Lawton proposes $13 million bond plan for city improvements
Lawton voters will decide Oct. 19 on a $13.04 million capital improvements bond issue tied to a proposed one cent city sales tax. Funds would finance a sewer plant and lines, street work, airport upgrades, and a new library, with state and federal matching totaling about $13.14 million.
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Brown
Lewis
Skip Gibson
Don Whitaker
Lawton
Whitaker
Chamber of Commerce
Bob Lewis
Oppenheimer and Co
Scott Brown
Oklahoma City
Downtown Lawton renewal board backs land seizure plan
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority discusses a proposed downtown project with city council input on land acquisition bounded by B C Streets Sixth Eighth Avenues. The board approves condemnation of 11 properties to clear parcels for sale and awards Parker Wrecking Co. of Oklahoma City a $23,888 contract to raze 39 structures.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority Board
Lura
Arch March
Sixth Street
Eighth Street
March
Lura Board
Second
Vincent M. Elmore Jr
C Avenue
Virgil Parks
Avenue
Ed Clark
D Avenue
Eulah Andrews
F Avenue
Ita Averitt
Lynn Averitt
E Avenue
Lucille Stewart
E. F. Dillingham
Leon Fuller
Mildred Baxter
E. P. Harter
Parker Wrecking Co
Oklahoma City
Department of Hous- See
Hurricane Fern Triggers Texas Coast Floods and Tornadoes
Hurricane Fern struck open Texas coast flooding widespread areas and spawning two tornadoes. Galveston and nearby regions faced heavy rainfall and six foot tides, with six fires from lightning and elevated water levels. Army trucks aided evacuations in Matagorda as inland flooding loomed.
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Freeport
Tex
Galveston
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Matagorda
Gk Se
Texas
Curt's Moving To Muskogee
Curt's Moving to Muskogee is mentioned in a brief notice on river navigation system. The item cites CURT'S and directs to page 4 column 4 for full details.
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Curt
Muskogee
Curt’s
Lawton Plans Anti Theft ID System For Recovered Goods
Lawton Police Department unveiled a plan to engrave social security numbers on items likely to be stolen to aid identification of recovered property. Sgt Don Wilson cited Los Angeles as a successful model and noted the scheme could reduce police workload when victims identify stolen goods. Data shows 320 tape decks worth 25600 and 1946 tapes worth 11676 were stolen in the first eight months of 1971.
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Lawton
British Envoy Released By Guerrilla Kidnappers
British envoy Jackson was freed after eight months in a Montevideo jail. The Tupamaros guerrillas claimed amnesty for the hostages in pamphlets at a rally. Jackson appeared healthy after a church stay and a priest said he was calm and devout during his brief confinement.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Tupamaros
Jackson
Washington
Judith Hart
Salvador Allende
Chile
Pasbad Ie Ie
ChaDmat
Jose Maria
State Students Can Vote In College Communities
Oklahoma 18 to 21 year olds may establish residency and vote where they attend college. Attorney General Larry Derryberry ruled that a single domicile exists and students can vote if their domicile is in the college town. Residency and other requirements must be met to be eligible in all elections. See Vote. Page 4, Col. 4.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Atty
Larry Derryberry
Derryberry
Lee Cate
D-Norman
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Court Bans Physical Reprisal At Attica Riots
Prison officials failed to end the Attica riot as inmates holding about 30 guards and four civilians hostage resisted. A federal court had forbidden physical reprisals and Oswald pledged no administrative retaliation while state police and corrections officers sealed all yard entrances.
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Attica. N.Y
Oswald
Russell Oswald
John T. Curtin
U.S. District Court
Buffalo
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State Department of Health
By Kathy Phillips
Detroit
FBI
Rec
Clarence E. Taylor
Fort Sill Medical
Roderick Wetherill
Taylor
T Heputantietnam
Port Arthur
Louisiana
Alexandria
Sabine Poss
Brownsville
Mexico
Gulf of
Miles
Fern
Los Angeles
Wilson
David Hail
Albany
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