Mental Health Workshop Set For Center Staff
About 20 top staff members from Center will attend a two day meeting Thursday and Friday with representatives from Tulsa Psychiatric Center Norman Community Mental Health Center Carl Albert Community Mental Health Center in McAlester and Southern Oklahoma Mental Health Center Ardmore. The program opens at 1 p.m. Thursday focusing on Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals standards. Dr. Royce Means will give a welcome and Don Abbott and Dr. Ron Smallwood lead a panel on JCAH concepts from the community mental health centers viewpoint. Glen Rollins of HEW will speak on HEW viewpoint at 3 p.m. Friday includes groups on rape aging battered spouses and cost accounting. O J Collins will discuss Housing and Transportation for Developmental Disabilities. The meeting ends with a luncheon at Taliaferro Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa Psychiatric Center
Norman Community Mental Health Center
Carl Albert Community Mental Health Center
McAlester
Southern Oklahoma Mental Health Center
Ardmore
Joint Commission On the Accreditation of Hospitals
Don Abbott
Taliaferro
Ron Smallwood
Batte
O. J. Collins
East Central University
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ada
Taliaferro Center
Dog’s Bark Sparks Fire Alarm At Barclay Road Home
Lawton firefighters rushed to 1310 Barclay Road for an 8:43 a.m. blaze sparked by a television flames. Homeowner Joseph Jones awoke to his dog barking and found fire in the bedroom. Jones and his mother were the only occupants. the dog helped alert them. Fire crews contained the fire in about five minutes, but the bedroom and smoke damage were extensive. No injuries were reported.
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Lawton
Joseph Jones
Barclay Road
Jones
Tommy Whitehead
Whitehead
Cameron University renames enrollment periods in spring plan
Cameron University will begin spring enrollment with a renamed process. Pre enrollment becomes enrollment while the old enrollment is called residual enrollment. Dates run November 1 to December 9 for regular enrollment and January 11 to 13 for residual enrollment with classes starting January 16.
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Cameron University
University
Raymond Chapman
Robert Quinten
Chapman
Cameron
ROTC Black Watch Drill Team Wins Four Trophies in Wichita Falls
MacArthur High School ROTC Black Watch Precision Drill Team earned four trophies at the Seventh Annual K-Mart Drill Meet in Wichita Falls. The squad took second in inspection and third in overall and fancy drill, with Cadet Maj. Steven Pitcher earning a third in his division and Lawton High School cadet Charles Collins claiming a second place for Lawton High.
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MacArthur High School
Black Watch
Wichita Falls
Lawton High
Steven Pitcher
Charles Collins
Lawton High School
Merritt Ceremony Nears At Fort Sill
Fort Sill welcomes Maj. Gen. Jack N. Merritt with a 13 gun salute at a 9 a.m. arrival ceremony in the Old Post Quadrangle. The public is invited with bleachers set up east of McNair Hall. If weather fails, a 9 a.m. indoor ceremony will be held in the Officers Club ballroom.
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Fort Sill
Old Post
2Nd Field Artillery
Jack N. Merritt
McNair Hall
Merritt
Lawton
Field Artillery
Myron J. Longmore
Melvin J. Holifield
Fort Sill Officers Club
Fifteen High Schoolers Enroll At Cameron University
Fifteen high school seniors from five schools enrolled at Cameron University under a program allowing early college credit. Nine come from Lawton High, with Eisenhower and MacArthur providing two each, and Cache and Duncan contributing one each. The program began in August by Oklahoma legislature to let non graduating high school students take part time college classes meeting admission rules except high school graduation.
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Cameron University
Cameron
Raymond Chapman
Lawton
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Cache
Duncan
Retirees Backing Fort Sill Medical Support Cites Local Spending
Ramirez notes $40 to 45 million spent yearly by military retirees in Lawton remains vital despite cuts. He says no council resentment toward retirees, while Gilley reports Fort Sill issues may be unique. In Washington he met with lawmakers and learned Sen. Bartlett will gather medical post data.
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Goodyear
Ramirez
Lawton
Washington D.C
Gilley
Fort Sill
Benning
Dix
Hood
Washington
Oklahoma
U.S
Social Worker Elected Western Area Chairman
Vickie Foutch a social worker at Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center was chosen Western Oklahoma area chairman for the National Association of Social Workers. She will lead a 7 p.m. meeting at the Lawton center where speaker Don Abbott of Taliaferro will discuss proposed licensing and its implications for members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vickie Foutch
Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center
Oklahoma
National Association of Social Workers
Ms. Foutch
Lawton Center
Don Abbott
Taliaferro
Saud backs oil price rise and PLO talks at Geneva
Saudi Prince Saud on CBS voiced no new ideas for Palestinian representation at Geneva but said talks must include the PLO for substantive peace. He urged higher oil prices and warned a 1973 style embargo only in wartime. Carter plans Caracas talks then Saudi visit as Medicare and Medicaid fraud penalties tighten.
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Middle East
Saud
Carter
Palestine Liberation Organization
Geneva
PLO
CBS
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Caracas
Venezuela
United States
Saudi Arabia
House
Senate
Lawton M A P C Plans Seven Hearings On Zoning Changes
Seven public hearings are set for the Lawton Metropolitan Area Planning Commission meeting at 1 30 p m in City Hall chambers. Agenda includes four zoning changes two review uses and an amendment to the Urban Renewal Plan for Neighborhood Development Program plus two final plats.
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Lawton Metropolitan Area
LMAPC
Parks-Jones Realtors
Drakestone Boulevard
Lee Boulevard
J. C. Kennedy
12Th
Bessie
Jack Davis
Hilltop Drive
Pete Gates
W. Gore
Roy B. Hooper
No. 11
S. 21St
Skyline East Addition
Lakeland Addition
Second Newspaper Due In Bartlesville
Oil executive Preston Gaddis of Gaddis Petroleum Co and ex councilman Bob Diehl are reportedly forming a new Bartlesville newspaper to rival the Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise. Gaddis declined to discuss timing or name while Diehl called the idea exciting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlesville, Okla
Bartlesville
Bartlesville Examiner Enterprise
Preston Gaddis
Gaddis Petroleum Co
Gaddis
Bob Diehl
Idiophones Classifications Overview
A description of idiophones noting they produce notes without a sounding board and list eight classifications. The categories are struck together struck stamped on stamped against the ground shaken scraped plucked and rubbed.
Police Reports List Local Theft and Vandalism Complaints
Lawton police logged numerous complainants with addresses detailing thefts from residences vehicles and businesses. Items stolen include televisions radios tools gas money and coins, with several burglary and vandalism reports across multiple streets and locations.
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Lawton
Roy Jones
Skate-A-Reno
James F. Snyder
Lee
Rosemary Widdig
George Childs
Flowermound
Ronald Tichy
Lincoln
Marvin J. Meeks
Gore
Mercer Tackle Co
Afionta
Douglas M. Williams
Oak
F. C. Branham
Ford
Citizen Bend Radio
Smith Construction Co
Cache
Jormon
Jerre Franklin
Smith
Kenneth Lemons
Gene Cochrane
Boaldwin
European Trading Post
W. Gore
Mervie Ingram
Eddie Barbee
Baldwin
Robert Bosanko
S Baldwin
Jeannie Shelton
Elim
Ferris
Melvin Holifield
Camelot
John A. Berg
Cherry
Pat Smoky
Camden Way
Earl W. Williams
Dearborn
Andy Green
N. Bell
James D. Smith Jr
Bell
Oklahoma City Market Prices for Wheat Barley Milo Soybeans and More
State Department of Agriculture reports today grain bids across Oklahoma with wheat trading from 2.24 to 2.87 per bushel and soybeans around 4.52 to 5.22 per bushel. Barley bids 1.30 to 1.45, Milo 2.60 to 3.81 per cwt, alfalfa hay 60 to 65 per ton, eggs and pecans also listed. In Oklahoma City cattle and calves number 4800 with steady to higher bids for bulls and cows, feeder cattle on the horizon and hogs around 60 to 66.50 per hundredweight for US 1-250-55.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Afton
Beaver
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Muskogee
Pauls Valley
Manchester
Medford
Banner
Clinton
el Reno
Eldorado
Geary
Hobart
Kingfisher
Okeene
Ponca City
Watonga
Weatherford
Yukon
Lawton
Gulf
Weather and Flight Conditions Report from Lawton Airport
Lawton Municipal Airport operated on schedule with visibility around half to three quarters of a mile. Olson notes minimum takeoff visibility of a quarter mile for commercial flights as fog and a weak upper level trough move southward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Tom Olson
Olson
Bartlesville-Altus
Oklahoma
Gage
Ardmore
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Lawtonka
Ellsworth
Muskrat native to vast U.S. and Canada range
The muskrat, named for its two scent glands, is native to nearly all of the United States and Canada, indicating its broad distribution across North American wetlands.
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The
United States
Canada
Funeral for Norene G Williams Held at Hilltop Baptist Church
Norene G Williams 4 of 1029 Alta Lane died at 6 15 am today after a lengthy illness. Funeral at 10 am Thursday at Hilltop Baptist Church with Rev Elbert Channel officiating. Burial at 4 pm in Grace Hill Cemetery Perry. Survivors include husband Don Williams two daughters Tamara Dawn and Michelle Darlene a brother Richard E Lampe and her parents Ervin and (Mrs.) Lampe Perry.
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Norene G. Williams
Alta Lane
Hilltop Baptist Church
Elbert Channel
Grace Hill Cemetery
Perry
Becker Funeral Home
Williams
Lawton
Pauls Valley
Don Williams
Tamara Dawn
Michelle Darlene
Richard E. Lampe
Stillwater
Ervin Lampe
Bach Known More For Organ Mastery Than Composer
18th century German Johann Sebastian Bach served as a boys' school director and earned fame as an organist rather than for composing hundreds of works, reflecting his professional role and public reputation in music.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Germany
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Cache Rd
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Lyle Ember
Norene Williams
D. H.rorsburn
D.C
Arlington—Suite D
Sheridan Mall
Anthony's
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Montgomery Ward
Green Machine Phonograph
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