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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1973
Page
4
On the war's opening day Israel’s air force struck deep into Egypt and Syria, pushing back attackers in the Golan Heights. Herzog announced Syria and Egypt had lost 90 aircraft and helicopters, while Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Hofi said Israel had begun its advance on the northern front.
Talks stall as Israel’s opponents push for full withdrawal from Egyptian Syrian and Jordanian territories seized in 1967. The five permanent members can veto any UNSC resolution, while Egypt and Syria condemn Israel ahead of expected statements by H el Zayyat Ismail and Abba Eban in a tense assembly session.
President Nixon cut short his Florida weekend and ordered U.N. Security Council action after renewed fighting across the Suez Canal and Golan Heights. Israel and Arab nations traded heavy losses while U.S. naval forces moved toward Crete and Washington weighed possible evacuations.
The Constitution regrets an error in Sunday's edition where the name L. C. Kendall of Lawton was printed in a burglary story instead of the obituary list for Benjamin M. Kendall. An obituary line listing survivors was mispositioned, and the newspaper apologizes to Mr. Kendall.
Investigators linked Henley and Brooks to a series of killings connected to a man named Corll. They described a self defense incident during a party involving painting sniffing and a plan that allegedly led to fatal harm. Seventeen bodies were recovered in Houston boat stall, four near Lake Sam Rayburn, six on a Gulf beach near High Island.
Mrs Pena died early Saturday and Mrs Noah was listed in satisfactory condition at Reynolds Army Hospital after a hit and run crash. A passenger said he dozed and the car swerved, jumped from the vehicle at a stoplight, and fled the scene without identification. No charges have been filed in the May 31 boy’s death.
At year end 1970 consumers carried more than 126 billion dollars in non mortgage debts, averaging about 615 dollars per person. The figure highlights heavy consumer borrowing trends as the era closed.
A second-degree murder charge against 33 year old Mrs Warner Barber Jr in the July 20 shooting of her husband was dismissed at the request of Assistant District Attorney Stanley Pierce after he learned she had been beaten with a board. Pierce said prosecutors concluded Barber shot in self defense.
Lawton man John Engelbrecht was bitten by a large Afghan dog while rescuing his 12 week old puppy stolen from his yard. He and neighbor Lloyd Chiles signed complaints against Jerry Guest for letting a dog run loose and creating a public nuisance. The dog was seized and quarantined for 10 days. the puppy's fate was unclear.
The 1974 program nudges peanut policy toward the target-price system, removing acreage allotments and quotas. The administration aims to shift peanuts and rice from old programs with strict controls to market based subsidies, with no payments if market prices exceed targets and subsidies only if they fall short.
The jointly shared boundary stretches 3 987 miles linking Canada and the United States across vast terrains. This enduring line defines many geographic regions and has shaped cross border relations for generations.
The bill would raise strip mining costs by under 60 cents per ton in most cases but could render some projects prohibitive. Nixon urged restoration of damaged land, stating surface mining is economical yet environmentally destructive and must be required to restore sites. Strip mining currently accounts for about half of coal production with 70 percent of reserves in the West and is limited to coal mined in the past five years.
Benham and Blair will submit final plans and specs for council approval this month for a sludge incineration plant. State Health Department and EPA reviews must finish before bidding. Tuesday council session includes donation of learning disability equipment, a $14 586.81 copper pipe contract, two street lights, and Afro American Society dance at the National Guard Armory for Cameron College homecoming.
The St Lawrence River and the Great Lakes carry deep sea shipping more than 2,280 miles from the Atlantic Ocean into central Canada, reflecting a vast inland waterway for freight and navigation.
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