Ten Contend As Balloting Period Nears
Ten candidates remain in the Lawton area Democratic primaries with races in House Districts 63 65 Senate District 31 and the county clerk post. Incumbent Rosa Hines faces Charley Maguire for a fifth term as county clerk while J Fred Ferrell Jr shifts from House to Senate District 31 challenged by Paul Taliaferro. Polls open 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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Manche County
Jim Taliaferro
Fred Ferrell Jr
Paul Taliaferro
Ferrell
Elgin
Taliaferro
Rt. 2
Central High School School
Farmers Home Administration
House Dist
Cephas M. Kelly
Jim R. Glover
Kelly
Fletcher
Glover
Gordon Beznoska
Marvin Baughman
Geronimo
B Ave
Lawton
Earl Simmons
A Ave
of Stuever
Cleveland
Rosa Hines
Charley Maguire
Southwest Abstract
Seven Postal Workers Fired Over Stamp Deal
Seven postal employees admitted they found 1 200 stamps last December and sold them for large profits. They paid face value and sold sheets to collectors at 800 to 2 500 dollars per sheet. Collectors expect prices could reach 25 000 dollars per sheet with more stamps found.
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Tulsa
den Metevelis
U. S. Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Washington, D.C
Tower Portion of Hotel Lawtonian to Close Sept 15
Tower portion of Hotel Lawtonian will close September 15 due to financial losses and weak downtown business. The 43 room cabana section will stay open, with options to convert to a breakfast room or lease restaurant facilities. The hotel, Lawton's largest with 200 rooms, employed 60 people and faced significant losses since 1975.
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Lawtonian
Charles Zelbst
Security Bank and Trust Co
Zelbst
Exall English
Lawton
Show Of Military Strength In Korea Heightens Tension
The United States and allies staged a military display around Korea as North Korea protested the Panmunjom tree cutting. Ford approved the plan to cut the tree while 26 helicopter gun ships and B52 bombers hovered. Slain officers Maj Arthur Bonifas and Lt Mark Barrett were honored at Travis Air Force Base as North Korea denounced the action.
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U.S
Korea
Seoul
South Korea
United States
Ford
White House
Ron Nelsen
Vail
Colo
National Security Agency
Brent A. Scowcroft
Travis Air Force Base
California
U S. Army Mortuary
Oakland
Calif
Erroll Loving
Travis
Arthur Bonifas
Newburgh
N.Y
West Point
Mark T. Barrett
Columbia
S.C
Bonifas
Guam
Pyongyang
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North and
Carter Sets Campaign Path as Ford Focuses on Korea
Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter outlined a Labor Day kickoff in Warm Springs Ga with Georgia and California stops to follow, while President Ford monitors the Korea crisis from Vail Colo and plans head to head debates with Carter. Ford met with Gov. Lamm on oil shale and mining issues during a vacation period after the GOP convention.
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Jimmy Carter
Ford
Korea
Kansas City
Kansas
Robert Dole
Washington
Sen
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Vail
Colo
Korean Demilitarized Zone
Ron Nessen
United Nations Command
Henry A. Kissinger
Brent Scowcroft
Nessen
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Dole
Rogers Morton
Georgia
California
Midwest
Northeast
Jody Powell
South
Powell
Warm Springs
South Carolina
West Coast
Los Angeles
Warren Beatty
Los Angel
Es Town Hall
Democratic National Committee
San Francisco
American Legion
Seattle
Colorado
Richard Lamm
Major City Water Outage Caused by 24 Inch Feeder Break
Residents of the Sheridan Addition faced a day without water due to a break in a 24 inch feeder line from the Medicine Park filter plant. Al Morgan, utilities superintendent, said a blow-off valve failed near Fort Sill halting service from 22nd and Pollard to 22nd and Rogers Lane. A six man crew worked through Friday and Saturday, completing repairs by 10:30 p.m. with service restoring by 11:30 p.m.
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Sheridan
Lawton
al Morgan
Medicine Park
Pollard
Rogers Lane
Morgan
Rogers
Fort Sill
Weather Update Forecast Warm Through Monday
Fair to partly cloudy conditions persist through Monday with high temperatures in the mid 90s. Tonight’s low around the upper 60s. Saturday’s heat peaked at 94 with a low near 68.
Cool Clothing Urged As Schools Prep For Heat
School officials urge parents to dress children in cool clothing as classrooms remain hot during the start of the fall term. Teachers report discomfort in warm rooms, while the Adams Elementary principal notes effort to ready classes as heat persists. The board has long discussed air conditioning for all city schools with a projected cost around 345 million, a figure repeatedly shelved by members.
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Awton
Marcille Southerland
Adams
Lawson's
Jonn
Mally
Jack Norrell
Fraternal Order of Police
FOP
Norrell
City Council Eyes Sept Hearing On Horton Mall Annexation Bid
City leaders weigh developer Ben Horton’s request for a Sept 14 annexation and rezoning hearing for land at 67th and New Cache Road to host a new mall. LMAP plans a Sept 8 review, with Oct 12 as a fallback.
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Ben Horton
67Th
New Cache Road
Horton
Lawton Metropolitan Area
Reuben Brown
Heinz
20Th and
Gore
McKinley
Briarwood
Cache Road
Fairview
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