Vo Tech School Approves Parking Lot Contract
The vo tech board awarded a parking lot contract with bidders Fort Enterprises at 96363, Chapman Construction at 101400, and Wicker Construction at 86768. James R. Lewallen was hired as industrial coordinator at 11000 annual salary, starting July 1.
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Vo-Tech School OK
Ing
Fort Enterprises
Chapman Construction
Wicker Construction
Vo-Tech Board
James R. Lewallen
Votech
Lewallen
Vo-Tech
Thompson Book and Supply
Ratcliffe
Triangle A & E
Brock Office Supply
Eisenhower High
Eisenhower Junior High
Lake Searched For Man's Body
The body search focused on Lake Lawtonka after a Fort Sill sergeant's borrowed boat was found adrift near Schoolhouse Slough Monday night, prompting a manhunt and ongoing recovery efforts.
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Fort Sill
Lake Lawtonka
Missing angler Connelly found adrift off Scholhouse Slough
Lawtonka fisherman Connelly, missing after obtaining a fishing permit Monday, was found in a 14 foot boat adrift about 150 yards offshore with ignition on and gas tank empty. His wallet, licenses and gear were aboard. search crews including an Army helicopter scoured the lake and deputies urged residents to report sightings.
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Lawtonka
Scholhouse Slough
Connelly
Slough
Herman Thornton
Lake
Lawton Fish and Game Rangers
Lake Lawtonka
Fort Sill
Branscom
Bill Banks
Robinson’s
Branscum
Randall Hale
Hale
Sheriff’s Office
Oklahoma lawmakers target Rainbolt Winters in indictments
Tulsa legislator asks Hall to fire Highway Commissioner Rainbolt and seek State Treasurer Winters' resignation after federal grand jury indictments. Gov. Hall backstays, Rainbolt plans to comply. Derryberry faces questions over loan disclosures in his 1970 campaign amid further accusations from GOP leader Clarence Warner.
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Hall
Tulsa
H. E. Rainbolt
Leo Winters
Frank Keating
Winters
Treas Wrate
Rainbolt
Shawnee
Clarence Warner
Atty
Larry Derryberry
Warner
Derryberry
State Election Board
GOP
U.S. Atty
William R. Burkett
Rhoades and Daughomah Ahtone Win Tribal Seats
Rhoades led Kiowa voting with 352 ballots to Adolphus Goombi’s 273 in Fort Cobb. Juanita Daughomah Ahtone won the Carnegie seat with 322 votes over Cornelia Ware Sheri dan Anadarko. Oscar Tsoodie of Carnegie won the committeeman post. Vincent Bointy Carnegie was elected to housing, defeating Spencer Que ton Lawton 248 to 168. Totals finalize June 13 after tribal election board certification.
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Juanita Daughomah Ahtone
Carnegie
Cornelia Ware Sheridan
Anadarko
Oscar Tsoodie
Vincent Bointy
Spencer Queton
Lawton
Bointy
Mayo R. Johnson
Meers
Tribal
Melva Wermy
Tribal Election Board
Skylab telescope mission ends in rocket destruction
At White Sands Missile Range a Canadian Black Brant VC rocket carrying Harvard cameras exploded and was destroyed by a safety officer. The test aimed to photograph a solar region while Skylab astronauts used the Apollo telescope mount. Officials expect potential additional launches.
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White Sands Missile Range
N.M
Harvard University
Rumors Circulate About Stadium Split and Earth Shaking News
A local discussion recounts Jeane Dixon forecasts tying Oklahoma rumors to college sports. Reports claimed disasters or campus violence linked to OU and Oklahoma State University, with one claim predicting an earth shaking event in Norman. Fans note timing matched a major scandal day but nothing happened.
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Oklahoma
J. Dixon
Oklahoma State University
Jeane Dixon
Norman
University of Oklahoma
Lawton
Lawton Board fills seat and hires staff for schools
The Lawton Board of Education appointed Wheatly to represent southwest Lawton on the board and set election for January. Also named James Nisbett assistant principal at Lawton High, Col. Floyd McLean to head MacArthur High ROTC, and approved multiple staff changes, bids, and projects including building upkeep and transportation.
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Lawton Board of Education
Sharon Montague
Wheatly
Phail Wynn
Keri
Central Junior High
Leonard Wheatly
Meadowbrook
James Nisbett
Lawton High School
Leon Perry
Nisbett
Southwestern State College
Col
Floyd McLean
MacArthur High School
Col. McLean
St. Benedict’s College
University of Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Cameron College
Hugh Bish
Chil Hare
Bish
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Harold Short
Eisenhower High School
Eisenhower High
Lawton High
Ted Horton
Horton
Fort Sill Indian School Advisory Board
Johnson- O’malley
FSIS
MacArthur
Lawton Council Split Over Highway ROW Costs and Day Care Ordinance
The Lawton council debated right of way payments for a Gore Boulevard project with fears of misled property owners and unclear negotiations. They approved seeking an estimate from the state while keeping the city’s share, about one fourth of total costs, locally funded. The body also tabled a restrictive ordinance on new child care centers in R-1 and R-2 zones and planned to revisit Lake Ellsworth water level policies.
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Glascock
Gore Boulevard
Roy Hooper
State Highway Department
Hooper
Lawton
Kinley McClure
Larry Fountaine
Fountaine
Ellsworth
Nixon surveillance figures show rising postwar totals
WIRETAPS says attempts to undermine Nixon won’t succeed as Scott cites a “general get-the-President process.” He estimates FBI surveillance under presidential or legal authority for 1969 129, 1970 102, 1971 101, and 1972 108, versus 82 in 1968, with a full postwar rundown dating to 1945 through 1968.
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Nixon
Scott
Johnson
FBI
Watergate Committee Witness Delays Testimony in Probe
A Watergate committee witness has not yet testified in the nearly yearlong case. He already serves a contempt sentence for refusing to answer questions despite offered immunity. Mrs Harmony did not reveal typed transcript contents in her testimony and discussed with her attorney when such questions came up. The U S Court of Appeals has forbidden disclosure of that information.
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Mittee
Harmony
U.S. Court of Appeals
College Student Personnel Officials To Meet Here
Oklahoma College Personnel Association convenes at Cameron College with keynote by Dr. Jim Ratigan Wichita State University on Student Development and Personnel. Dr. Dan Hallenbeck Iowa State University will discuss Programs Which Fill Residence Halls. Richard Mock Cameron vice president leads state group. about 75 administrators expected.
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Cameron College
Jim Ratigan
Journal of the
Wichita State University
Wichita
Kan
Oklahoma College Personnel Association
Cameron
Richard Mock
Dan Hallenbeck
Iowa State University
Ames
Mack
The
Personnel Association
Public Records Reported Burglary Theft Across City
Lawton Police logs detail multiple incidents including burglaries thefts and vandalism at residences stores mobile homes and businesses. Notable cases involve thefts of motor furniture wheel covers bicycles and guns, plus vandalism and a credit card misuse attempt.
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Persons
Ace
Lawton
Cache Road
Wallock
Dalton Mobile Or Park
Tower Road
Fowler's Point
Francis Poindexter
Geronimo
Gore
Cy Jiffy Food
Tith and
Routh Zuniga
Rabbit
Kenneth Palmer
Cornelius Drain
Henry Wright
Williams
Martha Hastings
Compass
Kerr-McGee
N. Sheridan Road
Stock Shop
Harris Eldridge
N. Woodridge
Anese Bunch
Lincoln
Robert Fietz
Woodland Place
Clerence Pio
St. Sheridan Road
K. Curry
Douglas
Gillman Pelletier
Northwood
Samuel Jack
Country Club Dr
Fire department logs show grass and house fire alarms
Lawton Fire Department records alarm times and locations from Monday and Tuesday. At 4 37 p m Monday a grass fire occurred at 19th and Lee. At 9 56 p m Monday an electrical short standby arose at 918 Runyon Road. At 9 50 a m Tuesday a minor house fire was reported at 1157 Ozman.
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The
Lawton Fire Department
19Th and
Lee
Runyon Road
Ozman
Polygraph tests clear guards in Oklahoma prison bribery case
Oklahoma City AP Leo McCracken state corrections director says polygraph tests have cleared state prison guards of charges they took bribes to aid a tunnel escape last February. Inmate LeRoy Tiffey, 49, claimed he paid 10 000 dollars to inmates and guards to help the escape.
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Oklahoma City
Leo McCracken
LeRoy Tiffey
McCracken
State Crime Bureau
Department of Corrections
Rain Makers Close Gates and Discuss Weather Seeding
Dr. Krick reports seeding continues in northwest state contract areas while Kiowa County seeding is suspended. No recent seeding for Cotton County wheat crops despite a dry spell forecast. He urges federal regional action to reduce tornadoes via cloud seeding, blaming bureaucratic resistance.
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Ters
Krick
Tipton and
Snyder
Dr. Krick
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