Mild Weather Set to Boost Easter Sunrise Pageant Attendance
Officials forecast about 23 000 people at the 52nd Easter Sunrise Service in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Holy City. Warm mid 80s highs and little chance of rain are expected, with enforcement officers and emergency services on duty. Camping areas will open, with Red Cross first aid trailer and food concessions staffed for the event.
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Wildlife Refuge
Roger Johnson
National Weather Service
Oklahoma City
Johnson
Holy City
Wichita Mountains
Oklahoma
Comanche County Sheriff's Department
Lawton Police Department
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Civil Defense Emergency Radio Patrol
Cameron Law Enforcement Club
Comanche County Red Cross Chapter
Lynn Brock
Brock
Red Cross
Kirk
Lawton Jaycees
Pepsi Cola
Comanche County Ffa
Veterans push to upgrade discharges. calls flood office
In Overland Missouri Vietnam era veterans seek upgrade to honorable discharges, flooding the Joint Liaison Office with about 3000 daily calls. Center officials note workload, process details, and eligibility rules set by the Carter program.
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Overland
Robert S. Young
Military Personnel Records Center
WATS
Maj
Donal E. Meynig
Meynig
Carter
Continental
United States
Missouri
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Joint Liaison Office
ATTN
Army- Navy
Usmc-Air Force
Usar-Pac
St. Louis
Carter to unveil anti inflation plan next week
President Carter will reveal his anti inflation program at a news conference next week, with Treasury Secretary Blumenthal signaling a plan for discussion with business and labor groups on wage and price controls. Powell noted wage costs are not accelerating while inflation fears persist amid rising wholesale and consumer prices.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Jody Powell
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Powell
Wall Street
Red Tailed Hawk Recovered By Lawton Bird Man Returns To Wild
The Red Tailed Hawk once unable to fly has recovered and returned to the wild thanks to John Hettiger known locally as The Bird Man of Lawton. After devouring poisoned rodents, the hawk was nursed back to health then released, taking a shaky first flight before finally ascending.
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John Hettiger
Lawton Man
Hettiger
Nature
LURA Board Approves Pleasant Valley and Neighborhood Plans
The Urban Renewal Authority board approved amendments to the Pleasant Valley and Neighborhood Development Program areas. Changes include land use adjustments to a parcel and street openings to support redevelopment, plus landscaping and screening of industrial zones. Cad Jones of Jones Newby Supply Co. offered to buy a 26 250 square foot parcel at First and C in the Downtown Project. The board also noted a breach of contract by Dale Taylor on a peripheral downtown parcel and accepted withdrawal of a downtown land purchase offer by Automo.
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Pleasant Valley
Cad Jones
Jones Newby Supply Co
First and C
LURA
Dale Taylor
Automo
Flood plains pose serious problems, official says
Dell Greer, director of a five state Area Flood Insurance Office in Dallas, warns that keeping people away from the river is wiser than steering flood waters away. He spoke at Lawton about flood plain management, insurance aims, and required construction standards to curb rising damage costs.
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Dell Greer
Greer
Dallas
Lawton
Federal
R. Dell Greer
HUD
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