Adult Vo-Tech Enrollment Set for Spring Classes
Adult enrolment for spring night classes at the Great Plains Area Vo-Tech School runs January 7 18 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with courses starting January 21 and ending April 18. Fees run 24 to 36 dollars, half due at enrollment, evenings mostly 7 to 10 p.m., instructors listed for numerous programs. holidays noted and staffing changes announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Plains Area
Vo-Tech
Vo-Tech Board
Peggy Hoock
Key Punch
Diane Denham
Carolyn Swinney
Mary Leeper
Judy Jarvis
David Moore
Jim Lien
Jerry Kenney
Ronnie Moe
Audrey Rogers
Wallace Williams
Kenneth Taylor
Kenneth Fisher
Charles Winton
Lary Gelvin
Lawton Public School
Carolyn Sue Panhorst
Brenda Romo
Milton Barnett
Lea Ann Kuehl
Opal Knight
Cheryl Pickering
Margaret Mead Film Slated Here
The Museum of the Great Plains hosts a 30 minute black and white film on anthropologist Margaret Mead with a discussion of her experiences in primitive cultures and their relevance to modern marriage morality and national issues. Showings are 1 30 PM 3 PM Wednesday and 10 AM 3 PM Friday with no group scheduling required. attendees should phone ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Mead
Museum of the Great Plains
Connie Pegue
Severe storms sweep Arkansas injuring several across counties
Thunderstorms and strong winds ripped through eastern Arkansas overnight injuring several people. Damaging winds overturned a trailer at Needham and downed power lines in Jonesboro and Hickory Ridge. A mobile home park near Monticello suffered injuries. multiple buildings and trailers were damaged across several counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Needham
Jonesboro
St. Bernard’s Hospital
Jerry Willis
Forrest City
Cross County
Hickory Ridge
Willis
Wheatley
Monroe County
Monticello
Dumas
National Weather Service
Arkansas City
Arkansas City Which Was Ravaged By Tornadoes May 27. the Weather Service
Colt
Waldo
Columbia County
President OKs House Action On Trade Bill
President Nixon wins House move to act next week on the foreign trade bill after postponements. Ullman confirms the bill will be taken up Monday and Tuesday as Kissinger and Nixon push for quicker passage. The measure ties Soviet emigration conditions to trade, and may curb U.S. credit loans for Soviet commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Action On
Washington
Congress
Nixon
House
al Ullman
D-Ore
Ways and Means Committee
Carl Albert
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Ullman
Ussr
White House
Charles A. Vanik
Dohio
U.S
Siberian
America
Europe
Japan
Senate
Twin Infant Shannon Funeral Rites Held
Graveside services for Jane and Jane Shannon infant daughters of Mr and Mrs Er nie Shannon were conducted at Highland Cemetery. Rev C B Davis of Bethlehem Baptist Church officiated. Jane died at birth on Nov 30 and the other Jane died in December. Survivors include the parents a brother Reginald Eugene and grandparents Mr and Mrs Melford Shannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Jane Shannon
Ernie Shannon
Ferris
Highland Cemetery
Jeferson Funeral Home
C. B. Davis
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Reginald Eugene
Melford Shannon
Store Reports Armed Robbery on Sheridan Road
A black male armed with a small caliber pistol robbed Ebb's Grocery at 1701 N. Sheridan Road of coins and cash Monday night. Police describe the suspect as in his late teens, wearing a dark blue hat and T shirt with dark brown trousers, who fled on foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan Road
Ebb’s Grocery
N. Sheridan Road
Tulsa Agency To Take Part In Food Plan
Tulsa Neighborhood Comprehensive Health Service and the Cleveland County Health Department will join 143 new project areas in a USDA food program for pregnant women and children up to age four. State health commissioner Dr. LeRoy Carpenter noted about 182000 women and children will be served across 37 states Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tulsa
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Carpenter
Indian Funds Meeting Set
The meeting at 7 p.m. today at Shoemaker Education Center will discuss obtaining Indian education funds for Lawton Public Schools. All parents of Indian students in city schools are invited. a five member Indian advisory committee will be elected to suggest educational needs to officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Shoemaker Education Center
Lawton Board OKs land purchase and 1974-75 budget
The Lawton Board of Education bought a 200 by 300 foot parcel west of Central Junior High for 148 300 and approved a 13 539 800 preliminary budget for 1974 75 up seven percent from last year. A 20 mill building and operations levy plus 5 and 10 mill levies will seek voter approval in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Junior High School
Lawton Board of Education
Ninth Street
Central
Finley’s Realty
Finley
Ira Finley
Supt. of
Hugh Bish
Lawton
Public Service
Arkla
Bish
Ted Horton
Almor West
Crosby Park School
Carriage Hills School
Horton
Market Drifts Lower After Brief Rally As Dow Sags
New York markets closed mixed with a downward tilt as recession fears persisted. Dow Jones 30 fell to 801.63 with energy and rate pressures weighing on General Motors, Sterling Drug, and the NYSE index while AmEx and regional movers showed limited gains. Oklahoma City cattle sales posted firm to lower bids with hogs uneven as buyers watched the broader market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
General Motors
Fannie Mae
Sterling Drug
Oklahoma City
Shelley
Korean College Students Seen As Nation's Elite Resistance Leaders
South Korea's 300 600 university students, viewed as the elite, are at the forefront of protests against President Park Chung Hee's martial law regime. They demand press freedom, academic rights, and free elections, citing past student leadership in winning democratic changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chung Hee Park
Kim
Syngman Rhee
Park
Kim Dae-Jung
Seoul National University
Engineering College
Japan
CIA
Lawton Delegates In Puerto Rico See Anti U S Protest
Lawton delegates at the League of Cities Congress in San Juan report a large anti U S protest of about 20 000 demonstrators opposing Puerto Rico statehood. Mayor Don Whitaker notes most Puerto Ricans support the delegates while energy policy and urban goals topics dominate discussions. Councilman Dan Glascock canceled his trip as sessions continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Puerto Rico
U.S
Don Whitaker
Charles Beller
United States
League of Cities
San Juan
Whitaker
Carlos Romero Barcelo
Washington, D. C
Police Foil Burglary Try At Montgomery Ward
Police thwarted a burglary at Montgomery Ward, 2305 Gore Blvd., late Monday after an alarm. Two police dogs joined a search of a broken southwest door and scattered clothing near the appliance section while desks were ransacked but nothing valuable taken. K-9 units guarded the site overnight as officers continued a careful sweep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Ward
Gore Blvd
James Ritter
Accounting and Credit
Ritter
K-9
Inner Peace Lecture by Henriette Veste at Holiday Inn
Henriette Veste of the Inner Peace Movement will give an introductory lecture titled Psychic Man and the Universe at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Holiday Inn. The IPM offers an eight week course for 16 hours at 16 dollars, with the intro lecture costing 1.50. Veste, a France native living in the US 15 years, once taught French in public schools and studied at Lille and Oglethorpe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henriette Veste
Inner Peace Movement
Holiday Inn
Miss Veste
France
IPM
University of Lille
Oglethorpe
Georgia
Public Records List of Local Reported Theft Burglaries
Lawton police reports list complainants and incidents including burglaries at Best Motel and Gather Construction Co. and thefts of linens tapes firearms bicycles watches clothing and radios. Names include Floyd Runnels Joe P Brady Gene Gunness John Treptow James S Parker and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Floyd Runnels
N. 3Th
Burgary Best Motel
S. Second
Montgomery Ward
Sheridan Mall
Chester Reynolds
Washington
Woolend Hillis School
Woodland Drive
Gene Gunness
Smith
Joe P. Brady
S. 26Th Place
Biliford
Gather Construction Co
R. L. Wong
Sunny Bair
Kingsbury
Marshall Schrantz
Liberty
John Treptow
Fort Sill
Joan Endsley
Dearborn
Donald M. Ball
Ave. I
Goodwill Industries
Summit
Gore Bivd
Wesley Dixon
McKinley
Karin Richard
James S. Parker
Deanna Fowler
Jesse Seely
Injury accidents investigated by Law ton Police
Times and locations of injury accidents investigated by Law ton Police Department include Monday at 4 55 p m involving Johnny Surles 18 of 1415 Hover and Katherine Thomas 25 of 1812 Floyd. Surles cited for failing to yield right of way. Both were taken by Kirks Ambulance to Reynolds Army Hospital and Memories Hospital respectively, per Officer Ed Wiedeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Police Department
Floyd
Johnny Surles
Reynolds Army
Kirks
Katherine Thomas
Memories Hospital
Ed Wiedeman
Surles
Fire Department Responds to Multiple Alarms and Fires
Lawton Fire Department units handled a smoke investigation at 1810 2 D at 12 02 pm and a false alarm in the 500 block A Avenue at 2 01 pm. A stove fire at 1415 N 24th occurred at 2 35 pm followed by a false alarm at 803 Euclid at 4 22 pm and a trash fire at Third and B Avenue at 9 04 pm. Earlier at 10 56 am the Big J Food Store in Gore East Shopping Center faced a smoke investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euclid
Third
Big J Food
Gore East Shopping Center
College To Give ACT Saturday At Cameron College
The second national ACT test will be held at Cameron College on Saturday. Betty L Roundtree, associate dean, says examinees who registered should report to Cameron Auditorium at 7 39 a m. The test runs until about 12 39 p m and will be offered again on Feb 23 1974 with registration closing Jan 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron College
Betty L. Roundtree
Cameron
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Associated Press
Shannon
Central Junior High
Crosby Park
Carriage Hills
MacArthur Track
Terrace Hills
Hoover Elementary School
Richard Tipton
Eisenhower
State Highway Department
Yone Angela Daly
Eisenhower Junior High
Margie Miller
Lawton High
Barbara
American Stock Exchange
Cutter Labs A
Loews Theater
Research Cottrell
Oklahoma
Seoul
Kim Chong-Ho
Dan Glascock
Public Records
Lawton Fire Department
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!