Lawton council rejects two sewer damage claims
Lawton city council voted 5 to 2 against paying $338.90 to Herbert Royal and $172.47 to Paul Robinson for sewer and dumpster damage. A separate $809 claim by Harry Jones was denied 6 to 1. Debate centered on prior notice and maintenance duties under Oklahoma law.
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Pursley
Jones
Royal
Robinson
Jack Atkinson
Public Works Department
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Vic Ramirez
Rex Pierce
Ramirez
Supreme Court
Harry Anderson
Anderson
Pierce
Don Aust
Ed Riddle
Rex Givens
J.J. Pursley
Controversial refuge program faces transfer and access limits
Washington must approve transfers like John son a GS 13, with Albuquerque lacking word of approval. Johnson denies applying for transfer while Smith notes officials sometimes reject such moves. The plan reduces recreation, restricts swimming to one location, limits campgrounds and hours, closes some fishing roads, and schedules two more campgrounds for closure. Environmental studies and guided tours expand as Johnson and Sontag push the program with speeches. No replacements named for leaving staff.
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Washington
Albuquerque
Johnson
Smith
Johnson and Sontag
Post Oak
Fawn Creek
Refuge
Carter outlines flexible borders and arms talks stance
President Carter endorses defensible borders as part of a peace package with Israel and discusses strategic arms with Paul Warnke. He opposes early inclusion of cruise missiles and the Backfire bomber, supports a demilitarized Indian Ocean, and notes concerns over human rights in Chile and elsewhere.
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Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
Middle East
Paul C. Warnke
Senate
Warnke
Soviet Union
Carter
U S
Indian Ocean
Salvadore Allende
Geneva
Brady Tyson
United Nations Human Rights Commission
Chile
Trial set in McKinley Hall family shooting case
Trial the hospital by another of McKinley Hall's brothers Jimmy Lee Hall was shot to death last year in the Oct. 17 shootout at the former Veterans of Foreign Wars club at 110 B, now a disco. Ernest Wilson was acquitted of first degree murder last month in that case. Officer Fred Walker testified he recovered a .25 shell casing from the African Breeze floor and a slug from the pool table. Hall was arrested in January, more than a year after the shooting.
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McKinley Hall
Jimmy Lee
Jimmy Lee Hall
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Ernest Wilson
Lawton
Fred Walker
Human Relations Meeting Scheduled
The Human Relations Association will meet at 7:30 p.m. on April 5 in the Caisson Room at Fort Sill Officers Club. Dr. Robert Watkins, a Lawton resident and psychology professor, will speak on practical applications of transactional analysis.
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Human Relations Association
Caisson
Fort Sill
Dave Beagley
Funeral set for Robert Earl Stewart in Hollister
Frederick special obituary for Robert Earl Stewart 75 of Hollister who died Tuesday in a Frederick hospital after a long illness. Funeral Thursday 10 30 a m at Gish Funeral Home Memorial Chapel with Rev Jerry Cumbie officiating. Burial Hackberry Cemetery west of Frederick. He was born December 14 1901 in Texas and survived by four sons four daughters two brothers three sisters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Frederick
Robert Earl Stewart
Hollister
Gish Funeral Home Memorial Chapel
Jerry Cumbie
Mountain Park
Burl Hickerson
Pete Wylie
Hackberry Cemetery
Stewart
Texas
Clara O’dell Britton
Sanger
Tex
Chattanooga
Hollister First
Judy Ann Reese
Hanau
Germany
W.F. Stewart
Brownfield
Homer Lynch
Henderson
Grace Waters
Zola Boston
Dallas
Zella Talley
Denison
Lawton Man Waives Hearing On Molestation Charge
Kenneth Johns, 25, waived a preliminary hearing today and will stand trial on a lewd molestation charge accusing him of sexually molested an eight year old girl on January 8.
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Lawton
Kenneth Johns
Dutch East India Company Founded Cape Colony Trade Post
The Dutch first settled South Africa as a victualing station for voyages to the Far East. The initial colonists were employees of the Dutch East India Company.
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South Africa
Far East
Dutch East India Company
Bank awards $1000 urban design prize to Armed Services YMCA
A $1000 prize from a city bank for urban design was passed to the Armed Services YMCA. Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Harry Critz, Jerry Barker, Zelda Montgomery Davis, and Felix Mantell attended. The prize honors a new bank building on D Avenue and downtown renewal in Lawton.
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City National Bank
Armed Services Ymca
Harry Critz
Armed Services Advisory Council
Jerry Bark
Zelda Montgomery Davis
Felix Mantell
Armed Forces
Gen. Cruz
USO
YMCA
McMahon Foundation
D Avenue
Lawton
Davis
Armed Services Y
Hearing Continued For City Bondsman In Oklahoma City
The hearing for Randale Lasiter a 31 year old bondsman suspended by the state insurance commissioner was moved to March 28. He cannot write bonds until the suspension is reviewed and faces a March 22 district court preliminary hearing in Lawton on three counts of embezzlement involving a $500 withholding from Sentinel Bonding Company. He is held on $3,000 bond.
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Oklahoma City
Lawton
Randale Lasiter
State Insurance Commissioner's
Lasiter
Sentinel Bonding Company
Lassiter
Explosion Hits Lime Plant During Labor Strike Standoff
Explosion pounds the National Lime and Stone Co. plant one mile north as about 150 Local 15050-1 union members strike since February 19 over a wage reopener clause. Workers earn 4.08 to 4.67 dollars per hour. Union president Rick Baldridge says the union condemns violence and pursues a low profile.
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National Lime and Stone Co
Here
United Steelworkers Union
Rick Baldridge
Shell findings raise security alert at Bryant brothers site
Police and sheriff deputies report at least 19 military explosives or projectiles found in the past month in Fayetteville area. Lt. Col. Ron David says additional military police will step up security as some munitions are not from the impact area.
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Bryant Brothers
Ron David
Fayetteville
Sheriff’s Office
Jesus Chapel concert at Hilltop Baptist in six-week run
Local musician Mike Sconce to entertain at a Jesus Chapel music concert at 7 30 p m Thursday in Hill top Baptist Church SE 41st and Elm hurst. Concerts held every other week for six weeks.
Oklahoma City market prices for grain hay eggs cattle and hogs
State Department of Agriculture lists today prices for WHEAT BARLEY MILO SOYBEANS ALFALFA HAY EGGS and Oklahoma City cattle and calves hogs and feeder pigs. Wheat ranges 2.34 to 3.00 per bushel with various city quotes. soybeans bring 7.00 to 8.37 per bushel. alfalfa hay 80 to 90 per ton. eggs 56 to 67 per dozen prices vary by grade. cattle and calves auction activity described with price bands for slaughter cows bulls and stock cattle. hogs and feeder pigs quoted with weights and price ranges.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Afton
Muskogee
Beaver
Liberal
Manchester
Perryton
Ponca City
Clinton
Eldorado
Kingfisher
Medford
Okeene
Watonga
Weatherford
Banner
el Reno
Geary
Pauls Valley
Yukon
Keyes
Lawton
Temple
Hobart
Houston
Barley
Aston
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