Council balks at library boards architect choice
Lawton council rejects the Lawton Library Board’s pick of Horacek and Smith for the planned library project architec t, voting 5 to 3. Councilman Wolverton says plans and funding details must precede any architect approval as bond funds and federal matches aim to total 13 million for sewer streets airport and library improvements.
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Council
Architect Choice
ITY Council
Lawton Library Board
Kenneth Easton
Dave Cagle
Horacek and Smith
Max Seibold
Ernest Roper
Larry Ferguson
Woody Wolverton
Cleo Craig
Harold Beaty
Library Board
Wolverton
Easton
Horacek
Smith
Library
Senate moves to end West Coast dock strike amid time plan
The Senate set a 2 p.m. EST vote window to tackle a bill ending the West Coast dock strike with a 4:30 p.m. first vote on adding Nixon's permanent strike settlement proposals. House action looms as Rules Committee weighs floor consideration, while Mansfield criticizes absenteeism.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Robert Packwood
R-Ove
Nixon
House
Mansfield
Vietnam Vice President Urges Exposure of Corruption
Vice President Tran Van Huong publicly acknowledged corruption as a national danger and urged South Vietnamese people to expose corrupt officials. The report notes multiple other AP briefs from Saigon, Oklahoma City, Malta, and Washington.
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Saigon
Tran van Huong
Lawton Fort Sill Bus Co rejects city subsidy offer
Lawton Fort Sill Bus Co refused a 250 dollar monthly subsidy in exchange for restoring dropped city routes and a fare rise between Fort Sill and Lawton. Mayor Don Whitaker read a February 2 letter from Sam A. Joyner, attorney for Mrs. Mary Katherine Morris, stating the runs will not be reinstated. The council had proposed reinstating two discontinued city runs and a 10 cent Fort Sill fare increase to offset losses.
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Coy Hobbs
Lawton
Fort Sill
Weather forecast for Lawton Oklahoma and Southwest Oklahoma
Partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures forecast for Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma. Highs in the low sixties today, a low near 30 tonight, and a high around 50 on Wednesday. Monday record high was 43 with a low of 22.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
U.S. Weather Bureau
Thieu Demands Saigon Control of Political Future
Thieu told U S officials that South Vietnam must decide its political future, not Washington, amid tensions over Nixon eight point peace proposals. He ordered Bui Diem and Pham Dang Lam to press Saigon's position at Paris talks and with Ambassador Porter. Washington declined to comment.
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Thieu
Saigon
Washington
AIGON
Nguyen van Thieu
Nixon
South Vietnam
United States
Bui Diem
State Department
Rogers
Paris
Pham Dang Lam
U.S
William J. Porter
Shultz Says President Not To Seek New Tax
George P. Shultz told the Joint Economic Committee that the Nixon administration has no plan to ask Congress for a value added tax or any new tax for the next fiscal year. He said any new program must justify cutting other spending or raising taxes, with the burden on Congress for any increase.
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Shultz
Washington
Nixon
Congress
George P. Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Nixon urges broad environmental bill agenda to Congress
President Nixon sent a special environmental message requesting about six new laws including a sulfur emission tax and a US UN environment fund of 100 million over five years. He asked states to control highways and airports by 1975 and to restrict tax advantages near waterways. A federal offense would protect endangered species, and poisons to control predators on federal lands were banned.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
United Nations
United States
West Lee and 82nd Street Improvements Move Forward
ROUNDWORK is laid for Lee Boulevard West and 82nd Street improvements with donated right of way from property owners along the route. James Black said easements for 2.5 miles east of 82nd are in place and more agreements are expected soon. 17 feet of right of way on each side are requested to reach a 100 foot easement minimum for four laning. Reconstruction of Lee Boulevard from 11th to Sheridan is underway with a new Sheridan intersection built with state help. Plans for a grade separation at Rogers Lane and U.S. 277 should be finalized in about 60 days, with the State Highway Department handling construction and easements without city participation. Fiscal 1973 is the latest date mentioned. Kennedy spoke on pursuing interstate designation for U.S. 277 from Oklahoma City to Lawton toward Wichita Falls and Abilene Texas, to connect with Interstate 20.
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Lee Boulevard
82Nd Street
Chamber of Commerce Roads and Transportation Committee
James Black
Lee
82Nd
Black
Cache Road
State Highway Department
Lee Boule
Vard
11Th
Sheridan
Charley Wade
Rogers Lane
U.S. 277
J. C. Kennedy
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Tex
Kennedy
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Ella Madden
Charles Green
Ferguson
Cameron State College
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
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D-Ind
Earl Butz
Senate Labor Committee
David Hall
Roger Miller
Erick
Miller
Oklahoma City Today
Hall
State Tax Commission
RCME
Britain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Dom Mintoff
Malta
Mediterranean
Mintoff
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Proxmire
West Lee
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