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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1973
Page
5
In North Dakota the one room school persists as 36 schools serve 375 pupils. Despite declines, geography preserves them with close teacher student links and individualized attention, though limited expansion, funds, and competition are cited concerns.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission consolidates complaints against four national giants General Motors Ford General Electric and Sears Roebuck with unions and contractor groups into a single case alleging discrimination in wages benefits layoffs promotions and seniority. The commission aims for voluntary settlements and warns court action if needed. Sears declined comment while GE and GM respond skeptically about the charges.
The IBM Telex antitrust ruling could reshape the computer industry if upheld. IBM to pay Telex 352.5 million and change pricing disclosures while Telex earns 21.9 million from IBM. Market reaction hit IBM and Telex stock, IBM falling about nine percent while Telex jumped about 79 percent and warrants doubled.
John Thomas Daniel, former deputy director of the Oklahoma state industrial development department, is charged in district court with presenting a $27.17 claim to the state budget office on March 21 on behalf of Falvey Whitehurst of American Trailers. The money allegedly was not received by Whitehurst.
Several large banks raised the prime rate to 10 percent including Bankers Trust and Manufacturers Hanover in New York, Harris Trust in Chicago, and others in Detroit St. Louis and New York. It marks the 16th quarterly rise this year and follows government requests for supporting data from Wells Fargo and First National City Bank.
The Daughters of the American Revolution urged removing the word fuzz from Ginn & Co. readers at a Texas education commission hearing. Ginn’s Jimmie Hobbs agreed to delete it. DAR also challenged ethnic representation in The Mystery of the Blue Condor, while women's rights groups criticized female stereotypes in supplemental readers.
A federal judge tentatively sets October 23 as the trial date for former Attorney General John N Mitchell and former Commerce Secretary Maurice H Stans. They face conspiracy obstruction of justice and perjury charges linked to an SEC probe of Robert Vesco and a $200000 donation to Nixon 1972 campaign.
Skylab 2 astronauts Bean Garriott and Lousma enter the final week of their 59 day mission at Houston Space Center. The schedule includes a space walk, an orbiting news conference, checks of the Apollo ferry ship, and mission deactivation before a Pacific splashdown near San Diego.
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