Early Friday Bank Closings and Holiday Hours Report
Several banks plan early closings on Friday for the holiday. Home Savings and Loan will close, while Sooner Federal keeps regular Friday hours with lobby to 4 30 p m and drive in to 6 p m. Other banks to regular hours with some early closures and many retailers to open Friday then close Saturday for New Years Day.
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Home Savings and Loan
Sooner
Federal Savings and Loan
Cache Road National Bank
American National Bank
Security Bank and Trust
City National Bank
Earling
Fort Sill National Bank
Sheridan Bank and Trust
Citizen’s National Bank
Oklahoma gas boom to fuel new fertilizer plants Near Enid and Tulsa
ONG and three firms plan in Enid and near Tulsa to build fertilizer plants using natural gas. The Arkansas gas supply will rely on contracted wells, with only 12 to 5 percent of Oklahoma gas products used domestically. Plants may open by mid 1977, expanding state gas consumption while not causing shortages.
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Enid
Agrico
Oklahoma
Whitt
Fred Davis
ONG
Oklahoma City
Davis
Federal Power Commission
Soldier faces felony charge after pointing pistol at trooper
Fort Sill specialist 5 Fred Arnold Dilworth, 27, was to appear in court on a felony count of feloniously pointing a firearm after allegedly brandishing a .25 caliber pistol at off duty Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. Fred Whitehead Monday. Whitehead, en route to a doctor visit, was blocked on a northside street when the driver allegedly threatened him. the vehicle was later found outside Reynolds Army Hospital. Dilworth was arrested by Fort Sill MPs and handed to Comanche County authorities.
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Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Fred Arnold Dilworth
Keith Aycock
Fred Whitehead
Whitehead
Reynolds Army Hospital
Dilworth
Comanche County
Oil spill cleanup under way after tanker hits rocks
Spil from North Carolina to assist in the cleanup. The cleanup operations are being paid for by the ship's owners. Wiman said officials have no idea what effects the spill will have on wild life but that there's a great possi bility it will hurt wildlife in the area. The Coast Guard said the tanker, Olympic Games, apparently lost power and its hull scraped over rocks while turning to dock.
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Page One
North Carolina
Wiman
Coast Guard
Funeral arrangements for M. Sgt. Keelty 61 announced
Funeral services for M. Sgt. (Ret.) George J. Keelty 61 of 2810 Oz man who died Monday morning in Fort Sill hospital after a short illness will be announced by Huddieston's Funeral Home. He was born June 11 1915 in Dover NH and married Madeleine O'Sullivan Jan 9 1938 in Portsmouth NH. He lived in Lawton since 1966 and retired from the U S Army June 1 1968. He is survived by his wife stepmother two brothers three sisters.
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George J. Keelty
Ozman
Fort Sill
Huddieston
Mr. Keelty
Howard Smith Ford
Dover
N.H
Trait Academy
Kittery
Maine
Madeleine O'Sullivan
Portsmouth
Lawton
U. S. Army
Fletcher
James Robert Watts
Robbins Funeral Home
Mr. Watts
Missouri
Oklahoma
Chattanooga-Faxon-Frederick
Cache
Grace Lee Bennett
Ida Ridgeway
Rush Springs
Airborne Run Routine Gains Mixed Reactions
General notes a new ditty about a C130 trip and a running program used by service members. Many respondents support the program describing it as beneficial and challenging though some report soreness and fatigue after runs. A WAC member calls it potentially mandatory.
Wheat loans and repayment noted by Kinder
Kinder says CCC wheat loans have always been paid back though some countries were slow. He cites rising U S wheat production over three years as a factor. He notes the Western Wheat Association, with offices in the United States and Asia, promotes marketing and servicing of farm products.
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CCC
Kinder
The
Western Wheat Association
Singapore
Japan
Taiwan
Manilla
New Delli
Asia
Africa
Kinder Said
Carter signals urban aid plan with Blumenthal role
President Carter says New York City bankruptcy is not viable and designates Treasury Secretary-designee Blumenthal to coordinate urban aid efforts. He and governors discuss a joint approach to easing urban finances, while fishing in coastal waters precedes remarks on a stimulus program. The plan may include public works jobs and tax cuts with a projected cost of 15 to 20 billion dollars.
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New York City
Carter
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
Beame-Carey
Rosalynn
Fire truck mishap injures crew. water tank damaged
Officials report firefighters crushed in the mishap while Ronnie suffers a fractured pelvis. Mayor Edward Hilliary Jr. notes the water tank was damaged and capacity may drop by half. A replacement truck will be pressed into service as Medicine Park awaits a Jeep chassis conversion.
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Ronnie
Edward Hilliary Jr
Hilliary
Medicine Park
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Lawton Constitution
Sun
Lawton Morning Press
Sunday Constitution Lawton Publishing Co. Inc
3Rd & A Ave
Okla
Constitution
APO
Press
Pullman
Thomasville
Tnt
Gore
United States
Canada
Health Insurance Institute
Lillian M. Keelty
Roseville
Mich
Francis A. Keelty
Walled Lake
John Keelty
Rose Blanche Keelty
Lynn
Mass
Beverly Pinkham
Iris Smalinberg
James Watts
WAC
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