Lawton Council Hikes Penalties and Approves Major Repairs
Lawton city council increased penalties related to prostitution and approved a series of public works and legal actions. Projects include east Lawton water system improvements funded by the 1975 bond issue with B and N Construction and Brown Steel Constructors winning bids. The body also tabled property condemnation reconsiderations, approved street light changes, water and sewer work, and the extension of the D-6 clearance project, while authorizing grants and public hearings on land use and zoning.
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East Lawton
B & N Construction
Lawton
Brown Steel Contractors, Inc
Newman, Ga
Helen W. Holliday Foundation, Inc
Council
NW 5Th
11Th Street
Wisconsin
Bishop Read
Gene Vance
Edna Hennessee
Medicine Park Cablevision, Inc
School House Slough
Lake Lawtonka
Cablevision
Erwin Acres
Public Works Department
Cache Road
Safeway
T. A. Hamra
Hamra
Clearwell
Rogers Lane
Lee Boulevard
17Th Street
Fisherman’s Cove
Lake Ellsworth
Sullivan Village East Addition
John Wolverton
25Th St
Carl Morrow
All Souls Day Mass At St. Martin’s Church Warrenton
St. Martin's Catholic Church in Warrenton Texas opens once a year for All Souls Day Mass. Parishioners use four foot long wooden benches as pews while Father Ben Mazurkewicz of Fayetteville conducts the service.
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Warrenton, Tex
St. Martin’s Catholic Church
Ben Mazurkewicz
Fayetteville
Girl Wins City Fire Hydrant Painting Contest
Lynda Hamra, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed Hamra, received a $50 check for painting a fireplug at Fifth and C Avenue in Lawton. The contest, bicentennial themed, was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and Junior Service League. Other winners were listed with locations around Lawton. The piece notes the St Lawrence and Great Lakes Waterway links eastern seaboard to Duluth, a 2342 mile route.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jack Raulston
Lynda Hamra
Fifth and
C Avenue
Glenn McQuinn
Dennis Saunders
Chamber
Ed Hamra
Dick Tannery
Clark Carpenter
Chamber of Commerce and
Junior Service League
Lynda
Lawton
St. Lawrence & Great Lakes Waterway
Midwest
Seaboard
Duluth
Minn
Lake Superior
Court reconsiders Bowman case under 10 to life law
The state high criminal court recently set aside a 30 years to life second degree murder sentence. Bowman’s minimum could be as high as 35 years, with arguments over whether the statute fixes a 10 year floor or allows a broader indeterminate range.
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High State Criminal Court
Brock
Bowman
Robertson
Gerald Neuwirth
Neuwirth
Resignation of Thomson Splits City Council Over Budget Policy
The council accepted Thomson’s resignation by a 6 to 3 vote. Mayor Wayne Gilley stayed silent as former councilman Beller criticized the move while arguing for continuity in the city manager’s office. Thomson warned the policy would force tax increases or cut basic services.
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Beller
Gilley
Larry Fountaine
Thomson
John Thomson
Wayne Gilley
J. J. Pursley
Don Aust
Vic Ramirez
Ed Riddle
Rex Pierce
Harry Anderson
Fredrick Chenault
Charles Gibbs
Jack Norrell
Rex Givens
Dan Glascock
Enue
Rust
Joan Wade
Wade
Henry Nabers
Nabers
Oklahoma candidates file for 257 on state ballot
The filing period ends at 5 p.m. today with 257 candidates on the state ballot. Shawnee Democrat Steed, 72, seeks a 15th term and faces two Republican challengers Stacy Autry, 39, Norman, and M. C. Stanley, 53, Midwest City.
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Steed
Oklahoma
Stacy Autry
R-Norman
M. C. Stanley
Midwest City
J. Fred Ferrell
Elgin
State House
Senate
Herschal Crow Jr
D-Altus
House
Southwest Oklahoma
Roy B. Hooper Jr
D-Lawton
Howard Cotner
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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YMCA
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United Way
Southwestern Hospital
Rick L. Overstreet
W. H. Cable
Wilhelmina Morris
Town & Country Insurance
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Fourth
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Wycliffe
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Robinhood
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Fifth
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45Th
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James Wilson
Ozman
Irene Riley
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James Dryer
22Nd
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