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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1971
Page
3
Partial text outlines price freezes under an executive order, applying to most prices and many fees while excluding some items like fresh eggs and certain goods. Wages and rents for state local governments and federal employees are addressed with freezes and exceptions noted.
Highway Patrol reported two fatal crashes in Oklahoma. Ronnie J. ten aienl, 29, of Loco, and James F. Neely, 45, of Clinton, died in separate accidents. A third victim, Young A. Sixkiller, 56, of Jenks, died when his vehicle overturned off U.S. 183 in Custer County. The fatalities brought Oklahoma’s annual toll to 502, up from 473 a year ago.
A 22 year old McAlester man drowned just after midnight Thursday in a boating accident on Coal Creek in Pittsburg County. The body was recovered about 5 a.m. by a Civil Defense Rescue Squad.
Tulsa Police Capt. Bill Melton was appointed to the state Crime Commission by Gov. David Hall on Wednesday. He will replace Tulsa Police Chief Jack Purdie, who was named commission chairman last week.
The NAACP will sue to end Carver High School closure and to stop one way busing of Black students to white junior high schools. Tulsa board keeps Carver closed fall only, reopening it for a second semester special school. Pegues calls the plan face saving and hints of a Freedom School in Carver area without fixed location.
Adam West and Burt Ward filed a Superior Court suit seeking 6 million dollars against Greenway Productions 20th Century Fox and ABC. They claim they were not paid the amount due under contract from worldwide sales of Batman toys records sweaters and games.
Oklahoma City businessman Robert Greer, an Enid figure, was reappointed to the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission on Wednesday by Governor David Hall.
The water turkey can swim submerged with only its head above water, giving the appearance of a swimming snake as it glides through the water.
An advertisement touts a “Ski Team” diet claiming the U S Women’s Alpine Ski Team can lose 20 pounds in 14 days without starving. It urges readers to order for $1 cash to Diversified Products Co Santa Barbara California 93111 and promises rapid weight loss.
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