Supreme Court Upholds President Clemency Power Limits
The Supreme Court in a six to three decision allows broad presidential clemency conditions on pardons and commutations, ruling presidents may attach non statutory terms. The ruling centers on a 1960 Eisenhower pardon of a murdered Army master sergeant Maurice Schick to life with no parole.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Maurice Schick
Uniform Code of Military Justice
Schick
Eisenhower
Law Burger Speaks
Burger
Hoffa
Richard M. Nixon
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Nixon
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Harry A. Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell
William H. Rehnquist
Thurgood Marshall
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan
Texas
Sixth Street Work Ends 33 Days Early
A new four lane segment of south Sixth Street into Downtown Lawton opened 67 days after starting Oct 18. The $239,000 project rebuilt and widened the block from Lee Boulevard to the Frisco Railroad tracks to four lanes and added a bus stop at Sixth and 1. The urban renewal project is funded by LURA and Model Cities, with Traffco providing striping and signing.
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Santa Claus
Sixth Street
Lee North
Frisco
Model Cities
A. J. Floyd
Don Whitaker
Don Gaskins
Santa
Floyd
Jim Freeman
LURA
South Sixth Street
Lawton
Freeman, Inc
Lee Boulevard
Central Business District
Lawton Urban Renewal
Urban Renewal Agency
Freeman
Trafco
Lura Board
Sixth and
Congress Sends Ford Bills On Unemployment
Congress sends two bills to President Ford expanding unemployment protection amid rising joblessness. The measures would extend benefits to 52 weeks for about 80 million covered workers and include 12 million more workers for the first time. If signed, coverage rises as unemployment stays above 6 percent. Farm workers domestics and state and local government employees would gain eligibility through state unemployment offices.
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Ashington
Congress
Ford
U.S
Gasoline Tax Hike Proposed By Joint Panel Urges Cuts
The congressional Joint Economic Committee urged large tax cuts to spur the economy and proposed a gasoline tax increase to reduce demand. A 30 cent per gallon gas tax could cut consumption and trim roughly 500000 barrels daily in year one. The panel warned unemployment could reach 7.5 percent by next summer.
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Ashington
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Congress
Andrew F. Brimmer
Federal Reserve Board
Walter M. Heller
Brimmer
Harvard Business School
Heller
NBC
Meet the Press
Congressional Joint Committee
Little Girl Rescued From Narrow Well in Miami
Amber Noel Peebles, 15 months old, was rescued after four hours in a coral rock shaft near Miami. Fire Lt. Pete Hendricks and a three man team widened a hole to reach her, then carried her to safety as cheering onlookers watched. Her parents, Harry S. Peebles and a nearby base sergeant, described the scare and relief.
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Miami
Fla
Amber Noel Peebles
Pete Hendricks
Amber
Harry S. Peebles
Homestead Air Force Base
St.Petersburg
Peebles
Hendricks
Papers Plan Holiday Too
The Lawton Morning Press will not publish Christmas morning to allow employee time off. The Christmas Eve issue of The Constitution will be delivered to all subscribers of both papers. Wednesday’s Constitution will be published at noon. All offices except newsrooms close Christmas Day. The Lawton Constitution will skip New Year’s Day publications. The Morning Press New Year’s Day issue will be delivered to subscribers of both newspapers.
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Lawton Morning Press
Lawton
Holiday shoppers seek higher quality merchandise in recession era
North and west Lawton merchants report shoppers ask more questions and favor higher priced, proven quality items. Buyers pick top end goods, reducing exchanges and delaying purchases. store staff note greater scrutiny of price and value today.
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Cache Road
Lawton
Evmar
John Bowman
Bowman Furniture, Inc
Bob Meadors
Meadors Department Store
Sheridan
Meadors
Bill Bone
Otasco
Cache Road Square
Cloth World
Gold Price Nears Records as Buyers Rush In
Gold prices jumped to record highs in Zurich and London as speculators bought ahead of the January 6 auction in Washington and the resumption of American gold purchases after 41 years. Prices peaked around $194.75 an ounce with London fixing at $193.75.
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London
Europe
Zurich
Washington
IRA Begins 1 Day Christmas Cease-Fire in Britain and Ireland
The Irish Republican Army announced an 11 day cease-fire starting at midnight, following a two hour bombing spree in London and Northern Ireland. Five blasts hit Belfast with three in Lurgan, no casualties reported. Heath narrowly escaped a bomb at his London home. The Provos warned of possible extension if peace talks fail.
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London
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Edward Heath
Belfast
Lurgan
IRA
Britain
David O'Connell
Provos
Dublin
United Kingdom
Heath
Buckingham Palace
Cold front brings rain and chilly Lawton forecast
A large low pressure system will bring cloudy skies and colder weather to the Lawton area tonight. A 70 percent chance of rain is forecast for tonight and Tuesday with northerly winds 6 to 14 mph. Tonight's low near mid 30s and Tuesday high around 40, after Sunday highs around 70 and low 41.
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Lawton
Reindeer Practice Landings Over Snow in Lawton
A heavy snowfall blankets Santa Claus Land as reindeer practice roof landings. Santa told a Lawton Constitution reporter deliveries will stay on schedule despite the weather and the day’s activity remains focused on timing and safety.
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Orth Pole
Santa Claus
Santa
Lawton Constitution
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