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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1978
Page
1
A humorous column features Hub and the Tomcat Tribune as narrator muses on birth, papers, and pets. The narrator riffs on ideas, cats, dogs, and horoscopes while reflecting on newspaper life and the act of writing.
Chattanooga FFA's Quinton Kinder wins cross breed grand champion steer with a $2,120 award and top $2,100 bonus bid from Security Bank & Trust Co. Lawton. About 250 exhibitors bid as Earl Glover auctioned at Great Plains Coliseum. Reserve grand champion steer earned $1,200, boosted by an $800 bid from Weldon Cox Pontiac.
NTSB cited deliberate track sabotage near Youngstown Florida causing a derailment and death toll of eight. FBI opened an intensive investigation though no leads were disclosed. Acting chair Kay Bailey said a misaligned rail joint was removed and the rail pulled aside with four bolts detached, a plan she called deliberate and capable in 20 to 30 minutes by a strong person using a crowbar.
State Rep. Don Davis told the Friday Forum at the Elks Lodge that a proposed utility sales tax exemption is unlikely this year due to weaker gas tax revenue and higher road repair costs. He noted a potential $6 million hit to the state treasury and discussed bulk diesel tax issues plus a Senate defeat forecast for a county option two-cent tax. The session also covered the Comanche County Public Trust Authority's benefits since 1974.
Reynolds Army Hospital announced internal medicine will reopen on a very limited basis for Fort Sill retirees and dependents. Brooke Army Medical Center doctors will rotate to Fort Sill every two weeks, addressing prescription refills and chronic conditions for about 14,000 people, with access limited by scope and availability. Col. Robert A. Hille said the effort aims to help, not burden, and will be managed gradually.
Returns from 51 locals show the tentative coal contract rejected by 3,055 to 1,560, most votes from Virginia District 28 where 10 locals are undecided. About 166,000 miners were eligible in 794 locals as UMW leaders warn the outcome could shape the strike and federal intervention.
Lawton narcotics agents report illicit dealers buy aspirin powders at drug counters and sell them as cocaine for up to 20 dollars a packet. Cases show sellers face not criminal charges for possession of small amounts, tests require the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation for content, and an undercover purchase led to a false pretenses charge when the drug proved to be harmless aspirin.
An Aeropostal turbo prop jet carrying 43 passengers and 4 crew crashed into the Caribbean Sea just after takeoff from Caracas International Airport. Seven bodies were recovered with boats sweeping the search for survivors. The flight was bound for Cumana in eastern Venezuela, about 300 miles from Caracas.
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