Public Works Director Reports Steady Lake Pumping Costs
Brune said pumping costs between Lake Elsworth and Lake Lawtonka have shown little change despite PSC fuel-cost factors. The city’s two 800 horsepower pumps, powered by PSC electricity, averaged 25000 dollars annually with a base monthly minimum of 800.50 and off-peak rates lowering night and weekend pumping costs. He noted monthly fluctuations but overall bills remain largely stable.
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Public Works
Paul Brune
Lake Elsworth
Lake Lawtonka
Electric Public Service Co
PSC
Brune
Refugee evacuation prompts mixed reactions across states
In Florida and California protests mix with support as 220 soldiers are sent to aid in a refugee program drawing sharp criticism from Senator McClellan and Governor Brown. The tsunami of Vietnamese refugees, numbered about 38000 evacuated from Indochina, faces logistical mobilization at camps in Guam the Philippines Wake Island and at Pendleton.
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John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Indochina
Philippines
Wake Island
Guam
Samuel Goldberg
State Department
California
Camp Pendleton
Edmund Brown Jr
Burt L. Talcott
Calif
Camp Roberts
San Luis Obispo
Washington
Roberts
Camp San Luis Obispo
Vietnam
Planes flee to Clark as Viet Cong shelling escalates in Vietnam
A Cambodian and South Vietnamese government DOCOb arrived at Clark Air Base with 130 people aboard after Thai authorities demanded surrender of such planes. Viet Cong rockets hit the base before dawn while fighting raged around Sai gon and Tan Son Nhut. US Marines and airmen were killed or evacuated as Vietnamese officials scrambled for safety amid mounting clashes and Hanoi backed attacks.
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Thailand
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Air Force
U.S
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Phu Lam
Minh
Housing Authority and Comanche Tribal Meeting May 3 1975
Notice announces a joint meeting of the Housing Authority of the Comanche Indian Tribe of Oklahoma and the Comanche Tribal Business Committee on May 3, 1975 at 9 am at the Anadarko Agency OK. The meeting aims to approve the housing application to HUD for 100 mutual help homes. Jerree L. Toyebo executive director Ava F. Doty secretary.
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Lowe Constitut
Lowton Morning Press
Apri
Housing Authority OF
Yee
Manche Indian Tribe
Lahoma
Comanche Tribal Business Committee
Comanche Indian Tribe OF Oklahoma
Anadarko
Okla
HUD
Jerree L. Toyebo
Housing Authority of the
Comanche Inction of
Oklahoma
Ava F
Work Force Jump Causes Hike In Unemployment Rate
OSES official Bowman cites national recession as partial cause for Oklahoma unemployment rise. In Comanche County the rate jumped but monthly volatility cited. Local managers note steady claims, few large layoffs, and state tax data suggesting spring optimism for merchants.
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Ww. K. Bowman
Oses Research and Statistical Office
United States
Bowman
Comanche County
OSES
Dick Riggs
Nafe
Lawton
Oklahoma
Evacuation of Americans From Tan Son Nhut Under Way
Pentagon spokesman said Americans were airlifted from Tan Son Nhut in Saigon after orders halted a scheduled land landing. Helicopters mostly turned back. lead craft landed with Marine Gen. Richard Carey guiding Marines guarding the operation. About 4 500 evacuees rescued as the event unfolded.
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Hiers
South China Sea
Tan Son Nhut
Pentagon
Joseph Laitvn
Eves Assa
Laitin
Richard Carey
Subic Bay
Petition Drives to Save Carnegie Library Building
Petitions circulated to save the old Carnegie Library Building are being collected and counted. Return locations include 810 Euclid 1203 Maple 1214 Arlington and 716 C. The Fifth and B site is slated for demolition for post office expansion, with petitioners opposing any alteration or destruction of the structure due to its historical and aesthetic value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Library
Ralph Newcombe
Euclid
Maple
Arlington
Fifth and B
Honorary Group Selects Students For Mortar Board
Lawton student Sue Ann Mackey and Anadarko student M Eileen Cook were chosen for Mortar Board, the national senior women's honorary. Selection recognizes scholarship leadership and service to the university.
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Lawton
University of Oklahoma
Mortar Board
Sue Ann Mackey
B. C. Mackey
Bell
M. Eileen Cook
E. T. Cook
Oxford Way
Lawton City Council Pushes Transit Delay and Library Plans
City officials weighed a two week delay in mass transit funding after a federal ruling blocked grant matching. The council also advanced two resolutions on preserving Lawton’s Carnegie Library and possibly using the post office building if expansion at the library site proves impossible. Seventeen agenda items passed in about an hour, including zoning hearings, traffic measures, street-light removals, and contract awards for local improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Robinson
City Planning Department
Walt Belland
Don van Meter
van Meter
John Thomson
Carnegie Library
Post Office City Hall Trust Authority
Lawton
Association of South Central Oklahoma Governments
ASCOG
Wayne Gilley
Ninth and Lee Church of God
Lee Boulevard
City Counc
Henry Herzig
Koehler
Sheridan Road
Herzig
Fourth Street
Inal
Flowermound Road
Oklahoma Markets Rice Wheat and Livestock Prices
Oklahoma City reports grain prices incl Wheat 3.14 to 3.70 per bushel with regional quotes. Barley 2.20 to 2.60. Millet 4.20 to 5.05 per cwt. Eggs Large 53 cents. Livestock: Cattle and calves total 3200 head with slaughter cows 20 to 23 dollars. bulls 23.75 to 27.50. slaughter steers 41.80 to 42.00. slaughter heifers 41.00. feeders and cows mixed. Hogs 1000 head with barrows and gilts 32.00 to 32.90 early.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Afton
Altus
Hobart
Manchester
Pauls Valley
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Clinton
Reno
Geary
Kingfisher
Medford
Okeene
Ponca City
Temple
Watonga
Weatherford
Yukon
Gulf
Oklahoma Livestock
Prosecutor mulls upgrade in tot death case
District attorney weighing possible first degree murder charges against Michael Ray Sykes 19 after his 18 month old son Jeffrey died from a blunt head injury suffered in alleged abuse at Reynolds Army Hospital The child was hospitalized with brain bleeding and a blood clot and autopsy indicated the blow was the cause Funeral services for Jeffrey are pending and survivors include his Alabama grandparents and great grandmother
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Michael Ray Sykes
Jeffrey
Reynolds Army Hospital
Sykes
Reynolds
Don Beauchamp
Larry Barnett
Oklahoma
Jeffrey Sykes
Miller
J. Sykes
Hillsboro
Ala
R. L. Swoop
Muscle Shoals
Mary Rogers
Oklahoma Briefs Highlight Varying State News
In Duncan a infant death is deemed an unfortunate incident with no charges, only failure to report. In El Reno Johnnie Lonnie Tomlinson pleads innocent to assaulting Trooper Cherman amid a shootout. Gov. Boren names new hall of fame and board members in Oklahoma City. Senate faces payroll expansion amid cost-cutting aims. leaders promise district projects and job freezes as part of state government reform.
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Duncan
Duncan Yard
EL Reno
Johnnie Lonnie Tomlinson
Richland
Highway Patrol
Allen Cherman
Tomlinson
Special District Court
Albert Taylor
Taylor
FBI
Oklahoma City
David Boren
Janiece Frank
Sapulpa
Jim Thorpe Memorial Athletic Hall of Fame
Claude E. White
Boren
Earl Abernathy
Altus
Altus Junior College Board of Regents
John Burford
Miami
Indian & Hardrock Mining Museum Commission
Joe Hawkins
Oklahoma Senate
Senate
Associated Press
Jim Lane
Idabel
Herschal Crow
Greece to Withdraw From NATO Bases After Cyprus Crisis
The United States and NATO move to end joint command at several bases after Greece quits the military sector, affecting about 8,000 personnel and dependents. The plan gives no date to close the Air Force base or end home port privileges.
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Greece
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Turkey
Cyprus
U.S
NATO
Air Force
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Foreign Relations Committee
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Tan Son Nhut Po
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U.S. Postal Service
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Second Street
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Squaw Creek
Loop Construction Co
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Sheridan & Gore
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