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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1975
Page
2
County Assessor Stanley Sasser said property owners have been slow in paying taxes. The March 15 deadline avoids a 10 percent penalty, and April 15 raises it to 20 percent. Homestead exemptions must also be filed by March 15. Comanche County’s assessed property value is about 87.9 million dollars.
California warrant prompts Lawton raid on a northwest home where deputies seized thousands of dollars in suspected stolen goods including cameras stereo receivers a chopper motor cycle and multiple appliances. Four detainees questioned one 19 year old woman jailed the postal inspector contacted regarding packages with out of state addresses. Authorities believed the California fugitive may have fled prior to the raid.
Public Records itemizes reported thefts burglaries vandalism and forgeries from residences businesses and public sites. Names addresses and alleged incidents include thefts of radios tools batteries and debtors notes, vandalism at apartments and businesses, burglaries at homes, a stolen car, and forgery cases across multiple places.
The piece notes that 85 percent of global energy resources lie in coal or uranium, with the U S holding large supplies of both. In contrast only 84 percent of resources are oil and natural gas, and 75 percent of U S energy consumption comes from petroleum or natural gas.
Elgin High School senior Holly Onco 17 was chosen by Up ward Bound staff from Southwestern State University Weatherford to join the Presidential Classroom for Young Americans in Washington DC. The week long session selects 80 students to study government processes. Assistants include local Lions Club Owlkahoma Indian Club Methodist Church Southwest Indian Culture Center Bureau of Indian Affairs Anadarko.
Chief Wild Horse descendants sponsor a Sunday event at Eagle Park Community Building starting 2 p.m. A hand game in the southern traditional style, a cake walk, and an Indian food sale will be offered and the public is welcome.
Three Lawton High School students Serge Demyanenko Casey Zwaan and Chuck Morris formed the sixth most outstanding delegation at the Model United Nations in Norman February 6 to 8. They represented Cuba at the University of Oklahoma sponsored meeting with 126 delegations from five states attending.
A late night fire at a south Lawton frame apartment at 15124 D caused nearly total destruction with damages estimated at 8900 to the structure and 1500 to contents. Fire officials suspect arson due to forced entry and missing items from the rubble. The renter Joseph Bonner was away. a suspect was named to police and investigations continue.
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