Modernization Plans For Lawton Public Housing Analyzed
Lawton Public Housing Authority supervisors discussed modernization funds for 1975 and 1976 at the Benjamin O. Davis High Rise board meeting. Projects include a maintenance storage building, cathodic protection of gas lines, and 102 gas meter installations. The group also reviewed Project 5-6 closure, sale of land to Lawton Urban Renewal Authority, and a reserve fund forecast. Tenants complained about bug extermination inefficiency, to be investigated with the apartment manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Public Housing Authority
Board of Directors
Benjamin O. Davis
Bob Jamison
Regional
Office of Housing and Urban Development Department
Jamison
Oklahoma Project
Pleasant Valley
Lawton
Housing Authority
Wildlife Under The Stars Campfire Program At Refuge
Wildlife Under The Stars campfire program at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge focuses on the national refuge system goals and international efforts to preserve wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Free diabetes screening and scenic tours at local events
A Saturday free diabetes screening runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Sheridan Mall co sponsored by Cosmopolitan International Club and the Southwest Unit of the American Diabetes Association with help from the City County Health Department and Great Plains Area Vo Tech School. The three minute test gives same day results. In Camp Doris amphitheatre a film Cry of the Marsh about waterfowl habitat protection starts at 9 p.m. followed by Atomenent on endangered species. A bus tour of Wichita Mountains geology departs 10 a.m. from Quanah Parker Visitor Center with Dr Joseph Fisher and Steve Wilson guiding. Tours repeat June 26. All tours are first come first served with free transportation for twenty. Lt Col Robert Greiner spoke to Southwest Counties Medical Assistants who will not meet in July and will announce August plans later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan Mall
New Cosmopolitan International Club
Southwest
American Diabetes Association
Camp Doris Amphitheatre
Wichita Mountains
Quanah Parker Visitor Center
Robert Greiner
Comanche County United Cerebral Palsy School For
Southwest Counties Medical Assistants
Prostitution Discussed by Lawton Panel Amid Crime Reports
Lawton-Fort Sill Law Enforcement Council held a regular meeting with a panel discussing prostitution in Lawton. No definite action was taken, but city and Fort Sill officers debated the issue along with community disease and crime updates. May saw a spike in local crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Lawton-Fort Sill
Hearing Ordered For City and CB Radios Recovered
A preliminary hearing is set July 2 in district court for Bradley Metts charged with auto burglary after police tied him to at least 36 CB radio theft reports. Officers recovered four units, expect to recover about a dozen more, and clue the thefts to vehicles in areas near Lee Boulevard and 17th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley Metts
S. 10Th
Carl Lindgren
Metts
Lee Boulevard
Second
11Th Streets
17Th
Lindgren
Pair of Fort Sill Soldiers Charged With Auto Theft
Two Fort Sill soldiers, Pvt Billy Baker and Pvt James Hester, were returned from Clinton after being arrested in possession of a car stolen earlier in Lawton. They faced larceny charges with Baker bond set at 3000 dollars and a July 15 preliminary hearing. Hester’s case was sent to the Comanche County Juvenile Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Clinton
Lawton
Billy Kenneth Baker
Lockland
Ohio
James Alfred Hester
Tulsa
Custer County
Leon Harper
David Carter
Baker
Hester
The
Comanche County
Vehicle Auction by Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation set
Twenty two used vehicles to be auctioned at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Comanche County Fair Grounds. Thirteen pickups and nine four door sedans are 1973 74 Chevrolet and Ford models. Inspect items all day Wednesday at 920 S. Sheridan. Payments due in full at sale with cash or certified checks. personal checks allowed but held until clears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Comanche County Fair Grounds
Fairgrounds
S. Sheridan
Chevrolet
Ford
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Billy Humble
Bravo
Phillips-Aubrey Chevrolet Co
Bill May
Curt
Cache Road
Johnson’s Bakery
Chain Link Outfit
Diamond Store
Levis
Haggar
Montgomery
Gore
Cache Rd. Sq
Anthonus
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