Current Dry Spell Poses Crop Danger
The region faces crop risk as Oklahoma endures a hot dry spell with three months rainfall well below normal. Lake levels fall while water use spikes. Farmers seek rain for seed bed prep and forage growth, and extension agents note grazing limits from the drought.
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Outhwest
Oklahoma
L. T. Harrison
Lake Lawtonka
Lawtonka
Jimmie Sexton
Co-Op Services Inc
John Moten
Osu
Lawton Kindergarten Guidelines Spark Grade Card Change
Lawton Public Schools adopt uniform kindergarten guidelines to standardize instruction. A committee of teachers proposes removing A from the grade card and replacing N with not yet, clarifying that kindergarten is not a formal junior first grade program.
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Lawton Public
Lawton
James Roberts
What' s inside What' s inside Wont Ads
Classified item line reads What' s inside Wont Ads with contact numbers 353 0620 and 353 0626 and no additional details provided. The readable fragment implies an inquiry or listing but lacks description of the offer or service.
Ford names Robert Dole as running mate in 1976 ticket
President Ford announces Kansas Senator Robert Dole as his choice for vice president at a news conference. Reagan aides express disappointment as a draft-Reagan campaign ends. Reagan and Nancy Reagan react to the setback while Ford expects ratification at tonight's convention session.
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Kansas
Dole Ford
Kansas City, Mo
Ford Today
Robert J Dole
White House
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Dole
Bob Dole
Reagan
Lou Frey
Florida
Nancy
Sen
Howard H. Baker
Tennessee
Treasury
William Simon
William D. Ruckelshaus
Budget battle ends in defeat for council salary cut
In a morning budget session, a proposal by Charles Gibbs to halve the mayor and council salaries failed 6 to 2 with two members absent. Mayor Wayne Gilley defended pay as reward for extensive duties while Gibbs called the post honorary.
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Charles Gibbs
Vic Ramirez
Jack Terrell
Ed Riddle
J.J. Pursley
Don Aust
Harry Anderson
Tenet Aries
Gibbs
Wayne Gilley
Lawton
Oklahoma
Lease Transfer OK'd At Airport
The Metropolitan Area Airport Authority approved a six to one vote to transfer the lease from Southern Aviation Inc. to Air American Aviation Inc. The change should take effect by October 14 with Air American maintaining current operations and planning expanded services including paint, engine repair, and an on the job training school for aviation tech students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Area Airport Authority
Southern Aviation, Inc
Air American Aviation, Inc
Air American
Southern Aviation
North Korea and US Put Forces on Alert After Panmunjom Killings
The United States and North Korea raised combat readiness in Korea after the slaying of two American officers in Panmunjom. Pentagon officials discounted retaliation while North Korea ordered combat readiness and warned of possible broader war escalation.
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Seoul
South Korea
United States
North Korea
Korea
Panmunjom
Pentagon
Washington
U.S
Central
Communist Party
Kim Il-sung
Red Guard
Refuge official rebuts chamber on tourism impact claim
Lawton refuge manager Roger Johnson told Chamber of Commerce members the reserve's public use is not being de-emphasized and disputed a $130 million annual loss claim. He cited year to date visitation of 622000 versus 398000 last year and said most visitors are local or from nearby states, with only a few from Texas beyond.
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Ward Byers
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Roger Johnson
Chamber of Commerce Board
Chamber
Lawton
Johnson
Chamber Wildlife Refuge Committee
Henry Zwaan
Oklahoma
Texas
Clark Carpenter
Carpenter
Staal
Sooners Study Veep Pick As Delegation Caucuses
Oklahoma's 36 Reagan votes were cast as the delegation began 11 a.m. caucuses per Tom Daxon press liaison. He said Reagan faces pressure to consider a ticket with a non Reagan vice president with Sen. Howard Baker of Tennessee named as a possible candidate.
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Klahoma
Tom Daxon
Daxon
Ronald Reagan
Oklahoma
Reagan
Xon
Lawton Publishing Company
Texas
Sen
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Fort Sill to roll out wheeled trash containers
About 1100 two gallon green wheeled trash containers will be distributed at Fort Sill with hydraulic lift trucks to collect waste. The system targets 78 percent of on post families and starts next month with areas lacking service roads excluded. Containers attach to steel bars for lifting and emptying. The program will replace the old Lee Trash method in Artillery Village and Capehart areas by mid September.
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Fort Sill
Cecil Lockwood
Ft. Sill
Artillery Village
Officer Cape
Capehart
Lee
Powera
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Circet
Editorie
Aasecenee
Gop
Pape
Council
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Fredrick Chenault
Rex Givens
Rex Pierce
Counciman Chenault
Gilley
Rust
Boyce Ramming
See
Poce
United States Alert Forces
Joint Security
Richard Stilwell
United Nations Command
UNC
Stilwell
Military Armistice Commission
Arthur G. Bonifas
Newburgh
N.Y
Mark T. Barrett
Columbia
S.C
U.N
Ar- See
Rogers
Chamber Board
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