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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1977
Page
4
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co boosts its annual common stock dividend to 1.30 per share from 1.10, effective with the third quarter dividend payable on the 15th to holders of record. This marks the fifth dividend increase in six years following a 1974 rise to 1.10.
Benton notes the exercise aims to improve coordination among agencies for any emergency. The simulation focuses on a tornado strike and stresses back up information flow to the EOC, with five key questions guiding problem identification and response. Public panic is avoided by keeping broadcasts simulated and informing residents ahead of time.
Prices listed for wheat, barley, millet, soybeans, alfalfa hay, and live poultry. Cattle and calves market activity noted with ranges for utilities and stock cows, plus hogs and feeder pigs trading near steady.
Republicans touted their energy plan as a campaign issue while Democrats defend Carter proposals including a nickel gasoline tax and natural gas price controls. Debates center on higher taxes to curb demand and deregulation versus protecting consumers from price spikes as backers warn of windfall profits.
Bond set at 3000 for a 20 year old Lawton man William E. Robinson accused of stealing his former wife’s automobile from their home. Police arrested him after she reported the vehicle missing following a divorce settlement.
A series of two day workshops on the hows of mental health care are planned for staff at Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center over the next three weeks. Center director Dr Royce Means will gauge effectiveness while coordinators Helen Boyd Don Abbott and Phyllis Ralston lead staff from the main center and satellites with Dr Edith King Carol Sellers Kathy Cannon and Jesse Davenport assisting.
The chairman and Ullman weighed Carter’s welfare plan noting belt tightening may be needed, but not a large cut in recipients. Ullman praised Carter and Califano for trying to craft an effective program, with committee votes unlikely before 1978.
North Korea says its military zone is needed by the situation at home to protect the economic sea zone and militarily defend national interests. The move contrasts with other nations like the United States Soviet Union and Japan which have declared 200 mile zones. Belize is noted as Central America's least populated territory and smallest by area with about 130 000 people in 8 square miles.
The Fitzgerald sank after a November 10 storm with 50 to 60 knot winds and 20 to 30 foot seas. Investigators found hatches and topside damage poorly maintained, allowing water ingress and loss of buoyancy. Captain McSorley reported storm damage. Arthur M. Anderson reported no alarm. No bodies recovered. wreck shows the ship split in two.
Jeff D. Carter a Lawton resident died after a five year fight with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis diagnosed in June 1972. He was an Army veteran active in Muscular Dystrophy Association work and a 32nd degree Mason Shriner and Church of Christ member. Burial at Fairview Cemetery with memorials to the Muscular Dystrophy Foundation.
Police say the assailant fired from a crouched two handed stance, with a five chamber revolver. A white male 25 to 30 years old, 5 foot 7 to 5 foot 10, stocky, light hair possibly wig, wearing blue denim pants and gray long sleeve shirt or denim jacket. Calls from men claiming to be the killer are considered tricks to mislead patrols.
The text states turquoise is a hydrous phosphate of aluminum and copper, formed over ages as water seeps through rock.
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