Cameron Hunts For Land After Losing Pasture Here
Cameron University seeks new grazing and crop land after losing 393 acres of former Fort Sill Indian School land leased to Jack McIntosh for 7666 dollars per year under a five year contract. The Kiowa Comanche Apache Tribal Council opened the land to public bidding while Cameron negotiates alternate grazing sites.
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Een University
Fort Sill
Kiowa-Comanche- Apache Trival Land Use Committee
Jack Mcintosh
Lawton
KCA
Bureau of Indian Affairs Realty
J. D. Sanders
MclIntosh
Wilford Tabbytite
Cameron
McIntosh
University
Amos Hopkins-Dukes
Bob Cannon
Don Owen
Owen
BIA
Water recertification may not cut city’s rights or irrigation permits
Officials expect Beaver Creek and Cache Creek reauthorizations to affect few actual allocations. City attorney Cade says Lawton will monitor and act only if city interests are harmed. Soil Conservation leaders doubt local irrigation will lose water, noting many holders never use permits.
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Springer
Lawton
Lawtonka
Elsworth
Larry Cabelka
City of
Jerry Cade
Cade
Southwest Oklahoma Soil Conservation Service
Chester Coleman
Cotton County
SCS
Beaver Creek
Coleman
The
Resources Board
Cache Creek
Comanche County
Hubert Murray
City Council approves urban renewal actions and bond plans
The Lawton city council scheduled street bids for Lee Boulevard Sheridan Road and other projects, approved selling remaining 2.5 million in bonds, designated bond agents, and endorsed urban renewal measures. They also awarded police sedans contract and enacted traffic changes including no parking signs and new crosswalks.
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Sheridan Road
Lee
Cache
Lee Boulevard
Sheridan
52Nd
Fredrick Chenault
East Lawton
Sam Ard
Industrial Authority
Lawton Parking Authority
Stanfield & O'Dell
Milo Gordon Chrysler Plymouth, Inc
Literacy gaps in adult population challenge U S competence
A four year study reports 16.4 percent or 18.9 million adults unable to cope with adult tasks. Results show 19.7 percent in low range, 33.9 percent medium, 46.3 percent high or proficient. Older, undereducated, unskilled adults in poverty most affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
City audit highlights progress and remaining fixes
Auditors continued from page one note interdepartmental purchase orders lack identified funds. Steps underway to specify balances on orders and a check-off system for traffic tickets issued and returned by patrolmen. The report commends city progress and thanks staff for cooperation during the audit.
Ford Proposes NYC Bankruptcy Plan With Federal Court Aid
Ford urges a New York City default plan allowing petitioning a U S District Court in New York for debt adjustment. The move would trigger a moratorium on creditor suits and court approval for new debt backed by future revenues. Tower predicts Congress may favor a bankruptcy route over loan guarantees.
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New York State
U.S. District Court
New York
New York City
Ford
Ford Ford
United States
John Tower
R-Tex
Bomb threat prompts Wichita Falls man arrest at Lawton Police
A 39-year-old Wichita Falls man was held after an early morning bomb threat at Lawton Police Department led to evacuations including the city jail housing about 30 prisoners. Officer Lanny Wallace identified the suspect by voice. the man claimed he did not make the call but had spoken with the station for motorist assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandel Rogers
Lawton
Texas A&m University
Don van Meter
Lawton Industrial Foundation Inc
KCA
East Gore Boulevard
George (Pearl) Townsley
Lawton Commission On Aging
Medicine Park
City of Lawton
Wichita Falls, Tex
Cheri Spencer
Spencer
Lanny Wallace
U.S. 277
Lee Boulevard
Wallace
Wichita Falls
Carnival at Taft Elementary Oct 31
Taft Elementary hosts a carnival from 6 to 9 p.m. on October 31 with dinner served from 5 p.m. and 24 games planned.
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Taft Elementary School
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Gore Boulevard
Institutional
John Hinkle
Oklahoma Department of Libraries
Lawton Public Library
Murray
Page One Road
Rogers Lane
Cordes Dodge, Inc
Howard Smith Ford
Wayne Gilley
John Stanard
Ernest Roper
Lawton Baptist Tabernacle Church
Heinz Addition
Frisco Railroad
Sheridand
11Th Street
17Th Street
Washington, McKinley
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
15Th Street
Wisconsin
Bell Avenue
Second
Railroad Streets
Lawton Constitution
Sun
Lawton Morning Press
Constitution Lawton Publishing Co., Inc
Ohio
Constitution
APO
Dif
S. Sth
U.S
Joseph C. Richard
Equitable
N. Sheridan Rd
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
New York, N.Y
Aobig
Telephone Co
APCM
Phone Co
Reg. Price
Sheridan & Gore
Montgomery
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