Recall petition surfaces as 121 workers face final pay checks
121 workers facing termination threaten to appear at City Hall to collect final pay with uniforms not turned in. The recall petition targets councilwoman Norma Roberts over alleged malfeasance while workers push for Teamsters Local 886 recognition. Picket lines surround City Hall and city shops as Green says workers will not sign papers but may mass at the hall to claim due pay.
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Norma Roberts
City Hall
Teamsters Local 886
Thomson
Green
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Tinue
Rapid Garbage Disposal Urged By Health Chief
Lawton residents should haul their own garbage to the city landfill to avoid fly breeding and disease risk amid a weeklong garbage pickup strike. Dr. Charles Green, head of the city county health department, urged residents to follow disposal steps and warned of mice and rats from large accumulations.
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Lawton
Charles Green
Green
Ford Tells 35 Nations to Fulfill Pledges at European Security Conference
President Ford urged the 35 nation European Security Conference to sign more than words, warning that empty pledges undermine trust as leaders completed a three day meeting. Ceausescu called for dismantling foreign bases and troop withdrawal while Ford urged arms control and a new Soviet pact to limit nuclear weapons. The conference aims to ease tensions and expand human rights while the Soviets offered no immediate comment.
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Ford
European Security Conference
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North America
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Romania
Soviet Union
U S Jobless Rate Drops in July Amid Hiring Rise
The Labor Department reports the July unemployment rate fell to 8.4 percent from 8.6 percent in June, with total employment rising 630000 to 85100000. Unemployed fell by nearly 400000 to 7.8 million, while long term joblessness continued to grow.
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Washington
Labor Department
Gunmen End Oklahoma City Store Hostage Situation
Three gunmen who held three store workers hostage in an Oklahoma City supermarket surrendered and released the hostages unharmed shortly before 1 p.m. after a five hour standoff. Police surrounded the building as negotiators worked to meet the robbers demand for a car and a five minute head start.
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Oklahoma City
Bob Moseley
KWTV
Purser
Senate Rejects 31.2 Billion Military Weapons Bill
The Senate voted 48 to 42 against a 31.2 billion military weapons authorization for 15 months pushing for a new House Senate conference to craft a compromise. In Curitiba Brazil a separate report notes flash fires on pasture and vegetable lands in Parana state fueled by strong winds and deep frosts. Agnew seeks to testify on CIA ties with Greece's former ruling junta as Frank Church considers the request.
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House
Curitiba
Brazil
Parana
Spiro T. Agnew
Senate Intelligence Committee
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Greece
Frank Church
Church
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Weather outlook for Lawton with showers and highs
A 30 percent chance of showers tonight and Saturday dominates the Lawton forecast. Skies stay partly cloudy tonight with easterly winds 5 to 18 mph. Lows in the low 70s. Saturday highs near 90 with high humidity. Thursday reached a high around 80s and some 72s.
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Lawton
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A compact page teaser noting sections including comics and crossword. Obituaries are listed as page markers with brief references to names and dates. The short format reflects a newspaper table of contents style.
Birthday dance starts Lawton celebration with area square clubs
Lawton Birthday celebration kicks off with a square dance in front of City Hall. Lawton Pioneer Women, Lawton Rangers rodeo group and nine clubs gather at 7 30 p.m. on Fourth Street for grand march and dance led by the Lawton Callers Association.
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Lawton Rangers Rodeo Group
City Hall
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Lawton Callers Association
Silver Spurs
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Star Promenaders
Hilltoppers
Fort Sill
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Chisolm Trailers
Duncan
Roosevelt
Lawton Rangers
Lawtonian
Vickie Butler
The
Rodeo Cowboys Association
Major Kansas firm eyes 40 acres for downtown Lawton mall
Lawrence developer expresses serious interest in more than 40 acres of Lawton downtown land for a mall. Lawton Urban Renewal Authority says proposals are due by Sept. 2. March stresses caution despite optimistic signals and notes previous mall attempts failed.
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Constitution
Arch March
Kansas
Lawton
March
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority Board
Bank Grounds Breaks Ground for $2 Million City Center
City National Bank schedules a 2 p.m. groundbreaking on Wednesday across D Avenue from the new Comanche County Court House to inaugurate a $2 million downtown City Center. The site marks Lawton’s 74th founding anniversary and features a bicentennial motif with red white and blue shovels. Construction to take about a year hinges on attracting major retail anchors and new department store partners.
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D Avenue
Comanche County
Lawton
Jerry Barker
4 City Center
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