Gas curtailments hit Lawton workers hard amid deep freeze
McPherson cites about 50 dollars per day average loss per worker amounting to roughly 2500 dollars daily in lost wages. Arkla VP Wilhite warns curtailments could last through the week as cold conditions persist. nationwide, winter grip tightens with factory cuts, school closures, and mass layoffs in auto, steel, and other sectors.
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McPherson
Lawton
Jim Wilhite
Arkla
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Army Captain Saves City Girl From Icy Pond Rescue
Five year old Rachel Becerra fell through ice at Sherwood Village near Fort Sill. Captain Larry Gleason, who lives in the same park, jumped in and pulled her out with Jim Yurchak providing CPR until ambulance arrival. The girl was reported in good condition at Southwestern Hospital. Captain Gleason received medical treatment for a severe hand cut. Officer Chris Cave assisted the investigation.
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Rachel Becerra
Johnny Becerra
Southwestern Hospital
Fort Sill
Sherwood Village
Flower Mound Road
Jack Everman
Larry Gleason
Jim Yurchak
Everman
Chris Cave
Becerra
Gleason
Economy shows higher per capita disposable income in 1976
The 1976 per capita disposal income reached 5494 dollars, up 432 from 1975, after inflation-adjusted growth of 3.3 percent. Fourth quarter demand rose with final sales up 4.8 percent annualized, outpacing the prior quarter. Inventory buildup slowed, unemployment stood at 7.8 percent, and industrial output stalled after 17 months of gains, dipping for two months.
Weather records fall as Oklahoma endures deep winter
All time low temperatures hit Oklahoma with historic snows and ice across the state. Lawton reported 12 inches in two days and Lake Lawtonka froze for the first time. Tulsa and northeast districts saw four inches of snow closing schools while temperatures plunged to the 20s and single digits in places like Tulsa Ardmore and McAlester. The National Weather Service warned of above average precipitation and below average temperatures into mid February.
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Oklahoma
Vinita
Craig County
Cache
Rowe
National Weather Service
Bureau
Sooner
Tulsa
Bartlesville
Oklahoma City
Ardmore
McAlester
Gage
Guymon
Panhandle
Woman recounts intruder entering mobile home before shooting
Connally told police she answered a knock at the door and Thebold entered the mobile home where she was alone. Her husband, Sgt. John D. Crowns, was on duty at Fort Sill. Thebold had not been questioned at noon in regard to the shooting.
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Connally
Thebold
John D. Crowns
Fort Sill
Warrior Society Meeting Planned for Comanche Youth
Young Comanche men are invited to a Tull-whee warrior society meeting at 7 p.m. today at the George Smith Watch etaker residence north of Lawton. Comanche girls and women are invited to learn the scalp dance. A panel of advisers including Melvin Kerchee Watchetaker Joe Attocknie and Leon Motah will discuss dances and answer questions.
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George Smith
Woogee
Watchetaker
Lawton
Melvin Kerchee
Joe Attocknie
Leon Motah
Noted Painter Randy Steffen Dies At 59
Randy Steffen a renowned painter and sculptor and authority on American horse soldiers died at 3 30 am Monday at his Walking S Ranch near Dublin Texas He was a Fort Sill Museum consultant and ashes will be scattered in the Wichita Mountains He won the American Exemplar Medal from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge Feb 22 His multi volume The Horse Soldiers to be published in fall 1977 by University of Oklahoma Press covers American Cavalry 1775 to 1943 with 1300 pages of text and 300 pages of illustrations Steffen one fourth Indian and a great grand nephew of Crazy Horse was also an artist historian and civic advocate Survived by wife Dorothy step daughter Donna two daughters and two sons plus his mother and sister He spoke of his drive to accurately portray Western history and received honors from the Company of Military Historians and the Ancient Order of Saint Barbara.
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Dublin
Tex
Fort Sill
Wichita Mountains
The
Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
Steffen
University of Oklahoma Press
U.S. Cavalry
George Custer
Little Big Horn
Crazy Horse
Custer
America
Company of
Military Historians
Fellows
Order of Saint Barbara
David Ott
Dorothy
Donna
Home
Eugene Walter
Smithfield
Jeffrey Hensler
Ashland, Ore
Bruce
Virginia Beach
Randy III
Los Angeles
Marand Steffen
Clayton Clifford
Selinsgrove
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