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The Lawton Constitution from Lawton, Oklahoma • 2

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i I I I uneral Rites would replace Dr 'T Area Weather orecast gave that pork barrel job to Dob Thursday 51 low last night 27 11 1 OPEN SUNDAY the port of TAX CUT ft UP Can OG SERVICE EL5 2T78 I APPOINTMENT NECES8AR GREGG'S WEEKEND SPECIALS! ROOM GROUP SALE! Bedroom $8995 Kitchen $4995 Living Room $9995 $12995 $35850 Reconditioned Televisions 'c TV Appliance Service Oa AM Makat LOTC QUALITY OPTICAL SERVICE OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAY MISSION VILLAGE BAPTIST CHURCH Partly cloudy through Saturday warmer tonight High today 53 low tonight 32 high tomorrow 60 high I UVE IN THE CHARM A "HIDDEN VALLEY" UVE IN SNEED ACRS is well Officers and men under arrest All are A Venezuelan radio operator THIS MAN IS IGURING HIS A public hearing on Morgan's bill had been scheduled for next Tuesday but House Speaker McCarty said it was called off "at my suggestion" Morgan denied a report the bill was aimed at removal of Mrs Dorothy Hall as director of nurs ing at Eastern Oklahoma Hospit al at Vinita and possibly at other persons employed in the mental health program However Mor gan criticized operation of the Vi Mrs husband Hall of Miami helped write the pres ent mental health law while in the state Senate in 197 and 1959 Morgan said greater efficiency could be attained by having ex perienced business administrators funning the hospitals and this Atkinson Hits Playing Pals With Bel I mon tdfi AE and Guaranteed City Woman Hurt In Auto Mishap A 70 year old Lawton woman was Injured last night when her car struck two parked vehicles ifi front of 1706 Ash city police re ported today Injured was Mrs lorence 1 Wicker 1907 Cherry who was driving a 1961 Chevrolet west on Ash when the vehicle crashed into a 1962 ord sedan owned by Jean Miller No 25 31st Police said the impact of the crash caused another parked vehicle to become involved The third auto was a 1962 Buick owned by James Johns 1908 Rush Springs Jaycees Plan Outstanding Citizen RUSH SPRINGS (Staff) Jay cees will name their outstanding area citizen tonight at the gym nasium Harold Murray project chair man said 12 persons from the Rush Springs area have been nom inated to receive the honor I Ted dine Jaycee president will' make the award about 8 pm EXERCISE HELD Graduation exercises were held Thursday for enlisted men com pleting an Artillery track vehicle maintenance course at ort Sill Lt Col Ralph Means was guest speaker street disorders in Ciudad Honor Graduate Selected CWO rank Johnston 5th Missile Battalion 73rd Artillery is honor graduate of the Sergeant Missile Battery class which will be graduated from the Artillery and Missile School eb 20 Mr Johnston maintained a 977 per cent average over the six week course A majority of the men taking the course were members of the 5th Missile Battalion 73rd Artil lery commanded by Lt Col Wal ter DroztL Has or Sale $500 1st Mortgage Real Estate Bonds And $250 1st Mortgage Real Estate Bonds that Pay 6 Interest Semi Annually Can EL 5 5019 or EL 5 0368 or Information Lynn Presgrove County Line reported of $230 from his car in east Lawton and officer recovered the money by arrest ing threi suspects Presgrove indi cated he did not wish charges to be filed against the suspects Eve Langley 916 said $125 in cash and checks were missing from Bud Hall Beauty college Williams who has been state mental health administrator since July 1 i960 said a system of lay administrators would result in "ut ter and a total loss ofprofessional in mental health program He declar ed that psychiatrists and other doctors "would not work under a setup like Williams is a psychiatrist and all state mental hospitals now are headed by psychiatrists Maggie Landrum Services for Mn Maggie Lan drum 70 who died at 8 pm Wed nesday in a Vinita hospital will be at 2 pm Saturday in the Beck er Memorial chapeL Rev Travis McMinn pastor of the Jan Lee Baptist church Burk burnett Tex still officiate Burial will be in Highland cemetery Mrs Landrum was born April 23 1892 in Utopia Tex and was married to Aubrey Landrum in San Antonio Tex July 3L 1911 She came to Lawton from Grand field in 1948 and lived here until entering the hospital in Vinita three years ago She was a mem ber of the Christadelphlan church at Stonewall Tex Survivors include seven sons Malcom of Enterprise Ala Le vis of Stroud Sid Wayne and Wallace all of Burkburnett Au brey Jr of Odessa Tex and Cleo of Jacksonville la three daugh ters Mr Potter of Bell Calif Mr Perry Oliver of Jack sonville and Mrs Tommy Black of Davis a brother Matt of Vina Calif and 19 grandchil drp Mrs Opal A Dixon Services for Mrs Opal A Dix on 53 of 1301 who died Thurs day afternoon following an ex tended illness will be at 10 am Saturday in Becker Memorial chapel Mrs Dixon was born March 9 1909 at Munday Tex and moved to Elmore City a child living there until a feW years ago when she to Abilene Tex She had lived in Lawton since 1948 She was married to Lee Dixon at Abilene April 25 1945 and was a member of the Southside Baptist church Conducting rites will be Rev Joe Gomez pastor of her church with burial in the Elmore City cemetery Surviving are the husband of the home two sons Ensey Wyn newood and Troy Ensey 802 Man ning a daughter Mrs John rancis ort Smith Arie and a stepson Norman Dixon Lackland AB Tex a sister Mrs MyrtieBeaty Pauls Valley three broth ers Clyde Coker Upland Calif Chester Coker Baldwin Park Calif and Gervis Coker Lexing ton niece who was reared in Mrs Dixon's home Mrs Buzbee 1403 Pafk and seven grandchildren throughout thetentire field of home financing I time the interest rate has decreased the numbers of new starts in housing have Nation' Largest Tax Service 3U Office Across the 1109 A AVENUE Weekday 9 am 9 pm Sat 9 am 5 pm Dial EL 5 9188 OPTICAL SERVICE COMPANY tions Williams declared that no other state anything as radical as and the proposal would be "a backward in treatment of mental patients Present state law requires state director and superintendents of mental Institutions shall be repu table physicians with experience I as hospital administrators Morgan bill would require tne director be "competent and qualk i fied in business administration" i with no requirement he be a phy sician Qualifications for assist ants who would head the indivi 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HEARING Continued rom Page One the highway patrol headquarters Trooper Scott has denied the charge against him and request ed the full hearing before the state personnel board Albert Stone Marlow business men and rancher issued a charge of as the hearing op ened and said the case was an outgrowth of the 1962 gubernato rial campaign Stone was active in the cam paign of Gov Henry Bellmon and said Scot also supported Bellmon Chances ading To ind Syncom CAPE CANAVERAL (UPI) new Syncom satellite was still missing today and the chances that it would ever be found grew dimmer by the hour Syncom a communications cou sin to the famed Telstar van ished mysteriously in space about five hours after it was placed in drbit Thursday Tracking stations around the world today searched the skies for the little drum shaped moon let But nearly 36 hours after the launching here was no indica tion of what had happened Scientists were baffled and downhearted There was a grow ing concern that even if Syncom were found again it probably would be hopelessly a useless piece of debris in space But said one official "The first job is to find it worry about the other problems if there are any at that omers ZALES tee and told Savage to return to ers (O trade the captain of the1 aLtzx UAriwinr WA nrw af ft a axiu nia nxw ui uj ivi pardons for' imprisoned Venezu ridiculous propaganda be cause they have to surrender the Held In Burglary Two 14 year old west Lawton boys were taken into custody here Thursday for investigation of a kmnV in Qnnrlsv at Ppf'an GrOVC school Langford assistant cjfy La1 ralaacn'l VtffcVC to the custody of their parents pending a hearing in county juv enile court In other action police were in vestigating three new burglary cases involving thefts Of money tools and building materials Charlie Noline reported building CASTRO Continued rom Page One Mortgage Rate Change Rapped WASHINGTON (AP) Sen Mike Monroney Okla joined today the congressional attack on proposals to remove the interest rate ceilings for HA and VA home mortgages He said in a statement the chahge would cause a dangerous slowdown in new home construc tion and create unemployment The proposals came from a pres idential committee Beaded by Sec retary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon rveiuweu Ul Uicocr Monroney declared an open Gfenn invitation to broad scale interest rate increases I raises not only waii ar INCOME TAX Smart man! On the way home from work be drop ped by Block While taking it easy enjoy ing himself our experts BOTH are figuring his tax and EDERAL speeding it on its way! AND We can dp the same for STATE YOU! Coma in tonight GUARANTIES We fMivataCeccvrata preparation of every tax return If we wake say error that cast yau any penally er Interefo we will pay the penally er InlereU am reaamg az ROACHES LAIRD'S ELS 2134 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) An other blast of criticism was 'lev eled today at Oklahoma Demo crats who join the state's Repub lican administration Bill Atkinson of Midwest City the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for governor last year said in a statement: "If we permit those in whom the Democratic' Party has placed its trust to violate that faith and go unpunished then we will have made a mockery of the Demo cratic Party" statement followed one inuTBuajr uvui xuajiircuw Steobenson Seminole County Democratic co chairman She said feCf the government insured pro the fact that William Dobson he said "but by govern former Bryan County Democratic ment action will cause increases cnairman accepted an ment from Republican Gov Hen ry Bellihon was proof Dobson campaigned for Bellmon after At kinson defeated former Gov Ray mond Gary for the Democratic nn nination Bellmon named Dob son as insurance counselor for the Grand River Dam Authority Gary refused to campaign for Atkinson after his heated runoff campaign i Hav Rpllmon and Gary I 1 son is the day Dobson shouM nave been kicked out of the job as chairman and removed from the Democratic Party Atkin son said 1 Atkinson added there were many Democrats followed Ray mond Gary as a and he added Dobson one of Democratic state Chairman Gene McGill said if Dobson cam paigned for the Republican guber natorial candidate he did not know about it adding that he could not be responsible for the actions of any individual McGill said Thurs day Dobson had resigned effective Jan 30 from the Bryan County job Atkinson said the first year of the Bellmon administration wiH test the strength of the Demo cratic Party "Certainly those who violate party trust should be punished not he said Atkin sqn added that if no ac tion is taken against defectors Democratic Party nomina tion in the future wijj have no meaning'' THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION riday ebruary 15 1 963 Probe Postpones Exodus eared Liquor Hearing Mental Institutions OKLAHOMA CITY (Ari Al hearing for Tulsa liquor dealer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) The Dan Savage was delayed at least Erector of Oklahoma's Slental temporarily today because Depart jjPajt Department predicted to ment of Commerce and Industry day exodus of doctors from records are in the hands of the state mental institutions if the pro Senate investigating committee is put in the hands of non retail liquor license is medical administrators in jeopardy because he was a con a bill introduced in the legis sultant to the department and state lature by Rep Harold Morgan of lew prohibits a state employe from Vinita would replace Dr being in the whisky business 5 Glynne Williams now state men Liquor Director Roy Parham tai health director with a lay ad had asVed Jim Miles acting de ministrator who would have au partment director to bring claims ihority to name assistant admin nita hospital although he refused end vouchers showing funds paid istrators in charge Of individual to give details io nut uiir? siivncu jnSuiuuons empty handed explaining these were in possession of the Senate committee already admitted those vouihe and claims said Sav aee who testified before the Sen ate Investigating Committee car le he received only about $1300 to $1800 of the $28000 which rec ords show was paid him while the department was run by Max Genet Jr understand that but it should be part of our records so if the decision should go against you it can be used for an Par ham said He asked Miles to request the material from the Senate commit broadcast offer by the hijack the nearing room at i If thes claims and vouchers avilable at that time Par ham indicated the hearing will be continued Savage said he did not consider sMp eventually he said himself an employe of the depart Crew Reported Okay ment since he was only a con The US Coast Guard picked up suitant If Parham rules his li a radio message from the freight cense must be forfeited er Thursday night which said: i sard he will appeal Parham ordered a 10 day sus pension for Oklahoma City retail liquor dealer Jack Sunman Suss who contacted the ship asked her i man was accused of selling liquor position in his store north of the Capitol "Cannot give position Am be which was later resold in a priv fog came the reply ate club about 30 feet away which is owned by him from La Guaira Caracas papers identified the leader of the hijackers as Wismer Medina Rojas second mate of the Anzoategui and half brother of a marine corps officer jailed for leading an uprising by a marine battalion in Puerto Cabello last i June They said another member of materials were taken from St the band is a former employe of Elmo Baptist church 1601 Morale hik? a rmantitu nf RhPPt OCk WELS lhe among the items stolen Jack Skinner 1301 NW wra re ported theft of a tool box contain ing topis valued at approximately $600 from his garage 4 Rudv Morrison said a thief took someone must bear the ultimate are among the gang He said $85 to $90 from a juke box which responsibility for using them and be There a vote While deeply position pean nuclear forte Kennedy tried i They robbed a university print 1 to be philosophical about it shop employe at Maracaibo of He quoted Winston Churchill as a payroll worth approximately saying that historically mutual $1500 and threw gasoline bombs recrimination is a facet oi pouti cal and military alliances But the Bolivar President predicted that ii tne Berlin situation again reached the crisis stage the alliance will join together On other topics Kennedy: Said the Western allies decided whether it would be fruit fu to resume exploratory talks aimed at a possible Berlin settle ment Expressed full faith in the qual ifications of ranklin Roose velt Jr his choice to be under secretary of commerce The nom ination has been the target of Republican criticism "They ques 1 tioned the qualifications of his father to be preydent" said Ken When reminded that he ques tioned the USimage abroad dur ing the 1960 presidential cam paign said he would want to wait and clearer ideas in the next two before deciding how US prestige has fared since then Took advantage of television and radio coverage of the news conference to read a statement plugging proposed legislation "to promote youth employment op the subject of a spe cial message sent to Congress four hours earlier came me reply The shin was en route to Hous ton and New Orleans nick up The suspension is to start March cargo when it was sejzed It had 11 and Sussman indicated he will sailed Tuesday it holds empty appeal before that time that the trooper was The Marlow man said he prob ably would inform the board of his belief Scott wbo has been under sus pension since shortly after the woman filed the report against him is a 16 year veteran of high way patrol Through nis attorneys he show ed that the woman used sev eral different names had been sep arated from her husband wbo lives would free doctors of the physical at Moore with their young child problems of operating the institu that she had held a4 number of 1 irike hrioflv anH hail in A beer drinking party before trying to thumb a ride back to Oklahoma City 4S Witnesses Ready About 45 witnesses including a number of highway patrol troop ers were sworn in for the hear ing which was expected to last through the day In an opening statement for the defense Gay said he would show that Scott had never conaucted himself in any way that would be unexemplary and that the board would be convinced that the wom story The defense attorney said testi mony would show that Scott stop ped and interrogated a hitchhiker in the rain late in the evening and warned the hitchhiker that she would have to go to jail tor her own protection if she did not stay off the roadway Under Oklahoma statutes it is unlawful to stand on the roadway to solicit rides but it is permis sible to stand on ttye shoulder or untraveled jxirtion of the right of way Sylvania 19" Portable TV 19TOGY $15995 MODfl 23U7M featuring HtloVision $29888 OPEN Daily 9 to 9 MODEL 23L87K featuring HalaVision Styto tescfint Eariy Ameriran towboy! 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