Lawton Library board resists closing 38th Street branch
Lawton Municipal Library Board unanimously opposed closing the 38th Street branch and favor maintaining services, urging more programs for children and adults. Librarian Bernice Jackson noted the bookmobile cannot operate without county approval and staff, as salaries and budget talks remain pending. A Friends of the Library group will form with an organizational meeting set for Sept. 25.
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Lawton
38Th Street
Bernice Jackson
Community Services
Jim Richardson
Richardson
West Lawton
Friends of the Library
Jackson
Transatlantic Balloon Flight Turns Duet in Night Launch
A planned solo transatlantic ascent became a two person balloon flight when the crew chief clung to a rope and took off with the craft. Balloonist Bob Sparks later reported hiring G Hadden Weed to join the gondola as the ascent continued. The balloon rose 95 feet high with 100000 cubic feet of helium and disappeared into darkness after a 1 05 a m launch, with about 3000 spectators watching.
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Ashpee. Mass
Bob Sparks
G. Hadden Weed
Sparks
Wood
Ters
Pottersville
N.J
Bob
Bod
Savorts
Europe
Harden Crawford
Crawford
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton Reconcile in Switzerland
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton travel together in Switzerland after 14 months apart amid a reconciliation. Burton signals possible remarriage in Israel as they tour the region and prepare to return to the United States. A spokesman calls the reconciliation permanent while noting Taylor’s Jewish background.
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Gstaad
Switzerland
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Burton
Israel
Miss Taylor
Star
New York
John Springer
Springer
Elizabeth
Animal License Service Offered at Lawton Shelter
Lawton pet owners may buy city dog and cat license tags from shelter staff 8 to noon Saturday on the east side of Hoover Elementary School. Sept 15 is the deadline for the $1 tags. Unlicensed pets risk a $25 fine. Owners should bring proof of rabies vaccination.
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Awton
Lawton Animal Shelter
Hoover Elementary School
T. FE. Mayo
Mayo
Paper Published by University of Oklahoma Teacher
Dr. Herbert Richek of the University of Oklahoma Resident Center at Fort Sill has a paper published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. The title is Personality Mental Health Correlates of Drug Choice by High School Drug.
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Herbert Richek
University of Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Fire Reports and Dispatch Totals for Local Incidents
Fire dispatches logged this year total 1000. On Wednesday at 5 30 p m a trailer fire at 1420 S Tower Road destroyed the trailer. At 6 24 p m a trash fire at 103 E Lee. At 5 p m a bomb incident at Comanche County Courthouse. On Thursday at 12 13 p m a house fire at 1805 H caused minor damage.
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Lowton
S. Tower Road
E. Lee
Comanche County
Park division employee charged in morals case
Howard E. Custance a 50 year old park division employee was charged in district court with improper mistreatment after a 6 year old girl identified him in a Cheyenne Park incident. Police say the girl named him in a lineup and Custance admitted to the police.
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Park Division
Howard E. Custance
Larry Barnett
Custance
Laon
Cheyenne Park
B. C. Swinney
John Newell
Mike Thompson
Mark McFarland
Larry Salmon
FBI
Illinois
Patricia
Parking Authority postpones funding bid for parking project
Lawton Parking Authority votes to delay its request to the city for the first year 1.4 million in community development funds for parking construction. A rewritten bid will be submitted after updated cost estimates and designs are ready.
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Lawton Parking Authority
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