Benefit Dance At Apache Aids Annual Community Event
The Apache Fair Building hosts a benefit dance starting at 2 p m with a gourd dance, followed by supper at 5 30 p m and an evening program at 6 30 p m including round and war dances. Proceeds fund the May dance. principals include Quanah Parker Rusty Wahkinney Cyr il Tammy Conklin Ed Horsechief Jo Jo Lane and Edgar Monetatchi with Anadarko head singers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quanah Parker
Descendants
Rusty Wahkinney
Cyril
Tammy Conklin
Oklahoma City
Ed Horsechief
Jo Jo Lane
Anadarko
Edgar Monetatchi
Elgin
Prices rise in February amid uneven consumer costs
Prices continued upward in February with an 0.8 percent rise, outpacing prior months though below 1974 peaks. New car prices edged up 1.2 percent due to rebates offset by higher imports, clothing rebounded, and services costs increased driven by medical care and utilities. Overall annual retail prices climbed 11.1 percent from a year earlier as food and nonfood goods and services also rose.
Indochina Overrun Sparking Refugee Flows and Curfew
In January North Vietnam overran seven southern provinces covering 13 000 square miles and housing about 1 700 000 people. President Thieu said Hanoi committed 19 divisions to a general offensive and ordered a two hour curfew extension in Saigon as refugees flood roads toward Da Nang and Hue. American staff evacuated Hue while local civilians face growing disruption and economic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Vietnam
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Saigon
Nguyen van Thien
Kontum
Pleiku
Highlands
Thieu
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Hue
da Nang
U.S
Postal Route Evaluation System sparks union clash
The Letter Carrier Route Evaluation System would reassign 135,000 routes using computerized measurements and could cut about 15,000 jobs. Union leader James H. Rademacher argues against mass layoffs while Postmaster General Bailor pushes efficiency to curb postal rate hikes and tests proceed. Trials in Kokomo reduced routes and Portland added a carrier as systems roll out gradually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Rademacher
Benjamin F. Bailor
Kokomo
Portland
Broughton
Graveside funeral for Ray mond D Goodwin announced
Graveside services for Ray mond D. Goodwin of 1303 SW Ninth will be at 2 30 p m Friday in Highland Cemetery under Becker Funeral Home direction. Goodwin was found dead Tuesday at his home.
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Raymond D. Goodwin
Highland Cemetery
Becker Funeral Home
Mr. Goodwin
Drug Charge Hearing Set for Jimmie Russell
Jimmie J. Russell, 47, of 2705 Ave is scheduled for a preliminary hearing April 28 in district court on a possession of amphetamines with intent to distribute charge. He faced a felony count Wednesday with $1000 bond set. Police stopped him for erratic driving near 44th and Cache Road, recovering 107 tablets and a .380 pistol tied to him. Dorothy Marie Domebo 25, of 18084 B, a passenger, said the pistol belongs to Russell and also faces bond set at $100 pending trial.
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Jimmie J. Russell
Ave
Russell
Mike Kelley
Ron Alexander
44Th
Cache Road
Oklahoma State Bureau of In
Dorothy Marie Domebo
Domebo
Bond
Oklahoma Governor Says Rock Island Went To Bankruptcy Route
Governor Boren said congressmen were informed late that Rock Island would seek a loan from the U S Railroad Authority but was rejected. He noted bankruptcy as a potential path, described the process as piecemealing the line, and urged a ICC or merger solution to protect jobs and service. He criticized unequal aid to Penn Central and urged fair treatment for Rock Island.
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Oklahoma
Rock Island
U. S. Railroad Authority
Boren
ICC
Congress
Penn Central Railroad
United States
Penn Central
Action To Save Spruce Goose Urges Preservation Effort
Los Angeles city council passed a resolution urging the federal government and Summa Corp to pause for 90 days to allow efforts to save the Spruce Goose. The World’s largest airplane, built by Howard Hughes, has eight engines and a 320 foot wingspan and flew only once. The campaign seeks a single display of the aircraft rather than dispersal to museums worldwide.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes
Hughes’ Summa Corp
John S. Gibson
Summa Corp
Assemblies in Schools Split on Appeal and Discipline
Administrators, teachers, and students debate school assemblies at Lawton High. Some push for quality shows to engage diverse groups while fearing discipline issues on buses and in halls. Proposals include smaller targeted assemblies for science and other groups.
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Richard Neptune
Fire Department Responds to Grass and Cross Fires in Lowton
Lowton Fire Department answered alarms Wednesday at 8:48 p m for a grass fire at 812 A and 9:57 p m for a cross fire at 1900 Wisconsin and 9:58 p m for a grass fire at 130 Tennessee. This year’s dispatch total reaches 328 calls.
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The
Lowton Fire Department
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Walters Arts and Crafts Show at Walters High Gym
The Indian Club of Walters High School hosts an Arts and Crafts show in the Walters High School Gym from noon to 5 30 p.m. Saturday. Supper is served at 5 30 p.m. with a fashion show to follow. Local artists and crafts men and the general public are invited.
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Walters
Indian Club
Walters High School
Chess Champion Declines Karpov Title Match
World chess champion Bob Fischer said he will not meet Soviet challenger Anatoly Karpov in a $5 million title match. Fischer told a FIDE official there is nothing else to do and the match is cancelled.
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Bergen
Netherlands
Bobby Fischer
Anatoly Karpov
Fischer
International Chess Federation
Fide — Bureau
Florencio Campomanes
Philippines
Comanche Elk Teeth Game and a Love Bet Tale
Woodgee recounts a Comanche gambling game with elk teeth and bone beads used as signals. A tale of a homely man who gambled away his wife for horses, later winning her and living happily. today bets are small, mostly petty cash or fruit.
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Woodgee
Oklahoma Price Report for Wheat Barley Milo and Lots
Oklahoma state report lists cash grain prices by market with wheat 3.40 to 3.95 a bushel across towns, barley 2.20 to 2.80, Milo 4.00 to 4.85 per bushel, soybeans around 4.80 to 9.13, alfalfa hay 65 to 75 per ton, broilers at 23 to 24 cents, eggs large 63 and mediums 57 per dozen, plus cattle hogs and feeder prices in Oklahoma livestock market. Cattle and calves about 15,000 traded. feeder steers 28.50 to 31.00, heifers 21.50 to 25.25, hogs 37.50 to 40.50, sows 34.25 to 36.50.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Afton
Altus
Hobart
Keyes
Liberal
Manchester
Pauls Valley
Perryton
Clinton
el Reno
Geary
Kingfisher
Medford
Okeene
Ponca City
Temple
Watonga
Yukon
Weatherford
Gulf
MILO
Oklahoma Livestock
Retiree Council To Meet Friday at Fort Sill
Fort Sill’s Officer and Enlisted Retiree Council holds its fourth meeting Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Nyé Library. Maj. Gen. David E. Ott will welcome 18 members and host the noon luncheon at the Officers Club. Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Harry H. Critz will be the morning guest speaker.
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Jim Dunn
The
Lions Club
David E. Ott
Fort Sill
Dean A. McGee Eye Institute
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Nyé
Officers Club
Harry H. Critz
Chief of Staff
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Apache
Indochina
Braughton
Lawton Constitution
Sun Lawton Morning Press
Sun
Lawton Publishing Co
3Rd & A Ave
Lawton
Ohio
APO
Corn
Raymond Goodwin
Chinpra
W. Lee Bird
J. H. Hart
Moitor
McCord
C Ave
Parents Assn
Mustans l
Granada
Monarch
Monza
Pacer
Amcym i Dealers
AMC Buyer Protection
PLA Ag
Eddie Cordes Inc
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