Weekend Rain Damps Southwest Oklahoma Forecast
National Weather Service foresees a damp weekend with a 30 percent rain chance this afternoon rising to 70 percent tonight then falling to 30 percent Saturday. Rainfall totals varied across towns with Lawtonka at .80 inch and Meers .60 inch while Lake Ellsworth and Apache recorded around .50 inch. Strong upper level system and frontal boundary bring showers Saturday and Sunday with mild temperatures in the 70s. Overnight totals include Faxon .50 and Walters .74. The Practical Arts Exhibit is planned for this weekend.
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Oklahoma
National Weather Service
Lawtonka
Lake Lawtonka
Meers
Lake Ellsworth
Apache
53Rd
Gore Boulevard
Lawton Publishing Company
Faxon
Frederick
Marlow
Walters
Waurika
Altus
Grandfield
Lawton Schools Eye Share of Federal Impact Aid
Lawton Public Schools seek details on a $507 million federal impact aid package for districts near installations. Superintendent Hugh Bish and finance director Hasskel Evans estimate Lawton’s share while awaiting HEW clarification on A category property and B category military funding.
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Nixon
Lawton
Hugh Bish
HEW
Impact Aid Division
Bish
U.S
Tom Steed
Haskell Evans
Nixon to sign disaster relief loan reform bill
President Nixon is expected to sign a disaster relief loan reform bill increasing future interest rates and briefly reviving the aid program. Congress passed the compromise bill by voice vote after a bipartisan conference committee settled terms.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Senate House Conference Committee
Brandt Wins Easy Victory at Social Democrat Convention
In Hannover the Social Democratic Party reelected Chancellor Willy Brandt as chairman by 404 to 20 with four abstentions. The left threatened pro West policies but Brandt retained support for U S troops in Europe and NATO.
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Hannover
Germany
Willy Brandt
West Germany
United States
Social Democratic Party
Brandt
U.S
Europe
Helmut Schmidt
Heinz Kuehn
Alfred Nau
Nau
Industrial Development Head Resigns On Request By Hall
The article notes the resignation of the Industrial Development head following a request by Hall and reports the deputy also quitting. It references political shakeups amid Middle East tensions as the UN Security Council debates Palestinian charges against U.S. involvement in Beirut raids.
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Tel Aviv
Moshe Dayan
Lebanon
Israel
Beirut
Hall
United Nations, N.Y
United States
U.N. Security Council
U.S
Council
Mohamed Hassan el-Zayyati
U. N
U. S
Seali
Edouard Ghorra
Yosef Tekoah
Security Council
Lod
Munich
Khartoum
Cyprus
Fatah
Tekoah
Black September
Western Airlines
Jordan
Oklahoma governor orders resignations in IDD probe
Gov. David Hall calls for the resignations of Industrial Development Department Director Art Lindberg and Deputy Director Tom Daniel effective immediately after a Senate committee report recommending their firing. Hall weighs possible criminal charges and opposes slashing the department budget while vowing to cooperate with law enforcement and seek explanations for the findings.
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Lahoma City
David Hall
Industrial Development Department
Art Lindberg
Tom Daniel
Hall
Senate
Lindberg
Daniel
Atty
Larry Derryberry
Oklahoma
Senate Committee
Nixon
Navy Probing Collision Of Two Planes 16 Deaths
Two four engine aircraft collide near Moffett Field in California killing 16 aboard a Convair 990 and a Navy P3 Orion. A survivor and five others were injured as fire consumed the wreckage on a Sunnyvale golf course. Investigators seek why the jets came within close proximity on final approach.
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Navy
Ountain View
Calif
Ron Kimball
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
David Frame
Sunnyvale Municipal
Moffett Field
Moffett
Oklahoma Senate backs four-year county officer terms bill
Oklahoma reporters note the Senate reversed to favor a statutory four-year term change for county officers. The measure, moved after House approval, would avoid a statewide vote. Governor Hail backs the statutory change as the bill moves to the House for final action.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
House
Senate
David Hail
LURA Approves Three Developers for Lawton Project Land
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority approves Lawton Publishing Co Inc as developer for 200 feet along B Avenue near Third Street at $60,000 and Charley Wade Olds Inc for 100 feet on B Avenue near Second Street at $35,000. Frisco Properties Inc led by C. E. Wade Jr is also named. LURA rejects a local firm offer of $644,000 for a large Downtown Project land parcel.
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Lawton
Lura
Lawton Publishing Co., Inc
B Avenue
Third
Civic Center
A Avenue
Charley Wade Olds
Second Street
Frisco Properties, _Inc
C. E. Wade, Jr
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14Th Aviation
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Arkansas
Aviation Command
Lawton Breakfast Optimist Club
Pentagon
Richardson
New England
Air Force
Frederick C. Weyand
Vietnam
Elliot Richardson
Weyand
People’s Republic of China
House For
William P. Rogers
John A. Scali
The
Lawton High School
Deyana Ketchum
Johnny Ketchum
By Jerry Scarbrough
Deer Abby
Bill Brand
Ketchum
Idaho
Mountain View
Brand
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