Legal Snarl Delays Sheridan Road Project Bid Letting
Oklahoma Transportation Department delays Sheridan Road bid letting from August to September due to a single uncleared land parcel in a condemnation suit. Sun Oil Co disputes a tenant release. three appraisers to be appointed July 15. City efforts on easements continue as objections to a center median persist while state oversees construction.
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Oklahoma Transportation Department
Sheridan Road
Wayne Gilley
Department
State Highway Commission
The
Transportation Commission
Sun Oil Co
Sheridan
Smith Avenue
Sun
Cache Road
Rogers Lane
Bill McIntyre
Gibbs Urges Aust Thomson Meeting Over City Manager Resignation
Councilman Charles Gibbs asks Aust and Thomson to meet to uncover the real reason behind John Thomson's resignation over a budget policy clash. Aust confirms a possible meeting but rejects any suggestion of patching differences. Thomson's resignation takes effect August 6.
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Don Aust
John Thomson
Thomson
Charles Gibbs
Gibbs
Thormson
Aust
Rust
Pawning Incident Charge Dropped
The district attorney dropped a felony charge against Theodore Burse 21 in a case linked to pawning a stereo unit found in a pawn shop. The stereo was part of items reported stolen in a December burglary. the charge stemmed from disposal of stolen property. Detective McFarland said the witness found the item in June. Assistant DA Hackler cited tracing difficulties from burglary to pawn time.
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Theodore Burse
Burse
Mark McFarland
Nolan Hackler
Wildlife Under The Stars Promises Evening At Refuge
Seasonal naturalists host a Friday program at Camp Doris Amphitheatre Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge exploring extinction. Sundown begins two films and a slide show highlighting human impact, Kit Fox needs, predator prey, courtship and pups, and endangered species preservation.
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Camp Doris
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Jimmy Stewart
Tragic Snow Hike Claims Three Lives Near Cape Town
In snow covered ranges near Cape Town two youths aged 15 and 18 and a 23 year old man died of exposure after a hike organized by Veid and Vlei adventure school. Three other hikers were hospitalized while 52 originally started the trek. Rescue workers noted walkers without proper warmth despite tents and sleeping bags.
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Cape Town
South Africa
The
Mountain Club of South Africa
Veid and
Vlei Adventure School
Ad Valorem Hike Proposal Studied For Library Aid
About 15 people attended a Lawton Public Library program on State Question 507 to raise the ad valorem tax ceiling for public libraries from two to four mills and allow multi county library systems. Lawton, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa would gain city county options if approved. The measure does not mandate a tax increase, instead allows local votes to decide.
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Mike Ray
Comanche County
Lawton
Bill Lowrey
Pioneer
Norman
Lee Brawner
Oklahoma County Library
Ann Adams
Browner
Lowrey
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Brawner
Lowrey and Brawner
West Berlin Justice Minister faces call to resign after prison break
Opposition leaders in Berlin demanded the resignation of Justice Minister Hermann Oxfort after four women inmates escaped from a West Berlin prison. The fugitives linked to terrorism were aided by internal and external help, with guards overpowered and a getaway car waiting outside. The women, including Inge Viett and Juliane Plambeck, were jailed on charges tied to kidnapping opposition leader Peter Lorenz and a high court murder.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Hermann Oxfort
Christian Democrats
Inge Viett
Gabriele Rollnik
Juliane Plambeck
Monika Berberich
Oxfort
Miss Viett
Miss Plambeck
Miss Rollnik
Peter Lorenz
Guenter von Drenkmann
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Sheridan Project
Snow
Census Bureau
United States
Comanche County Fairgrounds Coliseum
Great Plains Coliseum
G.P.C
S. Sheridan Rd
Food Service Director
Personnel Department
Southwestern Hospital
Lee Blvd
Okla
Gore
Peeeee Rons
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