Hatchet Attack at Cache School Board Meeting
Deputy reports a hatchet attack during a Cache school board meeting in Lawton attorney Allan Sasser's office. Robert P. Cook was hospitalized with a head wound and a suspect identified as Ben Moore was questioned. no arrest made as investigation continues.
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Cache
Lawton
Richard Briley
Robert P. Cook
Memorial Hospital
Allan Sasser
B. Cook
Darrell Dawkins
Cook
Dawkins
Briley
Ben Moore
Moore
Goodyear
Cardinal Massamba-Debat Tied to Congo Coup After Ngouabi Kill
The government says Cardinal Massamba Debat masterminded the coup that killed Congo leader Marien Ngouabi last Friday. Cardinal Biayenda, 50, had met Ngouabi shortly before the assassination and was later named cardinal in 1973. Vatican sources note it as a rare cardinal murder since the Middle Ages. Pope Paul VI urged prayers for pacification in the Congo at his audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse Massamba-Debat
Ngouabi
Biayenda
Biagenda
Garda
Brazzaville
Vatican
Paul VI
Congo Republic
Marien Ngouabi
Obituary roundup in Lawton area churches and towns
Obituaries for Andy E. Wilson 1897 197? funeral Friday in Lawton. Dovie Beile Seymour 1900 197? funeral Thursday in Fletcher. Lonnie L. Gage 1908 196? funeral Friday in Walters. Cecelia A. Kozik 1902 197? services in Chicago with local arrangements in Lawton. Survivors listed for each. Burial and church details vary by individual.
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Walters
Lonnie L. Gage
Wyatt Funeral Home
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Bergland told reporters he plans to adjust loan rates next week except wheat. The 1978 corn loan proposal was set higher than the target price to keep it competitive with wheat for livestock feeding, Hjort said, aiming to discourage over stimulation of the livestock industry.
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Bergland
Hjort
Duncan Man Killed In Waurika Car Crash
A Duncan man, 43 year old Harry Edward Hicks, died Tuesday evening after his car veered left of center and struck a bridge abutment on a Waurika street. The fatal crash increased Oklahoma’s 1977 traffic toll to 136, compared with 164 at the same point last year.
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Duncan
Waurika City
Harry Edward Hicks
Andrus Pushes Drought Relief Cuts for Farms
Andrus said drought relief from the President will ease conditions but urged cutting sharply the Senate approved 200 million emergency drought relief bill. The Senate passed 92 to 0 on March 15 authorizing 200 million new funds plus 200 million in previously appropriated money for preventive measures on irrigated farm lands.
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Andrus
Senate
Fort Sill Employe Dies After Drum Blast
Fort Sill civilian Michael W. Grigsby 30 died in University Hospital Oklahoma City from head injuries after an oil drum exploded at I See O Hall. He was cutting the drum with an acetylene torch when the top blew off. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday in Walters First United Methodist Church. Burial in Walters Cemetery. Survived by wife Linda Pachee two sons a daughter parents and grandparents.
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Andy E. Wilson
First Presbyterian Church
William Swan Jr
Lawton Becker Funeral Home
Mr. Wilson
Jamestown
Kan
Cleo E. Walcher
Wellington
Lawton
Fort Sill
Gail R. Wilson
Meadowbrook
Clara Steele
Wichita Falls
Tex
Susie Marshall
Alva
Fletcher
Dovie Beile Seymour
Fletcher Assembly of God Church
Dennis Meyer
Fletcher Cemetery
Robbins Funeral Home
Acme
Henry Seymour
Rush Springs
Assembly of God
Velva Miller
Dorothy Dewbre
Oklahoma City
Marvin
Andrew Guinn
Henderson
Nev
Wesley Frehner
Las Vegas
Russell Kirklen
Neal Brown
Mitchell Lowry
Walters
Gage
Duncan
Mr. Gage
Nocona
Minnie Burns
Dumas
Gage Oil Company
First United Methodist Church
Jeanette dePencier
Bakersville
Calif
Caroline Grubbs
Okmulgee
Clyde Edwards Gage
Guthrie
Edward
Jimmy Burns
Virgil Gage
Pauline Adkins
Cecelia A. Kozik
Chicago
Panozzo Brothers Funeral Home
Becker Funeral Home
Holy Sepulcher Cemetery
Kozik
August Paul Kozik
St. Barbara’s Catholic Church
VFW
Robert
William
Raymond
Paul Kozik
Donald Segerich
Michael W. Grigsby
University Hospital
Grigsby
Reynolds Army Hospital
Medivac
Post
Walters Cemetery
Wyatt Funeral Home
Walters High School
Linda Pachee
Council Accepts Proposal For Addition Sewer Line
City council votes for a long or short easement pact amid debate over mineral revenue and local code enforcement. Officials weigh zoning limits while planning five more sewer lines and a downtown mall expansion with Warmack contract talks.
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Rex Givens
Lawton
Don Aust
Givens
Norrell
ECA
Rust
Fort Sill
KCA
Aust
Rex Pierce
J.J. Pursley
Ed Riddle
Harry Anderson
Vic Ramirez
Fred Chenault
Ashley Cage
Benham-Blair and Affiliates, Inc
Garden Village
Ed Warmack
Warmack
Lawton Morning Press Retracts Mansel Assault Result
The paper corrects an error stating Daniel Mansel of Elgin was fined $100 for assaulting Elgin city marshal Virgil Osborne. Mansel was awaiting trial before Special Dist. Judge David Carter. a mistrial was declared, and the misdemeanor case dismissed after a defense motion. The paper apologizes to Mansel.
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Lawton
Daniel Mansel
Elgin
Mansel
Special Dist
David Carter
Dist
Steve Lile
Lile
Virgil Osborne
Elgin City
City Aims to Complete All City Signals by 1980
City maintenance head Helry says six city constructed signals are running with low future maintenance costs since spare parts are not commercially purchased. He notes maintenance costs about $400 per intersection for commercially purchased signals and outlines plans to finish all city signals by 1980.
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Helry
Helvy
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Sunday Constitution Lawton Publishing Co., Inc
3Rd & A Ave
Okla
Oklahoma
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Dovie
B. Seymour
Sears
Sears Hearing Aid
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Ulth & Gore
Civil Service
Kenny
Michael Jr
Michelle
Worth Grigsby
B.R. Grigsby
Nocoma
Mae Cobb
Jerry Cade
Fair Government Organization
FGO
Frank Lovell
Sheridan Bank and Trust Co
Cade
Cude
Lawtonians
Lawton Publishing Co
Baty
Alpha Keri
Eveready
Cele Eas
Abe
Vicks Formula
Polaroid
Planter’s
Speer
Planters
Eaocel
Sylvania Flashcubes
Eckerd
N.W. Cache RD
Cache Road
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