Paramore Retires. McQuinn Named New Penney Manager
Paramore, Lawton J C Penney’s 23 year store manager, retires after 39 years with the company. Glenn McQuinn, previously Dallas regional catalogue manager, becomes new store manager and will move his family from Dallas after the school year ends. Paramore began in Chickasha and led the Malvern Arkansas store prior to Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Paramore
Lawton
J. C. Penney
Glenn McQuinn
Dallas
Paramore
Penney Company
Chickasha
Penney
Malvern
Ark
McQuinn
Kissinger in Moscow for talks ahead of Nixon summit
Henry Kissinger arrived in Moscow for high level discussions with Brezhnev and Gromyko on international issues and bilateral matters as preparations proceed for President Nixon to meet Soviet leaders in May. Nixon, who will visit Moscow May 22, stayed at Camp David while Kissinger briefed him on the trip.
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Moscow
United States
Camp David
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
Nixon
Ziegler
Kissinger
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Central Committee
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Brezhnev
Gromyko
China
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Stop order on Columbia Square Apartments fire safety questioned
The Columbia Square complex faced a stop order on interior phases after building officials cited no sprinkling provisions. Mayor Whitaker and City officials reviewed the plans and noted discrepancies about story count and basement definitions. Sauerman admitted the oversight and stressed liveable safety for residents. The council referred the issue to the city attorney for review while continuing framing and roofing in other phases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitaker
Building and Safety Department
Jim Sauerman
Ray Catlin
Columbia Square
4Th and
Columbia
Sauerman
Constitution Press
J. C. Kennedy
Columbia Square Inc
Kennedy
FHA
Manville Redman
Environmental Quality Advisory Board
Lee Boulevard
Sheridan Road
Wolf Avenue
Parole Board Delays Johnson Parole in 1970 Highway Deaths
Don ald Ray Johnson 39 Chickasha sought parole for first degree manslaughter in the July 31 1970 U S 62 highway crash north of Fort Sill that killed Kay Ann Maxwell 22 and Darrell Blake Duncan 19. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board shelved the petition through June to consult with Comanche County District Attorney. Johnson, an ex Army major, pleaded guilty last year to four year sentence. family victim's father protested the parole bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Ray Johnson
Chickasha
State Pardon and Parole Board
Comanche County
Kay Ann Maxwell
Darrell Blake Duncan
C. W. Duncan
Johnson
Apollo 11 Nears Earth Return After Moon Orbit
Apollo 11 messages show 38,894 miles from the moon and 215,787 miles from earth as Mission Control confirms the craft's return approach. After eight seconds of a small engine burn to refine course, the astronauts target the ocean southeast of Christmas Island. Command pilot John W. Young voiced the crew’s feelings as they left lunar orbit.
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Moon
Earth
Mission Control
Christmas Island
Lunar Orbit
John W. Young
Apollo 16 timetable at Space Center Houston
The Apollo 16 schedule lists a 3:03 p.m. space walk opening to retrieve film cassettes from high resolution and mapping cameras used during lunar orbit. John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr. conducted lunar surface explorations. A 4:13 p.m. hatch closure ends the walk with a possible midcourse correction to refine the Earth return path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattingly
Moon
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Earth
Democratic hopefuls tout gains as Pennsylvania and Massachusetts vote
The candidates face Pennsylvania and Massachusetts voting with Muskie in Pittsburgh claiming reasonable confidence while Humphrey forecasts a win and a long White House road. McGovern, leading polls in Massachusetts, seeks a clean sweep and travels to Pennsylvania. Voting starts at 7 a.m. EST and ends at 8 p.m. EST in both states.
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Muskie
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Humphrey
White House
McGovern
Massachusetts
Valuations Dispute Stalls Over Rollback Plan
Two members of the County Equalization Board and County Assessor Garland Clark failed to decide on rolling back valuations for single family homes placed on the tax rolls since 1965. A second meeting is planned for Wednesday afternoon to review Clark's 1972 assessment methods and proposed deletions from property valuations.
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County Equalization Board
Garland Clark
Mason Wyatt
Jack Cline
Clark
Equalization Board
R. E. Glenn
Rosa Hines
Clark Monday
Kissinger memo on Vietnam discussed for public record
Gravel described a 1969 memorandum under Kissinger as highly relevant to Vietnam current events and asked for unanimous consent to place it in the record, noting he would not read the entire document to Griffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Kissinger
Gravel
Vietnam
Griffin
Fire reports from Lawton Fire Department shifts
Times and locations of fire calls include Monday events on Sheridan Road Oak. 38th end Lincoln grass fire. Wyatt Acres area truck fire. 2316 Denver house fire. Tuesday logs show 504.2 Summit house fire 2402 N Fourth garage fire and 3:04 a.m. item.
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The
Lawton Fire Department
38Th End
Lincoln
Wyatt Acres
Denver
Summit
Fourth
Public Auction Notice for Delinquent Storage Goods
The Lawton Constitution reports a public auction for delinquent storage charges at Ainsworth Van Lines. Household goods and personal effects of Everett Hester of 331 Added ton Street Atlanta GA and Donald S Bialek of 7890 L Tollpines Ct Glen Burnie MD will be sold May 11 1972 at 7 30 p m at The Auction Block Star Route Box 42N Lewton OK.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Constitution
Ainsworth van Lines, Inc
S. E. 1St
Lawton
Oklahoma
Everett Hester
Addington Street
Atlanta
Georgia
Donald S. Bialek
Tollpines Ct
Glen Burnie
Meryland
Star Rovie
Lewton
Two Men Wounded In City Nighttime Shooting
A 48 year old Lawton woman is jailed after a shooting about 1130 p m Monday. Willie Potts age 28 and Roy White age 29 are hospitalized at Reynolds Army Hospital with chest wounds and are listed in satisfactory condition. Potts tried to intervene in a fight between the woman and White. a shot from the woman struck Potts in the chest. White arrived later with a chest wound. Detective staff planned further questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Reynolds Army Hospital
Robert Gillian
Willie Potts
Jefferson
Roy White
Potts
White
Reynolds
Lou Bean
Gillian
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City
Henry J. Havlik
Gore Blvd
Commissioner of Health of
Independent School District No. 1
Hunter Hills Addition
Garden Village Addition
McMahon Auditorium Authority
Johnson's Parole
Lawton Public Schools
Hugh Bish
Health Department
Bish
Oklahoma City
Carl Sandt
Apache Sporting Goods
Sandt
H. D. Hulett
Lawton High School
Jostens Diploma Division
Red Wing
Minn
Dowlings
Commerce
Tex
Ansley Paper Company of
Brookland Elementary School
Booster Club
PTA
John Elkins
Naomi
Lloyd Billinger
Woodland Drive
Woodland Hills
James Johnson
Garnet Hampton
Dorothy Bonner
Jackson
Harry Ford
MacArthur
J. D. Brennan
Tomlin
Mark McGuffin
Hoover
Michael Waggener
Patricia Cutrone
Country Club Heights
Pamela Ferguson
Bobbie Jean Gillespie
Eisenhower Junior High
Elizabeth Kath
Hilda McAllister
Brockland
Patricia Murphee
Howell
Alice Tonemah
Rogers
Janis Sue Williams
Rita Ash
Connie Freeman
Mary Jane Montoya
Annetle Moye
Elizabeth Steakley
Cornelia Yellowfish
Phyllis Nagle
Evelyn Williams
Charley Ambrose
Ronnie McCoy
James Turner
Shawn McBride
Thomas Crimmins
Janifer Peters
Robert Richardson
Betty Jo Tomlinson
Bruce Brown
Susan Burroughs
Karen Kinnison
Gail Ogrodnik
Allen Priddy
Georgia Wells
James White
Julane Whitworth
Odeeye Bostick
Marcia Corey
Linda Evans
Jeanette Gardner
Julia Greene
Wanda Jeane Ratliff
Judith Romaka
Maurine Stabler
Kathy Stonehacker
Violet Walkup
Pam Waters
Apollo
Space Center, Houston
Peggy JO Ormson
Glenn
Oak
Car
Limbulah
National Bank
Huddleston’s
Lawton Funeral Home
D Avenue
Bill Burleson
E. M. Ainsworth
Rollas Rest
West Bend Coffee Maker
BankAmericard
D Ave
Pen
Stra
HI Fashion
Lee Blvd
lManufacturer
USA
Cordel Dodge, Inc
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