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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1973
Page
4
About 40 Easter weekend revellers faced charges in District Court including assault public drunkenness and grand larceny. Twenty-one persons had been identified to date as the proceedings began.
The Merced County sheriff said Bunyard will be charged with murder in the killings of two elderly women in Mariposa. San Francisco authorities tied him to Nob Hill rapes and a Japanese student stabbing, with a nationwide manhunt following a string of shootings, kidnappings, rapes, and armed robberies across California.
The council schedules public hearings on rezoning by C V Warner at 82nd and Cache and Ron Reynolds at 38th and 2400 block. Other items include water line relocation contract, soil testing for a new sewer plant, two thermal foggers, fee waivers for government projects, building setbacks at 633 Taylor, and vacating C Avenue between College additions blocks 9 and 10. Estimated repairs bring total costs to 55000 dollars.
In Derby England AP reports a pet store owner advertised for someone to teach his parrots to swear. He noted foul mouthed birds fetch 175 dollars while well behaved ones sell for 100 dollars.
The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Montreal reported newspaper ads seeking priesthood candidates drew dozens of replies and 18 serious possibilities, a response beyond all expectations.
Midweek flood warnings rise as Kaskaskia Island residents evacuate for a second time in a month. Red Cross shelters open in Ste Genevieve and St Marys while the Corps warns the levee may fail at 41 feet. Mississippi locks at Clarksville and Winfield closed. Granite City and Altoon near halt to barge traffic. Interstate 70 flooded sections near Boonville and Sweet Springs slow travel. Cedar City Hartsburg McBaine and Franklin evacuated. Water covers runways at Jefferson City Memorial Airport as disaster loans loom. federal aid expands to additional counties.
Six employees in the clerk’s office may be cut to a single post under the realignment. Mrs. Madden says she will not apply, and Moore asserts the charter drives the changes, with duties centered on minutes and records.
The piece notes the Union Jack served as Canada’s official flag from 1763 until 1965, detailing its role in history and eventual replacement by a distinct national flag.
Six men from the Huppa Indian Reservation in California were arrested after a rented camper sped from a tollgate on the Muskogee Turnpike without paying. Weapons and ammunition were found. Charges include possession of firearms and open container violations. The group, including David Eugene ONeil and Virgil Carlyle Blake, faced additional charges and investigations by federal and state authorities amid rising tensions with the AIM.
Kissinger urged a new Atlantic equilibrium with Europe and Japan, stressing joint statesmanship over strength tests. He voiced concern about EEC protective policies and said the Atlantic community must include Japan as a principal partner.
CAIRO AP Amalia Hernandez and her Mexican troupe will dance in August at the foot of the pyramids to raise funds for salvaging the Philae temples from the Nile dam project, according to Mexican Embassy sources.
More than 200 Toronto dentists donate used dental fillings to the Academy of Dentistry ladies auxiliary. The group sells the material to fund dental work for needy children in Toronto.
Oklahoma and its cities would share about 40 million dollars in the first year of President Nixon's Better Communities Act. The plan would replace many programs with 2.3 billion dollars a year in revenue sharing for community development and urban projects. Oklahoma City would receive 8.192 million, Tulsa 13.042 million, Norman 4 thousand, Shawnee 740 thousand, Stillwater 877 thousand, Pawhuska 493 thousand, and Fort Smith area 210 thousand, Lawton 244 thousand, with additional metro area allocations.
Rainfall totals varied across the region with Lawton recording .46 inch downtown and Fire Station Five reporting .81 inch. Faxon measured 1.60 inches, while towns like Cache and Frederick posted smaller amounts. Skies were fair to cloudy at noon as forecasts warned of new thunderstorm activity later today and a frontal system moving in from the northwest toward the Panhandle.
The Ruizs, Papago Indians living in Ajo New Mexico after a 1967 copper mine strike, seek state and federal aid. The circuit court ruled they qualify for general assistance under the Snyder Act. The government countered funds were not appropriated for off reservation Indians.
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