City split over free water aid for Marie Detty Youth Center
Lawton Oklahoma council wrestled with续 whether to continue free water sewer and garbage service for the Marie Detty Youth Service Center amid claims of mismanagement and legality concerns. Some officials urged reimbursement or a contract citing EPA guidelines while others defended the center noting round the clock youth services and external HEW funding totaling $189000 and ongoing support.
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Skip Gibson
Marie Detty
Charles Ellenbrook
Comanche County Fairgrounds
Wayne Gilley
Lawton
Fred Chenault
Jack Norrell
West Germany blocks U.S. effort for NATO plane sale
West Germany stalled a 2.5 billion dollar sale of radar equipped planes to NATO, delaying a airborne early warning system. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld urged progress, noting broad support for the system while a German coalition and new parliament shape the timeline into 1977.
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West Germany
U.S
NATO
Sels
Belgium
West Germ
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Donald Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
Bundestag
Schmidt
Boren To Address Forum At Friday Chamber Meeting
Oklahoma Gov. David Boren will discuss legislative goals and install new Chamber of Commerce officers at the Friday Forum at the Hotel Lawtonian. Lawton and Comanche County legislators attend. luncheon is open to the public with dinner tickets at 3.50.
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David Boren
Chamber of Commerce
Lawtonian
Lawton and
Comanche County
Boren
Bryan Waid
Oklahoma State Game Commission
Waldheim Wins Second UN Term By Acclamation
The U N General Assembly formally approved Kurt Waldheim for another five years as secretary-general. The Security Council recommended the move after a two ballot vote in which China shifted from opposing to backing Waldheim. Waldheim, 57, will earn 119 580 a year starting January 1 with support from the five permanent members.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Kurt Waldheim
U.N
Assembly
Security Council
China
Council
Panama
Waldheim
Big Five
Luis Echeverria
Mexico
Echeverria
U.S
William W. Scranton
Gas Curtailment Closes 20 Area Schools Today
Lonestar Gas curtailment due to high residential demand kept about 25 000 students home across north Texas and southern Oklahoma. Roughly 20 schools were closed with service expected to resume Thursday. Oklahoma and Texas districts listed include Fredrick Wynnewood Pauls Valley Walters Snyder and Wichita Falls.
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Lone Star Gas Company
Texas
Oklahoma
Lawton
Arkla Gas Company
Lone Star
Red River
Fredrick
Wynnewood
Pauls Valley
Walters
Snyder
Tipton
Waurika
Ryan
Empire City
Wichita Falls
Burkburnett
Iowa Park
Electra
Byers
Henrietta
Petrolia
Lone Star Gas
Walters High School
Bob Martin
Walters School
Martin
Bob Brown
Carter meets five more cabinet contenders in Atlanta
President-elect Carter held interviews at the governor's mansion with Harold Brown former Air Force secretary and other candidates including June Pfeiffer Breck Adams and Michael Blumenthal Brown is named as a possible defense secretary Young Rep. from Georgia may stay in Congress. The session aimed to fill top posts and reporters were kept from naming the others.
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Atlanta
Carter
Air Force
Harold Brown
Defense
Andrew Young
D-Ga
Brown and Young
June Cahill Pfeiffer
IBM Corp
Breck Adams
D-Wash
House Budget Committee
Transportation
Michael Blumenthal
Bendix Corp
Kennedy
Blumenthal
Brown
Pentagon
Lyndon Johnson
California Institute of Technology
Rex Granum
Carter Camp
Governor’s Mansion
Georgia
George S. Busbee
Southwest Oklahoma Weather Forecast Bright and Mild
Weather today calls for fair skies and warmer temperatures in Southwest Oklahoma through Thursday. Southerly winds 8 to 16 mph tonight with overnight lows in the low 30s. Thursday high expected in the mid-60s. Tuesday high was 46 and low 27.
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Oklahoma
National Weather Bureau
Lawton men buy Rush Ranch near Meers for estate plots
Jerry Babbitt and O. W. Warner bought the 690 acre Rush Ranch from Union Investment Co for over a half million dollars. They plan 350 to 500 plots from a half acre up with architectural controls and about four months before building begins.
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Rush Ranch
Meers
Lawton
Jerry Babbitt
O. W
Vince) Warner
Standard Life and Accident Insurance Co
Babbitt and Warner
Union Investment Co
Standard Life
U.S
Luther Bohanon
Standard Life-affiliated
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
MT. Sheridan
Mt. Tarbone
Medicine Creek
Babbitt and
Warner
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Chenault
Norrell
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Vic Ramirez
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
HEW
Lawton Public Library
Doris Killian
Rosemary Anderson
Dear Abby
Sports
Women of
Bridge
Aden Enee
Circus
Editorial
Helmut Schmidt
Nee Sale
By the Constitution Staff
United States
Young
Oklahoma House of Representatives
Lyle H. Boren
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee
Harry Truman
Truman
Gov. Boren
Carrie
Dan
GOV
Waldheim Ok’d
By Dennis Lang and
Jim Gipson
Plains
Congress
By Paul McClung
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