Mondale Attacks Ford Criticism as Nixon Sides With Carter
Mondale at a White House breakfast faulted Ford for departing from traditional behavior by attacking the Carter administration. He said Nixon offered to aid Carter by briefing officials on conversations with foreign leaders. Cranston noted the discussion also touched on potential 1980 GOP nomination dynamics and past Nixon-Ford contrasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carter
Walter F. Mondale
Gerald R. Ford
Mondale
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Senate
Alan Cranston
California
Ford
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Cranston
Leonid Brezhnev
San Clemente
Calif
David Frost
Ronald Reagan
City Eyes Major Mall Plan With Parking Block Grant Tie In
Renewal efforts linked to community development block grants push an urban renewal plan to buy and improve parking for a new mall. Initial 933 000 square feet grew to over 1 2 million with nearly 3 million needed and 1 8 million already spent. Land expansion to 600 000 square feet and a 2 per square foot land price set stage for Ed Warmack Fort Smith Ark to anchor the project with a six month option extended later to hopeful completion by October 1979.
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Fort Smith
Lawton
Ed Warmack
Warmack
Ark
City Council
Ard
Urban Renewal
Fort Smith, Ark
LARA
Manville Redman
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Warmack’s
Sophomore Cleo Parks Earns Third Nine Weeks Honor Roll
Eisenhower High School sophomore Cleo Parks is named to the honor roll for the third nine weeks. The achievement was announced by a school counselor on Monday.
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Cleo Parks
Eisenhower High School
Construction Starts Leap in March 1976 City Data
City Building and Safety Department figures show 100 starts valued at 3,063,855, more than 220 percent above the 951,525 listed for March 1976 new home starts, with 38 issued in March 1976.
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City Building and Safety Department
Firearms Charge Lodged On Cityan
A 22 year old Lawton woman Cheryl L Flood was charged in district court with feloniously pointing a firearm at a police officer during a reported break in. Officers Brooke and Goss disarmed Flood and arrested her after she drew a .25 caliber pistol. Charles Esquer 18 faced a separate charge of interfering with a police officer as officers found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in the apartment. An assistant district attorney said no drug charges would be filed. Flood faces up to 10 years if convicted on the felony count.
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Lawton
Cheryl L. Flood
Motif Manor
Robert Brooke
Wallace Goss
Brooke
Goss
Charles Esquer
Ms. Flood
Esquer
Patrick Denney
Denney
Robert Looney
Six Hurt in Three Traffic Crashes on Lawton Streets
Six people were injured in three separate accidents on Lawton streets Sunday and Monday nights. In one crash near Cache Road and 63rd St, 16 year old cyclist Mike Stansberry was treated and released after his bike was struck by a car driven by Janet Bilovecky.
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Lawton
Mike Stansberry
Reynolds Army Hospital
Cache Road
63Rd St
Stansberry
Janet Bilovecky
Dearborn
Rodney Allen McCowan
Gore Boulevard
Flower Mound Road
Tawna Marie Bjorr
SE 40Th
McCowan
Bjorr
Kathy Rogers
Camden Way
Ms. Bjorr
Faye Browning
Charles Cubbertson
Fletcher
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Sheridan Road
B Avenues
Mrs. Browning
Culbertson
Oklahoma market prices and cattle report from Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture lists today’s prices for WHEAT BARLEY MILO SOYBEANS and ALFALFA HAY with city breakdowns. Oklahoma City notes cattle and calves activity with price ranges for cows bulls and calves, hogs and feeder pigs including per pair values for cows with calves.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Afton
Muskogee
Manchester
Ponca City
Clinton
Eldorado
Hobart
Kingfisher
Medford
Okeene
Pauls Valley
Watonga
Weatherford
Banner
Beaver
el Reno
Geary
Liberal
Perryton
Yukon
Lawton
Temple
Keyes
Houston
Barley
Chickasha
Farm program targets raise price floor and income support
The plan envisions a serious veto risk by Carter and raises target prices for 1978: wheat to 2.90 a bushel from 2.60, corn to 2.00 from 1.75, rice to 7.20 per 100 lb from 6.75, and cotton to 0.50 a pound from 0.475. When market prices fall below these targets, the government pays the difference.
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Carter
Juvenile Hearings Opened To Media In Comanche County
Associate District Judge Chad Bledsoe announced that juvenile court proceedings are open to verified news media with names kept confidential. The change, under review since February, applies to hearings including a 14 year old held on stabbing allegations and differs from nearby Oklahoma County policy.
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Chad Bledsoe
Bledsoe
Oklahoma County
Comanche County
Protest Filed Over Beer License for Fletcher Tavern
Anne Stinnett owner of Town Tavern Fletcher files protest in district court against Carolyn Hunter's beer license for the Fletcher tavern. Stinnett argues license should be refused since Hunter has not yet taken over the business and the license had not been granted. Beginning April 24 applications will be listed under Beer Licenses Sought.
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Anne Stinnett
Fletcher
Carolyn Hunter
Fletcher Tavern
Downtown Mall Skirting Urban Renewal Land Transfers
Warmack signs a contract to build a downtown mall with city parking provided. The city funds parking land and improvements via community development block grants, with deeds and tax allocations arranged through 1975 and planned demolitions to clear the site by mid year.
Goodyear Prepares New Plant Training Program in Lawton
Goodyear staff in Lawton coordinate a training program for a new plant with Dick Johnson from the construction branch arranging the build. About 1,500 industrial survey cards were signed in six to eight weeks. no hires yet. Diane Denham oversees Goodyear liaison and notes signups remain open. Garber says hiring decisions are nearly final.
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Dick Johnson
Lawton
Goodyear
Diane Denham
Vo-Ted
Garber
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Penneys
Sears
Lawton Mall
Warmack’s Signature
Wilfred Beeny
Chiropractic
Marv Lepien
Aaragon Clnic
W. Gere Bird
Lura
Lawton City
Union National Bank and Trust Co
Little Rock
Olov
13Th & Gore
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