Swine Flu Inoculation Halted After Paralysis Claims
Lawton residents report paralysis symptoms after swine flu shots prompting the City-County Health Department to stop the inoculation program. Fort Sill worker diagnosed with Guillain Barre syndrome not linked to the vaccine. 29,000 county residents immunized. 91,000 doses remain. testing ongoing.
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Lawton
Health Department
Fort Sill
Adeline Yerkes
Yerkes
Comanche County
State Health Department
Swine Flu Immunization Program Faces Dept Setback
Federal officials said the swine flu immunization program may be dead even if the vaccine clears a link to a paralytic disease, as 13 new Guillain Barré cases raise totals to 107 with six deaths. HEW official Dr. Theodore Cooper warned suspension could be permanent if the connection is proven.
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Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Washington
Theodore Cooper
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Cooper
Senate Health Subcommittee
Lawton URA bids to sell land for new Post Office facility
The Lawton Urban Renewal Authority offers 177 600 square feet of land between E and F avenues and Fifth and Sixth streets for 1 15 per square foot totaling 204 240 dollars. The sale aims to back a new post office facility costing at least 2 million with construction possible by late 1977 pending postal service approval.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
LARA
Vince Elmore
William H. Brady Jr
Elmore
Brady
Lawton
Kinley McClure
LURA
F Avenues
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Fifth Street
McClure
Bid exceeds estimate for MacArthur Junior High project
Lawton Oklahoma board faces uncertainty as the lowest bid 3.389 million exceeds the 2.5 million estimate by Perry Horacek and Richard Smith. Eight bidders from Lawton Oklahoma City Shawnee Moore submitted bids with a high of 3.969 million from United Builders Inc. The board may cut costs or delay the project and possibly retire the bonds if the plan cannot proceed.
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MacArthur Junior High
Lawton Board of Education
Robert Sims
Perry Horacek
Richard Smith
Chapman Construction Company of
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Shawnee
Moore
United Builders Inc
Sims
Horacek
Smith
Saudi Arabia and UAE Hold Oil Prices at Five Percent
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates defied the OPEC majority by raising oil prices 5 percent for one year starting Jan 1. President Ford criticized the move as irresponsible while Cyrus Vance and President-elect Carter praised the action. Sheik Yamani said other members would struggle to enforce a larger increase and stressed OPEC’s continued strength.
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Doha
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Washington
Ford
United Arab Emirates
Cyrus Vance
United Nations
Uae
Carter
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
First offshore superports to be authorized in US
Transportation Secretary William T. Cole men authorized construction of the nation's first offshore superports with conditions. Owners must operate nondiscriminatorily, avoid anticompetitive clauses, monitor environmental effects, and assume full liability for spills. Additional safeguards may be added as needed.
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Washington
William T. Coleman
U.S
Coleman
Santa Turis Powwow Promises Per Capita Giving
The Comanche Gourd Clan hosts a Christmas powwow with Kiowa, Comanche and Kiowa Apache dancers. Per capita payments will be shared during the dances, with money handed to guests. event runs 1 p.m. to midnight at Tia Piah Park near Medicine Park, Lawton.
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Santa Claus
Tia-Piah Park
Medicine Park Y
Lawton
George Smith
Woogee
Paper Recycling Plant Set to Open Here
Dale Kiser of Oklahoma Drug Co and Bob Dunlap plan a World Recycling Plant here. The facility, with 48,000 dollars in equipment, will process scrap paper into 1 200 pound bales for rail or truck shipment, creating 1 to 3 jobs initially.
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Dale Kiser
Oklahoma Drug Co
Bob Dunlap
Dunlap
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Kiser
Railroad Street
D Avenue
Winterlike weather forecast for Southwest Oklahoma
Fair skies and mild temperatures are forecast through Saturday. Winds will be southwest at five to ten mph tonight with lows in the mid 30s. Saturday's high will reach the low 70s. Thursday's high was 64 and the low 31.
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Oklahoma
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