Drilling Fluid Spill Prompted Quick Response And Safeguards
After a drilling fluid spill at a reserve pit, Diamond Shamrock crews quicklyContain and remediate the slick on the lake. County Health and city officials say minimal risk to the environment with estimated 1,000 gallons spilled, under 100 gallons on lake ice, and tests showing sodium bichromate, chlorides and calcium levels unlikely to cause harm. Enhanced containment dikes were added to guard the lake as the area was cleaned up.
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Bennett
Claude Williams
Barpide Corp
United States
Williams
Booher
Lawton Man Pleads Guilty to Three Firearm Charges
A Lawton man pleaded guilty in district court to three felony counts tied to an apartment break in and gunpoint incident. He received three 10 year concurrent sentences, with assistant district attorney Mark Clark noting prior felony convictions. A 15 year old Lawton juvenile was also involved and processed in juvenile court.
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Lawton
Mark Clark
Chris van Burk
van Burk
van Burks
J. Winston Rayburn
Ranchers face winter strain on cattle feeding costs
Veterinarian Dr. Joe Kelsey notes winter is hard on ranchers but a full stomach helps prevent disease. He adds that extreme cold drives up supplementary feeding costs, though yearly planning mitigates most issues if conditions stay mild.
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Joe Kelsey
Lawton Newspapers Subscription Rates Ad
Lawton Constitution and Sunday Constitution publish carrier delivery rates for Lawton and Fort Sill. Monthly charges listed for Constitution Press Sunday Press Sunday and Monday, Constitution Sunday Saturday Press. Outlines prices for Morning Press and Sunday.
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the Lawton Constitution
Sun
Lawton Morning Press
THE
Sunday Constitution Lawton Publishing Co., Inc
3Rd & A Ave
Lawton, Okla
Lawton
Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Constitution
Freight Service Hearing Begins in Comanche County
A second public hearing on the Dallas based Texas-Oklahoma Express freight carrier application to run one day service between Dallas and Lawton opened in the Comanche County Courthouse. The ICC hearing, led by Administrative Law Judge John R. Hanley, aims to hear local business support and is expected to conclude next Friday with a decision not anticipated for at least a year.
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Oklahoma
Comanche County
Texas-Oklahoma Express
TOX
Interstate Commerce Commission
Dallas
Lawton
ICC
John R. Hanley
Robert Frisch
Absentee Rates Rise in Lawton Public Schools
Lawton area schools report higher absenteeism with seven to twenty percent out among junior high and high school students. MacArthur Junior High shows the highest toll with 120 homesick students while Central drops to about 90 out or seven percent. Health Director Jim Booher says there is no flu epidemic and this is just seasonal.
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Lawton
MacArthur Junior High
Central
Jim Booher
Bee attack tips warning calm behavior and retreat
The guidance advises against fleeing or swatting when bees attack. Stay still to deter them, scan for the hive, and slowly distance yourself by using a building or vegetation as a shield. Once the threat ends, bees typically stop the attack.
Oklahoma boarding schools and per pupil costs detailed
The report notes Fort Sill Indian School and 18 BIA boarding schools, six in Oklahoma, with about 1,200 students and an $11 million annual budget. It lists individual school costs such as Concho Elementary 6,850.10 and Tahlequah Sequoyah Secondary at 9,500. Also mentions a candy bar price shift to 11 to 15 cents.
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FSIS
Williams
Fort Sill
BIA
Oklahoma
Concho
Seneca
Wyandotte
Riverside
Anadarko
Sequoyah
Tahlequah
Chilocco
Voters weigh mill levy hike and school board races
Voters will decide a levy increase from 3.5 to 5 mills at the centers. School board contests span Lawton, Cache, Indianahoma, Bishop and Stony Point districts with incumbents Sims Thorn McCarthy Hanza Warner and unopposed candidates Wells Howell Dye Murray Huntt Spencer Dickson listed among board members.
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Lawton
Cache
Indiahoma
Bishop
Stony Point
Frankie D. Bryce
Troy Thorn
Victor A. McCarthy
Sidney Thrash
Rudy Hanza
Doris L. Glover
Ginger Warner
Jimmy Ray Caddo
Jim Maddox
Great Plains
C. D. Wells
Chattanooga
Harold Howell
Faxon
Gordon Ray Dye
Medicine Park
Dale Murray
Indian Education Meeting in Elgin on JOM Funds
Elgin Public Schools to host a meeting at 7 30 p m today in the home economics room to discuss a 21547 Johnson O Malley allocation. The gathering will cover whether the Elgin Parent Committee will sub contract to the district and outline JOM program responsibilities and delegation with the Comanche Tribe as the contractor.
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Elgin
Elgin Public Schools
Johnson- O'Malley
Pentagon to present base closings list in March
Defense Secretary Harold Brown said the Pentagon will present a base realignment list in March but gave no target on how many bases will close or be reduced. He noted environmental reviews and congressional action slow closings, with budget impact expected toward the end of fiscal 1979.
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Washington
Harold Brown
Pentagon
Brown
Carter Administration
Marijuana Charge Hits Fort Sill Man
A 20-year-old Fort Sill man, Francis L. Horsman Jr., was charged in district court with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Police arrested him Friday after serving an arrest warrant at an 800 block NW 20th residence. he fled with a brown bag and was apprehended near Sheridan and Walding.
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Fort Sillman
Francis L. Horsman Jr
NW 20Th
Carter warns deficit rises threaten 1981 budget balance
President Carter said the 1979 deficit would widen the gap toward his 1981 balance goal. He attributed about one third of the shortfall to tax cuts and warned further tax reductions could push the date beyond 1981 unless private economy growth strengthens. He emphasized the balance remains necessary as soon as possible.
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Carter
Congress
Attitudes Shift on Why Students Attend College
Reading on student goals shows 58.2 percent want to be very well off financially, up from 40.1 percent in 1967. Sixty-two point one percent cite making more money as important, versus 49.9 percent in 1971, while developing a life philosophy has fallen to third at 59 percent.
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Astin
Funeral Graveside Rites for Ada Cerday Held Here
Graveside services for former Lawton resident Ada Cerday 54 who died Saturday in a Wichita hospital will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Highland Cemetery. Pastor Larry Fletcher of the Seventh Day Adventist Church will conduct the ceremony. Becker Funeral Home is directing burial.
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Lawton
Ada Cerday
Wichita, Kan
Highland Cemetery
Larry Fletcher
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Becker Funeral Home
Markets Oklahoma livestock Oklahoma City AP report
Cattle and calves 1300, fairly active with limited feeder supply. Slaughter cows steady to lower, bulls steady to firm. Feeder steers 400-800 lb mostly 41.00-44.50, mixed 400-600 lb 41.00-43.75. Feeder heifers 300-500 lb 34.50-36.00. Utility cows 27.25-31.75, canner 19.50-23.75. Bulls 1000-1500 lb 34.00-38.90. Replacement cows 27.50-32.00. cows with calves at side 209.00-275.00 per pair. Hogs 1400 head, no early barrow sales. feeder pigs 158 head steady at 42.25-45.25 for US 1-253-56 lb.
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Oklahoma City
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