Gyrocompass Failure On Beached Argo Merchant
Captain testifies in Manhattan that the Liberian tanker Argo Merchant ran aground 24.5 miles off course with a malfunctioning gyrocompass and steering by a less reliable magnetic compass. The ship split, spilling 7.5 million gallons of heavy oil while other tanker spills and a separate explosion were investigated.
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New York
Argo
George Papadopoulos
U.S. District Court
Manhattan
Papadopoulous
Marcus Hook
Delaware River
Philadelphia
Thames River
Connecticut
Coast Guard
Oswego
Thames
Amerada Hess Co
Groton
Long Beach
Cailif
James Moreau
Thebes Shipping Co
Monrovia
Liberia
Cape Cod
Continental Insurance Co
Nantucket Island
Norman Deragon
Nantucket
Papadopoulos
Puerto la Cruz
Venezuela
Area funeral services for Sgt (Ret.) Boyd Barksdale
Area funeral notices report Sgt (Ret.) Boyd Barksdale 60 dying Saturday in a Kerrville Texas hospital after illness. Service set at St. Margaret Mary Church in San Antonio with burial at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Survivors include wife Yolanda daughter Miriam and son George along with seven sisters. The draft includes other obituaries and a note on Benjamin Franklin’s bow proposal.
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Boyd Barksdale
Kerrville, Tex
St. Margaret Mary Church
San Antonio
Tex
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Yolanda
Miriam
George
Aziedale Barksdale
Lawton
Brandy D. Baggett
David Baggett
S. 12Th
Highland Cemetery
Richard Brooks
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Becker Funeral Home
Adah C. Richardson
Kingsbury
Lawton- Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Amy Williams
Jefferson
St. James Baptist Church
Harry Clay
Miller
Santa Letters Reach North Pole From Lawton Kids
In Lawton Fort Sill area two children send thank you notes to Santa. Chris writes a warm message about Adventure People and the North Pole. Jeff adds a short three inch handwriting on the back, then signs his name. The notes linger at the Lawton Post Office en route to Santa.
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Hristmas
Santa
Lawton-Fort Sill
Chris
North Pole
Jeff
Lawton
Federal mediator calls talks as Florida hotel strike widens
A federal mediator scheduled a bargaining session for hotel managers and strikers, the first since the walkout began Saturday. The union vows to expand the strike daily until a contract is signed. By Monday seven large resorts were hit and nonunion staff struggled to keep services for tourists.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Leland Dean
Herbert Shiffman
Police Log Of Reported Thefts And Vandalism In Lawton
Lawton Police received reports listing names and addresses of individuals and businesses. Incidents include thefts of bicycles televisions jewelry pistols stereo equipment and a possible pistol from a residence with several cases at residences and a few business locations.
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Lawton
Levi Tucker
Carral Drive
Fort Sill
K. J. King
Dee Chatfield
Jose Alvaro Ahumada
Poliard
Carl Ryker
Soonerland Realty
Cache Road
Edinburg
Marie E. Keeser
Prentiss Ward
S. Broadway
Corpus Christi
Tex
Lou Bressman
Baldwin
Fiora Ready
Arlington
Anthony Michaeis
Tennessee
E. Gore
Roselyn M. Ware
4Th
Rose L. Gummoan
Dearborn
Peter S. Alien
Ave. i
Lee Bovievard
Tax payments due Thursday in Comanche County
Comanche County Treasurer Rosemary Bainbridge warns that the first half of 1976 ad valorem personal and real estate taxes must be paid by Thursday. The courthouse closes Friday for New Year's. payments should be made in person before 4 30 p.m. Thursday or postmarked by December 31 if by mail. Delinquent penalties accrue at 1 percent per month for late payments.
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Comanche County
Rosemary Bainbridge
Rape Hearing Set for Frank Banks in Lawton Case
A preliminary hearing is set for January 24 in district court for Frank Banks, 23, on a first degree rape charge involving a 15 year old Lawton girl on December 12. Banks faces 15 years to life if convicted.
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Frank Banks
Lawton
Banks
Keith Aycock
Janice Banks
Suspects Ordered Out Of Town After Radio Sale Attempt
A Lawton man and an Early man, both in their 20s, were released after agreeing to leave town. They bought a CB radio from Sears with a check and tried to sell it minutes later for about half the price. Police found the Weatherford bank funds were insufficient to cover the check. They will return the radio and settle debts before contacting police again.
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Lawton
Robert Schulte
Sears
Weatherford
Schulte
Mountain Park Man Dies In Kiowa County Crash
A Mountain Park man Deral R. Cook, 26, died after his southbound car on U S 183 near Mountain Park failed to negotiate a curve and struck a parked vehicle. The fatality raises Oklahoma 1976 highway toll to 824, up from 760 a year earlier. He died at Hobart hospital.
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Associated Press
Mountain Park
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Deral R. Cook
U.S. 183
Kiowa County
Hobart
Fort Sill Soldiers Bond Set in Robbery Case
Bond set at 5000 dollars each for Fort Sill soldiers Michael Bolding 20 and James Price 22 charged with robbing three men of over 300 dollars and merchandise after offering a ride from Pastime Lanes to the post on Fort Sill Boulevard. Police say they forced the victims to surrender cash and a tape recorder at 15th Street last Tuesday night.
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Fort Sill
Michael Bolding
James Price
Lawton
Bolding
Price
Fort Sill Blvd
15Th Street
Police Seek Robbers in Double Monday Night Incidents
Police sought three young black men for two robberies Monday night. At Jiffy Food Market at 15th and Gore a man shoved a clerk and took under $10 in quarters. Seconds later two men threatened a service station attendant with a knife and refused to pay for gas.
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15Th
Gore
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Area Funeral Services
Mr. Barksdale
U.s.navy
Naval Air Corps
Pearl Harbor
Lula Baggett
Wyllys Insley
Rosebury
Ore
Benjamin Franklin
Florida
Anita Schraf
Riverdale
N.Y
Eden Roc
J. Schraf
Harry Kozell
Aed
Teres
Pete Aikoe
Ie Wie
Sewer Ia Pe
Terete Lee Add
Oliner
Lever Brothers Company
Bell
Chevron
Iowa
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