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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1976
Page
3
The report lists numerous thefts from residences and businesses including bikes, a town mower, pistol, CB radio, and vending machines. Vandalism, burglary, and damaged autos are noted along with a few arrests and a Molotov Cocktail incident. Fire department calls total 1,637 for the year.
The Whitewolf Eas-Rosa Descendants sponsor an appreciation gourd dance from 2 p m to 11 p m Saturday at the Johnnie Reid Dance Grounds four miles west of Medicine Park turn-off. The event thanks Indians and area gourd clubs for help during the past year and the Esa-Rosa powwow’s first annual success. Principals include Elmer Winnerby chairman Jamie Sue Hitchcock head lady dancer Doc Peawardy vice chairman Kenneth Ray Capes head boy dancer. Bring own dishes and chairs.
Fort Sill Scouts host an English village fete July 24 from 10 30 to 5 p m at the children's playground near Officers Club with a magician, bagpiper, and British games like Swiping the Rat and Tossing the Haybale. The event raises funds for churches and charities, with prizes donated by Fort Sill National Bank and a new art contest for dependents 3 to 15.
An attempt to revoke a suspended prison term for killer Al fonso Leroy Mack was dismissed in district court after the defense proved the state failed to link him to a liquor-store robbery on April 10. The clerk identified another man as a robber. Mack had pled guilty in 1975 to a reduced first degree manslaughter charge from 1974.
In Lowton Constitution July 20 1976 Foxon Bishop Medicine Park Stony Point and Flower Mound Public School Systems plan full compliance with Title IX prohibiting sex discrimination in education and employment. Don Dregins County Superintendent coordinates efforts from Comanche County Courthouse Drawer 9007 telephone 35 0876 he handles investigations and appeals to the district Board of Education.
William Marion Dees 84 a McMahon Tomlinson Nursing Center resident and former city employee died Monday. Funeral Thursday 2 30 p m at Lawton Ritter Dalton Funeral Home with Rev Weldon Rightmer officiating burial Letitia Cemetery. Lena Mae McGinnis 80 resident since 1910 died Monday in Anadarko hospital. Funeral Wednesday 2 p m Assembly of God Church with Rev Frank Pollard and Rev Charles Abney officiating burial Celestial Gardens Cemetery. Survivors listed for both include spouse children and extended family.
Funeral services for Sgt. (Ret.) Willis R. Richardson 58 of 1904 Taft are pending at Becker Funeral Home after his death Monday in a local hospital following a long illness. Born December 20, 1917 in Lawton, he served 21 years in the Army including World War II and the Korean War before retiring from Fort Sill Civil Service in May 1976. He was married September 10, 1949 in Henrietta, Texas to Minnie Ellen Summers. survivors include his wife, a daughter, three sisters, three brothers, and two grandchildren.
The OSBI relocates to a $59,000 headquarters at SE Seventh and Gore after leaving West Gore Boulevard. Ernest Lovett cites occupancy by two agents, two chemists, and two secretaries with expanded lab, interview room, and secretarial space. Some exterior painting and carpet work remain.
Cameron University hosted its second annual Speech-Forensic workshop with 83 students from Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas. Winners included Debbie Morris and Marty McKellips of Eisenhower High School for Tournament debate, with runners-up Ramona Lowe and Sonja Reynolds.
District Judge Jack Brock was appointed to a seven member Oklahoma Judicial Conference committee to draft reapportionment recommendations for the legislature and to review needed changes for efficient judicial manpower. The panel includes Lowe Runkle, Justice William Berry, Arthur Boose, Dean Linder, Anthony Massad, and Thomas Brett.
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