Vaccination Of County Horses May Begin As Early As Wednesday
Oklahoma moves toward immunizing county horses against Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis with 100000 doses from a federal source. Gov Hall's jet, due in Oklahoma City, will distribute vaccine to 15 counties while Fort Sill suspicions of sleeping sickness prompt preparations and post stables ramp up spraying and immunization.
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Comanche County
Oklahoma
David Hall
Maryland
Oklahoma City
Charles Green
LeRoy Car
Texas
J. H. Brashear
Dallas
Tex
Bish Says School Board Took Best Of Three Alternatives
Lawton board votes to close Douglass and Dunbar Elementary Schools to satisfy HEW desegregation demands. Other options like redrawing zones or pairing zones were deemed delaying tactics. Bus routing would affect 75 percent of Dunbar’s 409 students. Parade protest planned by Dunbar families at 8 p.m. with about 150 participants.
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Bish
Douglass
Dunbar
Lawton Board of Education
Hewn
Lawton
Dallas
Cross- Bish
Lawton Police Department
Dunbar School
City Workers to Get Pay Hikes in Budget Plan
City budget proposes a $5.6 million outlay to raise pay for most city workers. The document notes ongoing housing costs rising with higher interest rates, while home construction continues to accelerate.
Gene Walker Appointed Model Cities Director
Gene Walker was named director of the Model Cities program. He attended Central State College and majored in business, with the appointment noted on page four.
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Gene Walker
Model Cities
Ector
Central States College
Walker
Army Commander George Underwood visits Fort Sill for two days
The 5th Army commander Lt. Gen. George W. Underwood Jr. arrives at Fort Sill for a two day visit. He is greeted in arrival honors by Fort Sill commander Maj. Gen. Roderick Wetherill and receives a 15 gun salute. He tours Field Artillery facilities and attends a dinner in his honor.
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5Th Army
Fort Sill
George W. Underwood Jr
Roderick Wetherill
Old Post
Underwood
77Th Army Band
CWO
Owen O. Kirby
Field Artillery Center
Sill
Field Artillery School
Army
City Council Grants Five Percent Pay Hike for Workers
City councilmen received a record budget totaling 5,835,840 with a five percent raise for most city employees, estimated to increase total pay by about 160,000. Nabers says funds will fund minor improvements only, urging alternative financing for broader improvements and noting no new income from city sales tax. See PAY HIKES, Page 4, Col.
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Nabers
State Health Department
Telephone Strike Near End Sees Union Pact Progress
Washington AP reports telephone workers prepare to return to work under a tentative contract with the U S Postal Service mediation marks a milestone for over one million workers nationwide as CWA members pause strikes while other unions monitor. The package includes pay rises and improved benefits but some voice dissatisfaction over vacation pensions and conditions. The overall deal totals around 4 billion with an expected two week completion window for ratification.
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Washington
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Service
Post Office Department
Communications Workers of America
New York
CWA
Fiery Turnpike Crash Kills Two In Oklahoma
Two people were killed and four injured in a fiery Turner Turnpike crash near Bristow Oklahoma. A woman and a child were hospitalized in Tulsa. other victim details and names were not released.
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Bristow
Okla
Turner Turnpike
Tulsa
Kiowa Housing Authority Switches Contractors
Kiowa Housing Authority reassigns its $83 million 450 home project to CDI Homes of Edmond after ending a year with Great Plains Development of Oklahoma City. Ten homes are ready for occupancy, twenty five started. Great Plains unpaid as closings await on the first ten. Negotiations begin for a new house type to fix modular construction concerns.
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Paul McClung
Kiowa Housing Authority
CDI Homes
Edmond
Great Plains Development Corp
Oklahoma City
CDI
Great Plains
Oklahoma
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Caddo Authority
Comanche Authority
Burns Flat
Maye Johnson, Meers
Kiowa Housing
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Hulett
Elkins
U.S
Santelled
Ltans
Stans
Nixon
Field Artillery Training Center
III Corps
Beirut
Sudan
Africa
Maj
Hashem el Atta
Congress
Moscow
Supreme Court of the
Russian Federation
Leningrad
Israel
Senate
House
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