Consultant Aids Cameron Effort
Cameron University earned a 3855 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities under a new National Board of Consultants program to plan and evaluate humanities offerings. Dr. H Harvey Young of Emory University will guide material selection and admin procedure development for two new interdisciplinary courses with future visits planned in February and April.
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Cameron University
National Endowment For the Humanities
National Board of Consultants
H. Harvey Young
Georgia
Cameron
Young
Emory University
Atlanta
Emory
Columbia University
Bob Quintens
Charles Smith
City seeks $31,120 grant for environmental education
City officials plan a preliminary proposal to the U S Office of Education for a one year grant of 31120 to fund teacher and youth leader workshops at the Boulder Environmental Study Area in the Wichita Mountains Refuge. The effort includes forums debates panels and library based information dissemination. Officials expect a decision by March or April next year.
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John Thomson
U.S. Office of Education
Thomson
Boulder
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Lawton Public Library
Bernice Jackson
Cityan Receives Deferred Sentence for Infant Beating
Lawton man Adam Lonnie Esparza, 21, was given a deferred two year prison term after pleading guilty to twice beating his infant stepson Sean Taylor born Jan 17. Judge David Carter approved the deferment on recommendation by the district attorney. The child is a ward of the court and removed from parental custody. Esparza's wife Chrissandra Kim Esparza filed for divorce on Nov 7.
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Lawton
Adam Lonnie Esparza
Special District
David Carter
District Attorney’s Office
Esparza
Sean Taylor
Group To Meet National Association Great Plains Chap 167
The group will gather for a Christmas program and luncheon at 11 a.m. Monday at the Museum of the Great Plains. Members should bring gifts to support the Mobile Meals program.
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National Association of Retired Federal
Great Plains
Museum of the Great Plains
Mormons Settle Great Salt Lake Valley in 1847
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints members established a settlement in the Great Salt Lake Valley Utah in 1847 following persecution in Ohio Missouri and Illinois as they sought a new home away from hostility.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Great Salt Lake Valley
Utah
Ohio
Missouri
Illinois
Stamp Purchase Possible By Mail
Postal customers unable to reach the post office can order stamps by mail, says Lawton postmaster K A McClure. Carriers will supply stamped envelopes and order blanks. elderly and house bound customers should request forms from their postman. The kit includes a postage free envelope a return address label an order sheet and allows payment by check or money order with return service in about three days.
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Lawton
K. A. McClure
Week-Long Sightseeing Tours Start North Vietnam Peace Moves
Bruce Pallling describes Hanoi adapting to peacetime after the South's defeat. Travelers from Laos take week long tours as Hanoi features quiet streets, new Ho Chi Minh mausoleum work, and scarce luxury goods. He notes posters praising labor, Russian influence, and the presence of Western diplomats amid austere life and museum displays.
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Bruce Palling
Washington Post
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Laos
Southeast Asia
Thieu
U.S. Air Force
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh
Moscow
Disabled Veterans May Get Reduced Vehicle License Fees
Oklahoma veterans rated 100 percent disabled or totally unemployable may apply for reduced motor vehicle license fees. Lawton area rep Dean Brackett said the broadened eligibility follows Attorney General Larry Derryberrys opinion on a 1975 state law. Previously only service connected 100 percent total disability qualified for the $1 tag.
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Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs
Lawton
Dean Brackett
Larry Derryberry
Hospital Panel Approves Bids At Memorial Hospital Meeting
Memorial Hospital's Board of Directors approved several bids at their monthly meeting. Purchases included disposable linen packs, envelopes, pediatric tents, forms, paper stock tabs, cytopathology and surgical forms, shelving, and a trolley with wall brackets. Bids came from Gentec Hospital Supply Oklahoma City H G Fleming Co Moore Business Forms Southeast Shared Services Hospital Products Siemen's Corporation and Storz Instrument Co.
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Moore
Lawton
Business Controls Corp
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Siemen’s Corporation
Storz Instrument Co
St. Louis
Repairmen Regulated in Nine States Over Fraud Concerns
Television repair shops in Louisiana Connecticut Indiana Massachusetts Oregon Vermont California Florida and Utah must meet new requirements to curb fraud. The rules apply to shops across nine states as part of consumer protection efforts.
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Louisiana
Connecticut
Indiana
Massachusetts
Oregon
Vermont
California
Florida
Utah
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Historical Museum
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Hammond Organ & Piano
Gore Lawton
Okla
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American Express Diners Club
Cache Road Square
China
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