Zoning, annexation win unanimous council support
Lawton council backed annexation and zoning of 10.25 acres at the northeast corner of 67th Street and Lee Boulevard to C-3 planned community shopping center district. American National Bank filed the request. Bill Stratton represented the bank as the sole public hearing witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Pierce
E Avenue
67Th Street
Lee Boulevard
American National Bank
Bill Stratton
Lawton Metropolitan Area
Local Man Charged In Credit Card Case
Fred Douglas Howard of Lawton, 19, was charged with possessing stolen credit cards after officers found two cards on him during booking into the city jail. One card had been reported stolen with about $600 in merchandise charged in the past month. Detective Larry Mahamad said initial arrest was for forgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Douglas Howard
Lawton
Larry Mahamad
Howard
Stephens County Grand Jury Testimony Continues
A Stephens County grand jury, probing road conditions, entered its second day of testimony. District Attorney Melvin Singleterry said 11 witnesses appeared Tuesday, with seven in the morning and four in the afternoon. No testimony details or findings are to be released until the jurors file a report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan
Stephens County
Dist. Atty
Melvin Singleterry
Opposition to private relief bill over Park Service liability
The article notes a legislator opposing a private relief measure due to questions about Park Service liability for park visitors. It details Yellowstone actions to close back country garbage dumps after bears were moved and warns experts that closing dumps could drive grizzlies into campgrounds. The bear linked to Walker’s death had been captured and relocated 18 miles away in late 1970.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Service
Walker
Yellowstone National Park
Wyoming
Back Country
Break-In and Beating Suspects Arrested in Lawton Case
Police say two men aged 19 and 22 were jailed early today after a midnight break-in at 1631 McKinley Lawton. Shirley Campbell reported three men demanded to see her sons, one fired a shot grazing her hand, and her sons were beaten before officers captured two suspects near Jiffy Food Store. A third suspect remained at large.
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Lawton
1631
McKinley
Shirley J. Campbell
Campbell
Southwestern Hospital
Jiffy Food Store
Lith
Douglas
Armed Forces Day Parade Plans Told in Lawton Oklahoma
The Lawton Chamber of Commerce plans an Armed Forces Day parade at 6 p.m. on May 19 with floats bands riding clubs antique cars bicycles and marching groups. Participants include Lawton Girl Scouts high school bands Veterans of Foreign Wars Shrine Club and Fort Sill color guard plus the 5th Army Marching Band. A luncheon at Fort Sill Officers Club and shopping center displays are part of the events.
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Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Armed Forces Day
Lawton
2Nd Street
C Avenue
1Th Street
Gore
Cameron University
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lawton-Fort Sill
Fort Sill
Officers Club
Tuition tax credits face Senate House battle over cost
President Carter opposes tuition tax credits, calling them harmful and likely to expand. House committee backs a 25 percent credit for college tuition with caps of 100 next Aug 1, 150 in 1979, and 250 in 1980, ending unless Congress acts.
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Senate
House
Carter
House Committee
Congress
Soviet Defector Discusses Status as He Seeks Interview
In New York, the Soviet citizen Shevchenko told lawyer Gross he plans to remain Soviet. He discussed his case with Soviet officials at the attorney's apartment and waits in New York for an interview with Waldheim. The UN secretary-general is in Dublin and heads to Vienna for a brief stay in Austria.
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Gross
Shevchenko
New York
Waldheim
Dublin
Vienna
Austria
County Sheriff Choice Mulled Threats Cited
Comanche County Commissioners again delayed naming a replacement for the vacant sheriff post amid pressure and threats from applicants and supporters. Chair Frank White and Commissioner Oscar Sanders cited hostile calls and a push to appoint a favored candidate, noting many contenders have been eliminated and that incumbents’ advantages loom in November.
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Comanche County
Sanders
County Excise Board
ASCS
Marie Detty
Rain Ends Southeast Forest Fire Crisis in Alabama and Tennessee
Forester Bob Campbell notes crews can rest after days of burn drought. Rain brings temporary pause as 2,700 acre Sumter fire in South Carolina is contained. Damage exceeds 4 million in Alabama with 1,836 fires since March 26 scorching 120000 acres. Arson suspected as drought fueled outbreaks across the Southeast.
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Bob Campbell
Chattanooga
Sumter National Forest
East
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
National Weather Service
C.W. Moody
Pre-Dawn Raids Net Suspected Burglars
Western Oklahoma sheriff deputies staged pre dawn raids in eastern Comanche County netting three burglary suspects and property valued around fifteen thousand dollars. Investigators recovered motorcycles a trailer a pickup six firearms and numerous stereos tapes decks and citizen band radios at three sites. Two adult men were arrested and a sixteen year old juvenile was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
H. Ray Anderson
Kenny Stradley
Lonnie Snider
Anderson
Panama treaty view on reservation sparks intervention debate
Treaties and reservations provoke Senate concerns as Brooke notes a March 16 belief that Panamanian leaders showed no deep reservations. He adds the White House sought to reassure Panama that the provision did not grant U.S. intervention rights, while telling senators the opposite was true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooke
White House
Panama
United States
Grandson Sought in Waurika Grandmother Murder Case
An all points bulletin was issued for Steven Keele Hicks of Edmond on a first degree murder charge in the slaying of his 75 year old grandmother Mabel Trout in Waurika. Trout was found in her kitchen March 2 and died three days later from throat injuries and a possible lamp strike after a theft of about 300 dollars from L&M Laundry.
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Waurika
Steven Keele Hicks
Edmond
Jefferson County
Ted Ritter
Wichita Falls
L&m Laundry
Trout
Hicks
Ritter
Leola Qualls
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Lawton Constitution
LMAPC
Carnegie Library
Jennie McCutcheon
Library Board
Oklahoma Historical Society
State Historical Society
Lawton Parking Authority
Commissioners of the Land Office
State Health Department
Turnpike
City of
R.A. Young, and Sons
Oklahoma City
Louis Sasser
Commission On Aging
Charles Rager
Santa Fe
Orba
Sion
Freeman Construction Co
38Th Street
Lee and
Grand Jury
Armed Forces
Clear Span
Long Bay
Star Constructulsa
Tion Company
S. Interstate
Rocky Scott
The
Constitution Staff
Commission
Frank White
White
Waurika Murde
Sun
Lawton Morning Press
Constitution Lawton Publishing Co., Inc
Kd & A Ave
Okla
Oklahoma
Constitution
APOS
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Eeereee
Deep Steel Files
Tulsa
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