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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1975
Page
4
Officials say the tentative rural tax study is incomplete and may misstate farm land value by focusing on sales without use value. A November Texas firm study will add use value and broader land samples, while local boards await state action.
The Defense Department said Lt. William L. Calley will not return to prison despite an appeals court reinstating his My Lai massacre conviction. Pentagon spokesman Joseph Laitin stated he is advised by the Army that Calley will not go back to prison.
A humorous Oklahoma City piece rails at urban traffic where cars struggle on worn pavement. It mocks lanes and intersections from Third to E streets, predicting wrecks and riders choosing walking over rides while noting ongoing resurfacing talk does little good.
A 5 month old boy was found dead in his crib in a mobile home after his mother alerted Kirk's Emergency Service. Police report the infant likely suffocated after rolling from back to stomach. Autopsy by the State Medical Examiner is pending. investigation remains open.
Rio Airways proposes four daily round trips among Midland Odessa Lubbock Wichita Falls Lawton Oklahoma City and Tulsa under Continental supervision if the Civil Aeronautics Board approves the plan. Rio would use Beech 99 turboprops rather than Continental’s Boeing 727s.
House leaders aim to pass a basic energy bill by next week as the Senate may act sooner on the House approved extension. After Ford’s veto was not overridden by six votes, the House moved to a 60-day price control bill. Ford signaled openness to gradual removal of controls.
A crime comparison for the first eight months shows total offenses at 4515 this year versus 4546 last year, with auto theft and burglary notable yet overall rise versus 1973 74. The report lists August and July by category: Homicide 13, Rape 0, Robbery 216, Assault 238, Burglary 226 and 213, Larceny 366 and 297, Auto Theft 671 and 603.
Gale McGee and seven other senators supported the pay increase while two opposed. A Hollings motion to cap the rise at five percent failed on a 7 to 2 vote.
Carriage Hills Elementary teachers link music and social studies to teach fourth through sixth graders a history of American music from 1776 to today. Students explore Indian language songs, dances, immigrant and cowboy themes, with monthly dress like days and a May end focusing on 1970s music. Judy Rogers notes songs from Israel will be taught as part of current history.
An out of state woman, Karen Yvonne Chavis aged 26, was named in Comanche County District Court on a bogus check charge for passing a $551 plus purchase at Lawton stores Wednesday after opening a $50 checking account. Deputy H Ray Anderson said she signed a search waiver at Sandpiper Inn after a raid found clothing and jewelry. In a separate case Lloyd Highsmith, 57, Lawton, received a deferred one year penitentiary sentence after pleading guilty to multiple bogus checks totaling $593.32 from 1974 to 1975 and ordered to make restitution.
Harmon Riley Strickland 86 longtime Carnegie area resident died Tuesday at a Hobart hospital. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Friday at Church of the Nazarene with Rev Bob Williams officiating. Burial Carnegie Cemetery. Survivors include wife Carrie M Strickland five sons four daughters two sisters 32 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren 1 great great grandchild. Memorials to medical research. Funeral for LaVerne B Lewis 60 former Lawton businessman and contractor will be 2 p.m. Friday at Lawton Ritter Dalton Funeral Home Chapel Rev George Campbell officiating. Burial Highland Cemetery.
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