Miracles Happen as Lost Dogs Return to Angela
Eight year old Angela Raper in Westlawn Addition Lawton sees two missing toy poodles Pepi and Gigi returned after a newspaper appeal. Volunteers from across town phoned and offered help while two finds came from different parts of town. Pepi was delivered to Angela by Jane Frazer and the community response included offers of new companions and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angela Raper
Angela
Westlawn
Far West Lawton
Angie Raper
Gigi
Pepi
Senate approves phased minimum wage rise to 3.35 by 1981
The Senate backed a wage bill raising the federal minimum from 2.30 to 3.35 by 1981 in stages 2.90 in 1979 3.10 in 1980 and 3.35 in 1981. It expands exemptions for small businesses and tightens tipped worker rules, affecting millions of workers and awaiting House action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
House-Senate
Carter Administration
Organized Labor
Labor Department
Lawton GPSF director ousted after federal ruling
Federal officials in Lawton say the Great Plains Improvement Foundation must form a new screening committee and restart director selection after ruling the prior appointment was improper. The board plans a 5 30 p m meeting with acting director Verna Gaines and federal and state officials visiting to review the weatherization program and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Plains Improvement Foundation, Inc
Lawton
GPSF
Verna Gaines
Norman Hammon
Community Service Agency
Oklahoma
GPIF
Jim Zander
CIA
William Freeman
Freeman
Zander
CSA
George Wilson
Hicks
Sears To Anchor Downtown Mall With New 116000 Sq Ft Store
Sears Roebuck and Co will build a 116000 square foot full line store in Lawton’s downtown mall, with a 13 bay auto center and 640 car parking. Construction starts early 1978 with completion in mid 1979 replacing the current 66800 square foot store opened in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Sears
Ed Warmack
R.L. McComas
F Avenues
First
Fifth Streets
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Fifth and C
McComas
Sith and
Gore Boulevard
Comanche County
Lawton
Warmack
Weeklong Warm Spell With Mild Nights Forecast
The forecast through Thursday calls for warm days and cool nights with Thursday highs in the mid 80s and tonight’s low around 49. Tuesday’s high was 82 and the overnight low 49. Friday through Sunday should see generally fair skies with little temperature change. highs 74 to 82 and lows 45 to 55.
West German targets bombed as protests flare across Europe
Anarchists deaths in West Germany spark protests from Bologna to Athens while a Lufthansa rescue ends with three hijackers dead and 86 hostages freed. West German officials say Baader Raspe died by gunfire in Somalia. Moeller attempted suicide. Critics fear neo Nazi revival and urge caution over the violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BOM
West Germany
Italy
Europe
Milan
Leghorn
Turin
Genoa
Rome
Athens
London
Vienna
Johann Strauss
Somalia
Germany
Socialist March
Greece
Andreas Baader
Gudrun Ensslin
Jan-Carl Raspe
Irmgard Moeller
Stuttgart
Stannheim
Baader
Raspe
West Berlin
Lufthansa
Hanns Martin Schlieyer
Schieyer
Cologne
County weighs new youth center to separate juveniles by sex and offense
County commissioners debate vacating Marie Detty Youth Service Center to build a new facility west of the center on county property. Architects say a new building could cost within 100000 of renovation estimates of 240741 or 163000. Judge Chad Bledsoe and Architect Perry Horacek outline plans to expand space and improve security as current facilities strain under demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hecomanche County
Marie Detty
Frank White
Perry Horacek
Chad Bledsoe
White
Bledsoe
Oklahoma imports cadavers from Kansas to aid medical education
Dr. S N Stone of the Oklahoma Anatomical Board says Oklahoma faces a critical shortage of bodies for medical education. Forty four cadavers were purchased from Kansas at 250 dollars each plus transportation, with 112 needed this year and 125 next year. Demand rises with enrollments at OU Medicine and Dentistry and Oral Roberts University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kansas
S.N. Stone
Oklahoma Anatomical Board
Stone
OU Colleges of Medicine and Dentistry
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Oral Roberts University
General Feir to Speak at Lawton Forum Luncheon
General Philip Feir U S Army assistant deputy chief of staff for international programs will address the Lawton Chamber of Commerce Friday Forum at noon at Montego Bay. About 75 allied students from Fort Sill and Cameron University will attend. Feir is a 1949 West Point graduate with service in Korea Hawaii and Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Feir
U.S. Army
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Montego Bay
Ethel Kulhanek
Chamber International Relations Committee
Fort Sill
Cameron University
Feir
West Point
Korea
Hawaii
Vietnam
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Jane Frazer
Cache Road
Jimmy D. Young
Cache
By Paul McClung
Eve Sandstrom
The
Constitution Staff
By Skip Gibson
U.S. Department of Commerce
LURA
Vince Elmore
Otasco
Mark Kingsolver
Horacek
McMahon Foundation
CETA
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act
By the Constitution Staff
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