Local Builders Challenge Pact To Capital Firm On 11th Street Contract
The Lawton Urban Renewal Authority awarded a $1,018,974 reconstruction contract for 11th Street to an Oklahoma City firm, pending HUD approval, while two local contractors protest the award as they argue a federal rule favors local businesses. Frascon Inc and Atlas Tuck Concrete Co of Lawton bid higher, and funding includes Community Development Block Grant and Rose Hill Project funds. The board also discussed Fifth Street closing and approved a $258,772 operating budget for the year.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
11Th Street
Oklahoma City
South Prairie Construction Co
LURA
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Frascon, Inc
Atlae Tuck Concrete Co
Lawton
Howard Wellspring
Bob Neale
Atlas Tuck
Rose Hill
Manville Redman
Fifth Street
City National Leasing Corp
Manhunt intensifies for three California kidnap suspects
Authorities nationwide pursue three wealthy Bay Area men Frederick Woods James Schoenfeld and Richard Schoenfeld linked to the Chowchilla school bus kidnapping. Investigators seek arrest warrants and search a warehouse in San Jose while probing ransom as a possible motive and the used vans that buried children four feet underground for 18 hours.
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Erick N. Woods
James L. Schoenfeld
Richard A. Schoenfeld
Alameda
Tom Houchins
Madera
Ed Bates
Livermore Rock
Woods
Younger Woods
San Mateo County
John McDonald
Sonora County
San Jose
Chowchilla
Swine Flu Vaccine Shows Minor Side Effects
Tests indicate the swine flu vaccine is effective with few and relatively minor side effects. The advisory committee recommends continuing vaccination for all ages while more data is gathered for younger groups. Trials of 5200 people show strong results in those over 24, with safety for younger adults and children as young as three likely but needing more data on potency and schedule.
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Atlanta
National Center For Disease Control
Public Health Services Advisory Committee
Congress
Ford
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
David Mathews
New Jersey
Traffic Accidents Claim Three Lives In Oklahoma
A baby girl Christina Rennee Smith 16 months a teenage motorcyclist Clyde Franklin Bass 15 and an elderly farmer died in separate Oklahoma road crashes on Thursday raising the year to 447 traffic deaths. Linda Kay Smith 26 suffered injuries in the van collision on U S 75. Orville Wethey of Beggs was not injured.
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Oklahoma
Christina Rennee Smith
Henryetta
U.S. 75
Okmulgee
Linda Kay Smith
Orville Wethey
Beggs
Clyde Franklin Bass
Thomas
See
Oklahoma moves closer to passing new death penalty law
Oklahoma House leaders push for final passage of a new death penalty measure after Senate approval. By noon the House rejected seven amendments from Rep. David Riggs including voter referendum and jury trial rights. The bill, drafted after a Supreme Court ruling, heads for a final House vote amid anticipated further amendments.
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Klahoma City
Oklahoma
House
Senate
David Riggs
Tulsa
Riggs
Als
Persn
U.S. Supreme Court
Lawton Area Weather Forecast Through Saturday
A 20 percent chance of rain is expected to break the heat in the Lawton area with southerly winds 8 to 16 mph. Tonight's low in the upper 60s. Saturday highs near 90s. Thursday's temperatures ranged from 91 to 70.
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Lawton
Swiss Derailment Fatal To Six In Rigi Alps Express
Six people died and 34 were injured when the Riviera Express derailed after exiting the Simplon Tunnel in the Alps. The Italy to Germany train reportedly exceeded speed on a 50 mile downgrade, failing to slow for a curve, causing extensive damage to the tunnel and rail line.
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Rig
Switzerland
Simplon
Alps
Swiss
Federal Railways
Germany
Army sergeant fights adultery court martial in Maine
Army sergeant Michael H. London, convicted in Schweinfurt of adultery with another sergeant’s wife, appeals that the case targets an old offense. He faces discharge and loss of promotion. his wife and mother petition officials, while the Army notes adultery is rare but prosecutable under the UCMJ.
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Atland
Maine
Michael H. London
Portland
Schweinfurt
Germany
London
Army
Europe
Ft. Dix
N.J
Army Judge Advocate General's Office
Edmund S. Muskie
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Associated Press
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