Lawton Men Get Air Force Training and West Point Degrees
Airman Edward Guerrero and Airman Rena Martinez have completed basic training and start specialized training in supply and personnel fields at Lackland and Keesler fields. Navy Seabee Kenneth Hawkins aided Guam after Typhoon Pamela, a West Point class includes Joseph Pineau and Vernon Crocker from Lawton High School.
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Edward T. Guerrero
Rodivico L. Guerrero
Lindy
Lowry Air Force Base
Colo
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Guerrero
Lawton High School
Rena Martinez
Rau Martinez
N. 26Th
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
Arman
Martinez
Geronimo High School
Lawton Man
Guam
Navy Utilities Man
Kenneth R. Hawkins
Hawkins
Pollard
Navy Seabees
Pamela
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Three
Port Hueneme
Calif
Seabee
Navy
Appren
Susan L. Taylor
William L. Taylor
N. Seventh
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Lawton
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Joseph P. Pineau
Madeline P. Pineau
50Th
Crime declines in Lawton June report. thefts noted
Police Chief Gillian urged citizen involvement to curb larceny and theft. June saw 29 motor vehicles and 37 bicycles stolen, about one auto and one bike daily, with June as the lowest month in four years. Overall 504 crimes in June, down from 573 in 1975 and 529 in 1974. January to June 1976 dropped 8% versus 1974 but up 21% from 1973.
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Police Department
Gillian
Lawtonians
Israeli journalist appeals to Ali for missing mother
Daniel Bloch, an Israeli journalist, urged Muhammad Ali on Good Morning America to press Amin for information about his mother believed missing after a Kampala hospital raid. Bloch, who is to marry in New York, said reports claimed she was dragged from her bed and he asks Ali and relevant groups to seek her release.
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New York
Daniel Bloch
Muhammad Ali
Amin
Bloch
Good Morning America
Kampala
Ali
One Day Special Session Ratifies 18 Year Old Vote
The executive order designates a session focused on the death penalty statute leaving other subjects off limits. This marks the first special session since 1971 under Gov. Hall, which lasted one day as simple resolutions require no three readings in each house.
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David Hall
Airport plans new fire station and equipment upgrade
The airport authority approves a second crash rescue firetruck purchase and a new north side station on Bishop Road replacing the 17th and Lee Boulevard facility. The old station becomes training space. Budget for 1977 is set at 112,645 with two additions and Cox is raised to 18,400 plus 1,500 for firemen training. No action on engineer Hendrick’s unpaid engineering fees as his firm dissolves. A July 2 grand opening for Sentry Manufacturing Co. plant at the airport is planned with Lt. Gov. George Nigh as guest speaker.
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Bishop Road
17Th and
Lee Boulevard
Fire Department
Cox
Finis Hendrick
Hendrick
Sentry Manufacturing Co
George Nigh
Navy imposes weight limits in Operation Shipshape drive
The Navy enacts Operation Shipshape under Adm. James Holloway I to curb obesity among sailors. The plan enforces strict weight rules, threatens administrative separation for failing to meet targets, and ties fitness reports to weight, aiming to project a trim uniform look across commands.
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Navy
Adm
James Holloway I
Naval Operations
Holloway
Elmo Zumwalter
Oklahoma City Market Report Cattle Hogs Grain Prices
AP dispatch from Oklahoma City reports 7000 cattle and calves traded with feeders up to 1.00 higher. Feeder steers 419-433 lb sold 40.00-42.60, 500-600 lb 38.00-41.75, 600-885 lb 38.50-40.00. mixed good and choice 562-700 lb 37.25-39.00. Hogs 600 head up 0.75-1.25, 50.00-53.50. sows 42.00-42.60. small feeder pigs 42.50-46.25. State grain prices list wheat 3.29-3.89, barley 2.10-2.40, Milo 4.10-5.01 per cwt, soybeans 6.30-6.97, alfalfa hay 55-65 per ton.
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Oklahoma Livestock Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Muskogee
Eldorado
Hobart
Lawton
Pauls Valley
Temple
Afton
Clinton
Weatherford
Beaver
Medford
Perryton
Manchester
Banner
el Reno
Geary
Kingfisher
Okeene
Ponca City
Watonga
Yukon
Keyes
Liberal
Gulf
Barley
MILO
Horseshoe crab blood used to detect drug contamination
Savannah reports that a special chemical in horseshoe crab blood detects bacterial contamination in drugs. Dr. Edwin Joseph notes pilot farming projects at Fort Johnson in Charleston and says at least three pharmaceutical firms plan to use the serum for drug quality testing.
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Savannah
Edwin Joseph
South Carolina
Lawton traffic panel eyeing bridge signal upgrades
Lawton panel discusses ideas to improve the signal system on the bridge and its approach roads. They cite the bridge as a top traffic hazard at Cache Road and Fort Sill Boulevard with four lanes and left turns allowed as an interchange.
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Fort Sill Boulevard
Lawton
Cache Road
Viking Mission Shifts Focus To Viking 2 Near Mars
Scientists plan to place Viking 2 in Mars orbit by August 7 and consider a western landing site near Chryse, a basin at the mouths of ancient Martian streams. If Viking 1 delays landing, Viking 2 could land first and may reach the rugged highlands where the channels originated.
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Viking
Mars
Viking 2
Chryse
Enzyme Drugs May Extend Life and Vitality
In Future Fact by Stephen Rosen scientists predict enzyme based therapies could add years to life and slow aging. Physicians researchers and enzyme experts say pills might prolong mental and physical vigor beyond age 100.
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New York
Simon & Schuster
Stephen Rosen
Rosen
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Constitution
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Naval Training Base
Vernon B. Crocker
City Hall
D. Henry Jones
S. 26Th Street
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Wilson
Lawton Board of Education of Independent School District
Comanche County
Central
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Eisenhower
Eisenhower High
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John D. Shoemaker
Tomlinson
Western Hills
C. Harold Short
John D. Shoemaker Education Center
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Lawton Board of Education
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