Community Reaction Improvement Outlined
The U S Commission on Civil Rights reports improved community reaction to school desegregation in nine of ten areas studied. Highlights include calmer Pontiac Michigan after 1971 bus protests and generally less political hostility in Union Township New Jersey and Glynn County Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Midwest
Charlotte- Mecklenburg
N.C
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Pontiac
Mich
Hillsborough County
Fla
Winston-Salem
Pasadena
Calif
Union Township
N.J
Clark County
Nev
Glynn County
Oxnard
Riverside
OSU Receives 300000 Gift for Building Fund Drive
The Gannett Newspaper Foundation pledged 300000 in stock to Oklahoma State University toward a 600000 project to enlarge and modernize the Communications Building. OSU alumni and state media leaders attended the luncheon where Paul Miller announced the gift and its potential to unlock more university funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Okla
Gannett Newspaper Foundation
Oklahoma State University
OSU
Paul Miller
Associated Press
Gannett Group
Miller
Vincent S. Jones
Foundation
Jones
Oklahoma
University
O’collegian
Nixon Welcomes Japan Prime Minister for World Peace Talks
President Nixon greeted Japan's Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in Washington marking the start of two days of talks. Tanaka praised expanding U S Japan relations and stressed mutual understanding of national characteristics and social fabric as partners in pursuing world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Japan
Kakuei Tanaka
Tanaka
United States
Hearing Set In Assault Case At Fort Sill
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for August 10 for Edgar Bryant 19 Fort Sill charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after a Saturday stabbing of Albert Hale Jr. at 2413 Williams Bond set at 1500 Hale in satisfactory condition at Reynolds Army Hospital authorities said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Bryant
Fort Sill
Bryant
Albert Hale Jr
Williams
Hale
Reynolds Army Hospital
Public Records Reports Of Thefts And Burglaries In City
Police logs list complaints from numerous residents and businesses in Lowton. Names include Sears Mth and Gore for clothing thefts, Johnny C Weiss for burglary and multiple items, McNayr and Kinmouth for two typewriters and more, Edison Elementary for radio and tape recorder burglary, and other incidents of bicycle, television, and tool thefts along with various vandalism reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears
Mth and Gore
Johnny C. Weiss
McNayr and Kinmouth Inc
Otis Watkins
Cheryl
Wade Oldsmobile
Charles J. Burke
Edison
Columbia
Ben Scott
Francis Pope
Linde Bynum
Bishop Road
Natalie Heaney
Baltimore
Lawton
Smith
Bill Beavers
Chattanoogs
Violet Calloway
Harold Cunningham
Bell
Gary Lambert
Kingsbury
Mary Redwine
Motif Manor
Ccurace
Imants Sipols
Jerry Rackley
Euclid
Eddie West
S. 14Th Place
Charles Renschler
Jonet Jones
Lee Bird
Gloria Odom
Kinyon
Fred Espinoza
Compass
Richard Keathley
Oklahoma lakes gain funds in public works bill
Washington AP report says House and Senate conferees approved a public works appropriations bill allotting construction money for nine Oklahoma projects. Allocations include Birch Lake 1.05 million, Clayton Lake 1 million, Copan Lake 1.56 million, Hugo Lake 4 million, Kaw Lake 20.76 million, Optima Lake 2.48 million, Skintook Lake 1.5 million, Waurika Lake 7.4 million, and Webbers Falls lock and dam 600 thousand.
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Washington
House
Senate
Oklahoma
Birch Lake
Clayton Lake
Copan Lake
Hugo Lake
Kaw Lake
Optima
Skintook Lake
Waurike Lake
Webbers Falls
Death Notice for Hugh James 66 of 410 S Sheridan
Hugh James 66 of 410 S Sheridan died at 3 35 p m Monday after a brief illness. Funeral 2 30 p m Thursday at Keyes Methodist Church with Rev Thomas B Pittman III and Rev W E Wilson officiating. Burial Garrett Cemetery near Keyes. White Funeral Home Boise City in charge. He was born August 12 1906 in Happy Texas and married Lois Mildred Tate October 7 1933 in Boise City. He was a retired farmer and moved to Lawton area eight years ago from Keyes. Survivors include wife Lois, one son Jimmie of Bowie Texas, two daughters Corrine Wiley of Keyes and Mary Ellen Jones of 410 S Sheridan, four brothers Pete Oklahoma City Buck Gravette Ark Victor Jay and Jerry California, three sisters Jetta Pullis Boise City Kathryn Bauers Mena Ark and Alta Lewis Maysville Ark, and six grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh James
S. Sheridan
Keyes Methodist Church
Thomas B. Pittman III
Lawton
W. E. Wilson
Boise City
Garrett Cemetery
Keyes
White Funeral Home
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton
James
Happy
Tex
Lois Mildred Tate
Jimmie
Bowie
Corrine Wiley
Mary Ellen Jones
Pete
Oklahoma City
Buck
Gravette
Ark
Victor
Jay
Jerry
California
Jetta Pullis
Kathryn Bauers
Mena
Alta Lewis
Maysville
Death Notice for Harry McSwain Ward in Tahlequah
Harry McSwain Ward 56 former Lawton resident died Monday in Tahlequah. Funeral at 10 a.m. Thursday in Tahlequah with burial at 4 p.m. at Rosedale Cemetery Ada. Born Ada November 2, 1916, he lived in Lawton 12 years, moved to Tahlequah in January. He was a construction worker, St. Paul’s Methodist Church member, and Alcoholics Anonymous official. Survived by his wife Edith, a sister and several nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Tahlequah
Harry McSwain
Lawton
Rosedale
Ada
Reed Culver
Alma Simpson dies after extended illness at 79
Alma Edna Simpson, 79, died at 6 a.m. Sunday at a local nursing home after an extended illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of Christ in Chillicothe Missouri with Minister James Mabery officiating. Burial will follow in Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Chillicothe. Arrangements are by Greenlawn Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Edna Simpson
Church of Christ
Chillicothe
James Mabery
Resthaven Memorial Gardens
Greenlawn Funeral Home
Wilkins Couple Dead In One Car Crash In Oklahoma
Funeral services for Mr. Truman Wilkins aged 42 and Mrs. Wilkins aged 43 of Apache will be held at Crews Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Cache Creek Mission Cemetery. They died Friday near Warner in a single vehicle accident. Survived by son Kenneth of Cement and four daughters in Oklahoma City North Memphis Cement and others along with siblings in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Mrs. Wilkins was a Jehovahs Witness.
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Truman Wilkins
Chickasha
Crews Funeral Home
Apache
Cache Creek Mission
Ozark, Ark
Nona Gray
Lois McCartney
Fort Smith, Ark
Wilkins
Marjorie Haury
Oklahoma City
June Wyatt
Nashville
N. C
Marcella Juarez
Public forum criticizes Lawton city pay and leadership
A reader vents at the Lawton public forum, accusing a one man regime and costly new directors of overspending while streets decay. Firefighters of Lawton Local 1882 defend wages, noting sewer and garbage rate hikes but stressing city services remain underpaid and underpriced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Lawton Firefighters Association
Four Arrested for Prostitution in Lawton Hotels
Four Lawton women were arrested at three local hotels by Det. Terry Ball on Monday night and charged in Municipal Court with vagrancy by prostitution. Three white and four black females posted $200 bonds and were released, court records show.
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Lawton
Terry Ball
Cityan To Direct State Powwow at Bacone College
Elmer Winnerchy of Lawton will direct the annual powwow Wednesday as part of the 16th National American Indian Relationship Seminar at Bacone College in Muskogee. Thompson Gouge of Faxon, youth director of Youth Prevention Services, will direct the seminar’s youth activity day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Winnerchy
Lawton
Bacone College
Muskogee
Winnerchy
Thompson Gouge
Faxon
Fort Sill Honors Ten With Military Decorations Ceremony
Ten Fort Sill servicemen were decorated in a ceremony led by Maj. Gen. David E. Ott. Awards included a Distinguished Flying Cross for CWO Edward R. Gwynn for Vietnam combat actions, five Bronze Stars, and four Meritorious Service Medals for other personnel.
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Fort Sill
David E. Ott
U.S. Army Field Artillery School
Usafas
CWO
Edward R. Gwynn
333Rd Field Artillery
Vietnam
Cwo Gwynn
J.C. Milton V. Robinson
John D. Fernicola
18Th Field Artillery
Delfin S. Linson
47Th Field Hospital
John Reid
III Corps Artillery
Esteban C. Soto Jr
Chester M. Pool
Adjutant General Division
Elmer J. Greer
212Th Artillery Group
Europe
Richard M. Applegate
Rehoma Shumaker
Office of Logistics
Litter Costs US Government 25 Cents per Item
The General Services Administration states each litter piece costs the government 25 cents per quarter for every wrapper can or bottle not properly disposed of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Services Administration
Stocks Drift Lower In Dull Trading Session
New York prices slid slightly in dull action as the market attempted to resume the two week rally paused Monday. The Dow Jones at noon stood down 0.37 to 933.40 amid mixed NYSE and AMEX readings and commodity prices for wheat, barley, Milo, and hay reported by the State Department of Agriculture.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Medford
Afton
Manchester
Altus
Clinton
el Reno
Geary
Hobart
Okeene
Weatherford
Watonga
Yukon
Muskogee
Gulf
Mangum
Temple
MILO
Masgum
Pauls Valley
Hearing Set for City Shooting Case at B and H Lounge
Preliminary hearing for Valentine Zavala, 27, charged in district court with assault in a tavern shooting that wounded two teens. Bond set at 2000 dollars. Willis Neide 17 of Cache in fair condition at a Oklahoma City hospital after a bullet hit Robert Komacheet Jr. 18 of Indiahoma. Komacheet not hospitalized. Police say the shooting occurred at the B and H Lounge at 2548 Fort Sill Blvd near 9 p.m. Saturday.
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Valentine Zavala
Willis Glen Neide
Cache
Oklahoma City
Robert Komacheet Jr
Route
Indiahoma
Komacheet
B and H
Fort Sill Blvd
Ada Man Killed in Car Train Crash Near Earlimart
An Ada Oklahoma man William E Anglin 22 died when his car collided with a freight train near Earlimart Tulare County. Coroner's office identified the victim and said no further details were available.
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Earlimart
Calif
Okla
Tulare County
William E. Anglin
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Douglass School
Lowrence
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Welter Ross
Hoover
Waurika
Clear Conference
Alma Simpson
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Fountaine
Hannah
Fannie Maude Bean
Larry Bogges
Jerry Kovacs
Alan McCune
Gerry Killian
David Lasater
Paul McWilliams
Ralph York
Raulston Furniture
Cityan
Ewe A National Bank
NYSE
International Telephone
American Stock Exchange
Goodyear
Cabot
Curtiss Wright
Disney
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American Motors
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