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The Delaware Tribe of Western Okla-
homa (also known as the Absentee
Delawares) is hereby advised that an
election will be held on Saturday, June
19, 1976. to permit the eligible voters
of that tribe to vote on the adoption of
two amendments to the Constitution
and Bylaws of the Delaware Tribe of
Western Oklahoma The polls will be
open from 8 a m to 6 p.m. on Satur-
day, June 19, at the Anadarko Agency
Conference Room.
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Lawton High School s 1976 Lore Queen ond her attendants ore: Queen Susie Powers, seated, and,
from left, Joonne Ballistreri, Kim Calciolari, Rita Green, and Marlene Livaudais.
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HE AND Ford took time out between
formal talks on matters including nu-
clear non proliferation to spend Mon
day evening dining. dancing, listening
to jazz pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines at
the White House party for 157 guests,
including Hollywood and sports stars
Giscard, here to celebrate the Bicen-
tennial, found one of his ancestors giv-
en a place of honor in the White House
State Dining Room
It was French Admiral Charles Henri
d Estaing, who brought the first
French fleet to America’s aid in the
Revolutionary War
Ford said that a bust of the admiral
had long resided at the White House,
and it was brought out for display for
the occasion
selected, 485 to 334, with 1,130 dele
gates needid for the nomination in the
Democratic race, 1,505 delegates are
needed
Carter said Monday he was "absolu-
tey" sure of winning the Democratic
nomination on the first ballot even if
he loses the Michigan race, and he
said a defeat in Maryland would not be
serious
From 1969 through 1974, the gross
national product in Taiwan grew 143%.
in Singapore the increase was 72%; in
South Korea. 63%; and in Hong Kong,
58%
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ANADARKO (AP) — An Anadarko
policeman thought he recognized the
man he saw on a city street about 1:30
a m today.
As a result, James P Jones, 25. an
escapee from the Lawton pre-release
center, is back in custody
Jones was serving a term for second-
degree manslaughter from Caddo
County when he escaped about 3pm
Monday.
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committee consideration for the elec-
tion commission post
The commission members elect their
own chairman and vice chairman
Curtis asked the President not to ap-
point him under legislation Ford
signed a week ago to reconstitute the
commission in compliance with a Su-
preme Court decision Curtis said the
legislation put the commission too
much under the control of Congress.
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include the Army Commendation Med
al with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star,
and the Vietnam Gallantry Cross with
Palm
The next goal of Sgt Powell is to
serve as a first sergeant with an Army
Reserve training unit At the present,
she is employed as an administrative
supply technician at the Keathley
Army Reserve Center and attends
Cameron University at night
Foilowing ore the tmes ond locotions of olarms
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theme' of his vist, the French president
defended throughout his speech the
principles which brought France and
the United States together in a com
mon cause two centuries ago
All the great things in human his-
tory attest to the fact that freedom is
synomymous with invention, creative
energy and indefinite power to renew
and improve," he said
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pering progress, freedom is its very
soul Ami it is up to us to prove this by
making changes that an' needed for
implementing reforms required by the
corse of development
" Indeed, nothing is mm essential in
the world today, nothing is more wor-
thy of the aspiration of a statesman,
than to illustrate, through actions, that
a free society is also the best of pro-
gressive societies."
He told Ford in a toast at a White
House dinner Monday night that
France is “a dependable friend" in
prosperity and adversity Giscard said
U S French relations are at their best
There has never been a time when
contacts "have been more frequent,
consultation more sustained and coop-
eration more good-willed,'' Giscard
said Though our methods may some-
times differ, our final, objectives are
inspired by that same ideal of liberty,
peace and justice."
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Carter, with 611 committed dele
gates, is well in front of his nearest
Democratic rivals, and he said Monday
that neither the Maryland nor the
Michigan primary was vital to him
But in Maryland, Brown’s intensive
campaigning across the state has
turned a potential runaway victory by
Carter into a close contest
Reagan is leading Ford in delegates
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WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE,
N M (AP) — West German air force
units shot two Pershing artillery ballis-
tic missiles today into this southern
New Mexico range from the McGregor
Range near El Paso, Tex
The Army said the launches were
watched by some 40 journalists from
West Germany
The two rounds were the third and
fourth in this spring's eight round Per
shing series West German troops
launched the first two. on May 4. also
from McGregor.
American troops with the 7th U.S.
Army in Europe are to fire two Per-
shings from MeGregor June 2, and two
from Ft Wingate east of Gallup June
29, all into the White Sands range
Today’s rounds were the 330th and
331st since the Pershing program be-
gan back in 1960 The first 92 were
launched from Cape Canaveral in
Florida The launches into White
Sands began in 1963, and have includ-
ed firings from launch sites at
MeGregor, the Hueco Raange south of
White Sands, Ft Wingate, Gilson
Butte in Utah, a site at Blanding.
Utah, andfrom Green River, Utah
The Pershing has a range of up to
400 nautical miles
The Pershing I-A missiles used in
the current series are mounted on
wheeled-vehicles. They carry no-
nexplosive ballast warheads
Special tests are planned for the
Wingate rounds, requiring flight
paths, trajectories and entry angles
that cannot be achieved in launches
from McGregor.
The support unit for all Pershing
firings is the 3rd Battalion of the 9th
Field Artillery from Fl Sill, Okla
The West German and U S. troops
launching the Pershings are flown to
the United States from Europe for the
service firings
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that Jeffrey died from the battered
child syndrome He said he based the
conclusion not only on the fresh in
juries but also on bruises and con-
tusions apparently in different stages
of healing.
The trial recessed late Monday after
the state calk'd Victoria Sykes, the de
fendant’s wife to the stand Her emo-
tional, tearful testimony lasted more
than an hour.
MRS SYKES cried when Looney
asked her to identify three pictures of
her dead son
Mrs Sykes, whose only other child
died two days following birth about a
month and a half before Jeffrey's
death, hid her face in her hands,
screaming “Jeffrey, I’m sorry. Jef-
frey, I love you "
Dist. Judge Bill Roberts recessed
court briefly while Mrs Sykes re
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ton School District (1-8) can vote in
the election
Voting stations are in Eisenhower
and Lawton High Schools. Central
and Tomlinson Junior High Schools,
and Cleveland, Hoover, Rogers, and
Sullivan Village Elementary
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Bowman's order to get into the car
She said Brown then proceeded tn
drive her Howman and Perkins to the
wildlife refuge
Miss Gallaway said that during the
time she was with Brown and Bow
man
—Bowman first threatened to throw
Perkins off Ml Scott, but when Per-
kins said he couldn’t swim Bowman
decided instead to go to Rush Lake
During the trip, Bowman repeat-
edly accused Perkins of being a
"narc and jabbed Perkins with Chap-
man's cane
— While at Rush Lake, the car was
driven onto the peninsula, where Bow
man and Brown kicked Perkins, and
Bowman beat Perkins with the cane
and accused him of being a "narc"
Shi said Perkins still denied the accu
Salam
—Bowman forced Perkins to swim
from the peninsula to the shoreline
and she. Brown and Bowman drove
from the peninsula to the shore
—She waited in the area of the car
on the roadway while Bowman and
Brown walk'd down the sloping em
bankment to the shoreline She said
that at one [mint. Bowman had obtain
id a curved metal object (which she
could not identify as being a tire tool)
from the trunk of the car
-She said that due to high weeds on
the embankment she could not lel)
whether Bowman and Brown were
beating Perkins at the shoreline How
ever, she said, she saw the metal ob-
ject being swung several times and
heard Perkins cry out for a time She
said that afterward, as Bowman and
Brown walked back up the embank
ment, without Perkins, she saw Bow-
man wipe the metal object he was car-
rying and return it to the trunk
Miss Gallaway said the three of them
left the scene and drove back to tin
Sho-Bar She said Bowman gave her
the jacket and cane to return to Chap-
man she sad she in turn, gave the
items to the doorman to give to Chap-
man
Miss Gallaway said she dd nok re
port the mallet until Feb 18 because
she was scared and confused, and was
afraid of retribution by Brown and
Bowman
Inder cross-examination by
Neuwirth. Miss Gallaway said she uses
marijuana occasionally but does not
consume hard narcotics and does not
drink She sad she did not know be
forehand that Perkins would be killed
The final witness of the day was
Kathy Ann Wilson, 18, who said she
lived with Bowman for about four
months prior to the time he was ar
rested in the slaying
(Brown and Bowman have been in
the county jail since Feb 21. Brown
under $25 000 bond and Bowman under
$50,000 bond )
The defense objected to her testi
mony However Judge Brock over
ruled the objection after hearing testi-
mony presented while the jury was out
of the courtroom
Randy Lasiter of Sentinel Bonding
Agency. 626 D. said a woman calling
herself Mrs Kathy Bowman ap-
proached him in February to have
Bowman bonded out of jail
Robertson countered by presenting
into evidence four slips of paper (dated
Feb 25, March 10 17 and 24) signed
by Kathy as "Kathy Wilson" when she
visited Bowman in the county jail
The girl's mother, Polley Key. testi
fied that Kathy was legally married in
Arkansas in September 1974 and is nol
divorced
And a document was presented show
ing that a decree of the divorce of
Bowman and his wife, Barbara Linda
Bowman, was signed in October, 1975
but did not become final until March
1976
When the jury was returned to the
courtroom, Kathy Wilson, employed at
the Sho-Bar as a dancer, testified that
during the morning hours of Feb. 16
Bowman told her three stories:
(1) that Perkins left the Play Pen
Lounge in a blue Volkswagen
(2) that Bowman killed Perkins be
cause Perkins “snitched on him for
selling dope".
(3) that Brown killed Perkins
She also said that on Feb 16, Bow
man washed his car and it contained
some blood stains, and said Bowman
directed her to wash some of Bow
man s and Brown's clothes which Bow-
man stated, but she could not verify,
were blood-stained
Under cross-examination by
Neuwirth, Kathy Wilson stated that she
is jealous because Bowman is now in
terested in another woman She also
said she served time in a penitentiary,
has used marijuana, "speed ', "goof-
balls , and drinks beer, and said her
memory about the period of time sur-
rounding the slaying is “fuzzy”
Continued from Page One
Dist Atty Richard Robertson Bow-
man stumbled on some details which
he had outlined in a statement to the
sheriff’s department after he was ar
rested, but maintained his innocence
Hinton's testimony corroborated
Bowman's account of Feb 15 How
ever. under cross examination, she
too faltered on some details given in
earlier statements
Walter Hayner of Headquarters Bat
tery. USAFAC, Fort Sill. the other de
fen.se witness called this morning, tes
tified he does not know Bowman per
sonally but is well accquainted with
Brown and Spec 4 Dale Copeland, who
is also known as "Cowboy "
Hayner said Brown owns a dilapi
dated Volkswagen He said Brown and
Copeland would fight anybody "for the
fun of it,” and said Copeland went
AWOL just prior to the arrest of Bow
man and Brown as suspects in the
murder of Perkins
The state rested its case after 27
minutes of testimony this morning
from its 11th and 12th witnesses, sher
iff s department investigator Richard
Briley and Oklahoma State Bureau of
Investigation forensic chemist Bill Cav
eny
Briley testified that a tire tool was
found in the trunk of Bowman's car
when a search warrant was executed
on the vehicle Feb 23 And Cav eny tes
tified about analysis of the tire tool
and other physical evidence in
vestigators accumulated during their
probe
During testimony presented Monday
During a three-minute opening slate
ment, Robertson said the state would
attempt to prove that Perkins was
killed with a cane and lug wrench by
Brown and Bowman because the two
suspects believed Perkins was working
as an undercover narcotics officer
Testimony began at l 21 pm Mon-
day
During 17 minutes on the stand.
Euen Boatwright and Leo Pennington
said Boatwright discovered Perkins'
body on the lake shoreline the after-
noon of Feb 16, and left companions
Pennington and Lester Hicks at the
site while he traveled to the refuge
headquarters to notify authorities
County sheriff's department in
vestigator Bill Banks was examined for
nearly an hour
Banks testified to the location of the
body on the northeast shoreline re ar a
peninsula, described the severely beat-
en body, said the victim was tentati
vely identified by a military ID card
found in the victim's wallet, and de.
scribed the gathering of evidence
presented to the Oklahoma State Bu
reau of Investigation for analy sis
Banks also testified that on Feb 17
he questioned Duane "Dude" Chapman
in his office and received from Chap-
man a walking cane and a jacket, both
belonging to Chapman but believed by
authorities to have been in Bowman’s
possession at the time of the slaying
investigator Steve Dewey verified
some points in Banks’ testimony about
the gathering and submittal of evi-
dence to the OSBI
Lt. Paul Messina of Battery A. 1st
Battalion, 18th Field Artillery, testified
that he positively identified the victim
the night of Feb. 16.
Pathologist Robert Dix, a county
medical examiner, testified that
wounds to the victim included numer-
ous bruises, two on the back in the
shape of a shoe sole; and several lacer-
ations, four deep lacerations on the left
side of the head, and a skull fracture
Dix said a cane and tire tool could
have caused the bruises and lacer.
ations, but said he could not stale po-
sitively that those instruments did
cause the wounds
Dix said his examination could not
prove conclusively the victim did not
drown, but also said that in his opinion
death was caused by the severe blows
to the head
Du said a rough estimate would be
that Perkins died between six and 30
hours before the body was discovered
Then, for the next 45 minutes, Miss
Gallaway was grilled on her testimony
that she was present when Perkins was
slain
She said she went to work at the Sho-
Bar, 1800 Fort Sill Boulevard, about 6
pm Feb 15, but left between 7:30 and
8 p m with Brown in Bowman's car
and traveled with Brown to the Play
Pen Lounge, 1116 Cache Road
She said that when they arrived
there Bowman (also known as T.C and
Top Cat). Perkins and Chapman were
present outside She said Bowman was
asking Perkins whether Perkins was a
police narcotics agent. She said Per-
kins denied the accusation and was
struck by Bowman. She said Chapman
then left
Miss Gallaway said Perkins followed
gained her composure She was the
first and only witness to testify Mon-
day before court recessed at 10 30 p m
The Inal will resume at 8 a m today
During questioning by Looney and
defense attorney Bill Reeves Mrs
Sykes related the events of April 21.
1975, which ended with her son's being
taken to Reynolds Army Hospital
The child, who was born pre
maturely and had a history of seizures,
was playing with Sykes in the living
room of the family's Lawton apartment
when Mrs Sykes heard a loud, shrill
scream, she said
SHE RAN FROM the bedroom to
find Jeffrey lying on the sofa. appar-
ently suffering another seizure, only
this time he was not breathing, she
said
The couple rushed the boy to the hos-
pital, where he remained in a coma
until dying April 27.
Mrs Sykes testified that Jeffrey be-
gan experiencing seizures when about
7 months old, but the seizures wor-
sened about two months before he
died
Looney is expected to call witnesses
today to testify that the child had ex-
tensive bruises when admitted to Rey-
nolds April 21 and died from injuries
received in a beating
C ontinued from Page One Mrs. Sykes stated Monday that her
affairs for the L S Trust Territory of husband believed in discipline. occa-
the Pacific Islands sionally spanking the child on the hand
Truk Atoll, 600 miles southeast of and legs, but "I never saw him
Guam, is part of the U S territory of (Sykes) beat him (Jeffrey) up "
the Northern Mariana Islands. An eight-woman, four-man jury was
Typhoon Pamela has been circling seated to hear the case at 6 45 p.m af-
Truk since Saturday ter attorneys spent more than eight
Crop damage was reported on is- hours questioning 28 potential jurors
lands near Moen, Truk s district cen- Roberts then recessed court for din-
ter, over the weekend There have ner and gave jurors time to make ar-
been no reports from the outlying is- rangements for their overnight stay at
lands since then the Hotel Lawtonian
Most of Moen s 7,000 residents were Each attorney was given nine pe-
staying in typhoon shelters and caves remptory challenges Monday afternoon
Power was shut off over most of the after Reeves concluded his questioning
island and daily commercial jet flights of the first 12 persons called to the
were suspended Monday jury box
Trust territory officials planned to Reeves used each of his peremptory
send medical assistance and other dis- challenges to remove a juror while
aster aid by Navy planes Thursday. Looney used his first six, waived the
The typhoon was expected to pass seventh and eighth challenges, then
120 miles southeast of Guam on Thurs- used his ninth to remove a Medicine
day. with maximum winds of 125 mph. park man
Maximum winds on Guam were ex-
pected to be 50 mph, according to the
Navy's fleet weather central on Guam
By The Associated Press
f I 'HF WFATHER was as uncertain as
A a political prediction as the first
voters appeared at the polls in today's
primary election in Maryland, while in
Michigan cool weather kept voter turn
out mostly light
in Maryland, the sun peeked through
the clouds intermittently, and the early
turnout in Baltimore after polls opened
at 7 a m EDT was reported above nor-
mal
However, the forecast was for after-
noon showers, and officials said this
might cut into voting, which the state
Board of Elections had predicted would
be a record, partly because of the hotly
contested Democratic presidential
race
in Michigan. the turnout was report
ed light in Detroit and in one Upper
Peninsula area, but heavy in President
Fords home town of East Grand Rap
Kis
A dose associate of the President
predicted on Monday that Ford would
win in Michigan, reversing his string
of defeats by challenger Ronald Rea
gan its thought that another loss, in
Ford's home state would heavily dam
age the President's campaign
Jimmy Carter has said he is "ab
solutely" sure of winning the Demo-
cratic nod on the first ballot even if he
loses in Michigan and Maryland
His main competition is Arizona
Rep Morris Udall in Michigan and
California Gov Edmund G Brown Jr
in Maryland. It is Brown's campaign
debut, and Udall has said he will con
tinue campaigning even if he loses
in Michigan. Republicans will chose
84 convention delegates and Democrats
113.
The Detroit vote in the opening two
hours was 18,165, compared with 29.441
at the same hour in the 1972 presiden-
tial primary. City Elections Director
George Dunbar blamed the weather.
It is quite cool out there," he said,
noting early morning temperatures of
near 50 "This may have held the vote
down and they will be out later in the
day.”
Skies were sunny in Detroit and over
most of the state, with temperatures
generally in the 40s or low 50s
in East Grand Rapids, City Clerk
John Wielsma forecast that 6,000 of
the 8,000 voters would cast ballots
Voting was reported average to brisk
in adjacent Grand Rapids. where there
are 118,450 voters, and even stronger
in the city's suburban areas
The area sent Ford to ( ongress in
every term starting in 1948 until he
rose to the vice presidency and then
the presidency
in the lightly populated Ironwood-
Gogebic County area in the state s Up
per Peninsula, a check showed only
five persons voted in Ironwood in the1
first hour, while the nearby commu-
nity of Bessemer reported only one or
two votes in each of its five wards in
the opening hour
The Democratic race in Michigan
has centered on Carter Udall and Ala-
bama Gov. George C. Wallace (Khers
on the ballot are Sen Henry M Jack-
son of Washington, former Oklahoma
Sen Fred R Harris and Sargent
Shriver — all of whom have ceased ac-
tive campaigning — and antiabortion
candidate Ellen McCormack
in Maryland, the Republicans will
chose 43 delegates and the Democrats
will chose 53
In addition to Carter and Brown the
candidates there include Udall Jack-
son. Wallace, Harris and Mrs.
McCormack, but Brown and Carter,
the former Georgia governor, have
been the focus of the race
Polls close at 8 pm EDT in both
states
Reagan's national campaign chair-
man, Sen Paul Laxalt, R-Nev , said
Monday that a Reagan victory in
Michigan "would be tantamount to a
nomination" for the former California
governor
He said such a victory "is still very
much a long shot, but added "politi-
cal lightning may strike.”
Ford has lost five of the last six pri-
mary contests to Reagan
In weekend campaigning, Ford
called the contest crucial and Laxalt
said that if the President lost, the de-
feat would “strain the President's
credibility" as an electable candidate
Former Defense Secretary Melvin
Laird, a long-time political adviser of
Ford's, said Monday night that the
President would win 61 per cent of the
Michigan vote
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