Widow Ruth King plans nonviolent center over SCLC role
Atlanta widow Corrette King rejects SCLC presidency, dedicating herself to completing the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. The King memorial center aims to educate on peaceful problem solving, with downtown and west Atlanta campuses and a $10 million five year plan.
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Atlanta, Ga
Coretta King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Jr. Center For Nonviolent Social Change
Martin Luther III
Dexter
Bernice
Atlanta
Ebenezer Baptist Church
King
Arkla Gas Pipeline Moves Toward Lawton Area
Arkla Gas Co signs a 2.2 million contract with Mid-Central Constructors to build a 43 mile pipeline linking a new gas source to Lawton Chickasha Duncan system. Construction begins soon with completion planned for November. The Anadarko line will connect Oklahoma systems and extend toward Wilburton, with several pipe sizes and three connection points. Arkla serves about 115000 customers in Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Lawton- Chickasha-Duncan
Mid - Central Constructors, Inc
Ponca City
Arkla
Oklahoma
Anadarko
Texas Panhandle
Arkin
Wilburton
Lawton
Chickasha
Hemphill County
Tex
Red Oak Field
Arapaho
Arkla Gas
Kansas
Registration Period Opens For Classes At Fort Sill
Pre-enrollment is open now through August 23 for Lawton area students to take University of Oklahoma off campus classes at Fort Sill. Courses carry resident credit at 20 dollars per credit hour and may credit toward a master's in Education.
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Lawton Area
University of Oklahoma At
Fort Sill
Shoemaker Education Center
Gene Hancock
OU Department of
Snow Hall
Police Question 16 Year Old in Fisherman Killing
Oklahoma City police planned further questioning of a 16 year old in the shooting of elderly fisherman Herbert Flow. The youth said he talked with Flow before the shooting and offered help afterward but denied firing the shot. A 30.06 rifle was buried near the victim on Lake Hefner.
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Oklahoma City
Herbert Flow
Flow
Lake Hefner
The European cuckoo egg deception detailed
The European cuckoo lays its egg in another bird’s nest and then destroys a foster parent egg to ensure its chick hatches first. This parasitic strategy reveals the bird’s sophisticated reproductive behavior and impact on foster species.
OU Seminar Teaches Law Principles to Area Teachers
Lawton area social science teachers and others attended a three week University of Oklahoma seminar on using law principles in elementary and secondary classrooms. Held at the Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education, the program was funded by the Oklahoma Crime Commission and awarded graduate credit. Attendees included Curtis Bailey Joan Dixon James Golden Kint Lee Eugene Shelkett Velma Scot Judy White Betty Heffel J. D. Johnson Don Marshall and others from Altus Duncan and Lawton.
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Lawton
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Center For Continuing Education
Oklahoma Crime Commission
Curtis Bailey
Joan Dixon
James Golden
Kint Lee
Eugene Shelkett
Velma Scot
Judy White
Duncan
Betty Heffel
J. D. Johnson
Don Marshall
Altus
James Holland
Dale Anderson
Don Douglas
Ricardo Rodgers
John Mackey
Dan McClure
Robert Wright
Opossum Found in Canada Only in Southern Ontario
A small marsupial about the size of a house cat is reported in Canada, with current records limited to southern Ontario. The sighting highlights the species' restricted range within the country.
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Canada
Ontario
Public Forum Letter Opposes Year Round Trot Lines
Local residents urge removal of trot lines and limb lines from Lake Ellsworth. They call for safer fishing methods and fair access, citing potential boat accidents and demand for public discussion at an upcoming meeting. Names of several signers are listed.
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Lake Ellsworth
Goodrich Plant Strike Hits 1700 Workers in Miami Okla
More than 1,700 workers at the B. F. Goodrich Plant in Miami Oklahoma are not expected to report to work as United Rubber Workers Local 318 pickets begin. Negotiators failed to reach a supplemental contract, prompting the strike.
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Miami
Okla
B. F. Goodrich
United Rubber Workers Local
Colleges Open Doors To Indians
Indian youths report easy entry to colleges and universities of their choice. They enroll after high school graduation, often take a year off, then return for undergraduate studies. Education and social work emerge as common majors.
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The
Bureau of In
City Council Eyes Easement Bill for Gore Road Project
City councilmen will consider a bill to condemn unsec ured right of way parcels for Gore Street reconstruction. The plan includes 60 additional parcels, with right of way and utility relocations eyed for completion by December 18, and ownership by October 23 where possible.
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Gore Boulevard
Gore
State Highway Department
17Th Street
53Rd
Larry Fountaine
Fountaine
Construction Workers Killed In Hospital Collapse
Oklahoma City. G C Waggoner, 57, suffered a broken foot and dislocated arm after falling two stories during a partial Presbyterian Hospital collapse. Two coworkers died as workers attempted to brace girders with guy wires when a sudden windstorm struck the site. Waggoner plans to return to work.
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Oklahoma City
G. C. Waggoner
Waggoner
Presbyterian Hospital
28 Children Hurt When Church Bus Overturns in Oklahoma City
A church bus carrying 28 children ages 9 to 19 overturned into a ditch in Oklahoma City. Minor injuries were treated and the group was released from city hospitals. The bus left the road, fell into a ravine, and struck a telephone pole, police said.
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Oklahoma City
Assembly of God
Parachutist Dies In State Mishap
Guthrie Oklahoma AP report says one parachutist was killed and another injured when they collided in the air during a 10 man star maneuver at Guthrie Municipal Airport. Kenneth Trommer 24 of Rehoboth Mass a student at Oklahoma University died after his chute failed to billow.
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Guthrie, Okla
Guthrie Municipal
Kenneth Trommer
Rehoboth
Mass
Trommer
Oklahoma University
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