Water transfer study nears completion in Oklahoma plan
State Sen. Al Terrill says the Corps of Engineers water plan for Oklahoma should finish by March or April. The proposal links new and existing reservoirs via canals to move southeast water to southwest regions and prevent other states from claiming unused water. He notes growing eastern support and a $3 to $5 billion federal funding need.
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Corps of Engineers
Oklahoma
al Terrill
Lawton
Terrill
Mitted
Terrill Sax
Demolition Contract OK’d for Downtown Mall Site
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority approves a 28 8500 contract to Tompkins and Company to raze parcels along D E and F Avenues including the Bus Co. and City National Bank buildings. Work must start soon and finish in three months as part of the Downtown Project for a proposed mall.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Tompkins and Company
Lawton
D Avenue
Second
Fifth Streets
F Avenues
Lawton-Fort Sill Bus Co
Old City National Bank
Fourth
Tompkins
Ed Warmack
Warmack
Carter forms nine member panel to find FBI chief
President Carter signs an executive order creating a temporary nine member panel to name five final candidates for FBI director. Clarence Kelley will serve on the panel but cannot be considered. The group reports in 90 days and disbands a month after delivering its list.
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Washington
Carter
Clarence M. Kelley
FBI
White House
Jody Powell
Kelley
Pleasant Saturday Forecast for Southwest Oklahoma
The forecast calls for decreasing clouds and clearing skies Saturday with rain ending tonight. Low near 40, Saturday high mid 60s, and a 50 percent chance of more rain this afternoon. Thursday high 59, low 46. Lawton downtown recorded 1 inch of rain by noon and Lake Lawtonka Filter Plant noted about 0.70 inch this morning.
School Bus and Car Collision Injures Children
An Oklahoma crash injured two Verden children after a Chickasha woman skidded on an oil slick and struck a school bus carrying 21 students. The same day an Anadarko man died in a head-on crash near Fort Cobb involving a diesel rig.
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Verden
Anadarko
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Daniel Houtz
Cyril
Caddo
Dorothy Wimm
Chickasha
Gene Cain
Cain
Wimm
Mathew McGuffin
David Ogie
Fort Cobb
SH 9
Firefighters Contain Vehicle Maintenance Studio Blaze
Firefighters brought a blaze in a vehicle maintenance art studio at Cameron University under control about 1 p.m. today. Officials said damage was not believed to be extensive but a dry hydrant hampered efforts, forcing use of water from fire trucks.
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Cameron University
Wholesale Prices Rise Slightly in January
The Labor Department reported a five tenth of one percent rise in wholesale prices for January. The gain, led by farm products textiles and machinery, reflects prices as of January 11 before winter weather dampened crops in Florida and boosted natural gas and heating oil costs. The increase mirrors monthly gains since October.
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Washington
Labor Department
Florida
OSU Presidential Candidates To Be Voted On Soon
Oklahoma State University candidates for president will be recommended to the Regents at a special Feb 28 meeting. OSU committee chair Edwin Ketchum said final evaluations of eight finalists will be ready by Feb 25. Regents also voted to raise executive secretary H Jerrell Chesney’s salary from 35000 to 40000.
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Regents of
Oklahoma State University
A&m
Cameron University
INAL
OSU
H. Jerrell Chesney
Edwin Ketchum
Duncan
Chesney
Jon Ford
Oklahoma City
Policy and Personnel Committee
Ford
Population growth expert warns of 2025 boom at Lawton library
UDITH Kunofsky, a 29 year old Sierra Club speaker, outlines yearly U S births deaths and legal immigration totaling a net increase of 1 6 million and a 300 million population by 2025 She warns that energy conservation land use and pollution control depend on halting rapid growth She has spoken about 50 times annually for the club and taught math at UCLA.
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Udith Kunofsky
Lawton Public Library
Sierra Club
Southwest Group
Club
U.S
Kunofsky
UCLA
Mexico
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