Citizens Voice on Pay and Fee Hikes in City Budget
Citizens, led by residents like Mrs. Jim Miles and Cullen Raley, debate city manager salaries and proposed rate increases. Supporters say raises ensure competent service and charter alignment. critics warn of future revenue risks and higher utility costs. Local attorney Charley Ozman recalls past charter reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Voice
Fountaine
Jim Miles
League of Women Voters
League
Cullen Raley
Dearborn
Oklahoma
Watergate testimony details Kleindienst accounts and firings
Former attorney general nominee Kleindienst testifies about wiretap probes, Ehrlichman pressure, and Liddy's approach amid the Watergate raid. He describes resigning after Haldeman and Ehrlichman quit, and recalls warnings of obstruction of justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kleindienst
National Caucus of Labor Committees
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Capitol
Russell Senate
Ehrlichman
G. Gordon Liddy
White House
Nixon
Democratic
Meat Shortage Poses Risk to Grocery Supply
Local grocers report a meat shortage scare is driving shoppers to stock up on freezers. Salesmen say orders are backlogged, showrooms are stripped to a few units, and demand has surged 10 to 1 versus last year as buyers anticipate limited meat availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Memorial births and admissions in Oklahoma towns report
Births include daughters and sons to Griffith, Bufkin, Padgett, Yates and others with times and weights. Admissions list patients from Cache to Lawton for medical and surgical care. dismissals noted for several in Walters, Duncan, Marlow and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derrell Griffith
Anadarko
Terry Meacham
No. 20
S. 49Th
Stanley D. Padgett
Ralph W. Bufkin
Bates Green Hackney Medical Records Snippet
Demeta Bates at 6904 Compass Drive. Maggie Green in Marlow. Ruth Hackney at 1106 South Fifth. Odessa Simmons in Walters receive medical notes or records.
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Demeta J. Bates
Compass Drive
Maggie Green
Marlow
Ruth Hackney
S. Fifth
Odessa Simmons
Walters
Legal Brief Supports Nixon Stand On Tapes
A court schedule outlines Nixon defense of executive privilege over presidential tapes in Watergate case. Judge Sirica set deadlines for responses and oral argument as Cox seeks nine tapes and White House memos. Nixon again refuses to comply with Senate subpoenas while White House argues privilege applies.
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Kleindienst
Dean
FBI
Nixon
Ehrlichman
Henry KE. Petersen
Watergate
White House
Nixon Campaign Committee
Petersen
Liddy
E. Howard Hunt
Ervin
U.S. Dist
John J. Sirica
Cox
Buzhardt
Sirica
Senate Watergate Committee
Watergate Committee
Richard M. Nixon
The
United States
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Gordon Strachan
H. R. Haldeman
Second riot suspect identified in Jamaica as James Owens
The crowd grew angry as Tate lay at the scene for almost two hours while police photographed and fingerprinted him. Owens, 26, was charged with grand larceny and reckless endangerment amid the April 28 taxi holdup case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Owens
Jamaica
Tate
Owens
Clifford Glover
Thomas J. Shea
Clear Well Repaired At Lawton Water Plant
The Lawton clear well at Lake Lawtonka has been repaired after extensive work costing well over $100,000. Repairs added interior cement and secured exterior rock, with the well refilled and reconnected to the city water system. Contractors cited poor initial construction by A A Construction and delays raised costs from an initial estimate of about $33,000.
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Lawton
Lake Lawtonka
L. T. Harrison
A&a Construction Company
Muskogee
Changes Aim at Moderating Price Increases
A cooling economy prompts proposals to curb price hikes while allowing adjustments tied to justified costs. The changes, sparked by July 19 regulations, seek a workable program responsive to consumers. Firms not raising above base prices avoid profit-margin limits. those with prior increases may keep them. increases capped at 10 percent over base plus justified costs to prevent skewing gains to a few items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlop
Skylab leaks draw concern over power systems
Officials report both primary and backup electric systems under review after leak fears. Analysis shows primary system faulty while secondary suffices for Skylab 2 and the upcoming two month Skylab 3 mission. Investigators seek the leak's cause. another large short circuit in the solar telescope system remains unexplained but has not disrupted experiments.
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Tom Lansden
W. Lee Boulevard
Mrs. Fannie Bean
Charley Ozman
Mrs
Connie Miles
Larry Fountaine
Magruder
Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Robert C. Mardian
Salg
Asst. Atty
Henry FE. Petersen
Earl Silbert
Mardian
Mitchell
Justice Department
John W. Dean III
J. Patrick Gray III
Clash Ozman
Alford Hennessee
Ozman
Hennessee
Don Whitaker
Page
Gisinger
Gore
Leatha E. Adams
Cache
Tronna J. Alexandria
Monroe
Joseph L. Blackburn
Katherine M. Blackburn
Floyd
Helen V. Carney
Homer T. Carroll
Grandfield
Richard R. Clanton
N. 24Th
Cheryl Y. Coultas
Medicine Park
Glenna B. Dyke
van Erwin
Bishop Read
Maria L. Garza
Ferris
Michael B. Golden
Duncan
Mary L. Good
Apache
Raymond QC
Ile
Temple
Annie A. Inklebarger
N. 32Nd
Barbara A. Johnson
S. 34Th
Goldie King
Snyder
Linda A. Lane
Ethel G. Tice
Washington
Arch Coombs
Fred Jennings
Dolittle
Robert Mitchell
William Ogletree
Gwendolyn Conway
Doris L. Green
Roosevelt
Patsy R. Kriss
Dallas
Tex
Hattie J. Moore
Cedar Crest Manor
Fannie Pointer
Thurman Hopper
Bill Speegle
Mary Dunford
Wisconsin
Gusta Knight
Fred Lee
Medi
Cal
Samuel J. May
Meadow‘brook Drive
Chester Whitaker
Clover Lane
Wallace Lawrence
P.H.S. Indian
Billy Yates
Waurika
Minnie Zurega
Silly York
Laverne Neal
Lource Carpuecher
Oklahoma City
Alice Kaylor
Star Route
George Pauker
Grace Q. Lemmons
White
Moyra
Kaskushe
Shawnee
Ruel L. McConnell
Glenn
Blanche Lebarre
Gay B. Portwood
Walter Ahhaitty
B. Sur- Faye F. Rose
Altus
Bernadine Warner
Gero
Méete- Roxie Kriewald, Anadarko
Lowell D. Whitlock
Fletcher
Vern P. Williams
Doris O. Cox
Cache, Medi
Mary A. Henry
Quanah
Michael Wermy
Daneil Cozad
Luther F. Daves
Denver
Georgia K. Earhart
S. Ninth
Mary Edward
Elma L. Frazier
McKinley
Bette M. Harrell
Pearl V. Holesapple
Edith G. Jensen
Theron Kennedy
Irene Montgomery
Carnegie
Grace Morrison
Faxon
Irene Murphy
Liberty
Medical
David Nemitz
F. Gore
Oneita L. Powell
Andrews
Robert H. Schumann
Laura Shafer
Joe Williamson
S. 25Th
Harrison
A&A’s
Indiana Gunite and Construction Company of
Alabama
Paul Bruny
Public Works
Ostatic Ea Mational Bank
Skylab
Gibson Pharmacy
B.T
Lawton Lumber Co
Ceda Lin
Ralph W. Currell
F Avenue
Jack Brittain
Mer
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