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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1972
Page
14
Birth announcements list newborns to multiple families with times and weights. A long roster records patients admitted or discharged to Southwestern hospitals, with names and hometowns across Oklahoma and nearby states, spanning Sept and Aug dates.
Oklahoma Republicans voted to transfer 23000 from the party operating budget to campaign expenditures for legislative state and congressional candidates. The move raises total state party outlay to 83000 for the 1972 general election as debt risk if fundraising quotas are not met. Former Gov Bartlett urged GOP voters to back Bartlett alongside Nixon supporters.
Port Elizabeth report notes a local merchant named Vroom selling motorcycles in the city settings. The brief identifies the trader and product with no further details on transactions or prices.
President Nixon toured the flood zone in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania to assess federal relief efforts after Tropical Storm Agnes. Officials said the trip was official business for taxpayers, though it sparked questions about campaign travel and charging costs to the politics budget.
A list of individuals and businesses is shown as complainants at the Lawton Police Department. Names such as Rudy L. Meyers and Mary Cain report thefts and vandalism to autos, residences, and property. Other entries include assaults, burglaries, attempted auto burglary, and weapons offenses across various addresses.
Classified ads outline minimum 10 word single or two insertions with monthly rates. Extra blind box charge 50 cents. Deadlines weekdays 445 p.m. Sundays 100 p.m. Friday. KILL DEADLINES 5 a.m. weekdays or 1 p.m. Sunday. Open hours and rules listed. errors to be reported. ads run in Constitution and Morning Press.
Classified notices advertise rooms for rent near Blunt Zorger 529 and Hotel Lawtonian area. Large bedrooms with shared kitchen, parking and utilities offered to working men. rates range from 10 dollars per week to 84 Gore and 90 Gore. Listings include sleeping rooms for gentlemen only and an air conditioned efficiency near 707 B.
Numerous listings offer furnished units with meals paid, pets not allowed, and bills covered. Ads include 1 to 4 room apartments, 1 and 2 bedroom houses and trailers, coil air conditioning, carpeted interiors, private baths, fenced yards, and proximity notes. Contact numbers and addresses provided for each unit.
Multiple rental ads show furnished units with bills paid. Properties include 1721 Liberty two or three room options, 62 H Gore and 1901 Cache Road listings, varying rents from $40 to $115, contact numbers 355-4429 353-9654 248-1010 357-0005 355-8490.
Classified rental notes list several units including two total electric one bedroom apartments with carpet and air conditioning and full bath. Also a furnished two bedroom trailer at Plaza Trailer Court Lot 1 for $100 monthly and a two room paneled unit at $60 with bills paid. Additional 2 room furnished apartment with private bath $45 monthly and bills paid located at 1215 Dearborn with contact numbers 355-0026 and 357-1317.
Unfurnished private 2 bedroom with fridge and stove, cablevision, storage, no pets. Inquiries at 815 Arlington. Also a no petDesirable clean unit with bills paid $100 and an efficiency $80 near Fort Sill at 1502 Arlington. Furnished 2 bedroom house with large closets at 1215 Beil. Downtown 4 room apartment $60 plus bills. Clean furnished 3 room apartment $80 bills paid at 355-6565.
Speaker Carl Albert of Oklahoma drove a white Thunderbird into a parked car near a sandwich shop in Washington at 11:30 p.m. He paid a nominal settlement to the owner, and no charges were filed. A third vehicle owner left the scene with little damage.
Borrow up to 25 000 on the equity in your home. Use the money for any purpose with legal rates. AVCO Financial Services Gore Blvd Gore Plaza call 357 2577 for details.
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