Sadat Carter Quiet Talks Point to Diplomacy
Washington AP report details President Carter hosting Egyptian President Anwar Sadat at Camp David for a low profile visit. Both expect no dramatic breakthroughs as Sadat seeks U.S. pressure on Israel. Core issues include Palestinian self determination and Jewish settlements in Sinai and other territories. Carter pursues quiet diplomacy with balanced support for Palestinian rights and skepticism toward full Israeli withdrawal.
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Anwar Sadat
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Israel
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White House
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United States
Sinai
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Sinai Peninsula
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U.N. Security Council
President Wins Delay In Mine Council Meeting
The Carter administration asked United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller to postpone a bargaining council meeting for one day amid critical coal contract talks. Miller complied after a White House call from Labor Secretary Ray Marshall. Mediators met with union negotiators as talks neared a possible settlement to end the 60-day strike, the longest in UMW history.
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United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
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White House
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Claudia Townsend
Marshall
UMW
Norman Walker
Middle West
Appalachia
Separate Firms Bid To Purchase Empty Property
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority backs sale of six city blocks for single family homes in the former Pleasant Valley Project site. Two firms, Brown Adams and H N Enterprises, offer about $192,000 and propose different parcel acquisitions. City Council to decide final sales. projects date to a 1968 blight clearance and 1976 project closure.
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Roosevelt
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Pleasant Valley
Jobless Rate Drops Notch Report Shows
Washington report says January unemployment fell to 6.3 percent the lowest in over three years. An additional 270000 jobs were added, raising employment to 92.9 million while unemployment held at 6.2 million. Authorities note progress toward 6 to 6.25 percent goal, with minority groups posting persistently high rates.
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Labor Department
Weather Bump Ahead for Area as Warmup Forecasted
Brief forecast notes a busy week for car washes with a hint of spring warmth. The high reached 34 degrees and the low dipped to 23, signaling improving conditions for outdoor activities and services.
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Arts
Taft Axes Foxx Police Chief Title Amid Embarrassment
Redd Foxx, who drew national attention in 1973 by aiding a small mostly Black community and serving as police chief in title, had his badge lifted by a 5-0 Town Council vote led by Councilwoman Lela Foley. Foley, then mayor, calls the move embarrassing as the dispute over real or honorary status ends.
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Foxx
Nightmare' lifts comedian's star ended in town turmoil
Mrs. Foley recalls Redd Foxx's 1973 call and 1974 Taft police chief honor. Foxx donated money to a pool fund via the Redd Foxx Foundation, misaddressed funds caused friction, and donated a bus and two police cars later deemed unusable. She says the town of 550 suffers embarrassment and ongoing needs like sewers and water lines.
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Taft
Redd Foxx Foundation
Muskogee
Foxx Foundation
Ambassador Told To Leave Country
The United States ordered Vietnam's ambassador to the United Nations to depart promptly over involvement in an alleged spy ring. Dinh Ba Thi named an unindicted co conspirator in a federal spy case linking a Vietnamese economist and a U S Information Agency employee. This marks the first time a UN mission head was expelled.
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United States
Vietnam
United Nations
Dinh Ba Thi
U.S. Information Agency
State Department
Hanoi
U.N
Paris
Canal Treaties Gain Support Says Dolvin Before Cameron Students
Retired Lt. Gen. Welborn G. Dolvin a Panama Canal treaties adviser told Cameron University students that public support for ratification is growing. He noted one treaty runs operations until 1999 and the other preserves canal neutrality while blaming misinformation for opposition. Dolvin said the Carter Administration began campaigning after the treaties were signed.
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Cameron University
Ralph Blodgett
Sandy Edwards
Dolvin
Cameron
Carter
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Panama
Colvin
Traffic Accident Totals Drop in Lawton for 1977
Lawton city drivers logged 3,245 accidents in 1977, down from 3,129 in 1976, with eight traffic fatalities, 796 injuries, and 38 pedestrians hurt. The Cache Road Fort Sill Boulevard intersection recorded the most injuries and two fatalities occurred at Cache Road and 13th Street. Intersections with 20 or more accidents included U S 62 and 52nd Street and Gore Boulevard with Sheridan Road.
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Fort Sill Boulevard
Gore Boulevard
38Th Street
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52Nd Street
Sheridan Road
Second Street
67Th Street
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