Funkadelic Music Carries Religious Connotation
Parliament-Funkadelic blends rock and black music with a churchlike vibe. George Clinton calls the sound a religious feeling as funk returns to the scene with Earth Wind & Fire and the Brothers Johnson adding drum bass and spacey keyboards.
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Parliament
Funkadelic
George Clinton
Abe Peck
Associated Press
SAN Francisco
Sly Stone
Jimi Hendrix
Earth, Wind & Fire
Brothers Johnson
Philly
Alice Cooper
Parliament-Funkadelic
South
Dr. Funkenstein
Mothership Connection
Earth
Funkenstein
Jules Fisher
Rolling Stones
Mankind
Sanford and Son
Mothership
Newark
Washington
Albus
Richard Pryor
Clinton
N.J
Police Report Lists Local Complainants and Thefts
The Lawton Police Department lists complainants and reported thefts from residences and vehicles. Names include Tony Layton Ollie Hamlin C E Cantwell Greg Horton Kathy Valenty Onita Bonner Lee Mines Isaac Bates Sammons Snack Shock Charles Deater Ted Ray Cline Glenda Laurent and others with items stolen or attempted break ins ranging from auto parts to stereo equipment and cash. The long list also notes a stray line about Parliament Funkadelic and Mothership Connection as cultural context.
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Lawton
Tony Layton
Onita Bonner
Lee Mines
Isaac Bates
Carver
Sammons
Oak
Fort Sill Boulevard
Counter
Charles Deater
Swa
Ted Ray Cline
Lincoln
Glenda Laurent
Bond Issue Defeated in Narrow Margin at UNCAN
A $2.7 million school bond proposal stumbled to defeat in Stephens County with 1,804 yes to 1,209 no among 3,013 ballots. Mutilated ballots numbered 52, mainly from Lee Elementary precinct. Bond plan would fund a junior high, a new PE complex, move Red River Tech facilities, and add air conditioning at the high school.
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UNCAN
Stephens County Election Board
Lee
Red River Area
Vo-Tech School
Graduation Certificates Awarded at Fort Sill Dinner
Six members of the Speechcraft organization received graduation certificates at a Fort Sill Officer's Club dinner meeting held last week. The event featured speeches, discussion and awards for eloquence. Graduates listed: Jerry Blomquist Jim Cole Louis Navarro Colletta Rauch Jeff Weill Helen White.
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Speechcraft Organization
Fort Sill
Officer’s Club
Jerry Blomquist
Jim Cole
Louis Navarro
Colletta Rauch
Jeff Weill
Helen White
Police Lt Derrico to graduate from FBI National Academy
Police Lt David Derrico will complete 13 years with the force after eleven weeks at the FBI National Academy in Quantico. About 1,000 officers from the United States Puerto Rico and the U S Virgin Islands attended the session. Chief Edward M. Davis of Los Angeles will speak at 10 30 a m during the ceremony at FBI facilities.
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David Derrico
Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy
Quantico
Edward H. Levi
Derrico
Law Enforcement Administration
United States
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands
Edward M. Davis
Los Angeles
Calif
FBI
Area Funeral Services List of Obituaries in Lawton
Obituaries notice lists Martha L. Smith 65 of 1303 Maple with service at Centenary United Methodist Church and burial at Fletcher Cemetery. Also reports Sgt J C George W Smith 53 of 2012 Roosevelt dies, with funeral at Hartel Chapel Fort Sill and military honors. Additional notes cover Grant H Smart 80 of Homeland California death and Howard S Mitchell 61 of Fort Sill Blvd with Highland Cemetery burial.
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Martha L. Smith
Maple
Centenary United Methodist Church
Tom Hubbard
Fletcher Cemetery
Becker Funeral Home
Miss Smith
Fletcher
Fletcher High School
Central State College
Edmond
Whittier School
J.C
George W. Smith
Roosevelt
Hartel Chapel
Fort Sill
Donald Davidson
Post Cemetery
Miller’s Mortuary
Lawton
Grant H. Smart
Homeland
Calif
Smart
Howard S. Mitchell
Fort Sill Blvd
Highland Cemetery
Robert Noble
Boulevard Congregational and Christian Church
Jack F. Quaid
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Lawton Constitution
Casablanca Records
Warner Brothers Records
Kidd Funkadelic
Westbound Records
Florida
Chocolate Cities
Thang, Inc
Chomolungma
Everest
Sir George Everest
Area Funeral Services
Dorothy Barnes
Otto Smith
Ontario
Gladys
The
Home
Grant Jr
Fayetteville, Ark
Howard
Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Painters Union
Wilma
Valley Ford, Wash
Alice (White
Kaylor
Cache Rd
C.B. Radios
Rolls Royce Phantom II
RADIO
Magnavox
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