Man Admitted Slaying Wife in Welty Case, Police Testify
Lawton officers testified Tony Kim Welty admitted beating his wife Linda Welty to death with a claw hammer in their home on January 11. Investigators said Welty acknowledged striking her as questions linked to the earlier shooting of two teenage girls at a city body shop.
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Dist. Atty
Don Beauchamp
Tony Kim Welty
District Court
Lawton
Cleveland County
Welty
Jay Vickers
Carl Lindgren
Linda Welty
Evans
Leo Thomas Brown
Cleveland
Fort Sill to Open New Confinement Facility
A dedication ceremony marks the opening of Fort Sill's new $3.5 million confinement building at 1490 Randolph Road. Maj. Gen. Donald R. Keith will receive the building key after remarks by Maj. Thomas E. O'Malley, with Titan Midwest Construction Company as the contractor.
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Fort Sill
Thomas E. O'Malley
Ft. Worth
Corps of Engineers
Donald R. Keith
Randolph Road
Titan Midwest Construction Company
St. Louis
Army
O'Malley
Fort Sill’s
Forts Bliss
Bragg, Carson and
Dix
Law Day Events Planned In Area
The twentieth annual Law Day observance in the Lawton Fort Sill area is set for May 1 with the theme Partners in Justice. Fort Sill's Staff Judge Advocate Office sponsors an essay contest for fifth and sixth graders at Geronimo and Sheridan Road elementary schools. A joint proclamation declaring May 1 as Law Day will be signed by Maj. Gen. Donald R. Keith, Fort Sill commander, Lawton Mayor Wayne Gilley, and District Judge Jack Brock.
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Lawton- Fort Sill
Partners In Justice
Fort Sill
Judge Advocate Office
Partners In Law
Geronimo
Sheridan Road
Donald R. Keith
Lawton
Wayne Gilley
Jack Brock
Flood Plain Rules To Reshape Lawton Homes
A public hearing Thursday in Lawton City Hall will discuss flood plain management that could affect more than 500 homeowners. The meeting covers how new rules may limit additions and structures near Wolf Creek Cache Creek Squaw Creek and Wratten Creek areas and impact eligibility for federal flood insurance. Dale Greer HUD official will attend with maps and discussion of 100 year flood plains and floodways.
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Lawton
Lawton City Hall
Wolf Creek
Cache Creek
Squaw Creek
Wratten Creek
Bob Bigham
Bigham
Heinz and
Meadowbrook
Dale Greer
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Dallas
Winters warm forecast for Easter pageant veterans
Jim and Mae Key of Cheyenne Wyoming return to the Holy City in the Wichita Wildlife Refuge for the Easter pageant with Blizzard Bloomers insulated gear. They travel 1400 miles with their dog Charlie to rehearse Palm Sunday and Tuesday nights. The Keys plan to portray a disciple and a Galilean woman as they continue a 50 year pageant tradition despite chilly past performances.
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Jim
Mae Key
Cheyenne
Wyo
Holy City
Charlie
Wichita Wildlife Refuge
Carter Signs Bill to Reorganize Executive Branch
President Carter signed legislation granting broad power to reorganize the federal bureaucracy and improve efficiency. The law allows executive proposals to take effect after 60 days unless rejected by Congress, with limits on abolishing cabinets or independent agencies. Director Bert Lance will lead the process with a bottom up approach.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Congress
Senate
House
Department of Energy
Bert Lance
Office of Management and Budget
Lance
Floods Worsen Across Appalachia Kill 32 in Storm
Flooding from a Mississippi Gulf storm swept the Southeast, killing at least 32. Alabama reported 23 deaths, mostly from tornadoes. Kentucky five. West Virginia and Virginia two each. Residents in Barbourville and Knox County fought back with 15,000 sandbags as Cumberland River waters burst a flood wall.
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Associated Press
Hibitter
Appalachia
Mississippi Gulf
Alabama
Kentucky
West Virginia
Virginia
Charles Buchanan
Barbourville
Cumberland River
Knox County
National Weather Service
Cumberland
Weather outlook warm with 80s into weekend
The forecast calls for a warm trend with highs in the low 80s Thursday and again in the 80s Friday through Sunday. Tonight's low in the mid 40s with southwest winds 6 to 12 mph. Overnight Tuesday lows were 48 and highs 70.
Sadat urges Carter to start Palestinian dialogue for peace
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat told a Washington press conference that a dialogue with Palestinian leaders is essential for a Middle East peace. He opposed Carter's proposal on Israeli defense positions beyond Arab borders and emphasized Palestinians must be included for any lasting solution. He backed normalization with Israel after a peace settlement in Geneva and warned against Cuban involvement in Africa.
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Washington
Anwar Sadat
Carter
Middle East
Sadat
Israel
Bob Bergland
John Gilligan
Agency For International Development
Geneva
Africa
Zaire
Ethiopia
Sudan
Angola
Coast, Vegas Flights Added Link to Southern California service
AVTON passengers gain a new air link to southern California with Frontier Air Lines and Hughes Airwest inaugurating the first direct Denver to Los Angeles satellite airports service. Four daily roundtrips, two Frontier Denver to Hollywood Burbank, two Hughes Airwest Denver to Orange County. Flight 41 departs 12 26 p m CST connects to Flight 65 in Denver to arrive Hollywood Burbank 4 50 p m PST. One en route stop at Salt Lake City or Las Vegas, no plane changes for passengers at these stops.
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AVTON
California
Frontier Airliens
Hughes Airwest
Denver
Colo
Los Angeles
Frontier
Hollywood-Burbank
Orange County
Lawton
Flight 41
Larry Baumgartner
Baumgartner
Salt Lake City
Las Vegas
Council OKs Transportation Plan Bond Proposal for Street Projects
Lawton approves a four year Transportation Improvement Program calling for more than 2.8 million in bond funding for seven street projects with 1.7 million needed this year. Projects include Old Cache Road East Gore Boulevard and Second Street. federal funds would cover most costs. Bond election not set. plan to start in fiscal year beginning July 1.
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Lawton
Robert Metzinger
Old Cache Road
U.S. 62
82Nd Street
East Gore Boulevard
East 45Th Street
Second Street
Ferris Avenue
C Avenue
L1th Street
Bishop Road
Cache Road
East Gore
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Sill
Fort Sill News Service
By the Constitution Staff
By Eve Sandstrom
By Pat Hollis
Audience Hill
Mrs. Key
Clara Young
Edna Webber
Bill
By Skip Gibson
Metzinger
Nance
38Th Street
Rogers Lane
F Avenue
Sixth Street
Council
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