Downtown renewal lands sold for over one million in new projects
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority sold six parcels in two renewal schemes to firms planning a retail and office complex worth about 1 million. Powis Enterprises, Jimmy Powers, and W F Parrish secure 75 feet at Second Street to Third Street for 144 375 dollars and a 34 000 square foot two to three story complex including a department store and shops. Gale Sadler and Lee Ratcliffe win 50 feet at C Avenue for Ratcliffe Book Stores at four dollars per square foot totaling 30 000. Hutchins family gets 100 feet at Third and C Avenue for four dollars per square foot. Page 4.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Ge. A
Powis Enterprises, Inc
Lawton
Jimmy Powers
W. F. Parrish
Powis
Second
Third
Third and
Gale Sadler
Lee Ratcliffe
C Avenue
Christian Servicemen’s Center
Ratcliffe Book Stores
Lura Board
Sadler
Hutchins
Lawton Novelty
Businesses Seek Protections in Gore Boulevard Construction Hearing
At a public hearing on Gore Boulevard improvements from 17th to 53rd streets the highway department heard requests to guarantee minimal business disruption. City officials urged contract language for small segment work and adequate boulevard width to handle anticipated traffic. See ACCESS. Page 4, Col. 3
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City Hall
Gore Boulevard
17Th Street
53Rd Street
State Highway Department
Archie Fleming
Saigon Air Base Hit as An Loc Recaptured
South Vietnamese forces recaptured most of An Loc as rockets hit Saigon suburbs killing 15 civilians and wounding six. Tan Son Nhut air base came under shelling for the first time in seven months with rockets striking outside the installation and civilians. Some enemy troops may remain in An Loc despite claims of street fighting ending.
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An Loc
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Vietnam
USO fraud probe ordered by Defense Secretary Laird
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird has ordered an investigation into the USO after discovery of allegedly fraudulent activities involving very substantial sums of money by USO officials in Vietnam.
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Washington
Ap)— Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
USO
Vietnam
Judge Orders OU Regents to Recognize Gay Student Group
A Norman Oklahoma judge issued a writ of mandamus directing the University of Oklahoma regents to grant official recognition to the Gay Alliance for Sexual Freedom. If not recognized, a hearing is set for April 24 to show cause why the regents should not be held in contempt. The university president has refused recognition despite student government approval.
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Norman
Paul F. Sharp
Sharp
Air Force FACs to Train with Fort Sill Field Artillery
Three captains from the 702nd Tactical Air Support Squadron at Bergstrom AFB Texas completed the pilot for a two day Fort Sill course this summer. Maj. Weston T. Smith said the program will boost coordination between FACs and artillery, the first US training of FACs with a field unit. Two groups of 20 men will take the course this summer with possible expansion depending on funds.
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Fort Sill
702Nd Tactical Air Support
71St Tactical Air Support Group
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Tex
Tom Brady
Ted Hailes
Tom Rohrer
Maj
Weston T. Smith
Fort Sill Air Force
Air Force
Vietnam
Smith
FAC
United States
702Nd
Bergstrom
Rain Chance Set At 20 Per Cent
A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms and cooler temperatures was posted for the Lawton area as a new cold front moves across the state. Lake wind warnings were issued with 20 to 30 mph winds ahead of the front. Today's high near 90, tonight's low near 40, with Saturday's high in the mid 50s. High Thursday was 95, low 69.
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Lawton
Tornado Watch Issued For Five Southwest Oklahoma Counties
Five counties Comanche Cotton Jefferson Stephens Tillman and portions of Southeast Oklahoma were placed under a tornado watch this afternoon. Severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds were forecast from 1 30 to 7 30 p m today.
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Oklahoma
Comanche
Cotton
Jefferson
Stephens
Tillman
TV Networks Face Civil Suits
The Justice Department will file civil suits aiming to break up network control over prime time TV entertainment. The action targets CBS NBC and ABC and a related firm for alleged antitrust violations. CBS ABC denounced the move while NBC did not comment.
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Washington
Justice Department
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
American Broadcasting Co
Justice
CBS
ABC
NBC
Vatican denies Pope Paul VI resignation in September
Vatican spokesman rejects reports that Pope Paul VI will resign at age 75 in September after Italian magazines and newspapers carried the rumor.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Paul VI
Nixon Trudeau Meet For Summit On Border Ties
Nixon and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau held a low key summit in Ottawa before Nixon’s joint appearance before Parliament. They discussed peaceful cross border differences while advisers met separately. Royal Mounted Police guarded the Parliament approach.
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Ottawa
Nixon
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
NASA Names Cape Kennedy and Vandenberg as Shuttle Launch Bases
NASA selects Cape Kennedy Florida and Vandenberg Air Force Base California as the two bases for the reusable space shuttle program. The decision follows a yearlong study of 150 sites and aims to balance cost safety and operations with both NASA and Defense Department missions. Cape Kennedy will host NASA launches while Vandenberg will handle unmanned military satellites. full Vandenberg development financed by the Defense Department.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Ape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Cape Kennedy
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Cape
Vandenberg
NASA Defense Department
America
George Low
NASA
Kennedy-Vandenberg
Space Agency
Cape Kennedy and
Defense Department
Low
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Speus
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By Coy Hobbs
Sion
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Ward 1
Kenneth Easton
U.S
Bulletin
Regents
Alliance
Stephen Jones
Enid
Oklahoma Civil Liberties Union
Air Force Fac
Sill
IR Force
Phoenix, Ariz
American Airlines
Phoenix
Montevideo
Uruguay
Juan M. Bordaberry
Enrique C. Magnani
NEW York
First National City Bank
Irving Trust Co
Detroit
Cobo Arena
Space
Lou Frey
R-Fla
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