Fort Sill unit aids Guatemala quake victims
EMBERS of Fort Sill's 47th Field Hospital assisted injured after two massive earthquakes in Guatemala. The 52 troops returned to Oklahoma City after nearly two weeks at a tent hospital in Chimaltenango. They described widespread devastation, landslides, and fear in the streets as they treated many broken bones and witnessed mass casualties.
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Fort Sill
47Th Field Hospital
Guatemala
Chimaltenango
Homa City
Central America
Altus Air Force Base
Guatemala City International
Randolph O'Connell
Guatemala City
J.C. Estelle Townsend
Spec
Frank Rickets
Priscilla Suess
Karen McElhaney
Suess
Field Hospital
Lawton
Donald Ingraham
Nancy Taylor
Tornado kills three in South Arkansas towns
A Tuesday night tornado ripped through Wilmot Parkdale and nearby areas injuring at least 49. Three people died Eddie Anderson 13 Stella Mae Akins 37 and Patricia Akins 11. Homeless count 25 to 30 with five homes destroyed and eight with major damage. National Guard opened Lake Village armory to aid relief efforts.
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Hamburg
Ark
Arkansas
Eddie Anderson
Wilmot
Stella Mae Akins
Patricia Akins
Parkdale
Delta Medical Center
Greenville
Miss
Phyllis Akins
Vivian Akins
Orrie Akins Jr
Paul McDonald
Katie King
Mildred Anderson
Billy
Eddie
McDonald
Anderson
Joe Purcell
Hayes Epperson
Lake Village
Ashley County
Chicot County
Akins
U.S. 82
National Guard
John Giles
Bill Place
Union Baptist Church
Massive Oklahoma Grassfires Forge Wide Destruction
Grassfires ripped through thousands of acres in Oklahoma aided by strong winds. Several farms and homes were burned and multiple communities faced threats as dry conditions worsened. Fire officials warned of possible rekindling amid continued windy weather.
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Oklahoma
Prolonged Drought Continues Across Oklahoma
The Constitution reports no relief from a prolonged Oklahoma drought that sparked major grassland fires across the state. Temperatures hit sixty to seventy degrees with high winds. only McAlester saw a trace of rain. In Osage County a large blaze burned about 45 square miles, threatening Barnsdale, with two injured men and cattle and farm structures losses feared.
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Constitution
Oklahoma
Sooners
McAlester
Oklahoma City
Byars
McClain County
U.S. 81
Rush Springs
Waurika
Creek County
Osage County
Terry Anderson
Harold Lowery
Pawhuska Hospital
Barnsdale
SH 18
U.S. 6
Floyd Kelly
Sue Crawford
Shidler Review
Fairfax
Shidler
Pawhuska
Ford orders secrecy rules to curb CIA domestic eavesdropping
President Ford proposes a sweeping secrecy law and new wiretap powers. an executive order bars CIA and other agencies from domestic electronic or physical surveillance on most Americans. Mail openings would be expanded, with penalties for leaks. FBI excluded, NSA barred from U.S. intercepts. exceptions and procedures outlined.
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Washington
Ford
CIA
Congress
FBI
CSA
United States
National Security Agency
U.S
Army Warns Recruiter Shortfall Could Lower Quality
Army officials warned that reduced recruiting budgets and smaller enlistment bonuses may lower the quality of new volunteers. Secretary Hoffmann testified the typical soldier is 23 years old, 5 10, weighs 167 pounds, and most are high school graduates from middle income communities. He projected potential future losses and proficiency declines if funding remains tight while the defense budget rises to 25.9 billion dollars for the new fiscal year.
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House Appropriations Subcommittee On Defense
Army
Hoffman
Hoffmann
Guilt Admission Dropped Sykes Withdraws Plea in Murder Case
Ray Sykes, 19, who admitted guilt to first degree manslaughter in the death of his 18 month old son, withdraws the plea and the case moves to a first degree murder trial about a month away. Judge Raburn reset trial timing and denied bond after amending the charge for trial readiness.
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Hael Ray Sykes
Sykes
J. Winston Raburn
Raburn
Joe B. Reeves
Reeves
Robert Looney
Looney
City seeks injunction to stop hospital drainage onto streets
Lawton files district court petition to halt Comanche County Memorial Hospital water discharges affecting 100 blocks of 26th to 29th streets. City alleges 6000 gallons daily from boiler blow down condensate and process water creating pollution and a public nuisance. Hearing set for 9:30 a.m. March 9 before Judge Jack Brock. Hospital officials cite inadequate city facilities as contributing factor.
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Lawton
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Comanche County Hospital Authority
Jack Brock
Lawton Patrolman Arrests Son for Armed Robbery
Lawton patrolman Leon Burks arrested his 18 year old son Chris Van Burks for the armed robbery of Pat s Liquor Store at 1806 Lee. The crime at 1731 SW 12th ended with $83 recovered and the suspect to be arraigned on a felony robbery with firearms charge.
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Lawton
Chris van Burks
Leon
Stony” Burks
Pat
Lee
Ray Hall
Bill May
Burks
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