DECA Students Plan State Leadership Conference Trip
Lawton area DECA members from Lawton High Great Plains Area Vo Tech and Eisenhower High will attend the Oklahoma DECA state leadership conference in Oklahoma City March 9 and 10. Hilton West hosts the event with about 1000 students from 60 chapters and a Monday awards banquet at the Marriott Convention Center.
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Lawton Area
Linda McNatt
David Clark
Sandra Rogers
Candy Jones
Stella Ortiz
Mary Specht
Delores Huntley
Pam Chapman
Nancy Dalton
Kathy Sayre
Kathy Riley
Kathy McLean
Susan Harmon
Greg McKelvey
Rose LaPointe
Debbie Young
Great Plains
Vo-Tech
Vickie Woods
Sheri Hughes
Karen Ciochetti
Joye Levick
Susan Martin
Carol Williams
Patty
Debate Team Gains Honors at North Texas Tournament
Cameron University debate teams placed seventh among 47 college squads at North Texas State University in Denton. Ken Shelton earned a third place in the oratory division for his Civil War themed speech. Fellow Cameron students Burgess Martin Kreuger Helms Brown Schilling Ruggiero also competed with mixed results.
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Cameron
University
North Texas State University
Denton
Tony Allison
Ken Shelton
Bill Burgess
Joey Martin
Paul Kreuger
Jacquelyn Helms
Lawton
Barbara Brown
Lou Schilling
Cathy Ruggiero
VICA Students Choose Sweetheart at Eisenhower High
Nancy Ebisch, daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Ebisch of 4530 Atom, was named VICA sweetheart by Eisenhower High School CVE students. She will compete in the VICA sweetheart district contest at Cameron on March 17 and take part in opening and closing ceremonies. Ebisch serves as secretary of the CVE VICA club and participates in Future Business Leaders of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Ebisch
Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
VICA
Eisenhower High School
Robert Ebisch
Atom
Cameron
Cvevica Club
Future Business Leaders of America
Scout meeting set by Black Beaver Council
A Boy Scout leader round table will be sponsored by the Black Beaver Council at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Boy Scout Service Center 620 Cache Road. All adults working with Boy Scouts in the area are invited. For further information contact Chuck Rager 357-3633.
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Black Beaver Council
Boy Scout Service Center
Cache Road
Chuck Rager
Lawton Finalist In Oklahoma Community Improvement Contest
Lawton joins Bartlesville Midwest City and Muskogee as a finalist in Group V for cities over 17 500 population. The Lawton chamber cites progress in five areas including community planning economic base living conditions and cultural improvements. Winners announced March 27 in Oklahoma City.
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Lawton
Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce
Ev Hahney
Lawton Chamber
Hahney
Bartlesville
Midwest City
Muskogee
Direction 80
Lawton Advisory Council
Local Chamber
Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Torin Corporation
East Gore
West Lee
Great Plains Country Association
Oklahoma
Four new gyms gain board approval for Lawton schools
Lawton Board of Education accepts four of ten auxiliary gymnasiums as substantially complete from architect Jim Dambold for MacArthur High School Lawton High School Tomlinson Junior High and Eisenhower Junior High. Contracts for repairs at Park Lane Elementary and Kuntz Elementary are discussed as tornadic damage prompts bids and repairs.
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Lawton Board of Education
Jim Damboild
MacArthur High School
Lawton High School
Tomlinson Junior High School
Eisenhower Junior High School
City
B. W. Melton
Eisenhower High School
Brookland
Swinney
Taft
Washington
Bovers
Ted Horton
Park Lane
Lawton
Comanche Roofing and Sheet Metal Co
Kuntz
Dambold
Fifth Victim Dies Following Sniper Attack
A sniper opened fire from a motel balcony in Smith River California injuring several including Gordon Knott and his wife Ings. Percy Harmon and his wife Barbara Fortuna died in hospital while Denise DeGraff remains hospitalized. Robert Paul Sander 23 of Cincinnati was arrested in Grants Pass Oregon on murder charges and waived extradition to California.
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Smith River
Calif
Robert Paul Sander
Cincinnati
Ohio
Grants Pass
Ore
California
Oregon
Sander
Gordon Knott
Ings
del Norte County Sheriff's Deputies
Snyder
Colfax Named for Schuyler Colfax in 1886 Gr ant Ticket
Colfax in Placer County California was named for Vice President Schuyler Colfax who ran with Ulysses S. Grant on the 1868 ticket. The town’s naming reflects ties to the Grant era and national political figures.
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Colfax
Placer County
Calif
Schuyler Colfax
Ulysses S. Grant
Mechanics course to prep for general automotive exam
The Great Plains Area Vo Tech Board offers a refresher course for Lawton area mechanics to prepare for the general automotive certification test. Sessions run 6 30 p m to 9 30 p m on Mondays and Wednesdays from March 10 to April 21, cost 16 50, enrollment capped at four. The next certification is in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Plains Area
Vo- Tech School
Lawton Area
Vo-Tech
Lawton Public Schools
Fred Emmert
Alice Champion
Carolyn Swinney
Philip Cummings
Jesse Scruggs
Chris Metcalf
Elizabeth Armstrong
Death Penalty Not Rejected in Court Brief
Justice Department argues public supports capital punishment as 31 states and Congress enacted death penalty laws since 1972. Fowler case noted. Supreme Court may not hear this term if Justice Douglas remains sidelined. Civil liberties lawyers seek nationwide ban, citing societal judgment against the death penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
States
Congress
Department
Jesse Thurman Fowler
Fowler
North Carolina Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Civil Liberties
North Carolina
Butter Production Rises in January Says Agriculture Dept
Washington AP reports January butter output reached about 97.4 million pounds, up 1 percent from December and 21 percent above a year earlier. Nonfat dry milk used for human food rose 43 percent from a year prior, while cheese and other dairy products declined.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
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