High Court Lets Stand Rulings On Homosexuals Being Immoral
The Supreme Court declined to hear appeals in two cases on gay rights. Tacoma teacher James Gaylord was fired in 1972 for being homosexual, with districts citing immorality. The court left intact state rulings upholding dismissal for sexual orientation.
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High Court
Washington
Supreme Court
Tacoma
Wash
Civil Liberties
James Gaylord
Gaylord
Wilson High School
Associated Press
Dade County
Fla
Anita Bryant
Miami
American Psychiatric Association
University of Washington
Wilson High
John Gish
Paramus, N.J
Board of Education
New Jersey
Gay Activist Alliance
Judge Continued From Page One
Judge Fullerton belonged to Centenary United Methodist Church and several bar and professional groups. Survivors include his wife, son Dan of Albuquerque and daughter Mrs. Jan Bell, plus two sisters and six grandchildren. Memorials may go to the Comanche County American Cancer Society.
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Fullerton
Centenary United Methodist Church
Comanche County
Oklahoma
American Bar Associations
Judicial Conference of Oklahoma
Ducks Unlimited
Dan
Albuquerque
N.M
Jan Bell
Margaret Frost
Placerville
Calif
Mark Holcomb
Enid
American Cancer Society
Hijacking in Damascus frees eight Japanese passengers
Eight Japanese hostages were freed after a hijacking in Damascus involving a tugboat company executive and a plane took them to Bangkok en route to Tokyo. Witnesses report injuries among several passengers while another hostage described the ordeal as very bad but the group was fortunate.
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Damascus
McLean
Tokyo
Dacca
Bangkok
Bombay
Jenabe Caldwell
Anchorage
Alaska
Caldwell
California
John Gabriel
Gabriel
City Sees Jobs Rise From Federal Programs
Metzinger notes Described city and Comanche County participation in federal jobs programs. County administers these programs while the city hires under CETA through the county and has provided employment. A public works grant aims to improve employment and the economy with two construction projects totaling 1.3 million to be bid soon.
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Metzinger
Comanche County
Title delivery deadline likely met with conditions
Brown says the October 19 deadline for title delivery will probably be met with conditions. He expects HUD action before the deadline and sees no major problems between LURA and the contractor, though the deadline may be met conditionally.
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Brown
HUD
LURA
City seeks park land funds and municipal structures plan
The State Health Department issues construction permits for Sungate Addition while the council weighs a resolution to create the McMahon Park Grant Fund to buy and improve land at 38th and Lee for a new city park. An ordinance would establish one fulltime municipal judge. The city considers contracts for polymer, police clothing and equipment, finished signs and materials, and chemicals, plus damage claims.
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McMahon Park Grant Fund
38Th and Lee
Runaway Youth Act Advances with Funding Provisions
The plan includes 1978 175 million 1979 200 million and 1980 200 million appropriations. The Runaway Youth Act funded at 25 million annually for three years would be administered by HEW. Juvenile justice programs are run by the Justice Department grant program. The act creates 130 community based services for runaway youths. It passed Senate by voice vote and House 389 to 5.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Justice Department
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Senate
House
Carter
Suspects Held In Robbery Case
Four men linked to a local motorcycle gang were arrested after an alleged robbery of a 26 year old Lawton man. The incident occurred Saturday at 8 30 a m after a van ride to 82nd and Lee Boulevard where the victim was robbed of 150 dollars at gunpoint and beaten. Three suspects were taken into custody Sunday and the fourth in the county clerk’s office after bond on a heroin charge and a suspended burglary sentence was amended.
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Lawton
Commanche County
Bell Avenue
82Nd
Lee Boulevard
Comanche County
Dave Brinson
Demonstration for Great Plains Vo-Tech Students Tours MAST
Medical secretarial and health occupations students from Great Plains Area Vo Tech visited Fort Sill to learn about Medical Assistance to Safety and Traffic operations. They viewed a MAST film and heard about the pilot medic co-pilot crew roles during emergency missions.
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Great Plains
Vo- Tech
Fort Sill
Gandhi defends emergency rule in Frost interview
Indira Gandhi, in a televised discussion with David Frost, defends the 1975 to 1977 emergency period. She says detentions and press censorship were necessary to curb smuggling, stabilize the economy, and keep prices down, while acknowledging suffering caused. She claims future vindication for her actions.
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David Frost
Janata Party
Mrs. Gandhi
Congress Party
India
Market Report Oklahoma City Livestock Prices
Cattle and calves 6500 head at moderate slaughter demand. Cows utility to 3 21.75 24.75, cutter 20.25 22.50, canner 16.00 20.25. Bulls 29.00 33.25 for 1000 1500 lb. A few good replacement cows 21.50 26.50 and cows with calves at side 229.00 292.00 per pair. Hogs 1500 head with early barrows gilts not listed. boars 29.00 29.90. Feeder pigs 50.25 58.50 per 240 head US 1 2 16 60 Ib. lighter pigs 39 Ib 60.25.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City State Ag prices list for grains and farm products
State Department of Agriculture price report shows Wheat 2.18 to 2.82 a bushel with varied town quotes. Barley 1.30 to 1.45. Milo 2.48 to 3.48 per hundredweight with regional splits. Soybeans 4.56 to 5.26 per bushel. Alfalfa hay 55 to 65 per ton. Broilers live 23 cents per pound. Eggs large 55 cents per dozen medium 53 cents small 37 cents.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Beaver
Keyes
Liberal
Afton
Perryton
Muskogee
Pauls Valley
Manchester
Medford
Clinton
Eldorado
Geary
Hobart
Kingfisher
Okeene
Ponca City
Watonga
Yukon
Weatherford
Lawton
Banner
Temple
Houston
Bu.): Weatherford 4.56; Pauls Valley 4.66; Afton 4.74; Banner 4.79; Muskogee
Textile Institute Represents 6000 Makers Across Nation
The American Textile Manufacturers Institute covers about 6,000 textile manufacturers employing over 960,000 people nationwide. About two thirds of workers are located in 11 Southern states.
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The
American Textile Manufacturers Institute
United States
Fumes Overwhelm Pupils at Marlborough School Kansas City
About 50 grade school children were overcome by fumes when a janitor tried to start a furnace at Marlborough School on the south side. They were rushed to nearby hospitals, some unconscious, with Baptist Memorial Hospital among those receiving pupils. The cause—whether paint fumes from weekend painting or gas furnace—was not yet known.
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Kansas City
Marlborough
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Delegates to Southwest VICA Conference Gather in Lawton
About 225 VICA members from nine Southwest Oklahoma counties will attend a district officers training conference at the Great Plains Area Vo-Tech School Tuesday. Invited are officers from VICA chapters in Caddo Cotton Comanche Stephens Garvin McClain Jackson Harmon and Kiowa counties with keynote speakers Bruce Gray deputy superintendent and Frank Mastrovito state vice president.
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Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
VICA
Southwest
Oklahoma
Great Plains Area
Vo-Tech
Caddo, Cotton, Comanche, Stephens, Garvin, McClain, Jackson, Harmon
Kiowa Counties
Bruce Gray
Great Plains
Vo- Tech
Frank Mastrovito
Lawton
State
Installation Held for Future Business Leaders of America Chapter
About 120 students parents and guests attended an initiation and installation ceremony for officers and members of the Future Business Leaders of America chapter at the vo tech school Students in the chapter study business and office procedures medical and dental secretaries and unit records programs Following the installation a reception was hosted for parents and guests.
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Future Business Leaders of America
Great Plains Area
Vo-Tech
Funeral notices for Urioste Thompson and Booty in Lawton
Funeral services are announced for Domitilla L Urioste 94 of 5820 NW Kinyon with a 10 am Thursday mass at Blessed Sacrament Church burial in Highland Cemetery and a Wednesday prayer service. Harold L Thompson 49 of 1609 Smith has services pending. Currancy Booty 84 of 612 Roosevelt dies. survivors and home details listed.
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Domitilla L. Urioste
Kinyon
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Elmer Robnett
Highland Cemetery
Lawton-Ritter Dalton
Urioste
Anton Chico
N.M
Lawton
J.J. Urioste
New Mexico
Horatio
Harold L. Thompson
Smith
Becker Funeral Home
Currancy Booty
Roosevelt
Jefferson Funeral Home
Mr. Booty
Texas
Homer's
Fort Sill
Grant Chapel Ame
Sadie Bouye
Walter Booty
Los Angeles
Calif
Martha Ray
Salt Lake Researchers Probe Mormon Cancer Links
Researchers in Salt Lake City compile four generations of Utah Mormon family histories to test the theory that cancer may run in families and to study hereditary risks among a defined population.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Snakes Use Heat Sensing Pits to Track Prey
Snakes such as pit vipers possess stereoscopic heat detecting organs that capture infrared rays to locate prey, a sense beyond human capability.
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Rene
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Sungate
Aragon Chiropractic Center
W. Gore
Okichome
Brckanaie Iwotn
West Go
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Credit Life
Rinsenwac
Wacker’s
Domitilia
L. Urioste
Stroud
Thompson
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Louise Huggins
Lem Thompson
Ponchatoula
Velma Lagard
Raceland
Janice Guillot
Evandale
Clara Baudoin
Gerald
Fort Worth
Probe Cancer
Freon Gon
Ray del Vecchio
Ray
Rexall Pharmacy
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Lawton Evening Constitution
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