Prostitution Ring Invades Lawton Subdivisions
Lawton residents report organized prostitution has moved into two east side neighborhoods. In MacArthur Park, residents claim a group of prostitutes moved in over a year and left after utilities were cut, a car cover up, and toilet paper vandalism. Nearby Sullivan Village also reports the same group operating on 800 block SE 40th Street.
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Lawton
MacArthur Park
Sullivan Village
40Th Street
Dearborn
Quality Of New Army Recruits Hits Low Level
The Army faces a drop in recruit quality with only 47 percent of January to March entrants holding high school diplomas, well below the Marine Navy and Air Force levels. Officials cite budget cuts and debate over all volunteer service, with some urging more women to strengthen recruiting quality.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Armed Services
Pentagon
Army
Marines
Navy
Air Force
Congress
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense
Harold Brown
Fort Sill honors field artillery horse Bliss at retirement ceremony
Fort Sill veteran Bliss, a 24 year old horse and one of eight purchased in 1970, will receive full honors at an 8:45 a.m. ceremony north of the Old Corral. Maj. Gen. Donald R. Keith and Col. Talbott Barnard will participate as Bliss retires after decades of service with the Field Artillery Half Section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Bliss
Field Artillery
Corral
77Th U.S. Army Band
Donald R. Keith
Talbott Barnard
U.S. Army Field Artillery and
J.C. Philip E. Warner
Griswold
Lawton-Fort Sill
Decline Prompts Cattle Grazing Amid Wheat Slump
Wheat prices fall to 2.18 dollars per bushel in Lawton sparking fears of further drops. Farmers graze cattle on grain as costs range 3 to 3.75 per bushel and some consider switching to cotton. Ms. Sexton notes production costs below 2.30 are untenable. A group of about 60 women plan to lobby Washington for better farm legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Evers
Lawton
Kansas
Afton
Oklahoma
Grandfield
Jimmie Sexton
Lawton Co-Op
Ms. Sexton
Washington
Sexton
Comanche, Cotton
Tillman Counties
Washington, D.C
John White
Lawmakers Back Federal Disability Rights Regulation
HEW Secretary Joseph A. Califano Jr signed a 47 page rule enforcing the 1970s federal funding anti discrimination law. The regulation requires accessible buildings and programs, three year compliance for existing facilities, and mandatory inclusion of handicapped children in regular public schools with financial support for necessary placements.
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Washington
HEW
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Weather Outlook Fair Skies Through Friday
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies tonight through Friday with a 20 percent chance of rain tonight and 30 percent on Friday. Overnight lows near 60, Friday high in the low 80s. Wednesday's low 59 and high 82. Saturday to Monday looks for clear to partly cloudy skies with possible scattered showers Saturday. highs mid-70s to low 80s and lows mid-50s to low 60s.
Chickasha Man Charged in Lt. Howell Hit-and-Run Death
Oklahoma City AP report says Chickasha resident William Gerald White is charged with second-degree murder in district court for the Wednesday morning hit-and-run death of Highway Patrol Lt. Dell Howell, 49, of Norman.
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Oklahoma City
Chickasha
Highway Patrol
Dell Howell
Norman
William Gerald White
Gerald William Whitener
Whitener
Livestock Commission
William Allen
Dist. Atty
Andrew Coats
Coats
Southwest 89Th
U.S. 62
H.E. Bailey Turnpike
Howell
Southwest 15Th
Agnew
Melvin Voss
State Penitentiary Employe Arrested for Smuggling
McAL ESTER AP A guard at the State penitentiary was arrested for allegedly smuggling marijuana and a gun into the prison. Raymond T. Nesmith 36 of Savannah Oklo was jailed on $5 000 bond. An internal tip led to the arrest after weeks of suspicion and an outside warning. Nesmith was held at Pittsburg County Jail awaiting arraignment.
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Raymond T. Nesmith
Savannah
Oklo
Nesmith
Pittsburg
Richard Crisp
Tak
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Robert Gillian
Nance
Gillian
Bliss Due
By Paul McClung
Sgt. Warner
Houston
Warner
Gillett Griswold
San Antonio
City National Bank
Bank
Fourth and
City National
D Avenue
Health, Education and Welfare Secretary
Califano
Ford Administration
Chickasha Man
State Penitentiary
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