The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 78, No. 191, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 29, 1980 Page: 3 of 24
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THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION, Tuesday, April 29, 1980 3
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School graduate called from Charles-
ton, S.C., where he is based, but was
unable to discuss specifics about the
rescue try.
“He said some day. he could talk.
Mrs. West said, adding her son is pres-
ently unable to comment
"We did not know that he was on the
mission until he called to tell us he had
gone and he was okay,” she said.
The Wests said both they and their
son, who is a 13-year veteran of the Air
Graveside services for Christopher
Wade Duncan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Duncan. 1805 Euclid, who died
at birth Sunday, were at 10:30 a.m. to-
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DUNCAN — A Duncan native who
was a member of the military task
force that staged an ill-fated attempt to
rescue the American hostages in Iran
has returned to the U.S. safely.
Mr. and Mrs. A.C. West, parents of
Air Force Sgt. Richard West, 32. said
they got a call from their son Sunday
night informing them he had served on
the rescue team.
They said the 1966 Duncan High
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student from Dallas. Miss Watts is the
daughter of Mrs. Jake Lyons, 326 N.
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David Hopper, a 34-year-old Shaw nee
attorney, announced today he will seek
the Republican nomination for the
Fourth District Congressional seat be-
ing vacated by Tom Steed.
Hopper, who visited Lawton March 1
seeking support for a possible cam-
paign. said he thinks district residents
are ready for a representative "who
will stand up and say, ‘No, we can’t
afford that program.’ ”
He becomes the first Republican to
officially announce for the 4th District
House post. Norman businessman Will
White recently withdrew his candida-
cy.
A native Oklahoman. Hopper has
lived in Hollis. Law ton and Ardmore.
He was an administrative officer in the
U.S. Air Force five years and is
currently an Air Force Reserve officer.
He recently left a fund-raising post
with Oklahoma Baptist University to
enter full-lime law practice.
Hopper is married and has two chil-
dren.
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ing when his plane crashed within 151)
feet of a house while spraying a wheat
field near here in Jackson County . offi-
cials said.
Pilot Bob Keill, 25. flying for a firm
known as Booker & Yates of Altus and
Olustee, was uninjured. The plane, a
1973 Cessna valued at $20,000. was total-
ly destroyed during the 8 a.m. acci-
dent. officials said. A spokesman for
the firm said the plane, on its first
spraying job of the day. lost power dur-
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"He said if they had not had mechan- and he was right 1,1 the middle of all of
ical difficulty, the hostages would have it, and he was disappointed, said the
been freed and would have made it sergeant S ather. . .
back at the same time he did." Mrs. J know it Was because of the boys
West said Who gol killed and all — he was all
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•He thought it was a good mission. The sergeant is classified as a com-
she said. bat controller and was trained to estab-
When he called. West said he had lish landing zones, which his father
been flying 31 hours, but was home speculated was the role he would have
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Funeral for Lloyd (Sarge) Merrell,
72, of 1438 NW 40th_ who died Monday
in a Fort Sill hospital following a short
illness, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in
New Post Chapel. Burial w ill be in Post
Cemetery under direction of
Huddleston-Greenlawn Funeral Home
Mr. Merrell was born April 18, 191)8.
at Non, Okla He was married to Sarah
Harjo Oct. 15, 1938, in Wewoka. She
died Oct. 21, 197(1. He served in the
Navy during World War II He entered
the Army in 1947 and retired in 1965 He
was a veteran of the Korean War He
had lived in Lawton since 1960 and had
worked part time for the past six years
at the Lawton Speedway. He was a
member of the Baptist Church and
attended Trinity Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sons: Bill
Merrell, Clark Air Force Base, Philip-
pine Islands; Clifford Merrell, Spring-
field. Mo.; and Larry Merrell, of the
home; four daughters: Maxine Bell.
Jacksonville, HI : Barbara McMullin,
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Allisonia, Va.; and Jane Slavens.
Springfield, Mo.; 22 grandchildren and
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Charley Coon
Funeral for Charley Coon, 84, of 1601
Dearborn, who died Monday in a
nursing home here following a long ill-
ness. will be at l p.m. Wednesday in
Lawton Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.
Mr. Coon was born Dec. 5, 1895, in
Ada. He was married to Ona Gill in 1920
here. He was a cook and a member of
the Church of the Living God.
Survivors include three sisters
Biney Hubbard, Pawhuska; Ruth
Elliott; and Billie Mae Harvey. Tulsa;
and a brother, Jimmy Parsons,
Levelland, Texas.
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Bentley, Bill F. The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 78, No. 191, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 29, 1980, newspaper, April 29, 1980; Lawton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2039819/m1/3/: accessed July 12, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.