Camp-Out and Classes at Lawton YMCA This Month
Mediterranean dance 8 p.m. Tuesdays for adults. photography 7 p.m. Thursdays. ladies gymnastics 10 a.m. Mondays and Fridays. karate 6:30 p.m. Mondays or 7:30 p.m. Thursdays. slimnastics 9:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays or 7 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays. scuba diving 7 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. modern dance 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Children swim lessons, baton twirling 4 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Grasshopper gymnas tics 4 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. A weekend camp-out leaves 5 p.m. Friday and returns noon Saturday from Lost Lake in Wichita Mountains Refuge. Sleeping bag and flashlight advised. Fee $6 members $10 nonmembers includes meals.
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Lawton
Lost Lake
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Westside business group motioning toward open membership
A group of westside businessmen plans an open membership policy with a $25 entrance fee and $10 annual dues. No use for the collected funds is decided, though advertising is a possibility. Lovell predicts membership will double and opposes city funding of $3.5 million for mall area parking. A $610,000 downtown mall land contract is expected to be signed next month by Warmack.
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Westside
Cade
Lovell
Lawton
Lawton Election Scene Sees Gilley Reelect and New Ward Winners
In Lawton a Tuesday primary produced Mayor Gilley’s second straight win after a 34 precinct sweep and new council members in Ward 1 and Ward 8. Pipes and Cagle led in their wards, with Pipes sweeping all Ward 1 precincts and Cagle avoiding a runoff in Ward 8. Results await final certification Friday by the Comanche County Election Board.
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Sterkel
Comanche County Election Board
Goodyear
Gilley
Lawton Constitution
Pipes
Lawton
Don Rust
Givens
Warf
Lake Ave
Cameron University
Pursley
Jefferson
Fredrick Chenault
Garfield
Chenault
Cagle
Charles Gibbs
Famed U S Guerrilla Fighter Maj Alfred Fernandez Dies
Maj Alfred Fernandez retired soldier and Lawton resident dies at 77 in an Oklahoma City hospital after surgery complications. He led guerrilla units in the Philippines during World War II, earned the Legion of Merit and Purple Hearts, and helped rally 50 men against 300 attackers. He will be buried at Fort Sill Post Cemetery with arrangements through Lawton Ritter Dalton Funeral Home.
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Alfred Fernandez
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Philippines
U.S
Douglas MacArthur
Maj. Fernandez
Hilo
Hawaii
Lillian McKenzie
Post Field
Porl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
Hilltop Drive
Albert Fernandez
Honolulu
Annabelle Maria
Angela Anderson
Ewa Beach
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Post Cemetery
Fort Sill
Weather modification notice filed by Irving P Krick Inc
The Lawton Constitution reports a March 9 16 1977 legal notice by Irving P Krick Inc seeking to augment natural precipitation for Cotton County via ground based generators in Comanche County. Operations may continue for about one year from April 15 1977 dispersing silver iodide from ground dispensers.
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Lawton
Irving P. Krick, Inc
S. Palm Canyon Drive
Palm Springs
Cotton County Services Inc
Comanche County
Cotton County
Lawton Police Circulate Composite Sketch in Probe
Lawton police distributed a composite drawing Tuesday of a man suspected in a Monday rape. Detective Robert Schulte said the description matches another rape victim in the south part of town and ties him to a prior forced entry near the first attack. A girl and sister escaped from the scene.
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Lawton
Robert Schulte
Workshop Planned A Gentle Nudge at Lawton Library
A workshop for parents to preview educational toys at Lawton Public Library runs 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today. Children's librarian Joyce Goeke says attendees must join a toy session before checking items out. The toys aim to teach specific skills and support child development. Mrs Goeke leads the session.
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Lawton Public Library
Joyce Goeke
Goeke
Gardening in Lawton Sees High Interest for Shrubs and Seeds
Landscaping owner Hugh Payne notes strong demand for shrubs trees and seed while Hall argues home gardening can cut food costs when scaled. He says most Lawton residents can grow foods in backyards with raised beds or pots and proper soil prep. Plant crops only the family will eat. top earners include tomatoes beans carrots beets okra onions cabbage summer squash and corn.
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Hugh Payne
Hall
Lawton
Beav er County Crash Kills Woman in 270 Run
A car driven by Terry Lee Ferguson 19 of Perryton slid 350 feet up an embankment and overturned on U S 270 in Beaver County. Mary Meza Medina 38 of Perryton died, Ferguson in serious condition, and Medina’s year old son escaped uninjured. Miss Murray drowned after the submerged car incident. Terrie Lee Brackett 16 escaped with minor head injury. Funeral details for Mrs Carnes provided.
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U.S. 270
Beaver County
Ferguson
Mary Meza Medina
Rowdy Reynolds
Nora C. Reynolds
Tahlequah
Elton Covington
Jackie F. Covington
Rush Springs
D.L. Jack Jones
Marlow
D.L. Doc Jones
Bonnie Foust
Oklahoma City
Shirley Rollins
Lawton
Becky Boucher
Walters
Seed distribution for Comanche tribe volunteers set for Saturday
Garden seeds will be distributed Saturday to Comanche tribe members wishing to plant vegetable plots. Distribution runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at four locations: Walters branch, Comanche Cultural Center in Cache, Comanche Tribal office in Lawton, and Apache Community Action Center. More than half of Japan’s population of about 112 million was born after World War II.
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Walters
Comanche Cultural Center
Cache
Comanche Tribal
Lawton
Apache Community Action Center
Japan
Hearing Delayed Pending Decision in Lawton Robberies
Preliminary hearings for a 17 year old Lawton youth charged with three armed robberies were stayed pending a decision by the state criminal court of appeals. Davidson, certified as an adult Feb 9, has appealed to reverse the decision while facing three gunpoint robberies with Jeffrey Mullins. Police tied the trio to eight robberies four auto thefts and two larcenies after a January liquor-store robbery chase.
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Lawton
State Criminal Court of Appeals
Mark Davidson
Lincoln
Chad Bledsoe
Davidson
Jeffrey Lynn Mullins
Mullins
Westside
Counseling Workshop Launched At Center
A family counseling workshop opens today for 44 counselors from Fort Sill and Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center. Coordinators are Captain Dave Cavin and Scott Williamson. guest speaker is Clint Phillips of the California Family Studies Center.
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Fort Sill
Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center
Dave Cavin
Scott Williamson
Taliaferro
Clint Phillips
California Family Studies Center
Burbank
Williamson
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the Lawton Constitution
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Oklahoma
Constitution
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Sunday Mail
Oklaho
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APO
Houston
R. Orsburn
Orsburn Chiropractic Clinic
Houston R. Orsburn, D.C
Arlington—Suite D
Lawton, Oklahoma
Ivory Coast
Maria Teresa Lloret Castell
Francesco Tamarit Crespo
Zenith
America
S.W
Thromacolor Picube
Home Decor & FurnitureLand
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Home Decor
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