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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1973
Page
1
A massive second day blackout hit a 170 mile Florida Gold Coast area as 85 degree heat kept demand high. FP&L blamed an unexplained malfunction at Turkey Point nuclear plant triggering automatic sensor failures that shut down 10 generators and left about 2 million people without power.
LURA will not consider the $644,000 offer from J C Hester & Associates for the 300,000 square feet of downtown land valued at $1.2 million. Arch March said the bid cannot be entertained as bids were to be design based. A second developer with mall experience has agreed to participate, Chad Chadwell disclosed.
Chancellor Willy Brandt will travel to Washington on May 12 for talks with President Nixon. Foreign Minister Walter Scheel accompanies him. They will discuss U S cooperation with Europe, monetary policy coordination, and trade talks amid GATT negotiations. Brezhnev may visit Bonn in May.
The House Banking Committee votes to roll back all prices and interest rates to January 10 levels ending Phase 2 controls. The plan would restore food prices to the May 1 1972 level and reset rents to January 10 1973 while limiting new ceilings. Treasury Secretary Shultz says such ceilings are unworkable and cautions against policy drift.
City Manager Larry Fountaine said he intends to reappoint Police Chief Alford Hennessee in May when his two year elected term ends. Hennessee, elected unopposed in 1971, has a term governed by the city charter which took effect in 1972. The council discussed clerk appointments and a personnel meeting was proposed after April 10.
Oklahoma City AP reports inmates and prison workers pressed for higher wages while Gov. Hall was away. The House Appropriations Committee agreed to lift the Department of Corrections budget by about 2 million for the next fiscal year, exceeding both Hall’s request and the Senate plan. Also in OKC, Rep. Atkins expressed anger at Health Sciences Center data delays, with Rep. Davis anticipating early next week. In Moscow, cosmonauts prepared to chase the Salyut 2 lab for a long mission.
Secretary General Galo Plaza calls hemispheric concerns over cooperation and the Alliance for Progress’ failures. He urges new formulas for joint development and warns against propaganda that raised false hopes of quick results. Virtually all 22 Latin American nations attend the foreign ministers meeting.
Forecast calls for fair skies and cool temperatures in Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma through tonight with slightly warmer readings on Thursday. Today's high near 60 and tonight's low in the mid to upper 30s. Thursday high around the mid 60s, with Tuesday reaching 52 and overnight 41.
Jerry Lee Cudjoe, 19, faced a murder charge in the September 18 killing of Highway Patrol Trooper Robert Eugene Axe. The case, aided by Oklahoma Crime Bureau and police, also named Claude Ramsey, 19, as a material witness. Ramsey’s bond was set at 2000, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for April 4.
Ozier, a 33 year old furniture salesman from Lawton, defeated Stitt Pair 412 to 295 to claim the Ward 5 council post. Pair, 57, previously served on the council from 1955 to 1961 and had been trying for a return after a 12 year absence.
The National Association of Home Builders urged the Cost of Living Council to set mandatory lumber price controls to curb housing costs. They proposed a base price on logs from federal lands and a fixed markup for mills and distributors. George C. Martin argued for selective controls amid Phase 3 price spikes, while opponents warned of reduced production and potential rationing if controls are imposed.
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