Public Service Pays 1st Half of 627795 Tax Bill
Public Service Company of Oklahoma, the county's largest ad valorem taxpayer, paid the first half of its 1974 tax bill totaling 627795.29. Local manager John Winstead delivered 313897.65 to the county treasurer this morning, with the remaining half due by April 1. The tax is 54 percent higher than 1973 due to the new plant southeast of Lawton, with most revenue going to public schools.
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Public Service Company of Oklahoma
John Winstead
Winstead
Public Service Co
Lawton
Rosemary Bainbridge
Stot Proto
Judge Grants Short Delay In Case Here
Arraignment for Ming Chu Ellis 24 of 622 Bishop Rd Apt C 2 on second degree murder was moved to 2 p.m. Thursday to allow an interpreter. Ellis appeared in district court Monday. bond set at 20000. The stabbing death of her husband Robert 26 occurred Sunday morning at Southwestern Hospital.
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Ming Chu Ellis
Bishop Road
Apt
C-2
Joe B. Reeves
District Attorney’s Office
Robert
Southwestern Hospital
Lawton Men Plead Guilty in Stolen Fishing Gear Case
Two Lawton men Paul Ray Meyers and Larry Arnold pleaded guilty to concealing and withholding stolen property in district court. Meyers 29 received two years of a five year sentence with three years suspended. Arnold 23 got six months of a three year sentence with the balance suspended. Authorities said three fishing rods and reels two lanterns and a tackle box were stolen September 28 from Herbert Jones 2311 SW Pennsylvania. The items were found October 4 in a local pawn shop. Meyers prior felony record and Arnolds earlier marijuana conviction are noted.
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Lawton
J. Winston Raburn
Paul Ray Meyers
Larry Arnold
Herbert Jones
Pennsylvania
Youngster Shot During Car Battle in Fort Lauderdale
A 3 year old boy was shot in the chest during a gun battle between occupants of two speeding cars. Keith Black was with his siblings on a city sidewalk when a man in one car fired. He remained in serious condition at a local hospital. no arrests were reported.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Keith Black
Trial Scheduled On Drug Charge For Darrell Gaylor
Darrell Lee Gaylor, 19, of 2613 Ave 1, was ordered held on 300 bond and granted a jury trial after arraignment in district court on marijuana possession. Sheriff deputy Nick Alderson said a search warrant yielded a plastic bag with thousands of seeds Believed to be marijuana found in the bedroom of the residence.
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Darrell Lee Gaylor
Ave. 1
Sheriff's
Nick Alderson
Gaylor
Alderson
Milwaukee Man Wins World Champion Liar Title
A Milwaukee man earned the World Champion Liar honor in Burlington Wisconsin, with a tongue in cheek tale about poverty and youth. Otis Hullett announced the winner as Robert Regent, with Arnold Pulver receiving honorable mention for a slow worker joke.
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Burlington, Wis
Milwaukee
Burlington
Arnold Pulver
Belleville
Wis
Funeral notices for Booker T. Gilbert and Elmer B. Thompson
Funeral for Booker T. Gilbert 57 of 1714 Washington is pending at Millers Mortuary. He died 9:15 a.m. Monday in an Oklahoma City hospital. Gilbert born March 26, 1916 in Townsend, WWII veteran, survived by wife Annie and seven daughters, brother Eddie, sister Carrie, 38 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Funeral for Elmer B. Thompson 60 of 912 Jefferson, who died Friday in a Lawton hospital, will be at First Southern Baptist Church Del City with burial in Stella Community Cemetery. Becker Funeral Home handles local arrangements.
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Washington
Oklahoma City
Miller’s
Mr. Gilbert
Townsend
Annie
Clyde Short
S. 25Th
B. L. Johnson
New York
Carrie Thomas
Bishop Rd
Annie Sue Burnett
San Antonio
Tex
Jaquetta Solon
Columbia
S.C
Lucille Nolan
Sacramento
Calif
Booker Jean Thomas
Columbus
Eddie Gilbert
1603 Douglas
Carrie Gilbert
Idabel
Elmer B
Thompson
Jefferson
Lawton
First Southern Baptist Church
del City
Stella Community
Becker Funeral Home
Hearing Set For Two Lawton Teens On Concealing Theft
Preliminary hearing for Siegfried Stillman and Gordon Novak both 19 will be Feb 6 1975 on charges of concealing stolen property. Bond set at 2000 each after TV and cassette player allegedly stolen Oct 29 from Marvin Labrand were found. Stillman’s address is 1001 Gore and Novak’s 1215 Williams. Stillman faced Dec 23 grand theft claim for purse snatching from Charlene Hamilton. a tip led to arrests. The cassette player was found at a 15 year old’s home turned to county juvenile bureau. Preliminary hearing for Stillman also set for Feb 4 1975.
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Lawton
Siegfried Stillman
Gordon Novak
Marvin Lambrand
Stillman
Gore
Novak
Williams
Sheriff's
Nick Alderson
County
Charlene Hamilton
Bell
Herb’s Discount
N. Sheridan
Lawton Public Records Report Multiple Theft and Burglary Incidents
Lawton Police public record lists complainants from Turley Dalston to Natal F de w West. Incidents include thefts from residences vehicles schools and businesses alongside several burglaries and a vandalism spree with multiple arrests and recoveries noted.
Gerald Ford Adopted Son Leslie Jr by Ford Family
Gerald R. Ford formally adopted Leslie Jr after his mother Dorothy Gardner King divorced Leslie King and kept Gerald R. Ford as his name, making him the 38th U.S. president's son with his own surname.
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Gerald Rudolph Ford
U.S
Leslie
Dorothy Gardner King
Leslie Jr
Gerald R. Ford
Honeymoon Campout Ends on Soggy Note
Patrick and Nanette Martin married four days earlier when their camper drifted into the surf at Refugio State Park near Santa Barbara. A Coast Guard helicopter rescued the couple and their two dogs, and they were reported in fair condition in Goleta Valley.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Patrick
Nanette Martin
The
Coast Guard
Martin
Refugio State Park
Tion
Goleta Valley Hospital
Bear
Blue
U.S. Budget Deficit Forecast Climbs Amid Inflation
A Joint Economic Committee staff study projects the fiscal year ending June 30 deficit at 22.8 billion, rising to 36 billion for 1976, as inflation and recession curb revenues. Expenditures reach 346.4 billion in 1976 to maintain 1975 service levels. revenues near 310 billion.
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Washington
Congress
Joint Economic Committee
Ford
William Proxmire
Dwis
Committee
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