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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1973
Page
4
Lawton leaders pursue expanded narcotics unit with five officers and radar patrol to curb speeding. Hennessee praises community policing, reviews private club enforcement following parental concerns, and expects lower crime rates in the year ahead.
Washington reports show President Nixon flew back to the capital from Camp David after watching the Redskins win the NFC title. No White House party planned. he phoned Redskins coach George Allen to invite a visit with his family. Nixon maintains a pattern of private, study‑driven leadership and few public appearances since reelection.
One child is reported as the first baby born at Fort Sill. Sgt. Bridges has served in the Army 24 years. Officials at Comanche County Memorial Hospital and the P. H. S. Indian Hospital reported no deliveries between midnight Sunday and 10 a.m. today. Two other babies, a boy and a girl, were born at Reynolds Hospital between 2 a.m. and 10 a.m. today.
The new year plan boosts elderly pensions by 2.50 to 29 dollars a month and imposes controls on basic goods and services including food drink medicine haircut taxi and kindergarten costs. Cigarettes and cars escape controls while Rome observers face fireworks shortages amid police seizures of illegal explosives.
A recent study finds 88 percent of doctors do not inform patients they have cancer while 12 percent disclose the illness. The report highlights communication gaps in medical practice, underscoring ethical and patient care implications.
The article notes Britain and Ireland will see higher prices for meat grain sugar and dairy as Common Market farm prices rise while some fruits and vegetables may be cheaper under continental rules. Tariffs fall gradually, immigration rules tighten for Britons and many professional credentials may not be recognized.
Former Tulsa City Auditor William F. Lambert died at age 63 after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage in his City Hall office in January 1970. He served ten years in the post before his successor Francis F. Campbell was elected in April 1970. Services were arranged for Tuesday at the First Baptist Church.
American fighter-bombers conducted 199 air strikes in South Vietnam before the cease-fire. Bombing killed 35 enemy troops and damaged tanks and trucks near Quang Tri and Kontum. Saigon reports shelling and ground assaults while civilians suffer casualties amid holiday truces. Tass notes Hanoi confirms halt and ongoing civilian evacuations.
Cotton County bets $10,000 on Dr Krick’s rain boost and anticipates a million dollar spring gain as rainfall comes. The drought battered lowlands and delayed harvests across Tillman and neighboring counties while screwworms erupted, prompting sterile fly drops and ongoing farm anxieties about next year. Oklahoma State University pursues a triticale overwinter line as drought lingers into 1972.
An Oklahoma City man William Harris Palmer 28 and his daughter Michelle 3 were killed in a three car crash on a Texas highway north of Houston. Palmer's wife Sue 25 and their 4 month old Tiffany were seriously injured.
Federal officials say First Officer Warren Terry may have been in the cockpit when Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashed in the Everglades killing 97. Ninety seven dead and 80 survivors. investigators await details as Terry's exact location remains unconfirmed.
A New Year toll from Oklahoma and Illinois recaps multiple traffic fatalities. Names include Ernest Morrison 21 Coalgate Bryan Harper 16 Coalgate and Michael Myers 22 Delaware with Sharri Hodgens 16 Delaware among victims.
The baseball star Roberto Clemente was appointed to head Puerto Rico relief efforts after the Managua earthquake. Details note his 18th Pirates season in 1972, his 3,000th hit, and a long career with NL batting titles and MVP in 1966. He expressed humility about the ovation and dedicated the hit to fans in Pittsburgh and Puerto Rico.
Rodney Thomas Macon age 20 of Haines Florida is arrested by pair searchers. He and a second suspect are held in Beckham County jail pending further charges.
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