Funeral Reports Walters
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Tommie Hill 89 at Wyatt Funeral Chapel with Rev. John Freeman officiating. She died Wednesday night in a Lawton hospital after a brief illness. Burial was in Walters Cemetery. Hill had been a Cotton County resident over 50 years and was a First Baptist Church member. Survivors include her husband Loyd Payne and a son Loyd, with siblings and grandchildren listed. Also noted is the death of Harold H. Hogan 65 of Ventura California with survivors including wife and two sons. Willie Vester Peele 59 of 2346 Evans died in a local hospital. funeral pending with Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home. Peele, born October 21, 1915 in Laurinburg, North Carolina, was a 28-year Lawton School employee and WWII veteran. survivors include wife Pearl Blanche and daughter Sylvia.
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Walters
Tommie Hill
Wyatt Funeral
John Freeman
First Baptist Church
Willie Vester Peele
Evans
Lawton- Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Mr. Vester
Laurinburg
N.C
Pearl Blanche Phillips
Lawton
Sunset Baptist Church
Sylvia Cowley
Simms, Tex
Everette Peele
Mattie McRae
Mary Lee Quick
Marjorie Dixon
Anna Mae Peele
Probe pushed in post death at Fort Sill
Investigators questioned two civilians about possible involvement in a traffic pedestrian crash at Fort Sill that killed Specialist 4 Anton DeBlank, 19, of Brookings South Dakota. A second soldier, Donald Hand 21 of Del City, remained hospitalized in serious but stable condition.
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Fort Sill
Anton DeBlank
Brookings
S.D
Oklahoma City
University Hospital
Donald Hand
del City
Emory Jones
Service Btry
1St Bn
17Th Field Artillery
Jones
Lawton Grants Map Housing Push and City Projects
The plan expands housing rehab and urban homesteads with HUD units selling at a fraction of value and 15 percent of income payments, targeting 30 homes this year and 100 in three years. It funds 200 acres of industrial park work, street repairs, demolition, and downtown development totaling 6.1 million across multiple line items including administration and public facilities.
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Lawton
HUD
Legion Addition
11Th Street
Lee Boulevard
Ao Road
Seer
May price shifts show beef up while overall food and nonfood costs ease
Government price report reveals beef up 7.6 percent in May amid mixed trends. Meat gains contrast with declines in most other foods and nonfood items. real spendable earnings rose 4.4 percent thanks to May 1 tax cuts, boosting consumer buying power.
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Labor Departments
Herpetologist Speaks at Wildlife Under the Stars
Frank Bryce, noted herpetologist, headlines the Wildlife Under the Stars program at Camp Doris Amphitheatre in Wichita Mountains Refuge. The 8:30 p.m. lecture features a slide show and live specimens including a rattlesnake and a copperhead. Public invitation issued.
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Frank Bryce
Camp Doris
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Bryce
Wild Horse Powwow at Eagle Park heads into fourth year
The fourth annual Chief Wild Horse Descendants pow wow runs today through Sunday at Eagle Park Cache. More than 50 camps are expected with dancing each afternoon and nightly in the arena. Jamie Franklin is pow wow princess with leaders Scotty Bradshaw Amos Shadow Roberta Attockine Ernest Toppah and others guiding events.
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Wild Horse
Eagle Park
Cache
Fort Sill
Fort Sill Post
Jamie Franklin
Scotty Bradshaw
Amos Shadow
Roberta Attockine
Ernest Toppah
Joe Fish Dupoint
Lee Motah
Stacy Pahdopony
Mike Blackstar
Frank Pebeahsy
Areana
Ernest Tate Sr
Chief Wild Horse Descendants
Marian C. Almanza
Railroad security and union membership exemptions debated
Dennis warned industry bargainers that rejecting the revised package, his "bottom line," would push the union back to prior positions. He said management refused a BRAC request to exempt bankrupt railways like Penn Central and Rock Island from a nationwide strike, and would not grant exemptions.
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Dennis
Penn Central
Rock Island
Lawton School Board OKs Eight Percent Pay Hikes
Lawton Public Schools board approved eight percent raises for certified personnel above 1974 75 salaries with a $700 minimum and similar increases for all staff. The action followed Gov Boren signing a 240 million education salary bill. The board also awarded a 22100 contract for permanent Park Lane Elementary repairs after February storm damage and revised the student code to align with federal rulings.
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Lawton
Lawton Board of Education
Hugh Bish
Bish
David Boren
O. W. Warner Construction Co
Park Lane
Comanche Roofing and Sheet Metal Co
Ted Horton
Howard Kuchta
James Page
Cliff Clark
Carol Lubke
Bertha Slaughter
Donna Hill
Pearl Parks
LaNell Lanmann
David Campbell
Dixie Elder
Linda Carter
Pergy McSwane
Randell Edison
Donna Richey
Clayton Alexander
Linda Alexander
Cletus Rowland
Jane Cottingham
Shirley Epps
Rick Hill
Odis New
Myra Poindexter
Nancy Pollina
Dona Wade
Bill Tenopir
Marvin Brixey
John Hammond
Ron Polston
Phil Ramsey
Don Salmon
Sheila Sanders
John Spears
Melvin Tubbs
Teresa Yarmuk
Jo Uhland
Jack Leach
Edna Mahaffey
Mary Margaret Neely
Kenneth Stevenson
Lucy Wilson
Richard Adams
Jack Christian
Mildred Dossey
Leroy Hern
Sharon
Slaying and manhunt tied to Mustang theft and arrests
Police chase links a red Mustang Mach I to a fatal slaying at a Lawton area home. Witnesses say a 14 year old saw the car drive away as the brother was fatally struck. Suspects Hancock and Liniger detained, with Dawna Becker and others named in local reports.
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Page
Lamb
Kingsbury
Millard Lamb
Hancock
Ohio
Bessie
Tommy Kuechynka
Fort Sill
CID
Liniger
Lawton
Public Records: The Lawton Community Reports Thefts and Vandalism
Public records list multiple thefts break ins and vandalism across residences businesses and vehicles in Lawton Oklahoma. Items stolen include cash checks jewelry tool sets radios and a rifle while vandalism damages affect motorcycles buildings and cars. An incident notes a threatening call and a shooting incident where a woman was treated at Reynolds Army Hospital.
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Nottingham
Joseph Litwin
Fort Sill Blvd
Woodie Johnson
Liberty
Mac
Summit
Rufus Riggs
Bete
Donna Murphy
Woodridge
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Susan Jones
Reynolds Army Hospital
Fire department responds to multiple house fires in Lawton
Fire crews answered alarms Friday including a 12 57 a m call at 4626 G for a house fire and a 11 35 a m call at 1125 Garfield for a minor house fire. Lawton Fire Department reports 745 dispatches for the year.
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The
Lawton Fire Department
Garfield
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