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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1971
Page
11
In Oklahoma only 13 percent of alfalfa has been cut for the third time, with poor yields due to weather and insects. Cattle remain steady, but crops lag behind last year as cotton tops 14 percent squaring, corn 21 percent dough, and sorghum 23 percent headed. Peanuts 34 percent flowering and soybeans 14 percent.
Palm Springs man says he obtained Shell Oil credit cards in his dog Pete's name. He claims two cards arrived with no social security number or debts. Shell Credit Dept. manager notes similar occasional cases such as Peter Rabbit and Mickey Mouse apply, but usually they verify applicants.
Fair Wednesday with a high near 90 and low tonight in the upper 60s. Extended outlook shows fair conditions through Wednesday across zones 9 11 10 14 17 18 19 with some upper 80s highs and scattered fair passages elsewhere.
Widely scattered thundershowers this evening. Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with Wermer north Wednesday. Low tonight 68 to 78. High Wednesday 93 to 99. Also notes low mid 30s to near 9 for other regions and mentions temperatures in Oklahoma Kansas Arkansas and California cities plus historical bits.
The listing outlines a Wednesday lineup with Make Your Own Kind of Music, Green Acres, This Morning, Days of Our Lives, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, Newlywed Game, Dating Game, Secret Storm and General Hospital. It references time slots and channel identifiers.
Lawton FFA members plus Steve McGuffin and Max Seibold lead two Lawton judging teams in Frederick for the Oklahoma Junior Shorthorn Field Day. Earlier, Kriz McGuffin Porter Copeland earned fourth, with Copeland fifth among individuals at the National Angus Heifer Show in Nashville. 351 heifers exhibited by 300 exhibitors from 22 states.
Autopsy on a nine month old Grandfield infant, Harold Davis, concluded death from pneumonia not equine encephalomyelitis. Dr. Charles Green, health director, said the child died about 9 AM at Memorial Hospital after a fever and breathing cessation.
Congress shows little urgency to renew the draft law before September. Conferees doubt breakthrough this week as Stennis plans more talks with Laird. Mansfield seeks a nine month pullout, but many expect the date to be removed from a two year extension.
Rick Gardner, 17, organized a rally with about 20 signs opposing annexation despite district voters approving it last week. He says the event is not a protest but an airing of student opinion about staying in the old district.
In Muskogee Oklahoma a September district court trial is set for eight black students who were dismissed from Northeastern State University over a room incident. The students allege race was the motive in their removal and seek remedies.
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