Flood Plain Hearing Scheduled For LMAPC
The Lawton Metropolitan Area Planning Commission will hold a 2:30 p.m. public hearing at City Hall on a flood plain management ordinance to assign duties to the city engineer and continue the federally subsidized flood insurance program. The agenda includes use by review requests for Huddleston's Funeral Home at 7500 New Cache Rd and an optometric clinic at 1302 C, a zoning change for Lee West Estates from R-1 to R-2 for duplexes, three lot splits in Wichita Mountains Estates Medicine Park Y and a church at Skyline Road and Lee.
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Paul Hart
Lawton Metropolitan
New Cache Rd
Huddleston
Lee West Estates
J and J Investiment
Wichita Mountains Estates
Medicine Park
Skyline Road
Lee
Italian Blue Team bids Grand Slam in dramatic bridge match
Belladonna and Avarelli join forces in a seven heart grand slam against the United States after a sequence ending with an out of turn ace of clubs. East's mislead leads North South to seek the trump fit and risk a down one in spades if trumps are not split.
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Belladonna
Avarelli
United States
Hearts
Trump
South
East
North
Funeral set for Edith Walling 77 at Elgin church
Edith Walling 77 of Route 1 died Sunday in a Lawton hospital after a lengthy illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Elgin United Methodist Church with Rev. George F. Stauffer and Rev. Carl Lawson officiating. Burial in Elgin Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, four sons, one daughter, 18 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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Elgin
Edith Walling
Route 1
Lawton
Elgin United Methodist Church
George F. Stauffer
Cache United Methodist Church
Carl Lawson
Lawton First United Methodist Church
Elgin Memorial Cemetery
Robbins Funeral Home
Fletcher
Walling
Cheyenne County
Oklahoma Territory
Marlow
J. Scott Walling
Rush Springs
Order of the Eastern Star
John Scott Walling
Sunnyvale
Calif
James Walling
Honolulu
Hawaii
Dean Walling
Sacramento
Bob Walling
Rowland Heights
Forest
Wanda) McClung
Andrews
Bond Forum Set At Eisenhower
The first in a series of public forums for the Jan 21 bond issue is at 7 p.m. today at Eisenhower Junior High School. Five forums are scheduled this week from Monday to Friday with councilmen and staff answering questions. The city council proposes 7.5 million dollars in bonds to be financed by surplus sales tax funds for water and street work.
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Eisenhower Junior High School
57Th
Gore
South African Leader Faces Rift With Right Wing in Nats
Prime Minister John Vorster pushes toward a détente with black states while hardline Nationalists in his party attack liberal reforms. MPs J J B Van Zyl and Andries Nothnagel oppose easing racial rules, fearing black voting power and loss of white supremacy. Die Vaderland and Die Beeld report growing ultra-right resistance and government alarm.
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Ape Town
South Africa
John Vorster
National Party
Vorster
Africa
Die Vaderland
Transvaal
J.J. B. van Zyl
Sunnyside
Pretoria
United Nations
Roelof Botha
Security Council
Botha
van Zyl
Andries Treutnicht
Afrikaner Broederbond
Afrikaner Bond of Brothers
Arab travelers urged to boycott European shops linked to Israel
The Al Ahram reported that Arab travelers to Europe should avoid specific stores in Belgium Britain and France including Galeries Lafayette Printemps Marks and Spencer Great Universal Stores Selfridges Super Priba and Le Manteau. The boycott aligns with the Arab League policy against Israeli tied firms and products. A league spokesman said reminder cards were needed as shoppers used Zionist stores to save money, funding Israel.
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Cairo
Europe
Belgium
Britain
France
Israel
al Ahram
Galeries Lafayette
Printemps
Marks and Spencer
Great Universal
Selfridges
London
West End
Super Priba
le Manteau
Arab League
the League
Bellmon Names Six Southwest Academy Nominees
Sen. Henry Bellmon nominated six students from Southwest Oklahoma for military and naval academies. Nominees for the military academy are James Arthur Perry of Hobart and Samuel T. Bowen of Lawton Route 2. Naval nominees include Robert Lee Trosper Jr. of Lawton 914 NW 41st, Richard Kersch of Lawton 514 Ferris, Frederic Arthur LeClerc of Lawton 2108 Dearborn, and Mark Randall Hynson of Duncan. Final appointments await competitive testing next June or July. The PGA lists 44 major golf tournaments for 1974, three fewer than last year.
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Southwest Oklahoma
Military
Naval
Henry Bellmon
Military Academy
James Arthur Perry
Hobart
Samuel T. Bowen
Route 2
Lawton
Naval Academy
Robert Lee Trosper Jr
NW 41St
Richard Kersch
Ferris
Frederic Arthur LeClerc
Dearborn
Mark Randall Hynson
Duncan
Bellman
PGA
Mets rookie Rich Puig led league error totals in 1972 73
Rich Puig, a rookie infielder for the New York Mets, topped the Florida State League errors list in 1972 and later led the California League in errors in 1973, marking early defensive struggles in his minor league timeline.
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Rich Puig
New York Mets
Florida State
California
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Jay Becker
West North East
Eisenhower
LA. Times
Washington Post Service
Andries Nothnagel
Die Beeld
LA Times
Bellmon
Academy
DIAL
t(Raulston Furniture
George Edward Stanley
Cameron University
Crime Writer's Association of Great Britain
Ny Afes Ald
Usda &, Choice Pound
T-Bones
Gibson
Bird
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