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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1977
Page
3
Sen. Al Terrill and State Rep. Don Davis will headline a noon Friday forum at the Montego Bay Hotel to preview the legislative year for the local delegation. The event is open to the public and luncheon tickets are available at the door for 350 dollars.
Clyde Eugene Williams charged with two counts of rape surrendered to Sheriff Steve Sanders two days after escaping from the Tillman County jail. He fled from the courthouse after leaping a railing and rushing through two floors of the building. Williams, an ex convict with prior burglary time, is held without bond in the alleged rapes of two Frederick teenage girls.
The U S Department of Health Education and Welfare announces grants totaling about 10 million dollars to supplement resources in libraries of 2 591 institutions of higher education and to public and private nonprofit library agencies. Grants go to libraries in all states the District of Columbia American Samoa Guam Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
A modified YACC three year program at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge aimed to start in March 1979 will begin Monday November 7. Five young adults will start in November with twenty expected for March. Participants must be 18 to 24 and unemployed, selected through the Oklahoma State Employment Agency, paid minimum wage, eight hour days for one year. They will supply transportation housing and be assigned to maintenance duties including fence building painting and repairs. Funded by the US Department of Labor, the group will join YACC YCC and Job Corps efforts at the refuge to provide labor for maintenance ongoing programs. Applications are now being accepted through the state employment agency.
The Bureau of National Affairs reports most companies maintain a standard five-day 40-hour week. Eight-hour days remain common for plant or service workers in 83 percent, office staff in 74 percent, and salaried employees in 75 percent of responding firms.
Sealed bids from bidders in Lawton Oklahoma due November 14 1977 for labor equipment and materials to build Comanche Tribal Essential Services Center OK 0040 1. Bids read aloud at opening. Local Davis Bacon prevailing wage rules apply with minimum minority business expenditure of 11 percent and at least 82 530 dollars. Contacts for assistance include Oklahoma entities and firms listed for minority business utilization and bidding documents available at specified offices including Michael Mahaffey & Associates.
The British Record reports the wren has become Britain's most common nesting bird, overtaking the chaffinch. It also notes the sea wasp has a venomous sting that can kill a man in under thirty seconds, more lethal than any land snake.
A referendum on roughly 1.1 million dollars in water system upgrades will seek voter approval on November 22. FmHA funds cover a 580 200 loan and 524 800 grant for three new wells at Lake Taylor Grady County plus 54 000 feet of transmission lines and a 300 000 gallon storage tank with 18 000 feet of new pipe to boost fire protection and distribution. Payments run 40 years at five percent with two years interest only.
The Comanche County Chapter of the American Red Cross calls for volunteers to assist at Memorial Hospital Public Health Service Hospital McMahon Tomlinson Nursing Home and the handicapped school. Openings in first aid disaster training home nursing and office help with an orientation at 9 a.m. Saturday at 401 Gore Blvd contact 355-8180.
The Gold Institute notes growing public interest in gold coinage as retail values climb 66 percent in a year. This surge follows a two year national rise, drawing attention to gold as a monetary asset.
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