LURA Rules Out Split Mall Plan But Seeks Policy Stance
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority backs continuing pursuit of a downtown covered mall with an extended option to May 30. Developer Jack Jacobs says progress unlikely before year end as major stores wait for the economy to improve. The board seeks a policy statement to City Council and discusses avoiding a break-up into free standing structures.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority Board
Jack Jacobs
LURA
Jacobs
Parking Authority
Charley Wade
Jacob
Richard Glenn
Don Gas
House OKs Oklahoma tax cut and smoking ban move
The Oklahoma House approved a $3.4 million state income tax cut and a smoking ban for certain public areas. Gov. David Boren praised the passage as the measure heads to the Senate for consideration next week.
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Oklahoma City
House
Senate
Gene Howard
Sen
Finis Smith
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
David Boren
Boren seeks Lash ouster amid board resistance
Gov. David Boren plans to remove State Corrections Director Russell Lash with Capitol sources saying the effort faces holdover board members. Lash faces opposition from lawmakers. only two of seven board members are Boren appointees, while four votes are needed to fire him.
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Oklahoma City
David Boren
Russell Lash
Capitol
State Corrections Board
Lash
Boren
David Hall
Oklahoma
Indiana
Irvine Ungerman
Tulsa
Ungerman
Seth Millington
Norman
Tim Curtain
Watonga
Millington
Ford Names Carla Hills as HUD Secretary
President Ford will nominate Carla Anderson Hills, 41, an assistant attorney general, to be the third woman cabinet member. She would lead housing and urban development with a $60 000 a year salary. Proxmire opposed, saying she lacks qualifications. White House officials defend her managerial and legal expertise. Mrs Ford welcomed the choice, noting Hills is a capable lawyer and mother of four.
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Washington
Ford
Carla Anderson Hills
White House
Hills
Housing and Urban Development
Nessen
William Proxmire
Dwis
Senate
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Carla A. Hills
HUD
Proxmire
Sheila Weidenfeld
James T. Lynn
Office of Management and Budget
Associated Press
Turkish Cypriots declare separate state in occupied north
In Nicosia Turkish Cypriot leaders proclaimed a separate state for the northern 40 percent of Cyprus, where most agricultural and mineral wealth is located. In Washington a federal judge ruled the White House cannot withhold highway funds, ordering release to 12 states. In Poteau, Okla., two jail escapees held a family hostage before being recaptured near Pocola. Brezhnev resurfaced in Kremlin with Harold Wilson. U.S. carrier strength in Asia will decline next year. White House also moves to cut future GI education benefits as Vietnam wartime period ends.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Cyprus
Washington
White House
Congress
Poteal
Okla
Poteau
Here
Pocola
Nancy Hutchinson
Pentagon
Odell W. Vaughn
Veterans Administration
Ford
Gasoline prices rise in Lawton I to two cents a gallon
Gas prices climb one to two cents weekly in Lawton with self service pumps cheaper than full service by one to four cents. Kerr McGee and Phillips related increases cite higher production costs due to pricier crude. Local stations quote regular at 51.9 cents unleaded 52.9 with some raises to 53.9 and 54.9 at others.
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Ronnie Hastey
Kerr-McGee No. 4
Cache Rd
Phillips Petroleum
M. K. Price
Earl’s DX
Cache Road
Dawn Valentine
Luke’s
Phillips 66
W. Lee
Phillips
Kay McGuire
McGuire
Exxon
Fort Worth firm wins low bid for crash rescue vehicle
Lawton's Municipal Airport Authority accepted Fire Central Engineering Co.'s bid of 66992.52 for a foam dispensing crash rescue vehicle to serve new runway improvements. Walter Motor Truck Co. bid 93320. Delivery after at least one year. Federal approval pending.
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Lawton
Fort Worth
Tex
City Hall
Fire Central Engineering Co
Airport Authority
Walter Motor Truck Co
Voorheesville, N.Y
Gilbert Gibson
Federal Aviation Administration
U S Officials Review Situation In Cambodia
In Phnom Penh Adm. Noel Gaylor arrived to assess the Cambodian government’s plight and U S assistance. He met with Lon Nol and Gen. Sosthene Fernandez, as Washington plans a 10 day airlift of ammunition costing about 1.2 million dollars to expand Bird Air operations from 10 to potentially 20 flights daily amid Khmer Rouge blockades.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
United States Forces In
Pacific
Adm
Noel Gaylor
Miral
U.S
American Airlines
Bird Air
Washington
U. S. Air Force
Pentagon
Mekong River
Bird
Mild Spring Weather Forecast for Lawton Area
Pleasant spring like weather dominates Lawton with warm daytime highs and fair to partly cloudy skies. Winds from the southwest 8 to 16 mph prevail tonight. Lows dip to mid 30s and Friday highs reach the mid 60s. A cooling trend arrives Saturday through Monday with a chance of light rain ending Sunday. The warmest day tops 50 degrees. Wednesday records show 66 high and 34 low.
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Lawton
Means Named Medical Director of New Mental Health Center
R Royce B Means longtime Lawton physician named medical director of the Jim Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center on the Cameron University campus. He will phase out private practice to begin duties as the center opens near March 1 with federal funding starting April 1.
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R. Royce B. Means
Lawton
Jim Taliaferro
Cameron University
Means
Oklahoma
Oklahoma University Medical School
Gram
State Mental Health Department
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Lawton Auto Parts
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Chico
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Thailand
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Harold Wilson
Kremlin
Brezhnev
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Airport Board UK
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DR. Royce Means
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