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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1977
Page
1
The nude 24 year old city club dancer was found in her bedroom at 6 30 am with a cord around her neck possibly the victim of a sexual assault. Police withheld her name pending kin notification and questioned a male friend then another suspect. Neighbors say she returned home Monday night with another woman. An autopsy was ordered.
Fire officials investigate a midnight fire at 1403 I Street that killed 40 year old Vernon Grooms. Preliminary results show carbon monoxide poisoning from the blaze. A neighbor heard breaking glass as the home burned. The department dispatched two trucks and a rescue unit. See BLAZE, Page 4.
Readings from the Lawton Constitution Building show extended high temperatures in the 90s since May 28 as summer nears. The Oklahoma Farm Bureau forecast based on NWS data predicts 96 to 99 degrees next week. Downtown records have hit 97 degrees twice in June.
U S District Judge Luther Bohanon rejects a compromise to ease overcrowding at McAlester State Penitentiary and Granite Reformatory saying it takes too long to implement. He will issue an order for immediate relief, noting conditions resemble those of July 1973 and praising warden Crisp for preventing a riot. The May 24 order set populations at 800 and 450 with new guidelines forthcoming.
Authorities search Camp Scott near Locust Grove for clues after three Girl Scouts aged 8 to 10 were found strangled and beaten in a two week campout. The attacker reportedly dragged two victims 150 yards from their tent as investigators review autopsy findings and scene details.
Extra sheriff patrols began Monday night at Camp C Andy near Faxon following the beating deaths of three Girl Scouts at Camp Scott in Locust Grove. Betty Dwyer of Lawton Camp Fire Girls said protections include high fences, floodlights, locked gates, two counselors per cabin, whistles, and phone alert service. Resident camp opens Sunday with 70 girls and 20 adults. four weeks of camps planned. no known parent cancellations reported.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber plans a 1.2 million square foot radial tire plant in west Lawton with ceremonies at Goodyear Boulevard and Lee. Gov. David Boren and Goodyear President John H. Gerstenmaier will lead officials as earthmovers cut sod and the airship America hovers overhead.
The last of seven inmates who fled Brushy Mountain State Prison with James Earl Ray was recaptured in Anderson County near New River. Douglas Shelton, 32, helped build a pipe ladder and was seized by guards after a days long search. Ray and Earl Hill were also captured nearby and are back in D block awaiting questions.
Lawton City Council held a three hour workshop alongside the Lawton Metropolitan Area Planning Commission to discuss Wyatt Acres Part 6 plat changes drawing protest from 97 residents. Guy Rogers of the Wyatt Acres Homeowners Association voiced concerns that smaller lot sizes threaten existing development standards. The session also covered federal housing guidance and staff actions to address housing needs.
A Grandfield man William T. Purcell aged 27 died in a one car wreck about a mile south of Grandfield on a Tillman County road. Police report the pickup slid into a bar ditch then struck a telephone pole, which collapsed onto the cab.
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