World Deaths Briefs Highlight Parks Tolson McGaffin Thompson
Larry Parks 60 died of a heart attack after admitting Communist ties. Clyde A. Tolson 74, longtime associate of J Edgar Hoover, died after a long illness. William McGaffin 64, deputy chief of the Chicago Daily News Washington bureau, died of cancer. R T Thompson 65, former executive editor of the Observer Eccentric Newspapers, died of a heart attack.
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Los Angeles
Larry Parks
al Jolson
Jolson
Communist Party
Clyde A. Tolson
Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
Washington (Ap
William McGaffin
Chicago Daily News
Associated Press
Cairo
The
Daily News
London
United Nations
R.T. Thompson
Livonia
Mich
R. T. Thompson
Observer & Eccentric
Detroit
Council weighs bus cost and park land dispute
The council debated a 90 000 bus project and approved related land actions while turning down a Greer family settlement for park land given in 1951. A rezoning hearing was set for May 6, and street markings along Sheridan Road were approved to curb repainting.
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Prince
Norma Roberts
van Meter
Keith Haynes
Greer
38Th Street
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Sheridan Road
Fulton
Lake Ellsworth
Feds
Fairgrounds
Paul Brune
Cache Road
Indians Win GSA Transfer Of Land For Lawton Area Plans
The Kiowa Comanche and Apache tribes receive lands via General Services Administration transfer on March 17, enabling trust status and potential uses. Lawton officials see chance for a large outdoor recreation complex, while tribes discuss joint use with city representatives and consider housing, commerce, and light industry on the site.
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General Services Administration
KCA
City of
Lawton
Fort Sill
Bob Cannon
Inter-Tribal Land Use Committee
Inter-Tribal
Cannon
RCA
BIA
Washington
Joe Attocknie
Comanche
GSA
Secretary of Interior
Oklahoma
Steed
Bellman
Sihuanar
Ford
Corps of Engineers
AUSA Spring Banquet At Fort Sill Promises Music and Speeches
The Southwest Oklahoma Chapter of the Association of the U S Army hosts a spring banquet at Fort Sill next Monday. A social hour begins at 7 p m with ribeye steak dinner to follow, featuring Cameron singers and remarks by AUSA President Jack Carter and Fort Sill commanding general Maj. Gen. David E. Ott. Tickets are $6, available from major command project officers or Maj. Lewis A. Rice at 351 2812.
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Southwest Oklahoma
Association of the U.S. Army
AUSA
Fort Sill
NCO Club
Cameron Singers
Jack Carter
David E. Ott
II Corps Artillery
Lewis A. Rice
Oklahoma Names Bliss Head Basketball Coach
Norman reports Dave Bliss, 31 year old bachelor, hired as head basketball coach at the University of Oklahoma after serving as chief assistant at Indiana University last year. The move marks a major coaching change for OU.
Repair shop backs up as cassette recorders flood city schools
Educational repair teams face a growing backlog as they tackle public address systems and intercoms in city schools. A mountain of equipment sits outside the shop with a records card for each item. Small cassette recorders frustrate workers due to tiny parts and varied brands, especially Japanese models. They urge standardization to ease parts supply.
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Wilcox
Smiddy
Phtas
Comanche County Improvement Foundation Meeting Notice
The Comanche County Improvement Foundation will hold a public meeting on April 16 at 8:00 PM at Indiohoma School in Indiahoma to nominate candidates for the board. The election will be held April 2 at Indiohoma School from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM.
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Comanche County Improvement Foundation, Inc
Indiohoma School
Indiahoma
Impor Ine
Board of Directors
Indichoma
Court cites 1971 ruling on sex bias in appointments
Justice Blackmun notes the Idaho case banning male preference for estate administrator appointments mirrors federal restraints. He highlights strikes against sex distinctions in Social Security survivor benefits and dependent allowances for military personnel families.
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Blackmun
Supreme Court
Idaho
Virginia ports see 53.7 percent rise in foreign trade value
Virginia's foreign trade through its ports reached about 4.3 billion in the first half of 1974, up 53.7 percent from the prior year. The state division reports service to 9 steamship lines and 259 ports in 111 foreign countries.
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Virginia Ports
Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Division of Industrial Development
Tax season rush hits Lawton as filers swarm offices
Lawton IRS and post office report heavy tax form pickup and processing. Officials note a surge in last minute filers, with traffic at the post office up and tax prep firms crowded. Oklahoma IRS center lists 598,143 returns processed and 155 million dollars in refunds across the state as of April 11.
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Lawton Irs
Lawton Post Office
Billy Humphreys
Post Office
Humphreys
IRS
David Houtz
Houtz
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
IRS Austin Service Center
Hicks Receives Oklahoma Technical Society Award
Dorothy Hicks assistant professor of technology at Cameron University won the Joe Nobles Award for outstanding work in upper level technical education. She was cited at the society spring conference at South Oklahoma City Junior College, as the third recipient.
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Dorothy Hicks
Cameron University
Oklahoma Technical Society
Joe Nobles
Perry McNeil
Hicks
Kissinger and Schlesinger Debate South Vietnam Exit Strategy
Secretary Kissinger dismissed endless review of U.S. Vietnam involvement while defense adviser Schlesinger warned of a potential bloodbath with 200,000 to 1 million deaths. He said U.S. forces should seize only to protect evac operations and he questioned how late the military balance allows action. Senator Clark said the president would order faster evacuation of Americans from Saigon.
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South Vietnam
Kissinger
Schlesinger
U.S
United States
Dick Clark
D Lown
Graham Martin
Saigon
Oklahoma City state grain and livestock market report
State Department of Agriculture prices show Wheat 3.37 to 3.92 per bushel across towns including Altus Hobart and El Reno. Barley 2.20 to 2.60 per bushel with several towns listed. Milo 4.10 to 4.85 per hundredweight with multiple locations cited. Soy beans 5.16 to 5.91 per bushel. Alfalfa hay 60 to 79 per ton in Chickasha and 65 to 70 in Pauls Valley. Broilers live 23.34 per pound. Eggs large 53.0, mediums 47.0. Cattle and calves trading moderately active with varied prices for slaughter cows and bulls. good slaughter steers 33.00 to 33.25 per hundredweight, some lots up to 40.50. Hogs 35.00 to 36.60 for sows, feeder pigs 50.25 to 70.50.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Afton
Altus
Hobart
Mancheser
Pauls Valley
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Clinton
el Reno
Geary
Kingfisher
Medford
Okeene
Ponca City
Temple
Watonga
Weatherford
Yukon
Gulf
Fire department logs list multiple city calls
Lawton Fire Department dispatch records show keys: 2:43 p.m. 1002 Dearborn car fire. 4:15 p.m. 11th and Ferris smoke investigation. 4:13 p.m. 2:23 H house fire false storm. 7:38 p.m. 1704 Bell service call. 7:5? p.m. 1628 NW 26th house fire meator. 9:36 p.m. cak pickup truck fire. 10:15 p.m. Hotel Lowtonion building fire dri. Year total 464 dispatches.
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Dearborn
Ferris
Bell
Tye
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Anadarko Area
Morris Thompson
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Beirut
Lebanon
Treasury
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Connally
Denis Healey
Britain
House of Commons
House Appropriations Committee
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D-Choctaw
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Mory Nowry
TAT Et National Bank
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Mrs. Hicks
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MILO
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Banner
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Lawton Fire Department
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Mid America
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