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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1976
Page
2
Lawton City Council considers moving regular sessions to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays while limiting meetings to the first, second, and fourth Tuesdays each month. Third and fifth Tuesdays would host sessions only for special needs with an 11 p.m. adjournment. The plan, backed by Charles Gibbs, faces vote May 11 after mixed reactions from Rex Givens and others.
Comanche County Rural Water District No 3 schedules 8 p.m. meeting at the Fairgrounds for its annual report and the election of directors.
A compiled list from Lawton Police Department shows complainants reporting thefts and related incidents at homes and businesses. Names include Marty Hodge Cameron University Gary Dees Garcia Indian Jewelry Wendel Matthews Donna Cousins Henry Paste Reynolds Army Hospital Levine's Debra Hoffman F D Harris Helms Jewelry Pamela Erwin James McCracken Northwest Church of Christ Kim Lanier Lois Hinman ida Crown John A Cain Sr and others with addresses across Lawton area. Reports cover motorcycle helmet theft CB radio hubcaps jewelry purses typewriter and more plus vandalism and obscene calls.
The record notes Calvin Coolidge being sworn in as the 30th president of the United States on August 3, 1923, following the death of Warren G Harding on August 2 in San Francisco. The item appears in Lawton Oklahoma's Sunday Constitution edition with subscription and delivery details.
Art professor Artell Oswald at Cameron College has not been rehired for next year and may appeal to the Board of Regents. The Faculty Affairs Committee is hearing if due process was followed amid staff reassignments and enrollment-driven needs. If unresolved, Oswald plans to seek a Regents hearing.
Workshops for Indian Health Service nurses are planned for May 12-15 at Talihina Indian Hospital and May 17-19 at Lawton Indian Hospital. Sessions cover nursing care examination current quality criteria and development of nursing standards to improve health care. Attending Lawton staff include Mike Fire Yvonne Monetathchi Florence Roy Beverly Carlyn Juanita Once Jackie Shriver Geneva Navarro Alice Stroman LaVern Pope Patricia Baker Luella Tahdooahnippah Barbara Dankowski Marie Wiggins and Kathy Agee.
The Kiowa Tia Piah Society of Carnegie will sponsor a benefit dance starting at 2 p.m. Saturday at Baldwin Hall in Anadarko. The society will also hold a memorial tribute to the late James Auchiah on June 12 at Chieftain Park. Marbles is a children's game played with colored balls and dates to ancient Egypt and Rome.
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