Welfare Agency Endorses Rader and Clears Him
Oklahoma City AP. State Welfare Director L E Rader repaid 5461.76 of disputed travel costs and the Public Welfare Commission unanimously cleared him of wrongdoing. A Republican legislator called the vote a whitewash and criticized the department, while legal opinions said coach travel rules do not apply to welfare workers. Rader kept flying first class, promising to pay the difference from his own funds. See RADER, Page 4
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State Dairy Show OKs Fairgrounds For Annual Event
Lawton officials won the Sooner State Dairy Show to Lawton from Enid as the dairy board voted after visiting the facilities. Dairymen cited superior cooperation and enthusiasm, though Enid’s wood shavings requirement troubled show costs. Lawton will provide a milking parlor before the August event.
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Light Snow Brings Warnings to Southwest Oklahoma
Light steady snow moved into Southwest Oklahoma around 10 a.m. with 1 to 3 inch accumulations forecast before it ends Wednesday. Lawton streets remained wet but mostly clear as the city sanded bridges and planned around the clock work to clear roads. No traffic mishaps were reported by mid morning, and the storm may ease wheat drought conditions while freezing temperatures threaten ranch ponds.
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Jets Sold Due To Depart City
A Las Vegas firm says three French made jets at Lawton airport have been sold after years of storage. Grover White Lawton Metropolitan Airport Authority chairman says Nevada Air Lines owner Stanley Booker confirmed the sale but gave few details. Officials had pressed for removal. the authority notes about 1370 in storage charges from 1977 onward as the planes sit awaiting action.
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Booker
Lawton
Blizzard Toll Rises as Midwest Snowloads Persist
The Midwest struggles under renewed heavy snow as officials say at least 129 people have died from the blizzard and associated storms. Ohio bears the heaviest toll with 33 deaths while governors seek federal disaster aid and extended deadlines. Salt shortages threaten road clearance and state and private crews race to reopen highways and protect supply lines.
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Debris hunt for Cosmos 954 satellite resumes near Baker Lake
Canadian American team led by Lt Col Donald Davidson plans to return to the Thelon River area to search for more debris from Cosmos 954. They will take water samples and ice cores to detect radiation, with two other potential debris sites identified by ongoing surveying. Extreme cold hampers equipment as crews await power units and helicopter support.
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Panel Gets Criminal Code
Washington AP reports the House Judiciary Committee will begin subcommittee hearings in mid February on a Senate sent bill to overhaul federal criminal law. The bill, approved 72 to 15 in the Senate, aims to reduce sentencing disparities, nearly end parole, ease penalties for small marijuana amounts, expand civil rights coverage, empower enforcement against organized and white collar crime, and set up a comprehensive code revision.
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Fort Sill Sewer Line Delayed by National Landmark Survey
Archaeologists George Shott Jr. and Donna L. Dewey-Shott completed a two week survey for Fort Sill's Facilities and Engineering, delaying a sewer line project that passes through the area of a long extinct Indian village. The site, north and east of the Old Post Quadrangle, is a national landmark district and must be surveyed before disturbance. The couple will present findings in two weeks.
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Husband
Shott
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Arthur Lupien
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