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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1973
Page
5
Lawton's three new open space schools hold a three week workshop as city administrators and teachers outline the program. The plan replaces grades with progress marks V A N and reorganizes students into primary and intermediate families with dedicated teaching teams.
A long ledger of names and addresses with medical entries. Includes numerous residents from Oklahoma towns noted for medical, nursing home, or surgical care, alongside several births and hospital affiliations. The list names patients such as Ina Carrie L Allen 1213 Georgia and Kathleen Cain 1708 N 49th, with entries for nursing homes like Orlando Nursing Home and Cotton's Nursing Home and for surgeries and medical statuses across cities including Duncan, Walters, and Anadarko.
An Oklahoma City man named Bobby Gene Hall says he was forced into a car at gunpoint Monday night and robbed of his wallet containing $11 and credit cards near Eighth and G Avenue. One shot was fired during the struggle. Hall was staying at a motel on Cache Road when the abduction occurred in the motel parking lot. The suspect is a white male about six feet tall and heavyset with a flat top.
Fort Sill 546th Military Police Co will receive basic first aid instruction from Lawton Red Cross in two workshops on post Friday and next Tuesday. Sgt Doyle Delaney said the Multi Media Life Saving Course will be given to all 100 MPs with 50 soldiers per day starting at 8 a.m.
Gov. David Hall suspended Shawnee banker H. E. Rainbolt from the state Highway Commission at Rainbolt’s request. Rainbolt faces federal mail fraud and conspiracy charges alongside state Treasurer Leo Winters and 12 others. his term would have run until 1979.
Public records list multiple complainants and incidents in Lawton Oklahoma. Vandalism theft burglary and lost items are reported at residences motels businesses and churches including Speedy Foods Lester Jones Tom Ward and Marie Letzo among others. The document records thefts from auto bicycle and furniture along with prowler and lost wallet incidents.
Lawton Police logged an injury collision Monday at 8 10 p m at Sheridan Road and Cache Road. Michael Priest 17 of Geronimo was taken to Memorial Hospital by Royal Ambulance after the crash. Priest cited for following too closely per Officer Eddy Hargraves.
Fire department responded to three incidents including a house fire at 12th and Pennsylvania at 1 46 p m a car fire at U S 277 and Gore Boulevard at 2 08 p m and an electrical fire around 12 45 a m at 1606 20 on Tuesday.
Lawton teen Terry Walker fourteen was shot accidentally Sunday while fishing near Porter Hill. He was stabilized at Southwestern Hospital after a bullet ricochet from a private property near Chandler Creek bridge on U S 62. Deputies said two Lakeside Village youths Brad West sixteen and Billy Rankin fourteen fired rifles about fifty yards away.
Funeral services were held at 2 p m Monday at Callaway Smith Cobb Funeral Home Chapel for Dorothy Lee Smith 42 of Medicine Park born August 25 1930 in Comanche. She died Saturday afternoon in an Oklahoma City hospital after an extended illness. She married Jack Smith June 13 1964 in Comanche. She was a VFW Auxiliary member in Marlow and a Baptist. Survivors include her husband four daughters two from Lawton two from Medicine Park her parents Jesse and Mrs Sanders of Marlow a sister and five brothers a stepson and a stepdaughter and three grandchildren.
Funeral services are planned for Flossie Mae Ryans 74 of 1612 at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bible Baptist Church with Rev. Joe Seacrist and Rev. Forrest Keen er officiating. Burial in Cache Cemetery under Becker Funeral Home direction. Ryans died Monday at a local hospital after a month long illness. Also at 2 p.m. Thursday Elbert Doran Shoals 77 of 803 S 46th will be buried in Highland Cemetery after services at Pentecostal Holiness Church with Charles W Meadows officiating. Shoals died Sunday morning in a local hospital after a two month illness. He was born July 12 1895 in Boswell moved to Lawton in 1942 from Tuskahoma and married Lena Harris Jan. 31, 1917 at Tuskahoma. He worked for Southwestern Bell and was a Pentecostal Holiness Church member. Survivors include his wife two sisters Marion Kelly and Allie Mitchell of Houston and a brother Sonny Harris 1907 Roosevelt. CACHE staff Hugh Arthur Sullivan 80 died Monday in a Lawton hospital after a prolonged illness. Funeral arrangements are pending with Hurdleton Cache Funeral Home. Sullivan born March 29 1893 in Campbell Missouri and married Willie Roberson December 9 1914 in Anadarko. He was a Comanche County employee before retirement and an Assembly of God Church member.
Anna Blanche Jackson 32 of Grandfield died in an automobile accident on the H E Bailey Turnpike south of Chickasha. Funeral services were at the Grandfield Church of Christ with burial in Grandfield Cemetery. Survived by her husband Edwin, a son Bernard, parents, four brothers and two sisters.
Officials report Lawton's water quality surpasses federal health standards amid a national EPA study that found many public water systems fail to meet requirements. Local tests include daily, weekly, and triannual analyses for chlorine, metals, bacteria, and corrosion.
The German American Club hosts a Sunday picnic from 1 to 7 p.m. at Eagle Park in Cache. Free admission, German food at $1 per plate, 50 cents for children, one soft drink included. Games and music run all day. attendees are asked to bring lawn chairs.
A Chinese home run is a ball hit that travels only a short distance, not reaching the outfield, resulting in a quick out or easily fielded play.
A 17 year old Zacatecas Mexico youth was arrested in Lawton for illegal entry into the United States. Det Billy Wells said the juvenile crossed the border in Arizona and has been in the U S about two weeks. He was held for immigration authorities in Dallas.
A 16 year old Lawton girl Jana Jones won four trophies at a state twirling contest in Tulsa at Bishop Kelly High School. She earned awards for open and fancy T strutting and for open and state solo twirling as head twirler of the MacArthur School band. Walters residents Julie Hathaway and Shelley Knightstep also competed with Knightstep earning open and state solo honors.
Lieutenant General William E. Depuy deputy commander of the Continental Army Command arrived at Fort Sill for a three day visit. He will attend command and budget briefings and tour the U S Army Field Artillery School this afternoon.
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