Council Votes To Aid Arkla In Pipe Battle
City council backs Arkla in a delayed pipeline dispute tied to federal environmental rules. Officials cite potential loss of Anadarko Basin gas if the FPC withholds approval, with a March 1 certificate deadline and a year more before any pipeline operates. Additionally, Lake Lawtonka and Lake Ellsworth are designated as Waurika water delivery points with a dual-route pipeline plan.
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Noury
Council On Environmental Quality
FPC
Arkla
Anadarko
Anadarko Basin
Lawton
Lake Lawtonka
Lake Ellsworth
Benham Blair & Affiliates
Waurika
Ellsworth
Gunfight at Louisiana rally leaves deputies dead
A chaotic rally in which a group of about 18 Black Muslims clashed with police ended in gunfire that killed two white deputies, Ralph Hancock and Ralph Dewayne Wilden, as officers tried to remove cars blocking a street near a theater in Baton Rouge. Police arrested three men, one charged with attempted murder, and about two dozen others for curfew violations. National Guard troops patrolled gun shops and streets for the night.
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NAACP
Clemmons
Bauer
Maj
Fred Dummigan
Fred Sliman
Henry Baptiste
WBRZ
Baptiste
Parish
National Guard
Henry Harris
Baton Rouge
Harris
Hall's Road Bond Issue Faces Legal Hurdles
Oklahoma City AP reports the 250 million road bond faced growing trouble as Sen. Finis Smith seeks an attorney general opinion on legality and a possible state vote. Lawmakers also debated redistricting with Rep. C. H. Spearman proposing county splits to avoid affecting U. S. Rep. Tom Steed, while House moves its first bill of the session.
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Oklahoma City
David Hall
Senate
Supreme Court
Smith
Attorney General
House
Constitutional Revision and Regulatory Services Committee
C. H. Spearman
D-Edmond
State House doors changed to open outward
Maryland’s historic State House doors now open outward to meet fire safety rules, but visitors mistake them for being locked and leave.
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Annapolis, Md
Maryland
State House
North Laos fighting trims retreating Laotians and hits Sam Thong
Field reports describe Laotian retreat losses and a 50 mile refugee trek after Phou Cam fell. Sam Thong evacuated under heavy shelling while Fire Base Thunder held two miles east as Long Cheng fights encirclement. North Vietnam moves SAM batteries into southern Laos and targets a US aircraft along Highway 9.
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Phou Cam
Bouam Long
Plain of Jars
Sam Thong
Vientiane
Long Cheng
CIA
Vang Pao
U.S
Saigon
North Vietnam
Laos
Highway 9
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Sepone
Khe Sanh
Lawton Mayor Pushes Charter Action and City Improvements
Mayor Whitaker urged charter consolidations to clarify department responsibilities and improve coordination to reduce citizen confusion. He spoke of revenue sharing readiness with financial revisions and the creation of an Environmental Quality Advisory Board. He noted a CODAC grant for drug programs and emphasized advancing capital improvements including a new sewage plant airport streets and a library. He also highlighted past year gains like the capital improvements bond, Great Plains Vocational Technical School opening, Urban Renewal progress and plans for a $25 million electric plant a $1.3 million mental health center and a $200,000 child guidance clinic.
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Harold Beaty
Woody Wolverton
Waurika
Ellsworth
Corps of Engineers
Hendrick and Hendrick
Benham
Blair
Hendrick
Gore Boulevard
17Th
Lawton
Henry Nabers
Wolverton
Whitaker
Larry Ferguson
Dave Cagle
Lawton Metropolitan Area
Lake Ellsworth
Squaw Creek
Altus - Tuck Concrete Co
Model Cities
Raymon Kern
Summit
Crosby Park
Park Board
Department of the Interior
CODAC
Great Plains Vocational-Technical School
Public Service Company
Environmental Board Chosen By Whitaker
At Mayor Don Whitaker urging the Lawton City Council created an environmental quality advisory board and appointed five professional and seven citizen members. Terms vary from one to three years with ex officio members including planners and Fort Sill representatives.
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Don Whitaker
Lawton City
Whitaker
Jim Lovett
Indus
Don McMahon
Ralph Williams
Jim Booker
Wayne Whiting
Ken Hall
Hugh Payne
Ben Ansley Jr
Phail Wynn
Katherine Owens
Georgia Pettijohn
Cherry Williams
Paul Cullen
Walt Belland
Fort Sill
Mild Weather Outlook for Southwest Oklahoma
Mild afternoons and cool nights continue for southwest Oklahoma today and Wednesday as sunshine dominates. Light winds raise temperatures to near 60 today, fall to the mid 30s tonight, then climb to the mid 60s on Wednesday.
Indian Student Protesters At Lawton School Center
Stevette Denise Santos, president of the Students Club, says protesters do not represent most Indian students at Lawton schools as about 30 demonstrators remain outside Shoemaker Center. The group, holding signs like Help Us, faces a city trespass rule limiting picketing to 50 feet from Fort Sill Boulevard.
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Stevette Denise Santos
Williams
Bish
Lawton
Miss Santos
Wilson
Shoemaker Center
Fort Sill Boulevard
Cassidy youth urged to move in with family after disappearance
Neighbors recount the case of Mrs Todd who visited the United States and vanished for weeks. A Cassidy youth suggested she relocate to their home, while residents hesitated to discuss the incident and later questioned her absence.
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Todd
United States
Massachusetts judge censured over Raymond cases
The court censured Superior Court Judge Brogna for activities in the Raymond cases while noting the ruling does not remove him from office. A separate disbarment order was ordered and the case record will be sent to Governor Sargent and the legislature for action.
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Brogna
Raymond
Francis W. Sargent
Massachusetts
Night of chaos as deputy shot and clash erupts
Report describes a chaotic scene with journalists present as a deputy is shot in the chest and bystanders take cover behind a police car. Witness Crouch recalls a man charging the line while officers respond with force, including bullets and batons, turning the area into a battlefield.
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Crouch
Athens Growth Since Becoming Capital in 1834
Modern Athens has risen since Greece made it capital in 1834. Today about one quarter of Greece’s population, 8.8 million people, live in Athens.
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Athens
Greece
NORAD warned on Cuban airliner breach defenses in Gulf
Hebert subcommittee pressed for faster air defense modernization and a new over the horizon radar to cover Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico. Gen Seth J McKee testified NORAD did not know a Cuban airliner had penetrated defenses until it landed near New Orleans after radioed landing instructions.
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Caribbean
U.S
Hebert
Melvin I. Laird
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
Seth J. McKee
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
McKee
New Orleans
Havana
Miami
State Department
Federal Aviation Administration
Washington
FAA
American Airlines
Alexei Kosygin
Reconcile Message Sparks Cross Racial Walk at Congress
During the Baptist World Congress in Tokyo a roll call of nations highlighted the Union of South Africa. Two women, one black and one white, walked hand in hand across the platform and each spoke in her native tongue, declaring Reconciled through Jesus Christ.
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Tokyo
Union of South Africa
Stock Market Gains and Oklahoma Agricultural Report
New York stocks opened higher with the Dow Jones average up to 912.93 as advances led declines on the Big Board. Oklahoma City reports show cattle and hog prices mixed with moderate activity, soy grain and produce prices listed by the State Department of Agriculture with regional variations in wheat, barley, milo and hay values.
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New York
Bausch & Lam
Oklahoma City
Two Suspects Held In Reported Rape Case
Lawton police report two suspects turned themselves in after a teen was allegedly raped. A 16 year old and a 19 year old were identified as the suspects. The accuser said she went on a date with one suspect and was taken to the other suspect’s home where the assault occurred with a third youth present.
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Lawton
Fire alarms logged by Lawton Fire Department
Times and locations show a house fire at 15903 Bessie with major damage and a heart attack call at 2207 North 13th. The Mackinay rower entry at 11:42 p.m. appears as a line item in the list.
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Lawton Fire Department
Mackinay
Rower
Bessie
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