The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 63, No. 140, Ed. 1 Monday, March 15, 1965 Page: 2 of 24
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Deadline Near
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Rogers Lane
For School Aid
Slated Soon
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said Hosea Williams.
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Need For Land
Members of the Lawton Board
(AP Wirephoto)
during the war against the French
the Negro and white communi-
from the first and struck him Falls. Tex.. was charged with
Will Obey Court Order
40. Clinton.
have come here across the na-
South V etnamese coast guards-
Funeral Rites
that the order be obeyed
Anthony K. Green
contra c
of
saying
in any such action would be for
in
Ala-
sisters. Jacqueline, Mamie and
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Sunday.
March 7. were at 14 a.m. to-
with TUMS
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me
TEACHERS TO MEET
ON CAR LOANS
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4th sad Lewtes • Dvive-in eta a C.
Unwine entine or rink
Hef. I-They
THANKS!
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To the Residents of Ward 2
i. R. (Jens) BARNES
OPTICAL
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SERVICE
Yow Vote for
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HOUSEHOLD
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to Office of City
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SINUS
Sufferers
Service Station
Robbed Of $167,
8’
CHARLES
SNYDER
will be paved from U.S. 277
west to 52nd, and that 52nd will
•was 120 an 23
1056 was Ais 255
. 208020411.2 AM
Science Shrinks Piles
New Way Without Surgery
Stops Itch—Relieves Pain
YOU
MONEY
Ne- Yerk, M. Y. CSpeetb-For the
first thee science has found a new
healing substance with the aston-
ishing ability to shrink hemor-
rhoids, stop itching, and relieve
ay IMIU m
Sqqrgdo
Told cred.
Need up to
$25002
The bill was expected to apply
to state and local elections, as
well as to federal voting, and
possibly also to party primaries.
over the left eye
The attendant said a scuffle
followed, and that all three men
Red when Bailey ran to a tele-
phone to call the police.
Jeanne, all of the home.
Settles Infont
Women Past 21
WITH BLADDER IMITATION
Services for the infant son of
Capt. and Mrs. Robert H. Set-
tles. 2212 N 45th. who died
We’ll lend it on your house
even though you already have
a mortgage
heart
burn?
7----- 1 .
Stop a right •*
antacid
relieving pain, actual reduetion
(shrinkage) took place.
Most N BOI Ng of all— results were
Owef en iris iMMm stomesh
- comMsWy, gentiy, on the
spoL wmewt you wee enet
•• thorough that sufferers made
astonishing statements like “Piles
have mud to be a problem!"
The secret is a new healing sub-
stance (Bio- Dyne®) —discovery of
a world-famous research institute.
This substance is now available
in suppository or ointment form
under the name Preparation H®.
At all drug counters.
first since the 3,500-man expe-
ditionary force dug in to de-
fend the DA Nang base against
Viet Cong attacks.
Plagued Day And
Night with Bladder
-n
Co—Ursa Dollars Through
Compettive Bidding On
City Purchases.
CARRIER sERVICE
MI LAWTON AREA
(Per a—
a—■ Prem a Sundor __-
A Senda* —
Press S Sanda v _
mey be a
adder inri.
ri
pain —without surgery
la ease after ease, while gently
PRISONER OF SOME IMPORTANCE. South Vietnamese Brig. Gen Chanh
Tri, commander of South Viet Nam’s first Army Corps, shakes finger at
Nguyen Phan, background, as he displays pnsoner at the Da Nang Air Base
today. Phan, 38, a Peking and Moscow-trained commissar holding the rank of
sub-major, is said to be the highest ranking prisoner ever taken by the South
Vietnamese He bold reporters that he had joined the Communists in 1953
been challenged by Hugh L.
Brigham, who attempted to file
As a candidate for street com-
Penix Appointed
MCALESTER (AP) — Pitts-
burg County Attorney Richard
Penix was named county judge
city national bank
SAVES
icimhiie
.i.
One case was under trial by
jury in Superior Court today.
On tnal on a charge of grand
Plans are being made to pave
part of Rogers Lane and 52nd
i :
robbed of $167, and another fill-
ing station worker said three
men who tried to rob him be
of driving without a license was
lodged against Thurman Waters.
anearmana-mnazaeWallace Says Alabama
1. a
made by President Johnson in
a conference in Washington Sat-
urday flatly turning down a
proposal that he allow Negroes
to demonstrate peacefully.
____ good
tasting TUMS are fortified -
"You have miode my first political compaign a
very memoroble experience, and I will always
can get to being Dr King with-
out being Dr King.”
Rumors Fly
p m Friday in a local
He was born Sept 14
apees soothine. high potency
retiet ... neutalize — excess
ze a a Ave. Lewton, OMa.n3
fUBSCRIFTION RATES
VIET NAM
Continued From Page One
City Councilman,
Ward 3
(Pal Adv.)
They will be matched in the
general election April 4.
The nominees are Councilman
E. C. Parks, Democrat, and
Benjamin O. Flowers, Republi-
can
, District Judge Luther B Eu-
banks was scheduled to conduct
a hearing at 3 pm today to
rally as one reason national civ-
il rights leaders have decided
for now against any new march
to Washington such as the 1943
demonstration in which more
than 200,000 persons came here
to urge equal rights for all.
Attendant Says . ......
/ as soon as weather conditions
Sunday, local officers reported
injured was Gerald Gordon
Aiuus: arrea Mm m: man; w i n m
men end may make — me mer-e-
from tee treguent burnine
——• im day and mignt
E. rem maL lose qleep tea ■
nist positions inside South Viet trroraom bwan “P
Nam These attacks were di ery"" last Sunday with clubs
Rumors that trooper comman- ------
der Al Lingo had been fired of Education will meet Wednes-
touched off discussion in both day for a mid-monthly session,
the Negro and white communi- John Shoemaker, superintendent
right to participate in his gov-
ery level through
oting process.”
NOTICE OF BID
EH=-=E==
ior-Senior High School, and will
then look over land near the Ei-
senhower property. with the
thought of purchasing some ad-
ditional land for use as a site
for a future- junior high school
site
Members are expected to be
in the board room at Central
Junior High at 1 30 p m., to
consider other business, includ-
ing bids on furniture for Brock-
land Elementary School, now
being constructed in the far
western portion of the city
the line when the barricades
were taken down. A cheer went
up when the wooden planks
were removed
All through the night at least
100 whites and Negroes were
on the line, changing shifts and
singing or listening to speak-
ers During the night most of
the highway patrol cars were
removed
Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
was to return to Selma today
to lead a memorial service for
p m Wednesday and Thursday
in the Aggie Auditorium.
The Rural Teachers Associa- Wallace said there are 115,-
tion wi hold a dinner-meeting 000 eligible Negro voters in
at 7 d m today pi the H/Wwtay Alabama at present and more
inn, Earl Inman, president, an are registering and .. voting n;, m,po
—1 rTL Mv„rOsitionce Discomfort:
high petency —
31— peck -309 e
the racial
A Ik-year-old north Lawton
fervice station employe report-
ed early this morning he was
ed Sunday afternoon that Ne-
groes had been granted permit
military sion to hold the memorial serv-
We will move as a body.” English, social science, lan-
, science, math and tech
from Rogers Lane
which range from typing and . .trike
shorthand to calculus and elec- —
tronics will be from 7 to 8'30 down voting bat tiers were men:
tronics, "i be from °:* tioned at the Lafayette Park
GILBERT-WOODS DRUG CO.
PRESIDENT
Continued From Page One
the bipartisan Civil Service
Commission
3. Federal registrars would go
to work in any state or election
district where 50 per cent of the
eligible voters were not regis-
tered or 50 per cent did not vote
in the general election.
4. Where people were not per-
mitted* to vote, all ballots would
be impounded until those de-
prived had been given an oppor-
tunity to vote.
Johnson said he would “press
with all the vigor at my com-
mand to assure that every cit-
izen of this country is given the
reeled against guerrilas in Hau and tear gas
Nghia Province just northwest The rumor that Lingo was
of Slaigon and in Tay Ninh out was greeted enthusiastical-
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (UPJ) fended their actions. There Province 50 miles northwest of ly in the Negro community and
—Gov. George C. Wallace said were widespread reports how the capital by white demonstrators who
Sunday that if a federal court ever. that he would fire Col. Al “—--*“---
orders the state of Alabama not Lingo, his highway patrol chief
ty Bar Association. A a AA: i
The commissioners named J. AUtO Meshop
Edward Carmen, a former as- r
gistanpaounty attorney, to sue- Hurts Cityan
HELAWTON14CONSTITUTION A 40-year-old Lawton man re-
Dai Excmt Sot one Sun
•■•*»••- makimg you tag reatie-s, IMM.
and umeom fortahi. And tf resdiema nighta,
measapaseai,
-mgeeup--sznep2
activities in
related development.
tame involved in a fight and
Bed without taking any money be Paved
at 12 noon at Eisenhower Jun- Work Measurement program.
Lgigb
shortly after birth
Two other Marines were
wounded, one seriously, in the
tragic incident Sunday night.
The Manne casualties were the
C02.1x;
International for
statements and
reived injuries described as
minor in a two-car accident at 1
Second and I about 3:26 a.m.
in a
larceny was Larry Whatley.
Lawion. A jury was selected
and began receiving testimony
in the case late this morning.
-djrgo"e
SELMA
Continued From Page One
church and large crowds of
demonstrators milled around
outside.
Handful Watch
A handful of white spectators
watched the group in silence
Last week large numbers of
whites jeered the demonstrators
When Clark headed off the
march, he told Vivian that a
demonstration at the courthouse
would disrupt the whole (vot-
mg procedure).
About 100 demonstrators,
some of them wrapped in color-
ful quilts, were still standing in
• 1
ties of Selma
Petitions were circulated in
downtown Selma demanding
that Lingo be kept on the job.
Lingo was in command when
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Army Officials
Checking Post
Work Program
Officials . from Continental
Army Command Headquarters.
Fort Belvoir, Va., are visiting
Fort Sill today and Tuesday to
oversee results of a work meas-
urement program which has
been underway at the Army
post since last September.
Lt. Col. Lee Moore of the
Services Division of the office
of the deputy chief of staff for
logistics. Continental Army
Command, will visit Sill facili-
ties where the work measure-
ment studies have been conduct-
ed.
The colonel will head a five-
man CONARC team who are
visiting Sill and Fort Bliss, Tex.,
to observe the progress of the
Paimer, 910 S 36th, listed as
513 the operator of a 1954 Ford
.__am which had stopped for traffic
_________ (eniv per coov ASc ahead
a^ST^: - ma Plce reported Palmer’s oar
(Delvered * Const. Subscrbbera was struck from behind by a
Ma.sunrcnimrins. cn 1963 Chevrolet driven south on
smw mm. m jS Second by Ottis Darrel Moore, i
• , a , , 23,
Vr. Me. Ms Me f wa—
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to interfere with Negroes on a as a result of the melee that norteg sinkin ■ w,
projected march from Selma to drew protests from across the menareportedsnking aboat
the state capitai he will ask nation , Containing „muggted, commu-
A spokesman for Wallace de- ns ar, .M t,south " thebor-
“IU ask the people of the nied Sunday night that Lingo der " r“ " ommunist north
star., takes >pLace peaceful Walac said the troopers* ac- spokesman said the so-foot ice for the Rev James Reeb
Arrangements are pending at ly," wallace said on a nation tion is under investigation craft Was sunk Sunday night in the city a stadium
Miller's Mortuary for Anthony ally televised interview “I won't be stampeded into near the Cua Viet River The m 11
“ ‘ makingecharzespzpmetmvaree zirPerten tssetnammeshophtmi Postpone Hearing
them with brutality."he said, boats moved in.Searchparties CHANDLER (AP—A prelim-
stThnetwormsoanatontda’piee sounachnefonsmuns Rusnsan
. - u things TNT and 2,200 pounds of pack-trtltawad postpohedatBrin-
that are not true tn reporting aged nce. lee’s request today
U S Manne Corps officials at The delay, until March 34.
Da Nang today strengthened was requested to allow him to
safety procedures around the participate in land condemna-
big American air base there tion hearings in Tulsa
ELECTION
Continued From Page One
Sylvester Witherspoon and E.
R Godfrey
Voters in Ward 1 will have no
council contest in the primary
election because the Democratic
and Republican candidates were
unopposed for the primary.
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uma FFssharmmasdro? &mueen
berore 10 minutes. cants.were pisted.today among
struck at Attendant, aomPlaintsotlcd Wdatye count
At the other stat i<m. Accused of drunken driving
said one of three men who en- were Thurman John White, 52
tered the station picked .UP a of 1616 N. 24th Howard Angus,
pair of vise grips, and took a 52 614 c and Willie o
swing at the attendant Wheeler. 45. Oklahoma City.
Bailey said the hijacker then Wheeler also was charged with
told the other two men to help transporting an opened bottle of
him, but that one of the two liquor.
men took the vise grips away Tom William Gill, 55. Wichita
state bama
"He conceded, however, At a.newsconferenctfollow-
ag-, t Fl ink —-p HkW —g c— A, ATIg [ ne LEI6V 1S C C-VIW,
in Alabama can stop these wallace suggested four steps following the death of a Marine-
amonstrtmns ” that might solve the Selma con- enlisted man shot by an edgy
frontation buddy who mistook him for a
Communist infiltrator
rial of the Southern Christian nical. Fees are $8 per semester
Leadership Conference “We hour with the exception of weld-
will move in the group that has mg and business machine cours-
stood here together since this es, which are 118 per hour, and
began “ students must purchase their
Someone in the crowd asked own books.
Williams who he was and what —cc.. i
auwantmbsaendncd nimseir .. School Officials
anaonicia rom throssc and Studying Future
which is a pilot project. Col.
Moore expressed interest in see-
ing the Post Laundry, the Com-
missary and the meat cutting
plant during the tour
FIRE EXTINGUISHED
A child's book satchel caught
fire inside a small closet at
Dunbar Elementary School
shortly after noon today Fire-
I men answered an alarm from
the school at 18th and Douglas,
but the fire was extinguished
before they arrived.
tion
Tensions apparently eased
when Mayor Joseph Smither-
man and Sheriff Clark announc-
permit. it was announced today
by Councilman Jerry M Bran-
don. street and alley committee
chairman.
Brandon said Rogers Lane
.lrag
2gE
l
w *' 24
-ain •
. -2 na
czC.
Reeb who had come to Ala-
□ bama in support of King's vot-
er registration drive
There was no immediate in-
dication that the removal of the
barrier- signaled the end of the
vigil i As 109th hour.
Leaders Argue
Negro leaders fell to arguing
about their next move, a march
I on the registrar's office at the
courthouse
The classes, which range
from 8 to 11 weeks in length,
can be used as residence credit,
transferable throughout the
United States. Persons eligible
to take this work for credit to-
ward a degree must now have
less than 62 semester hours, or
94 quarter hours of college
work, or special permission.
A total of 43 classes is being
offered in the fields of busmess.
40ldie
Kevin Green, 1% son of Mrs But Wallace indicated he will
Teresa Green. 1705 Jefferson take no actions to smooth ten
The child died shout ! 36 sions in racially torn Selma
hosp;tal. and other points in Alabama as
, . ____ . - .____, 1963 in suggested to him by President
Lawton, and had been ill most Johnson He said the first step
determine whether, in effect, of his ... tn any such action would be for
the office of street commission- 5urv Ivors, in adduon to ms Negroes to end demonstrations.
er is still an elective one. The mother, are tnree.brother* Jes now in the eighth week in his
eity council abolished the elec- sie, and Cedric.and three
* ___ _ a _.a msetmme I mmesaalema AAemia ema
live office by ordinance adopted
last Dec. 15, but the action has
of public schools, said today.
The board will meet for lunch
reported, he started to cut the _ pm,,
jKb Driving
Roberts to get in the rest room
Charges Filed
waazcn,cihonnntnzopreent you - your
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Hijacked of 8147 was Michaei south to Cache Road. (
Frank Roberts 19 of 2328 Lin- The paving will convist of a d
Wn. employed at the Phillips compacted .gravel base topped
66 Service Station on U. S 277 with asphalt and chips Brandon) K
at Rogers i amR noted. He said the work should' I
: ROberts reported to, incident becompletedintime,todiver IJ
therodbersinstructioniqwai stndeandhywozgrdcpanemhnen the
i a ^5 room for 10 nit u es. gins the four lane improvement 1
Other Report Made of Cache Road “
2Theother robheny,case “as Brandon said the paving plans 9
reported, ’n 3210 a.m., Y are being completed by the city' » I
George R.B ailey..emplq; g and the county commissioners H 3
Curt S Service Station. 312 S. in whose districts Rogers Lane
-,n- ._ .___ and 52nd are located
. In the first incident, Roberts County Commissioner R F. 4 ]
said a youngman entered e (Ike) Myers is in charge of
service .}weap- Rogers Lane from Fort Sill 6
attendanpand. de- Blvd, to U. S 277 The rest of
mnanded themoney -Roberts r Rogers Lane and 52nd are in A
ported he tried to giVetheh County Commissioner James Nw
jacker the key to a cash box. RI . ? district H
but that the robber ordered him bex S9ve . , .
get the money Brandon said the city and —
Pietmemon-i,,, county will share in the labor
When the.money,was hand- and materials
ed over to the robber, it was__
Paving Work
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• Ks tosuccecdthelateo.E. cChplotnedCep“2 ha orderedthe tropertd t
Whitt, who died three weeks Graveside rites and ■ a minimum of force and de-
•K0. - , the c burial will be at 3 p m Tuesday
.Hisappointmen t.by thecoun in Lincoin Memorial Park, Lin-
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Military personnel desiring to
enroll in Cameron College night
classes were reminded that
deadline to apply for federal
tuition assistance is 5 p.m. to-
day.
College officials said the gov-
ernment will pay three-fourths
of the fees for enlisted person-
nel and warrant officers who
apply with the Education Office
at Fort Sill prior to 5 p.m. to-
day.
The government will also pay
three-fourths of the fees for
commissioned officers who will
be on active duty for at least
two years following the dose
of the course
Enrolment for the courses.
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