Carter Names Mansfield New Envoy To Japan
President Carter nominated former Senate leader Mike Mansfield to be U S ambassador to Japan and Yale president Kingman Brewster to Britain. He also selected Princeton president Robert Goheen as ambassador to India and named Anne Cox Chambers to Belgium and Philip Alston Jr. to Australia. Other picks include Wilbert LeMeele to Kenya and the Seychelles, Samuel Lewis to Israel, William Sullivan to Iran, George West to Pakistan, and Wisconsin Governor Lucey to Mexico.
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Washington
Carter
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Japan
Yale University
Kingman Brewster
Great Britain
Princeton University
Robert F. Goheen
India
White House
Anne Cox Chambers
Belgium
Philip H. Alston Jr
Australia
Wilbert J. LeMeele
Kenya
Seychelles
Samuel W. Lewis
Israel
William H. Sullivan
Iran
George S. West
Pakistan
Wisconsin
Patrick J. Lucey
Mexico
Mansfield
Senate
Vietnam
Special Commission
Congress
Montana
Asia
Brewster
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Yale
Goheen
Princeton
Fort Sill unveils new $3.5 million confinement facility
Fort Sill officials briefed reporters on the 65,000 square foot post confinement building at 1490 Randolph Road during a media tour ahead of Friday dedication. Maj. Gen. Donald R. Keith will receive a key from the Fort Worth District Office to mark the event.
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Fort Sill
Ft. Worth
Corps of Engineers
Donald R. Keith
Thomas E. O'Malley
O’malley
Fts. Bliss, Bragg, Carson and
Dix
Randolph Road
Espirit de Corps
Downtown Demolition Nears Final Phase of Urban Renewal
The seven year Lawton Downtown Project has cleared nearly 12 square blocks and 349 of 380 structures since June 1970 to make way for a planned mall and parking. Wrecking continues with 29 structures to be removed by mid June and 31 total demolitions remaining. Ed Warmack aims to sign a mall land contract this month and begin pad land construction as the final structures come down.
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Ising
Ed Warmack
Warmack
F Avenue
Fourth
Fifth
Second Street
Lawton City Hall
S. 4Th
Wolverton Hotel
S. 5Th
Farm Products Lead Rise Wholesale Prices Up In March
The Labor Department reports wholesale prices rose 1.1 percent in March, the second straight large gain and the largest monthly rise since October 1975. Farm products led the increase at 2.5 percent with industrial commodities up eight tenths, signaling inflation risks and potential policy pressure on the Carter administration.
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Washington
Carter
Labor Department
Carter delays U S breeder reactors and shifts to enrichment
President Carter announced delaying the Clinch River breeder reactor project near Oak Ridge Tennessee and halting commercial plutonium reprocessing. The plan shifts funding to alternative nuclear designs and boosts U S enriched uranium capacity while restricting uranium enrichment exports.
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Washington
Carter
U.S
United States
Clinch River
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Barnwell
S.C
Holy City repairs funded by grants and CETA labor
The Holy City of the Wichitas undergoes renovations costing 55000 funded by the McMahon Foundation and CETA. McMahon gave 21000 in January for memorials and buildings, while CETA labor totaling 33720 is provided for a four month Wichita Mountains project aiding Angel House and the Hostess House.
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Holy City of the
Wichitas
McMahon Foundation
CETA
Holy City
The
Easter Sunrise Service Association
Jim Wood
Wes Miller
Wichita Mountains
Comanche County Programs Authority
Angel House
Frieda Sage
Sunny Days and Mild Nights Forecast Ahead
The forecast calls for sunny days and mild nights through Friday with a southwestern wind from 8 to 15 mph tonight. Low temperatures tonight near 60 degrees, highs Friday in the low 80s, with Wednesday’s high around 80 and overnight low near 49. The extended outlook for Saturday through Monday shows fair skies and warm temperatures.
Mac Posts Filled Students Seize School By Donna Evers
MacArthur High School students took over the school on National Student Government Day and State Student Council Day. They filled administrative and teaching roles while teachers observed, with Braxton Hanley as assistant principal in charge of discipline.
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Donna Evers
Macarthur High School
Braxton Hanley
Student Board of Affairs
Jack Powers
West Point Military Academy
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