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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1976
Page
1
A bitter winter storm swept the Great Plains bringing scattered snow across Oklahoma with two inches or more in the northwest. Ice snarled travel in the northeast corner and the Arkansas Ozarks as temperatures plummeted near zero. Lawton reported an overnight low around eight degrees.
The region endures a brutal cold front with winds up to 40 mph driving wind chill to about 30 below zero. Oklahoma towns report single digits and teens, with scattered snow, clearing skies, and forecasts of subfreezing nights through the coming days.
U S intelligence predicts Jamaica and Guyana will recognize the MPLA soon as part of widening international support. A MPLA delegation recently visited both nations and received moral assurances, potentially enabling use of refueling facilities for flights aiding Angola. A Soviet naval presence near Guinea is noted but may be largely symbolic amid broader power interests.
Oklahoma legislators open the 1976 session focusing on how much of Gov. David Boren’s program to adopt amid questions of funding. The central issue is an $80.2 million transfer from the general fund to a sinking fund, challenged by the State Supreme Court, with a $588.2 million annual operating budget and $5.8 million in non recurring items proposed for the coming fiscal year.
A district judge ruled in favor of the City of Lawton overturning the State Water Resources Board permit to Larry Cabelka for up to 130 million gallons a year from a spring feeding Lake Lawtonka. The city will appeal to the Oklahoma Supreme Court, arguing the spring flow is stream water with city rights and not private groundwater.
City manager John Thomson reports a faulty nearby fire hydrant timed the deadly house fire at 7107 Cherokee Ave. on Dec. 4. Two children, Clarissa Davis and Shawn Stanley, died after being trapped. toxology tests cite carbon monoxide as the probable cause. A new hydrant maintenance records system is adopted following public concern.
A sharply divided City Council approved a two-stage option on 41,000 square feet of downtown urban renewal land by a 6 to 4 vote Tuesday night. The decision comes as the council plans to end its nighttime meetings next week.
Civil conflict escalates as Palestinian guerrillas seize a Christian redoubt in northeast Beirut after artillery exchanges. Reports say 16 killed and 29 wounded as Syria signals possible intervention. Kuwait papers note a threatened Lebanon annexation and a food blockade breach affecting highways to Mt. Lebanon.
Mooreland Oklahoma three people were killed and three injured in a Cedar Dale gas plant explosion southeast of Mooreland. The blast occurred about 9 30 a m and investigators were unsure of the cause.
In Madrid, Spain, the army was ordered to operate Madrid's chief subway line to end a three day illegal strike causing widespread disruption. In Washington, a three judge court ruled that documents and White House tapes from Nixon's presidency belong to the government. In Elkhart, Indiana, blasts at Accra Pac Inc aerosol plant injured up to 30 people.
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