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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1973
Page
1
Grocery shoppers saw little change as the beef price ceiling ended. supermarket spokesmen predicted later week increases while cattle prices were expected to level off before rising. Industry officials warned higher beef costs could follow cattle price shifts and consumer buying behavior would influence the final price.
President Nixon addressed a Democratic Congress urging action on his priority bills for 1970 including trade tax and pension reform energy policy and school funding while promising veto power if spending exceeds his requests He framed cooperation as essential to solving national problems and warned against curbing presidential war powers.
A 43 year old suspect in the brutal murder of Mrs Flor ence Glennan last June and the target of a nationwide FBI search since July 24 was captured at a Blyth service station in California. Paul May, charged with second degree murder, surrendered to agents at the station where he had been employed about three weeks. May offered no resistance and was unarmed. He was to be taken to Riverside or San Bernardino for federal arraignment. May had been sought for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution on the Comanche District Court murder charge. Blyth police aided the FBI in the arrest and May was held in Riverside County Jail pending federal proceedings. Earnest, 24, and another suspect faced related charges in the same case. See SUSPECT, Page 2.
Bad weather delays body recovery from the wreckage of a World Airways DC-8 chartered by the Air Force. The jet, carrying six civilian crew and aircraft tires, crashed in rugged terrain near Mt. Dutton east of Cold Bay in the eastern Aleutians. A ground vehicle is needed to reach the site, with four to five miles of rough ground to cover. A rescue helicopter earlier landed at the scene.
Oklahoma House Speaker Bill Willis backs a 20 million penal reform bond aimed at creating a model system to attract federal grants. The plan would repay over 10 years with inmate help, reduce prison population, and avoid using general funds. Gov Hall and Senate leaders also endorse the bond, seeking federal aid up to nine percent.
The area will experience fair to partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures through Tuesday. Daytime highs reach the upper 80s with overnight lows in the upper 60s and a return to near 100 by Tuesday with Sunday’s high 89 and low 70.
Gov David Hall announces a statewide program to identify high risk cancer candidates using pilot questionnaires. The plan aims to locate Oklahomans with obvious symptoms family history or other factors for early intervention.
Atty general Elliott Richardson provided the Senate Foreign Relations Committee a summary from an FBI report on wiretaps of 13 government officials and four newsmen. The taps aimed to trace leaks to the press in early 1969 and did not name those recorded. The panel will reconvene privately to determine further steps.
Cameron College reports fall enrollment of 4 035 students, up from 3 713 a year earlier, a gain of 322 as the economy and student aid conditions add uncertainty about future enrollments.
Classified column lists contact numbers 353 0620 for want ads and 353 0626 for circulation with editorial office 353 0620 guidance. Includes address line in brief newspaper snippet. Notes section references pickup and submission details.
Lawton city officials halted right‑of‑way purchases and ordered a six‑block Gore Boulevard section narrowed to 58 feet from 64. The move follows a shopping center attorney’s challenge amid plans to widen 17th to 53rd Streets, with 58 percent of parcels already acquired and $24,231 spent.
Police pressed reports that escaped bomb murderer Brinlee and a black male companion were inside Eiko's Lounge in Lawton about 1 a.m. Sunday. Roadblocks in four counties failed to locate the yellow car. witnesses tied Brinlee to the scene after a bartender said the pair threatened to blow up the bar and police station.
Nixon's lawyers ask the appeals court to overturn Judge John Sirica's order for the White House tape recordings to be turned over for private inspection. They argue the judge overstepped authority and set an unprecedented precedent in the Watergate dispute.
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