Downtown Lawton mall project signs land purchase contract
After seven years of planning and funding, Lawton Urban Renewal Authority confirms Ed Warmack as mall developer by signing a land purchase contract. Originating in 1969 with HUD approval, the project faced repeated delays from financing, anchors, and parking issues before a renewed sales push in 1975.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Ed Warmack
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Central Business District
Lawton
Sam Ard
Lawton City
Supreme Court rules no recourse for spanked students
In a 5-4 ruling the Supreme Court holds that corporal punishment in public schools does not violate the Eighth Amendment. The decision, upholding a lower court ruling, says hearings are not required before paddlings and frames school discipline as distinct from criminal punishment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Powell
Warren E. Burger
Potter Stewart
Harry A. Blackmun
William H. Rehnquist
Byron R. White
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
John Paul Stevens
Drews
Miami
Drew
White
North Carolina
Ingraham and Andrews
Destruction and Dread After Galveston Hotel Fire
Fire gutted the Central Hotel in downtown Galveston with 10 to 12 feared dead and at least 28 unaccounted for. Fourteen hospitalized, two firefighters injured, and arson suspected after fires started in three locations. Witnesses described guests jumping from windows as smoke filled the building.
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Galveston, Tex
Central Hotel
Galveston
Galveston Police Department
Henry Bowman
New Jersey
Sears Nearing Mall Anchors in Lawton Downtown Project
Developer Warmack signs to buy 13.7 acres downtown for a 12 to 13 million dollar mall opening in mid 1979. Sears aims to anchor with pending deals from Penneys and Dillards, while Urban Renewal Authority and City Council back the project and land will be held in trust for five years. Construction could start after year’s end with 60 to 70 small shops planned.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Lawton City Council
Lawtonian
Warmack
Sears
J.C. Penney
Dillards
Penneys
Mall Shell
Carter Revises Price Supports
President Carter approves higher federal price supports for major farm crops starting in 1978, including wheat and corn, in a White House meeting with Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland. The proposed changes aim to secure farm support and export markets but would add about 1 billion dollars over four years, risking the administration’s spending limit and inviting Congress scrutiny.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Bergland
White House
Capitol Hill
Goodyear Plans Training Effort for Lawton Plant
Goodyear will start a specialized year long training in June for a few skilled workers to staff the new Lawton plant. Only maintenance employees begin training. general factory applications start in January. The program trains electricians pipe fitters welders and mechanics to install and repair plant equipment with job start late summer 1978. Ground breaking in about a month.
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Oodyear
Lawton
Jim Garber
Goodyear
Great Plains
Vo-Tech
Akron
Ohio
Garber
Terry Deems
Jim Winkler
Weather outlook with clouds and rain chances
Mostly cloudy tonight with 60 percent rain chance and 70 percent Wednesday. Lows near 60 tonight, highs in the low 70s Wednesday. Monday peaked at 75 with a 52 low. Thursday may see showers and thunderstorms, ending Friday. Saturday looks fair with little temperature change.
Time changes for Daylight Saving Time start this Sunday
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in April and ends at 2 a.m. on the last Sunday in October. Clocks should be set forward one hour before bed Saturday night for the April start.
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Constitution
Lawton Housing Starts Hit New Monthly Record
Lawton saw 100 single family residential starts in March, the highest monthly total ever for the city. Year-to-date starts reached 224 with a valuation of 6.77 million dollars, up sharply from 1976. Builders credit Goodyear’s plant announcement and a planned Downtown Mall for fueling the surge, as city officials sign a land sale with Ed Warmack for mall land.
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Lawton
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Radial Tire
Ed Warmack
Warmack
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