Parimutuel Betting Drive Leads Oklahoma Gambling Push
Oklahoma City reports two gambling fronts at the Capitol with a petition to legalize pari mutuel betting on horse and dog racing and an Edmond lawmaker planning a bingo bill. Oklahomans for Pari Mutuel Racing seeks 200000 signatures. 104819 needed to trigger a statewide vote.
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Oklahoma City
Capitol
John Rogers
Edmond
Charles Wooden
Pari-Mutuel
Wooden
Oklahoma Racing Commission
Four Seasons Investigation Nears End
A New York federal grand jury is nearing the end of its inquiry into the Four Seasons Nursing Centers of America. Cecil Mathis, working with Assistant U.S. Attorney Gary Naftolis, announced the development as Judge Bohanon appointed James R. Tolbert III president of a new corporation created from the bankruptcy. About 20 Oklahoma officials had been subpoenaed earlier, with as many as 50 expected to testify. Several lawsuits remain, including two seeking $33 million from former officers.
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Oklahoma City
New York
Federal Grand Jury
Four Seasons Nursing Centers of
Four Seasons Companies
New York Grand Jury
Naftalis
Four Seasons
Counterfeiting Trial Ordered
U S Magistrate Charles R Jones bound Calvin L Keach and Robert James Seay over for trial on federal counterfeiting charges Keach 31 of Dallas and Seay 20 of Fort Worth appeared in court July 9 Secret Service testified they seized about 75000 in partial counterfeit twenty dollar bills a printing press plates and ink for 500000 in fake bills Keach allegedly operated the press Seay was described as a lookout Seay charged with conspiracy and Keach with possession of counterfeiting paraphernalia
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Oklahoma City
U.S
Charles R. Jones
Calvin L. Keach
Dallas
Robert James Seay
Fort Worth
Jones
Secret Service
Keach and Seay
Keach
Seay
State To Continue Prudent Spending In Oklahoma
Gov. David Hall says the state will maintain an austere budget with prudent spending despite a $40.2 million tax surplus. He notes the surplus aids Oklahoma education but warns more funds are needed to meet state needs. Predictions point to education receiving up to $10 million next year, with likely teacher pay hikes and roadbuilding among priorities.
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Oklahoma City
David Hall
Capitol
Oklahoma
Sill Air Unit Names New Exec
Maj. William P. McMonegal assumes command of the 1st Aerial Field Artillery Battery succeeding Maj. Donald L. Peters who becomes executive officer of the 14th Aviation Battalion. McMonegal studied economics at the Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts Chickasha and earned a BA. He entered the Army in 1958 and completed OCS in 1963.
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William P. McMonegal
1St Aerial Field Artillery
Donald L. Peters
Peters
14Th
McMonegal
Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts
Chickasha
Army
Ft. Rucker
Ala
American Party Moves to Place Wallace on Oklahoma Ballot
Oklahoma American Party chairman Ruel Little announced filing papers to certify a slate of presidential electors for George Wallace. Joe Phillips, once Wallace spokesman in Oklahoma, opposes the plan citing Wallace’s health and later aligned with Nixon, while Phillips runs for the U.S. Senate as an independent.
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Oklahoma City
American Party
Alabama
George Wallace
Oklahoma
Wallace
Ruel Little
State Election Board
Madill
Little
Joe C. Phillips
Phillips
Nixon
U.S. Senate
Thomas Girl To Be Honored At Powwow
Miss Laquita Lonebear a 1972 Cheyenne princess will be honored at a public powwow at the Colony Oklahoma 7 30 p m The event sponsors include Ralph Beard Reno Cheyenne tribal director for the Exposition and Mr and Mrs Bill Lonebear Thomas The honoree will represent the Cheyenne at the Adanarko American Indian Exposition in August and later at the Miss Indian American Contest in Sheridan Wyoming Intertribal gourd dancing and war and social dances will be performed
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Laquita Lonebear
Thomas
Colony
Okla
Lonebear
Ralph Beard
E] Reno
Bill Lonebear
Sheridan
Wyo
Cameron Funds and Faculty Items for A M Schools Meeting
Cameron College plans quarter spending authorization and new hires for next year as part of the A M Schools agenda to the Board of Regents. Two new hires are listed plus three replacements and two Title II funded positions. The board also considers resignations and several financial items including library and campus expenses. الجديدة
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Cameron College
Board of Regents For
Stillwater
Don Owen
Wilmer Gabriel
Michael Fire
U.S. Army
University of Oklahoma
Roger Wattam
Bachhlor
University of Southern Mississippi
David R. Brown
Lawrence Shanahan
Marjorie Wilson
Dental Officer Promoted to Colonel at Fort Sill
Col Alva H Older Jr promoted to colonel by Maj Gen R Wetherill at U S Reynolds Army Hospital Fort Sill He has served since 1956 with tours in France Germany and Korea and heads Dental Clinic No 1 for military dependents in Lawton He and his wife Elaine reside at 547 Sunday with three children Steven Jean and Wayne
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Fort Sill’s
Roderick Wetherill
U.S. Reynolds Army Hospital
Alva H. Older Jr
Field Artillery
Marquette Dental School
Milwaukee
Wis
Col. Older
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, D.C
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
France
Germany
Korea
Ft. Sheridan
Older
Fort Sill
Col
Elaine
Lawton
Steven
Jean
Wayne
Voters Offered Transportation for July 25 City Charter Election
Voters needing rides to polling places for the July 25 city charter election may call 355-7053 on election day. The service is sponsored by the Lawton chapter of the League of Women Voters.
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Lawton
The
League of Women Voters
Deaths of Sam W. Melrose and Mattie Jane Wilson in local notices
Sam W. Melrose 70 of Sterling died Saturday after a long illness. Funeral Monday at First Baptist Church with burial in Sterling Cemetery. He was a WWII veteran with ties to the Nazarene church and American Legion. Mattie Jane Wilson, 90, died Sunday in a local nursing home. Her funeral is Wednesday at Lawton Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Highland Cemetery.
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Sterling
First Baptist Church
Sam W. Melrose
Richard F. McBrien
Marlow
Rush Springs
Agnes Stewart
Anadarko
Church of the Nazarene
American Legion
Kathryn Searle
Panola
Vera Searle
Wichita Falls
Tex
Wilma McLellan
Fordyce
Ark
Charles
Castro Valley
Calif
Bert
Verna Himes
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ina Hohman
Altoona
Mattie Jane Wilson
Lawton Ritter-Dalton
Forrest H. Siler
Highland Cemetery
Worley Mrs Elsie Worley dies after long illness
Services pending at Greenlawn Funeral Home for Mrs Elsie I Worley 42 of 4124 Park who died today after a lengthy illness She was born September 22 1929 in Bad Nauheim Germany wife of Sgt Dale Worley since January 28 1957 in Hanau Germany Resident of Lawton since 1967 She was a Catholic with a sister in Pennsylvania as survivor
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Greenlawn Funeral Home
Elsie I. Worley
Park
Frances Beall 63 La Mesa Calif Former Lawton Resident Dies
Frances Bob Beall died Monday after a lengthy illness at 63 in La Mesa California. Born October 26 1908 in Osceola Iowa she moved to Lawton in 1912 with grandparents and lived there until 1953. Funeral arrangements are pending. Survivors include aunt Pansy Robertson of Lawton and several cousins.
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Lawton
Frances
Bob) Beall
la Mesa
Calif
Osceola
Iowa
Phoenix
Ariz
Pansy Robertson
Painter Herman Haskins Dies at 83 in North Adams
North Adams Mass. Herman A. Haskins 83 renowned for late life Christmas card illustrations for the United Nations Children’s Fund died Monday. He began painting at 66 to make gifts for his grandchildren, creating rough watercolors from his boyhood memories.
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North Adams
Mass
Herman A. Haskins
United Nations Children’s Fund
Haskins
Daniel F. Hassell Dies in Hamilton At 80
Daniel F. Hassell 80 longtime vice president of industrial relations for Dominion Foundry and Steel Co died Sunday night after a brief illness in Hamilton Ontario He came to Canada from Sharon Pennsylvania in 1912 for the hunting season but joined the steel firm as a helper on a furnace
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Hamilton, Ont
Daniel F. Hassell
Dominion Foundry and Steel Co
Hassel
Canada
Sharon
Steel Company
Noted securities analyst Charles A. O'Neil dies at 72
Charles A. O'Neil, a renowned authority on securities analysis and longtime educator at Northwestern and New York universities, died Sunday. He was 72 and served as senior vice president of Duff and Phelps in Chicago, specializing in rates for utilities.
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Chicago
Charles A. O'Neil
Northwestern
New York
O’neil
Duff and Phelps, Inc
Public Records From Lawton Police List of Reported Thefts and Vandalism
Names of individuals and businesses reported to Lawton Police for thefts vandalism and related losses follow. Entries include Lloyd Hindsmith theft of a 1960 car Shirley Jones bicycle loss Christina Pagel billiotd L B Scott Jr stereo gear and car vandalism incidents. Numerous residences report burglary theft of bicycles wallets and gas forgery and front door vandalism among others.
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Lawton
Lloyd Hindsmith
Shirley Jones
Christina Pagel
L. B. Scott Jr
Fiarfield
S. Tith
Pinky Callie
Arbuckle
Paul E. Deen
Bishop Read
Robert L. McFarland
Lowton
Helen Blankenshin
McGlachlin
Wacker
Harold Knowles
Great Plains Blvd
Philip Carson
Lewis Newman
Lincoln
Citzens
Holland Barns
Bishop Road
Mattie Page
Garfield
Rodney Perkins
Berkshire
Jock Bryan
Nancy Kerr
Ruth Kennard
Compass
Jiffy Food Store
Cache Road
Jones Texaco
Charges Filed in District Court Clerk’s Office
Felony charges listed include Allen Lee Conley 2908 Monroe for concealing and withholding stolen property. Clarence R. Mathews 19471st Transportation Company Fort Sill charged with second degree burglary. Willie Videll Spradlina 1407 A charged with embezzlement by employee.
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District Court Clerk's
Allen Lee Conley
Monroe
Clarence R. Mathews
Fort Sill
Willie Videll Spradlina
Fire Alarm Responses Reported by Lawton Fire Department
Lawton firefighters answered alarms Monday and Tuesday at multiple sites. Incidents include a gas wash down after a traffic crash on 34th and Cache. a minor fire at a residence on Fourth and F. a fire at a house on Lincoln Avenue. and a firecracker stand blaze on Bishop Road.
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The
Lawton Fire Department
Cache Road
Atlanta
Bishop Road
Lincoln
Palestine Leader Arrives in Moscow for Visit
Yasir Arafat led a PLO delegation to Moscow arriving Monday. Tass did not state meeting goals or who he would meet during the stay. Delegation came at the invitation of the Afro Asian Solidarity Committee.
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Moscow
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Tass
Arafat
Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee
Volunteer Army project praised by young soldiers at Fort Sill
Major Brown of Oklahoma State University reports in a master's thesis that the Modern Volunteer Army appeals more to soldiers under 31 at Fort Sill. Officers express reservations while senior NCOs back the program, with findings drawn from November to March surveys of enlisted men and officers.
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Stillwater
Fort Sill
Ed Brown
Oklahoma State University
Brown
OSU
Army
Command and General Staff College
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
MVA
K.P
Fort Sal
South
Taloga
Okla
Department of
Stock Mart Prices Take Sharp Slump
New York stocks fell sharply in slow trading as the noon Dow dropped 7.98 to 906.98 amid institutional nervousness about the international monetary situation and concerns over McGovern policies and Paris talks. Occidental signed a five year tech pact with the Soviet Union. trading halted at 12:34 for the announcement.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Robert Johnson
Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis
George McGovern
Paris
Occidental Petroleum
Occidental
Soviet Union
Amex
Cityan Arraigned In Property Case
A 29 year old Lawton man Allen Lee Conley was arraigned in district court on a charge of possessing stolen property. The preliminary hearing was set for August 4 at 11 30 a m with bond set at 1500. He is accused of possessing a television reported stolen June 28 from 314 Park by Carol Hudnell.
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Lawton
Allen Lee Conley
Monroe
John Taylor
Conley
Carol Hudnell
314 Park
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Dedmond
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Spearman
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Sill Air
Cameron
Sam Melrose
Mattie Wilson
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Bernard
Mary) Mills
Ft. Carson
Colo
Mills
Bob Beall
Daniel F. Hassel
Iowa City
Ralston Creek
Secs Sia
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Palestine
State Department of Agriculture
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Medford
Perryton
Clinton
Geary
Kingfisher
Okeene
Watonga
Weatherford
Afton
Altus
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