The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 76, No. 157, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 14, 1978 Page: 1 of 24
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Lower Housing Costs Sought
Subdivision Delays Mulled
Bill Seeks Boost
School Bus Hijacker Shot By Police
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a group of civic-minded citizens
band radio operators who voluntar-
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a day providing a direct link be.
ASSEN, Netherlands (AP) — Under
covering fire from nearby rooftops. to
Dutch marines stormed a local govern-
ment complex in this northern Dutch
city today and freed 70 hostages held
by South Moluccan terrorists since
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can do Guyer tells how his REACT
team helped reunite two loot chil-
dren with their parents last De-
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By MIKE RAY
Area Reporter
No special election will be held to re-
sistant planner John Jones, president
of the Lawton Board of Realtors; Nor-
man Ruff. developer who serves as
chairman of the Lawton Metropolitan
Area Planning Commission; Jim Odom,
president of a local savings and loan
association; Andy Crosby. developer,
and several other persons
Both Ruff and Crosby both urged
greater cooperation between city and
private engineers
While some private engineers have
become familiar with the new subdivi-
sion regulations, which were adopted in
June, others are still trying to operate
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year, was airlifted in transport helicop-
ters to the siege scene Monday night
The spokesman said 60 of the ma
rules attacked from two sides under a
covering barrage from marine sharp-
shooters
One group which had hidden in an
adjacent building under cover of dark-
ness was the first to reach the front
door of the blue and grey building
Nearby lay the body of the 40 year old
man who died in the terrorist assault
Monday Dutch officials had reported
originally the body was that of a wom-
an
The second unit was hidden on the
other side of the building and raced
across open ground to reach the com-
plex. the spokesman said
The Moluccan militants seek Dutch
ROAD Heavy equipment lines North Sheridan Road as w orkmen install pipes and
begin widening the area The $2.9 million project will see 1.7 miles of the street rebuilt, widened
and separated by a raised median from Cache Road south to just north of Lee Boulevard. Traffic on
portions of the street is now moving in two lanes, instead of the usual four. (Staff Photo)
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GOING DOWN? Lawton firemen practice lowering a fire "vic.
hm from their training tower at 17th and Lee. This rescue
course, offered by Oklahoma State University, is one of 10 com-
pulsory units firemen must take. (Staff Photo )
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dio, a channel specifically desig.
naled by the Federal Communica.
twins Commission as one for emer-
gencies only
When a REACT station receives
an emergency call. it in turn noti-
fies the appropriate agency
And that according to Guyer, is
where the REACT stations are
most vulnerable
We just don t have any way to
verify if the call is a real emer-
WALLED LAKE. Mich (AP) - A 15-
year-old boy who was reportedly having
problems with his girlfriend com-
mandeered a school bus with a shotgun
in a Detroit suburb today and was shot
and wounded by police, authorities
said
The youth. whose name was withheld
by authorities. was undergoing surgery
at a hospital in nearby Pontiac and was
expected to recover, said Janet Acker,
a spokeswoman for the White Lake
Township police.
Neither the driver nor any of the five
By WILLIAM F NICHOLSON
Associated Press Writer
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP> —
Several hundred prisoners clashed with
police at Argentina s largest prison to-
day and authorities said 44 persons
were killed and scores more injured U
was among the worst prison riots on
record
The federal penitentiary service said
all the dead were nonpolitical prisoners
killed by smoke inhalation or burns af-
ter rioters set fire to bedding, turning
their cellblock into an inferno
The service said the inmates at-
claim the population has increased to
between 4,000 and 5,000 because of poli-
tical prisoners sent there since the mil-
itary junta overthrew Isabel Peron in
March 1976
The human rights situation has
caused the Carter administration to
ban military aid to Argentina
Riot Squads Respond
’There was pandemonium.” said one
resident who didn’t want to be identi-
fied People were screaming inside
and there were sounds like gunfire "
The independent news agency No-
ticias Argentinas said the rioting
started in a wing housing nonpolitical
prisoners Federal police riot squads
armed with automatic weapons and
supported by helicopters cordoned off
the prison
Ambulances were seen going in and
out of the prison, which houses male
and female inmates
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are former Dutch colonies 2% hours Both guards and inmates
The terrorists had threatened in a were reported among the casualties
letter tn the Justice Ministry to start E . .
killing their captives at 2 p m (Ham Explosions Reported
EST) if the governmenl did not meet The announced death toll was one
their demands for the release of 21 more than the 43 guards and inmates
comrades jailed after the terror action killed in rioting at New York’s Attica
last summer and one in 1975, a plane prison in 1971
out of the country with some of the hos- The Villa Devoto outbreak started at
tages and a $13 million ransom about 6 20 a m (8 20 a m EST)
The deadline passed with no sound of Area residents told reporters they
gunfire from the building, but just af- heard shouting and explosions inside
ter 2 30 pm the shot was heard that the high-walled facility and then saw
sent the marines into action As they smoke pour into the sky
moved in, a fleet of green army ambu- The prison is meant for about .’ 500
lances drove through the cordon of 400 inmates but local human rights groups
the concrete-and glass building and the place the two councilmen who have re-
terrorists telephoned the government signed from (ache s three-member
trials center and claimed they had town board of trustees as had been
killed a hostage, the spokesman said planned. it was learned today
Instead, officials reported, Gov
As soon as we heard that the ma David Boren will appoint one member,
fines were ordered to attack.’ he said and that individual along with Ward I
But he said when the marines reached trustee j M Crabtree, who is the
the top floor where the hostages were mayor and currently the only re-
held, the man the Moluccans had re- maining councilman, will appoint the
ported executed was in fact only third member
wounded During a March 6 meeting, Ward 3
The crack anti-terrorist unit of 100 trustee Glen Slatten submitted a letter
marines the same one that broke a of resignation, while Ward 2 trustee
siege by South Moluccan terrorists last Eugene Huddleston publicly restated
gency or a take." he said, "but we
have to report it anyway "
What concerns Guyer most is the
possibility that the REACT team
may lose credibility with emer
gency agencies like the Lawton Po
lice Department or the ( omanche
County Sheriff’s office
If we keep reporting false
alarms," he said, "they're not
going to believe us Then what do
tween mobile CR operators and
citycounty emergency services
The problem is, according to
Guyer, that a lot of false alarms
have been turned in recently,
creating a headache for the RE
ACT team members, wasting the
taxpayer’s money and possibly en
dangering lives
"It's really gotten to be a prob-
lem lately," said Guyer, who
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Walled Lake Central High School stu- Lake, a suburb 30 miles northwest of
dents aboard the bus was injured in the Detroit
incident. Miss Acker said Details of the shooting were sketchy
Police said they had been tipped by Walled Lake Police Chief Wilford Hook
an anonymous caller about the youth's said the shooting took place in the
girlfriend problems and the likelihood school district garage Whether the
that the bus hijacking might occur youth fired at the officers was not im-
They would not comment on the nature mediately known
of the problem “All I know is there was a problem
We had a phone call prior to the in- on the bus The students and the driver
eident that a bus might be com- are all right," said the high school
mandeered. Miss Acker said We principal.GeraldWallace
were a little bit better prepared ” The school has about 1,600 students
The hijacking took place in White from Walled Lake and surrounding ru-
lake Township adjacent to Walled ral communities
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By EVE SANDSTROM
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A MEETING of city officials, real
F estate developers and representa-
tives of the Lawton Chamber of Corn
merce today ended on a cordial note,
with all parties expressing interest in
keeping housing costs for consumers as
low as possible
City Manager Robert Metzinger and
City Engineer Terry Beydler, as well
as developers present, made several
suggestions of methods that might help
eliminate delays in getting new sub-
divisions approved as quickly as possi-
ble
The meeting was called by Mayor
Wayne Gilley after complaints about
new subdivision regulations surfaced
during a Chamber of Commerce board
meeting last week
in addition to Gilley. Metzinger and
Beydler. the meeting was attended by
John Erwin. Chamber President, Paul
Cullen, city planner Bob Bigham, as-
By ROCKY SCOTT
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K OME people have been crying
• wolf’ lately, and Bob Guyer
doesn’t like it
Guyer belongs to the (omanche
County "REACT" (Radio Emer-
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his intention to resign and proposed a
special election to fill the two va-
cancies
Mrs J N Logan, secretary of the
Comanche County Election Board, and
Law ton attorney Charles Jennings, le-
gal counsel for the Town of Cache, both
said today state statutes contain no pro-
visions for a special election in such a
situation, when there is no quorum to
fill a vacancy.
Jennings said the law provides that
the governor will appoint one member,
and that member, along with the re-
maining member. will appoint a third
member
A letter formally asking Boren to ap-
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VOLUME 76- NO. 157 (AR)
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Dutch Storm Complex. Free Hostaqes
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intervention to obtain the independence Police said they crushed the uprising
of their home islands from Indonesia at Villa Devoto prison 10 miles from
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ton discount store and his nights
monitoring the airwaves
"I think most of the bogus emer-
gency calls are coming from
younger (Hers.” he says They
just don't realize how much money
it takes to run an emergency vehi-
cle, and how much money it wastes
when ambulances or firetrucks
have to answer a false alarm ”
The REACT stations monitor
channel 9 on the citizens band ra-
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Three hostages were slightly
wounded dunng the attack and another
was badly wounded by terrorists, the
spokesman said A 40 vear-old man
first thought to be a woman died when
the terrorists seized the building
The spokesman said three young
Moluccan gunmen were captured in the
20-minute operation, triggered when
the terrorists made what proved to be a
false report that they had executed a
male hostage Earlier accounts had in
dicated five or six terrorists in the
building
They’re free! they're free'" a ma-
rine officer yelled into his radio as the
marines secured the four story Trente
provincial government headquarters in
wooded suburban park The marines
went in after a shot was heard inside
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Sen. Dewey F Bartlett R-Okla , has
introduced legislation to upgrade
health and medical insurance coverage
for U.S. military dependents The
medical insurance program is funded
by the Department of Defense to cover
medical costs to military dependents in
cases where military medical services
are unavailable
Under the measure payments for
physician services to beneficiaries of
the Civilian Health and Medical Pro-
gram of the Uniform Services
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Bentley, Bill F. The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 76, No. 157, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 14, 1978, newspaper, March 14, 1978; Lawton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2040501/m1/1/?q=architectural+drawings: accessed June 30, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.