Pecan Grafting Course Opens Enrollment in Oklahoma
OSU Extension agent John Moten announced a pecan grafting school for amateur growers and homeowners. The class meets at 7 p.m. April 21 in the Comanche County Fair Grounds Building with enrollment open through March 20. Participants should order grafts at enrollment and expect 30 cents per grafting stick with a $2 school fee.
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OSU
John Moten
Moten
Comanche County Fairgrounds
Oklahoma
Ohio
Thomas
Entries Open for Comanche Tribal Princess Contest 1977
Comanche Tribal Princess contest entries are open announced by tribal director Rusty Wahkinney. A benefit powwow to prep for the contest is set for Friday in Apache with a 7 p.m. start at the Apache Exhibit Building. Deadline to enter is March 25 contact Wahkinney at 1-405-464-2676 Cyril. Candidates aged 16 to 21 must be single and Comanche members. The selection will occur at a powwow on April 23 in Apache. Retiring princess Cheryl L Whitewolf is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Roderick Whitewolf. She is a Cameron University freshman.
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Rusty Wahkinney
Apache
Wahkinney
Cyril
Leonard Cozad Sr
George Watchetaker
Edgar Monetatchi
Cheryl L. Whitewolf
Roderick Whitewolf
Cameron University
Lookout Lawton to Host Handicapped Aid Volunteers Meeting
Lookout Lawton announces a meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Pauls United Methodist Church to form an organization for babysitting services and group activities for physically or mentally handicapped children and young adults. George Warren can provide more details at 355 9797.
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George Warren
Book by Dr Don Chenoweth to be published this year
Dr Don Chenoweth assistant professor of social science at Cameron writes Soviet Civil Procedure History and Analysis while pursuing a doctorate at St Louis University. The American Philosophical Society will publish the work later this year.
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Cameron
Don Chenoweth
American Philosophical Society
Chenoweth
St. Louis University
Murderesses Studied By Historian Professor Expert On Women Killers
Rutgers University historian Dr. Mary Hartman studied 13 19th century women who killed for social or personal pressures. Her research drew on English and French trial records and included a mother and daughter team. Six were convicted but none faced death. the maximum sentence was 20 years. The work anchors her book Victorian Murderesses and notes her role directing Rutgers Women’s Studies Institute.
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New Brunswick
N.J
Mary Hartman
Mama
Papa
Hartman
Rutgers
Women’s Studies Institute
Burglar attacked by dog at home on North 68th Street
Police say a burglar fled after entering a residence on North 68th Street when attacked by a dog. The dog bled, a patio door was found forced, and no injuries to the dog were reported. Hospitals reported no bites. The incident followed a note of nearby car sales data from 1974.
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North 68Th Street
Harry Ezell
Ray H. McIntyre
McIntyre
Ezell
Roscoe
Three Admit Guilt In Probe Of Arson
Fort Sill soldiers Bernard Schreyer and Thomas Hughes each pleaded guilty to third degree arson and filing false insurance claims. Adam Sutton also pleaded guilty to third degree arson. All received two year suspended sentences for the arson of Hughes’s pickup found burned behind Pas Time Lanes on Fort Sill Boulevard. Police detectives and the Lawton fire marshal investigated the incident.
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Fort Sill
Bernard Schreyer
Thomas Hughes
Adam Sutton
Hughes
Fort Sill Blvd
Lawton
Work On County Roads Approved In Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission awarded 9.92 million dollars in state road contracts including two Comanche County projects. Abercrombie & Sons won 389,660 for 0.403 miles of grade drain and surfacing at Pecan and Cache creeks west of the city. South Prairie Construction Co. received 85,470 for 2.06 miles of asphalt resurfacing on U S 62 from Rogers Lane to Medicine Creek. Bids opened Feb 25 with winners announced March 7.
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Oklahoma Transportation Commission
Comanche County
Abercrombie & Sons
Pecan
Cache Creeks
South Prairie Construction Company
U.S. 62
Rogers Lane
Medicine Creek
Commission
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