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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1977
Page
1
A 25 year old Lawton woman shot five times armed intruder Charles A. Buford 20 Fort Sill as he allegedly broke into her home while she slept with her one year old son. Buford was listed in serious condition after surgery and a police manhunt followed.
GM vice president Charles Katko announces a $100 million passenger car assembly plant to be built in Oklahoma City. Construction to start immediately with two-year completion, creating about 2,700 jobs on one shift and 5,000 on two shifts, with yearly payroll rising from 65 million to 120 million. The plant will cover 2.956 million square feet and use new tech to cut emissions and save energy. Most workers will be Oklahomans.
About 200 students at Rust College burned the three story administration building during a protest over the president’s one year contract renewal. Firemen halted the blaze before dawn and the campus was closed indefinitely with 800 students told to leave. Police sought four more students for arson and disorderly conduct.
Oklahoma wheat prices slid to multi year lows with Lawton at 2.28 per bushel and Afton at 2.14. Keyes reached 2.33 while Hobart stood at 2.30 as traders foresee no near rally for the 1977 harvest amid abundant supply and weak buying. Rex Polone of Lawton Coop Services cites rains and weak demand as factors.
Tonight will be mid-40s with fair skies. Friday brings increasing clouds and a 40 percent rain chance with a high in the upper 60s. Tuesday peaked at 69 degrees and 36 degrees overnight. Extended outlook shows fair conditions Saturday and noticeably cooler Sunday to Monday with partly cloudy skies.
Police directed traffic as a city crew cut the eastbound lane on a 45 mph two lane road near Flower Mound Road. No injuries were reported. A detour via Flower Mound Road Lake Avenue and 25th Street was used. Street Division Superintendent H D Woodall said the site was properly barricaded.
Police say a Northside Lawton residence shooting stemmed from a drug deal ripoff. Two men died, one critically wounded, and a fourth man jailed as investigators confiscated drugs and guns. The incident occurred about 6:30 p.m with over 20 shots fired.
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