Mexico to mint 100-peso silver coins to curb outflow
Mexico plans to begin producing 100-peso silver coins weighing 2 grams and containing 72 percent silver. The coins, to go on sale in spring, aim to lure investors back home and stem money leaving the country while reviving a centuries old silver-minting tradition. The move follows economic declines and efforts under President Jose Lopez Portillo.
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Kernan Turner
Mexico City
Jose Lopez Portillo
Spain
Mexico
Santiago Ferrer Jimenez
Dirty Sheets As Water Rationing Hits San Quentin
Prisoners at San Quentin in Marin County endure two weeks of shared sheets amid drought and strict water cuts. Salt water irrigates landscaping as the facility adds well drilling plans while inmates reduce showers to save water.
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San Quentin
Calif
Marin
San Francisco Bay
Water District starts storage and delivery expansion
Construction begins on Rural Water District No 1 to relieve summer shortages. Dwight Whitworth of the Federal Home Administration said a $250000 project by E C Reece Construction Co of Altus will take about 150 days. The district covers areas west and north from Medicine Park Y along SH 49, including Wichita Mountain Estates and Medicine Park, extending north along SH 68 to Lake Lawtonka Meers area.
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Dwight ‘Whitworth
E.C. Reece Construction Co
Altus
Whitworth
Medicine Park
SH 49
Wichita Mountain Estates
Lake Lawtonka
Meers
Woman Fights Off Intruder After He Forces Entry
A Lawton woman reported a would-be rapist forced his way into her apartment Wednesday night but fled when she threatened to scream and fight. Police described the man as about 5 foot 10, with shoulder-length hair, wearing jeans and a T-shirt, and claiming to be there to check a painting estimate.
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Lawton
Lawton Man Given Ten Year Burglary Sentence
A 47 year old Lawton man pled guilty to burglary of a business after a prior felony. Preston McCarty was sentenced to ten years five years to be served and five suspended. He admitted burgling vending machines at Alice's Drive In 1708 SW 4th. Police arrested him minutes after the break in on November 8 1976 when detective Roy Deck questioned him.
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Lawton
Preston McCarty
Columbia
Alice’s Drive In
4Th
McCarty
Roy Deck
Four-County Search Follows Abduction Claim Near Lawton
A 41-year-old Lawton woman, Joyce Pannell, was reported abducted after a shopping trip missing from home five miles east of Lawton on SH 7. Law enforcement from four counties activated roadblocks and air searches, aided by FBI and U.S. Marshals, after the alert at 2 p.m. The phone tip led to a store sighting at 4 p.m., with officials emphasizing a serious, real abduction inquiry and urging continued vigilance. The article also cites life expectancy statistics comparing ages 23 and 21 at marriage.
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Lawton
Jimmie Pannell
Comanche County
Pannell
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Comanche
Cotton
Stephens
Grady
SH 7
FBI
Bill Bone
U.S
Stu Earnest
Pipe Returned After Sheriff Recovers Copper from School Site
Copper pipe valued over $1,000 found by the sheriff on Tuesday was returned Wednesday to J. C. Hester Construction Co. Chief Investigator Bill Banks said he could not determine the owner initially and was alerted after Hester read a newspaper report. Hester said the pipe had been stolen from a truck at Mac Arthur High School construction site.
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Sheriff's Department
J. C. Hester Construction Co
Bill Banks
Hester
MacArthur High School
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