Area Wheat Harvest Reaches Peak Amid Strong Yields
Co op Services reports harvest gains despite dry winter with average yields from 23 to 37 bushels per acre and isolated 50 bushel cases. Railroads and trucking firms provide solid support as Lawton and nearby elevators handle large daily volumes. Police aided traffic flow Saturday at the Lawton elevator near Sheridan Road and Frisco tracks. Green bug damage and root rot affect some farmers, while bumper activity continues across Grandfield Chattanooga and Lawton sites with peak days totaling over 131000, 120000, and 79723 bushels respectively.
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Polone
Rock Island
Fryer
Lawton
Sheridan Road
Frisco
Co-Op
Grandfield
Chattanooga
Ford Reagan battle shifts through primaries and polls
The article tracks campaign maneuvers in the 1976 presidential race with Ford, Reagan, Carter, Udall and Wallace. It notes delegate counts, state polls in California New Jersey Ohio and Virginia and debates over television ads and Rhodesia policy as the primaries progress.
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New Jersey
Carter
New Hampshire
Reagan
Louisiana
Virginia
Colorado
Ford
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Georgia
Udall
Arizona
California
Ohio
Brown
ABC
Church
Idaho
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Cude Officials Face Resignations Amid Budget Turmoil
The Cude city council split 5-5 on a budget policy roll call, ending in a tie broken by Mayor Wayne Gilles. City attorney Cade resigns citing workload stress and a shift to private practice, offering limited legal services during transition. Assistant City Attorney South also resigns for private practice, while Police Chief Hennessee retires after 29 years. LURA Director Arch March resigns July 1 after disputes over staff cuts. South had served two years, Cade most of his career in municipal law.
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Wayne Gilles
Cude
Cade
Art South
Legal Department
Alford Hennessee
Police Department
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Arch March
LURA
March
South
City
Escape set for jury trial in armed robbery case
A jury will be seated May 26 in the armed robbery shooting and kidnapping at the Bonanza Club west of Lawton last August. An employee was shot twice, cash registers rifled, several people beaten, and four hostages were placed in a car trunk. Sheriff cited jail staffing shortages and funding gaps as critical factors affecting security at the county jail housing murderers and multiple shifts with only one jailer.
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Bonanza Club
Lawton
Rogers
Police Captain Partin's career and transfer within Lawton unit
Police Captain Partin joined the Lawton Police Department on November 18 1961 and served in patrol. He studied at the FBI Academy Quantico and earned a 1972 captain promotion. Today Capt Kenneth Stradley will fill Partin's vacant service division slot with no immediate promotional plans.
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Partin
Lawton
Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy
Quantico
Roberta
Jackie
Robert
Gillian
Kenneth Stradley
Lawmaker Advancing Bill With Site Language Change
Adjournment at the House Senate committee leads to inserting language naming the Honung and Lexington sites. Howard notes reduced opposition to the bill. He comments on a verbal clash between Bob Allen and Ed Hardy over OETA public affairs programming. Allen says he suspended production and will resume in October with or without Hardy. Howard says Hardy has been complimentary and hopes Allen continues the programming.
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House-Senate
Honung
Lexington
Howard
Bob Allen
Oklahoma Educational Television Authority
Ed Hardy
OETA
Hardy
Allen
Two Fort Sill men die in early morning crash on Fort Sill Blvd
A motor cycle collided head on with a car near Baldwin Avenue in Fort Sill Boulevard killing Javier Flores 19 and Luis Fabal 22 both assigned to Fort Sill units. The crash raised Oklahoma's road toll to 338 for the year with other weekend deaths including Bill Richard Keck 25 of Woodward.
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Fort Sill
Fort Sill Boulevard
Javier Flores
Tico
Calif
C Battery
Luis Fabal
New York City
D Battery
Baldwin Avenue
Thane Scott
NW Oak
Scott
Reynolds Army Hospital
Pvt
Kenneth Scott
Fabal
Reynolds
Flores
Tiajuana
Mexico
Huddleston
Woodward
Bill Richard Keck
Lee McDowell
Woodward Memorial Hospital
Bobby Dean Brooks
Helena
Enid Hospital
Funeral Notices For Miller Henricks Gray In Oklahoma
Obituaries list funeral services for former Lawton resident Mrs D Ethel Miller 86 of Ames Iowa Set for Tuesday in Lebanon Illinois with burial in Saint Joseph Illinois Survivors include son Wilmer and siblings plus two grandchildren Services for Capt Gary Henricks and his wife Cristina Francisca soon after a fatal car wreck near Duke Oklahoma plus Set J C See Preston Gray 56 Fort Sill retired soldier with services at Fort Sill and burial with military honors Survivors include wife Thelma Stringfellow and five children The list notes residences Lawton Ames Fort Sill and Bowie Texas with various birthplaces and dates
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D. Ethel Miller
Ames
Iowa
Lebanon
Ill
Saint Joseph
Mrs. Miller
Saint Jacob
Walter J. Miller
Wilmer
Charles
Estella Knoebel
Gary Henricks
Cristina Francisca
Village Green Drive
Duke
Huddleston
Capt
Henricks
Pueblo
Colo
Ralph Henricks Jr
Christina Francisca Henricks
Toronto
Italy
J. C
Preston Gray
Ozman
Grierson Hill Chapel
Fort Sill
Jack Anderson
Post
Becker Funeral Home
Set
Gray
Meeker
Army
Civil Service
Thelma Stringfellow
Shirley Jervis
Hope Valley
Ro L
Joyce Morgan
Rome
David
Gore Blvd
Larry
Paul
Snooks
Bowie
Tex
Odis
San Francisco
Calif
Quake Measured at 6.6 Magnitude by US Geology Center
A spokesman from the U S National Earthquake Information Center in Golden Colorado reported the quake registered 6 6 on the Richter scale. Authorities noted each jump in magnitude represents tenfold ground motion and some experts estimate the energy release could be about three times higher.
Man confesses in Manson style murder case and threats
Stedman shaved his head and bore a red x on his forehead saying I will make Helter Skelter look like a rose. He claimed he shot his wife and referenced Manson race war. Funeral for Mrs. Holcomb pending. survivors include Cleo Barriner’s daughter Connie Lynn Fountain and Robin Renee Barriner, plus Garl Allen Fountain.
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Stedman
Manson
Holcomb
Becker Funeral Home
Cleo Barriner
Ave. I
William A Fountain
Colorado Springs
Colo
Connie Lynn Fountain
Robin Renee Barriner
Garl Allen Fountain
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