NCOA Funds Trips for Special Olympics in Edmond
The Non-Commissioned Officers Association raised 2250 dollars to send about nine percent of local handicapped youths to the state Special Olympics in Edmond May 18 to 20. The Red Leg Chapter 161 led fund raising with a torch relay and events at Lawton High School and Lawton Armory, coordinated by Sgt. Raul Sanchez and Peggy Coleman.
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Edmond
NCOA
Sheryl Graham
Comanche County
Raul Sanchez
Peggy Coleman
Barbara Bigar
Ladies Auxiliary
Charles Burroughs
Red Leg
Sanchez
Oklahoma City
Lawton
4Th Bn
31St Infantry
40Th Armored
Fugate
Chickasha
National Guard
Lawton High School
Mondale Seeks U S Support For Spanish Democracy
Vice President Mondale arrived in Madrid from Lisbon to back Spain’s move toward democracy. He met with King Juan Carlos and Premier Suarez after talks in Washington, amid Basque unrest and calls for prisoner releases as Spain prepares its first free elections in four decades.
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GRAPO
Antonio Maria de Oriol
Emilio Villaescusa
Madrid
Lisbon
Portugal
U.S
Iberian Peninsula
Mondale
Spain
Juan Carlos
Adolfo Suarez
Washington
Cyrus Vance
Suarez
Tax changes extend credits and delay key tax law provisions
The bill lengthens incentives for 6.7 million couples or individuals to stop itemizing deductions. It preserves a 35 per person credit and a 2 percent first $9,000 income tax, adds a $400 yearly credit for poor working families, and cuts corporate rates for one year through December 31, 1978. It also offers one time breaks for sick pay recipients elderly Americans and citizens who worked abroad in 1976.
Major helicopter crash bays New York rooftop killing four
A Pan Am backed helicopter crash left four rooftop passengers dead and several injured in New York. Witnesses described a gory scene as landing gear failed and blades struck buildings, with victims named Gnaga Toomey Findley and Koski. Investigations and a temporary suspension followed.
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Biltmore
Madison Avenue
Anne Barnecott
Bronx
Pan Am
New York Airways
John F. Kennedy International Airport
Dick Martinson
Michael Baden
Milan
Italy
Bellevue Hospital
David Toomey
Montclair
N.J
Michael Findley
Manhattan
Jean Koski
Neptune Beach
Fla
George
John
Ben Kocivar
National Transportation Safety Board
Luther Gatlan
Lee Richmond
Kennedy
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington
Abraham Beame
Army recruit dies from barroom attack on Fort Sill
Police say a murder investigation followed a barroom fight at the Delux Lounge on Fort Sill Boulevard where racial remarks sparked violence. Victim Pizeno, a Corpus Christi native who re enlisted in the Army after studying police science, died from injuries sustained in the assault. He was married with a young child and had recently separated from his wife.
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Pizeno
Delux
Fort Sill Boulevard
Gallegos
Guzman
Corpus Christi
Tex
Cameron Grads To Get Diplomas At Cameron University
Cameron University awards diplomas to 475 students at its seventh commencement as a four year college. Ceremonies start at 8 p m in Cameron Stadium with Dr Dolphus Whitten Jr of Oklahoma City University as speaker. Dr Don Owen will confer 103 associate degrees 66 BA and 306 BS degrees.
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Cameron University
Cameron Stadium
Dolphus Whitten Jr
Oklahoma City University
Don Owen
Cameron
Perjury Case Due Jury Trial In Fall
The perjury trial for Gerald R. Wilson, 22, a witness to the Sept. 5 slaying of Mrs. Sandra Reynolds, has been moved to the September district court jury docket. Wilson faces a second degree perjury charge after testimony at a preliminary hearing clashed with sworn statements. Defense cited publicity from the Reynolds case to seek a four month delay.
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Gerald R. Wilson
Sandra Reynolds
District Court
Dist
J. Winston Raburn
Larry Charles Reynolds
Wilson
Reynolds
Carter to Tour California Drought Areas After UAW Event
President Carter plans a 90 minute local program broadcast from the UAW convention site to KNXT-TV in Los Angeles and a Fresno area stop at the Kryder peanut farm to view drought effects. Officials will discuss energy policy and possible drought relief with local leaders.
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Vision
Los Angeles
Carter
UAW
Knxt-Tv
Powell
Clinton
White House
Fresno
Charles R. Kryder
Kryder
Kryder Place
James R. Schlesinger
Jack Watson Jr
West
Carter Energy Policy
Fraud scheme ends with Odell arrest in Fort Worth area
Authorities say fraud continued until Odell was arrested last month and suspect the ploy lasted for an unknown period. They have not revealed how the alleged scheme was uncovered or how many merchants and distributors were involved. Assistant U.S. Attorney Gerhard Kleinschmidt cautioned the extent remains unclear but potential is obvious and no other prosecutions are known at this time.
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Odell
U.S
Gerhard Kleinschmidt
Fort Worth
Lawton Publishing Company
Incest in Oklahoma Families Alarmingly Common Says Experts
A California child abuse clinic treats over 300 incest cases for a population of about one million. Experts from Taliaferro Center Fort Sill and DISRS discuss prevalent patterns, mainly father daughter ties, step relations, and the psychological damage from role confusion.
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Richard Percival
Comanche County
Department of Institutions, Social and Rehabilitative Services
DISRS
The
Mental Health Association
Oklahoma
Police Compile Local Complaint Reports From City
A list of complainants reported to Lawton Police includes Lajuan Flores Jeff Stall Bruce Cooley Sandpiper Inn Wayne Williams Donna F Potter Chapman Construction Co Edward Erndt Bill Masterson Charles Jennings E K Curry Thourman Brooks Johnson Davis Reta Danna Thomas W Stokes J W Construction Ainsworth Van Lines. The reports document thefts break ins damaged property and other incidents at residences businesses and vehicles across Lawton.
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Lawton
Lajuan Flores
S. 50Th
Lawtonian
Jeff Stall
Bruce Cooley
Bessie
Sandpiper Inn
Wayne Williams
Glendale
Nix Car Wash
Cache Road
Donna F. Potter
S. 20Th
Chapman Construction Co
Great Plains
Edward Erndt
Bell
U.S
Reta Danna
Thomas W. Stokes
J&w Construction
Tower Road
Cober Circle
Ainsworth van Lines
Oklahoma markets report grain prices and cattle auction notes
State Department of Agriculture lists prices for wheat barley milo and soybeans with town ranges. Oklahoma City cattle and calves auction shows slaughter demand steady to weak with varied slaughter cow and steer prices and hogs and feeder pigs trading with early gains and broad ranges.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Aston
Manchester
Muskogee
Pauls Valley
Beaver
Liberal
Perryton
Medford
Clinton
Ekijodrado
Hobart
Kingfisher
Okeene
Ponca City
Watonga
Weatherford
Banner
el Reno
Yukon
Geary
Lawton
Temple
Keyes
Houston
Duncan Mrs Lettie Mae Funeral Set In Oklahoma City
Mrs Lettie Mae Duncan 62 mother of Bill Dutton died after brief illness in an Oklahoma City hospital. Funeral Thursday at Chapel Guardian Midtown Funeral Home. She was born May 26 1914 in Lone Wolf and lived in Lake Creek Chickasha and Lawton before moving to Oklahoma City. Survivors include her husband James Duncan two sons Robert Dutton Jr and Bill Dutton two daughters DeLois Livesay and Eula Standridge two step daughters Alva Card and G Fuller three sisters Alma Dutton Trice Redwalt and Vestal Turner two brothers Jess Williams Orval Williams and three grandchildren.
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Oklahoma City
Lettie Mae Duncan
Bill Dutton
Northwood
Lawton
Chapel Guardian
James Duncan
Robert Dutton Jr
Norman
DeLois Livesay
Eula Standridge
Columbus
Ohio
Alva Card
G. M. Fuller
Alma Dutton
Mangum
Trice Redwalt
Bakersfield
Calif
Vestal Turner
Enid
Ice Dock Burglary Reported in Cache Business
The Ice Dock at 204 S 5th was burglarized Saturday night. Manager Kermit Elling found the front door forced open at 9 am and all cash and checks missing. Deputies noted the entry through the front door with a tire tool or large screwdriver.
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CACHE
Kermit Eiling
Elling
Sheriff's Deputies
The Bible: The Most Unique Book Ever Written
An essay arguing the Bible is the most unique book, describing it as God's Word, inspired and inerrant, written over 1600 years by about 40 men in 66 books. It emphasizes its enduring, universal authority, its divine mind to human heart revelation, and cautions against mistaking it for a cold dead letter.
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God
Timothy
Peter
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Newark
Cameron Grads
Ericana
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Diel
Highland Monument Company
Ft. Sill Blvd
Highland Cemetery
Ronnie Gaskins Highland Monument Company
Chiropractic
Marv Lepien
Aaragon Clinic
W. Gore Blvd
Barley
Lawton Manchester
MILO
Afton
Lettie Duncan
Sheriff's Office
Dan Glascock
Greenlawn Funeral Home
Steel Casket
Sth & Lee
Church of Christ
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