City Council plans secret interview tour for manager candidates
Mayor Don Whitaker announced a special council team will interview top city manager applicants after Christmas. The panel, to visit two to four out of town candidates possibly in three other states, aims to assess applicants confidentially before a January 15 deadline when the city expects to be without a manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Whitaker
Whitaker
Dan Glascock
Keith Haynes
Robert Prince
Willie Hopkins
Don van Meter
Harry Anderson
Adam Matthews
Wayne Smith
Lawton
Larry Fountaine
City Officials Vow Bond Issue Only If Tax Passes
Mayor Whitaker and the City Council pursue an $8.6 million bond package only if voters approve a companion sales tax revision in a Jan. 21 election. Councilmembers and bond counsel warn the plan relies on tax approval and will be clarified at upcoming sessions. The bonds fund water works upgrades and street acquisitions, with restrictions to be removed from the tax to cover current and future general obligation bonds.
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Don Whitaker
Nance
Whitaker
Scottie Brown
Oklahoma City
Council
Funeral notices from Lawton area obituary page
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices list Clarence E. Penland 76 of Geronimo and Marilyn Bell 41 of Fort Sill with service details. Other deaths include Amanda Emma Ray 102 of Marlow and Eudora Kowena 76 of Indiahoma with visitation and burial plans. Names, birthdates, birthplaces, spouses, and survivors are provided. services are held at local churches and Fort Sill postings with Becker and Callaway-Smith-Cobb funeral homes.
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Clarence E. Penland
Baptist Church
Jo Jane Miller
Kinyon
Bert Leverett
Riverside
Calif
Claude Leverett
Oklahoma City
Norvel Leverett
Inez Johnson
Nellie Penland
Geronimo
Irene Tedder
Yucca Valley
Jewel Clifton
Oakview
Marilyn Bell
Batson Ave
Fort Sill
Old Post Chapel
John Evans
Pittsburg
Kan
Becker Funeral Home
Marlow
Amanda Emmaline Ray
Fitzhugh
Church of Christ
Loyd Johnson
Woodrow Dennis
Marlow Cemetery
Callaway-Smith- Cobb Funeral Home
Ray
Mason
Tex
William R. Ray
Brownwood
Judd Renfrow
John Williamson
San Antonio
Eudora Kowena
Indiahoma
Post Oak Mission
Cyril Adrian
Post Oak Mennonite Church
David Warren
Kowena
Mennett W. Kowena
George Kowena
Marjorie Kelley
Louise Kowena
Frank W. Hillis
Baltimore
Lawton
Mr. Hillis
McKinney
Hulen
Ethel Claypool
Duncan
Hillis
Cameron Baptist Church
James
Wanda Carlile
N. 31St
Damon Carlton
Norman
Robert Carlton
Texas
Hattie Hisey
Kelly Hillis
Parkview
Charlie Hillis
Kingfisher
Hubert Hillis
Los Angeles
Fay Hillis
Bell
Steve Hillis
Kansas City
Hazel Hudson
Tucson
Ariz
Lodge Officers Installed Here
Triangle Lodge No. 548 installed officers for 1975 with Robert D. Mitchell as worshipful master and H. D. Ladyman as senior warden all from Lawton. Presiding were John Prebble and Richard White with cholera epidemic 1883 1894 noted in closing.
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Triangle Lodge
Robert D. Mitchell
H. D. Ladyman
John S. Woodward
George E. Schutz
William Gene Worthen
Charles Vanis
Charles Sharp
James Montgomery
Arthur Spiller
Tyler
Robert Noble
Lawton
John Prebble
Oklahoma
Richard White
Cityans Face Court Hearing On Burglary Charge
Claude Harris and John Lee Gettens, both held on a joint second degree burglary charge, faced a preliminary hearing set for March 3, 1975 after Tuesday arraignment in district court. Bond was set at $1,000 each following their Saturday arrest during a reported burglary in progress at Ray Nauman Surplus. Patrolmen Benny Johnson and Steve Abla responded to the scene at 7 p.m. after a report from Bob Allen.
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Claude Harris
New York
John Lee Gettens
Cornell
Ray Nauman
Benny Johnson
Steve Abla
Bob Allen
Irwin
Singing Session Near Apache Draws Public Invite
The Southwest District holds its fifth Sunday singing convention at 2 p m Sunday at the Mahsetky Indian Methodist Church south of here. The public and any interested singing groups are invited to attend. For information contact Al Teahquo at 529 100.
Student Honored on Dean’s List at Central State Missouri
Mrs. Merry Bennett of 503 Monroe Lawton is named on the dean’s list for the fall term at Central State Missouri State University. Warensburg.
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Merry Bennett
Monroe
Lawton
Central State Missouri State University
Warrensburg
Expos Rally To Strong finish in 1974 NL run
The Montreal Expos won 18 of their final 23 National League games in 1974, fueling a late surge as the season closed.
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Montreal Expos
Lawton Man Charged With Assault With Dangerous Weapon
A 35 year old Lawton man Robert W Barker was charged in district court with assault with a dangerous weapon after a Saturday morning shooting outside the Purple Bunny in Gore. Barker's bond was set at 3000. police say he fired twice at William Horse 24 of Carnegie injuring him in the chest and arm.
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Lawton
Purple Bunny
Gore
Robert W. Barker
John Taylor
Robert Looney
Barker
William Horse
Carnegie
PHS Indian Hospital
Jack Shutts
Barry Cousins
Lawton Christmas Mail Drops 4.4 Percent From Last Year
Lawton postal figures show Christmas mail volume down 4.4 percent from 1973 while national volumes fall 11 percent. Postmaster Kinley McClure cites cautious spending and local economic factors with military personnel sending many cards yet overall declines since last week. December 16 marked the peak day for Lawton mail volume as packages continue to arrive but decline steadily.
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National Mail
Lawton
Kinley McClure
Cityan Grad Charles Stewart Logan Earns LSU Engineering Degree
Charles Stewart Logan of Lawton graduated from the College of Engineering at Louisiana State University Baton Rouge recently.
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Charles Stewart Logan
Lawton
College of Engineering
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
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House of Half Dollars
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Apache
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