Automakers Extend Employee Layoffs Across Big Three
Chrysler extends Newark Delaware plant shutdown to Feb 3 as sales slump continue. Ford announces 19 000 indefinite layoffs plus 13 950 hourly workers furloughed for a week. GM plans 57 000 indefinite layoffs this month, total Big Three mobility impacts reach 106 000 with JanuaryIndefinite furloughs totaling 116 000.
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Chrysler Corp
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Ford
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Chrysler
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Three Suspects Arrested in Walters OTASCO Burglary
The county sheriff’s office arrested three men and recovered 16 handguns a $400 CB radio and other merchandise tied to a November 27 burglary at Walters OTASCO. Nine suspects are jailed awaiting further charges as investigators pursue additional arrests. A marijuana find was made at one arrest location.
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Bill Banks
Walters Otasco
Banks
Lawton
Youth Admits Theft Charge In District Court
Rolland W. McLean 18 of 107 Ave I pleaded guilty to a reduced petty larceny charge and received a one year suspended jail term. Co defendants Kermit L. DeLasier 20 and William C. Nolan 19 faced burglary charges. DeLasier faced a two year penitentiary sentence after a deferred sentence, while Nolan also got a one year suspended term. The trio aided sheriffs in solving other burglaries and were urged to join the Job Corps.
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Ave. I
McLean
Kermit L. DeLasier
William C. Nolan
No. 1
Faxon
Jack Morrison
Stein’s Iron & Metal Co
SW Fourth
Sam Stein
Sheriff's Office
Nick Alderson
Grady Crabtree
DeLosier
Nolan
Oklahoma City State Dept lists current grain and produce prices
Prices reported today by the State Department of Agriculture cover WHEAT BARLEY MILO SOYBEANS ALFALFA HAY BROILERS and EGGS across multiple Oklahoma towns including Keyes Liberal Perryton Ponca City Geary Clinton Hobart and Chickasha with ranges for each commodity and per unit quotes. Highlights include WHEAT at 4.42 to 5.00 per bushel and SOYBEANS around 6.50 to 7.21 per bushel with other items listed by town.
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State Department of Agriculture
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Liberal
Perryton
Afton
Altus
Manchester
Mangum
Weatherford
Clinton
Hobart
Pauls Valley
el Reno
Geary
Kingfisher
Okeene
Ponca City
Yukon
Medford
Temple
Gulf
Barley
MILO
Five Die On Oklahoma Roads In Thursday Toll
Five people died in various Oklahoma crashes Thursday, pushing the 1974 traffic toll toward 703. Tulsa father John W. McElroy, 90, died in a head on collision on the Broken Arrow Expressway at Memorial Drive. driver James A. Wager, 38, was listed in serious condition. Texan twin sisters Lilian Grimm and Vivian Leppard, both 45, and Arthur D. Richardson, 40, of Powderly were killed in a three vehicle crash on U.S. 271 near Hugo. Lillian Cantrell, 60, of Sallisaw died when her car hit a pickup driven by Larry Southern, 26, of Vian.
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Associated Press
Tulsa
Oklahoma
John W. McElroy
Bert McElroy
Broken Arrow Expressway
Memorial Drive
James A. Wager
Texas
U.S. 271
Hugo
Highway Patrol
Lilian Grimm
Vivian Leppard
Powderly
Tex
Arthur D. Richardson
Lillian Cantrell
Sallisaw
Larry Southern
Vian
Noise study questions large area plotted by engineers
A city official notes a small Rogers Lane area may exceed NEF-40 noise levels while questioning the Corps of Engineers computer plotted extent. The discussion continues from page one.
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Rogers Lane
Corps of Engineers
Counselor explains transactional analysis at vo tech chapter
John Eckenburger, social work consultant, spoke to the Great Plains Area Vo Tech School chapter of Dis tributive Education Clubs of America about transactional analysis. He outlined its principles and led a question and answer session. In other business, the annual food and toy drive at the school was described to members.
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John Eckenburger
Great Plains Area
Vo- Tech
Distributive Education Clubs of America
Eckenburger
Israel opens air raids near Beirut after theater attack
Allen reports talks with President Ford yield opening for partial Israeli Arab talks and concessions. Israeli air raids near Beirut hit Sabra and Shatilla camps after a Tel Aviv theater grenade attack that killed a British engineer and an Israeli woman, wounding 58.
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Israel
Tel Aviv
Beirut
Sabra
Lawton Explores Lease Type Public Housing Aid
Jamison says federal lease type housing could fix weak neighborhood pride by letting tenants rent anywhere with aid. Lawton Housing Authority blocked new starts last year and may need May elections to begin, while HUD studies act provisions. Workshops draw 50 officials from 14 southwest Oklahoma authorities.
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Lawton
Lawton Housing Authority
Oklahoma Hud
HUD
LHA
Dallas
Vo-Tech
Southwest Oklahoma
Jamison Hud
Oklahoma City
David Brown
Jim Bigham
Larry Mumford
Dave Taylor
John Allen
Saxbe Named Ford Chief Political Adviser
President Ford designates William Saxbe as chief political adviser with resignation to take effect after his ambassadorial confirmation to India or successor as attorney general is confirmed. Saxbe has strong focus on Indian affairs and has visited India five times since 1969, knowing its leaders.
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Ford
Saxbe
India
Nessen
First Seeing Eye Dog Used by Blind Person in 1938
Historical note marks 1938 as the year a seeing eye dog aided a blind individual for the first time. The milestone underscores early advances in assistive mobility and disability support systems.
Pennsylvania Coal Mines Shut Down
Western Pennsylvania coal mines largely shut by picketing construction workers as 22 000 miners idle in the region and ABC workers press for a separate contract. Negotiations resume in Washington after a 38 member bargaining council rejected a tentative accord.
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Washington
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District 2
Island Creek Coal Co
District 4
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Robena
District 5
Pittsburgh
Frick
Jones & Laughlin Steel
Consolidation Coal Co
Westginia
Consol
Christopher Division
Blacksville
Wheeling
Bethlenem Steel
Consumer Relations Committee Aims Education Dialogue
The committee seeks consumer education for adults and students, promotes dialogue between businesses and consumers, and works with law enforcement to curb violations. Written complaints go to the Lawton Chamber of Commerce. It will not provide legal advice or credit ratings or handle matters already before the courts.
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Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Hahney
Kissinger outlines NATO oil plan amid Cyprus talks
Kissinger said NATO foreign ministers agreed on a sequence toward an oil solution including conservation and new sources. He noted timing could be settled at a Sunday meeting with President Ford and French President Giscard d Estaing in Martinique. He stressed no Arab oil field takeover and progress toward a Cyprus settlement. He met with Cal llaghan Bitsios and Esenbel during four days in Brussels seeking narrowed Greece Turkey differences.
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Kissinger
Ford
Valery Giscard d
United States
France
Cairo
Leonid I. Brezh
Geneva
Cyprus
James Callaghan
Dimitri Bitsios
Menii Esenbel
Washington
Greece
Turkey
Brussels
Oil Ministers Plan Algiers Meet On Market Pricing
Oil ministers plan an Algiers communique for an extraordinary meeting next month to craft a new pricing system for oil. The plan divides producer and consumer roles with a single market price and fixed profit shares aimed at limiting producer profits and addressing inflation estimates.
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Algeria
France
United States
OPEC
Hamshid Amouzegar
Amouzegar
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Arraignments Scheduled as Stolen Items Recovered
Investigators planned arraignments this afternoon as deputies recovered numerous items reported stolen from Ward's including 25 handguns about 300 rounds of ammunition two camera sets clothing and jewelry. Some merchandise including three pistols and more clothing remains unaccounted for.
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Ward's
Bike Auction Set Saturday In Lawton
Lawton Police Department holds its semi annual bicycle auction at 9 30 a m Saturday at the city supply and maintenance building 2102 S Sixth More than 30 bicycles recovered by the department and unclaimed by owners in the last six months will be sold High bidders must claim purchases immediately after the sale.
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Lawton
City Supply and Maintenance
S. Sixth
Robert McCune
Art Theft Delays Visitors at Brooklyn Museum
New York AP report says a $50 000 Renoir painting titled Still Life with Blue Cup vanished after being cut from its wire and removed from its frame at the Brooklyn Museum around 4 10 p.m. Thursday. Police noted a man rolled a painting into a tube on another floor while 200 visitors were kept inside past closing time. The canvas measured 6 by 13 inches.
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New York
Brooklyn Museum
Fire reports from Thursday alarms in Lowton area
A Thursday sequence shows multiple calls for grass fires car fires and house fires. Notable incidents include a Clyde Williams residence blaze with interior damage and a minor vehicle fire at Cagies building. Fire Department logs list false alarms and a later Carrett Lumper Co fire two miles south of town.
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N. Sheridan
Taylor
Clyde Williams
Willams
Carrett Lumper Co
Roiroad Street
Artor
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