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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1976
Page
4
The Ford administration asks Congress to delay the effect of new federal standards for child day-care centers until October. The move follows a Senate vote sustaining Ford’s veto of a bill that would have postponed the standards to July 1 and provided states with 125 million dollars to meet them.
Fort Sill librarian Mike Swett salvaged WWI posters headed to a dump. Fort Sill Museum owns the posters and, with Arthur Lawrence of Lawton, preserved the papers of Harry Buckingham. The archives at the Museum of the Great Plains hold these items. A call to save forgotten items suggests many may become museum treasures.
Voters at the Shoemaker Education Center used key punched ballots read by computer to tally results for about 1200 Eisenhower students eligible to vote. Fourteen student congress officers and nine cheerleaders were chosen, with future elections possible to use computer prepared ballots to reduce voting disputes. The Dosser method notes membership eligibility as a chief issue for educators organizations. The first temperance group traceable dates to 1789 in Litchfield County Connecticut.
Charges Park 44 wife of Bobby Dudark Alma Ruth Witt 67 mother in law and Deborah Sue Felty's infant granddaughter were killed in a wreck after a police vehicle was stolen following an attempted arson call near Medicine Park. A joint funeral is set for Friday at Paradise Valley Baptist Church.
A group of five state legislators urged the board to choose the Carney area for a new prison. They disputed the Department of Corrections claims that Carney was less suitable, noting easy electricity and gas access and potential sewage ties. Land could be bought at $400 to $437 per acre, with estimated land savings of $500,000 to $1,000,000. The push follows resident opposition to other areas.
A 17 year old Elgin student was arrested in the Eisenhower High School gym after a bomb threat was phoned to police from a school line. The call at 9 33 a m led officers to the gym and to a possible eyewitness. The threat marked the second at Eisenhower in 24 hours and officials say the teen is suspected of multiple recent calls.
Lawton rain totals show inch drops at Fire Station 5 and pulses at Lawton Publishing .35 inch, with Lake Lawtonka at 0.9 and Lake Ellsworth at 0.57. Statewide rainfall ranged from 0.5 to 2.45 inches. two tornadoes formed but caused no damage. Golf-ball hail hit Kyle Texas and Fredericksburg area.
The United States signals support for Chile under Pinochet by backing the Simon visit to endorse Chile’s economic program to attract foreign investment and help repay roughly 4.5 billion dollars in external debt. Officials say the trip also aims to address human rights prospects while denying past aid restrictions by international agencies.
The State Department of Agriculture lists today’s prices for wheat ranging from 3.08 to 3.68 a bushel with city variations including Muskogee at 3.08 and Gulf at 3.68. Milo prices run from 3.90 to 4.60 a hundredweight with multiple Oklahoma towns listed. Eggs are priced at 62 cents for a large, 57 for a medium, and 4 cents for a small dot.
Warmack and Co executives tout a planned mall in Lawton as federal plans for Fort Sill raise growth prospects. They note earlier uncertainty over Fort Sill stalled local investment, but improving economy may attract department stores and new development. The firm also operates malls in Jonesboro and Texarkana and is building another in Texarkana.
About 60 disadvantaged youths from Lawton area will fill non skilled clerical and maintenance posts at Fort Sill's Summer Rides Program funded by welfare eligibility. Salaries start at $2.30 hourly with jobs filled by late June. Recruitment targets high schools Cameron University and State Employment Service.
The FBI Bulletin reports that in 1974 only about 12 percent of patrolmen worked on foot, illustrating a shift away from walking beats.
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