The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 77, No. 128, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 31, 1979 Page: 4 of 36
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Ginger K. Booth, 14, Topeka, Kan.,
admitted to Anadarko Hospital.
Mary Dillon, 24, Lancaster, Ohio,
in Lawton:
26th and Cache Road / 248-7000
hearing was set for later today for
McKenna.
Draper said Smith's commutation
papers were not effective because
they had not been handed to the
warden of the prison. But Leathers
said precedents show a “commutation
does not require delivery, acceptance
or consent to make it binding.”
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western Oklahoma counties over which the Lawton Post Office has jurisdic-
tion. McClure said.
McClure also explained that the 16-cent stamps were not rendered worth-
less by the change in the increase. They are sometimes used, he said, on
parcels and other large mail items.
“We did not destroy all our 16-cent stamps," McClure said, adding that a
year s supply for Lawton, about 12,000 stamps, had been retained.
Actually, McClure said, the destruction of stamps is a routine post office
procedure, particularly with U.S. commemorative stamps. These stamps,
issued on a regular basis to commemorate historical events and persons,
are also regularly taken out of circulation, usually after a year.
They (postal authorities) figure the demand for them has run its
course, McClure said, adding that destruction of such items is always
ordered by Washington
The post office also destroys items labeled "unsaleable," McClure said,
including stamps and pre-stamped envelopes which are either outdated,
soiled, or somehow damaged.
The Lawton Post Office accumulates such items from offices in its jur-
sidiction, McClure said. The accumulated material is fed into a shredder,
usually once during each accounting period, he added.
The massive shredding of surplus stamps, such as took place last week,
always follows any increase in postal rates, Humphreys said
McC lure added that the largest such shredding followed the phasing-out of
air-mail stamps two years ago.
“That was the biggest problem we've ever had," McClure said.
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Judge John Draper found in favor commutation of Joseph W McKenna's
of Alexander in the case of convicted 35-year term for armed robbery was
murderer Fred Smith Blanton had valid.
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gan as millions of Iranians prepared
to welcome home to the exiled
Ayatullah Khomeini, who has led the
anti-government uprising from his
home near Paris.
The Ayatullah is expected to return
to Iran as early as Thursday
The State Department said 5,000 of
the 10,000 Americans still in the
country were expected to go. The U.S.
The number of Americans in Iran
has dropped from about 45,000 last
fall to fewer than 10,000. Those re-
maining include about 900 members
of a military advisory group, other
government employees and oil and
aircraft workers.
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Reg. 89c
Published in The Lawton Constitution
January 31, 1979
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The License/ Permit Advisory Committee will
hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 20
1979, at 2 p.m. in the City Council Chambers.
City Hall. 4th & "A" Avenue, to consider the
day core center license application of Dr Clifton
Murphy. Said day core center is to be located
at 4460 W Lee Boulevard Anyone wishing to
protest Issuance of this license must file their
protest with the City Clerk s Office no later than
Monday, February 12, 1979. Please call 357-6100,
Ext. 304 If you have questions on this appli-
cation.
ERNEST ROPER, Chairman
License/Permit Advisory Committee
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Jan. 15, but Alexander, after getting the Leather's decision. A bond
heat welding the vehicles together, luggage and personal effects of the Continued from p, on
according to the highway patrol. passengers. .. on nuea irom rage one
“We sort of went over backward. According to witnesses, the back of prompt in reporting cases of rape
then came down on top of the pick- the bus was sticking up out of the or incest, and Birk said he would rely
up,” said one passenger. “Then when deep ravine on top of the flattened on the Army s legal staff to determine
the fire started, everybody started pickup. Fire gutted the bus and JuSt what ls meant by that.
getting out through the windows.” burned its front tires off. The Army implemented the new
Frank, from Lancaster, Ohio, said The highway patrol list of pas- abortion policy as a result of the Con-
"the bus was blazing. One woman sengers injured and admitted to hos- gressional ban on the use of defense
was screaming for help to find her pitals includes: funds for elective abortions, part of
baby, the other passengers were Diane Adams, 25, Columbus, Ohio, the much larger debate surrounding
screaming, it was awful.” very serious condition with broken public-financed abortions.
back, ruptured spleen, multiple in- Robert L. Nelson, assistant secre-
TWO PASSENGERS climbed out of juries; her daughter, Diane Adams, 3, tary of the Army for manpower and
the burning bus through a shattered transferred to Childrens Memorial reserve affairs, reportedly described
window and directed other pas- Hospital, Oklahoma City, very serious the, new policy as the "best we can
sengers, including several young chil- condition; a son, Jamie Adams, 2, do, following the Congressional ban.
dren, to safety, he said. admitted to Anadarko Hospital; and Nelson said Army women and fe-
“All I could think about was the lit- another son Hiawatha Adams, 1, male dependents who are eligible for
tie kids," Miss Roll said.” They were transferred to Grady County .Memo- abortions under the current criteria
screaming, and their mothers were rial Hospital. Chickasha, serious con- will receive them without cost at mili-
calling for them. I thought they all dition with arm, leg an internal in- tary hospitals performing abortions,
would die.” juries.
Emergency workers ripped open Dorothy Holmes, 28, Burbank,
the charred pieces of the bus under- Calif., admitted to Anadarko Hospital,
carriage to free the badly-mutilated Adolph g Frank, 41, Lancaster,
bodies of the Huckabays. The body Ohio, admitted to Anadarko Hospital,
identified as Sherwood was found serious condition.
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"That seems to be our biggest prob-
lem, incorrect drainage on most
roads." ,
The west district commissioner said
many bridges in his district have suf-
fered from the almost constant on-
slaught of snow and ice.
Hawthorne singled out a two-lane
bridge located on the Meers-Porter
Hill road one and three-quarter mile
east of McClung’s Store in the north-
east section of the county.
“The abutment and approaches to
that bridge are in terrible shape,” he
said. “It is on a bus route and I worry
every day about those kids.”
He said engineer's estimate on cost
of repairs to the bridge are $545.22.
Both commissioners bemoaned the
fact they are without necessary funds
to properly recover from winter’s at-
tack on county roads.
“Things are going to get better but
right now I would say the majority of
our roads are in need of repair and
we barely have enough funds on
which to operate,” Pursley said.
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backed up for about a mile in each admitted to Anadarko Hospital,
direction Firefighters from Binger Feldman, the driver, was in stable
and nearby Eakly doused the flames, condition in the Anadarko hospital.
physicians manned the emergency Harold Griffin, 80, Chicago, Ill., in Systems all scheduled flights today.
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about 20 yards from the wreckage Gwen A. Chance, 52, Lovia, Iowa,
One passenger said the only thing admitted to Anadarko Hospital, seri-
that saved Feldman was the fact that ous condition.
he was grasping the steering wheel.
Eugene Grady, 75. Jacksonville,
AMBULANCES FROM Carnegie, 111 " admitted to Carnegie Hospital,
Hinton, Binger and Anadarko were stable condition, internal injuries,
dispatched to the scene, with officers Richard B. Long Jr., 45, Memphis,
from several area towns joining the Tenn ’ admitted 10 Carnegie Hospital,
rescue effort and attempt to right the stable condition
twisted, burned vehicles. Carmen Trankle, 70, Southgate,
Thirty crash victims were taken to Calif., admitted to Carnegie Hospital.
Anadarko Municipal Hospital, and Joseph J. Onyett, 52, Henderson,
three others were taken to Carnegie KY,, admitted 10 Anadarko Hospital
Tri-County Muncipal Hospital. Some Peggy Rollins, 22. Amarillo, Texas,
seriously-injured passengers were very serious condition; and her son
transferred to hospitals in Chickasha -eremy Foster, 2, admitted to Ana-
and Oklahoma City. darko Hospital, stable condition.
Clyde McNutt, administrator of the James Dillard, 37, Huntsville, Ala.,
50-bed Anadarko hospital, said the admitted to Anadarko Hospital.
scene there was “like a disaster.” Lawrence Alhers, 37, Pasadena,
He said three of the town’s four Calif., admitted to Anadarko Hospital
Embassy in Iran urged all non-
essential U.S. civilians to go.
Tehran's airport reopened Tuesday,
and commercial service was to re-
sume today
Military transports took about 200
Americans out Tuesday. About 50
more military dependents and an un-
known number of civilians were ex-
pected to leave today on chartered
military planes.
Pan American World Airways,
Swissair and Scandinavian Airlines
Criminal Court judges issued
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conflicting rulings today on the ques- sworn in three days early on Jan. 17,
tion of whether Gov. Lamar ordered the prisoner held.
Alexander had the authority to block Moments after Draper released his
the release of prison inmates ordered decision, Judge Raymond Leathers
appointed themselves as trustees of time of their exit from Hawkins' de-
the county Programs Authority in a partment. while the newly-hired of-
routine maneuver during the panel's ficers will begin at the base salary of
regular meeting today. $650 per month.
The brief session also saw com- Ms. Ormson filed her request for a
missioners approve the appointment complete and “official” inventory and
of five deputy sheriffs and acknowl- “legal locking” of two store rooms on
edge a special request from the county fairgrounds Tuesday just
recently-fired director of the county's hours after firing at 11 a.m.
Nutrition Project for the Aged, Peggy Commissioners accepted the
Jo Ormson. request today, stating temporary
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By The Constitution Staff
Police were seeking a suspect in an
attempted armed robbery following a
shootout at close range today between
a man armed with a shotgun and two
pawn shop employees.
The incident began about 8 a.m.
when a man reportedly armed with a
12 gauge pump shotgun walked into
the Sheridan Road Pawn Shop, 2309
N. Sheridan, Det. Mark McFarland
said.
The suspect, dressed in an Army
field jacket and field pants, report-
edly said "don’t move" to pawn shop
owner Don Wooley and employee Rex
Campbell before firing at Wooley, Pa-
trol Officer Paul Willis said.
Wooley ducked behind the counter
while Campbell pulled out a .38-
caliber pistol and returned the fire,
police said. Wooley then pulled out a
.38-pistol of his own and also fired
and the suspect fled, police said.
The suspect ran to an auto parked
near the entrance. Although Campbell
and Wooley peppered his car with
three or four bullets, the suspect es-
caped north before heading east on
Smith, Willis said.
Willis said although the pawn shop
employees fired 10 shots at a range of
four to about 20 feet, there was no evi-
dence any of the bullets hit the sus-
pect.
He said it was unclear whether the
suspect fired once or twice.
Police were looking for a black man
about 6 feet tall dressed in Army clo-
thes. He reportedly drove a blue 1971
Oldsmobile Cutlass with a Texas li-
cense plate, HDH-942
Commissioners Appoint c_t neure, anou wna
28,000 persons age 65 or older are
"T । AI r । • killed by accidents each year. While
IrigteAc NAVA I )epilIeG this age group accounts for one in 10
I I VO I f "MV in the population, it suffers one in
four in accidental deaths. But in
By The Constitution Staff Each of the three former deputies deaths from falls, seven of 10 victims
Comanche County Commissioners were drawing $800 a month at the are elderly.
The programs authority was estab- acting programs director Don
lished as a public trust in 1974 to McMahan had conducted the inven- Constitution-Press and Sunday............4.90
oversee expenditure and administra- tory late Tuesday. Press-Sundav and Monday const......3.75
tion of federal funds provided for .0 . . .. . . . Constitution-Sunday &
such locallv based programs as But, 1 requested the inventory be Saturday Press.....................................3.75
Spom, °ehasedgPrograms.as conducted in my presence,” Ms. carrier delivery outside
CElA, Job Corps and the nutrition A. .. , . 2 . , lawton and fort sill
Ormson said following today S ses- _ ... .7 _ e J . on
project. . Constitution-Press and Sunday............4.90
Today's self-appointments were ne- Press-Sunday and Monday Const 3.75
cessitated by the exit of defeated com- "We had about $10,000 worth of gro- sonsttutionrsrnday & 3 75
missioners Frank White and Oscar ceries stored in those two rooms .. . Morning pressand sundav.l... .1..1111.1.3.50
Sanders, who also served as trustees. I requested the inventory be con-
The five deputies confirmed today ducted to protect both myself and the MALL of Oklahoma5
are Carl Dewayne Reimers, Donovan commissioners," she said. 1 Year 1 Mo.
R. Woodburn, Larry Rumph, Charles Her official reouest asked the inven. Const. & Sunday..................$38.00 $3.50
Midkiff and William A. Troutt. toryeoondurdfsttaskedtheinen Press and sundav................$38.00 « 50
All wer. hiren hv sherife CM J conaucted in tne presence of a Const-Press & Sunday........$52.00 54.90
All were hired by Sheriff C.M. representative of the board of com-
(Junior) Hawkins to fill three vacant missioners, herself and a representa- ALL OTHER STATES AND APOs
slots (one created by last week's ap- tive of her department's project clerk press and sundoy..............1s15o 1sM0
pointment of Deputy JohnSanders to in charge of “perpetual inventories const. a Sunday..................$43.00 55.00
the post of City-County Civil Defense present.” Const-Press and Sunday.....$60.00 $8.00
Director) and two additional posi- Sunday constitution................... 50c
tions. Ms. Ormson’s firing Tuesday came per c0»»
Former Deputies Keith Walker and just 18 days after her husband, Harry oNE"YEARSAPPLP°MNTHLyRATE
Darrell Dawkins left their posts qarret, was terminated as programs 2% soles tax already added
within the past two weeks, Hawkins director__
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