Sikes Loses Chair Of Military Construction Subcommittee
In a party caucus vote of 189 to 93, House Democrats ousted Rep. Robert L. F. Sikes from the appropriations subcommittee on military construction over ethics concerns. Sikes was reprimanded last July for failing to report financial interests including stock in a bank near Pensacola Naval Air Station and in Fairchild Industries.
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Washington
House
Robert L.F. Sikes
Florida
Sikes
Pensacola
Fla.) Naval Air Station
Fairchild Industries
Thomas P. O'Neill
Jim Wright
Full Appropriations Committee
O'Neill
Tim Wirth
D-Colo
Wirth
Congress
Washington Post
Lawton to Build Water Line for Benjy Plant
City council votes 6 to 3 to install 650 feet of eight inch water line at Benjy Inc plant in south Lawton to support a new tower ink powder production facility. Debate centered on cost sharing, future industrial demand, and legal implications of utility finance. Page 4.
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South Lawton
Benjy, Inc
Ben T. Ansley
City Engineering Department
Ansley
Ing
Fred Kasper
Motion
Kasper
Charles Gibbs
Rex Givens
Lawton
Jack Norrell
Attorney General Sworn In Vote Due On Marshall
Griffin Bell was sworn in as attorney general by Chief Justice Burger as Carter touted openness at the Justice Department. The ceremony and remarks followed Bell being confirmed, while debate mounted over F Ray Marshall for labor secretary with conservative senators criticizing his labor views and civil rights stance.
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Washington
Griffin B. Bell
Carter
Justice Department
Warren E. Burger
Atlanta
Department
Department of Law
Department of Justice
Bell
Senate
F. Ray Marshall
Henry Bellman
R-Okla
Labor
Bellman
Georgia
School Bus and Car Collision Near Apache
Eighteen Boone School District students escaped serious injury when their westbound 1968 Chevrolet school bus collided with another vehicle on SH 19 west of Apache in Caddo County at about 8 am. Driver Clyde Scammahorn, 62, and the other motorist Harvey Dudley, 67, escaped injury despite sun glare misjudgment.
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The
Constitution
Boone
SH 19
Apache
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Clyde Scammahorn
Harvey Dudley
Caddo County
Dudley
Cain
Lawton
Elgin
Sterling-Fletcher
Weather in Southwest Oklahoma Cold front brings cooler temps
Partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures are forecast through Thursday as an arctic cold front approaches. Winds will be light and variable tonight with temperatures in the low 20s. Thursday highs near 40 degrees. Tuesday high was 53 and the low 31.
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Oklahoma
Suspects Caught After Burglary Spree At Car Wash
A northside resident found a stray auto in his backyard around midnight Tuesday. Lawton Police spotted two suspects prowling Magic Brushes Car Wash and fired six shots as the car fled, smashing into a house at 1505 NW 43rd. One suspect fled. others detained. Paul J. Carter, 1607 Roosevelt, charged with second degree burglary of vending machines and marijuana possession.
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Northside
Lawton
Paul J. Carter
Roosevelt
Sammy Feeback
Robert Morales
Magic Brushes
Cache Road
Feeback
Morales
All-Volunteer Military Faces Trouble General Says
Gen. George S. Brown, chairing the joint chiefs, warns fewer youths under 15 and better job prospects may strain the all-volunteer force. He cites a GI Bill cut risking up to a 15 percent drop in high school graduates enlisting, as critics question the program’s future.
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Washington
George S. Brown
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Brown
Defense
Penalty Period Nears License Sales Booming
Comanche County four tag agents report busy offices with four days left to buy 1977 auto tags without penalties. Monday is final sale day, Tuesday adds 10 cents, rising daily until March 2 when the price doubles. Ninety five percent of tag revenue supports county public schools. five percent funds tag distribution.
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Comanche County
Don Smith
Lawton
Oklahoma
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