Jones Plans Post Tour Before Talk
U S Rep James R Jones visits Lawton Fort Sill Friday with Maj Gen Donald Keith. A helicopter tour of Fort Sill and a briefing follow arrival at Lawton Municipal Airport at 3 am. Jones speaks at a noon chamber forum luncheon on tax rebates and investment credits for small business.
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Lawton
Jones
Lawtonian
Forum
House
Ways and Means
Ed Hardy
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Lawton-Fort Sill
Hardy
Jerry Conrey
Chamber’s Forum
Cityan Convicted On Robbery Count
A 36 year old Lawton man, Ben Sheffield, was convicted by a six man six woman jury of armed robbery in the Ramada Inn incident on Oct 12 1976. He faces up to 15 years after the jury recommended the term for taking 90 dollars at knifepoint from Jeffrey Lynn Davis of Springdale Arkansas. A 17 year old girl testified she drove the pair to the motel and opened the door for Sheffield and Rocky. The two defense witnesses claimed Sheffield was with them earlier and denied seeing the other suspect.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Ben Sheffield
Jeffrey Lynn Davis
Springdale
Ark
Sheffield
Davis
Ramada Inn
Rocky
Bertha Goates
Oklahoma City
Deborah Gilley
Nolan Hackler
Jack Brock
Wheat grazing bill seeks price support to cut surplus
U.S. Senator Henry Bellman introduces a Wheat Grazing program allowing producers to graze on part of their acreage for a dollar per bushel of wheat that would have been produced. If enacted, the plan runs through 1981 to curb price declines, aid cattle feed and ease storage. A separate 1975 census notes Washington D.C. nonwhite residents at 77.5 percent of a 702000 population.
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U.S
Henry Bellman
Bellman
Sentencing Nears In Slaying Probe
John Chaino Ahkeahbo, 32, convicted of manslaughter for the Aug 14 1976 Anadarko shooting of Danny Sankadota 30, a Lawton native, with a .30/.30 rifle. Jury rejected capital murder. recommended 60 years. Formal sentencing set for March 25 before Judge Milbern J. Adams.
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Anadarko
John Chaino Ahkeahbo
Lawton
Sankadota
Grady Memorial Hospital
Chickasha
Milbern J. Adams
Energy Shortage Saps America Says Watkins at Banquet
U S Representative Wes Watkins told about 300 attendees at the Chamber of Commerce banquet that the energy crisis is the nation’s top problem. He urged Congress and the President to enact an energy program for American self sufficiency. Jim Taylor was named Outstanding Man of the Year for 1976.
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Arlow
America
U.S
Wes Watkins
Chamber of Commerce
Watkins
Congress
Stephens County
Jim Taylor
Mary Lou Mahaffey
House
Carl Albert
Jimmy Carter
United States
Oklahoma
Texas
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Extortion Case Ties Couple to Animal Theft in Oklahoma
Felony charges accuse rural Manitou area couple Billy Dean Carter and Linda Carter of concealing and withholding stolen dogs after an alleged extortion plot against Thomas Earl Glover. Bond set at 2500 each. Carter faces larceny of a dog charge for the two Greyhound puppies. Police say a staged dog trade and threats were used to obtain animals.
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Comanche
Tillman
Manitou
Elgin
Billy Dean Carter
Billy Dean Rollins
Linda Carter
Linda Carroll Skiles
Tillman County
Harrison Roe
Carters
Thomas Earl Glover
Comanche County
Joe Rider
Cache
James Hughes
Glover
Rainbow Bar
Frederick
Anderson
Mike Evans
Steve Sanders
Carter
Train Derails Traffic Blocked at A Avenue Intersection
A single wheel slid off a railroad car at the A Avenue and Rock Island crossing late Monday night, causing a derailment risk. Officials called it a minor problem but traffic was halted about 10:30 p.m. until repair crews from El Reno arrived to restore passage.
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Avenue and Rock Island Railroad
el Reno
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Washington, D.C
Ahkeahbo
Melvin Singleterry
John Cooper
Virgil Upchurch
John Paul Buzbee
Area Man
Ernest Muncrief
Washington
Durant
Chamber
Mike Rogers
Darvin Allen
Russell Stone
Rogers
D. B. Green
Alice Underwood
G Sunbi Astres Vettes Veg
Chevolet
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Wolters
Smith
F Avenue
Mid-America Lumber Inc
Skil & Rockwell Electric
Yellow Pine
White Pine
Odds and Ends
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Malibou
Particle Board
Homestead Walnut
Hichlander
Redwood
F.O.B
Hollywood
Southwestern Bell
Mee
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