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Dial 357-5333
THURSDAY ONLY!
SAVE UP TO $10
On Your New
At the Black Panther national
Ire called upon either to make or headquarters, cofounder Huey
to endure.”
PANTS SUIT
Satterfield, 52, was convicted
old girl at the home.
found in a shallow riverbed
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chronic liar who hated Seale be- i Community National was "stat-
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legedly hurling a brick at a po- draftees to any combat zone un-
rary resettlement camp in the this weekend to boost the budget
said he will seek more funds for
is clearly committed to volun-
Vietnam.
voice in its operation.
PANT SUITS
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'til July 10
forts which this court, the state
and these defendants should not
MAY CHARGE
BOOKS ARE
CLOSED
SHOP THURSDAY
FROM 9:30 A.M.
’TIL 5:30 P.M.
Polin, a business consultant,
said he told Hunt in 1966 that
Use Your
Convenient
Charge
Account
patrols did not enter a housing tees from Vietnam; and 61 to 7,
project area where Leon Ander-1 a move by Sen. John V. Tunney,
night and killed at least 44 of
the mountain tribesmen. The
government said 20 more were
carried off by the Viet Cong,
presumably to be used as por-
The South Vietnamese govern-
ment, in a delayed report, said
Viet Cong sapper teams and ter-
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“Downtown Store”
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Bid forms may be secured from the Housing Authority
office 620 “E” Avenue, Lawton, Oklahoma.
I A djinn is a member of an
order of mythical beings said
to have been created 200 years
before Adam. They were sup-
posed to be both good and bad
spirits and under the control of
Solomon's Ring.
“She's a real good teacher,” under care for the past several
Linda said of Mrs. Ferguson, months.
On Memorial Day, Monday May 31st, let flowers
be your way of remembering the departed loved
ones. Flowers can express so much of what is in the
heart. Be sure order early.
The Housing Authority of the City of Lawton, Oklahoma
will receive bids for blanket insurance covering Projects
Okla. 5-1, 5-2, 5-3 and 5-6 (Inc. Community Building Okla.
5-2) Fire and Extended Coverage in the amount of $2,527,-
BOO.00 for a period of three (3) years.
Seale and Mrs. Huggins each judge’s ruling to "the might and
faced two capital charges—kid- power of the people.”
C Harold Short
Executive Director
utorily insolvent.”
Several of the 42 exhibits
Young introduced purported to
I show that Hunt, a month ago,
still had never made a payment
on a $7,800 loan he obtained with
his wife in 1963 from United
Founders Life Insurance Co. of
Oklahoma City.
pocket.
A check later showed he car-
ried no weapon and Williams
and Hard both contend no warn-
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master charge
THE INTERBANK CANO
Area Weather Forecast
Twenty per cent chance of
rain today and Thursday.
High today in upper 90s. Low
tonight in lower 70s. High
Thursday in mid.90s. Tues-
day’s high 93; overnight low
64.
Tep **
• SPRAYS
• WREATHS
• POTTED PLANTS
of life-like
Vinyl plastic.
Priced from . . .
namese ships at the 17th paral- et request for the programs
lei, which divides the DMZ. A next year came to $120.9 mil-
charged with binding with crim- "the people are the winners be-
inal intent. cause they have Ericka Huggins
the state’s chief witness against;
him, George Sams Jr., was a
son was fatally shot after al- j D-Calif.,
fenced to 15 years last Novem-
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on charges of raping a teen-aged
ward of the Sand Springs home
in 1969. Sutlerfield was director
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We even play stick ball ... A war correspondent in World
made up our own rules.” War II, Conniff shared the Pul-
itzer Prize in 1955 with William
Randolph Hearst Jr. and Kings-
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mand of U.S. forces in Europe., center of the city.
On the battlefront, South Viet- Qantas officials raced around
namese forces claimed 48 North the banks, collecting the money.
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For those who pre-
I. fer fresh spring
3s, flowers or plonts
we have a nice
selection to choose
from.
Reg. $23
and $26
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kidnaping resulting in death on
which 11) jurors favored acquit-
tal, one wanted conviction on
that charge and another favored
conviction of simple kidnaping.
Seale was being held today for
contempt for interruption at the
Chicago riot trial. The govern-
ment earlier opposed a motion
for bail, citing the charges here.
An assistant U.S. attorney said
Bids will be opened and read aloud at 10:90 A.M. Daylight
Saving Time at the Housing Authority office on June 1.
1971.
FREE DELIVERY TO THE
LAWTON, FT. SILL
CEMETERIES, ON
MEMORIAL DAY
Come to the store where we really try to treat you as
we would a guest in our home . . . Come where shopping
is still fun and you're still cherished.
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national bank
The charges stemmed from
the fatal shooting of Alex Rack-
ley, a 24-year-old Panther from
New York whose body was
*MEMORIAL*DAY*
SZowekA
to honor the dead
from Seale and other Panther Thieman, an attorney who
leaders for being a suspected first sued Community National
police informer. Seale did not in 1966, said he concluded in
take the stand in the six-month- 1967 that the firm's officers were
long trial in which four months violating Securities Exchange
was spent selecting the jury. Commission regulations to pump
Rut defense witnesses described money into the ailing firm.
volunteer programs. Having
said this, I believe the President
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May charge books are closed. You’ll pay nothing
until July 10th on the pant suits you charge now to
your Convenient Charge Account. Put several pant
suits in our easy layaway and save more at our
store where you'll always find more. But do it now,
because this exciting sale of pant suits ends Thurs-
day.
came in a telephone call to Qan-
tas from a “Mr. Brown.” He
MERGER
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of the Government Operations
Committee, said the administra-
RACIAL
Continued From Page One
THURSDAY. AND THURSDAY ONLY, you’ll pay
just $20 for any $23 or $26 pants suit, and only $30
for any $36 or $40 pants suit in our entire stock.
You'll choose from over 200 double knit polyester,
seersucker, cotton, and cotton/polyester sleeveless’
short sleeve, and long sleeve pant suits. Included
is a wide range of vibrant colors in solids, two tones,
stripes, and printed styles in both junior sizes 3 to
13, and misses sizes 8 to 18.
of the home at the time of the
alleged attack.
The request by the district at-
Grover Cleveland was the
only president to marry in the
White House. He took 22-year-
old Frances Folsom as his bride
INVESTIGATION
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Instructions for the payoff May 21, 1969. „ ..
.— j- -... . ml He said many of them were filed
Ihe prosecution maintained long before Hunt moved to stop
Rackley was slain on orders the firm’s operation.
lion, some $16 million less than
was spent on the programs this
year. The additional $20 million,
they said, would bring up the to-
tal only $4 million.
Rep. Ogden Reid, R-N.Y.,
said he had been authorized to
say the White House will move
(erred from unarmed allied use volunteer services.
ing shots were fired. They also1 municate with the Mexican-
said Anderson appeared to be American prisoner.
drunk when he walked past The sheriff had a terse "no
their homes just before the comment" when asked about a
domestic VISTA-like programs, ne rinal
When Nixon sent his proposal acquittal
Ihe Panther leader expelled
over the suitcases of Sams from the party.
Peter Dominick was opposed by man said.
both those seeking a two-year His widow, Elizabeth and five
addition as approved by the children survive in New York.
House and those who want it _
limited to 12 months. The cur- . n m AAae
rent draft law expi res June 30. ABRAMS
The Hughes - Schweiker
amendment would boost the $1- Continued From Page one
billion military pay raise sought gional Assistance Command general manager of Qantas,
y the Nixon administration to from Lt. Gen. Michael S. Davi- should hand over the money in
Ithe 82.7 billion approved earlier son. The latter is taking com- front of the airline’s office in the
by the House. —-• •
central highlands last Friday request for Peace Corps from
" 'its current $72 million to $82
million or $89 million.
bill, said already-planned pay
raises of $1.2 billion each in Jan-
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lice car. less authorized by Congress.
Mayor Robert K. Walker said Stennis said the Hughes-
police told him that Anderson, J Schweiker amendment would
who would have been 23 on reguire either a "completely un-
Thursday, was shot after he realistic" increase in the de-
hurled a “missile." But two res- fense budget or cuts in other
idents who said they were at the Pentagon programs.
scene of the shooting—Wylie
Williams and Will Hard—claim
he didn’t throw anything.
Walker also said police first
13-year- plus conspiracy to kidnap and to missal was “a moment I will al-
murder. Mrs. Huggins also was ways cherish.” But she said
double-bladed axe, pinning State Sen. Fred Phillips of Mi-
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ror squads attacked four Mon-
to prohibit sending tagnard villages and a tempo-
RANSOM
Continued From Page One
They decided that the money
must be paid.
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nomic problems. 1966 to 1967.
The 18-month extension pro- Funeral arrangements were
posal by Colorado Republican incomplete, the Hearst spokes-
"The President has made a
personal commitment toward
VISTA,” said Reid. “He has
P. Newton attributed the
Pickett refused to appear at a
scheduled conert, saying he was
not paid in advance. The disor-
ders spread with hit-and-run at-
by Sens. Georae Me
said they were angered by what: R.D ,o £ “
5 he * war funds ” the end -
Guard was called in Sunday In three votes Tuesday, the
night. A black man was fatally Senate rejected, 48 to 25, an
shot Monday night, amendment by Sen. Edward M
Armour would not say how Kennedy, D-Mass., to delete a
of first-degree rape and sen- naping resulting in death and Catherine Roraback, Mrs.
' aiding and abetting murder— Huggins’ attorney, said the dis-
bury Smith for interviews by torney also said the state did
the trio with former Soviet Pre- not want to submit the 16-year-
mier Nikita S. Khrushchev for old complaining witness to the
International News Service. ordeal of a court trial, and that
He was last active as national the fact the. alleged offense
editor of Hearst Newspapers too ‛P ace in 1969 made it diffi-
cult for the state to prosecute.
Only One Student Left Prize Winning Rapecharge Judge Cites Publicity
I. t?____ A i ■ eI i Nauieman Nine Dismissed . . .
’ TULSA (AP) - Clears Black Panthers
1, , , Vietnamese killed in a dash At 5:45 p.m. Ritchie walked
uary 1971 and January 1972, seven miles southwest of Char- into the street.
Plus the $1 billion proposed by lie 2 and said they also captured A yellow hire van arot,
the Presiden XTE 98 rockets. With which sidehim"andsavmnanridendlg
in military pay the enemy pounded bases along himcele oe “Mr. Brown ” Ritch-
a
DRAFT
Continued From Page One the trio with former Soviet Pre-
tension bill offered by Sens.
Harold E. Hughes, D-Iowa, and
Richard S. Schweiker, R-Pa.
Packard said the amendment, .[ . .c . .
up for a vote todav after action from 1958 1966 and also
was completed on a move to ex- served as general director of
tend Selective Service by 18 the Hearst Headline Service and
months, could lead to major editor of the old New York
base closings and serious eco- World Journal Tribune from
Armour Wou not say now Kennedy, D-Mass., to delete a the Americans would “cooper-
many times police and Guards- $6,000 combat enlistment bonus; ate in every way.”
men assisted the black civilians 52 to 21, a proposal by Sen. Gay-
Tuesday, but added that regularlord Nelson, D-Wis., to bar draf-
convict her withdrew their ac- leader is charged with violating
was to try Sutterfield Tuesday quittai votes in Seale’s case. probation in California on a 1967
"With the massive publicity weapons charge.
attendant upon the trial just seale’s probation expired two
completed," Judge Mulvey said days ago, and California author-
in dismissing ihe case, “I find it ities have not announced wheth-
impossible to believe that an un- er they plan to credit him for
biased jury could be selected time served in (onnecticut or
without superhuman efforts, ef- require him to be returned to
the West Coast.
the black patrols as a “very the jail before Corona was led hit-and-run accident victim have
positive” measure and added: in. offered a $1,000 reward for in-
“We didn’t have the injury or Whiteaker tentatively identi- formation leading to the convic-
damage we experienced last fied a second victim of the mass lion of the driver in the acci-
evening.” j killings. He was Pete Peterson, dent.
Armour said the black patrols 63, of nearby Marysville. The hit-and-run driver struck
were prompted partly by black _ „ . ... .. , , , Pvt. Conrad J. Carson May 2 in
community leaders who re- The Great Wall, of China is Norman. He was critically in-
quested a cooling-off period, the strongest structure built by jured and is recovering at Rey-
“Let’s give them (Llacks Leman, snaking 1,500 miles across nolds Army Hospital at Ft. Sill.
i-et,sg1 .them“blaeks),thethe country’s northern prov- Conrad’s father, Dr. David
PP? , 1 y„ . do what they inces. It was erected more than Carson of Miami, and Sen. Phil-
want to do, he added. 2,000 years lips offered the reward Tuesday.
• Fire and Police Commissioner
Gene Roberts also said: “The
feeling of the community is im-
proving.”
About 357 persons were ar-
rested during the five nights,
most of them for curfew viola-
tions.
Armour would not estimate
damage.
“I don’t even know what day
it is,” he said.
Asked about complaints by
the blacks of alleged police mis-
treatment. Roberts said:
“There is always a need to re-
evaluate attitudes.”
Walker, asked how he might
seek to prevent future disor-
ders, said he would “seek to ex-
pand programs of communica-
tion.”
ters, and another 29 were
The administration envisions wounded
ending.the draft in July 1973, if The U.S. navy announced that
manpower requirements in In- it has turned over a second 10-
lothina continue to godown and gistic support base to the Viet- teer programs. I believe the
told Anderson to halt, then fired theeX raPay ando incen- namese Navy. The base on Phu Presidentmeans what he says.”
warning shots before shootingties produce enough volun- Quoc island, in the Gulf of Siam Holifield also said the admin-
again when he reached into his ’__supports coastal surveillance 15 tration had। changed its organi-
forces off the southwest coast of zational chart for Action to give
the domestic operation more
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er, doesn’t let the miniscule size
of the student body bother her,
though. She teaches a full line of
geography, arithmetic, spelling,
language and science—even
flraws lesson plans just as
though she had a larger class.
The parents of 9-year-old Lin-
da, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Lam-
boum, farm and ranch just
across the road. At the moment
before the 9 a.m. school bell,
Linda leaves home and is never
late.
Next year Sand Creek will
close and its entire enrollment
—Linda—will go to the Bowman
Public School where there now
are 54 fourth graders.
Many of the children on sur-
rounding farms and ranches
who normally would attend
Sand Creek have gone to Bow-
man, 25 miles south of here, be-
cause they have older brothers
and sisters in high school there.
Mrs. Ferguson said Sand
reek was kept operating for
epe year by area residents,
many of them without school-
age children.
"I assume it was a matter of
community pride,” she said.
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“They wanted to keep their
school.”
Next year Mrs. Ferguson, in
her first and only year at Sand
Creek, will teach at a two-room
rural school 16 miles southwest
of here. 23.4 billion in military pay the enemy pounded bases along himsei as
“In a rural school, the teacher 7oosts in one year. He said the the DMZ last week. Seven South ie handed
does everything," she ex-Hughes-Schweiker amendment Vietnamese were reported money and L, von , _
plained. “That includes janitor would raise that to more than $5 wounded mpney, h the van sped away
workland upkeep, but ’1**, billion. ! Meanwhile, the South viet.intoptoesrush-hourtrarsc
gets he mail. , ' Packard said such a boost namese government announced La own f ‘ .
Mrs. Ferguson said the lesson would necessitate a 250,000-man that it would join in a 24hour have worn a false beaid.
Plans are made largely so that military personnel cutback and cease-fire around the seaward
Linda will progress at about the a 6-per-cent reduction in defense end of the DMZ on June 4, the
same pace as students in larger, contracts totaling $2 billion. condition set by North Vietnam
Packard’s letter was regarded for acceptance of 570 sick or
las an administration effort to wounded prisoners of war the
head off passage of the Hughes- south Vietnamese offered on’
Schweiker amendment which I April 29 to release,
sponsors said would comnle. „ I , .1 ..
arrested, most of them for vio- ment the one-year draft een. 1 twi benthesbigges prisoner •
lating a 7 p.m. curfew, police sion amendment to be voted on I
reported. a week from Friday. The South Vietnamese an- l
The trouble erupted Friday Today's votes were the lastnouncement called on Hanoi to i
night when performer Wilson scheduled until after the long ' respond with some correspond- 1
Memorial Dav holiday After ing gesture of good will." North 1
the votes late next week leaders Vietnam has admitted holding
of both parties are likely to seek 339 American POWs, most of to Congress on March 24. he
a debate limit on the remaining them pilots, and the Saigon gov- said he would combine all the
draft bill amendments, includ- ernment says Hanoi also has current budgets of the programs
ing one bv Sens Genron Me more than 3.000 South Viet- involved in the merger and add
namese prisoners. $20 million to be "directed pri-
The prisoners are to he trans- marily to finding now ways to
Sams admitted giving orders
for Rackey’s death at the scene
of the killing, and another pro-
secution witness, Warren Kim-
hro, admitted firing the first
shot into Racklev. The second, The firm listed the loan as
shotwas. fired by Lonnie Me-, "uncollectable" in 1968. Hunt
Lucas,who was convicted last tried 10 place the company in
sun Racklev onspiring to mur- receivership last year. He and
According to Garry’s affida-' hiswife claim the note has been
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strengthen VISTA by seeking an to 1 for acquitting Seale on all , . _
increase of $12 million in its charges except conspiracy to Longtime E Reno
budset for 1972 to.siveit $45 murder, and 10 to 2 for acquittal AKl N.
million. He said another $8 mil- on that charge. In Mrs. Hug- Ad Manager Dies
gins’ case, the affidavit said,
the final votes were 11 to 1 for EL RENO (AP) — The ad-
. I on all charges except yertising .manager for the El
1 Reno Tribune for 34 years, Dean
II. Ward, died Tuesday at the
age of 62. He had been ill sev-
eral months.
Ward came to El Reno from
the Elk City Daily News. He
was an active church and civic
worker.
Ships to unarmed North Viet- Critics charged the total budg-
in Tiny Dakota School Newsman Dies
* NEW YORK (AP) - Frank cient evidence, a district court
AMIAN NnAI 1, . Conniff, former national editor judge has dismissed a second-
School, a neat while-frame a certain amount to cover even r''da nlt He was 57 The Rev, Floyd D Sutterfield Huggins' case, and when discus-1 Seale s release on bail,
structure surrounded by gram though she is just one," the saw the second-degree ane sions began to center on her, David Rosen, Seale’s local at-
fields in southwest North K„ teacher said. A Hears vkesman said Con-charge dismissed atethesrecust one or two jurors who wanted ttorney, also said the Panther
kota. I But all is not work at Sand ni died at Mary Manning of the district attorney Wh ....... - -----
Evelyn Ferguson, her teach- Creek. Walsh Home where he had been ..no
4th & D Downtown Lawton
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