McAlester Guard Suspended After Prison Escape
A tower guard at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester was suspended without pay after three inmates escaped. The escape involved abducting a man, later released in Missouri, and prompted a state crackdown on security. Warden Richard Crisp said other disciplinary action could follow against additional staff. Missouri patrols reported no active leads, though information exists on the fugitives and their stolen car.
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Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlester
Missouri
Missouri Highway Patrol
F.E. Stephens
Richard Crisp
Darnell Carr
Crisp
Carr
Oklahoma
Ned Benton
Oklahoma State
Benton
City crime hits five year low as thefts fall
Police statistics show 1977 major crimes at 5,590, seven percent below 1976 and the lowest level since 1972. December totals include 0 homicides, 5 forcible rapes, 26 robberies, 26 assaults, 192 burglaries, 217 larcenies, and 25 vehicle thefts amid a 43 percent drop in homicides from 1976.
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Nadalia Overstreet
Lawton
Robert L. Gillian
Gillian
Mondale Begins Five Day West Visit to Mend Image
Vice President Walter Mondale flies west on a five day swing to repair Carter era image damaged by water energy and farming policy. He stops overnight in Albuquerque meets Governor Apodaca then visits Utah Colorado Montana Idaho Washington and Nevada to hear Western concerns and pledges listening and learning.
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Washington
Walter F. Mondale
White House
Mondale
Albuquerque
N.M
Jerry Apodaca
Utah
Colorado
Montana
Idaho
Nevada
Judge Brennan Receives Cobalt Therapy for Vocal Cord Cancer
Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., 71, has a cancerous tumor on a left vocal cord. A biopsy from a Dec 14 laryngoscopy found squamous cell carcinoma, and cobalt radiation began Dec 22. He is not hospitalized, travels from his Washington home for treatment, and is expected to recover fully.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William J. Brennan Jr
Brennan
Barrett McGurn
McGurn
Thurgood Marshall
New Jersey
Incumbents File For Board Posts In County Race
Seven persons filed for school board posts across Lawton Public Schools and the Great Plains Area Voc Tech Center this morning. By noon no races had formed as county election secretary Mrs. J N Logan reported. Robert E Sims joined the Lawton board while Jim Maddox sought the voted board. others include Charles Spencer of Elgin and Ralph J Dickson of Geronimo. See POSTS. Page
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Board of Education
Lawton Public Schools
Great Plains Area
Vo- Tech Center
J.N. Logan
Robert E. Sims
Lawton
Jim Maddox
Charles Spencer
Elgin
Ralph J. Dickson
Geronimo
Oklahoma Senate set to vote on shorter session rules
Oklahoma Senate prepared to approve rules to limit the 199th legislative session to a shorter timeframe. Pro Tem Gene Howard expects no opposition as House Speaker Bill Willis and leaders push deadlines for bills and adjournment by spring. House budget talks focus on tapping the state reserve fund for 5 to 7 million dollars to bolster common school funding.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Senate
House
Senate
Gene Howard
Howard
Bill Willis
David Boren
House Appropriations Committee
Willis
Weather forecast: fair to partly cloudy and warming
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with a warming trend starting Tuesday. Today's high near 40 with a low around 20. Tuesday's high expected in the mid-40s. Sunday's high was 30 and overnight low 12.
Arraignment Set After Wisconsin Family Tragedy
Simon Peter Nelson, 46, facing arraignment for the killings of his wife and six children in their Rockford Illinois home, as coroner and police described a brutal overnight murder sequence. The four boys and two girls, ages 3 to 12, were found slain in multiple rooms, with a dachshund also killed. Investigators cited a volatile 14 year marriage as a motive context. Nelson reportedly learned of his divorce hours before the murders.
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Rockford, Ill
Simon Peter Nelson
Nelson
Winnebago County
John Seward
Roseann
Jennifer
Matthew
Andrew
Simon Peter Jr
David
Richard Anderson
Michael Weldon
Office of Management Recruiters Inc
Weldon
Ann
Court rejects Arlington Heights bid on zoning and housing
The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that denying zoning for a low income housing project may violate the Fair Housing Act. The case centers on Arlington Heights Illinois where officials refused to rezone land for a federally aided development. A federal trial judge must decide if the denial violated federal law, with possible return to appeals court and the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Chicago
Arlington Heights
7Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals Court
Board of Trustees
Metropolitan Housing Development Corp
7Th Circuit
Instapoll Questions for Local Revenue Funding
Lawton Publishing asks readers if county governments need more local revenue and whether a county-option one-cent sales tax should be authorized to fund operating costs. Call 353-0620 6 9 p m today through Wednesday for Instapoll or Hot Line questions.
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