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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1972

Page

2

Stock Market Mixed After Slow Pace and Auto Downtick

In New York the Dow fell 2.93 to 967.04 as volume was light and gainers edged losers. Auto stocks declined after a government request to rethink 1973 model price increases. GM slid to 75 percent, Ford to 65, Chrysler to 30, and AMC to 10. Fannie Mae led active lists, up 1 to 194. Oklahoma farm prices varied with cash wheat around 1.60 to 1.70 and Milo near 2.00, while government reports noted bleaker cattle, hog, and feedlot bids at Lawton and surrounding markets.

New York New York Stock Exchange General Motors Ford Chrysler American Motors

City Couple Held After Drug Raid in Lawton Motel

Lawton police jailed a 22 year old woman and 23 year old man after a four day motel drug investigation. About four thousand dollars in drugs including amphetamines marijuana LSD and heroin were confiscated. Task force Sgt. Carl Morrow said the motel on Lawton’s northwest side may be a distribution point. Officers Welker Nowe and Bailey led the raid.

Lawton Police Department Carl Morrow Morrow Paul Welker Dean Nowe William Bailey

Death Notice Louis W. Ryan 80 Lawton Resident

Louis W. Ryan 80 of 2101 Austin Drive died Tuesday in a local nursing home. Graveside services 10 a.m. Thursday Sunset Memorial Gardens with Rev. Forrest Siler officiating. Burial by Becker Funeral Home. Born September 27, 1851 in Mahanoy City Pa. Married Helen Negus February 21 1917 in Cleveland Ohio. Retired garage owner. Lived in Lawton three months from West Palm Beach Fla. Elks Lodge 1352 member and Presbyterian. Survivors include wife, a sister Mrs George Kock and half-brother William Salinski both of Detroit.

Louis W. Ryan Austin Drive Sunset Memorial Gardens Forrest Siler First Baptist Church Becker Funeral Home Mahanoy City Helen Negus Cleveland Ohio Lawton West Palm Beach Fla Elks Lodge Presbyterian Church George Kock William Salinski Detroit

Funeral for Edna Best Heard in Duncan

Edna E Best Duncan 73 died Monday in Temple Texas after a lengthy illness. Funeral at 3 p m today in Brooks Funeral Home Chapel Duncan with burial in Duncan Cemetery. Survivors include husband Acel four daughters a son five step daughters two stepsons a sister and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Duncan Edna E. Best Brooks Funeral Home

City’s Industrial Program To Be Eyed By Team

Four second year students from the University of Oklahoma Industrial Development Institute will visit Lawton Thursday for a full day review of the city's computerized industrial program. Led by Robert Head the group will assess the program as prospective industrial clients visiting the city. The reviewers are Gerald Faust Las Animas Colorado Charlie Glawe Bloomington Illinois Bob Glover Jr Nashville Tennessee and Tom Graham Palmer Alaska.

Robert Head Lawton Industrial Development Institute University of Oklahoma Head Gerald K. Faust Las Animas Colo Charlie H. Glawe Bloomington Ill Bob E. Glover Jr

Fischer Close To World Championship Title After Draw

Bobby Fischer remained four points from unseating Boris Spassky after a 14th game draw in Reykjavik. The 46 move clash kept Fischer 8 14 to 5 14 in the match with game 15 set for Thursday as Spassky seeks a comeback.

Fischer Reykjavik Iceland Bobby Fischer Boris Spassky Spassky Svetozar Gligoric Isaac Kashdan Associated Press Boris

Meatball Thief Sought By Police

City police seek a burglar with an apparent appetite for Italian food after a break in at Dante's Italian Restaurant on 2720 N Sheridan. Between late Sunday night and Tuesday morning a chain was cut from a small vault door and about $300 worth of meat balls and cheese were stolen.

N. Sheridan

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