Cityan Arraigned As Search Nets Suspected Drugs
Lawton man Terry Lee Clark 22 was arrested after neighbors reported a burglary and police found about two pounds of marijuana, marijuana seeds, pills and narcotic paraphernalia plus over $120 in a residence at 4304 Pollard. Clark faces possession with intent to distribute.
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Lawton
Terry Lee Clark
Pollard
Clark
Bill Davis
Carl Lindgren
Jay Vickers
Robert Braly
Special District
David Carter
Bellow Wins Pulitzer for Humboldt’s Gift in 1976
Saul Bellow, 61, finally claimed the Pulitzer Prize for Humboldt’s Gift after a year of near misses. The Chicago author, long praised for The Adventures of Augie March, is noted as a reserved man who enjoys quiet evenings and poker, and has been a University of Chicago professor since 1962.
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Charlie Citrine
Bellow
Eugenio Montale
Israel
Jerusalem
Montreal
Lachine
Chicago
Northwestern University
Tuley High School
Dave Peltz
Saul
Peltz
University of Chicago
Ferry disaster toll climbs after sunrise collision with tanker Frosta
Investigators said 22 bodies were recovered after the predawn crash of the George Prince ferry struck by the tanker Frosta sion. There were 18 survivors and 53 missing, with 39 believed in sunken cars. Still uncertain how many were aboard as crews searched the flooded wreckage near New Orleans.
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Frostasion
George Prince Ferry
West Bank
Destrahan
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Coast Guard
John St. Amant
Wallace Friloux
St. Charles Parish
Jerry Mayo
Cameron University Chooses Veterans Day Observance
Cameron University will close Monday to observe Veterans Day as the last Monday in October per Congress 1973 designation. Officials sought official permission after already scheduling Nov 11. classes suspended Monday with normal operations Friday November 11. City Hall will reopen Nov 11.
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Cameron University
Ralph Whiteley
Cameron
Congress
Boren
Whiteley
City Hall
bumper sticker apathy visible in Ford Carter campaign
The Ford and Carter campaigns report few bumper stickers on cars despite distributing stickers at the county fair. Democratic HQs note plenty of supplies yet lack of displays, speculating on apathy or campaign spending limits as reasons. Lawton emphasizes Oklahoma pride with no. 1 status.
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Carter
Ford
Ford-Dole
Bumper
Martha Bea Johnson
Democratic
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Lawton
Oklahoma No. 1
Oklahoma City Market Reports Prices for Wheat Barley Milo and Livestock
State Department of Agriculture lists today’s prices for wheat 2.44 to 3.05 per bushel across towns including Afton Muskogee and Houston. barley 2.00 to 2.30. Milo 3.40 to 4.40 per hundredweight with regional variations. soybeans 5.57 to 6.17 at Weatherford Pauls Valley Banner and others. alfalfa hay 60 to 75 per ton. Oklahoma City cattle and calves sale notes active demand with feeder steers and heifers mostly steady to lower. Holstein steers and feeder prices detailed across weight classes. hogs and sows trade mixed with limited early tests.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Afton
Muskogee
Manchester
Beaver
Eldorado
Liberal
Pauls Valley
Perryton
Medford
Banner
el Reno
Geary
Kingfisher
Okeene
Ponca City
Temple
Watonga
Yukon
Hobart
Lawton
Keyes
Houston
Barley
Weatherford
Oklahoma Livestock
Comanche County Faces Uncertain CETA Funding Outlook
Comanche County pivots to relief from Education and Training Act funding as Title II and VI CETA programs face volatile support. Title II employs 51 workers with carryover funding expected to last until about Nov 1, with new $3.7 billion in Title II funds slated to extend into December 1977. Title I trains 55 trainees while last year’s program supported 450 people at $569,000.
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Comanche County
Manche
Lawton
Labor Department
Carter and Ford to Attend Al Smith Dinner in New York
Both candidates plan to join the Al Smith dinner in New York with Carter arriving around 9 p.m. and staying about an hour. The event honors the late New York governor and plays a key role in Catholic vote politics as 1970s campaign trail chatter continues ahead of the final Williamsburg debate.
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Ders
White House
Carter
Ford
New York
al Smith
Dute
Williamsburg
Walter Mondale
Bob Dole
Richard M. Nixon
Voters see record turnout in Oklahoma November election
Registration purge noted as officials expect high participation for the November 2 election. Voters will decide on the presidential race liquor by the drink measure and five state questions, with a statewide race for a state corporation commission seat. Local lists include dozens of residents in various townships and cities with multiple names and addresses listed.
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State Corporation Commission
Lawton Comanche County Seek Revenue Sharing Funds
City officials face funding gaps for federal and state grants. Lack of matching funds delays or halts projects, including a proposed public financed bus system and utility services at the industrial park. Officials cite potential revenue sharing as a way to unlock new funding, with a $600,000 water line still needed.
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City of
Lawton
Comanche County
Don Rust
Department of Transportation
Rust
Aust
War Dance Sponsored by Comanche Society at Apache Fairgrounds
The Comanche War Dance society sponsors a fall dance at the Apache fairgrounds building with Ardmore Pow Wow Club co sponsors for Friday events. Gourd dancing opens Friday at 7 p.m. followed by social and war dancing. Saturday begins at 2 30 p.m. with formal war dancing and supper at 5 30 p.m. More war dancing is planned for the evening.
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Comanche War Dance Society
Apache Fairgrounds
Ardmore
Search Continues In Double Shooting
Law enforcement seek an armed 24 year old Apache man after a Wednesday night double shooting eight miles north of Fort Sill Key Gate. Scott Pickard 17 and Kenneth Gimusaddle 19 were wounded by two shotgun blasts and brought to Fort Sill Indian Hospital.
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Fort Sill
Key Gate
William Banks
Comanche County
Banks
Oklahoma City
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