Vietnamese refugee family marks first July Fourth in Lawton
Nhon Tran Van a 25 year old former South Vietnamese Navy officer and his wife Minh and their two year old son Loc Tran Van celebrate Independence Day with American sponsors in Lawton. They hope to stay, find work and become citizens as about 100 to 150 Vietnamese refugees observe the holiday in the area.
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Nhon Tran van
Howard W. Smith
Howard Goldsby
Lawton
Van
Minh
Loc Tran Va
America
Philadelphia
Bob Hope
Boston
Union Delegates For Pennsylvania Strikers UK Pact
Negotiators for about 46 000 Pennsylvania state workers voted to accept a two year wage package. The tentative deal provides an immediate 3.5 percent raise or 16 cents an hour, with 11 cents more on January 1 and 30 cents on July 1. Governor Shapp’s administration advised approval.
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Harrisburg
Milton J. Shapp
City Lake Improvement Plan Details Major Six Year Funding
The city proposes a 6 year lake work program totaling 4.365 million dollars with 125,870 dollars in years one and two from general revenue sharing and about 4.24 million in years three to six funded by general obligation bonds. The first year includes 15 thousand for Lake Wirthslo ramp repairs and 7 thousand for picnic shelters at Ellsworth and Lake Lee.
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Ellsworth and
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Solemn Return Ceremony Honors Anzio Veterans in Italy
In Nettuno and Anzio a 31 year wait ends as Gen Mark W Clark leads a July 4 reunion. Ambassadors Volpe and Italian officials mark the sacrifices at a monument with 7,862 white crosses. Veterans recall the hard Anzio Beachhead campaign and the push to Rome Florence and Bologna.
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Gen Clark
Augusto Bruschini
Mark W. Clark
5Th Army
U.S
Clark
John Volpe
Italy
Anzio
Florence
Bologna
Bicentennial Year Begins With Fireworks And Protests
The nation marks its 199th birthday with fireworks speeches and observances. President Ford speaks at Fort McHenry Baltimore while protest groups target commemorations as commercialism. July 4 launches the Bicentennial year amid plans for wreaths, awards, and patriotic ceremonies nationwide.
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Ft. McHenry
Baltimore
Francis Scott Key
Consumer Product Safety Commission
National Safety Council
U.S
Peoples Bicentennial Commission
Jefferson Memorial
Washington
Mobil Oil
Freedom Train
Time Magazine
Disney World
Paul Revere
Lexington
Concord
Bunker Hill
George Washington
Flash Flood Hits Las Vegas During July Fourth Holiday
Two men missing feared drowned after flash floods swept Las Vegas causing widespread car damage and flooded homes. The Strip was closed from Frontier Avenue to Flamingo Road as storms lingered over the holiday weekend.
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Las Vegas
Vegas
Nev
Las Vegas Strip
National Weather Service
Las Vegas City
Interstate 15
Frontier Avenue
Flamingo
Lawton Schools Fund 15 Teacher Workshops This Summer
The Lawton Board of Education allocates 27,398 from the general fund to run 15 teacher workshops this summer. Most teachers will earn four dollars per hour with a $5,690 session on levels program basics. Sixty eight elementary teachers and all elementary principals will attend the Aug 11 15 sessions at Carriage Hills Elementary, directed by James Roberts and Glenn Dosser.
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Lawton Board of Education
Gene Hancock
Lawton
Hancock
Carriage Hills
James Roberts
Glenn Dosser
Roberts
Four Die In Oklahoma Traffic Crashes During 4th of July Weekend
Oklahoma police report four deaths from traffic accidents on Thursday as the 4th of July weekend begins. Two airmen from Sheppard AFB in Texas were in critical condition after a wreck near Chickasha, while three other Oklahomans died in crashes in Craig Payne and Muskogee Counties.
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Oklahoma
Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Tex
Wicita Falls
Oklahoma City
Chickasha
Oklahome Highway Patrol
Craig
Payne
Muskogee
Bomb hits downtown Jerusalem in deadly assault
A powerful blast in crowded downtown Jerusalem today killed at least 14 and wounded 32 as shoppers prepared for the Sabbath. It was the worst terror strike in the Holy City since 1968.
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Jerusalem
Holy City
Fourth of July Weather in Lawten Includes Warm Humidity
Lawten residents can expect partly cloudy warm and humid conditions for the Fourth of July with a 20 percent chance of rain for local fireworks. Temperatures near 70 tonight with light winds. Thursday highs around 70 with a low in the 60s and a total precipitation 0.17 inches recorded.
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Lawten
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