Arabic-Arabic split broadens as Arafat rebels against Syria
Fighting erupts in Beirut after PLA units pull back from a buffer zone amid clashes between Syrian controlled Saiga and Popular Front forces. Arafat accuses Assad of backing Lebanese Christians while Jumblatt pushes for Syrian withdrawal, prompting calls for peace and a unified Arab approach. Iskandar links Lebanon partition to Arab unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manders
Palestine Liberation Army
PLA
Tripoli
Arafat
Musbah Budeiri
Assad
Kamal Jumblatt
Lebanon
Israel
Jumblatt
Imam Mousa Sadr
Damascus
Beirut
Saiga Palestinian Organization
Radical
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine General Command
Saiga
Syria
Ahmad Iskandar
Iskandar
Military food procurement review eyed for criminal cases
An investigative group is evaluating the entire military food acquisition system and working with the Justice Department on possible criminal cases. The procurement evaluation group will submit its report by June 30 with recommendations to correct problems and establish controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Department
Title I Parent Committee Election Date Set
A Title I parent committee election is scheduled for 8 p.m. Monday in the Sterling High School math room. The committee will advise the school board on the Title I program and its use of federal funds to aid underachieving students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling High School
Processing Vegetables Cleaned and Peeled In Factories
Workers wash vegetables in large vats or sprayers and freeze them briefly to protect quality. Potatoes beets and carrots are peeled by special machines while green beans have stems snapped by cutters.
Parents questioned as infant injury case unfolds
Detectives questioned Mrs. Jones and husband after she said she was away visiting neighbors when the incident occurred while he baby-sat Veronica 5 months old and a 3 year old neighbor girl were present Mrs. Jones was released and Jones admitted striking the daughter lightly on the legs but denied beating her He refused a polygraph and authorities said the baby had been in Chicago with the grandmother until about a month ago The man was misidentified in a prior report as a Fort Sill MP He is a cook with the 197th Military Police Detachment Lt Jack A Pauling recently completed infantry officer training at Fort Benning and holds Bronze Star Medal Army Commendation Medal and CIB He is a 1965 Highland Park High School and 1972 Cameron University graduate S Sgt William Lewis of Battery C 1st Battalion 32nd Field Artillery, stationed in Germany, participated in an annual service practice on Crete near Greece. he served in Vietnam and last served at Fort Sill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jones
Lawton
Fort Sill
197Th Military Police
Pauling
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Vietnam
Highland Park, Ill
University of Oklahoma
Cameron University
William Lewis
Lonnie Mae
Crete
Greece
Lewis
32Nd Field Artillery
Germany
Army
John F. Mercadante
Carmine P. Mercadante
1115
Elm
Schofiel& Barracks
Hawaii
Mercadante
2Th Aviation
25Th Infantry Division
Lawton High School
Frances
Schofield Barracks
Local soldiers and airmen reassigned and awarded honors
Airman J C Fonville is assigned to Wheeler AFB Hawaii with the 15th Air Base Squadron after serving at Castle AFB California. Pfc William P Smith reports for duty with the 3rd Marine Division on Okinawa. Capt John F Mercadante receives his third Army Commendation Medal at Schofield Barracks Hawaii for meritorious service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Ronald G. Fonville
Wheeler Air Force Base
Hawaii
15Th Air Base Squadron
Fonville
James Fonville
Castle Air Force Base
Calif
Lawton High School
Debbie Bradley
Apache
William P. Smith
Othello Brown
Bishop Road
3Rd Marine Division
Okinawa
Japan
MacArthur High School
Smith
Marine Corps
Spy family seeks luxury tastes and gifts for child’s birthday
Matchekhine sought classified electronics and radar data from a Chief Petty Officer in exchange for money. He faces charges under a special law tied to the Japanese-American security treaty, with penalties up to ten years for gathering data harmful to mutual security. He has been stationed in Tokyo since 1974 and previously served at the Soviet information center in Bangkok.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matchekhine
7Th Fleet
U.S
Japan
Tokyo
Tokyo Foreign Correspondents’ Club
Soviet Information Center
Bangkok
Oklahoma GOP splits over Reagan Ford delegates
Ron Horton of Oklahoma City argues the state party should not be a 100 percent Reagan slate and notes polls show Ford has support. Horton says Reagan dominates but some Ford representation is possible and questions the 18 delegates pledged last week. Reagan will keynote the state convention, strengthening his position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Horton
Oklahoma City
Ford
Reagan
Oklahoma
Horton
Oklahoma City State Market Prices Report
State Department of Agriculture lists current prices by location for wheat barley Milo soybeans alfalfa hay broilers and eggs with regional quotes across Muskogee Afton Pauls Valley Banner Beaver Perryton Lawton Ponca City Weatherford and other towns. Wheat ranges 3.23 to 3.83 per bushel with various city quotes others show barley 1.90 to 2.40 per bushel Milo 4.00 to 4.80 per cwt and soybeans 4.50 to 5.22 per bushel eggs and poultry prices also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Muskogee
Afton
Manchester
Pauls Valley
Medford
Banner
Clinton
el Reno
Geary
Kingfisher
Okeene
Ponca City
Watonga
Weatherford
Yukon
Beaver
Liberal
Perryton
Hobart
Eldorado
Keyes
Temple
Lawton
Gulf
Barley
MILO
Roster of Local News Highlights From Oklahoma City and Lawton
Willie Rios sets a state track record at the State Championship in Oklahoma City. Pamela Laird performs an oboe recital at the University of Houston. Charles A. Bury attends summer classes at Kansas State University. Bobby Kelsay wins grand champion in a 4H and FFA Junior Broiler Show. Lonnie Latham reports 200 residents sign a lake drainage petition in Liberty Heights. Zackie Shaw named Cameron College Student Senate president. A large rat and other wildlife are shown at a Lawton mini zoo. Dan A. Becker chairs a Kiwanis Mother’s Day program. Austin’s Drive In near Lawton opens with Judy Garland in Meet Me in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Rios
Oklahoma City
Pamela Laird
University of Houston
Houston
Tex
Charles A. Bury
Kansas State University
Bobby Kelsay
Saipan
Lawton
Dan A. Becker
Kiwanis Club
Austin
Court reimposes manslaughter term after interrupted pleas
The defendant, originally charged with first degree murder for the 1975 beating deaths of Freddy and Eddy Arnett, pleads guilty to manslaughter and receives concurrent 15 year to life terms. He seeks to withdraw pleas claiming coercion, but the judge denies. An appeals court later voids the judgment, citing denial of a pre-sentence report, and reconvenes the case for the same sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raburn
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Rockefeller visits Berlin amid heritage of democracy
Vice President Rockefeller arrived at the U.S. mission in Berlin greeted by military and diplomatic officials including Ambassador Martin Hillenbrand. American soldiers civilians and 13 000 local schoolchildren welcomed him as he planned a city tour and a luncheon with Mayor Klaus Schuetz at Charlottenburg Castle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Martin Hillenbrand
Rockefeller
Berlin Wall
Klaus Schuetz
Charlottenburg Castle
Also Mentioned on This Page
Popular Front
Burj el-Barahneh
Lawton Constitution
Sun
Lawton Morning
Constitution Lawton Publishing Co., Inc
Okla
Constitution
APO
Press and
Press and Sunday Sunday Constitution
President. Jones Here
Lowton
Housing Authority OF the
Comanche Indian Tribe OF Oklahoma
Housing Authority
City
Jerree L. Toyebo
Jack A. Pauling
Irving L. Pauling
Dearborn
Army Infantry School
Ft. Benning
Lawtonian
Sears
ASME
Ieee
America
Sears and
SAVE
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Uth & Gore
Hawaiti
GOP
Page One Five
Yesteryears
Steele
Mackey
Steve Lile
Constitution & Press Circulation
Southwest
Lawton Evening Constitution
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!