Carter proposes $4 billion stockpile to bolster Western Europe defense
President Carter seeks to spend about 4 billion to preposition heavy equipment for three additional U.S. Army divisions in West Germany by 1983. Tanks, artillery and other gear would be stored in European depots, enabling rapid deployment and reducing reliance on airlift in a crisis.
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Germany
Ohio Digs Out Of Storm As Snowfall Persists
Ohio continues to recover from a crippling blizzard that killed at least 31 and left towns behind massive snow banks. Federal and state crews, including over 3,800 personnel from the Army Corps of Engineers, Army Reserve, and Ohio National Guard, work to clear 15 foot drifts while 1 to 4 inches of new snow are forecast and roads remain treacherous.
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Dennis Kwastkowski
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Michigan
Lansing
Michigan State University
Illinois
O’hare
Indiana
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Army Reserve
Ohio National Guard
Satellite wreckage found in Thelon River ice crater
A joint Canadian American search team reached a crater nearly 10 feet wide on the Thelon River near Baker Lake and recovered a perforated metal canister and tubing from the Cosmos 954 nuclear satellite debris. Five Americans and one Canadian conducted radiation checks, with two team members hospitalized for tests. others were treated after the mission.
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Northwest Territories
Thelon River
Donald Davidson
Paul Murda
U.S
Crater
Warden’s Grove
Dubawat Lake
North Dakota
Davidson
University Hospital
Edmonton
Yellowknife
Golden vows in snowbound city honor 50th anniversaries
About 400 elderly couples celebrating 50 years in Chicago share marriage wisdom. They cite tolerance honesty and hard work with home cooking as essential. One couple recalls Depression hardships while another notes rising material wishes threaten lasting bonds.
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Chicago
Joseph Deutsch
John Cody
Deutsch
Ralph Capolongo
Morrell Richards
Thomas Kerrigan
United States
Ireland
Meers Mining Camp Named to Historic Register
The Meers Store in the Meers mining camp has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, designated as Meers Mining Camp. U.S. Rep. Tom Steed released the news. Kent Ruth of the state historic preservation office called the boom era a frontier phenomenon and the store a picturesque old building.
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Meers
U.S
Tom Steed
D-Okla
Kent Ruth
State Historic Preservation Organization
Plate Waste Battle Spurs School Lunch Reform
Lawton Public Schools serves about 12,000 meals daily across 174 days yearly, totaling over two million meals. New federal rules let districts refuse up to 20 percent of donated foods in exchange for cash value, reducing waste for items like grapefruit juice and roasted peanuts, while funds may boost nutrition education and food service training.
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Eve Sandstrom
The
Constitution
Leon Perry
Lawton Public Schools
Perry
Director of
Food Services
Drought Threatens Wheat Pasture Area in Southwest Oklahoma
Winter storms and freezing weather dominated Southwest Oklahoma in January with little precipitation. Measurable rainfall in Lawton from September 1977 to January 1978 totals 4.21 inches versus a 10.71 inch normal, leaving area wheat crops at risk without upcoming rain or snow in the next two to three weeks. Rex Polone of Co-Op Services warns that dormant wheat needs moisture to form pastures, or plans for grazing will fail. Pond ice has forced farmers to breaking water supply, Lake Ellsworth remains unfrozen, and Lake Lawtonka sits 4.25 feet below floodgates as colder weather and icy precip continue with a chance of rain or snow later in the week.
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Constitution
Oklahoma
Rex Polone
Co-Op Services
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Medicine Park
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Lawton
Lawton Dropped From HUD Distressed City List
HUD informed Mayor Wayne Gilley that Lawton is not among distressed cities eligible for Urban Development funds. Six distress factors were analyzed, and final regulations show Lawton failed to meet minimum distress levels. The city had applied for Urban Development Action Grant funds amid a nationwide $400 million program.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Wayne Gilley
Lawton
HUD
Reuben Brown
Lawton City
Oklahoma City
Richard C.D. Fleming
Gilley
Fleming
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Shelley Roberts
Central Junior High
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Earl Roberts
Oak
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Tom Crites
Murda
Pvt
Mona Wilson
Cana
Dian Forces
Meers Mining Camp
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