Development Council Proposed for Southwest Oklahoma
Cameron plans study toward an 11 county regional development council to boost agriculture and lure farm related industries. Mayor Wayne Gilley and Cameron University push for a federal study grant with Owen endorsing university involvement and a Western Oklahoma water pro ject.
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Development Council
Cameron
Skip Gibson
Southwest Oklahoma
Wayne Gilley
Cameron University
Gilley
Don Owen
Owen
Oklahoma
Caucus On
Western Oklahoma
Enid
Rest Home Fire Claims 4 Lives
A blaze traced to a patient smoking in bed swept through a Roanoke rest home early today. Four residents died and 12 were hospitalized among 174 elderly residents on the second floor infirmary where the fire started at 2 15 am in light rain. Firefighters used ladders to rescue residents. most fled on foot. The dead were all on the second floor and officials expect autopsies.
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Roanoke
Frank Wallace
Shenandoah Homes
Mary Garland
Thelma Hiner
Mrs. Hiner
Miss Garland
Language Protest Enters Second Day in Soweto Riots
Rioting in Soweto enters a second day with 35 dead and 224 injured as police barrages and tear gas fail to quell students protesting Afrikaans language policy.Military and police patrol key zones while stock prices slide in Johannesburg as violence spreads.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Africa
Soweto
Cameron Students Learn Horsemanship With Pageant Champion
Cameron's physical education department offers a two week horsemanship course at Triple Oaks Stables near Lake Lawtonka taught by Cindy Shipman the 1973 Miss Rodeo Oklahoma. The class began June 7 and runs daily 5 30 p m to 8 10 p m earning one PE credit per student.
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Ighteen Cameron
Oklahoma
Cindy Suttle Shipman
Triple Oaks
Lake Lawtonka
Cameron
Cameron Offers First Horsemanship Class At College
Bill Shahan says interest in a horsemanship course exceeded expectations at Cameron University, forcing an 18 student limit due to horse availability. Instructor Mrs. Shipman, a 1972 National Finals rodeo queen and Cameron graduate, plans to repeat the course and add an advanced class next summer.
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Bill Shahan
Cameron
Shahan
Shahan Lee
Guerrillas Arrest Several For Death Of Ambassador
Palestinian guerrillas and Lebanese allies announced the arrest of five members of the Lebanese Socialist Revolutionary Organization tied to the killing of U S Ambassador Francis Meloy Jr and two others. Kissinger said the killers were a splinter group and the U S would decide within 36 hours on evacuating Americans from Lebanon. The British Embassy urged Britons to consider leaving.
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Eirat
Lebanon
U.S
Francis E. Meloy Jr
al Fatah
Revolu
Tionary Organization
Beirut
Bank of America
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Kissinger
United States
Congress
Ex-Policemen Testify Before Comanche County Grand Jury
Two former Lawton police officers testified before the Comanche County grand jury probing the department. Clyde Williams, fired and sworn to secrecy, answered questions for about two hours. Grady Crabtree, who retired early and now semi-retired after sheriff’s work, declined to discuss specifics.
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Comanche County Grand Jury
Lawton
Clyde Williams
Williams
Grady Crabtree
Crabtree
Police
Comanche County
Sheriffs’ Department
Weather Outlook for Southwest Oklahoma
Partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures with a 30 percent chance of rain tonight and 40 percent Friday. Highs reach the mid-80s on Friday with a low in the mid-60s tonight. Wednesday recorded a 90 degree high and 64 degree low.
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Oklahoma
National Weather Service
Suspect In Slaying Escapes From Hospital
Fort Sillman charged with beating 20 year old Richard Carr to death May 22 escapes early today from Western State Hospital Fort Supply while held for mental observation. Authorities search areas northwest of Woodward for Greg E. Carman 25.
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Dennis Lang
Fort Sillman
Lawton
Western State Hospital
Fort Supply
Woodward
Oklahoma
Greg E. Carman
Carman
Richard Carr
Woodward County
Dennis Smith
Highway Patrol
Carr
North Sheridan Road
Tomlinson Junior High School
Refuge swimming elimination eyed by officials
Officials discussed limiting non wildlife use at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge during a statewide meeting. Camp ing and picnicking would not be phased out but swimming might be banned in the refuge. photography and back packing could be allowed in a limited use area.
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Refuge
Klahoma City
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Roger Johnson
Johnson
Oklahoma
Wichita
Zwaan
Southwest Chapter of
The
Sierra Club
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Loke Helen
Linda Bodine
Doime! Walker
Charlie Willingham
Sharpeville
Baragannath Hospital
James T. Kruger
Kruger
Cindy Shipman
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Wentten Reetsveenee
Bridge
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Henry Zwaan
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
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