Wheat Harvesting Builds Across Kansas Amid Rain Threat
Kansas wheat harvesters push pace along the Oklahoma line despite forecast storms. Test cuts reach Reno Stafford and Rush counties as officials warn wind erosion could worsen next winter if crop residues are not left after the 1976 harvest. Preliminary hearing starts for Kirby Carpenter on heroin and burglary charges with ties to prior convictions.
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Great Bend
Kan
Kansas
Oklahoma
Reno
Stafford
Rush
Jim Jay
State Harvest Control Office
National Weather Service
Hutchinson
Sumner County
Glen Jones
Caldwell Harvest Office
Federal Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Salina
Robert Griffin
Griffin
Bids Sought for Waurika Walters Temple Pipeline Project
Army Corps of Engineers advertises bids for Walters Temple and Waurika water conveyance. Project includes 24 miles of pipeline 6 to 16 inches, three masonry outlet buildings, with bids opened June 22. Total dam and conveyances cost over 70 million dollars. contract completion targeted by 1979 for related Lawton Comanche system.
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Waurika
Army Corps of Engineers
Walters, Temple and
Waurika Dam
Temple
Walters
Lawton-Comanche
Hearing Ordered On Drug Charge In Fort Sill Stop
A preliminary hearing is set for July 8 in district court for Dorothy Domebo and Gregory R. Toney charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute after a traffic stop at Fourth and Rogers Lane. Bond is $2,000 each.
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Dorothy Domebo
Carnegie
Gregory R. Toney
Fort Sill
David Carter
Ronnie Smith
Toney
Domebo
Fourth
Rogers Lane
Pre-Enrollment Set For Some Cameron Students
Pre-enrollment for transfer students in good standing and Cameron students on probation runs through July 16 for both day and evening sessions. Transfer students must submit all required information before registration. To validate pre-enrollment for the 1976 fall semester, all fees are due by July 19. The Soviet Union spans eleven time zones and covers over one sixth of the earth’s land area.
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Cameron
Cameron Student McKinzie Wins National VICA Speaking Title
Larry McKinzie of Cameron won first place in prepared public speaking at the national VICA skill olympics in Miami Florida after earning top honors in the Oklahoma post secondary VICA contest. Oklahoma team members Donna Gillian Genero Garcia and Rick Jones also competed in Florida and the group visited Disney World before returning to Lawton.
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Larry McKinzie
Cameron
Miami
Fla
G. B. McKinzie
Larry
Oklahoma
Florida
Donna Gillian
Genero Garcia
Rick Jones
Disney World
Orlando
Lawton
Fire department logs show alarms across Lowton area
Fire department records list alarms answered by Lowton Fire Department including a smoke investigation at 4 09 p.m. on Thursday at 4 NW S3rd and an automatic alarm at 2 25 p.m. Friday at 1 S 11th. A service call occurred at 4 29 a.m. on Friday at 1713 D. Dispatches total 133 trips this year.
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Lowton Fire Department
Lawton Board approves 38000 for school athletic equipment
The Lawton Board of Education approved a 198 item athletic equipment list and set about spending about 38000 to complete purchases for seven secondary schools in January and June. The panel also accepted bids for four agriculture department pickups at 17465.15 and heard an update on a 300000 plus transportation center carpentry shop project with bids planned for June 23. A welder for warehouse maintenance was bought for 1450 and floor coverings for four elementary schools were approved at 2322. The Lawton High cafeteria chairs and Central Junior High cafeteria floor were approved for replacements at 415 chairs and about 4000 respectively.
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Lawton Board of Education
Agriculture Department
Perry Horacek
Horacek
Southwest Salvage
Lawton
Adams, Kuntz
Lincoln
Washington
Fowler
Geronimo Road
Brady & Brown
Lawton High School
Central Junior High School
Catlin to Leave Firefighter Post in Lawton
Fire Marshal Ray Catlin, a 21 year veteran of the Lawton Fire Department, will retire effective June 30. He will end his duties today and use accumulated vacation time over the next two weeks. Dorwen Porter will temporarily take over duties while Fire Chief Dick Tannery and City Manager John Thomson select a replacement. Catlin joined Jan 1 1955, became fire marshal in 1969, and lives with his wife Dora Mae at 414 Glendale Drive with children Richard Mike and Cathie.
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Lawton
Ray Catlin
Catlin
Dick Tannery
John Thomson
Dorwen Porter
Fire Department
Dora Mae
Glendale Drive
Richard
Mike
Cathie Johnson
Oklahoma City
Slaying Suspect Nabbed In State
Fort Sill soldier Greg Earl Carman 25 was captured around noon after escaping Western State Hospital Fort Supply earlier Thursday. He faces second degree murder charges for the beating death of Richard Warren Carr 20 Lawton whose body was found May 22 near North Sheridan Road and Tomlinson Junior High School. Carman allegedly used a concrete slab to strike Carr and escaped by prying a window screen with a metal bar. He is a member of Fort Sill's 299th Engineer Company.
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Fort Sillman
Western State Hospital
Fort Supply
Carman
Richard Warren Carr
Lawton
Carr
North Sheridan Road
Tomlinson Junior High School
Western State
Woodward County
Dennis Smith
Weaving Craze Grips Thousands of Americans
Thousands of American men and women have adopted the weaving handicraft as a permanent hobby or trade. The article notes widespread interest and outlines how weaving has become a popular craft activity across communities.
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Kirby Craig Carpenter
Special Dist
Keith Aycock
Steve Lile
Carpenter
Ron Callicott
Sheridan Road
N. Sheridan
Oklahoma County
JOR Agency
Congress
National Employment System Act
U.S. Employment Service
Soviet Union
McKinzie
Western Australia
Greg Earl Carman
Ray Pollett
Hospital
Ternoon
Carman Is
299Th Engineer Company
Dinette
GE Color TV
General Electric
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