$1.1 Million In Building Permits Issued In December
Lawton issued 1,129,254 in construction permits in December led by a 64 unit 690,000 apartment project planned by Ron Reynolds at 2302 N 38th St. This marked the first major apartment permit since February 1973. Residential permits totaled 275,500 including a 105,000 Goodwill Industries building and a 100,000 project for S and D Land Company Inc.
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City of
Lawton
Ron Reynolds
N. 38Th Street
Goodwill Industries
W. Lee Blvd
C Avenue
S & D Land Company, Inc
Four Named To Consumer Advisory Council
The Western White House announced President Nixon appointed Adolfo G. Alagon Linda Lee Graham Edna DeCoursey Johnson and Robert Lee Wright Jr to two year terms on the Consumer Advisory Council The White House also reappointed Camille A Haney to the twelve member board
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San Clemente
Calif
White House
Nixon
Consumer Advisory Council
Adolfo G. Alagon
Brooklyn
N.Y
Linda Lee Graham
Wichita, Kan
Edna DeCoursey Johnson
Baltimore
Pair Facing Robbery Trial In City Apache District Court
District Court ordered Thursday a trial for Willie L. Feggins Jr. 22 of 1912 Cache Road in the city and Oliver Tebo 40 of Apache on an armed robbery charge. They are charged in the December 8 robbery of Johnson's Mini Mart at 2627 Cache Road. Det. Frank Williams arrested them near the scene about eight minutes after the crime.
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Bull Roberts
Willie L. Feggins Jr
Cache Road
Oliver Tebo
Johnson's Mini-Mart
Set
Frank Williams
Deferred judgment for John Deaton in attempted robbery case
John H. Deaton, 18, pleaded guilty in District Court to an amended attempted robbery by force charge. Judgment and sentence were deferred for one year after he admitted the Nov. 23 attempt to rob a woman in a shopping center parking lot. He was originally charged with attempted armed robbery.
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John H. Deaton
Deaton
One Year Given In Drug Gose
Mark D. Schwartz age 19 pleaded guilty to a reduced felony drug charge. District Judge J Winston Raburn sentenced him to one year of a five year term with the balance suspended under supervision after a district attorney recommendation. Schwartz admitted possession of LSD in the Nov 1 delivery of four capsules of mescaline to a police agent.
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Mark D. Schwartz
J. Winston Raburn
Schwartz
Lepidopterous Insects On Earth 50 Million Years
Abbott Laboratories reports lepidopterous insects have existed for at least fifty million years and reveals their larvae defoliate hundreds of thousands of acres of trees annually.
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Abbott Laboratories
World Deaths Frank E McKinney Sr
INDIANAPOLIS AP Frank E McKinney Sr 89 former national chairman of the Democratic party a banker and sportsman died Wednesday He chaired the Democratic National Committee in 1951 52 and at one time was co owner and president of baseballs Pittsburgh Pirates BALTIMORE Md AP Richard F Cleveland 76 eldest son of President Grover Cleveland died Thursday He retired as a senior partner of a Baltimore law firm in 1969
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Frank E. McKinney Sr
Indianapolis
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Pittsburgh Pirates
Baltimore, Md
Richard F. Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Baltimore
Supplies Low At Blood Bank In Tulsa
The Tulsa Red Cross regional blood center reports about half the normal daily blood supply, with 95 pints on hand versus 200 needed. A-Positive and O-Positive are scarce while A-Negative is depleted, and weather delays hindered two bloodmobiles delivering donors.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa Red Cross Regional Blood Center
Merritt Landon
Oklahoma City
Holdenville
Highway 7 Bid Rejected by Oklahoma Commission
The Oklahoma Highway Commission rejected low bids on two repair projects on January 7 for exceeding engineering estimates. One project on Oklahoma 7 east of Lawton covers nearly six miles with grading drainage and asphalt surfaces, low bid 1,960,967.09 about 108 higher than the 1,770,201.10 estimate. A Cotton County project on U.S. 277, eight miles of resurfacing from the junction of Oklahoma 5A to Bailey Turnpike, had a low bid of 127,737.50 or two percent above the 105,525 estimate.
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Oklahoma Highway Commission
Oklahoma 7
Lawton
Cotton County
U.S. 277
Oklahoma 5A
Bailey Turnpike
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Consumer Board
Berry's
Highway 7
Stratford
Sam
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