Election Board eyes split of Lawton's top five precincts
Comanche County Election Board reviews a plan to divide Lawton five largest precincts to lower voter counts per polling place and may add two new polling sites. The plan redraws east west splits in Cleveland and Grove, and Johnson and Sullivan boundaries, with notices to voters and a 30 day protest window.
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Mark Kingsolver
Constitution
Comanche County Election Board
Lawton
J.N. Logan
Election Board
Cleveland
Compass Drive
Logan
Sullivan
South Lawton
Grove
Johnson
West Lawton
East Lawton
Woodland
Great Plains Area
Vo- Tech
Crosby Park
Park Lane
Paul Cullen
Governors End Conference With Peaceful Note On Farm Problems
Oklahoma Governor David Boren and Kansas Governor Robert Bennett led a heated exchange with FEA director John O Leary before the group backed an energy statement condemning Carter energy policy as weak for production. Exon and Hijort stressed farm links to the economy and the share of food dollars going to farmers.
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AFTON
Okla
Carter
Water
Nebraska
James Exon
Howard Hiort
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Exon
United States
Hijort
President Carter
Wisconsin
Martin Schreiber
Oklahoma
David Boren
Kansas
Robert Bennett
John O' Leary
Federal Energy Administration
O'Leary
Queen's Ireland Visit Sparks Belfast Street Clash
British troops and Catholic extremists clashed in Belfast as Queen Elizabeth II began a Northern Ireland visit. About 15 people were injured while 32,000 troops and police guarded the monarch. A bomb disrupted the Falls Road march near a military roadblock.
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Belfast
Queen
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Hillsborough Castle
Falls Road
City Hall
Innenn
Elizabeth Regina
Provisional
Irish Republican Army
En Ee Ee
Employe Council Started At Altus
Mayor James Starr discussed a police department controversy as 22 officers who voluntarily terminated by taking part in two sick-ins began returning to duty. The city council personnel committee, after hearing the officers’ cases, ruled the earlier self termination decision was in error and approved their return to employment.
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James Starr
Police Department
Com
Mystery creature terrorizes Stilwell area in Adair County
Adair County Undersheriff Gary Fain says authorities cannot name or cope with the reported nine foot tall hairy creature with glowing red eyes said to have clawed 15 year old Brian Jones. Civil defense notes alerted Sasquatch investigators to determine if the attacker matches Big Foot lore while officials pace disclosure to avoid panic.
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Tilwell
Okla
Adair County
Gary Fain
Fain
Adair County Civil Defense
Big Foot
Brian Jones
Ban Continued By Split Vote Council Sinks Lake Plan
Lawton City Council upheld a 5-3 ban on swimming at Lakes Lawtonka and Ellsworth to protect the drinking water amid health department warnings. The vote denied a tavern license at Grand Central Station and drew applause from residents.
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Lawton
Lawtonka
Ellsworth
Ashley Cagle
Rex Pierce
Vic Ramirez
Harry Anderson
Rex Givens
Barbara Pipes
Jack Norrell
Ed Riddle
J.J. Pursley
Fredrick Chenault
Council Chambers
Grand Central Station
Itate
Lakes and Lands Commission
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Mark Coleman
Coleman
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Lake Lawtonka
Immunity From Prosecution Sought In Dayton Fire Strike
Striking Dayton firemen offered to return to work if the city granted binding arbitration and immunity from prosecution. The move followed fires left burning during a three day walkout as residents battled blazes with hoses. Mayor McGee and city officials considered the proposal while a contempt hearing against strikers was moved up.
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Dayton
Ohio
James McGee
James Drake
James Alloway
McGee
James A. Rhodes
Ohio National Guard
Montgomery County Common Pleas Court
William H. Wolff Jr
Parliament Orders End to Canadian ATC Strike
Canada’s Parliament ordered striking air traffic controllers back to work. Normal service to resume after three days of suspension. The bill grants a 7.4 percent pay increase, imposes fines, and passed 136 to 11 in the House with Liberal and Progressive Conservative support. CATCA urged members to return.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canadian Air Traffic Control Association
CATCA
Air Canada
Airlines’ Industry Association
House of Commons
Liberals
Progressive Conservatives
New Democrats
Weather forecast with chances of rain and warm highs
Cloudy tonight and Thursday with a 59 percent chance of rain. Highs in the low 90s Thursday with lows near 7 percent. Tuesday's high reached 93 and overnight low 7. Friday brings scattered thunderstorms, then partly cloudy by Sunday with highs in the upper 90s to near 100 and weekend lows in the 60s to 70s.
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Split Grove
Meadowbresk
Divide Johnson Precinct
Old Cache Road
Governors Mall Farm Problems
By Jerry Scarbrough
J. C. Hicks
Cameron University Speech and Drama Department
Cameron
Louise D. McMahon
Altus
Mike Ray
The
Constitution Staff
Stus
Stilwell
Council Sinks Lake
By the Constitution Staff
Council
Dayton Firemen
Fraternal Order of Police
Ronald C. Brandenberg
Brandenberg
William Hockaday
Commons
Senate
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