The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 73, No. 135, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 11, 1975 Page: 5 of 18
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THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION, Tuesday, February 11, 1975 5
Coody Installed As Cache C-C Chief
Warden Halts Inmate Trips To Jaycee Meetings
Slayer Here
Preliminary hearings
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Turn Lane On Lee Boulevard
Cancer Drive
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GORE
Current plans call for left
turn lanes at the Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth Street intersections,
and Model Cities and Urban
Renewal officials have shown
support for the Seventh Street
addition if approved by the
Action Taken Escape Here
Crisp said Will Norton, a
prison teacher who was re-
sponsible for Austin, will be
J T Coody took over as
president Roger Johnson,
vice president, and Ben Moore
was installed for another term
as secretary
Coody said he has no pro)
ects planned for the coming
year, but will be open for sug-
DIAL
353-8140
paralyzed and prone to con-
vulsions.
"We surpassed our $23,736
goal last year with the help of
more than 1,200 volunteer
workers and I know with a
good effort we will reach our
goal this year,” Beznoska
said
Other committee members
are Mrs Wayne Gilley, resi-
dential chairman, Mrs Jerry
Bucklow, residential coordina-
tor and Tom Lane, publicity
chairman
"When the sponsor returned
to check on Austin, he had de-
parted." Crisp said
Crisp said this was the sec-
State Rep Gorden Beznoska
has been appointed chairman
of the Comanche County
American Cancer Society 1975
Crusade Committee, according
to Mrs Louis Lejeune, presi-
dent of the Comanche County
Unit The committee will di-
rect the annual cancer fund
drive
Beznoska said raising this
year's $25,000 goal will involve
approximately 1,500 volunteer
workers
City Council, Wade said
Wade added that the addi
tional median opening would
not delay or increase the cost
of construction.
ond Jaycee meeting outside
the walls which Austin had
been permitted to attend The
first was at Bartlesville "two
or three months ago," the
warden said
Austin was the only inmate
from McAlester permitted to
attend outside Jaycee meet
ings although "I understand
others attended from Granite
and Lexington, but I’m not
sure," Crisp said
He added that Austin's es-
cape would not affect the
Jaycee chapter at the
McAlester penitentiary but
the program will be continued
inside the walls. The people
he let down were not the pris-
on officials He let down his
own fellow inmates in the
Jaycee program
"This type of thing is what
makes it difficult to have
some meaningful programs
like this. As long as you allow
prisoners to attend these
meetings, you take a risk
You take a risk every time
you allow an inmate to move
outside the walls ”
* Will YOU make me a SNOWMAN
BEFORE YOU GO TO WORK 2 ’
MEAT SCHOOL SET
A Comanche County 4-H
meat identification school and
contest will begin at 3 30 p.m.
Wednesday at the fairgrounds
coliseum Gene Purvis, meat
buyer for Herb's, will conduct
both the school and contest
All Comanche County 4-H
members are invited to at-
tend
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(‘ACHE (Staff) - New offi
• cers and directors of the
Chamber of Commerce were
installed at the annual ban
quet last night by Maj Gen
David E Ott. Fort Sill com
mander
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2 DAYS ONLY
WED.
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scheduled March 7 and March
13 in district court here for
Billy Roberts, 32, of 410 Mis
sion Blvd , on two counts of
first degree murder
Roberts was arraigned on
the charges Monday before
Special Dist Judge Rodney
Bassel and ordered held with-
out bond.
Roberts, operator of the
Bandolero Club, 2830 Fort Sill
Blvd , was charged with the
Friday shooting deaths of J
L Nash, 37, a widely-known
lawton automobile racer, and
Terry Allen Womack, 34, of
the Duncan area
The first degree murder
charges were filed under a re-
cently revised state law which
defines murder in the first de
gree as “when perpetrated
against two or more persons
arising out of the same trans-
action or occurrence or series
of events closely related in
time and location "
Autopsies performed Friday
at Memorial Hospital revealed
that both victims were shot in
the back, officials said Assis-
tant Dist Atty Steve Lile said
four bullets entered Womack,
two passing through the vic
tim and two lodging in his
body The autopsy showed a
single bullet struck Nash in
the right middle of his back
and traveled downward, Lile
said
Roberts was arrested Friday
morning by sheriff's deputies,
after he reportedly called the
sheriff's office and stated he
desired to surrender He is
being held in the county jail.
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LEON YANKWICH
LOS ANGELES (AP) -
Leon Yankwich. a federal
judge who decided the historic
C alifornia case that preserved
the Elk Hills oil fields for the
public four decades ago, is
dead at 85 Yankwich, who
was retired, died in a hospital
Sunday after a long illness
He was a noted legal scholar
and an expert on newspaper
law
JOSEPH R BOBBITT JR.
NORFOLK, Va (AP) - A
funeral service will be held
Wednesday for Joseph K Bob-
bitt Jr, former associate edi-
tor of the Norfolk Virginian-
Pilot Bobbitt, 68. died Mon-
day in Norfolk General Hospi-
tal after becoming ill the eve-
ning before at his home He
retired three years ago after
being a member of the Virgi-
man-Pilot’s news and editorial
staff for 41 years
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP)
— No more state pen-
itentiary inmates will be
allowed to attend Jaycee
meetings outside the pen-
itentiary because one escaped
from a Lawton meeting Satur-
day. Warden Richard Crisp
said Monday
At the same time, Robert
Zapffe of Norman, chairman
of penal affairs for the Okla
homa Jaycees. said he be-
lieved the organization had
been deliberately "set up" in
a move to cut down the Jaycee
program at the state pen
itentiary.
He said the Jaycees had
tried for a long time before
being allowed to establish a
chapter at McAlester and that
the escape Saturday smacked
of a move to trim the pro-
gram
Zapffe said the Jaycees
were never informed that La-
von W Austin, 34, was coming
from the penitentiary and no
reservations were made for
him
The California Wine Institute
reports that its latest survey
shows the woman of the house
now selects wines to be served.
In a similar survey, seven
years ago, women made the
choice only 41 per cent of the
time.
"It is curious that he (Aus-
tin) wasn't reported missing
until 5:30 or 6 pm ." Zapffe
said “We think we've been
had since we’d been given no
indication he was to be at the
convention."
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FORTUNATELY, birth de
fects in kittens and puppies
are relatively rare Most are
one-time events that occur be-
cause of an unfavorable envi-
ronment during fetal devel-
opment and the birth process
Maternal illness is a major
cause of birth defects in
young animals Such defects
can include anemia from
worm infestation and brittle
bone structure due to vitamin
and mineral deficiency in the
mother Other problems may
be due to medication which
the mother received during
pregnancy
Sometimes a difficult deliv-
ery will result in broken or
dislocated bones in the off
spring in cals especially, the
pelvis may be damaged and
will feel like a collapsed ba-
loon rather than a gently
rounded curve
FAULTY GENES inherited
from one or both parents can
cause defects that return
again and again in succeeding
litters Some defects are me-
rely nuisances, such as extra
toes or crooked tails But oth-
ers can be serious — blind-
ness, deafness or a nervous
disorder
The more serious defects
will probably be apparent
within two or three weeks Se-
vere muscular and skeletal
abnormalities will show up as
kittens and puppies learn to
walk Some defects are cor-
rectable, some are not
Conditions like cleft palate
or some types of hernias
should be corrected quickly so
that growth of the young am
mal is not affected
Sometimes development of
birth defects can be predicted
For instance, it is known that
blue-eyed, white-haired cats
are often deaf Cases of deaf-
ness in blue-eyed, white-hair-
ed dogs are less common, but
some have been recorded
Crisp said Austin was
allowed to attend one of the
several Jaycee meetings being
conducted at the Lawton motel
and Norton apparently went
elsewhere
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Steering Panel
Picked For Ward
A permanent steering com-
mittee designed to assist, ad-
vice and communicate with
the Lawton City Council, was
chosen Monday night during a
meeting of Ward 5 residents
at the Museum of the Great
Plains
Elected to the committee
were Joyce Pursley, Alvis
Kennedy, Jennie McCutcheon
and Harry Russell
The 5:30 p m meeting was
called to give Ward 5 regis-
tered voters an opportunity to
meet any and all possible can
didates for councilman of that
ward
Among the some 50 persons
attending the session were in-
cumbent councilman Whit
Ozier, who is not seeking re-
election. council member Nor-
ma Roberts, and Mayor Pro
Tem Dan Glascock
Nevada became the 36th state
of the Union, Oct. 31, 1864. Its
capital is Carson City. Presi-
dent Abraham Lincoln speeded
Nevada s admission because he
needed the state s three votes
for ratification of the 13th
amen nent.
SINCE NOT all inherited de-
fects are visible from birth, it
is wise to examine both par
ents of your prospective pet, if
possible For instance, a
clumsy or uneven walk in an
adult dog may be a due to a
major bone disease called hip
dysplasia — which won't show
up in your puppy until it is
three to six months old
Research is being conducted
to pinpoint and eliminate the
cause of birth defects. An ex-
ample involves GMI Gang-
liosidosis. a rare disease in
cats
GMI Gangliosidosis is
caused by the absence of a
crucial enzyme normally
present in the brain, which
prevents the accumulation of
waste material in the nervous
system Afflicted kittens ap-
pear normal at birth, but
some begin to develop tremors
involving the head and legs
Eventually they become blind.
A request from a group of
south Lawton merchants for
the addition of a left-turn lane
on Lee Boulevard at Seventh
Street may be presented dur
ing the Feb 18 City Council
meeting. Lawton attorney
Charles Wade Jr. said Mon
day
Road construction plans for
work currently under way on
Lee Boulevard do not include
a break in the median at the
Seventh Street intersection,
and businessmen in the block-
king shopping (enter on the
south side of Lee are con-
cerned over possible traffic
snarls, Wade said.
Wade, who represents the
group, said, as plans now
stand, persons leaving the
shopping area would be forced
to use the Sixth Street exit in
order to turn west onto Lee,
and the exit is close enough to
the intersection to cause traf
fic congestion if more than
two autos lined up to turn
Discussion of the potential
problem apparently began
some two months ago, at
which time the City Council
rejected a proposal to com-
pletely eliminate the new cen-
ter median on Lee from Sec-
ond Street to 11th Street.
V
PONTIAC
THE RESEARCH effort now
being carried out involves lo-
cating and purifying the en-
zyme that is faulty and decid-
ing how to compensate for its
inaction Some alternatives
may be the development of a
drug to correct the faulty en-
zyme so that it will behave
normally, or perhaps even de-
signing an organ transplant to
manufacture the enzyme
Before the condition was
brought to the attention of re
searchers, the obviously af
fected kittens were destroyed,
but little was done to prevent
healthy-looking earners from
passing the disease on to the
next generation
Most authorities recommend
not breeding a pet that has
any type of congenital defect
even if it does not severely af
feet the pet's normal life
span, since the defect will
probably be passed on to the
next generation
if you are not sure whether
your pet will bear a healthy
litter, check with your veter-
inarian. Without professional
guidance, it is difficult to de-
termine what may be causing
birth defects and whether the
defects will show up m future
litters
In addition, to the door-to-
door campaign April 1-3, the
committee hopes to sponsor a
golf and tennis tournament as
part of the fund raising activi-
ties. Beznoska said
About 665,000 new cancer
cases will occur this year. Ap-
proximately 365,000 or 1000
per day will die of the dis-
ease, Because of research,
one-third, or 222,000, of those
who contact cancer in 1975
will be cured Our local drive
will provide funds to continue
the vital cancer research
being done around the country
Beznoska said
"In the middle of the Highway"
5105 Cache Road
Warden Richard Crisp said
Austin's escape "makes me
very skeptical about this type
of program "
Austin, who was serving a
100-year sentence for armed
robbery after a prior con
viction, was to have attended
the meeting at a Lawton mo-
tel He was reported missing
about 5 30 p m
"The prison never informed
us he was coming, and he
apparently was just dropped
off in front of the hotel" in
the early afternoon. Zapffe
said "He never checked in
with us, and there were no re-
servations made for him in
any Lawton hotel or motel
Army ready to protect our na-
tion?
"The answer to that is, of
course, yes The Army is, in-
deed, ready for combat. That
is the name of the game But
the best way to prevent corn
bat is to be ready for it "
The general said Fort Sill s
strength is remaining steady
at 18,500 men, plus 5,000 civil
ian employes.
"We are fortunate in this
respect," he said, "and Fort
Sill will continue to expand
Within a year, recruits will be
sent here directly from the in
duction station for both basic
and advanced training
"This will mean an increase
of some 3,500 trainees, 900 ad
ditional military personnel,
and 200 new civilians "
Gen. Ott said a 121.000.000
construction program for 1975
is under way
"This is heartening," he
pointed out "The Army be-
lieves Fort Sill is here to
stay "
Though the prime purpose
of the Army is to defend the
nation, he said, another pur-
pose is to make soldiers better
citizens
"The opportunity for educa-
tion is one of our best recrut-
ing inducements," he said
"We have men enrolled in
classes from university level
to technical schools We try to
make each recruit a better
citizen when he leaves the
Army than when he enters "
Gen Ott, who is no stranger
tn Cache, was presented a key
to the city by Mayor Rex Tay
lor
Charley Thompson received
a plaque as the Chamber
member during the past year
who most demonstrated dedi-
cation, unselfishness, and
willingness to do extra work
for the benefit of the Chamber
and the community
The only newdirector in-
stalled was A J Ryder, who
succeeds Dennis Haxton Oth-
ers are Thompson, Stoney
Huddleston, Jim Harrell, R
L Ray, Rex Taylor, Lila Sand
ers and outgoing president
Earl Parker
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brought before a personnel
board hearing later this week
"Austin set a precedent
from the standpoint of allow
ing other inmates to partici-
pate in conferences outside
the prison “ Crisp said "1
would not allow other Jaycees
to attend any more meetings
in the state ”
Zapffe said, “We had
trouble setting up a Jaycee
chapter in McAlester and we
expect this will be used as an
excuse for curtailing Jaycee
activities across the state "
He added he thought it was
strange that the prison would
pick a man serving 100 years
to send to such a conference
gent ions from members
"I will do my best," he
said. "and I will need all of
your help "
Gen Ott was also principal
speaker, and mixed both hu-
mor and seriousness in his
brief address
He pointed out that all offi-
cers and men in the Army
now are volunteers
"There are many facets to
Army training today,” he
said, “but when a citizen
looks at Fort Sill, he wants to
know one thing first is the
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Gases Reported
To City Police
Following ore nomes ond oddresses
ef persons or businesses listed os com
ploinonts on reports received by the
Lawton Police Department
Gory Brontiy 7779 NW 261h, report
ed theft of soldering gun stereo topes
saw stereo tope deck ond toois from
residence
Edward Cloyton 305 Pork wood Lone
revorled theft of shotgun from rest
dence
Richord Spencer 7101 5W Jeth, ro
theft of ourse from outo o’ 23rd
ond Lee
Filo look. 817 Cor ver reported ’heft
of 11 caliber revolver from residence
Mourice Eiledge 770$ NW 40th ro
ported theft o’ bahterv from vehicle at
residence
Gorfield School 2701 Ben reported
theft of odding mochine ond typewriter
from school
Dorothy Wilson 701 Sedallo. reported
’heft of stereo soeokers ond money
from residence
Rovmond Miluszuskv No 6 5W 51st
reported ’heft of color television set
from residence
Reid Honson, 609 Sheridan. reported
vondolism to residence
Alvin Kellum, 1611 > irwin. reported
vondolism to residence
Jock Lovbaugh 66 SW 45th. reported
vondolism to residence
Vernie Abia. 4524 Cherokee reported
theft of bar stools from business of
2615 2 Cache Pood
Deimar St dhom 2506 Sher .don. re
ported ’heft of outo license tag at resi
dene e
Winston Gardner 1319 Overiond
Drre. repor led rnett at stereo tapes
from auto o’ 906 Sedalia
ivo Larooche 916 N 20th, reported
then of purse ot 60S Gore
MacArthur Junior High 4400 E
Gore reported vondolism to windows
at schooi
lorry Clonton, 447$ Lee reported
damoge to vehicle at No 7 S 23rd
Velya Long, 1 509 N 45th. reported
vondolism at residence
Frederick Vazqver 7709 Hilltop
Drive, reported vondolism to outo ot
residence
Colon Moore For’ SHi reported lost
or stolen wollet at 2500 Fori Sill Blvd
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