Snow Covered Roads Hamper Hunt for Shooting Suspects
Three men linked to Tuesday highway patrol shooting remain at large as snow clogged roads delayed the statewide search. Lt. Ace McCown said the Walters area likely holds them. Trooper Louis Chase, wounded in the windshield blast, was recovering in Oklahoma City. Two other officers injured during the chase stayed hospitalized.
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Highway Patrol
Ace McCown
OHP
Lawton
Walters
Louis Chase
Chickasha
St. Anthony's Hospital
Oklahoma City
Chase
H. Ray Anderson
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Mike Mahaffay
H. E. Bailey Turnpike
Comanche
Cotton County
Associated Press
Enid
Funeral Rites Set For Paul Wesley Phillips
Paul Wesley Phillips 60 former Lawton area resident died Monday in Los Angeles after a four week illness. Born February 24 1917 in Comanche County he lived in the Hulen Community. He attended Cameron University and graduated from the University of Oklahoma Norman. served as an ensign in the U S Navy during World War I. Survived by brother John F. Phillips Geronimo and sister Mrs. Jane Kifer Tulsa.
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Paul Wesley Phillips
Lawton
Los Angeles
Calif
Mr. Phillips
Comanche County
Hulen
Cameron University
University of Oklahoma
Norman
U.S. Navy
California
John F. Phillips
Geronimo
Jane Kifer
Tulsa
Subscriptions and pricing details in the notice
The notice lists monthly and yearly subscription rates with a quoted 4.90 and 3.75 figures. It states subscriptions less than one year apply monthly and mentions a 2 percent sales tax included. The text includes symbols and partial words suggesting pricing for multiple options and copy costs of 50 cents per copy.
Public hearing on Land Use Plan amendment Lawton OK
The Lawton Metropolitan Area Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 1:30 p.m. February 8, 1978 in City Hall Lawton Comanche County Oklahoma to consider changing the Land Use Plan for a 2.9 acre tract from Residential to Commercial. The request comes from interested parties and any affected citizens may speak. Paul S. Cullen City Pioneer
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Lawton Metropolitan Area
Office
City Planning Department
Paul S. Cullen
Comanche County
Humphrey picks Mrs. Humphrey for Minnesota seat
Muriel Humphrey will fill Hubert Humphrey's Senate seat until November, rejecting a caretaker plan. She appeared in a yellow pantsuit, stating she will complete important legislative business and ensure full representation for Minnesotans as she works diligently.
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Humphrey
Perpich
Senate
Hubert
Minnesota
Congress
Silent satellite drift alarm in northern skies
Satellite parts from Canada Russia and Scandinavia drift and deteriorate, making precise reentry timing impossible. A technical expert warned the craft could skip like a stone on entry, underscoring uncertain descent.
Oklahoma Snow Roars In Ice Packed Roads
Lawton sees near freezing mid morning temps and a low 30s high. Sunshine lifts mood after foggy days while a new ice threat returns Friday through Sunday with possible snow. A slow warmup starts Sunday into the 40s. travelers face icy, hazardous roads statewide with 1 to 2 inches of snow in many areas.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Lawton area election results and school board actions
Voters across the county produced light turnout with Sims 804 to Mrs. Garrett 739. Stony Point ends in a 46 to 4 percent tie between Ginger Warner and Jimmy Ray Caddo, with recount petitions due by Friday. Lawton levy questions passed strongly as the board certified results and approved personnel on Title IV funds.
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Sims
Garrett
Stony Point
Ginger Warner
Jimmy Ray Caddo
Election Board
State Election Board
Cache
Troy Thorn
Frankie D. Bryce
Indiahoma
Victor McCarthy
Sidney Thrash
Rudy Hanza
Bishop
Doris L. Glover
Lawton
Lawton Board of Education
Bob Dismuke
Glenn Dosser
Melva Jo Garrett
John Hammond
Edward Hennessee
Fael Hicks
Jeanne Jarvis
Anna Claire Kuchta
Howard Kuchta
Leon Perry
James Roberts
Bob Roundtree
Jesse Salmon
Harold Short
Don Smith
Jim Southard
James Stepp
Delores Twohatchet
78Th and
Andrews
Gray-Warr Addition
Sierra Development Co. Inc
Maurine Grupper
Lawton High School
MacArthur High School
Fair Housing Plan Stalls Over City Council Action
The city council tabled the housing discrimination ordinance and removed the five member board after debating concurrent HUD funding. Goodwill secured $300,000 for a handicap center despite lower than requested funds, while other budget cuts redirected $535,000 to Ninth Street and home purchases. The council also approved various contracts, easements, sign installations, and a February 10 hearing on a security license revocation appeal, along with multiple work orders and project authorizations.
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HUD
Goodwill
J.C. Kennedy
Ninth Street
F Avenue
Lee Boulevard
Harmon Park
Cocke, Sullivan and Butler
Ann Logsdon
California Sunshine Tavern
Arkia Gas
Goodyear Boulevard
Arkin
Wolf Creek Crossing
Cotton Electric Cooperative
Lake Lawtonka
Sunset Baptist Church
American National Bank
Clare Morford
Betty S. Morford
John E. Barnes
15Th
Lawton Avenue
Floyd Avenue
20Th
10Th
Garfield Avenue
Gore Boulevard
Eighth Street
17Th
Fort Sill Boulevard
Columbia Avenue
MacArthur School
38Th Street
Garden Village
William R. Franklin
Delous Allen
State Health Department
County Excise Board
Honor student mislisted at Cameron University
Lonnie G. Royal 5334 NW Columbia was wrongly shown on the Dean's honor roll in Cameron University materials last week. He should have been on the President's honor roll after earning a BS in mathematics, ending the fall semester, and is now stationed at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.
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Lonnie G. Royal
Columbia
Cameron University
Royal
Offutt Air Fort Base
Nebraska
Agriculture Chief To Address Forum In Langton
State Agriculture Commissioner David Stratton will speak at a noon forum this Friday in Langton at the Montego Bay Motel, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. The public event charges 3 50 at the door. Stratton, a former state legislator, chaired the 18 state Southern Conference of Agricultural and Rural Development and now runs Stratton Farms in Custer and Washita Counties.
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David Stratton
Lawton
Chamber of Commerce
Montego Bay
Stratton
House
Agriculture Committee
Southern Conference of Agricultural and Rural Development
Stratton Farms
Custer
Washita
Grain Law hearings touch on Galveston blasts timing
Bartett testified on December 22 and 27 about the Galveston explosions. He said he knows of no evidence of sabotage and would be surprised if proven false. He argued federal air pollution regulations bore minor significance to the blasts and did not bear much blame.
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Galveston
Tex
Bartett
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