Two Die in Guthrie Area Truck Crash
A Pauls Valley teen died and a companion was injured when their pickup struck a median on Interstate 35 near Guthrie and crashed into a Cimarron River bridge. Paul Curtiss Stuart, 19, was killed and pinned inside. Rhonda Hamilton was hospitalized as Oklahoma’s 1975 traffic toll rose to 381.
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Pauls Valley
Guthrie
Oklahoma
Paul Curtiss Stuart
Pauls Vailey
Cimarron River
Stuart
Rhonda Hamilton
Ford declares 10 Oklahoma counties as major disaster areas
President Ford designated Lincoln Payne Mayes Blaine Cleveland Cotton Jefferson Kingfisher McClain and Major counties in Oklahoma as major disaster areas after recent severe storms flooding and thunderstorms. Federal aid will support response and relief efforts across the affected regions.
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Ford
Oklahoma
Lincoln
Payne
Mayes
Blaine
Cleveland
Cotton
Jefferson
Kingfisher
McClain
Major
Defense rests in OSSP guards civil rights trial
In Muskogee Oklahoma the defense rested its case in the federal civil rights trial of ten current and former Oklahoma State Prison guards after two days of presentation. The Justice Department had presented a lengthier case lasting a full week.
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Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma
Justice Department
Death Penalty Upheld by Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the 1973 death penalty law as a valid exercise of police power. Four interim opinions supported the law pending further hearings on potential discrimination in sentences. Executions paused until the U S Supreme Court ruling on cruel and unusual punishment. The same day, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board warned Texas County residents that without irrigation district agreement the federal government will assign water rights.
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Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Oklahoma
Appellate Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Texas County
Mayors See Money Battle Over Revenue Sharing
Republican mayors and smaller city leaders push to block a grand urban demand for greater revenue sharing. They argue the defense budget drains funds while Democratic big-city leaders seek relief, with Dallas Mayor Wes Wise rejecting a compromise amid backstage bargaining.
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Ford Administration
Southwest
Houston
Tex
Fred Hofheinz
Dallas
Wes Wise
Portland
Ore
Neil Goldschmidt
City Budget Session Targets Staff Costs And Subdivision Upgrades
The council discussed an estimated staff cost of 69121 this fiscal year if a director and secretary are hired by Sept 1 and remaining staff begin Feb 1 1976. They tentatively moved 6000 within planning to hire a consultant to upgrade subdivision ordinances and asked City Manager John Thomson to estimate total cost. A 770 cut was made from the Model Cities program administration account for schools and training as funding phases out.
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John Thomson
Model Cities Program Administration
Model Cities
Turkey seeks Cyprus settlement to keep NATO partnership
U.S. aid to Turkey tied to defensive use. promised compromise bill may pass next week. Ford met House leaders to push resolution of arms shipping dispute with Turkey amid Cyprus ceasefire stakes and 7000 American personnel at Turkish bases. Senate narrowly ended embargo with conditions. House action pending.
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Morgan
Ford
House
Turkey
Suleyman Demirel
U.S
United States
NATO
Russia
Senate
Cyprus
Ford stance on accepting federal funds for 1976 campaign
Callaway notes the decision on using five million dollars in federal matching funds is due January 1. Ford supports Rockefeller as presidential nominee recommendation but expects GOP delegates to choose the vice presidential candidate themselves.
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Callaway
Ford
Rockefeller
Gordon Receives Military Honors and Plans Post Life
Gordon, a comics writer with a master’s in political science, holds multiple awards including the Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster and Legion of Merit. He and his wife Elly will live on post with two of their children, Matthew 20 and Timothy 14, as family plans their future. In China marriages are delayed until the man is 28 and the woman is 25.
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Gordon
Elly
Matthew
Timothy
China
Kissinger Meets Dinitz Dobrynin Over Egyptian Tensions
In a bid to calm Middle East fears, Kissinger held a two hour session with Israeli ambassador Simcha Dinitz and a 45 minute White House meeting with Soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin. State Department spokesman Robert Anderson said Egypt would be kept immediately and closely informed of ongoing diplomatic exchanges with Israel.
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Kissinger
Simcha Dinitz
White House
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
State Department
Robert Anderson
Egypt
Israel
Florida home fire case linked to former guard supervisor
The report notes a body found with four children aged four months to 10 years. Delap was fired last month as a house parent at the nearby Florida School for Boys after officials said he threatened inmates. Zeb Fennell, administrator for the Florida School For Boys, called Delap a sick man and fired him months after hire. Officers said Delap had previously been fired from a guard job at a DeSoto Michigan correctional facility before joining the boys' home.
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Delap
Florida School For Boys
Collier
Zeb Fennell
DeSoto, Mich
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