House Senate clash over energy bill allocations and tax plans
Conferees agree the energy bill will cap state shares at 10 percent and at least 0.5 percent. House and Senate differ on distribution and taxes with Staggers warning against attacks. Carter plan faces lobbying while Kennedy liberals push to restore tax breaks and car fuel tax debates loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Energy Legisla
Harley Staggers
D-W.va
Staggers
Carter
Senate Finance Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Charles Percy
Ill
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Metzenbaum
Convicted Slasher Liniger Seeks Parole From Board
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended parole for Liniger, serving a four year to life sentence for the 1975 Lawton machete slashing and stabbing death of Marvin Lamb. His family, including wife Crystal, attended as Liniger cited fear and claimed the act was a freak incident. Liniger asked to be released to Akron Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauls Valley
Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board
Crystal
Liniger
Marvin Carl Lamb
Lawton
Lamb
Mitchell
Akron
Ohio
Lawton Man Burned By Girlfriend Details Emerged
Chester Holman suffered severe burns after a hot liquid was poured on him by a woman he called his girlfriend. Police found two pans with still hot liquid in his bedroom at 2412 Ave. I. The 22 year old woman was arrested after officers responded around 2 55 a m Sunday and Holman was taken to an Oklahoma City hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Ave. I
Chester Holman
Holman
Divorce Suit Filed in Comanche County District Court
Rosa Rios sues Nelson Rios Medina for divorce on incompatibility citing acts of omissions that made marriage impossible. Respondent must answer by December 2, 1977. court clerk Janice Mitchell notes the filing with Dan R. Brown as attorney for the plaintiff.
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District Court OF
Comanche County
State OF Oklahoma
Rosa Rios
Nelson Rios
Ceeesem
Nelson Rios Medina
City to Hold Public Hearing on Zoning Change in Lawton OK
The Lawton Oklahoma City Council will hold a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on the Sunday of November 1977 in City Hall Council Chambers to consider changing the zoning for a tract in Lee Addition from R-1 Single Family to R-4 High Density Apartment. The meeting invites input from interested parties and citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowton
Oklahoma
Lawton
Comanche County
Seid City
Lee
En Ier Gv Suedent
Ean McGavic
Veterans Day ceremonies to honor on November 11
The event continues the Nov. 11 date after Congress delayed calendar changes to 1978. Military dignitaries attend as the Military Order of the Purple Heart hosts with national commander Douglas H. McGarrity. Rev. James Paul Carter, Audie Murphy Hospital chaplain, gives the invocation. Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers leads the Pledge, honoring Medal of Honor actions in Vietnam.
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Congress
Military Order of the Purple Heart
Douglas H. McGarrity
James Paul Carter
Audie Murphy
San Antonio
Tex
Charles Calvin Rogers
1St Infantry Division
Vietnam
Lawton Council to Award Bid for City Project
The city received a single bid of 1,166,297 with a 10 percent minority contractor participation rule in each bid. Staff review was favorable and a detailed assessment was due before the Tuesday night council session when the contract will be awarded at 7 p.m.
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Page One
Lawton
Police Seek Suspect In City Rape Report
Police search for a man suspected of raping a Lawton woman and burglarizing her home. The victim described a nude masked intruder who confronted her in her bedroom, forced her onto the bed, and fled with a stereo.
Funeral for Eula Muse 79 Mother of Frank Muse
Funeral services for Eula L Muse 79 mother of Frank Muse will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Crews Funeral Home Chapel Apache Rev Ann Avery to officiate Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery Apache Mrs Muse died early today in a hospital She was born in Fox Oklahoma August 12 1898 and came to the Apache area in 1920 She married Fred G Muse in 1925 in Altus He died November 29 1974 Survivors include three sons Bobby D Silver City NM Carl R Shreveport LA and Fred G Jr Port Arthur TX five daughters Vancelle Moore Lou Sanders Oleta Davenport Loretta Lechner and Anna Boucher two brothers Albert Lawson County Line Jim Lawson Elmore City a sister Alma McCunn Boulder Cole 28 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eula L. Muse
Frank D. Muse
Bell
Crews Funeral Home
Apache
Bobby D
Silver City
N.M
Carl R
Shreveport
Fred G. Jr
Port Arthur
Tex
Vancelle Moore
Lou Sanders
Union
Mich
Oleta Davenport
Elkhart
Ind
Loretta Lechner
Emporia
Kans
Anna Boucher
Miami, Fla
Albert Lawson
County Line
Jim Lawson
Elmore City
Alma McCunn
Boulder
Cole
Lawton to Hear Land Use Change and Annexation Plan
Lawton City Council will hold a public hearing at 7:00 p.m. on November 6 1977 at City Hall Comanche County Oklahoma to consider amending the Land Use Plan from residential to commercial annexation into Lawton City and zoning to C3 for a measured 19.903 acre tract described by survey bearings and distances, based on maps in the City Planning Department. The hearing was requested by interested parties and is conducted under Oklahoma statutes and city code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklahoma
Comanche County
Lonton
Office
City Planning Department
Wader
Agia
Ocetes
Y Phatacgavic
Veterans Day ceremony honors long serving members at Lawton event
Eighty four year old M Fields commander of World War I Barracks Post 1168 recalls service from 1917 to 1919 with the 343rd Field Artillery in seven European countries. Fort Sill also held a wreath laying ceremony with Brig General Akers and a 21 gun salute at 9 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty
M. Fields
Lawton
343Rd Field Artillery
Europe
Fields
Council
Congress
Veteran’s Organizations
Eisenhower
Fort Sill
Post Cemetery
Albert B. Akers
Field Artillery School
Field Artillery
Panamanian plebiscite crowd approves treaties amid opposition claims
Voters 18 and over cast ballots with inked thumbs and ID cards as Torrijos hosts a close to holiday mood plebiscite on the canal handover by 2000. A U.S. observer request followed a double-vote allegation, while opponents pressed for earlier U.S. withdrawal and no military intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrijos
U.S
Juan Carlo Valos Perera
Bandit Takes Auto Parts At Gunpoint
A man claiming wrong parts from Ring and Brake demanded new replacements. After an employee refused, the suspect returned with a pistol from his car and forced the worker to hand over the parts before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bandit
Ring and Brake
S.tith
City Police Nab Suspected Rapist
A 22 year old Lawton man was arrested early Sunday after a woman accused him of rape at Elmer Thomas Park. Officers found a car with emergency flashers near Third and Ferris and saw a crying woman in the passenger seat. Charges have not been filed.
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Lawton
Elmer Thomas
Third
Ferris
Health Officials Limit Flu Shots to Elderly and Chronically Ill
Public health officials guide this year restrict flu shots to the elderly and chronically ill. City-County Health Department nurse Nancy Teakell notes no special clinics, with several sessions held at senior centers last week. Vaccination is available during regular hours with a doctor referral using Victoria and B Hong Kong vaccine given as a single shot.
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Nancy Teakell
births and admissions listed at lawton area hospital
Births occur for Clark Morales McClack Pilcher and other families in Lawton area with times and weights. Admitted and discharged lists name multiple patients including Banks Clark Henningan James Knecht Newsome and many others with addresses across Lawton Cache Duncan and surrounding towns.
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George H. Clark
Donald D. McClack
Fort Sill
George Morales Jr
Cimmaron Trail
Ricky Pilcher
Sharlanda D. Banks
Sally L. Clark
Green Terrace Bivd
Tom Henningan
Mirian F. James
Cache
Josie L. Knecht
Marlow
Harley Newsome
Bell
Nathan E. Short
Sterling
Debbie K. Spanbanks
Walters
Dorothy O. Spates
Henry P. Weddle
Gladys M. Wilson
C. Sherry D. Pruitt
Duncan
Daryl Andrews
Lincoln
Dolores S. Adkison
Helen Blevins
E. Gore
Sallie R. Bolt
A. Edwina N. Brandon
Laird
John W. Dowell
Ingeborg Eppler
Brent A. Fuqua
Columbia
Alta P. Gilley
Chickasha
Joseph T. Gore
Cherry
Rose Howard
James Leatherbury
Carnegie
Margot Lefoll
Dortha L. Nash
Altus
Henry C. Newsome
Frederick
Terry W. Ray
Sharon K. Sturgeon
Dearborn
Camille A. Wagner
Ozman
Gary G. Graham
James H. Toups Jr
Medicine Park
Letha G. Owens
Donald F. Allen
Kimberly A. Arneman
Cornell
Jewell C. Bass
Donna Jo Berry
Alta Lane
Kate A. Bohanan
Geronimo
Robert L. Brock
D. Wilford D. Cleveland
S. 25Th
Evelyn N. Cofer
Erma Cooke
Hobart
Eddy J. Hargraves
Police reports list thefts and burglaries in Lawton area
City police forwarded complainants from Lawton area cases including thefts from residences such as a shotgun, curtains, jewelry, cameras and cash. burglaries noting stolen stereos, TVs, radios, tapes, records, and a guitar. a rooster shot. a cigarette machine intake loss. a missing billfold and a damaged door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Jerry W. Coyote
Grand Central Station
Robert
Conoco
N. Sheridan
William Tropp
Robert Hoag
Williams
Club Delissa
Ronald D. Floyd
Duncan
Fort Sill Blvd
Oliver P. Reynolds
Dunlop
Frances Duling
Texas
Frank Russell
Austin
Jerry Lucas
Rogers Lane
Barry Lowthian
Susan Matthey
Euclid
Wendy's Hamburgers
Cache Road
Lawrence Loebman
Danny J. Brandan
Flower Mound Road
Oklahoma City Cattle Market Ends Mixed on Slaughter and Feeder Trades
In Oklahoma City the cattle and calves run reached 4500 with moderate feeder activity and firmer slaughter cow prices up to 50 cents. Bulls not established and early feeder cattle sales were light while utilities and commercial cows traded 21.25 to 24.00, canners 15.75 to 17.75, and high grade replacement cows 18.75 to 26.00. Hog receipts around 1500 with boars and sow prices not established, and feeders up 1.00 to 3.00 per head alongside 181 head of feeder pigs climbing 1.00 to 3.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
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Board Oks
Janice Mitchell
Dan R. Brown
Jack E. Allen
VFW Post 5263
Washington
United States
Canal
Panama
Independent Lawyers Movement
City Police
Nab
Control Data Corporation
West Gore Boulevard
Credit Lif
Lawton Hospital News
Kenneth Hawkins
Palomino
Jack D. Heisey
Elgin
Aldeen L. Hickerson
Davidson
Jimmie Jefferson
Robert E. Jones
Claudia Lee
Gore Blvd
Anthony B. Lemos
Liberty
Lewis D. Marcellus
S. 24Th
Nana B. Nickell
David L. Meyer
Rush Springs
Jack L. Perkins
Tipton
Cathy A. Russell
William Schmeling
Snyder
Kathleen Sheppard
Gene A. Strange
B. Jewell M. Taylor
Willie Waller
Kinyon
Mui Thi Nguyen
Gore Bird
Walter A. Clements
Roosevelt
Lorna J. Deutschendorf
Olive H. Hammonds
Hazel B. Healer
Woodridge
Billy Hicks
S. 15Th
Miriam F. James
Deborah L. Jones
Erwin Lane
Janice Asenap
John Ed Bills Jr
Lake
Bessie D. Lewison
Tina Williams
Herbert W. Gustin
Raymond Arnold
Alma Lorene Lewis
Joretta Seay
Monroe
Floy Renae Tanget
Rachel Wasso
Chicago
William C. Brown
Willie Corcoran
Fletcher
Hazel Laird
Virgil Mansell
Mary Jo Melby
Andrews
Verla Mihecoby
Lee Blvd
O.S. Pewitt
Ryan
Frances G. Riggs
Faxon
Elise Saint Clair
F. Harish Shah
Dorothy Tillman
Joy Davis
Genevieve A. Lund
Stella Shook
Lamoin Speck
Birch
PHS Indian Hospital
Gerald Catterson
Projecter Kaskaskee
Shawnee
Eva Eckinandah
Cyril
Jimmie Flute
Freddie Galindo
Anadarko
Lorene Pennington
Temple
Lee Motah
Stanley Ashcut
Indiahoma
Phyllis Ned
Cordelia Domebo
Vicki Valliere
Kathy Buffington
Dollie Conder
Alex
Susan Wilson
Marsha Pebeahsy
Elmer Parker
Jolene Tahah
Jennifer Burgess
Nathan Wolfe
Edward Parker
Carmen LaPorte
Grady Jenkins
Bent Binnsenvac
Rinsenvac
Wacker’s
Bulletin
Roy del Vecchio
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