Downtown Project reopens sections as Sixth Street work continues
The Lawton Urban Renewal Authority reports temporary reopening of the C Avenue Sixth Street intersection for traffic this morning. C Avenue remains open until asphalt overlay begins while E Avenue at Sixth remains closed for ongoing road work by a private contractor in the Downtown Project.
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Sixth
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Continue Boiling For CKT Water Users
The Comanche Kiowa Tillman rural water line area urged to keep boiling water after surface water runoff contaminated the system. Sanitarian Clyde Mason said decontamination is underway but a repaired auxiliary well may take up to three weeks. Residents will be notified by mail when safe.
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Mason
CKT
Cache
Health Department
Justices Limit Pasadena Desegregation Ruling
The 1970s Pasadena School desegregation plan is narrowed by Justice Rehnquist. He says annual redrawing of attendance zones to preserve a minority-free balance exceeds the court’s authority and that changes in racial makeup reflect normal migration rather than board action.
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Rehnquist
Supreme Court
Escapee Brinlee Surfaces Briefly Then Returns to Prison
Escapee Brinlee walked into a country store for a soda and chips about 11 a.m. after weeks on the run. He paid with a dollar and a second bill, and by 12:40 p.m. he was back at the prison for treatment as authorities, including FBI and Oklahoma National Guard helicopters, continued the manhunt in the San Bois Mountains.
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Tulsa
Jack Purdie
Crisp
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Oklahoma National Guard
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Roger Webb
State Department of Public Safety
San Bois Mountains
Stigler
Court splits over patronage history in landmark dispute
Dissenters Powell and Rehnquist faulted the ruling as intruding on local government policy while Burger argued the decision undermines a long standing practice. Stevens, who joined after oral arguments, did not participate. The piece traces patronage from 1789 through Jefferson and beyond, noting civil service protections in the modern era.
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William H. Rehnquist
John Paul Stevens
Burger
Powell
Burger and Rehnquist
America
Continental Congress
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Resident Earns Medicine Degree at Kentucky University
James Austin son of Dr and Mrs Frank Austin of 103 NW 36th received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Kentucky. He will begin residency training at the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia.
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James Austin
Frank Austin
University of Kentucky
University of Missouri Medical Center
Columbia
Lawton Council Delays Regular Session on Fifth Tuesday
Lawton City Council will not meet on the fifth Tuesday under the night meeting policy and will resume business on Tuesday July 6 with a lengthy agenda anticipated.
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Lawton City
Stabbing Report Near Pollard Street in Lawton
Police and detectives responded to a noon stabbing at 2626 NW Pollard. The severity was not immediately known as Kirk's Emergency Service transported the victim to a local hospital.
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North
Lawton
NW Pollard
Kirk
Jury Ends Inquiry Into City Officials After 11 Days
A seven man five woman jury concluded its 11 day inquiry into the commissioners office. The panel heard 30 witnesses and subpoenaed police intelligence files. Jurors said despite extensive work no tangible findings were uncovered.
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Police Intelligence Division
Commissioners
A. W. McGinnas
Oklahoma City Market Prices Report
State Department of Agriculture lists today s prices for wheat barley milo and soybeans with regional samples. Egg prices and Oklahoma City farm livestock figures show cattle calves hogs and related trade levels across departments and weights.
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Aston
Manchester
Medford
Banner
Clinton
Eldorado
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Geary
Kingfisher
Lawton
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Temple
Watonga
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Beaver
Keyes
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Lieral
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Afton
Gulf
Pauls Valley
Oklahoma Livestock
Supreme Court Limits State Immunity in Civil Rights Case
The Court held that Eleventh Amendment immunity is limited by Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment allowing private suits against states for civil rights. Justice Rehnquist wrote that Congress may authorize such suits, with Justices Stevens and Brennan agreeing in part though Stevens questioned the discrimination claim.
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William H. Rehnquist
Congress
John Paul Stevens
William J. Brennan
Stevens
Supreme Court
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