County Officials Win Restore of Budget Control
Comanche County commissioners regained authority over personnel and salary figures for county officers and deputies after a state examiner ruling. The examiner clarified statutes allow commissioners to set staffing and pay levels while excise board finalizes overall funding, aligning with practice since 1975 76.
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Manche County
State Examiner
Comanche County
County Excise Board
Oklahoma
Excise Board
Clint Ward
County Commission
White
Commission
Unexpected Gain Keeps Enrollment Near Past Level
Lawton's kindergartens posted an 18 247 student district total with only about 80 fewer than last year as officials had expected a 400 student drop. Kindergarten classes rose by 100, easing overall losses. enrollment may rise 500 to 600 after Labor Day.
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Donna Evers
Lawton
Kissinger Jumpstarts Sinai Accord Talks In Mideast
Secretary of State Kissinger arrives in Alexandria with a draft interim Sinai pact between Egypt and Israel. Israeli leader Allon says progress is remarkable as talks focus on withdrawal lines and front line surveillance posts to be manned by American technicians. Mansfield opposes using American civilians for the posts.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Henry A. Kissinger
Sinai
Israel
Yigal Allon
Kissinger
Gad Yaacobi
West Germany
Geneva
Anwar Sadat
Jerualem
Yitzhak Rabin
Council weighs protest over language in gas probe request
Lawton Oklahoma city council may revise phrases in a Aug 19 resolution seeking state and federal inquiry into gasoline price fixing. Paul Welch objects to calling it price fixing and says he has been investigated before. Councilman Pursley will push to review wording while Prince warns of threats against him.
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ITY
Paul Welch
Robert Prince
Lawton
Texas
J. J. Pursley
Welch
Oil Imports Narrow Trade Surplus Despite July Rise
The Commerce Department said July imports rose 13.7 percent while exports grew 2.2 percent, leaving a trade surplus of 977.1 million. Year to date exports exceed imports by 6.4 billion as oil demand pushes imports higher amid a cautious economic recovery.
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Ashington
Commerce Department
U.S
Thunderstorms Hit Missouri Kansas Leaving Scattered Flooding
Storms dumped 2 to 5 inches across Missouri and Kansas with a 5.15 inch total at Liberty near Kansas City. A tornado damaged four homes in Wilmont Kansas with no injuries. Rain spread from central Missouri into Illinois as a northeast wind carried heavy showers. DETROIT AP Investigators subpoena witnesses before a federal grand jury probing Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance and misuse of union funds. Joe Bane of Teamsters Local 614 in Pontiac confirms subpoenas for Sept 3 and 4 and 10 a.m. appearance.
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Missouri
Kansas
Inno
Wilmeont
Winfield
Liberty
Kansas City
Haif
Jefferson City
Illinois
Detroit
Jimmy Hoffa
Hoffa
Teamsters
Joe Bane
Teamsters Local 614
Pontiac
Federal Grand Jury
Weather Outlook for Lawten and Southwest Oklahoma
A 30 percent rain chance and cooler temperatures are forecast tonight and Wednesday for Lawten and southwest Oklahoma. Early showers added .13 inch in downtown Lawten and 0.56 inch at Fort Sill. Tonight's low should be in the upper 60s and Wednesday's high in the upper 80s. Monday reached a high of 95 and a low of 78.
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Lawten
Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Portuguese Leaders Fail To Solve Premier Crisis
Portugal's military council failed to resolve the crisis over Premier Vasco Goncalves amid power outages blamed on an overloaded Spanish line. Violence flared in Leiria as anti Communist protests continued, and a three story Communist HQ was defended by gunfire before troops secured the building.
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Isbon
Portugal
Vasco Goncalves
Spain
Leiria
Revolutionary Council
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Goncalves
Ernesto Melo Antunes
Otelo de Carvalho
Nostalgic Look at 1925 Prices and Wages Advertised in 1925
Lawton Constitution reprints 1925 prices and wages with gas at 24 cents a gallon, T bone luncheon at 75 cents, dresses five dollars, hats a dollar, 10 cent children's admission to Thunder the Wonder Dog film, groceries from 10 to 60 cents per item, and wages of 20 cents an hour or $73 a month.
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Midland Hotel
Parisian
Dayton
Tenn
Lawton
Dome Theatre
Thunder
Wonder Dog
Clara Bow
James Mason
Stewart and Son Grocery
Third and
Stewart
Ford Motor Company
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Sion
Pearl Harmon
Kidergarten
Country Club Heights School
Bob Hooper
Rogers
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Mike Mansfield
Montana Democrat
South Vietnam
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The
Associated Press
Editorials
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Circus
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Lisbon
Communist Party
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Ford
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