City Lines Utility, Denies County Free Service to Fairgrounds
City council voted 7 to 3 to deny the County Fairgrounds Trust Authority free utility service, after previously granting Marie Detty Youth Center similar treatment. Debates centered on precedent, contracts, and potential future requests from charities, with next steps set for Tuesday and a workshop on community development grants.
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Marie Detty
Fairgrounds
Charles W. Dickens
Fairgrounds Trust Authority
Dickens
J.J. Pursley
Charles Gibbs
Don Aust
Vic Ramirez
Pursley
Gibbs
Fredrick Chenault
Rex Pierce
Ed Riddle
Jack Norrell
Rex Givens
Harry Anderson
Riddle
Aust
Donald J. Lovell
William McIntyre
Fred Kasper
Lovell
Robert Metzinger
Kasper
Four suspects tied to car wash burglary chase
Police sprayed with glass as a bullet shattered a car back window. Two 18-year-old Lawton women were arrested in the wrecked auto with 13.66 in coins from vending machines and a tire tool used to pry coin boxes found at the car wash. Officer Chadwick spotted Carter near a Cache Road bowling alley moments after the incident. he wore glass in hair and coat and used the alias John J. Smith. A fourth suspect remains at large as detectives follow a wave of recent burglaries.
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Lawton
Gerald Chadwick
Carter
Cache Road
Chadwick
John J. Smith
Marshall defends labor stance amid 14B repeal criticism
Senatorial debate centers on James Marshall choices on unions and military grade policies. Critics warn Marshall backs repeal of Taft Hartley 14B and broader picketing for construction workers while balancing possible unionization of armed forces. Senate leaders praise his empathy for workers and urban poverty.
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Laxalt
Congress
Marshall
Sen
William L. Scott
R-Va
Scott
Secretary of Labor
Senate Labor Committee
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
Senate
Griffin Bell
Subcommittee leadership shifts with Sikes favored
Sikes retains control as subcommittee approves about 3.5 billion dollars yearly for military bases and related facilities. Rep. Ed Patten of New Jersey steps down from one post due to a new House rule, elevating Gunn McKay of Utah to second-ranked Democrat on the panel.
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Sikes
Edward Patten
D-N.j
Patten
House
Rep
Gunn McKay
Utah
Parole Set for Watergate Conspirator Hunt on Fine Payment
E Howard Hunt must pay a $10000 fine to trigger parole release on February 25, after serving 3 months to eight years for the June 1972 Watergate break in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Mondale visits Berlin Wall as the Cold War divides the city and pledges U.S. support for Berlin.
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Washington
U.S. Parole Commission
E. Howard Hunt
Justice Department
Dean St. Dennis
Hunt
St. Dennis
Democratice Party
Watergate
Trial On Holdup Charge Ordered
Two Fort Sill soldiers bound for trial on armed robbery charges in the December 21 holdup of three post men. Michael Bolding and James Price pleaded not guilty and remain free on 5000 dollar bonds until a May jury docket. Witness Dwight Howey testified about a ride and a pistol. White identified the defendants and the robbery proceeds.
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Fort Sill
Michael Leroy Bolding
James A. Price
J. Winston Raburn
Dwight Howey
Harlan White
Keith Aycock
Howey
Bokiing
Price
Bill Sexton
Aycock
Two Women Held In Marlow Death
Two women, Dixieu Kimbrough and Bobbi Lynn Weems, are charged with first degree murder in the slaying of James Samuel Kimbrough, a Marlow water department employee. They appeared before Special District Judge Bob Perrine with bond denied, preliminary hearing set for Feb. 7. The body was found Jan. 15. autopsy says three shots to the head with a .25 caliber gun. time of death around noon Jan. 14. The suspects, arrested in Amarillo, waived extradition to Oklahoma and were brought to Stephens County. The Kimbroughs were married in Marlow in December 1974.
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Duncan
Marlow City
Stephens County
Dixieu Kimbrough
Bobbi Lynn Weems
Bob Perrine
Bond
James Samuel Kimbrough
Marlow
Amarillo
Tex
Oklahoma
Kenneth Landis
Bill Alexander
Kimbroughs
Hypnotherapist to Speak at Fort Sill HRA Meeting
Research hypnotherapist Michael D. Supa of New York City will address the Fort Sill Officers Club Fireside Room at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, with Supa certified by the State University of New York. A business meeting follows the talk. the newly formed Human Relations Association includes OU alumni and students. The article notes the 1741 New York bakers strike as history.
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Michael D. Supa
New York City
Human Relations Association
Fort Sill
Neighborhood Watch Meeting Set at Washington Elementary
Residents of the Washington Elementary School district are invited to an Neighborhood Watch meeting in the school auditorium at 7 30 p m on Thursday January 27. Principal Tom Munson explains the program is a city police and citizen cooperative to deter crime and assign watchers to report suspicious activity.
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Washington
Tom Munson
Prncipal
Defense chief backs standby draft plan amid manpower worries
Defense Secretary Brown told a Senate panel he endorses a Defense Department document urging President Carter to create new standby draft machinery and revive an annual lottery for 20 year old men in case swift mobilization is needed in a war emergency. The report notes a projected decline in potential high school graduates available for military service and omits usual endorsements of the all volunteer concept.
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Defense
Brown
Senate
Defense Department
Carter
Burglary Investigated at Lake Ellsworth Cabin
Sheriff deputies investigate a Monday night burglary at a Lake Ellsworth cabin north of Lawton. Victim Donald Tayloe of 3426 Lincoln Avenue says burglars entered through the front door and stole a stereo unit and about 30 records from the cabin near Porter Hill.
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Sheriff's Department
Lake Ellsworth
Lawton
Donald Tayloe
Lincoln
Porter Hill
Trial On Weapon Charge Ordered
Fred Arnold Diworth was bound over today for trial on the charge of feloniously pointing a firearm. Diworth allegedly pointed a pistol at an off duty highway patrolman on December 27 as he stopped blocking a northside street with his car. Lt. Fred Whitehead testified the suspect raised a 25 caliber pistol at him while he asked to stop. Diworth was arrested after the incident in his barracks by Fort Sill military police and then turned over to Comanche County authorities.
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Fred Arnold
Diworth
Dilworth
Fred Whitehead
Whitehead
Thlworth
Fort Sill
Comanche County
Lawton Native Earns BAS Degree at Oklahoma University
Thomas Lankster Jr a 1972 Lawton High School graduate received a BAS degree from the University of Oklahoma on Saturday. He was also commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army Signal Corps the same day. The Lawton native is the son of 1st Sergeant Ret and Mrs Thomas Lankster of 1901 NW 40th Street.
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Thomas Lankster Jr
Lawton High School
University of Oklahoma
Army Signal Corps
Lawton
Set
Thomas Lankster
Revival Planned at Westside Church of God
Revival services start 7 30 p m Friday Saturday and Sunday at 63rd and Oak with a special singing service and noon prayer for the sick each day. Louisville Kentucky's Rev. Lioyd Tucker will speak in the afternoon. Rev. W A Pendergrass is pastor.
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Westside Church of God
63Rd and
Oak
Lioyd Tucker
Louisville, Ky
W.A. Pendergrass
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