District Attorney Opposes Hot Check Bill In Duncan
Duncan district attorney Melvin R. Singleterry announced his office would oppose House Bill 1064 which would raise the felony misdemeanor threshold for hot checks from 20 to 50 dollars. He said the bill would allow habitual check writers to abuse the system and merchants would incur bigger losses. The DA noted letters are being prepared to district legislators urging a vote against the measure.
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Duncan
Melvin R. Singleterry
Singleterry
Housing Group's Audit Lauded by HUD in Lawton
Lawton Oklahoma housing board received a commendation from HUD for a perfect audit. Directors approved a Dallas trip for February 1 to meet with the authority accountant to prepare the budget due March 1. Jamieson cited a projected budget near 181607 with no major increases and noted no HUD expansion plans amid ongoing maintenance and paperwork consolidation. Al vard Mitchell Larry Neal and Joe Burton attended. Don Landrum was absent.
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Lawton Housing Authority
Oklahoma City
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Dallas
Housing Authority
Robert Jamieson
Jack Kastor
Jamieson
HUD
Alvard Mitchell
Larry Neal
Joe Burton
Don Landrum
Lawton men plead guilty in service station burglary
Leonard Carl Holder and Reginald Bernard Moore faced second degree burglary charges for an attempted theft at the Lavigne Phillips 66 station on Cache Road. Holder received a deferred two year sentence. Moore had the same sentence ordered previously. A patrolman found the inside station scene and Holder's id on the floor.
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Leonard Carl Holder
Lawton
Lavigne Phillips 66
Cache Road
Holder
Dist
J. Winston Raburn
Raburn
Reginald Bernard Moore
Moore
John Newell
Sill Man Draws Fine Jail Time In Fort Sill Case
John J. Williamson, 24, Fort Sill, was fined 250 dollars and ordered to serve 10 days of a suspended year in county jail after pleading guilty to possession of amphetamine tablets. Special District Judge Rodney Bassel also deferred a one-year sentence on a DUI drug charge after patrolmen Hill and Watkins stopped his car on September 29 at Third and Lee and found 90 barbiturate capsules in a plastic bag.
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John J. Williamson
Fort Sill
Special Dist
Rodney Bassel
Williamson
Robert Hill
Charles Watkins
Third
Lee
Lawton Craftsman Hobby Club forms under Don G. Wilson
The Organization of a Lawton Craftsman Hobby Club announced by club secretary Don G. Wilson. Members meet the first Monday of each month to display and discuss wood and metal projects and offer improvement suggestions. Interested people may contact George E. Schutz at 355-8839 or Don G. Wilson at 353-6295.
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Lawton
Don G. Wilson
George E. Schutz
Unmarried Women Under 35 Targeted In Assaults
Statistics show unmarried women under 35 who befriend strangers are the most likely rape victims. Nearly 99 percent of attacks fall in this category.
Crisis to Hold Training Sessions for Volunteers
Crisis will begin staff training classes January 21 for volunteers joining the volunteer listening service. Guest speakers include Mike Springer CRISIS director Charles Ellenbrook Comanche County Juvenile Bureau Don Abbott Community Mental Health Services and Paul Stinchcomb Department of Institutions Social Rehabilitation Services. Enrollment information available at 355 7979.
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Crisis
Mike Springer
Charles Ellenbrook
Comanche County Juvenile Bureau
Don Abbott
Paul Stinchcomb
Department of Institutions
Bradley calls for voluntary moratorium on pet breeding
Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley urged a voluntary halt on pet breeding amid a Zero Pet Population Growth campaign. He cited national ratios of six puppies or kittens per human infant and noted the city spends about $2.2 million annually on animal control.
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Los Angeles
Tom Bradley
Review of Elmer Thomas Park Master Plan Partial Findings
Mu seum of the Great Plains board discussed the Elmer Thomas Park master plan. Board members urged reviewing the plan with the city planning department while objections focused on parking shifts and Sixth Street closures.
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Elmer Thomas
Elmer Thomas Park
Museum of the Great Plains
David Miller
City Planning Department
Sixth Street
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