Oklahoma Senate to probe Health Dept expense claims
A state Senate subcommittee begins a study of Health Department expense claims with focus on former Sen. Tom Tipps of Ardmore. Tipps, a $15 420 a year state employee, charged over 1000 in Oklahoma City hotel bills during seven months, plus mileage for Ardmore to the capital despite an attorney general ruling.
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Oklahoma City
State Senate
State Health Department
Tom Tipps
Ardmore
Tipps
Capitol
AIM Leaders Demand Dismissal as Pine Ridge Standoff Rages
Federal officers faced an intratribal clash on Pine Ridge as AIM leaders press for tribal president Richard Wilson’s dismissal and new elections. More than 200 Indians held a convoy for two days prompting concerns of health issues among children and a risking standoff with federal agents.
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Ralph Erickson
U.S
Pine Ridge Reservation
AIM
Richard Wilson
Two Youths Held In Job Corps Fire
Four Job Corps teenagers started a fire at the Treasure Lake center dormitory under construction. Two 16 year olds from San Antonio were turned over to Comanche County juvenile authorities after the incident. The blaze caused minor damage to the 65 percent complete dorm, put out with extinguishers, with two suspects leaving the program.
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Job Corps
Treasure Lake
Robinson
Sheriff's Deputies
Oklahoma official Tipps travels weekly to Oklahoma City hotel
Health records show Tipps spends three or four nights a week in an Oklahoma City hotel. Senator Jim Howell says the subcommittee will wait for Dr. Carpenter to finish his investigation before action. Dr. Carpenter concedes travel claims may violate state statutes but expects no blatant irregularities. He promises a full inquiry to determine any irregularities. The Health Commissioner notes a July 23 1971 memo assigning Tipps to Ardmore for a nursing home survey. Budget records show Tipps files weekly Monday trip claims to City and works most of the week from Oklahoma City. Tipps earns $15 420 annually.
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Habana Inn
Lincoln Plaza Motor Hotel
Oklahoma City
Health Department
Tipps
Jim Howell
Midwest City
Carpenter
Ardmore
Budget Office
Bomb scares hit London during Northern Ireland referendum day
A 150 pound bomb found and defused outside Scotland Yard disrupted hours around the Old Bailey and Whitehall amid an Ireland referendum tied attack. Police tied the blasts to the Provisional IRA and reported injuries at Old Bailey, with damage at the Admiralty and Agriculture Ministry and a wrecked Press Association office.
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Scotland Yard
John Gerrard
the Yard
Old Bailey
Whitehall
Gerrard
Northern Ireland
Republic of Ireland
National Provisional Wing
Irish Republican Army
Admiralty
Agriculture Ministry
The
Press Association
Britain
Farringdon Street
Protesters Seek Injunction Over Center Site
At the state capitol nine protesters urged Gov Hall as attorney Chuck Wade argued the venue challenge was filed late and should fail. They threatened to refile in Oklahoma County if overruled and urged alternative downtown locations.
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Oklahoma County
Brock
Chuck Wade
State Capitol
Don Davis
Jack Lindstrom
Gordon Beznoska
J. Fred Ferrell Jr
Corrections Department
Hall
Sgt
Sterling Bailey
Ranch Oaks
Bailey
Lawtonian
Carl Bishop
Idle Hall
Draft lottery resumes with volunteers as 1969 change
The first post 1969 lottery draws as none of the young men face certain induction. The draft uses four local students to draw capsules while national totals shrink from 100 to four. Rehearsal went smoothly with two drums, plexiglass chambers, and outside observers sealing the capsules overnight.
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Department of Defense
Vietnam
Rain forecast extends through tonight with cooler weekend ahead
The National Weather Service expects 24 to 36 hours of wet weather with 90 percent probability this afternoon dropping to 70 percent tonight. Expect rain to end from the west by Friday with cooler daytime highs in Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma. Rain totals vary from 0.66 inches downtown Lawton to smaller amounts at Apache and Lake Lawtonka.
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National Weather Service
Oklahoma
Lawton
Apache
Lake Ellsworth
Lake Lawtonka
Meers
Constitution & Morning Press
Third
Five
53Rd
Gore
Plane Crash Near Silk Hope Scouts Golden Knights Display
Residents report a plane crash near Silk Hope after a loud motor and explosion were heard. The Golden Knights, the U S Army parachute demonstration unit formed in 1957 at Ft. Bragg, perform up to 200 free fall shows yearly with two teams of fourteen. Mrs Alfred Newlin saw the plane pass her house before the crash.
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L.M. Petty Jr
The
Golden Knights
Ft. Bragg
Alfred Newlin
Silk Hope
China Buys 400000 Bales of U.S. Cotton
China purchased 400000 bales of cotton from the United States amid ongoing trade activity. The deal underscores strong demand for U.S. cotton and signals continued bilateral commerce between the two nations.
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China
U.S
Lawton Woman Guilty on Cocaine Possession Suspended Sentence
Patricia Ann Hotchke 19 pleaded guilty in District Court to possession of cocaine and received a two year suspended sentence. She was found with a small packet in her billfold while a passenger in a car driven by James Curran, who faces trial on possession of marijuana with intent to distribute after police stopped the vehicle and found 60 pounds of marijuana in the trunk. Curran is ordered held for trial. sentencing in a prior marijuana case is set for next Friday following a pretrial hearing.
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Lawton
Patricia Ann Hotchke
Dist
J. Winston Raburn
Miss Hotchke
James David Curran
Columbia
Curran
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
SH 49
John F. Taylor
Taylor
Bus Fire Kills Passengers in West Texas Crash
A Kerrville Bus Co Greyhound traveling from San Francisco to Miami crashed on US 290 near Fort Stockton. Officials said 29 to 31 aboard, many burned. rescue teams and Brooke Army Medical Center specialists rushed to identify the dead and aid survivors.
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Jim Robinson
Kerrville Bus Co
San Francisco
Miami
John Mahaffey
Kerrville
Greyhound
Fort Stockton
San Antonio
West Texas
Tunis Creek
Lilly Jasmin
Lake Charles
U.S. 290
Bakersfield
Joe D. Ramirez
Ozona
Tex
Public Safety Department
Brooke Army Medical Center
Three Arrested On Drug Charges In Oklahoma Incident
A Walters man aged 21 was arrested after allegedly selling barbiturates to a Lawton police undercover agent on Cache Road at 7 25 p m Wednesday. Police surveillance led to the stop of a car around midnight and the arrest of two Lawton men aged 19 and 20, with a package of marijuana found in the car and $1 200 in the glove compartment.
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Walters
Lawton
Cache Road
Fred Gebert
Fine Arts Auditorium
Montie Landrum
Clarence Brown
Clarence Evinge
Albert Thrasher
L. L. Lovett
Steve Sanders
Landrum
Charges Prepared After Frederick High School Clash
Officials prepared charges after a black white clash at Frederick High School sparked by student encounters. Police and sheriff's deputies contained fights that left Daryl Cullum with a torn cheek, windows broken, and several students bruised.
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Brown
Nixon urban aid plan outlined to aid cities
President Nixon proposed a $2.3 billion first year revenue sharing program to replace older urban development and housing efforts. He promised no strings attached use for community development and less federal matching, plus new acts to streamline funds, broaden flood insurance, and strengthen state and local planning and disaster response. Mayors and officials urged stopgap aid as Congress considers the plan for fiscal 1974.
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the Nation
Washington
Mays
White House
Congress
Sheriff Probes Pickup Fire Near Geronimo Stolen Vehicle Burned
The sheriff’s department investigates a pickup fire near Geronimo linked to a reported theft in Lawton. A passerby alerted authorities and found the burned truck about five miles south of Lee Boulevard on Railroad Street. The car owned by Claud E. Blackburn was taken from Safari Lounge location and wrecked after a high speed off-road crash before being set ablaze.
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Sheriff's Department
Geronimo
Lawton
Lee Boulevard
Railroad Street
Claud E. Blackburn
Safari Lounge
S. 6Th
Donnie Lovelady
Lovelady
George Washington’s mother and her gingerbread
A historical note describes Mary Ball Washington frequently baking and serving gingerbread, reflecting colonial hospitality and home life surrounding George Washington.
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George Washington
Vo Tech Board Considers 66 Car Parking Expansion
Great Plains Area Vo-Tech School eyed additional asphalt parking south of the campus to house 66 cars. Col Ret Bob Neal authorized to present expansion plans at the April 4 meeting. Pre-enrollment reaches 361 for next fall with capacity 640 as officials finalize enrollment.
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Great Plains Area
Vo-Tech
Bob Neal
Bob Jarvis
Jarvis
Elgin
State Future Business Leaders of America Con
Public Records Complaints Reported To City Police
Lawton Police Department lists individuals and businesses as compliments with reports of burglary and thefts. Charles Brown reported burglary of residence and theft of television two shotguns and two rifles from Village Green Drive. Others reported thefts including rifles, clock radio clothing bicycles tires and cash.
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Lawton
Charles Brown
Village Green Drive
Milton Debeohsy
Floyd
Robert Lewis
Fort Sill
Mike Kee
N. Elm
Steven Vanscoir
N. Oak
Apt
Jock Johnson
Bob Fraze
Charges Filed In District Court Misdemeanors
Names appear in district court clerk charges with multiple defendants charged by misdemeanor counts. Individuals include John L Gossett, Robert L Sims, Robert Billings, Peter A Larson, Morris J Glass, Jack A Cooper, Joseph E Martin, Barney L Hobbs, Louis Legree Jr, Cecil R Penick and Bobby D Winkle for driving under the influence of alcohol or possession of marijuana.
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John L. Gossettili
Beta
Robert L. Sims
Apache
Robert Billings
Hoover
Peter A. Larson
Fort Sill
Morris J. Glass
Baldwin
Jack A. Cooper
Cache
Joseph E. Martin
Dearborn
Barney L. Hobbs
Washington
Louis Legree Jr
Cecil R. Penick
N. 57Th
Bobby D. Winkle
Medicine Park
Halifax valued as Canada’s chief eastern seaport by ice closed St. Lawrence
When the St. Lawrence River is frozen Halifax, Nova Scotia, serves as Canada’s principal eastern seaport. The note underscores Halifax’s strategic role during river closures.
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St. Lawrence River
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
ROTC Cadets Visit Fort Sill for Army Life Exposure
About 100 cadets from Oklahoma State University and Central State University arrive at Fort Sill for a three day visit with the 4th Battalion 31st Infantry. The group includes eight female cadets training in military subjects with aim to be commissioned as second lieutenants in the Women's Army Corps. They practice map and compass orienteering on West Range and will learn rappelling before a train fire session with an M 16 rifle.
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Fort Sill
4Th Battalion
31St Infantry
Oklahoma State
Central State
OSU
Women’s Army Corps
West Range
Army
Medicine Creek
Walnut Gunstock Wood Scarcity Prompted Survey in WWI
Black walnut wood was widely used for gunstocks and became scarce during World War I, leading to surveys to locate individual trees.
Former Lawton Fire Chief LeRoy Julian Dies at 66
LeRoy Hoss Julian longtime Lawton fire chief from 1945 to 1953 died at 1 30 am after a brief illness. He served as president of the Oklahoma Firemen and Fire Chiefs associations and was a WWII liaison pilot awarded the Air Medal and battlefield commendation. Burial in Highland Cemetery.
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Lawton
LeRoy
Hoss) Julian
Dearborn
Julian
Becker Funeral Home
Forrest Siler
First Baptist Church
Highland Cemetery
Oklahoma Fireman’s Association
Oklahoma Fire Chiefs Association
Lawton High School
Cameron College
Centenary College
Shreveport
Mark Clark
932Nd Field Artillery
EAME
Army
Fort Sill
Hallie Cecilia Crain
Edward A. Julian
Columbia
Pete Julian
Galveston
Tex
Amtrak Targeting Near 100 MPH Trains Chicago to Milwaukee
Amtrak aims to run trains close to 100 miles per hour this summer on the Chicago to Milwaukee route and the St. Louis to Chicago line, signaling faster service expectations.
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Amtrack
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
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