Lawton School Board Keeps Model Cities Staff. Aides Cut
Lawton schools will retain certified personnel funded by Model Cities next year though they may shift roles within the system. Teacher aides funded by Model Cities face elimination, with 39 aides already cut as part of budget reductions. Fort Sill program may fund ongoing aide work through year end. The board also approved Eisenhower traffic plan elements and a PREP program to help Fort Sill personnel earn diplomas.
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Lawton
Model Cities
Hugh Bish
Charles Green
Bish
Green
Eisenhower
Dambold and Associates
Dick Tipton
Dambold
Fort Sill
Army
Ted Horton
Crosby Park
Almer West
Carriage Hills
Willie Hopkins Jr
Garfield
Dunbar
Rose Hill
Hopkins
Lawton View Improvement Association
Sam Joyner Jr
Airport Authority
Joyce Armster
Tomlinson Junior High
Food Service
Curtis
Karen Dorsch
Joan Ferguson
Barbara Gorman
Susan Lower
Vivian Oswalt
Susan Pierce
Wanda Santoro
Patricia Smythe
Doris Dunham
Linda Fletcher
Sheila
Stocks Move Ahead In Moderate Action
The market rose in moderate trading with the Dow up seven points to 973.89 at noon. NYSE advancers beat decliners 817 to 322 as analysts cited technical rally and healthy economy. Agricultural price quotes and cattle and hog market details follow from Oklahoma and nationwide sources.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Conference Board
Fort Sill Mechanic Course Graduates 23 Students
A graduation ceremony for 23 students of the Fort Sill Field Radio Mechanic Course Class 508-73 was held in Burleson Hall last Friday. Pfc. Michael A. Dominy earned the highest average of 98.85 percent and was the distinguished graduate, while Pfc. Keith G. Bootes was honor graduate with 98.13 percent. Other graduates included Privates First Class Steven A. Ledward Samuel S. Rolles Arthur L. Wood and several more listed.
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Fort Sill Field
Burleson Hall
Michael A. Dominy
Pfc
Keith G. Bootes
Steven A. Ledward
Samuel S. Rolles
Arthur L. Wood
James H
Area Student Honored At OSU
Randy Strecker of Chattanooga is honored for academic achievement by the agricultural engineering department at Oklahoma State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OSU
Randy Strecker
Chattanooga
Olahoma State University
Four Years Given In Knifing Death
Lawton teenager Jack Wayne Tisdale pleaded guilty to an amended charge of second degree manslaughter for the Septembers 16, 1972 stabbing death of Ronnie Jo Mayfield. District Judge J Winston Raburn sentenced Tisdale to four years in the state penitentiary with one year to serve and the balance suspended with probation and supervision. The case arose from a Mayfield domestic quarrel at her apartment with Tisdale and his wife Kathy. Tisdale was certified as an adult on November 8 and faced trial in March 19 on the felony docket.
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Jack Wayne Tisdale
Bishop Road
J. Winston Raburn
Tisdale
State
Ronnie Jo Mayfield
Mayfield
Kathy
Claudia J. Crumpler
Leggett
Beaudin
Daniel Richard Davis
Davis
Dist
McAlester
Miss Crumpler
Lawton
Vernon Field
Warmer Weather Boosts Oklahoma Wheat Growth
Wheat fields greened up and grew well under recent warm weather, the Crop Reporting Service said Monday. Top dressing with fertilizer and grazing of dormant sprays on orchards continued as home gardening lagged due to wet ground. cattle conditions remained mostly fair.
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Oklahoma City
Bomb Disposal Experts Injured In Morocco Bombs
Two Moroccan bomb disposal experts were injured when a bomb hidden in a shoebox at the American cultural center exploded at a military camp outside Casablanca. Another bomb found near the American consulate was disarmed without injuries.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Lawton Hosts Bicentennial Workshop For Civic Groups
About 100 attendees joined three informal sessions in Lawton to learn Oklahoma Bicentennial Commission plans. Gladys Warren delivered the keynote at a Great Plains Area Vocational-Technical School dinner as Sam Johnson outlined Heritage 76 Festival U.S.A. and Horizons 76 goals for 1973 to 1987. Local committee plans more workshops and meets monthly at City Hall with Dr. W. R. Easterling and Elizabeth Simon assisting.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
City Hall
Public Records Reports of Theft Complaints in Lewton
Complainants listed at Lewton Police Department include Levann Brown Fort Sill reporting wallet theft of 100 dollars from 307 N First. Smith Brothers Used Cars reporting auto theft at 504 S 11th. Jones Plumbing Co reporting copper theft from warehouse 1507 S Seventh. Lawrence Keegan reporting ring theft at 1911 Doserborn. Robert G Webb reporting gym cost theft at Fifth and 2328 Williams. Paul McWilliams reporting two bicycles stolen from in front of James Giess. Naesen Se Coche Road reporting vondelism.
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Lewton
Levann Brown
Fort Sill
N. First
Smith Brothers
Jones Plumbing Co
Lee
S. Seventh
Lawrence Keegan
Doserborn
Robert G. Webb
Gore
Fifth
Williams
Paul McWilliams
Kinyon
James Giess
Naesen Se Coche Road
Fire Reports From Lawton Fire Desk
Lawton Fire logged a series of calls including a gas lock standby at 428 Greenmeadow Drive at 12:47 PM on Monday and a gasoline spill at 915 Bell at 10:30 AM. A house fire occurred at 5405 Kinyon at 5:13 PM, with a car fire at 13 E. Car Street around 7:30 PM.
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Greenmeadow Drive
Ith and
Cowie Road
Kinyon
Bell
Local Police Log Records Multiple Injury Accidents
Lowton Police report 12.5 p.m. collision at Sheridan Road and Irwin with a token fence. Officer Lanny Wol notes a 20 year old from Medicine Park, transported to Reynolds Army Hospital by Royal Ambulance. Also 11:45 p.m. collision at 4th and Columbia with Patricia Barnett of 910 B, taken to Memorial Hospital by Royal Ambulance.
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Sheridan Road
Irwin
Lanny Wol
Floyd and
Norme J. Nye
Medicine Park
Reynolds Army Hospital
Royal Amphuiancepitol
Kirks Ambulance
4Th
Columbia
Patricia Barnett
Memorial Hospital
Royal Ambulance
Man Arraigned On Beating Count
A year‑old Lawton man James E. Dulin 309 H was arraigned in District Court on a child beating charge. He allegedly beat Troy Coggins 2 son of Brenda Coggins 509 H after being left with Dulin Saturday night. Dulin pleaded innocent. bond set at 3000. Preliminary hearing scheduled March 20. The child was not believed seriously injured and was released to his mother.
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Lawton
James E. Dulin
Troy Coggins
Brenda Coggins
Dulin
River Search Continued For Boy In Oklahoma
In Idabel Oklahoma a search for Dr Hobart S Landreth 38 and his 14 year old son Pat continued on the Glover River after they disappeared Sunday during a three hour float from Wright City Light water rose about ten feet and searchers halted at night due to darkness Volunteers on horseback lake patrols highway patrol and McCurtain County deputies aided under Sheriff James E Murphy with a helicopter and aircraft patrolling once fog cleared.
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Idabel
Okla
Oklahoma City
McCurtain County
James E. Murphy
Hepatitis Alarm In Oklahoma Day Care Centers
State epidemiologist Dr. Stanley Ferguson warns infectious hepatitis is rising with day care centers as major reservoirs. He cites 153 cases this year vs 169 last year and notes mothers returning to work fuel the trend. Emphasizes hand washing to reduce spread among young children.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Stanley Ferguson
Dr. Ferguson
Lawton Officials Hope for HUD Funding Reinstatement
Four Lawton officials attending a Washington conference report encouragement that recent HUD Model Cities funding cuts may be reversed. HUD officials told them decisions could come by April 15 1973 with March 15 as a key information date to avoid deeper cutbacks.
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Washington
National League of Cities
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Lawton
Charles P. Beller
Ernest Roper
Model Cities
A. J. Floyd
H. Gene Walker
Walker
Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Butler
Larry Fountaine
Pair Given 50-Year Terms In Crumpler Death Case
Two Fort Sill men received fifty year prison terms after pleading guilty to first degree manslaughter in the January strangling of Claudia J. Crumpler, 20, of Lawton. The trio previously faced a murder charge and one member remains to stand trial.
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Fort Sill
Lawton
John Lynn Leggett
Arnold Edwin Beaudin
Two Year Prison Sentence In Heroin Case
A Lawton woman identified as Joyce King alias Joyce Williams received a two year penitentiary term after pleading guilty to possession of heroin. She was arrested during a war on Lawton's heroin traffic and had originally faced a charge of sale. The plea followed an amended charge. She resides at 213 S Seventh.
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Lawton
Joyce King
Joyce Williams
Fort Sill Museum Highlight Featured in Oklahoma Guide
A new 20 page Oklahoma Museums and Galleries booklet lists the Fort Sill Museum and its artillery display in Hamilton Hall. The guide covers 1290 museums and galleries across 66 Oklahoma cities and towns. copies are free from the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department in Oklahoma City.
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Fort Sill Museum
Oklahoma
Museum of the Great Plains
Holy City
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Fort Sill
Hamilton Hall
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department
Will Rogers Building
Oklahoma City
Institute of the Great Plains launches regional newsletter
The Institute of the Great Plains begins a monthly mimeographed newsletter for members and regional museums, historical societies, trade agencies, and universities. Executive director Jim Miles says it aims to be a regional communication tool beyond a house organ.
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the Institute of the Great Plains
Institute
Jim Miles
Plumber seeks river land along Oklahoma City riverbed
Woodrow W. Bussey, a local plumber and Cherokee member with four children, files in federal court for 160 acres each, about 15 miles of the North Canadian River bottom through Oklahoma City. He seeks 800 acres along the river to raise horses and cattle and to preserve a claimed tribal right.
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Oklahoma City
Woodrow W. Bussey
Bussey
Wounded Knee
Guilty Plea Entered In Elgin Home Burglary
Raymond H. Bunch 20 of Lawton pleaded guilty to second degree burglary and received a three year sentence with 90 days to serve in the state penitentiary and the rest suspended. Fort Sill man Robert J. Weckle 23 also pleaded guilty and drew the same term with 90 days to serve and restitution due by July 1. Items taken from Mack Cizek’s Elgin home included a television tape player radio and Christmas presents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Raymond H. Bunch
Jack Brock
Bunch
Robert J. Weckle
Fort Sillman
J. Winston Raburn
Weckle
Mack Cizek
Elgin
Sill NCO Named Honorary Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma
S. Sgt. Pierce R. Kiddie of Michigan serving at Fort Sill received an honorary lieutenant governor appointment from Oklahoma Lt. Gov. George Nigh after aiding reservists during training. Kiddie coordinated a field exercise for the 28th Naval Reserve Mobile Construction Battalion, comprised of Navy reservists from Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas. He is the son of Mrs. Florence Lorime of Birmingham Michigan.
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Michigan
U.S. Army Field Artillery Center
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Pierce R. Kiddie
Reserve Components
Directorate of Plans and Training
George Nigh
Gov
Nigh
Kiddie
Ft. Sill
28Th
Naval Reserve Mobile Construction Battalion
Navy
Louisiana
Arkansas
Florence Lorime
1590
Snn Trail
Birmingham
Mich
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Afton
Medford
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Hobart
Reno
Clinton
Geary
Watonga
Weatherford
Okeene
Altus
Yukon
Enid
Temple
Gulf
Barley
Mangum
MILO
van Buren
Muskogee
Lamont, Pauls Valley
American Stock Exchange
Imperial Oil
Public Records
Weper Rerrie
Lowton Police Department
Ed Streeky
Arlington
Dad
Plumber
Sill
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