Truce Teams Step Up Beirut Cease Fire Efforts
Syrian Lebanese and Palestinian army officers lead a 3 hour program to separate Muslim and Christian militias along a six mile Beirut front. They announce that both sides will pull back and allow military equipment to move in within 15 minutes. Police report ongoing violence but officials say the cease fire remains on track. Highways reopen, relief supplies flow from Damascus and Zahrani as PLA patrols guard key districts and warn gunmen in the streets will be shot.
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Beirut
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Raouche
Damascus
Zahrani
Palestine Liberation Army
Yasir Arafat
Arafat
Governor seeks 17 million for prison construction amid budget delay
Oklahoma Gov. David Boren plans a supplemental budget to fund prison construction to ease crowding as the Supreme Court considers whether to allow immediate use of 80.2 million in surplus funds. Senate leaders say the plan adds over 70 million in new money and focuses on two new medium security facilities.
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David Boren
Senate
Gene Howard
Boren
Pyron
Howard
Tulsa
House
Bill Willis
Willis
State Supreme Court
Ford Eyes Tax Cut Outlook Amid Mixed Economic Signals
President Ford says unemployment remains high but most other indicators look brighter and hints at another major tax cut by 1979, beyond the $28 billion already proposed for the current and next year. Advisers project unemployment around 7.3 percent by year end 1976 despite some improvement.
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Washington
Ford
Adicine
Pittsburgh teachers reach tentative contract ending strike
A tentative agreement ends a 57 day Pittsburgh teachers strike. Teachers will vote by written ballot and if ratified schools would reopen Tuesday. Six Boston pupils were arrested at a Boston school.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Boston
Weather Update for Lawton Area Turns Warmer Tomorrow
Cold conditions persist in the Lawton area through tonight with light variable winds. Lows dip into the low 20s while Tuesday peaks near the upper 40s.
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Lawton
Tonteht
West Coast adopts Loran-C navigation system
The Los Angeles Times reports a $44 million Coast Guard project will blanket the West Coast with Loran-C signals, enabling civilians to determine location within 50 feet for about $3,500. The system appeals to mariners, fishermen, police, fire, EMS and transit managers, with strong industry optimism about its civilian use and downsizing from earlier military specs.
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Los Angeles
U.S. Coast Guard
California
Alaska
Resolution Opposes Change Council Eyes Airline Service
Resolution opposing Continental Airlines plan to end service in Lawton is set for City Council action Tuesday. Continental asks CAB to discontinue and substitute Rio Airways based in Eileen Texas. CAB accepts public responses through February 2 as Lawton Airport Authority voices input.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
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Lawton
Rio
Midland-Odessa
Lubbock
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Wayne Gilley
South 16Th Street
Lee Boulevard
Bishop Road
Busy Bee Cab Company
Paul Cullen
E. Gore Blvd
Lake Ellsworth
Tavern Owner Seeks Injunction Over City Ordinances
Ann Van Pelt operator of Jackie's Lounge seeks a temporary injunction in district court to stop enforcement of three city ordinances on tavern operations. Attorney Bill Sexton filed suit Wednesday to void ordinances 583 588 and 630 while the civil case proceeds.
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Bill Sexton
Ann van Pelt
Jackie
Lee Blvd
Sexton
van Pelt
Army Eyes Vets As Emergency Manpower Force
Pentagon officials view peacetime Army veterans as a potential reservoir for emergency manpower. They warn the Army could be about 250000 short in the first months of a rapid European war without a tapping system. The shrinking Reserve complicates mobilization as draftee turnover ends.
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Pentagon
Europe
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