Rape Victims Offered 24 Hour Coping Help
The Jim Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center now offers round the clock support for rape victims. A rape study team from the center, chaired by Sue Renfro, is training female volunteers and will have on call workers within three to four weeks to provide education, resources and emotional assistance.
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Jim Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center
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Taliaferro
Nees
Tree
Sue Renfro
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Renfro
First 24 Hours Critical In Rape Counseling Effort
Lawton opens a rape counseling service addressing high rape rates and trauma stages. Plans include training men to accompany trained women, aiding victims in shock and outward adjustment before integrating the incident into life.
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Lawton
FBI
Balloting Nears On School Post and Support Issues
Voters in Lawton district head to the polls Tuesday for annual school millage proposals and six county school board races. The five mill emergency and local levies fund salaries and operations, with a building fund levy for sites and maintenance not used for general expenses. Incumbent Dr Robert Morford III is unopposed, keeping his seat. six county races and 12 district millage questions appear in the ballot.
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Lawtoff
Hugh Bish
Lawton
Board of Education
Robert Morford Ili
Morford
J. N. Logan
Great Plains
Vo-Tech
George Bridges Jr
Microfilm solution ends pile of school record cards
Lawton Public Schools solved a storage dilemma by microfilming thousands of permanent student records. From 1960 onward, grades attendance and some test scores were captured on film, while earlier ledgers from 1917 to 1959 were moved to Shoemaker Education Center basement.
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Ruby Madden
Shoemaker Education Center
Lawton
Shoemaker Center
Kissinger Signs Three Year Pact With Spain
Kissinger and Spain sealed a five year treaty extending U S use of four bases in exchange for 1 22 billion dollars in aid and withdrawal of 10 Polaris submarines from Rota Spain joins NATO efforts with a joint planning staff and urgent consultation procedures while awaiting Senate ratification.
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Spain
United States
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Henry A. Kissinger
Jose Maria de Areiza
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Santa Cruz
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Areilza
Rota
Cadiz
State Eyes Plan On Center Funds
The Oklahoma welfare department plans to guarantee at least current service levels at Marie Detty Youth Service Center amid a staffing crisis. Senator Al Terrill says legislation would preserve DISRS funding to the juvenile detention and counseling center, with state and county officials agreeing on general principles while exact figures are set. The center now runs under a temporary arrangement between DISAS and Comanche County after payroll cuts and a 74 county staffing measure threatened funding.
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Marie Detty
al Terrill
Lawton
Welfare Department
State Department of Institutions
Terrill
DISAS
Comanche County
Tom Norwood
Altus
David Boren
Southwest Oklahoma Weather Outlook Through Monday
Cooler conditions move into southwest Oklahoma with a 30 percent chance of rain today. Highs will reach the mid 40s today and mid 30s Monday, with nights near mid 20s. Saturday's high reached 62 with a low of 4.
Karami Reassumes Lebanon Premiership Amid Cease-Fire
Moslem leader Rashid Karami announced he would resume the premiership as fighting eased under a Syrian sponsored cease-fire. A battle between Moslem and Christian militias in Beirut neighborhoods left 20 dead and 36 wounded, while the Palestine Liberation Army enforced the truce and killed seven fugitives resisting barricades. The incident followed Karami’s return after talks with Lebanese and Palestinian leaders as a Syrian backed plan aims to share power and end nine months of civil war.
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Lebanon
Rashid Karami
Palestine Liberation Army
Beirut
Karami
Palestinian Liberation Army
Abdul Khalim Haddam
Haddam
Camile Chamoun
Christian National Liberal Party
Chamoun
Saadiyet
Inti
Tel Aviv
Truce Supervision Commission
Chiyah
Christian Ein Rummaneh
Suleiman Franjieh
County Tournament crowns decided. Sterling boys top Elgin
Sterling boys defeated Elgin 53-44 to win the county title while Elgin girls rebounded to beat Sterling 46-35 and clinch their division. Yukon claimed the Shortgrass Tournament with a 60-50 victory over Altus, marking its 15th straight win. Former OU star Lucious Sellman delays his hire as Oklahoma's assistant football coach.
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Elgin
Yukon
Altus
Eisenhower
Lucious Sellman
Oklahoma University
Progress Highlights Progress Pe Sunday Constitution Sections E to H
The Lawton Fort Sill community receives a 44 page progress section in today’s Sunday Constitution covering federal housing, county taxes, hospital expansion, Cameron University, agriculture, church activity, and vo tech. It features interviews with the mayor city manager and councilmen on Lawton’s future and sports prospects for area teams. Reports discuss Waurika Reservoir work Fort Sill construction sewer plant water costs, Fort Sill leadership outlook, arts and schools, chamber plans federal funding and local sheriff department activity and a note of optimism for downtown Mall.
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Cameron University
Vo-Tech
Lawton
Cameron
Waurika Reservoir
Fort Sill
Waurika
Chamber of Commerce
Jim Taliaferro Mental Health Cew Sheriff's Department
Heated Debate Ends With Downtown YMCA Jump
Leo Alexander fled a heated racism discussion by leaping from a sixth floor YMCA window. He survived a 35 foot fall to a neighboring roof. A 19 year old witness, Adam Tate, cut his throat on shattered glass and was hospitalized.
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Leo Amos Alexander
YMCA
Alexander
Adam Wayne Tate
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