Eleven Seek School Positions In Regionwide Filing
Lawton incumbents face new challengers as Judy Garrett joins Robert E. Sims for Lawton school board. Cache sees Frankie D Bryce and Troy Thorn filing for Cade Office No 3. Comanche County reports 11 independent filings by noon with Murray the sole new candidate among several incumbents seeking seats. Voting set for Jan 24 with millage hike from 3.5 to 5 mills under vo tech board proposal. Maddox seeks Great Plains Area Vocational Center seat. he currently holds it.
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Frankie D. Bryce
Troy Thorn
Cade
J. T. Coody
Murray
Fletcher Board
Jim Maddox
Great Plains Area
Vo-Tech Center
Rudy Hanza
Bishop School
Charles Spencer
Elgin
Ralph J. Dickson
Geronimo
C.D. Wells
Chattanooga
Sidney Thrash
Indiahoma
Logan
Blizzard Toll and Coastline Damage Prompt Warnings
Widespread storm damage from Cannery Row to Maine left seven dead in Ohio four in Alabama and others across Wisconsin Massachusetts California and Illinois. Extreme cold froze motorists. New York City saw five hour trips and 15 foot waves hit Rockaway Beach while Malibu Colony faced sandbagging and mudslides.
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Pair Pleads Guilty To Pandering Count
A Lawton man and a Lawton woman pleaded guilty to pandering charges. Ladon Henderson and Patricia Parker were accused of exploiting two 14 year old girls as prostitutes. Each received five year suspended sentences and were to leave the county after prosecutors dismissed related delinquency charges.
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Ladon Henderson
Patricia Parker
Richard Williams
Legal Notice in Oklahoma County Land Interests
Sheriff of County Oklahoma and undersigned attorney announce a legal notice detailing defendants interests in multiple state land parcels including NW quarter sections and lane and land numbers. The exhibit outlines fractional working interests: 30 percent and 32 percent with a stated percentage of the working interest.
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State of
Oklahoma
Hayden Ireland
W. R. Thompson
Professional Corp
WN. Harvey
Oklahoma City
Soviets Link With Salyut 6 Space Lab After Docking
Soviet cosmonauts Grechko and Romanenko linked with the Salyut 6 space station and conducted a spacewalk with Grechko checking docking ports. Officials report good health and lingering questions about stay duration amid a water-loss mystery resolved by interior moisture absorption.
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Powwow Committee Meeting Set for Wednesday Evening
A Powwow Committee will convene at 7 30 p m on Wednesday at the Boy Scout office located at 6th and Cache Road. The meeting invites members to discuss upcoming events and coordinating activities with local groups.
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Boy Scout Office
6Th and
Cache Road
Akers to Leave Fort Sill After Two and a Half Years
Akers departs Fort Sill after two and a half years as assistant commandant of the Field Artillery School. He previously served nearly a year as director of instruction before his July 1975 appointment. The school trains more than 10,000 officer and enlisted students yearly and shapes Army field artillery doctrine and tactics.
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Akers
Fort Sill
Cougar Purchased For Hospital Use
The Comanche County Memorial Hospital board heard John Coffey report on the Regional Advisory Board meeting in Little Rock. They discussed consolidating bank accounts, awarded a 5475.32 bid for a 1978 Cougar for hospital transport, and approved amendments to the retirement plan for federal compliance. Representatives from Emergency Room Physician, Inc. joined a Q and A session.
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American Hospital Association
Little Rock
Ark
Clinton Herring
Lincoln Mercury
Lawton
Emergency Room Physician, Inc
Illinois-Linked prison escape expands across Midwest
Escapees from an Oklahoma prison fled Saturday and moved through Missouri and Arkansas. Danny Parker, Johnny Wiggins, and Bennie Highwalker abducted a man, used his car, and triggered a manhunt across Krebs and Carthage, with Wiggins and Highwalker later identified in Arkansas. Investigations touch a guard suspension and two Sunday incidents, one a homicide, near Rolla, Missouri.
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Krebs
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Springdale
Ark
Sherry Robbins
Arkansas
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Joplin
Turner
Cora Jones
Richard Crisp
Crisp
William J. Yelland
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Rolla
Yelland
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F. E. Stephens
Panel To Ponder Hilltop Drive Bid
Lawton planners will again tackle a Hilltop Drive rezoning proposal at a public hearing Wednesday by the LMAPC. Jack Davis seeks to change 800 Hilltop Drive from R-1 to R-3, a move opposed by residents last fall. A flood alert system discussion with National Weather Service official Eldon Beard is on the agenda, along with three other hearings on zoning and business office requests.
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Lawton Metropolitan Area
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Gore
Gene Wails
W. Gore
Turnpike Industrial Park
Baker Seeks Re election Amid Panama Canal Treaty Debate
Panama Canal tour begins next Monday in Tennessee where Baker runs for re election. Sen Paul Laxalt says no Republican who supports the treaty in its present form could win the nomination. Baker cannot endorse the treaty as written but may back a modified version. Senate aides suggest an understanding could be attached to interpret the treaty without Panamanian consent.
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Lawton Chamber Backs School Levy Increases
The Lawton Chamber of Commerce backs mill levies in the upcoming school election on January 24. Voters face approval of 144 additional mills for Great Plains Vo-Tech, raising funding from 3 to 5 mills, plus annual Lawton public school levies including a five mill emergency, a 10 mill local support, and a five mill building fund. Col. Ted Marley update notes Air Force flight plans over Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge face environmental review and possible FAA approval delays. A demonstration is tentatively set for January 20, with decision hinges on an environmental impact statement.
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Great Plains
Vo-Tech
Lawton
Ted Marley
Air Force
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Marley
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FAA
Tatler staffers praised in Oklahoma Interscholastic Press
Three staff members of The Tatler Lawton High School publication earned honors in the Oklahoma Interscholastic Press Association monthly contest. Susan Thomas won first in feature writing, Linda Burch was runner up in feature writing, and Mike Renfro, sports editor, won first prize for a sports story.
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Tatler
Lawton
Oklahoma Interscholastic Press Association
Susan Thomas
Linda Burch
Mike Renfro
Difference Between Snakes
In Silver Springs Florida AP report curator Andy Koukoulis says poisonous snakes inhabit every state except Hawaii Alaska and Maine. He published a color photo chart of venomous snakes used in hospitals to illustrate bites and first aid. He notes a key difference is eye shape with round pupils on harmless snakes and elliptical pupils on venomous ones.
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Alaska
Maine
Andy Koukoulis
Reptile Institute
Florida
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