City Lakes Hit Record Levels Amid Flood Warnings
Lawton area endures heavy storms in May with 361 inches of precipitation across May 28 30 triggering widespread flooding. Waurika Dam scare eases as floodwaters recede. 30 families evacuate. Lake Lawtonka nears floodgate levels with multiple openings at Ellsworth to manage rising waters.
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Waurika Reservoir
Waurika
Oklahoma
Lawton
Wolf Creek
Squaw Creek
Lake Ellsworth
Susan Ford’s Classmates Attend White House Prom
Susan Ford’s Holton Arms classmates attended a White House prom costing about 1300 paid by student fundraisers. The event featured two bands in the East Room with reporters and cameras present, Secret Service checks, and photos with Mrs Ford absent due to an official European trip.
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Susan Ford
White House
Ashington
East Room
George
Martha Washington
Secret Service
Susan
President
Mrs. Ford
Europe
Price shifts in May lift pork and eggs while sugar dips
The AP survey shows pork prices rising in eight cities as supplies tighten and egg substitutes fall in May. Sugar prices hit multi month lows, with five pound bags ranging from 1.39 to 1.79 in major cities. Predictions hinge on harvest sizes and USDA expects a 6 to 8 percent 1975 price rise if bumper crops occur.
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Dallas
Agriculture Department
USDA
Albuquerque
Boston
New York City
Comanche County Awards Health and ASCOG Seats
The Comanche County Board of Commissioners named Dr. Royce Means to the Board of Health and Ike Williams to ASCOG. County clerk fees for May totaled 7275.74 from the clerk and 889.80 from the sheriff. A bid plan to buy 49 election booths for about 10000 was tabled pending discount checks, and Sheriff Coy Rogers’ red light and siren request was postponed pending the 1975 76 budget.
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Comanche County Board of Commissioners
Comanche County Board of Health
Association of South Central Oklahoma Governors
ASCOG
Royce Means
Taliaferro
Board of Health
Ike Williams
Sterling
Rosa Hines
J. N. Logan
Election Board
Comanche County
Coy Rogers
Lawton Boys Club Announces Summer Hours and Activities
The Lawton Salvation Army Boys Club at 1315 F Ave will be open Monday through Friday 9 am to 5 pm and Saturday 10 am to 4 pm. Summer plans include trips to Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge and museums, plus arts crafts and sports clinics. Membership costs 50 cents to $1 per year. contact director Russel Kious at 357 7541.
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Lawton Salvation Army Boys Club
Russel Kious
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Kious
Equalization Board Updates At Annual Meeting
The board discussed assessments at its annual meeting noting no tax increase is planned but valuations may be adjusted to equalize disparities in the tax rolls. Members include Glenn L, L. M. Knight, and Harrison King.
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Equalization Board
Glenn
L. M. Knight
Harrison King
Israel to withdraw half front line troops near Suez Canal
Rabin outlined steps for easing tension as Israel moves 50 percent of front line tanks from the area within 18 miles of the canal and pulls back artillery to 19 miles, while missiles retreat to 24 miles and 3,500 troops depart the frontline zone east of the UN buffer. Egypt welcomes the plan as a peace gesture.
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Page
Suez Canal
Egypt
Cairo
Middle East
Rabin
Israel
United Nations
Washington
Golan Heights
Pentagon
Syria
Iraq
Euphrates River
Mideast peace talks advance as Egypt invites Ford
Officials report ongoing peace efforts in the Middle East with Egyptian invitation to President Ford. In Lebanon, four people were killed in Damour fighting between Chamoun aides and Muslims from Haret Naameh, with several wounded and four Chamoun aides kidnapped before a Sunday security crackdown and cease-fire.
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Ford
Egypt
Beirut
Camille Chamoun
Damour
Haret Naameh
Duncan Youth In Critical Condition After Motorcycle Crash
Duncan police report Rocky Barber, 19, sustained head injuries and a fractured skull in a motorcycle crash at a Duncan intersection. He was air lifted by Fort Sill MAST helicopter to St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City for treatment. Passenger Susan McClennen, 16, wasn’t injured.
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Duncan
St. Anthony Hospital
Oklahoma City
Rocky Barber
Medical Center Hospital
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Lawton
Fort Sill
Barber
Don Cartwright
Cartwright
Susan McClennen
Rt. 3
City Council Reviews Budgets and Public Hearings
The Lawton council considers appointing to the Arts and Humanities Council and License Review Board. It reviews drainage plans on 11th Street and an 18,850 dollar contract for Dempster Dumpster bins. A 13,566 dollar truck contract is also on the agenda. Public hearings for rezoning NW 67th and New Cache Road are set. A 776.30 dollar claim against Bob Mansell is to be pursued. A workshop on urban renewal is scheduled at 8 a.m. in the City Library, May 20.
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American National Bank
Lawton Arts and Humanities Council
11Th Street
Dempster
NW 67Th
New Cache Road
SW 1
38Th Street
State Highway Department
Bob Mansell
Oklahoma market prices for wheat barley Milo and soybeans
State Agriculture reports today show wheat prices from 2.96 to 3.51 per bushel across towns including Altus Clinton El Reno Geary Hobart Kingfisher Muskogee and more with higher values in Gulf at 3.51. Barley ranges 2.20 to 2.40 per bushel with towns Keyes Liberal Temple Watonga Geary Kingfisher Manchester Ponca City at 2.20 to 2.40. Milo priced 4.20 to 4.70 per cent per hundredweight with multiple towns listed including Altus Keyes Kingfisher Liberal Pauls Valley Perryton Ponca City Weatherford Temple Watonga Manchester Geary Afton Gulf reaching 4.70. Soybeans reported in several locations from 4.42 to 5.22 per bushel with Afton Banner Muskogee Pauls Valley Gulf leading at 5.22.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Afton
Altus
Clinton
el Reno
Geary
Hobart
Kingfisher
Manchester
Muskogee
Pauls Valley
Watonga
Weatherford
Yukon
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Medford
Okeene
Ponca City
Temple
Gulf
Dope Charge Hits Pair At Euclid Street Residence
Sunday morning arrests at 314 Euclid during a sheriff narcotics probe led to charges of possession of LSD. Richard Allen Clepper and Brenda Mabel Tompkins, both 21, face court appearances after 63 LSD capsules were found in a refrigerator. Investigators Nick Alderson and Ray Anderson said deputies observed marijuana in an ash tray before gaining perimeters to search.
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Sheriff's Department
Nick Alderson
Ray Anderson
Richard Allen Clepper
1St
Cannon Battalion
Fort Sill
Brenda Mabel Tompkins
Euclid
Fire department logs show multiple incidents and totals
Fire reports list times and places of alarms answered by the Lowton Fire Department. Sunday entries note a false alarm at 1201 Oklahoma and a 10:20 p.m. incident described as electric or electrical issue. Monday shows a 7:08 p.m. call at 2012 Lincoln for a TV explosion. The department dispatches this year total 670.
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Lowton Fire Department
Lincoln, TV
Brides Should Not Forget Name Change Forms
In June brides rush to weddings and may forget to notify the Social Security Administration about name changes. Coleman Johnson, SSA district manager, urges new married names be provided to correct the social security card and keep earnings records accurate, noting benefits for retirement disability survivors and Medicare.
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Social Security Administration
Coleman Johnson
Social Security
Drowning Probe Into Cotton County Pond Accident
The Cotton County sheriff investigates a teen drowning at a farm pond near Walters Oklahoma. Otis Taylor 14 of Burkburnett drowned while swimming and fishing with three others. body recovered in 10 feet of water by draggers. Assisted by Tillman County and Grandfield personnel. others listed suffered near drowning in the same incident.
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Walters
Cotton County
Tillman County
Ray Ledbetter
Wayne Spradlin
Clay Dudenhoeffer
Grandfield
Barry Spurlock
Roy Oakley
Tracy Joe Oakley
Burkburnett
Jimmie Calager
Duncan
Spurlock
Cinnamon Brown Sugar Oatmeal Top Ping
Mix a little cinnamon with brown sugar to create a sweet top ping for hot cooked oatmeal. This simple combination adds warmth and depth to a quick breakfast, enhancing flavor without extra ingredients or complexity.
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Lawtonka
Lake Lawtonka
Margi Brawner
Segeore
Gale Frawley
Dio
Marilyn Monroe
Greta Garbo
Billy Pifer
Winchester
Holton Arms School
Bethesda
Ned Farquhar
Miss Frawley
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S
Dennis the Menace
The
Lawton Urban
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Arch M. March
Judy van Rest
Mideast
Duncan Youth
Council
Cleta Booker Hood
Congress
Ance
Cache
ICN
Savings & Loan Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Federal Home Loan Bank System
D Avenue
Constitution & Press
Inwian
Congitunon
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