Early Roads and Taxi Memories From North Texas Century Ago
L B Johnson recalls teen years in 1906 when he ran a bare bones Lambert automobile taxi over roadless prairies between Vernon and Crowell Texas. He and his father served Santa Fe railroad workers building the Kansas City to San Angelo line, charging about four dollars an hour for open car rides. They bought the Lambert in 1905 for six hundred dollars, atop a worn engine and no tires, top or lamps, then added a 1906 Ford to supplement transport.
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L.B. Johnson
Texas
L.B
Lambert
Vernon
Crowell
Kansas City
San Angelo
Waggoner Ranch
Pease River
Ford
Johnson
Yale
John W. Lambert
Union
Buckeye Manufacturing Co
Anderson
Ind
Coleman
Lawton
Fort Sill
Condon Springs
Notice of Sale Under Execution in Oklahoma County
Legal notice in The Lawton Constitution dated January 13 1978 announces a writ of execution issued January 11, 1978 against Toland and Johnston Inc. and others for $12 838.60 plus costs. It details lands levied in Comanche and other counties and lists liens from Young's Well Service B S Supply and operational lien. The document then diverts into historical anecdotes about L B Johnson and early automotive history.
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Lawton
Oklahoma County
State of Oklahoma
Toland and Johnston, Inc
Time Energy Co., Inc
Kenneth W. Ray
B. G. Ingram
Toland “and Johnston, Inc
Young's Well Service
B & S Supply Company
Savage Supply Company
Young's
B & S Supply
Young
B & S Supply Co
Comanche
Oklahoma
Hayden Ireland
Military personnel notes on Air Force and Army assignments
Airman Gloria E. Ruiz graduates from Defense Language Institute Presidio of Monterey and is assigned to Goodfellow AFB Texas with a unit of the Air Force Security Service. She earns credits toward an associate degree. Also updates on Frank J. Salazar at Offutt AFB Nebraska Nathan D. Wilson attaining NCO status at Mountain Home AFB Idaho Janet L. Remington assigned to Keesler AFB Mississippi James B. Ballard completes ammunition officer course Redstone Arsenal Alabama Albert Crutchfield assigned to Fort Hood Texas
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Gloria E. Ruiz
Pablo Ruiz
Smith
Defense Language Institute
Presidio of Monterey
Calif
Air Force Technical
Nebraska
Frank J. Salazar
David T. Salazar
Irwin
Offutt Air Force Base
Neb
Salazar
Strategic Air Command
Altus Air Force Base
Lawton High School
Treva Jenkins
Lawton
Wilson
Mountain Home Air Force Base
Idaho
Sandra Mackey
Xenia
Ohio
Community College of the Air Force
Remington
Elgin High School
Pvt
Albert Crutchfield
Elmira Jackson
Monroe
13Th Corps
Fort Hood
Texas
Crutchfield
Army
Eisenhower High School
Oklahoma City Market Report Covers Cattle Hogs Wheat and More
Market update from Oklahoma City shows feeder cattle mostly steady with calves and cows higher, hogs mixed with gains, and grain prices for wheat barley Milo soybeans and hay listed across multiple towns. Prices include feeder steers 400-950 lbs 35.90-47.75 per cwt and wheat around 2.46-3.12 per bushel with diverse regional bids.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Beaver
Keyes
Liberal
Afton
Perryton
Muskogee
Pauls Valley
Manchester
Clinton
Medford
Weatherford
Eldorado
Hobart
Ponca City
Okeene
Watonga
Banner
el Reno
Geary
Kingfisher
Yukon
Lawton
Temple
Houston
Barley
MILO
Downtown LURA weighs C Avenue work amid relocation delays
LURA officials including Director Vince Elmore and board members discuss keeping two C Avenue lanes open during downtown mall construction. Plans delay C Avenue work until December unless funds shift from F Avenue. Penneys building relocation and mall opening in August 1979 constrain timing. Merchant Jack Norrell voices relocation concerns while Elmore says relocation sites are the owner's responsibility.
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LURA
Vince Elmore
Bob Neale
Bill Greb
Charley Wade
Greb
Neale
C Avenue
F Avenue
Gale Sadler
Penneys
Fifth and C
Jack Norrell
Fourth and C
Red Cross CPR Classes Set by Comanche County Chapter
The Comanche County Chapter of the American Red Cross offers a modular CPR course January 16 17 and 18 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Chapter House 401 Gore. Cost is 2 for books and supplies, enrollment limited to 15, only ages 13 and up may enroll. Call 355-8180 to register.
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Comanche County
The
American Red Cross
Gore
Lynn Brack
First Aid
Mazatlan Port Sits Near Tropic of Cancer Edge of Sea of Cortez
The Mazatlan port city lies 15 miles south of the Tropic of Cancer and on the same latitude as the Hawaiian Islands. It sits at the edge of the Sea of Cortez, a vast area renowned as one of the world’s largest fish traps.
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Mazatlan
Hawaiian Islands
Ice Brief: Roads Clear, Weatherman Sees Chilly Weekend
Officials said runways have residual ice and will not be cleared until temperatures rise. Oklahoma highways had few slick spots as ice dissipates after traffic roughs it up. The H E Bailey Turnpike inside lane remained iced early morning. outside lane clear. Long-range forecasts call for partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures through Sunday with a mostly cloudy Monday and west-leaning precipitation. Southwest Oklahoma weekend lows in the lower 20s and highs around 40.
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Blake
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
H.E. Bailey Turnpike
Oklahoma
Japan advances tariff cuts amid extended trade talks
After five days of negotiations that followed months of trade discussions, Japan agreed to accelerate tariff reductions on $2 billion in imports, with the changes taking effect April 1. The pledge caps an extended bargaining session and signals deeper engagement in market access.
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Japan
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City On
Prairies
North
Well State Land No
State
State Land
School Land No
R. Thompson, Inc
N. Harvey, Suite
Dan Waggoner
Franklin
Johnsons
R.S. Johnson
Henry Cleveland
L.B. Said
Irk
By Paul McClung
California
Nathan D. Wilson
Floyd Wilson
Morford Drive
Air Force
James B. Ballard
Army Missile and Munitions Center
Redstone Arsenal
Ala
Lawtonian
the Eternal Light
Pentecostal Holiness
Ford Rd
Singing Gadberrys
Doyle Gadberry
Dan Palesano
FCC
Lawton Ok
Red Cross
SAT
SUN
Montego Bay
Motor Hotel
E. Gore
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