Lawton vote rejects refund on missed garbage service
Lawton city council approved a 9 to 1 motion requiring residents to pay for garbage despite a strike that left pickups from July 29 to August 7 and limited service on August 8. The policy warns of possible action including cutoff of utilities for nonpayment.
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Lawton
Rex Givens
Fredrick Chenault
Chenault
Givens
Don van Meter
Norma Roberts
Donald Rust
Harry Anderson
Keith Haynes
Robert Prince
J. J. Pursley
Adam Matthews
Councilman Seeks State and Federal Gasoline Price Probe
City Councilman Robert Prince seeks next week action on a resolution asking state and federal agencies to investigate gasoline prices in Lawton. He also requests a Monday meeting with Public Service Company officials amid a potential bid to cut electric rates.
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Robert Prince
Lawton
Prince
Public Service Company
Oklahoma
Texas
U.S. Justice Department
Motorcycle Crash Claims Area Man
A 36 year old Walters man G M Davis was killed early today in a single vehicle crash near Comanche in Stephens County Oklahoma His 1974 motorcycle struck a bridge abutment after running off a small incline causing fatal head injuries He was not wearing a helmet The incident raised Oklahoma 1975 highway death toll to 479 versus 419 a year ago
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Walters
Comanche
Stephens County
G. M. Davis
SH 53
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Davis
Oklahoma
Donald Lee King
Kansas City
Kan
Inter
Fort Sill to test flexitime for civilian workers
About 3,500 Fort Sill civilian employees will trial flexitime for three months starting Oct 1. Workers must complete an eight hour day with core hours 8 30 a.m. to 3 30 p.m but may vary start and end times and announce schedules in advance. Goals include improved morale productivity reduced sick leave and tardiness. See TEST, Page 2.
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OST
Fort Sill’s
Fort Sill
Bart Skaggs
Skaggs
Excise Board Gains Budget Authority in County Fight
State auditor Clint Ward assigns budget trimming to the three member excise board in Comanche County. The board will vet Sheriff Coy Rogers requests for 1975 76 against available revenues, shifting power from the county commissioners who previously controlled pre budget reports. Knight White and King expressed concern as the panel becomes the focal point in the funding dispute.
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Clint Ward
State Auditor's Office
Ward
Coy Rogers
Excise Board
R. E. Glenn
Harrison King
Rosa Hines
County Excise Board
R E. Glenn
L. M. Knight
Comanche County
Roger
Excise Panel
Knight
Frank White
County Commission
Simon attacks food stamps as haven for chislers
Treasury Secretary William E. Simon denounces the federal food stamp program as a haven for chislers and rip-off artists. He cites growing government spending and warns the program shifts problems from individuals to the state as part of a broader threat to free enterprise.
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Bloomington
Ind
Treasury
William E. Simon
Chislers
Simon
Ford
Congress
Army Discovers Drug Test Death
Army investigators found that a civilian psychiatric patient died after a drug injection during a 1953 test under Army contract. It is the first death linked to extensive Army sponsored drug experiments dating back over two decades involving about 4000 soldiers and civilians. Pentagon officials withheld the victim and other names while locating relatives and gathering more details.
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Washington
Army
Pentagon
Joseph Laitin
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Titan 3E Centaur valve delay mars Mars mission launch
Technicians replace a sticky valve on a Titan 3E Centaur rocket delaying the Mars twin Viking spacecraft launch by three days. The restart is set for 5 08 p m EDT Thursday.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Mars
Weather today high 96 low 34
Temperature range reaches a daytime high of 96 degrees and a chilly low of 34 degrees. Clear to partly cloudy conditions expected with light to moderate winds and no significant precipitation noted.
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Tulsa County
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