Preparations Made As Strike Looms In Telephone Service
National Telephone Strike looms as 700000 CWA and affiliated unions threaten a walkout at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. Southwestern Bell officials promise continued service on a best effort basis with management staff staffing switches and priority repair. Customers urged to use directories and I plus long distance dialing to ease demand while talks stall.
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Hile
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Bell System
Chris Bowers
Southwestern Bell
Bowers
Sugar price supports OK'd in farm bill compromise
Washington AP The House and Senate conferees approved a sugar price support compromise for 1981 enabling early USDA rulemaking if President Carter signs. If Attorney General Bell favors the original plan, special payments would shield producers until direct market support begins. The deal includes a self destruct clause tied to an international sugar trade agreement.
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Washington
House
Senate
Carter
Agriculture Department
Atty
Griffin Bell
USDA
Howard Hijort
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Carter Signs Bill Creating Department of Energy
President Carter signed legislation creating the Department of Energy the first Cabinet agency in 11 years. James R. Schlesinger, his top energy adviser, was approved 12-0 by the Senate Energy Committee and awaits a full Senate vote. The department will have 20,000 employees a $10.6 billion budget and absorb most federal energy programs.
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Washington
Flourishing
Abun- P Ie
Gitein
Carter
James R. Schlesinger
Senate Energy Committee
Schlesinger
Senate
White House
Rose Garden
New Energy Agency
Carter Welcomes Tanzanian Leader at White House Ceremony
President Carter receives Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere at a White House welcome on the South Grounds marking the first African leader invited for a state visit since Carter took office. Nyerere praises U S policy shifts toward ending colonialism and racism, while remaining cautiously skeptical of Carter’s approach.
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Washington
Carter
Africa
Julius Nyerere
Nyerere
White House South
Tanzania
Council of World Leaders
United States
U.S
Nude dancers charged after police raid on Sunshine Club
Police charged two California Sunshine dancers Alicia Holtwell and Charlotte Stockman along with four Fort Sill and Dallas men after a raid on the Sunshine Club on Cache Road. The women face multiple felony counts under crimes against nature statutes, with arraignment set for later. Miss Logsdon, owner, fights license denial in federal and state courts while operating the bar during appeals.
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California Sunshine
Cache Road
Alicia M. Holtwell
Lincoln
Charlotte R. Stockman
John D. Grove Jr
Oscar Soliz
Fort "Silt
Cecil E. Bennet
Dallas
David L. Lawrence
Whittier
Calif
Ann Logsdon
U.S. District Court
Oklahoma City
Wayne Gilley
Ms. Logsdon
Stockman
Ms. Holtwell
Weather Outlook For Fair Skies And Heat Through Weekend
Forecast calls for fair skies and hot temperatures through Friday with southerly winds 7 to 15 mph tonight. Friday high in the upper 90s and tonight’s low mid 70s. Wednesday’s high was 95 and overnight low 73. Saturday to Monday look for fair to partly cloudy skies with highs 93 to 100 and lows 68 to 75.
Arraignment Planned for Kidnap Suspect in High Speed Chase
Elmer Oklahoma man 20 faces federal kidnapping charges after allegedly abducting Norma Hurt 19 and forcing her to drive toward Arkansas. A 25 thousand dollar bond was recommended. Suspect held in Carter County jail awaiting arraignment in Oklahoma City.
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Aurika
Elmer
Okla
Southwest
Texas
U.S. Alty
John Green
Oklahoma City
Howard
U.S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Green
Altus
Vernon
Tex
Norma J. Hurt
Miss Hurt
Arkansas
Freeman
Carter County
Fall Enrollment Deadline Nears for College Credit Plan
Ameron University and Lawton Public Schools coordinate at Cameron and Lawton to allow seniors with lighter high school loads to begin college this fall. Seniors must enroll through their schools, adjust schedules, and take the ACT with four makeup tests on Aug 13 20 23 and 25. A minimum ACT of 14 is required unless GPA or class standing offers alternatives. policy requires college admission standards plus under five high school credits.
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Ameron University
Lawton Public Schools
Oklahoma
Richard Murray
University At
Cameron
Bob Roundtree
Murray
Roundtree
Oklahoma State Regents For Higher Education
Swimmers Hope For City Beaches At Lawtonka Ellsworth Lakes
Lawton residents favor opening Lakes Lawtonka and Ellsworth to swimming next summer after a Lakes and Lands Commission recommendation. The City Council will discuss the plan Tuesday, with officials noting current ordinances ban swimming and wading though fishing and skiing are allowed.
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Pat Hollis
Mark Kingsolver
Constitution
REA
Lawtonka
Ellsworth
Lawton
Lake Lawtonka
Joe Wade
Ella Madden
Flower Mound Road
Donald Barber
Smith
Lakes and Lands Commission
Wade
Commission
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Glenn E. Watts
Communications Workers of America
Eee
Watts
CWA
International Brotherhood of
Telecommunications International Union
Fafido Morris
Jory Manis
Lawton Rangers
Department of Energy
Sunshine Club
By Dan Manley
The
Constitution Staff
California
Sunshine
Lee Beaches
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