Puerto Rican Wins Sill Cook Award
A %-year-old Puerto Rico native, Spec. 5 Rafael Vazquez of A Battery, 7th Training Battalion, is Fort Sill’s Cook of the Month for October. He will receive an engraved plaque and a $25 savings bond at a 2 p.m. ceremony Nov. 29. Vazquez is cited for superior duty performance and outstanding attitude, and for securing exemplary performance from subordinates. He plans a Army career and to return to Puerto Rico after retiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puerto Rico
Fort Sill
Rafael Vazquez
Vazquez
Richard L. Baker
Roderick Wetherill
Army
Calvin Webb
Richard E. Bell
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Webb
U.S. Army Training Center
Field Artillery
Bell
U.S. Army Field Artillery School
Court Chief Rules Enforcement Reach in Civil Rights Case
Pratt criticizes HEW for relying on voluntary compliance in school desegregation. He says enforcement authority may be needed after years of noncompliance, citing prior funding halts and limited action since 1970. The decision targets 17 states but could affect northern districts. parties must report a final order in 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rauh
U.S. Office For Civil Rights
HEW
Pratt
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Hall Vows Fight For State Roads
Gov. David Hall told AMCO members in Tulsa he will lead governors to block diverting federal highway trust funds to mass transit. He warned of major highway cuts in Oklahoma if funds are diverted and urged Congress to oppose the Nixon plan. AMCO honored Hall with a merit certificate as Otis L. Newman named Driver of the Year for Lee Way Motor Freight.
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Tulsa
Okla
David Hall
Hall
AMCO
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Otis L. Newman
Lee Way Motor Freight, Inc
Tiffany Sells Limited Edition Collectibles And Birds
Tiffany executives say they will offer limited edition collector items and Dororthy Doughty birds in strict caps. A silver plated platter offered at 60 dollars in editions of 5000 appears weak as a value. Rare Doughty birds are sold in editions of 250 or 500 with red starts on gorse valued at 2750 and a nightingale at 2500. Canary diamond mail orders close November seventeenth with first come first served sales.
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Tiffany
Dorothy Doughty
Housing Panel Rejects Hiring Of Jack Webb
Lawton Housing Authority board rejected a proposal to hire former executive director Jack Webb as a consultant for remaining Lawton housing projects, calling it a duplication of existing duties. The meeting approved two certificates of deposit totaling 20 000 and heard a progress report on the 80 unit elderly housing project plans slated for HUD submission in Oklahoma City on November 27. The board budgeted 2 000 in anticipated interest for 1972 73 and approved travel funds for executive director Bill Kindt to Dallas to discuss public housing Boy Scout programs.
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Lawton Housing Authority Board of Directors
Jack Webb
Lawton
Webb
Bill Kindt
Kindt
Lawton Authority
Pleasant Valley
HUD
Oklahoma City
Federal Savings and Loan Association
Dal
Mart Investors Run To Cash Big Gains
Stocks swing amid steel price moves as investors take profits after a strong run. The noon Dow hits 1004.21, buoyed by PepsiCo gains from a Soviet distribution deal while Coca Cola slips. Oklahoma crop prices posted varied bids across wheat barley Milo and soybeans.
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New York
White House
Havng
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Larry Wachtel
Bache & Co
PepsiCo
Pepsi
Soviet Union
Coca-Cola
Fire calls log from Lawton Fire Department两
Fire department records show multiple responses including a minor house fire at 804 Columbia and a grass fire near 67th and Rogers Lane. Also reported laundry fire at 3132 Cache Road and smoke condition at 1805 Cache Road with a separate standby for man threatening to jump from a building at 1010 S Sheridan. False alarm at 1301 Andrews.
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Columbia
Rogers Lane
Cache Road
S. Sheridan
Andrews
Walk-A-Thon Set Saturday at Great Plains Vo-Tech
Health Careers class of VICA at Great Plains Area Vo-Tech plans a Saturday walk-a-thon traveling 1444 miles from Cache to Elmer Thomas Park. Students, led by advisor Mrs. Lois Holeman, have worked as nurses' assistants at Cotton and Cedar Crest Nursing Homes. Proceeds fund Christmas gifts for nursing home residents. sponsors may contact Shelia Childress or Mrs. Holeman.
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Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
VICA
Great Plains Area
Vo-Tech
Lois Holeman
Cache
Elmer Thomas Park
Dar Crest Nursing Homes
Shelia Childress
Police Auction Slated Saturday In Lawton
Lawton police will hold an auction at 9 a.m. Saturday at 301 F featuring unclaimed items from lost or confiscated property. About 50 bicycles, 11 eight track decks, over 100 tapes, a 74 Harley chopper, TVs, a movie camera, guitars, fishing gear, dishes, luggage and more. All proceeds go to the city general fund. Auctioneers are local pros. The sale starts at 10 a.m. and continues until everything is sold.
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Robert McCune
State
National
McCune
Indian Education Group To Meet In Southwest Oklahoma
Oklahoma Indian Education Association plans an organizational meeting at 10 am Saturday in the Shepler Center at Cameron College. The goal is to organize Indian educators in Southwest Oklahoma and elect officers. State officers named are Sparlin Norwood Bartlesville president Dr Carl Downing Edmond vice president and Mrs JoAnn Landrum Edmond secretary.
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Oklahoma Indian Education Association
Shepler Center
Cameron College
Oklahoma
Southwest
Sparlin Norwood
Bartlesville
Carl Downing
Edmond
JoAnn Landrum
FBLA Chapter Sets Installation at Great Plains Vo-Tech
Future Business Leaders of America at the Great Plains Area Vo-Tech School plans its second annual installation and initiation ceremony at 3 p.m. Sunday in the school auditorium. Brad Colvard, national FBLA vice president, will preside as state FBLA officers install local members. Sixteen officers will be installed and 105 members initiated. About 400 guests are invited including parents, board members, administrators, teachers, and counselors. Advisors are Peggy Hoock, Carolyn Swinney, and Jo Hoppe.
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Future Business Leaders of America
Great Plains Area
Vo-Tech
Brad Colvard
National
FBLA
Vo-Ted
Co-Tech
Peggy Hoock
Carolyn Swinney
Jo Hoppe
Alcoholism Costs 3 Million Men and 4 Billion Lost Hours
Statistical experts warn that in 1972 alcoholism will affect about 3 million men and drain industry of roughly 4 billion dollars in lost time and productivity due to inefficiency and absenteeism.
Lawton Publication Subscriptions and Delivery Rates
Local Lawton newspapers list monthly carrier delivery rates for multiple editions including Constitution Press Sunday and Saturday. Rates vary for in town Fort Sill and out of town mail subscriptions with different combinations of papers.
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Lawton Constitution
Sun
Lawton
Lawton Constitution and Morning Press
Lawton Publishing Co., Inc
Trd & A Ave
Ohis
Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Constitution-Press
Constitution
Lawton-Fort Sill
Sunde
Oklaho
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Mander
Daniel L. Butler
Frank W. Nadeau
U.S. Army Field Artillery Aviation Command
Butler
1St Field Artillery
Vietnam
Command and General Staff College
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Sears
Little Boys
Permapresto
Sears and
SAVE
Sears, Ruebuck and CO
Uth and
Gore Lawton
Dial
Las
State Grain
State Department of Agriculture
Aston
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Manchester
Medford
Hobart
Okeene
Altus
Clinton
el Reno
Geary
Watonga
Weatherford
Enid
Temple
Yukon
Gulf Export
Afton
Mangum
Muskogee
Gulf
MILO
van Buren
The
Lawton Fire Department
Indian Education Group
Sunday Press
Press & Sun
Onsima
APO
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al Hawkins
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