Oklahoma Cities Share $7 Million In December Sales Tax
Oklahoma municipalities shared a December 1974 sales tax disbursement totaling 7,025,882. The City of Lawton received 270,152.45, reflecting a 4.2 percent rise from December 1973. Burns Flat, Camargo, Calvin, Adair, Taloga, Tul, Sulphur, and others began or increased 1 to 2 percent levies, pushing the statewide total higher year over year.
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Awton
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Lawton
S. W. Hampton
Burns Flat
South Coffeyville
Springer and Wapanucka
Camargo
Calvin, Adair
Taloga
Cies
German family in Lawton seeks funds to return to Germany
Mrs. Kuntz and her son Hans face deportation to Germany within a month. Local groups including the Optimists Lawton German-American Club and VFW Post 5263 raise hundreds of dollars for travel, food, and presents as residents recount acts of support and hope for a happier Christmas.
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Lawton
Pirmasens
Germany
Kuntz
Hans
Fisenhower High School
Kuntzes
Immigration and Naturalization Headquarters
Dallas
Holiday Mail Volume Drops Sharply In Holiday Rush
Lawton Postmaster McClure reports holiday mail volume down up to 56 percent in the southern district and 17.7 percent nationally. Overtime falls 28 percent nationally and 39 percent in the south while revenue remains steady aided by higher rates. He cites economic conditions and buyer hesitancy as causes and notes increased customer cooperation with earlier mailing and better packing. A trailer of 1000 parcels arrives as the holiday rush peaks and a third class mail backlog is kept current.
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McClure
Lawton
Mason-Dixon Line
Mclure
Seaboard
Oklahoma
United States Postal Service
Hood cleared in child beating case at district court
Fort Sill Hood, 23, had a charge of beating his son Robert, 2, dismissed by District Attorney Don Beauchamp on Monday. The child was admitted Aug 10 to Reynolds Hospital with a broken left arm and multiple bruises. A doctor said the fracture occurred at least two days before treatment.
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Don Beauchamp
Arthur N. Hood
Fort Sill Hood
Robert
Reynolds Amy Hospital
Police nab bribery plot linked to armed trio
Sgt John Mulligan and two others schemed to take cash and let the third take the rap for a weapons charge. Barnes described as a wealthy developer in Pontiac and Cleveland faced bribery and gun charges. Assistant District Attorney Helen Johnson called Barnes a millionaire many times over. Officers defended their actions as proper and within training.
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Page One
John Mulligan
Barnes
Asst. Dist
Atty
Helen Johnson
Pontiac
Mich
Cleveland
von Werne
Duffy
Mulligan
Journalists face suit over home intrusion in Point Pleasant tragedy
Mrs Cantrell alleges Rolling Stone editor and photographer entered her home without consent after the Ohio River bridge collapse on December 15 1967. The Cantrells say the magazine portrayed them as hillbillies. The circuit court reversal cites a 1967 Supreme Court privacy ruling in a newsworthy incident.
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Ohio River
Point Pleasant
W.va
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Ford staggers market with steel profit surge
The article notes Steel's nine month earnings of 22.6 million, more than four times its 1973 full year profits, while the Council on Wage and Price Stability lacks power to order price rollbacks. Ford and Simon warn of broader economic shifts amid mixed news.
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Council On
Ford
Simon
Congress
Senate
House
Congressional
Joint Economic Committee
Voter notices warn re register before elections
Voter 28 notices require re registration before countywide school and city elections. Notices mailed by Jan 1 1975, ineligibility applies to non responders. Jan 21 city election includes an $8.6 million bond issue and tax revision. Jan 28 countywide school election includes one school board seat No. 5 and three millage levies.
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Logan
Election Board
Arraigned in Concealing Stolen Gun Charge
Elton Simmons Jr. 31 of Geronimo faces a district court arraignment on concealing and withholding a .38 caliber revolver reported stolen from Brown's Gun Store in Wewoka. Preliminary hearing set for Jan. 6. bond $1,000 after Dec. 13 arrest five and a half miles east of Geronimo by Highway Patrol with gun in possession.
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Elton Simmons Jr
Geronimo
Simmons
Brown
Wewoka
Solons To Air Goals At Forum
The 35th Oklahoma Legislative session topics will be discussed at a Friday Forum noon luncheon at the Hotel Lawtonian. Sen. Al Terrill and fellow lawmakers including Jim Taliaferro and Reps. Don Davis Roy Hooper Fred Farrell Elgin Gordon Berznoska Geronimo James Kardokus and Bob Harper will attend. The Chamber sponsored event costs 2.85 per person and is open to the public.
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Oklahoma
Lawtonian
al Terrill
Terrill
Jim Taliaferro
Don Davis
Roy B. Hooper
Fred Ferrell
Elgin
Gordon Berznoska
Geronimo
James Kardokus
Apache
Bob Harper
Frederick
Chamber of Commerce
Employed Wives in High-Income Families Rise
A study finds more than half of families earning over $15 000 annually include an employed wife, indicating shifting household dynamics and women's participation in the workforce.
Lecture series speakers announced for Cameron second semester
Cameron University announces two lectures. CBS news correspondent Robert Pierpoint will speak February 13 on View from the White House Steps. Florida State University professor James Eppler speaks March 6 on genetics research at 2:30 p.m. in the Shepler Center Mezzanine.
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Cameron University
Robert Pierpoint
CBS News
Cameron
White House
James Eppler
Florida State University
Grain and soy exports to beef cattle framework
Last year the United States shipped over 40 million tons of grain and about 5 million tons of soybeans or other high protein concentrates to beef cattle.
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U.S
Greenhouse Addition Planned for Lawton FFA Training
Lawton area students from Eisenhower and MacArthur high schools will grow vegetables in a new 22 by 60 foot greenhouse at the 80 acre school farm laboratory on 17th and Lee. Construction began December 1 and is expected to finish by month’s end pending roofing and HVAC deliveries. The project, funded through a 1973 74 school year agreement with the Oklahoma Vocational Technical Education at Oklahoma State University, costs about $6000 and marks one of the Southwest’s largest greenhouse programs. Students will start with tomatoes and peppers and later grow flowers and other vegetables under guidance of FFA advisors Ron Long Marvin Bickett and Jay Woodward.
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FFA
Bill Harrison
School Farm
17Th and Lee
Brenda Lewis
Lawton High School
Rocky Walters
Lawton
Randy Garton
Eisenhower High School
Don Garton
Cherry
Farmers of America
School Farm Laboratory
Lawton Board of Education
State Department of Oklahoma Vocational- Technical Education
Oklahoma State University
Southwest
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MacArthur
Ron Long
Long
Peace effort crucial in coming months says Sadat in ABC interview
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat told ABC he hopes concentrated peace efforts in the next three months can avert a new Arab Israeli war. A leading Cairo commentator urged Arabs to act now, while Sadat warned momentum may slacken but not stop. The interview will air Thursday night.
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Anwar Sadat
ABCTV
Sadat
American Broadcasting Co
Jamaica Hosts Vast Fern Diversity Across Island
Jamaica boasts over 500 fern species from delicate mountain ferns to towering tree ferns seen by visitors in Fern Gully near Ocho Rios on the island's north shore.
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Jamaica
Ocho Rios
Island
Guilt Admitted In Vehicle Case
Jimmy Duarte an 18 year old Treasure Lake Job Corps member pleaded guilty in district court to unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Dist Judge J Winston Raburn deferred judgment for one year and ordered a $40 fine. Duarte allegedly took an auto owned by David Turk Fort Sill from the 300 block of C Avenue on Nov 30. The vehicle was recovered that night at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge and the corpsman turned himself in.
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Jimmy Duarte
Treasure Lake
Fire reports list Lawton area incidents and dispatches
The Lawton Fire Department logged multiple incidents including a tree fire at 527 Eisenhower Drive at 4 08 p.m. and a minor house fire at 1805 Dearborn at 4 19 a.m. Also noted is an alert condition No 3 at Lawton Airport at 10 22 a.m. and a car tire fire at 1420 Tower Road with a yearly dispatch total of 1792.
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Eisenhower Drive
Dearborn
Lawton
Tower Road
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