Airport Panel Plans Request For $700000
Lawton Metropolitan Area Airport Authority considers $769,000 in FAA funded aid under the ADAP with a 90-10 split to fund priority projects in the next three fiscal years. A priority list is to be drafted, aiming to complete master plan items such as a snow removal machine and baggage screening upgrades, while securing funding for other needed items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Metropolitan Area Airport
Lawton
FAA
LMAAA
Andy Zunich
Zurich
Authority
Oklahoma Aeronautical Commission
India avalanche left plutonium buried in rocks
The report describes climbers abandoning material after an avalanche. When found later, the material is said to contain plutonium 238 remaining radioactive for up to 500 years.
Robison Crusade Preview Draws Lawton Leaders
James Robison Crusade scheduled for April 23 to 30 in Lawton featured at a Senate Prayer Breakfast in Montego Bay. About 100 attendees heard Robison, head of a Fort Worth evangelistic group with a 4 to 5 million dollar yearly budget, discuss spiritual healing and cautioned against faith healers.
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James Robison
Montego Bay
Robison
Lawton
Senate
Paul Taliaferro
Fort Worth
Cotton-Comanche County Baptist Association
Great Plains Coliseum
Oklahoma
Heaven
Buffalo death prompts questions on causes and trash in rumen
A report details buffalo deaths from 1971 to 1977 with exams and notes none had autopsies. Trash in rumen such as plastic bags and rope suggests possible ingestion risks while roundup related injuries, vehicle accidents, and predators contributed to other deaths. The herd remains around 600 adults with 88 and 73 sold at public auctions in successive years.
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Burford Dam
Mount Scott
Rush Lake
Bartnicki
Buffalo
Energy compromise debated as Senate negotiators clash with House
Senate negotiators back a flexible energy plan while Democratic House conferees push tighter natural gas price controls. Rep. Clarence Brown says Carter favors GOP-backed deregulation by 1983, and White House spokesman Rex Granum notes flexibility. Carter orders Schlesinger to craft a compromise, but excludes GOP from sessions. Brown and Moffett denounce closed meetings as illegal.
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Senate
Democratic House
Clarence Brown
Ohio
Rex Granum
White House
Carter
Republican House
Brown
Moffett
House
Rural burglary probe widens after possessions recovered
Lawton man Charles Owen Smith Jr. faced a second degree burglary charge after deputies recovered about 15000 dollars in stolen goods including three motorcycles a trailer a pickup six guns and various stereo equipment and radios. A juvenile accomplice was with him during the early Wednesday break in east of Lawton and 11 deputies conducted dawn raids in eastern Comanche County as the rural burglary probe continues with more arrests likely.
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Lawton
Charles Owen Smith Jr
Route 2
Kenneth Stradley
Lonnie Snider
Smith
Comanche County
H. Ray Anderson
Anderson
Meat boycott hits shoppers on April 2 1973
On April 2 1973 supermarkets felt the impact as consumers shunned beef pork and lamb to protest high prices. The action reflected growing public discontent with rising food costs and affected grocery sales across regions.
Career Center Opens at Cameron Union for Student Guidance
The Career Center in Cameron Student Union distributes materials two days weekly and informs students it is now available. Mrs Williams describes services and recent positive first month figures. Staff assist with career information, testing, and college catalogs via Microfiche and the U S Employment Service Job Bank.
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Cameron Student Union
Career Center
Cameron
Monte Dover
Williams
Southeastern
Southcentral
University of Georgia
U.S. Employment Service
Seattle
Oklahoma
Plane wreck near Gurganus home leaves debris over five acres
A pilot reported the man was apparently thrown from the plane. The aircraft near Gurganus' house scattered debris across about five acres, with the main wreckage concentrated in one area.
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Gurganus’ House
No More Slaves Abolished in District of Columbia
A bill passed on April 3 1862 abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia. The measure marks a significant expansion of emancipation within the capital region and reflects wartime shifts in policy during the Civil War.
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District of Columbia
Mayor Proclaims Bike Safety Week in Lawton
Mayor Wayne Giley proclaims April 17 to 22 as Bike Safety Week. The Lawton Evening Optimist Club sponsors a slate of activities including a Bike Rodeo at Crosby Park Elementary School with an obstacle course a stop contest and a balancing event to teach bike safety. First prize winners in boys and girls earn a new bicycle. A bike safety class will be presented by the Lawton Police Department at Crosby Park Elementary School.
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Wayne Giley
Lawton Evening Optimist Club
Activites
Crosby Park Elementary School
Lawton
Crosby Park
Optimist Club International
Soldiers Schedule Mt Scott Cleanup
More than 45 soldiers from the U S Army Field Artillery School Brigade Weapons Department will meet at Mt Scott summit at 8 am Saturday to beautify the highest peak in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. Cameron University ROTC members join the effort. trash goes to Fort Sill Recycling Center. Public access is closed Saturday morning. call Lt. Smith at 351 2561 to help.
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U.S. Army Field Artillery School
Mt. Scott
Mt. Scott's
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Cameron University
Michael F. Smith
Fort Sill
Smith
Scott
Lt. Smith
Senator DeConcini Seeks Reservations On Panama Canal Treaties
Senator DeConcini plans to offer a reservation to the second Panama Canal treaty allowing U S action without Panama's consent to keep the canal running for 22 years before U S surrender of control. He and Warren Christopher see little disagreement on the second reservation but differ on the first. Christopher proposed a statement that the United States will not intervene in Panama's internal affairs, which DeConcini would support only with overpowering evidence that the statement would not negate his reservation.
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Warren Christopher
Carter
Senate
DeConcini
United States
Panama
Christopher
Farmers clash over vetoed bill softening inflation impact
A senator warned the vetoed bill would spike inflation and raise farmers feed grain costs, saying its defeat was good for U S farmers and consumers. Dissident farmers disagreed, arguing the measure would have helped the sector and prices.
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Senate
United States
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James R. Schlesinger
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Sears
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Cmon Mart
America
Lith
Gere Lawton
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