Rainfall Sets 12-Year Marks Across Lawton in 1975
The first half of 1975 was Lawton's wettest in 12 years with 23.28 inches by June and a June total of 4.94 inches the highest since 1962. May brought 10.99 inches causing about $1 million in property damage in Lawton area. A mid June 7–10 storm dumped 2.99 inches downtown, followed by a five day storm adding 2.90 inches, with the Frederick area suffering the most damage.
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Lawton Publishing Co
Lawton
Jane
Frederick
Sanitation Strike Atlanta? Gotham Rages On In Heat
New York City faced a two day sanitation strike as more than 30,000 tons of garbage piled up in sweltering heat. A state court halted the walkout with a temporary restraining order while firemen called in sick and city workers faced layoffs over a $641 million budget gap. Mayor Beame discussed tax measures at City Hall and in Albany as negotiations stalled and DeLury claimed the sanitation men acted independently.
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Associated Press
New York City
Abraham D. Beame
Pennsylvania
California
State Supreme Court
Thomas J. Hughes
Beame
Albany
John DeLury
Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association
Robert Groh
Brezhnev Talks With U S Senators On Disarmament And Emigration
In Moscow Soviet leader Brezhnev hosted 14 U S senators for 214 hours and displayed a toy cannon as a symbol of a new weapons system. Afterward the group said no concrete solutions were reached on trade for emigration but positions were clarified. Senator Javits voiced cautious optimism about humanitarian emigration and possible future progress.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S
Kremlin
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
United States
Javits
Ill-Fated Flight Crashes Near Tulsa Airport Killing Two
A Lawton based mail plane crashed near Tulsa International Airport shortly after midnight, killing pilot Kenneth Stricker and copilot William Cooper. The Beechcraft 18 struck a 66 000 volt line, ignited a fireball, and wrecked about a mile east of the airport, sparking a power outage for 900 homes. About 10 000 pounds of mail aboard was lost or damaged, with 368 pounds loaded in Lawton and rest in transit via Oklahoma City and Tulsa.
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Tulsa International Airport
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Kansas City
Kenneth Stricker
William Cooper
Overland Park
Kan
Jim Sullivan
Federal Aviation Administration
Strieker
Public Service Co
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Kinley McClure
McClure
Police chase ends with gun laden car in Seminole
Seminole police pursued an armed car into the countryside near Wewoka and traded shots with two youths who fled on foot. A 16 year old Seminole girl was taken into custody as FBI and federal firearms agents joined the search for the two suspects. The car held numerous firearms knives radios typewriters and tape recorders some new some used. Police described the motive as unclear and noted the suspects said they would not be stopped. He added all firearms five rifles and seven handguns were found in the trunk with seven boxes of ammunition.
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Eminole, Okio
Wewoka
FBI
Federal
Larry Herdlitchka
San Antonio
Tex
Robert L. Keck
Ford signs housing bill promising 300000 new homes
President Ford plans a White House signing in the rose garden for a compromise housing bill supporters say could spur 300000 new homes in the coming year. The ceremony was set for today as part of the administration push.
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Washington
Ford
White House Rose Garden
Weather outlook with warm, humid days through Thursday
Partly cloudy and hazy skies persist in the region through Thursday. Temperatures stay warm with high humidity and a slight chance of tonight’s thundershowers. Lows in the 90s tonight, highs in the low 90s by Thursday, with yesterday’s high 99 and low 0 indicating a data error.
Altus Junior High Hit By Morning School Fire
An early morning blaze gutted the central section and south wing of Altus Central Junior High School destroying 12 classrooms the library and central offices and science and home economics laboratories as firefighters from Altus and Altus Air Force Base contained and then extinguished the flames by 9 30 a m A passing motorist reported the fire at about 5 30 a m most sections suffered smoke and water damage while north wing and gymnasium areas remained too hot to enter District officials said student records and library materials had been moved earlier and would be recovered from unburned areas later today.
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STUS
Central Junior High
Altus
Ron Slayton
Altus Air Force Base
Morris Foster
S & T Construction Co
Foster
City Manager Proposes $2.1 Million in Street Projects
City manager's recommended capital improvements plan for this year totals over 2.1 million for street work funded largely by community development block grants and other funds. Major items include 11th Street widening at 1,032,000 and 17th Street reconstruction, plus several overlays, reconstructions, and access road adds across several corridors and additions of left turn bays.
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Skip Gibson
General Fund
General Revenue
11Th Street
Lee Boulevard
Bishop Road
17Th Street
Ferris
D Avenue
Fort Sill
Gore
Sixth Street
Lee
U.S. 277
16Th Street
Bishop
Sixth
Gore Boulevard
17Th
53Rd
Legion Addition
Crestview Addition
38Th
Cache Road
44Th and
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