Garrote charge filed on inmate
Elisha Fitzgerald, 27, faces an assault with a dangerous weapon charge after allegedly attempting to strangle a county jail employee with a three foot garrote made from broom wire. Rodney Lambert described Fitzgerald waiting on a top bunk with the device as the jailer entered. Fitzgerald had prior arrests for traffic violations and resisting officers. the charge carries up to five years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisha Fitzgerald
Mark Clark
District Attorney's Office
Fitzgerald
Clark
Rodney Lambert
Lambert
Goodyear to Build Large Tire Plant in Lawton Oklahoma
Goodyear announces a new, highly automated tire production facility in Lawton Oklahoma to employ about 1400 workers at full operation starting in fall 1978. It will be the companys 72nd US plant and 139th worldwide, designed to assure radial tire capacity for western markets.Executives from Akron accompany local ceremony attendees including Colley W Gilchrist Richard A DeCoste and team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Donald Keith
Fort Sill
Goodyear
United States
Tire and Rubber
Mississippi
Gerstenmaier
Akron
Ohio
Colley W. Gilcchrist
Richard A. DeCoste
Frank R. Tully
Thomas W. Leary
Louis J. Ciraldo
Terry E. Deems
Prison crowding debate pits reform plan against slow timetable
Bohanon pressed Crowe on constitutional conditions at McAlester and Granite prisons and whether two men in one cell is constitutional. Crowe avoided admission and proposed to improve the situation without specifying details. Bohanan vowed to issue his own timetable to relieve overcrowding, criticizing the plan as too slow despite its good features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohanon
Crowe
McAlester
Granite
Bohanan
Police Seek Suspects In Robbery At Cagie's Store
Police pursue two suspects after a strong arm robbery at Cagie's 10 Mission Blvd location Monday night. An undisclosed cash amount was taken. One suspect is described as a 5-foot-6, 125 pound black man with orange-tinted hair, the other as a white man with brown shoulder length hair. no weapon was reported. The suspects fled in opposite directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cagie’s
Mission Blvd
Mayor and planners weigh flood risk and zoning changes
SMAPC officials led by Norman Ruff call for engineers study on channelization and retention ponds for flood control near Fort Sill. Mayor Wayne Gilley favors orderly development with attention to salvage yards. A council review will follow oilmen talks on zoning recodification and housing plans for CDBG funds.
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Wayne Gilley
SMAPC
Norman Ruff
Fort Sill
Norman Engineering
Ruff
Harold Gardner
Gardner
Gilley
Council Commission
Cache
Lawton
Dallas and
Fort Worth
Reuben Brown
Frank Pondrom
Bob Jameson
Pondrom
Jameson
Suspect Held After Lawton Police Recover Stolen Goods
Lawton police seized a quantity of stolen merchandise and arrested a suspect after a search of a residence. Officers recovered three bicycles a gun jewelry two stereo units and four hubcaps and said several burglaries may be cleared. Detectives Ron Ward and Roy Deck led the raid after Ward obtained the search warrant. The man was booked for possession of stolen property and held for state charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Ron Ward
Roy Deck
Ward
Escape at Tennessee State Prison prompts security rethink
Investigators question inmate Ray after a King assassination lockdown. Officials discuss heightened security, a barbed wire fence, and a moved guard tower as Gov. Blanton asks President Carter to take custody amid disputes over solitary confinement rules and federal orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Ray Blanton
Carter
Ray
King
Blanton
Blaze reported at residence blamed on cigarette
Fire Marshal Dorwen Porter said a mislaid cigarette could have started the blaze but a definite determination has not been made. Lonnie Hallmark, sleeping in the front room, said he tried to pull Grooms through a bedroom window but could not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorwen Porter
Porter
Lonnie Hallmark
Grooms
Camp Fire Girls candy funds and 25th anniversary noted
Camp funds from Camp Fire Girls candy sales and a 25th anniversary are mentioned. Girl Scouts Camp LaDaCa near Lawton will offer day camp this summer but may allow overnight use with added security. E'KoWah camp near Marion starts soon with Lawton girls in early July, while Chickasha officials did not comment on security measures.
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Camp Fire Girls
Girl Scouts
LaDaCa
Lawton
Karen Peterson
E’kowah
Marion
Council
Chickasha
Local dancer dies under investigation by police and crime lab
Death of Don Beauchamp is being examined by medical examiners to determine the exact cause. Detectives Clancy Williams and Charles Connally lead the case as evidence including plastic bagged hands and possible sexual assault material is analyzed by Mobile Crime Lab and OSBI. The woman was a tavern dancer in the downtown area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michelle Guse
Lori Lee Farmer
Doris Denise Milner
Ted Lempke
Don Beauchamp
Clancy Williams
Charles Connally
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Picasso Cubist Painting Purchased by Washington Gallery
The National Gallery in Washington bought a major Pablo Picasso Cubist work on April 9 1973 for a reported record sum of 1.1 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Gallery
Pablo Picasso
Cases of theft and vandalism flood city police reports
City police received numerous reports including thefts from residences and vehicles, bicycle thefts at multiple addresses, radio and tools stolen from cars and garages, windshield damage, and a burglary at a residence. Names and addresses appear for many complainants across Lowton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowton
Doris J. Burk
Ridgecrest
Diane L. Green
Euclid
William Covey
Frafer Mitch
Outo Porked
Betty Warren
Jefferson
S. Sheridan
Stephen Trishe
Thunderbird Gowling Alley
Aline Dickson
Bell
Gilty Orr Jr
Robert Sanford
Gorland
Tex
Ramada Inn
Aan L. Soge
Felix R. Foley
N. Dist
Robert Solos
Ind
Lee
Oklahoma Weather Summary Shows Unusual Heat and Cooler Lows
Forecasts from the Oklahoma Farm Bureau call for highs near 96 and cooler 68 overnight through the week with partly cloudy to thunderstorms. The week begins with 40 to 45 percent humidity while recent storms moved from western Oklahoma into Texas with no severe weather expected in the Sooner state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Farm Bureau
Sumiay
Oklahoma
Texas
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Congressional
Robert Lehner
Edward Evans
Subcommittee
Jack Kershaw
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