Panel weighs moving city offices to Hotel Lawtonian site
Lawton officials debate absorbing City Hall and Post Office into the Hotel Lawtonian amid growth pressure and post office expansion plans. The Authority considers using space in the old Carnegie Library and renews insurance while seeking feasible options and funding.
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Post Office
City Hall
Carnegie Library
Carnegie
Mustain
Kennedy and Company Insurance
Jerry Mustain
Melvin McGuffin
Norma Roberts
Jack Babbitt
Sal Taranto
James Marshall
Authority
Pursley
Fred Chenault
Ward 7
Ward 2
Harry Anderson
City Hall Post Office Authority
Anderson
Don van Meter
Ward 4
U.S
van Meter
Lawton
City housing boom boosts 1975 permits over 1974
August permits show 17 new houses worth 507 500 versus eight houses worth 220 430 a year earlier. Through eight months 101 percent ahead in new units and 90 percent higher in value. City total permits 2 798 505 with 561 655 housing, 1 562 850 building, and 674 000 public facilities.
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City National Bank
Jerry Barker
Southwestern Clinic Hospital
Tom Banowetz
Medical Records
Mo Constitution Aid Telegrams Cost Per Copy
A fragment notes monetary figures in cents per copy with unclear context. The text lists 1 Mo and prices 4.00 and 6.00 followed by c per copy, suggesting a publication or postage rate reference without a clear event or entity.
Drug bust details in Lawton lead to arrests and seizures
Officers say a Wednesday night operation began with a narcotics buy activity at a Lawton residence where a suspect sold five pounds of marijuana during a surveilled transaction. A second arrest followed as detectives traced the lead to a nearby apartment in the 2000 block of A Avenue, yielding about 175 pounds of marijuana two scales and two syringes.
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Lawton
County Seeks LEAA Grant For Juvenile Center Payroll
Elienbrook requested 33000 for six juvenile department workers and one secretary under a LEAA grant with Oklahoma Crime Commission. The county budget earmarks 3600 for Marie Detty Director Charles Miller's salary after a Health Education and Welfare grant ends next February. Elienbrook had asked 33000 for salaries and 25500 for the youth center.
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Juvenile Department
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
Okalhoma Crime Commission
Marie Detty
Charles Miller
Health Education and Welfare Department
Elienbrook
Commission
Greenland's Vast Ice Cap Holds Tiny Coastal Population
Greenland, the world's largest island, covers 840000 square miles double Scandinavia. Its ice cap reaches up to 12000 feet thick and only 50000 inhabitants live along the coast.
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Greenland
Scandinavia
Water Safety Studies Underway After EPA Findings
The government funds the first in a series of studies after EPA findings show 80 U S water systems contain small amounts of cancer producing substances.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Fund Drive Progress Report With Community Support
The drive reports 30.2 percent with donors Cindy Davis Terry Orrell Cindy Fugitt Jeri Connell and Kiwanis and Lions groups earning points toward the final tally. United Way executive J D Fountain outlines packet materials and upcoming report meetings October 14 7 p.m. at the United Way Office and October 17 noon at the Hotel Lawtonian.
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Cindy Davis
Terry Orrell
Cindy Fugitt
Jeri Connell
Lions
J. D. Fountain
United Way
Gore
Lawtonian
Sandstrom
Fountain
Funeral set for Pfc Donald L Morgan at Grand Rapids
Funeral for 20 year old Pfc Donald L Morgan killed by lightning on Fort Sill west range is pending in Grand Rapids Michigan. Huddleston's Funeral Home handles arrangements. Morgan born September 22 1955 in Grand Rapids entered the Army June 17 1974 was with A Battery 2nd Battalion First Field Artillery. Survivors include his wife Vicki and his parents of Grand Rapids.
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Donald L. Morgan
Fort Sill
West Range
Grand Rapids
Mich
Huddleston
Mr. Morgan
First Field Artillery
Vicki
Local schools organize fundraising events for student aid
Lawton High Eisenhower football game will host a special collection. MacArthur High plans a Curtis Tillotson Day in the future. A golf tournament at Lawton Public Golf Course on Saturday benefits the Tillotson assistance fund. Donations and checks arrive daily at MacArthur High School.
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APO
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Comanche Indian Tribe OF Oklahoma
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Citizens’ Group
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Preston Butler
Ranch Oak
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Ronald Holmstrom
Patty Hale
W. R. Harris
Kingsbriar Drive
Sherri Madden
Herman Madden
Sedalia
Wendy Wisdom
Theresa Wisdom
E. Gore
Jean McGavie
Flower Mound Road
City of
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MacArthur Clowns
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