School board weighs negotiating bid on junior high project
Chapman low bid plus four alternates would total 3 280 500 dollars exceeding the estimate by about 780 000 dollars. The board may negotiate to drop costs by as much as 10 percent, with possible reductions for materials and design changes. A special meeting is set to discuss the project while architects review cost drivers and wage rates.
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Chapman
Horacek
E. V. Cox Construction
Oklahoma City
Sims
Pat Conway
Labor Board
MacArthur
Shoemaker Education Center
Postal facility plans loom for Lawton city hall area
LURA may delay until late 1978 or early 1979 as the city weighs using the old post office site for city hall expansion. The current leased facility costs 46 495 annually with a 1982 expiration. Three options exist including keeping the old building, leasing it, or repurposing it for city hall growth.
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Postal Service
City Hall Post Office Trust Authority
U.S. Postal Service
McClure
J.J. Pursley
Trust Authority
City
Pursley
Don Aust
City Hall
Lawton
Rust
Oklahoma
Ardmore
Clinton
Woodward
Paper plant planned to fill void after fire closure
Kiser outlines a Pryor paper company plan and a Duke sheet rock facility to replace a failed city recycling effort from February 1974. The Duke plant was hit by lightning and severely damaged by fire a month after council approval, forcing closure. He pledges the new facility will be clean and neat and not an eyesore.
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Pryor
Duke
Kiser
Powwow Traditions Of Giving Share Peace And Gifts
The article describes Comanche and Kiowa practices at a powwow including specials and spreading the blanket. It explains honoree gifts, donor roles, and ceremonies like gourd dancing with money placed on the ground. Dancers and audience participate in blankets, money gifts, and social rituals.
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Comanche Little Pony Club
James Chasenah
Donita Sovo
Joe Bointy
Ralph Wermy
Ginger Oupoby
Albert Black
Lawrence
Caruso) Tomah
Arena
Lee Motah
Virgil Tahchawickah
Woogee
Superports follow DOJ and FTC recommendations
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission objected to how port-construction consortiums planned to operate the new superports, guiding revisions in their proposed arrangements.
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Justice Department
Federal Trade Commission
U.S. agricultural exports reach new 1976 high
U.S. agricultural exports hit a record 22.15 billion dollars in fiscal 1976 ending July 1, up 3 percent from the previous year’s 21.6 billion.
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U.S
Funeral services for Horace M Newsom Jr
Funeral for Horace M Newsom Jr 48 of Route 1 Fletcher will be at 2 30 p m Saturday at Ninth and See Church of God with Dr Ronnie Miller officiating Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Becker Funeral Home directing He died Thursday in an Oklahoma City hospital after a brief illness Born January 9 1928 in Lawton he worked with civil service Fort Sill He married Maralyn Marple July 31 1954 in Wichita Falls Texas He lived in Lawton until 1972 then moved to Fletcher area Survivors include wife two daughters Jeanie Did a ker Peculiar Missouri and Chery Ann Nevins Elgin two sons Gary and Larry at home six sisters Amy Hall Arlington Joyce McDaniels Robbie Powell Mary Ca rol Mahaffey Cache Bobby Dean McClung Medicine Park Donna Cox Fort Worth and six grandchildren
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Horace M. Newsom Jr
Fletcher
Oklahoma City
Church of God
Ronnie Miller
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Becker Funeral Home
Mr. Newsom
Lawton
Civil Service
Signal Branch
Fort Sill
Maralyn Marple
Wichita Falls
Tex
Fletcher Area
Jeanie Didaker
Peculiar
Chery Ann Nevins
Elgin
Gary
Larry
Amy Hall
Arlington
Joyce McDaniels
Robbie Powell
Mary Carol Mahaffey
Cache
Bobby Dean McClung
Medicine Park
Donna Cox
Fort Worth
Riley
Garland
Patrick Newsom
Swine flu program paused over Guillain Barre link concerns
HEW assistant secretary Cooper said public trust is hard to win as federal officials suspend the vaccination program to review reports of Guillain Barre syndrome among some vaccinated people. Authorities caution no proven link exists but deem the pause prudent, potentially lasting up to a month into January.
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Cooper
Immunization Program Paused After Swine Flu Shots
Officials report about a dozen inquiries on when immunizations will resume while no paralysis cases are confirmed. Doctors in the county have agreed to halt shots until the program restarts and the state health department will notify clinics when the ban is lifted. National authorities warn public confidence could hinder the program’s effectiveness if restarted.
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Long
Yerkes
State Health Department
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Cameron
Billy Slusher
Mark Landrith
Steven F. Chapman
Dick Welch
Mark E. Wilcomb
Lura
Sixth Street
Southwest Chemical Company
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Automatic Alarm, Inc
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Mid-West Wrecking Company
Edmond
Howard Wellspring
THE
Lawton Constitution
Sun
Lawton Morning Press
Sunday Constitution
Lawton Publishing Co. Inc
3Rd & A Ave
Okla
Constitution
APO
Joseph Fischer
Casper Fischer
Eva Fischer
District Court
Comanche County
Jack Brock
Housing Authority
Jerree L. Tovedo
44Th
West Gore
Upper Michigan
Wisconsin
Superports
Cross
Zales Revolume
Harge BankAmericard
American Express Diners Club
ZALES
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W. Gore
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