Residential Tax Credit May Spur Lawton Home Sales
Lawton builders and Realtors view the 5 percent tax credit up to 2000 on new homes as a confidence booster for buyers. The credit lowers 1975 taxes and aims to reduce inventories while accelerating completion of unfinished homes amid steady demand and solid median prices around 30 000 dollars.
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AWTON
Ford
Dennis Saunders
Lawton Board of Realtors
Oklahoma State Home Builders Association
Reynolds
Lon Parks
Parks
City council revokes 11 Lake Leases overgrazing concerns
The Lawton City Council revoked grazing leases on 11 parcels around city lakes due to alleged overgrazing by lessees. Four agricultural leases will be renegotiated to clarify land use with a 10 percent wildlife planting requirement. Two lessees protested, arguing improvements, while a six month recovery period was set and land area covered 2 685 acres near Lakes Lawtonka and Ellsworth.
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City Lakes
Roper Insurance & Real Estate
Lawton
Roper
Reds' steamroller attack quickens in South Vietnam
Communist forces sweep coastal areas carving out major gains as Nha Trang and Qui Nhon fall with little resistance. Saigon officials abandon Phan Rang and Phan Thiet as rioting erupts in Nha Trang and the U.S. consulate evacuates. Government holds only the deep southeast corner and Mekong Delta remains sporadically controlled.
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South Vietnam
Associated Press
Saigon
Nha Trang
Qui Nhon
Binh Dinh
Mekong Delta
Duc My
Minh Hoa
Phu Cat
U.S
Meers Home Yields Dynamite Cache Found
ATF recovers an undisclosed quantity of dynamite from a Meers Oklahoma house. Estimates range 700 to 1100 pounds. The cache was found Feb 27 in an attic near a fireplace with caps nearby. Officials say the explosives may be part of a large quantity stolen in Colorado last year.
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Dennis Lange
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms
ATF
Oklahoma City
Meers
Colorado
Meers House
Court Fund Compromise Effort Fails
Oklahoma City AP report: lawmakers fail to resolve a $1.4 million court fund supplemental appropriation. Senate insists on safeguards while counties balk at contributing, leaving 319 state judicial employees unpaid for March.
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Oklahoma City
House-Senate
Jim Hamilton
D-Poteau
Howard
Senate
Gene Howard
Tulsa
Hamilton
Comanche County
Herschal Crow
D-Altus
David Boren
State Judicial System
Ers
House
Lebanon says repulsed Israeli mine-laying thrust killing farmer
Lebanese gunners said they repulsed a new Israeli mine-laying push and an ensuing hour long artillery duel killed a Lebanese farmer. Israel reported a quiet border with no incidents that day.
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Associated Press
Lebanon
Israel
Light Turnout Observed in Ward 2 Runoff Race
Voter turnout was light this morning in the Ward 2 City Council runoff between incumbent Harry Anderson and Mrs. Wynell McKenzie. At 11:30 a.m. Andrews precinct logged 38 voters and Ferris precinct 61, with 390 and 550 registered respectively. Polls stay open until 7 p.m.
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Harry Anderson
Wynell McKenzie
Andrews
Ferris
March grocery bills fall as prices ease
An Associated Press market basket survey shows March prices declined on a wide range of items, cutting supermarket bills by 2.7 percent on average across 13 cities. Eleven cities saw drops 3.2 percent while two rose 0.6 percent, signaling a possible leveling of grocery costs amid higher transportation and labor costs.
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Associated Press
Turbulent March brings severe weather to Oklahoma
Oklahoma endured a turbulent March with threats of tornadoes high winds and fluctuating temperatures. Lawton saw 1.15 inches of rain and snow with 84 degrees in Lawton on March 21 and 22-degree lows on several dates. A winter storm March 9–11 and a tornado watch March 17 preceded a deadly Lefors Texas Pampa area tornado on March 27.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
53Rd and Gore Blvd
Turnpike
Stroud
Frederick
Texas
Elk City
Erick
Higgins
Tex
Lefors
Pampa
Experts See No Way To Stop Advance In Vietnam Crisis
U S government experts warn privately there is no way to halt the Communist offensive in South Vietnam. They flag whether the push comes in days or weeks and by military or political means as Defense Secretary Schlesinger predicts Saigon could fall within a month or two. President Ford blames Hanoi and Congress for aid shortfalls.
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Ashington
U.S
South Vietnam
Ford
Bakersfield
Calif
Southeast Asia
White House
Ron Nelsen
Hanoi
Congress
Saigon
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