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Newspaper

Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1973

Page

5

Prices Drift Lower As Action Expected

New York stocks edged down at midday as traders awaited government moves on inflation. Dow Jones off 5.35 to 951.38 with declines ahead of advances. Oklahoma City livestock prices show cattle and hogs with modest gains and losses across categories.

New York New York Stock Exchange Oklahoma City State Department of Agriculture Manchester Afton Keyes Liberal Perryton Geary Medford Clinton el Reno Okeene Watonga Weatherford Muskogee Hobart Altus Yukon Enid Temple Gulf Barley Mangum MILO Aston Chickasha Lamont Pauls Valley

Students Write Famous People Replies to Letters

Seventh grade students at Eisenhower Junior High wrote to public figures and received responses. About 30 pupils sent letters to leaders and celebrities. three received Nixon cards with a peace statement. Others got Nixon bios or ecology briefs, and some had replies from Mrs. Johnson and Gov. Hall. One student gained a personal autograph and note from Red Foxx of Sanford and Son.

Eisenhower Junior High School Nixon Vietnam America Lyndon Baines Johnson David Hall Red Foxx Nbc-Tv

POW John Ray to Speak at Cameron College Dinner

Former POW Capt John Ray of Pauls Valley will headline Cameron College annual international dinner. About 750 attendees will gather 5 to 7 p m in Shepler Center mezzanine to hear the speaker and enjoy regionally themed American cuisine and patriotic displays. Tickets are $3 at the door.

John Ray US Army Pauls Valley Cameron College Food Services Discover America Shepler Center Cameron J. R. Allison United States Maine Florida Allison

LSD Hearing Set Next Month for Charles Black

Preliminary hearing scheduled May 7 for Charles Black on LSD with intent to distribute charges. Bond set at $5,000 after alleged attempt to sell 30 LSD tablets to Lawton police undercover agent at a Lawton motel last Thursday.

Charles Black Bond Lawton

Funeral rites set for Sgt James Shackelford 46

Funeral services will be held at 2 30 p m Thursday in Beck er Funeral Home chapel with burial at Post Cemetery for Sgt Ret James Coy Shackelford 46 of 1223 S 26th Place found dead in his pickup near 38th and 1 Monday morning Autopsy in Oklahoma City underway He married Maxima Balalong July 29 1960.

James Coy Shackelford Becker Funeral Home Post Cemetery

Judgment Cut By U.S. Judge

U.S. District Court Judge Fred Daugherty reduced a $1,511,078 verdict to $800,000 in a damage suit won by Ronald L. Nichols, a quadriplegic, from an auto truck accident on the Muskogee Turnpike in Wagoner County. Defendants were TIME DC Inc and Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.

Muskogee, Okla U.S Fred Daugherty Ronald L. Nichols Muskogee Turnpike Wagoner County T.i.m.e.dc Inc Liberty Mutual Insurance Co Massachusetts

Public Records: Various Theft and Vandalism Reports

Public records list multiple incidents including thefts of batteries and tape recorders, vandalism to a school and a window, home burglaries, and lost wallets. Names include Beta ew Senchin 5334 Elm Ted D sree FS Dr Charles Graybill 116 N 36th Eisenhower Junior High School Dunbar Elementary Gerald Bollard 7320 N 46th Gene Ross Edmond Lewton Vanderbeek 1512 Baldwin William E Mace 2915 Prentice Lynex Jackson 2109 Jefferson Ann Ketchum 1613 re thef of tape recorder Fort Silt Seghen Taylor Fort Silt Gentry Boggs 1302 N Kingswood A T Umphers 1812 WN 23rd.

Ew Senchin Ted ‘D. Sree Ore Pearee Savto Charles Graybill Eisenhower Junior High School Gore Dunbar Elementary Gerald Bollard Gentry Boggs N. Kingswood A. T. Umphers

Fire Reports From Lowton Fire Crews Monday

Fire crews responded to calls at 1 45 p m at Bishop Rood for a minor blaze, 2 12 p m for a fire at ith and Gore, 8 22 p m at Belmont and Vth end for a house fire.

Bishop Rood Ith and Gore Dergies End Belmont

Cameron Group Attends Oklahoma Academy Meeting

Five Cameron College biology faculty joined 16 students at the Oklahoma Academy of Science spring meeting at Robbers Cave State Park. The three day event featured lectures on Robbers Cave geology and ecology and Elk transplant in Eastern Oklahoma.

Cameron College Oklahoma Academy of Science Robbers Cave State Park Robbers Cave Oklahoma Mickey Cooper State Academy Cameron Jack Tyler Doyle McCoy Howard Hopkins Wayne Epperson Rod Kemper Bob Morgan Dennis Parmlee Mary Jay Cathy Mauck Betty Trash Alice Cleland Janice Buckner Adreienne Freese Jerry Barker Delton Foley Mike Lodes Sam Morrow Mike Nevins Paul Reynolds Raymond Yeats

Reward Posted In Robberies

A $200 reward is offered for information leading to arrests and convictions in robberies at seven Cardinal Food Stores owned by Ed Cagle. He asks informants to contact police with secrecy.Robberies have occurred six times in six months, the latest at Mission Village store with four masked youths hijacking and taking $650.

Cagle Cardinal Food Stores Ed Cagle Mission Village

First Million-Dollar Racehorse Tops Earings Record

Citation earned a total of $1,085,760 from 1947 to 1951 and became the first horse to win a million dollars in racing.

Citation

Elisberg outlines motives in Pentagon Papers case

Daniel Ellsberg explains copying the Pentagon Papers to aid Congress in ending the Vietnam War. He testified that release would not harm U S national defense and said four presidents Truman Eisenhower Kennedy and Johnson misled the public about the war.

Los Angeles Daniel Elisberg Pentagon Vietnam Congress Elisberg Anthony Russo Rand Ellsberg Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson

Health and Welfare Group Sets Friday Meeting at Cameron

More than 100 members of the Southwest Area Division of the Oklahoma Health and Welfare Association will attend the division’s annual meeting Friday at Shepler Center, Cameron College. The event runs 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and features Dr. Hayden H. Donahue as keynote with panels on services for adults and children. Guests include Sen. Jim Taliaferro Cameron College president Dr. Don Owen and Mayor Don Whitaker.

Southwest Area Division Oklahoma Health and Welfare Association Shepler Center Cameron College Hayden H. Donahue State Department of Mental Health Central State Griffin Memorial Hospital Dr. Donahue John H. Holt Ted Stephens Region VI Donald J. Abbott Jim Taliaferro Don Owen Don Whitaker Katherine Hudson State of Oklahoma Health and Welfare Association

Underwriters Set Panel Talk On Client Prospecting

A panel discussion on client prospecting and service will be featured during the Wednesday meeting of the Southwestern Life Underwriters Association. The luncheon meeting will be held at noon at Martins Restaurant. The event is open to all career life insurance agents.

Southwestern Life Underwriters Association Martin's

Lawton Leads Oklahoma City Sales Tax Uptick in April

City sales tax receipts statewide rose to 233305 in April with 4.8966 million distributed to 298 towns, a 17.3 percent increase from a year ago. Lawton retained a 2 percent levy and posted 221945 for February business.

Lawton Oklahoma Tax Commission S. W. Hampton Southwest Oklahoma

Births and admissions fill hospital records across towns

The hospital notices list births including a son to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weatherly in Del City, with time and weight, alongside numerous admissions and discharges for medical and surgical cases from towns such as Cache, Norman, Lawton, and surrounds, detailing patient names and routes.

Jack Dodd Cache Anna Bridgewater Forest Elvira Broussard Douglas James Carlock Marion E. Carnes Marlow Karsen K. Davis Cyril Denise C. Dennis Ruth Finney Apache Dwight A. Gaines Monroe Deborah A. Griswold N. 32Nd Jewell F. Grooms Geronimo John T. Haley Roosevelt Joe A. House Birch Tony Huddleston Jessica V. Jones Elm Leo R. Keeney Liberty Judith A. Ketchum Dorchester Drive Linda G. Keyes Eisenhower Drive Louise R. Kirkham N. 10Th Farris A. Lindsey Oak Ruby M. Little Jess L. Lynch Mary M. Miller Altus Donald E. Montgomery Lindy Michael W. Mosley Gore Mary Kate Patterson Maggie R. Williams Sybie D. Williams Rush Springs Ruben Williamson Pennsylvania Sieglinde Black Sheridan Jeffrey D. Bowman Temple Wayne D. Cagle Shirley A. Caren S. 17Th Catherine M. Hallinan N. 48Th Mary F. Hefl Joe Weatherly del City

Youth with Suspended Sentence Arrested for Horse Cruelty

Ronald William Branson, 17, on a complaint of cruelty to animals after a third horse was slashed and left barely alive near the North Canadian River. Branson previously received a five year suspended sentence for hacking death of a pony and sexual mutilation of a horse. he is an escapee from a juvenile home and was held at Berry House with a 14 year old companion returned to a ranch.

Oklahoma City Ronald William Branson North Canadian River Branson Wesleyan Youth Inc. Boys’ Ranch Berry House Oklahoma County Oklahoma Homer Smith

Schools To Offer PREP Program In Lawton

Lawton Public Schools certified to offer a Pre-Discharge Education Program for Fort Sill personnel to earn high school diplomas. Federal funds reimburse the district. Fort Sill provides space. The district hires staff and the program starts in September with eight hours daily for six weeks.

Lawton Public Oklahoma State Accrediting Agency Fort Sill Lawton

Hearing Stated In Larceny Case

Thomas E. Reid 22 of 418 Woodland Drive arraigned in district court on grand larceny charge. Bond set at 2000. Reid subdued by Clarence Shay 7126 Woodland Place after allegedly taking a tire and wheel from a car Shay owned and held until police arrived.

Thomas E. Reid Woodland Drive Reid Clarence Shay Woodland Place Shay

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