Trooper Returns Fire After Highway Stop Shooting Incident
Lawton officers joined sheriff's deputies to pursue suspects after a patrol car crashed while chasing a vehicle near Lawton. Anderson sustained a broken back and remained in stable condition at Comanche County Memorial Hospital. Mahaffay was treated and released. Investigators examined a vehicle found near the Comanche and Ji l County line to trace its owner.
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Lawton
Lowell
Anderson
Mike Mahaffay
Robert Gillian
Mahaffay
Gillian
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Kirk
Sheriff’s Office
Memorial
Comanche
Northwest Lawton Rezoning Bids For Public Hearing
Lawton planners will hear rezoning requests at 1 30 p m Wednesday in city council chambers as Northwest Lawton seeks changes to create tourist commercial and high density housing near Sherwood Addition plus a neighborhood shopping center. Also two Gore Boulevard C 1 office permits and a use permitted on review for an insurance office at 1614 W Gore Blvd are on the agenda.
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Northwest Lawton
Lawton Metropolitan Area
U.S
Sherwood Addition
Frank Lovell
Lovell
52Nd
Ashby
Ashby Ave
Gene
W. Gore Blvd
LMAPC
Cosmos 954 satellite debris raises nuclear risk
Brzezinski announced that the Soviet Cosmos 954 navigation satellite, launched last September, tumbled from orbit and disintegrated over Great Slave Lake in Canada's Northwest Territories. U.S. officials feared potential health hazards if debris landed in populated areas while Washington dispatched planes to sample atmospheric conditions near Fort Providence Fort Resolution and Uranium City.
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Brzezinski
United States
U.S
Ottawa
Ivan Head
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Brazil
Great Slave Lake
Canada
Northwest Territories
Edmonton
Alberta
Anatoly Dobrynin
Carter
Fort Providence
Fort Resolution
Uranium City
Navy Academy official seeks broader control of Pentagon intelligence
An executive move would grant the CIA director extra authority over intelligence budgets including NSA and DIA. Administration insiders say Turner sought wider powers over the Pentagon’s intelligence activities, but infighting delayed adoption. The order would also expand the National Security Council’s coordinating role.
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Naval Academy
CIA
National Security Agency
Defense Intelligence Agency
Turner
Pentagon
National Security Council
Oklahoma Diesel Tax Loophole Plan Revealed
State leaders unveiled a plan to raise about 10 million dollars yearly by closing a diesel fuel tax loophole. Senate leaders Howard and Luton said the lax law may let up to half of diesel sales escape the 6.5 cent per gallon tax, with revenue likely used for highways or other state needs.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Gene Howard
Tulsa
John Luton
Muskogee
David Boren
House
Howard
Luton
Funeral Rites for Retired Master Sgt Roy H Jenkins
Retired Master Sgt Roy H Jenkins 69 of 416 Woodridge Drive died at 2 a.m. Sunday at Brooke Medical Center San Antonio following a long illness. Services at 2:30 p.m. Thursday Becker Funeral Home with burial at Highland Cemetery military honors. Born February 2 1908 in Muskogee he had lived in Lawton since 1957. Survived by wife Carmel Swan a son Samuel Jenkins a brother Lee Jenkins and three sisters and two grandchildren. Also noted is the death of former Lawton resident and retired Sgt Maj Melvin R Fanning 49 of San Antonio who died January 16 at Brooke Army Medical Center Fort Sam Houston. Buried with military honors at Fort Sam Houston. Born January 13 1929 in Devol he attended Lawton schools. Survivors include Zelina N Fanning wife parents Mr and Mrs Francis R Ritter a son Isik Aksoy Fanning in Ankara Turkey two sisters Evelyn R McKee Wanda L Reid and brother Lawrence O Fanning.
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Roy H. Jenkins
Woodridge Drive
Brooke Medical Center
San Antonio
Texas
Becker Funeral Home
Highland Cemetery
Mr. Jenkins
Muskogee
Lawton
Carmel Swan
Cleveland
Samuel Jenkins
Lee Jenkins
Flagstaff
Aziz
Elmer Platter
Helen Silvernail
Oklahoma City
Barney Haley
Melvin R. Fanning
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Mr. Fanning
Devol
Zelina N. Fanning
Francis R. Ritter
Isik Aksoy Fanning
Ankara
Turkey
Evelyn R. McKee
Fayetteville
N.C
Wanda L. Reid
Dothan
Ala
Lawrence 0. Fanning
Tuscaloosa
Juvenile Welfare Report Shows 1977 Increases Across Key Areas
Youth control shifts rise in runaways truancy curfew and neglect cases. Abandoned or unsupervised juveniles fall slightly from 1976 to 1977 while neglect and abuse jump. Marie Detty Youth Services Center handled 1,111 juveniles for 3,656 days as officials note new deferred prosecution policy and more programs.
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Marie Detty Youth Services Center
Juvenile Bureau
Indian student support program aids 70 Tulsa and 87 fair riders
The program funds tutors aides and counselors at 81000 dollars and runs Native American Week and Native American Clubs at three high schools. It also sponsors field trips to Tulsa Denver and Oklahoma City while aiding students who qualify similar to free lunch. Stakeholders stress service to those in need and heritage education despite late budget approvals.
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Tulsa
American Indian Theater Co
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Denver
Washington
Sharon Montague
Gary Wheatly
Gene Hancock
Quiet diplomacy urged by US in Middle East
Washington reports President Carter and Secretary Vance urged Israel and Egypt to end sharp exchanges and resume quiet diplomacy toward a comprehensive peace. They hope Sadat and Begin will refocus on substantive talks, while the US considers selling 50 to 60 F-5E fighters to Egypt to bolster Sadat's peace initiative.
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Washington
Carter
Cyrus R. Vance
Israel
Egypt
White House
Vance
Middle East
Anwar Sadat
Jerusalem
Sadat
Menahem Begin
Capitol Hill
Cairo
Sinai
Military Committee
Begin
Georgia
United States
Alfred Atherton
U.S
Greece
Turkey
Dredging Planned to 35 Feet for Ocean Tankers
The river will be dredged to a depth of 35 feet to allow ocean going tankers to discharge at a pier that is currently under construction. The plan outlines the necessary dredging work and construction timeline for the new discharge facility.
Nixon Urges Kamm to Run for Oklahoma Senate
Former President Nixon urged Dr. Robert Kamm, ex OSU president, to seek the Republican nomination for Oklahoma’s U.S. Senate seat. Kamm, who hopes to decide by Feb. 1, downplays the call as one of many urging him to run. Bartlett’s health and departure from the race sparked discussion of Nixon’s outreach.
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Tulsa
Robert Kamm
Oklahoma State University
Richard Nixon
U.S. Senate
Oklahoma
Kamm
Henry Bellman
R-Okla
Dewey Bartlett
Senate
Nixon
Oklahoma State
Watergate
Bartlett
Mike McCarville
Oklahoma school districts seek mill levies for state aid
Turnout for the voted board is unopposed. The standard mill levies to be approved annually for maximum state aid are the five mill emergency fund levy, the ten mill support levy, and the five mill building fund levy, to be considered in all districts.
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Oklahoma
Cheetah Size and Vocal Note: Purring Unlike Other Cats
A full grown cheetah weighs 90 to 130 pounds and stretches about six and a half feet nose to tail. Unlike other big cats, cheetahs can purr.
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Pat Grimes
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Robert McCune
H.E. Bailey
Louis Chase
Walters Turnpike
National Security
Dobrynin
Central Intelligence Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Office of Sciendures
Ben Huberman
Soviet Union
Arter
John Harris
Tax Commission Motor Vehicle Division
Harris
National Bank
F.d.1.c
Great Plains Cleaners
I Griswold
A. Sil & C
Lawton Glass
Gore
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