Crime Commission Auditors Call For $800000 Repayment
Oklahoma City AP State Crime Commission auditors urge the Corrections Department to repay about 800000 in LEAA grants due to mismanagement. They couldn't account for 152375 in funds and cited unmet matching requirements totaling 497960, with further mishandling raising the total. Sam Hammons notes Gov. Boren era issues may be resolved locally. Robert Grimes says repayment, if any, would be negotiated.
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Sam Hammons
David Boren
Dallas
Department of Corrections
Museum Evening Hours Cut Back Over Funding Shortfall
Lawton's Museum of the Great Plains will close evening hours due to limited funds. The museum seeks a 1976 budget of 105000 including 45000 state funds and 45000 from Lawton with McMahon Foundation support. Current grants total 70000. capital outlay is unfunded for 1976.
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Tropical Storm Caroline Aims for Texas Coast
Tropical Storm Caroline strengthened in the Gulf and may reach hurricane strength today as forecasters warn small craft to stay ashore and surfers to avoid hazardous undertows. Officials caution Labor Day beachgoers along Padre Island and the Texas coast to monitor the storm’s progress.
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Texas
John Hope
National Hurricane Center
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Gulf
Middle Gulf
Brownsville
Neil Frank
Frank
Padre Island
Corpus Christi
Councilman Replies To Earlier Accusation
The council member defends himself against prior charges as petitions for a charter review surface, with SKIP GIBSON noted as a possible organizer.
Lawtons recall battle widens as Roberts answers petition
Lawton’s labor dispute spurred a recall bid against City Council member Norma Roberts. A city charter petition rumor circuit mentions a citywide charter revote and election of the police chief, while no new petitions are filed. Roberts filed a formal answer to the Aug. 18 recall petition alleging malfeasance.
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Lawton
Norma Roberts
Roberts
Willie James Truitt
Kissinger Delays UN Speech to Close Middle East Pact
Kissinger will postpone addressing the United Nations General Assembly to finish the Israel Egypt accord. With initialing expected by Sunday or Monday, aides say he will stay in the Middle East to complete the pact before leaving. The plan shifts from Sept. 1 or 2 to Sept. 3 as talks continue.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Kissinger
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
U.N
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Gidi
Sinai
Abu Judeis
Egypt
Tahseen Bashir
Sadat
Israel
Bab el Mandeb
Red Sea
De Valera, Irish Leader, Dies in Dublin at 92
Eamon De Valera, veteran fighter for Irish independence and Ireland’s first prime minister, dies in a Dublin nursing home at age 92 after years of declining health. Born in America, he led the nation to independence and served as president from 1959 to 1973. His wife Sinead had died earlier at 97.
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Dublin
Ublin
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Britain
Foster
Sinead
Miners Return to Work Partially Halts National Strike
About 1,000 Pennsylvania miners go back to work easing a three week coal strike that idled two thirds of the nation s 125 000 union miners. Some 88,000 bituminous miners remain out despite court orders and pleas from union leaders. The strike began in West Virginia and spread to other states. In Ghent Belgium a pistol wielding convict and his wife broke into the warden s office demanding safe conduct and faced riot police.
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W. Va
Pennsylvania
United Mine
UMW
West Virginia
Ghent
Belgium
De Valera Golden Wedding Notables Appointed
The De Valera family marked a golden wedding in January 1960 with seven children and 17 grandchildren present. One child died in a 1930s riding accident, leaving six surviving offspring.
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Weather outlook for Law ton area through Saturday
Clear to partly cloudy conditions prevail with mild temperatures. Tonight’s reading in the low 70s and Saturday’s high in the mid-90s. Thursday peaked at 87 and fell to 72. Labor Day weekend expected to be warm and humid.
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Lawton
Catleek Inciades
Frontier celebration at Cache draws crowds for rodeo and mock hanging
Old West festivities return in Cache with a rodeo starting at 8 p.m. today and events through Saturday. The Comanche Gourd Clan hosts Labor Day powwow at Tia-Piah Park, free to the public. The 101 Ranch legacy is recalled with echoes of Miller Brothers rodeos and famous figures like Roosevelt and Will Rogers.
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Tia-Piah Park
Medicine Park
Oklahoma
Miller Brothers 101
Ponca City
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