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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1974
Page
2
Alexander Glezer, a noted Moscow poet and art collector, was manhandled by police outside his apartment and later taken away by the KGB or security police. A friend reported Glezer was wrestled and cried for help before officers escorted him inside and removed him from the scene.
MACARTHUR Junior High student David McLennan earned a free pair of kangaroo leather boots valued at $20 after his design won company interest in Thailand. Emma Duggins, the art teacher, praises him as one of her most talented pupils.
Funeral services are planned for John Nicholas Stuart Sr. 64 of Pine Island FL with burial in Fort Myers. His son John Nicholas Stuart Jr. is Lawton Constitution city editor. Also to be held is the funeral for James Albert Grigg 84 of 2606 H Ave. in Lawton with burial at Rocky Cemetery. Survivors include wife Hessie and ten children across several states. Graveside rites for infant Smoot decedent will occur at Post Cemetery Fort Sill with Chaplain Major John Evans officiating. Walter s staff notes Mrs Stella Wollam 92 of Walters will be laid to rest at Walters Cemetery with service at the Presbyterian Church.
An early morning blaze in Concord Hall at Brandywine College sent at least 14 students and one firefighter to area hospitals for smoke inhalation and injuries. Two girls jumped from a third story window. six students and the firefighter were treated at Invision Hospital. others at Delaware General Division and Riverside Hospital. The cause was undetermined per Brandywine College Vice President Bernard Daney.
In Kobe Japan two Chinese refugees aged 22 Liang Kwock-jiang and Wang Chew sought political asylum in the United States after boarding the American freighter Thomas E. Cuffe in Hong Kong harbor eight days earlier. Immigration officials learned of the incident as the vessel docked in Kobe.
David Carter 34 was selected to fill a soon to be vacated special district judge post. Judge John Taylor resigns Jan 12. Carter begins a two year term Jan 13 1975 with limited jurisdiction as examining magistrate and presiding over misdemeanor and small claims cases. Carter former public defender and Ardmore private practitioner holds Oklahoma Law and San Francisco State history degrees.
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