduation,
was lifted from its casket in the
Haben Funeral Home.
Funeral services were held
the following day in St Peter’s
Roman Catholic church with the
body missing. A catafalque
stood in place of a casket.
The next morning the girl’s
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and Dewey Wheeler of Carson, Lawton’s valuation
KnnppenberisknMrciltya Mo! $42,540,276 n reerpropertyoex ntharrseruled about MS dam rin throuah
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It was announced also that contributions be made to the personal property, .and $5.08, occurred at 811 Lee Blvd
It was announcea m— 4 Baptist Orphans Home in Okla- 256 in public utility property. (-----------
Ti and donations be The net property valuation is in 1963. and at a rate of 12.35
sent to the Baptist Church of the tax base for the county and
city, as well as the school dis-
trict. An increase in the net
valuation provides a higher to-
collection without an
peaceful means
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Shepler, Ned. The Lawton Constitution & Morning Press (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 17, No. 29, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 17, 1966, newspaper, July 17, 1966; Lawton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2032250/m1/6/?q=Homecoming+queen+1966+North+Texas+State+University: accessed June 30, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.