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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1972
Page
1
City Council moved to appoint two councilmen at large with a 5 1 vote. The special meeting Friday 8 30 a m will fill the posts after a long charter process.
The Senate rejected a bid to cut off debate on a House passed anti busing bill 45 to 37 failing to reach the two thirds needed. The measure would limit desegregation busing and reopen court orders while allowing only nearest neighbor school transport as a last resort. Senate action resumes with another vote planned amid urging to delay until Supreme Court rulings are issued.
Classified page brief lists office numbers 353 0420 for Inside Markets East and 353 0620 for Want Ads plus 353 0626 circulation line.
The Supreme Court denied a plea from Georgia and Texas for reconsideration of the 5-4 ruling that capital punishment as practiced in the United States is unconstitutional. In New Jersey an Israeli tourist was injured by a lion at Jungle Habitat and is in fair condition. West Germany and China to formalize diplomatic relations in Beijing during Scheel's four day visit. Four men in Muskogee face preliminary hearing Oct 19 on counterfeit $20 bill charges.
In Paris Henry Kissinger entered an unprecedented third day of negotiations with North Vietnamese representatives. He then visited French Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann with Arthur Watson, the U.S. ambassador to France. Reports indicate further discussions covered Vietnam with the North Vietnamese envoys.
Nixon seeks a 250 billion spending limit with the president claiming an absolute ceiling to avoid new taxes. House leaders oppose unchecked authority and favor congressional review of program cuts, warning of a historic clash over presidential power.
Forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures across Lawton and southwest Oklahoma through Wednesday. Gusty southerly winds today 15 to 25 mph, easing to 8 to 18 mph tonight. Daytime highs near 90, with lows around 70. Temperatures Tuesday reached 89 with a 66 low.
Dr Albert J Harris a MacMillan Reading Program author told Lawton educators that open space schools likely won’t improve reading ability over traditional classrooms The lecture at Lawton High School drew 800 educators and officials from education departments universities teachers and students Harris noted limited research on open schools and doubted a clear reading advantage. three open space schools are planned in Almor West Carriage Hills and Crosby Park areas
The last appropriation bill of the year moves to the House floor pushing total requests to 176.1 billion for the current session. It proposes 3.56 billion in new funds for miscellaneous activities and aims for about 5 billion under White House requests when all money bills pass.
The Supreme Court denied without comment the Democratic National Committee’s appeal seeking free television time to respond to President Nixon’s 1971 appearances. The case, after FCC and circuit rulings, argued the networks violated the fairness doctrine by not allowing counterprogramming against Nixon’s Vietnam and Indochina broadcasts.
Five Washington officials from a national OEO advisory council began touring eastern Oklahoma businesses aided by OEO. The 21-member panel, named by President Nixon, visited sites including Chelsea transformer plant, Delaware County charcoal kiln, Tahlequah pig cooperative, Hoffman rabbitry, and Okmulgee tomato hothouse.
A government hired panel of four physicians and two statisticians led by Dr Thaddeus E Prout says diet pills generally produce only a fraction of a pound of weight loss per week and warn of abuse potential The lone exception is fenfluramine Pondimin See PILLS Page 4 Col 6
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