Commissioners Rebuff Sheriff on Jail Staffing Bid
County commissioners cool to Sheriff Rogers request for a second jail staff unit citing no funds in the regular budget. Sheriff Williams says overcrowding and juvenile handling strain the jail and asks for cost estimates on wall removal to improve information flow. No vote taken as commissioners defer decision awaiting study.
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Sheriff's Department
Wien
Coy Rogers
Frank White
Rogers
White
Williams
Oscar Sanders
Griswold
Tornado drill tests cross agency disaster response
A simulated tornado scenario by John Benton at North Texas State University tested Lawton emergency response. The exercise routed a 4:30 p.m. tornado path through the Great Plains Area Vocational-Technical School toward Fort Sill Boulevard, damaging a fire station and cutting power to Comanche County Memorial Hospital. Shelters were set by the Salvation Army and Red Cross. police fought looting and fire crews tackled blaze starts. Evacuation used school buses as a shelter between Gore and Lee boulevards and 27th Street. Benton praised the smooth run with notes on improving communications and radio traffic, while Hayden Haynes called the drill a strong community aid.
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John Benton
Center For Comunity Services
North Texas State University
Great Plains Area
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Gore and Lee
27Th Street
Sheridan Road
Benton
EOC
Metzinger
Civil Defense
Hayden Haynes
Subscriptions Under One Year Use Monthly Rate
The message notes that subscriptions shorter than one year are billed at a monthly rate and that the stated tax already includes sales tax.
Echols Family Remembered in Oklahoma Funeral Notices
Vernon Texas resident Murray Echols and Lowery Echols of Oklahoma City along with sisters Elizabeth Yingling and Katherine West of Midwest City are named in a funeral notice. Services are at Altus First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Dean Robinson officiating. burial at Blair Cemetery under Tims Funeral Home Altus.
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Murray Echols
Vernon, Tex
Lowery Echols
Oklahoma City
Elizabeth Yingling
Katherine West
Midwest City
Altus First Presbyterian Church
Dean Robinson
Blair Cemetery
Tims
Cyprus independence drive tests archbishop's legacy
The article notes Archbishop Makarios as the main obstacle to a Cyprus settlement and recalls Britain's half staff flags during Cyprus path to independence. Lord Caradon, the British governor, praised Makarios for fulfilling his commitment and advancing independence.
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Cyprus
Britain
Makarios
Indian Ocean
Seychelles
Lord Caradon
Derailment Triggers Second Evacuation in Capron
About 100 Capron residents faced a second day of evacuation after a Santa Fe freight derailment on Tuesday. A tanker car carrying an explosive chemical was moved with a plastic cover to prevent leaks amid fires from the crash. Lloyd Owens, 25, of Wichita, died when his truck struck the train.
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Capron
Okla
Oklahoma
Lloyd Owens
Wichita
Kan
Young & Cooper Trucking Co
Craig Kerr
Woods County Sheriff's Office
Farmers Co-op
Blast damages Mobil building on 42nd Street
Williams reported a bombing in a Mobil building causing shattered windows and interior damage. An 8 by 10 foot window west of the main entrance on 42nd Street was blown out, with debris and furniture impacted.
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Williams
Mobil
42Nd Street
Welfare reform debate raises work requirement for single mothers
A mother with a young child urged that the youngest child’s age should trigger work requirements. Long supported helping single mothers to find work and argued Carter’s program would be more costly than existing welfare programs.
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Long
Carter
Gryan Disappears From Lawton Court
Police seek 24 year old Ricky Johnson after he walked away from Lawton City Court around 9 am while awaiting appearance before Municipal Judge Bill Hensley. Johnson, of 1001 South 35th, had prior July 25 DUI and license charges and was in city jail custody, wearing a yellow T shirt and dark pants.
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Lawton
Ricky Johnson
S. 35Th
Johnson
Bill Hensley
Roy Clark
Average American income jumps from 1968 to 1974
The average American income rose by 5 434 dollars, an increase of about 504 percent, between 1968 and 1974, reflecting significant real income growth over the period.
Lawton Woman and Oklahoma City Man Charged With Larceny
Deborah A. Richman 22 of Lawton and Willie Thompson 22 of Oklahoma City face district court larceny charges for allegedly stealing two pairs of shoes and a blouse from K Mart at 38th and Cache Road. A store security officer observed them try on shoes and take a blouse. Bond set at $1000 each. Preliminary hearing scheduled for Aug. 31.
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Lawton
Oklahoma City
Deborah A. Richman
Townsend
Willie Thompson
K-Mart
38Th
Cache Road
Two Obituaries Record Grace Smith and Andrew Barrett
Mrs Grace Smith 81 longtime Faxon resident dies in hospital Funeral 10 a m Friday Faxon First Baptist Church burial Pecan Cemetery Born January 11 1896 Oscelon Missouri married Isaac T Smith April 1914 family moved to Faxon 1926 Survived by sons Carl Duncan and Orville Faxon daughter Hazel Dungan Funeral for Andrew Barrett 55 Lawton area resident dies in Oklahoma City hospital Funeral 2 30 p m Friday Lawton Ritter Dalton Chapel burial Faxon Cemetery Barrett born December 5 1921 Centralhoma Oklahoma survived by brother Johnnie and four sisters
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Grace Smith
Faxon
Faxon First Baptist Church
Kenneth Howe
Pecan Cemetery
Smith
Oscelon
Isaac T. Smith
Lawton
Johnnie
Summitt
Kennedy open to Ireland ambassadorship if offered
Kennedy said the Ireland ambassadorship was never offered but would have considered it and not refused if presented. He noted the preparedness role in government was a higher level position than the ambassadorial post.
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Page One
Ireland
Lake patrol radios and shelters discussed at meeting
The panel discussed the cost of seven new lake patrol radios with Motorola bids. Two radios cost 683 50 for the pair and five more at 605 each. Seven picnic shelters will be installed at Lake Lawtonka bringing total to 15. Six shelters for Lake Ellsworth not yet arrived. expected next week bringing Ellsworth total to 23. The Lakes and Lands Commission invites public input at the first Wednesday meetings in Lawton Public Library.
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Lake Patrol
Motorola
Lake Patrol Communications
Henson
Lake Lawtonka
Randall Hale
Lake Ellsworth
Ellsworth
the Lakes and Lands Commission
Commission
Lawton Public Library
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Lawton Constitution
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Fort Sill
Constitution-Press
Constitution
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Apos
Gryan
Lawton Court
Asia Oriental Food & Gift Shop
Lawton, Okla
Fong Village
Kelly-Yloore
the Painters’ Paint Store
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TMT
Waverley
A. Barrett
Kennedy
Amy Moore
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