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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1971

Page

2

Mental Health Programs Spotlighted By Lawton Agency

In Lawton on Thursday the Comanche County Mental Health program panel cited help for more than 30 000 area residents through services like the Regional Child Guidance Clinic CRISIS Marie Detty Youth Services Center and Department of Mental Health. Dr Don Stafford led the discussion noting student problems are largely adjustment related and temporary. The CRISIS line has logged 36470 calls since December 1970 and the PAL program provides daily check-in calls to shut ins and elders. Officers were elected for the organizing group and new board members named including Dr Frank Wamsley and Capt S K Cayton.

Peggy JO Ormnson Comanche County Crisis Department of Mental Health Marie Detty Don Stafford Cameron College John Schoell Gene Crownover Don Abbott Monroe Wortham Stafford Lawton Crownover PAL Mare Deity Youth Services Center Wortham Schoell H. D. Ladyman Paul Welch K. C. Southern Johnny Parrish Gale Humble H. G. Council Volney Hamm E. A. Owens Frank §. Wamsley S. K. Cayton Lyman Howeth Roy Moore Sam Jack Ann Lorenzi Leon Brewczynski Ladyman Council Lodell Goodey Winn Hale Phillip Jones Bob Dupoby Cleo Stout Dode Wagner Floyd Wood Humble Parrish Welch Southern

Campus unrest at Oklahoma University prompts security boost

Board of Regents presented a list of racial atrocities on campus and security chief Bill Jones showed an array of incendiary devices found on site. Damaged facilities include Walter Tower Wilson Center cafe teria and a microbiology building with a taped explosive wick device. Twenty temporary workers to run a 24 hour fire watch as police prepare 12 hour shifts. The report closes with an odd dietary line about the sole muscle of a lobster shell.

Board of Regents Bill Jones Sharp Walter Tower Wilson Center Bizet Memorial Library Microbiology

Past presidents listed for association meeting

The group announced thirteen past presidents of the association. Present were Mrs. James A. Black Bernell Gilbert Mrs. O. L. Parsons Parrish and Welch.

The Association James A. Black Bernell Gilbert O. L. Parsons Parrish and Welch

Veteran County Clerk's Office Sees Resignations and Appointments

Rosa Hines, county clerk, announced the resignation of Viola Collins chief deputy after 41 years in the recording department. Collins plans to retire at Dec 1 and spend time at Lake Texhoma. Frankie Richardson becomes chief deputy, Pam Boice named deputy clerk. County commissioners accepted the resignations and approved the new appointments.

Comanche Rosa Hines Viola Collins Miss Collins Lake Texhoma Miss Hines Phil Gafford Frankie Richardson

Bellmon cancels city Carnegie appearances

Senator Henry Bellmon cancels midday appearances in Lawton and Carnegie to attend a committee hearing on environmental health centers. A new Cimarron Developers plant near Carnegie will hire 45 to 100 workers to produce two to six bedroom homes for Kiowa and surrounding counties under HUD and Kiowa Housing Authority programs.

Henry Bellmon Lawton Carnegie Pete Gates Comanche County Republican Party Gates Sen. Bellman Bellmon Cimarron Developers Inc HUD Housing Authority Kiowa Tribe Caddo Comanche Kiowa Cotton Charles Johnson Maye Johnson

Origins of the phrase getting someone's goat linked to racing

The saying stems from horse racing where spirited horses are soothed by a small stable mate like a goat. Rival trainers would steal a horse’s goat the day before a big race to unsettle the animal and affect performance.

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