Enrollment Day Opens as Lawton Schools Start
enrollment day in Lawton elementary schools began with students and staff arriving early for registration. Parents signed forms and received handbooks while teachers prepared classrooms and buses. Mrs S L Love noted pride in back to school, and teacher Mrs Ricky Larrance expressed excitement about teaching fourth grade.
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Lawton
Susan
Kerri Hargreaves
Barbara
Mrs
Vicki
Beth
S. L. Love
Brandon
Douglass School
Ricky Larrance
Derald Douglas III
Derald Douglas
Cameron University
Tina Hurley
William Hurley
Westwood Elementary School
Bill Dixon
Israeli protesters block traffic in Jerusalem near Rabin home
Several hundred demonstrators from the right wing Gush Emunim bloc blocked central Jerusalem streets to protest the Sinai accord as police barred them from marching to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's residence. The action coincided with Kissinger preparing to depart Washington on an Egyptian Israeli shuttle.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Yitzhak Rabin
Sinai
Egypt
Israel
Gush Fmunim Bloc
Rabin
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Kissinger
Czechoslovak Jetliner Crashes at Damascus Airport
A Czechoslovak jetliner with 128 aboard crashed while attempting to land at Damascus airport, exploding and killing 126. Initial reports listed three survivors, one later died.
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Damascus
Syria
Weatherette Forecast for Lawten Area Through Thursday
Fair skies and hot conditions continue in the Lawten area with no rain in sight. Tonight temperatures fall to around 70 with light winds. Thursday sees a high in the mid 90s and cooler overnight. Tuesday reached 96 with a low of 71.
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Lawtern
Lawten
Sinai deal and aid pledge reshape Middle East
A Beirut based pro Egyptian paper reports Israel and Egypt reaching a pact after a Ford pledge toward a Syria Israel accord by end of 1975. Yitzhak Navon says the US will provide Israel about 2 billion dollars in aid and guarantee replacement of lost oil from Abu Rudeis and Balain. Israeli troops killed three Arab guerrillas near Hanita after a 30 minute battle.
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Beirut
Israel
Egypt
Ford
Syria
Yitzhak Navon
United States
Abu Rudeis
Balain
Hanita
Post Gas Stations Reflect Price Here
Fort Sill gas prices follow a government averaging formula tied to local prices. The PX station price is three cents below the local average while self service is five cents below, causing Fort Sill personnel to pay higher rates when area stations rise.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Department of Defense
Federal Energy Administration
Army
Air Force Exchange Service
Fort Sil
Pipe Bomb Explodes at Alioto Home in San Francisco
A pipe bomb exploded early today at Mayor Joseph Alioto's home as he sought to mediate a police strike. The blast damaged the front porch and windows but caused no injuries. The Board of Supervisors expressed safety concerns and issued urgent recommendations, while bargaining for a two day walkout continued.
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Washington
Commerce Department
AN Francisco
Joseph L. Alioto
Board of Supervisors
Alioto
Angelina
Bill Rolph
Secuity
Presidio Terrace
Ford Urges Quiet Evokes Resolution In Grain Shipping Row
President Ford urged all sides to cool it and negotiate a settlement as longshoremen resumed loading Russia bound grain under a court order. He spoke at a Vail Colorado gathering of wheat growers while Galveston workers loaded a ship to the Soviet Union.
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Associated Press
Ford
Soviet Union
Vail
Colo
Holiday Inn Hotel
Galveston
Tex
Houston
U.S
U.S. District Court
James Noel
West Gulf Maritime Shippers Association
Great Plains Wheat Association
Western Wheat Associates
National Association of Wheat Growers
America
Lawton Housing Rebounds With 74 Rise In New Homes
Lawton’s housing market shows a rebound with single family construction doubling from January to July compared with 1974. Permits issued reach 106, up from 53, and the value climbs more than 85 percent as the city recovers from a prior slump.
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Lawton
U.S
City Building and Safety Division
Portuguese Officers Threaten Revolt Over Premier
In Lisbon moderates in the military pressure President Francisco da Costa Gomes to oust Communist-backed Premier Vasco Goncalves within a week or risk a power seizure. The ultimatum, delivered with General Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho and Ernesto Melo Antunes, follows attacks on Communist tied unions and street violence as Cunhal cancels a Porto rally.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Otelo Carvalho
Goncalves
Costa Gomes
Ernesto Melo Antunes
Lawton Arts Council Allocates 31500 To Four Agencies
The Lawton Arts and Humanities Council approved a 1975 76 budget of 31500 to four agencies from Arts for All funds raised last spring. Distributions total 19900 8999 55 2000 25 and 1149 40 to the Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra Lawton Community Theatre Lawton Fort Sill Art Council and the council itself. The new budget committee included Jack Carter Dr Charles Smith Sal Tarranto William Stratton and Guy Rogers.
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Lawton
Lawton Arts and Humanities Council
Arts Council
Jack Carter
AFA
Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra
Lawton Community Theatre
Lawton-Fort Sill Art Council
Carter
Charles Smith
Sal Tarranto
William Stratton
Guy Rogers
William Merrill
Mary Grace Ashlock
Council
Aulena Gib
Son
Arts For All
Oklahoma Arts and Humanities Council
Todd Lane
U.S. Army Field Band
Soldiers’ Chorus
McMahon Memorial Auditorium
Lawton Public Library
Fort Sill
Caisson Recreation Center
McMahon Auditorium
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Ederiels
Merkets
Sinai Deal
Mideast
By Paul Hart
Alioto Home
Mission District
Charles Beene
Pace
By Skip Gibson
Porto
Intersindical
Trade Union Confederation
Communist Party
Alvaro Cunhal
THE
Cunhal
Pepe
Bill Crawford
Fine Arts
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