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2. THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION, Friday, October 15, 1965 SCATTERED MERCHANDISE. A newsman talks with Dee Huffine. middle, and Pat Ware, both of Cyril, amid merchandise scattered along the south edge of Fletcher today when a Frisco freight (Staff Photo By Tom Sharroclt.) derailed. Shown above are ruptured boxcars which dumped children's toys and clothing along the track.

Huffine and Ware were spectators at the scene. See story on page one. Continued From Page One 19. Oklahoma City, forcing hen to drive him in her car to a sen-ice station in El Reno. While the car was stopped.

Miss Blanc-hard from the auto and sought help. Gar-. mon fled in the Pontiac Tempest, a a driving to a farm in Elaine County where he, spent several nights along a river before striking again. Seen Again Thursday Garmon thon forced his way Into the farm home, left Miss Blancharcl's car in the barn, and escaped in the car of the farm a i after stocking up on blankets and fool. i Officers in the Watonga area searched without success for the former convict, who not seen again i early Thursday when he tried to gain at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Harry Smith near Custer City. Garmon drew a pistol when he reached the door of the Smith; house, and Mrs. Smith called to her husband who "came running" with a 16-gauge shotgun. Smith opened fire into the side of the car as Garmon started; driving away, and Smith gave; chase in his own car before los-.

ing the getaway vehicle near! Weatherford. i Later, Garmon marie his way! to the Leo Hamburger home mile west of Weatherford. fore-; ed Mr. and Mrs. Hamburger and another couple, Mrs.

Emily Kissler and Arnold Trout, into a cellar. The door was barri-j cated i a freezer placed on: top of the door. I Refuge Area Wak'hed Relatives of the Hamburgers, later telephoned the home, a when they received no answer, went to the house. The relatives! released the hostages and notified officers. Agents from Comanche.

Washita. Caddo. Kiowa. Jackson a i Tillman counties the high-' way patrol, state crime bureau and Federal Bureau of Investi-j gation in a search and road-, block set-ups. i The refuge area was watched particularly because; three federal fugitives las year escaped in western a a and made their way to the wild-: life refuge where they eluded escape for three days.

Officers apprehended the es-j capees in a farm northeast of Meers, outside the refuge boundaries. MANGLED BOXCARS. Loaded boxcars of a Frisco freight lay scattered along twisted track just south of Fletcher. Twenty cars of the freight derailed at 5:40 a.m. today.

There were no injuries, See story, page one. (Staff Photo By Tom Sharrock) Jury Sessions Are Announced The longest recorded leap by i a kangaroo was made in 1351 a female red kangaroo in the course of a chase made a series of bounds, one of. i measured 42 feet. THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION Daily Except Saf. and Sun.

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30.60 20.40 11.22 5.10 Sunday Constitution-Press (only) 1 yr. 7.65 (Less than 1 year's subscription. 20c per copy plus tax.) Prices Include 2 Per Cent Sloto Sales fax Jury trial sessions for November and December were announced today by District Court Judge John P. Fullerton and Superior Court Judge Robert S. Landers.

The District Court jury trial session will begin Nov, 8, with criminal cases to be tried during the first week and civil cases the second. Defendants not previously arraigned in District Court must appear at 10 a.m. Oct. 26. Judge Landers said his trial session will begin Dec.

6, with civil cases set for trial the first week and criminal cases scheduled for the second week. Defendants not previously arraigned in Superior Court must appear at 10 a.m. Nov. 29. Miss Ollie File, court clerk, will raw the names of 250 prospective jurors, 125 panel members for each trial session.

CHURCH HELPS VICTIMS The Health and Welfare Societies of the Lawton Seventh a Adventist Church among contributors who stocked a clothing van which the denomination sent to aid refugees of the Hurricane Betsy disaster in the New Orleans area. In cooperation with the Red Cross, this clothing van was set up at the Naval Air Reserve a there. Bellmon To Leave On Far East Trip OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -Gov. Henry Bellmon leaves Saturday on a three-week. State Department sponsored tour of the Far East.

The governor will revisit Two where he won a Silver Star in World War II, before traveling to Tokyo, Japan to join nine other governors making the tour. Other stops Include Hong Kong and Saigon where the governors are expected to visit Viet Nam battle areas. Bellmon plans to return to Oklahoma between Nov. 9 and 12. The governor will make the trip in what his office described as a regularly-scheduled Air National Guard plane.

Mrs. Bellmon will accompany him as far as Honolulu, where she will slay several days before returning to Oklahoma. State Promised More Industry OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -Several new industries will locate in Oklahoma within the next few months, Gov. Henry Bellmnn predicted today after returning from an industrial recruiting tour of Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and New York. "We were able to get and give information we feel will lead to several new industries coming to Oklahoma or expanding in Oklahoma within the next few months," Bellmon said.

The industrial aeromada was sponsored by the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce. Edgar Buchanan of "Petticoat Junction," and his wife, Mildred, were graduated in the same class at North Pacific Dental College in Portland, Oregon. rf Funeral Louis B. Boulware DUNCAN (Staff) Services for Louis B. Boulware, 75, of Fairvicw.

-who died in a Lawlon hospital Thursday morning a an extended illness, will be held 2 p.m. Monday at the i Missionary Baptist Church, Duncan. Rev. Bill Hardage, paslor of Highland Park Baptist Church, will officiate; assisted by Rev. Bill Crow.

Burial will be in Duncan Cemetery under the direction of a a Funeral Home. Mr. Boulware was born Nov. 29, 1889 in Ryan. He lived in Duncan from 1918 to 1942 when he moved to Lawton.

In 1961 he moved to Fail-view and has lived there since a dale. He was a retired groceryman and a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Lawton. Survivors include his wife. Ola. of the home; one daughter, Mrs.

Lpon Murray, Lawton; one son, Bryce, of Fail-view; one brother. Fate B. Boulware, Hastings; three sisters, Mrs. Oltie Eakcs. Oklahoma City, Mrs.

Inez Schaefer, Lamesa. and Mrs. Frances Hill, Long Beach, six grandchildren. Mrs. Susie Peters ANADARKO (Staff) Services for Mrs.

Susie Ryan Peters, 89, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Smith Funeral Chapel. Anadarko. with burial in Purcell Cemetery. She died Thursday in an Anadarko hospital.

She was a long-! time field matron i the Anadarko Indian Agency, and had spent many years working with area Indians. In 1954, she was adopted by the Kiowa tribe and given the! name "Kom-lah-gya, 1 i means "good friend." She organized the Mautane Club for women to teach lealh-i er work. She promoted an art. club a graduated Monroe a Spencer Asah, Steve Mopope, Jack Hokeah, James A i a and othpr famed artists. An art scholarship was established by the Philomathic Club of Anadarko in honor of Mrs.

Peters in 19G3, and the award is; presented annually. She was born in Tcnn. and moved to a County with her parents. She i was married to Deputy Marshal John Swain who died in 1897. I She was later married to i Peters of Purcell, who died several years after the marri- age.

Survivors include a nephew, Fred Corriell, of Holdenville. Rev. John Tsatoke of Lawton and Rev. Ted Ware of A a a will officiate at sen-ices. Smith Funeral Chapel, Anadarko, is in charge.

Two To Attend Meeting Of NSA Two members of the Lawton Chapler. National Secretaries Association, were scheduled to depart today to a a two- day southwest district, NSA meeting in New Orleans, La. They are Mrs. Martha Safrit Mrs. Betty Dom.

It was announced a Miss Vinita Lee, English literature and journalism instructor at Lawton High School, will discuss "Punctuation and a a at a chapter meeting to begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday. All area secretaries were i yiled to allcnd the dinner meet-! ing. Reservations may be made by contacting Miss Nella White at EL3-1770 before 10 a.m. Mon-' day.

I Woman Sentenced To 20-Year Term THE 34-year-old Japanese- ed to the county jail to await bom wife of a former Fort Sill transportation to-McAlester. 20-year prison sentence Thursday afternoon when she pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter. Sentenced by Superior Court Mrs. Vaughan was arrested at Fort Sill on May 29. 1965.

short-, ly after local officers found tha badly-beaten body of Frank H. Vaughan. her so'n. Lying on a bed in the family home at 2214 Judge Robert S. Landers a i 23rd.

Mrs. Sumiko Vaughan, originally was charged i i IN A STATEMENT given of- niurder in connection with I i Mrs. Vaughan admitted I a a beating of her 10-year-old beating the child because "he I adopted son May 29. THE MOTHER was accused using a Softball bat to inflict wouldn't mind." She said she struck him about 40-50 times with a baseball bat. Det.

Capt. Cleo Stout and Del. Don Cunningham said the child was lying face down in a fatal injuries. County Attorney Chester D. Silvers recommended the bed" of the.

Vaughan home, tence after Mrs. Vaughan. rep-1 Vaughan was assigned to Korea resented by local attorney Law- at the time of the incident ton Burton, pleaded guilty to the reduced charge. Mrs. Vaughan was escorted to the courtroom about 2:50 p.m.

by her husband, Sgt. l.C. William F. a a and sheriff's officers. Crouching low between I her husband and a jail a Mrs.

Vaughan kept her face hidden from news photographers as she entered and left the courtroom. She accepted the sentence without emotion and was return- The child had reportedly gona to school Ihe morning of the attack, obtained his report card and returned home. It was reported that he and his mother argued about 9:30 a.m. The report card was found on a table in the home, indicating that the child received average grades. A notation from his teacher indicated that he was an "obedient, dependable child who showed a great deal of promise." Indian Dance Set At Carnegie Park CARNEGIE (Staff) An Indian dance will be held at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday in the city park here. The dance is sponsored by the Carnegie Indian Veterans Day Committee. Proceeds will be added to funds for this year's Indian Veterans Day Celebration to be held in Carnegie Nov. 9-11. The dance this Saturday will be held in the new 60 144 all- steel commercial exhibit Tri- County Fair Building.

The program Saturday will be open to visiting dancers, and will also feature dance teams Driver Injured As Truck Flips A Texas truck driver was injured Thursday night when his truck went out of control and overturned on Oklahoma 7 about 13 miles east of Lawton, the highway patrol reported today. Injured was Acton C. Johnson 44. driver of a 1958 IHC truck which overturned detour portion of Oklahoma according to Kenneth Landis, Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Landis reported the truck was traveling west when it apparently went out of control and on a curve at a where the detour portion of the road crosses a newly-completed section.

Johnson was a to a local hospital in a a ambulance for a of lacerations and abrasions. He was not reported to be in serious condition at 10:30 p.m. A passing motor helped Johnson from the truck when a small fire caused minor damage to the cab. POSTMASTER CONFIRMED WASHINGTON (AP) Senate confirmed today Presi-j dent Johnson's nomination of Charles M. McCurdy to be postmaster at Tupelo, Okla.

of Carnegie a recently won honors at Hershey. Pa." Flagstaff, Navajo Tribal Fair, Window Rock, Ariz, and elsewhere. William Koomsa Sr. and Henley Kaubin. co-directors for tha Armistice-Veterans Day program, said the Nov.

11 celebration this year will feature Laguna tribal eagle and buffalo dancers of Paraje, N.M. and a Navajo dance team of Window Rock. Preston Monongye, Hopi, chairman of the New Mexico State Fair Indian Village, Albuquerque, is leader of the Laguna Pueblo dance team. Judge William D. Yazzie will also attend the Veterans Day ceremonies, as will Miss Carol Ann Yazzie, Miss Navajo of 1965.

William Koomsa Sr. and Henley Kaubin, who have led the Carnegie event for the past three years, announced they will retire as directors after Ihis year's Veterans Day program. Local Students Aid Convention Lawlon High School and Cameron College students assisted with duties for the 43rd Congress of Parents and Teachers convention here this week. Members of the LHS chapter of Future Homemakers of America served as pages for the conclave. Students from the business education office served as typists.

Members of the Keathley Rifles, ROTC military organization at Cameron College, were in charge of directing traffic in the McMahon Auditorium parking lot. NOTICE OF BIO City of Lawton will receive, bids i 9:00 A.M.. October 2G, 1965, the Leasing of 13 Tracts or portions thereof around Lake Ellsworth and Lake Lawtonka. for grazing purposes. Bids will be accepted at the samp time for the Leasing of 1 Tract in the vicinity of Lake Lawtonka for agricultural purposes.

Complete specifications are on i and may be obtained at the i of City Clerk. City Hall. City of Lawton reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. R. M.

DODSON, City Clerk I A I 319 AVENUE QUALITY OPTICAL SERVICE OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAY TOP QUALJTY PURNITURE AT SUBSTANTIAL- SAVINGS NOTICE! NEW SUNDAY STORE HOURS! OPEN 10 A.M. TO 1:30 P.M. For Prescription Service Before or After These Hours Coll EL 5-1515. RAY'S PHARMACY Corner 6th and Are You Mis-Informed? Have you been told that furniture from Home Decor is THE TRUTH IS YOU CAN BUY MUCH MORE FOR LESS MONEY AT HOME DECOR! And we will special order for you at even greater savings. You owe it to yourself to shop at the STUDIO in Home Decor.

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