Thunderstorm and Tornado Damage Hit Oklahoma Towns
Severe storms April amid tornadoes cause fires and structural damage in Lawton and Caddo County. One resident injured, power plant damaged, and multiple homes hit. Flood watches and heavy rainfall sweep across fifty counties with several regional impacts and rainfall totals exceeding six inches in Lawton.
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Citizens Band
Debra DeLauter
Cache Road
Caddo County
Public Service Company
Washita
Gracemont
Broxton
Falconhead
Marietta
Comanche County
Panhandle
Lawton
Gillian Selected as Police Chief Amid Budget Push
Thomson moved fast to name Gillian after Hennessee’s retirement with a April 26 deadline for applications. Gillian praised the compliment, said no major changes soon, and pledged to keep citizen involvement in crime fighting, including Neighborhood Watch programs, while living at 9331 N. 43rd with wife Alice and four sons.
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Thomson
Hennessee
Crawford Hawkins
Jack Parton
Darrell Routh
Carl Lindgren
Gillian
Alice
N. 43Rd
Frank
Jack
James
David
Ustinov's rise in Soviet military arms and space roles
Ustinov, a graduate of the Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute, led design and management in armaments from 1941. He became minister for armaments in 1946 and Defense Minister in 1953, later a Politburo candidate member in 1965, and oversaw Soviet space program work and Apollo-Soyuz gear, drawing debate on spending tradeoffs.
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Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute
Ustinov
Armaments Industry
Defense Ministry
Politburo
Funeral notices for Faulkner Rasmu... Wildman and Humphrey
Funeral for Sgt. J C Faulkner 56 of 201 Angus Circle dies in local hospital will be at 2 pm Saturday at Beck er Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Post Cemetery Fort Sill and military honors. Survived by two daughters, several relatives. Lt Col Doris Rasmussen Fort Sill dies. services pending. Kate Madera Wildman 81 of 1113 Taft dies. funeral 10:30 am Monday at St Andrew Episcopal Church. Memorials to Heart Fund.
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J. C
Walter R. Faulkner
Angus Circle
Becker Funeral Home
Post Cemetery
Fort Sill
Faulkner
Oklahoma City
Marjorie Tardiff
Joyce Faulkner
Dunlop
James Faulkner
Rosa Thompson
Spencer
Byron
Raymond
Charles
Cecil Faulkner
Doris S. Rasmussen
Wiltie Mortuary
Laurel
Neb
Kate Madera Wildman
Taft
St. Andrew Episcopal Church
William C. Shirey
Highland Cemetery
Lawton-Ritter- Dalton Funeral Home
Wildman
Anadarko
Truman Burdict Wildman
Lawton
Gloria A. Humphrey
Lakewood
Colo
Cynthia Wilson
Village Drive
Maude Kline
Heart Fund
Multiple thefts and burglaries logged by city police
The Lowton Police Department logged numerous reports including thefts from residences and vehicles. Names include Rite Abshere and Judith Meyer with items stolen from autos and homes, plus additional thefts of CB radios, tape players, stereo units, rings and a color TV. Some incidents noted vandalism and a business loss. one radio recovered.
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Lowton
Rite Abshere
Donald Orews
Euclid
Judith Meyer
Mieling Drive
Sterling Lee
Roy Meeks
Toft
Herold Carpenter
Arbuckle
Linda Howell
Ellsworth
Eugene Ootis
McKinley
Herb F. Stonehocker Jr
Herbs Discount
Cowie Road
W. Gore
Clifford Catlett
Glenn
Jim Odell
Atlanta
Rock
Sheridan Station
Bruce Itsoacson
Hoover
Bill Freeman
Carroll Drive
Oliver Powell
John Gorris
Jonony Cupit
Roger Severtson
tAary Stein
Petition deadlines and potential ballot challenges described
Owens notes SANE opposition to past petitions and predicts possible legal challenges. FACT has spent about 75000 on the campaign, 40000 for circulators. SANE aims to tighten beer sale rules and must gather roughly 65000 signatures by mid May. If both drives succeed, the questions may appear on the November ballot and efforts will avoid voter confusion.
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Owens
Alcohol Narcotics Education
SANE
FACT
Fire alarms listed for Lowton Fire Department shifts
Fire department logs show multiple alarms on Thursday and Friday. Alarms included two minor house fires on 1916 SW 43rd and 2100 block Lindy, a trash fire at Baje West Apartments, a service coal incident on Irwin, a false alarm at Fifth and F, and a grass fire at ABC ballpark.
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Lowton Fire Department
43Rd
Lindy
Baje West
67Th
Denver
Irwin
ABC
Grass
Toto
Mobutu seeks security as U.S. aid rises
Kissinger visits Liberia after Zaire appeal for more military aid. Mobutu cites potential Angola style intervention plans from the Soviet Union and Cuba. Zaire faces security concerns with Soviet tanks in Angola, about 350 reported, while U.S. support for Mobutu nears $30 million in the next fiscal year.
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Kissinger
Liberia
Zaire
Mobutu Sese Seku
U.S
Mobutu
Kinshasa
Soviet Union
Cuba
China Embassy Blast Sparks Unconfirmed Alarm Calls
Tass reports a blast near the Soviet Embassy in Peking sparked police action and a puzzling incident not seen since upheavals of 1966. Kyodo notes no further details from Soviet sources while windows at the gate booth were broken and guards stood watch.
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Nese
Tass
Tanjug
China
Vasily F. Tolstikov
Hua Kuo-feng
Robert Muldoon
New Zealand
Muldoon
Hua
Soviet Union
Hsinhua
Oklahoma arts leaders honored with 1975 Boren arts awards
Five Lawton figures and groups received Boren arts awards for contributions to Oklahoma art and arts education. Nominees included Mayor Wayne Gilley and the Lawton arts organizations. McMahon Foundation grants totaled 107632 dollars in 1975. Rockefeller III Fund credited for support of arts education programs.
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Oklahoma
Boren’s
Lawton
McMahon Foundation
Wayne Gilley
Cameron Music Department
Lawton Arts and Humanities Council
Lawton Philharmonic Society
Lawton Heritage Association
Gilley
John D. Rockefeller III
New York City
State Grain and Produce Prices Reported Across Oklahoma
The State Department of Agriculture lists today’s prices for wheat barley Milo soybeans alfafa hay and poultry products across cities including Muskogee Afton Pauls Valley Manchester Medford Banner Clinton El Reno Geary Kingfisher Okeene Ponca City Watonga Weatherford Yukon Hobart Beaver Liberal Eldorado Temple Perryton Keyes Lawton Gulf Chickasha and more. Wheat ranges from 2.63 to 3.63 per bushel with city variations. barley 1.90 to 2.40 per bushel. Milo 4.00 to 4.70 per cwt. soybeans 4.14 to 4.74 per bushel. alfalfa hay 65 to 80 per ton. broilers 22.5 cents per pound. eggs large 59 medium 29 small 42 per dozen.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Muskogee
Afton
Pauls Valley
Manchester
Medford
Banner
Clinton
el Reno
Geary
Kingfisher
Okeene
Ponca City
Watonga
Weatherford
Yukon
Hobart
Beaver
Liberal
Eldorado
Temple
Perryton
Keyes
Lawton
Gulf
Barley
MILO
Ponca
City
Barker says women relax more on TV than men
TV host Bob Barker asserts women are more relaxed on television than men after interviewing over 50 000 people on air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Barker
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Paul Pearson
Robert Foreman
Old Post
David Ott
Post Field Artillery School
West Lawton
Kate M. Wildman
John Mackey
Gerald Neuwirth
Robert Looney
Dennis Butler
Angola
Eagle Park Trading Post
Cache
Okla
Tri-State
A.I. Supply, Ltd
Phil Givan P
Carl Beene
Phil Givan
A.I. Supply Ltd
Montgomery Wards
Anthonys
Sheridan Mall
Sheridan & Gore Lawton
Tg&y
the True Leisure Shoe
Meadors
W. Sheridan RD
Mragpog Cone
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