City budget earmarks lion's share for police and fire
City Manager Larry Fountaine unveiled a 5.8 million general fund budget with police at 1,129,879 and fire at 1,013,209, together about 37 percent of the total 5.807 million general fund. Salaries account for roughly 60 percent of the 9.4 million overall budget, while pay hikes add 400,000 to the two divisions.
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Lion
Larry Fountaine
Police
Fire
City
Manag
Fountaine
GOP Leaders Back Subpoena for Nixon Tapes
After meeting with President Nixon Senate and House GOP leaders Hugh Scott and Gerald Ford said the Watergate panel had to subpoena presidential tapes. They predicted the courts will likely rebuff the effort but defended Nixon’s refusal to turn over the records. They warned the case could hinge on tainted testimony by John W. Dean III and cited political dynamics as the issue.
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GOP
Congress
Nixon
Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Senate Gop
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
House
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Scott
Supreme Court
Senate
Ford
White House
John W. Dean III
Dean
Ehrlichman
Edward J. Gurney
R-Fla
Hunt
Judge rules bombing halt in Cambodia unconstitutional
U S District Court Judge Orrin Judd ruled the American bombing of Cambodia unconstitutional and issued an injunction against further military actions. The order stalls until Friday to allow a government appeal, with decision expected before mootness as Congress debates funding and an August 15 cutoff. Rep Elizabeth Holtzman and three Guam based Air Force officers filed the suit seeking constitutional status of the combat operations.
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New York
U.S
Cambodia
U.S. District Court
Orrin Judd
Brooklyn
Air Force
Judd
Indochina
Congress
Nixon
Elizabeth Holtzman
Guam
Pace
Ehrlichman Says Nixon Didn’t Authorize Burglary
Ehrlichman testified before the Senate Watergate committee that Nixon told an aide to take necessary steps to stop the Pentagon Papers leak but did not explicitly authorize a burglary. He denied approving clemency offers for E Howard Hunt or telling Gray to destroy documents.
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Ashington
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Pentagon
Ehrlichman
E. Howard Hunt
FBI
L. Patrick Gray III
Hunt
White House
Senate
Plumbers
Egil Krogh Jr
Daniel Elisberg
Mild Readings Rain Loom Here
Mild temperatures and possible thundershowers forecast for southwest Oklahoma through Thursday. Highs near 88 in both days, about 10 degrees below normal, with a 40 percent thunderstorm chance tonight and 20 percent Thursday. High Tuesday reached 97, low 69. tonight's low near 70.
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Oklahoma
National Weather Service
Faulty Cotton Receipts Probe Continues In Texas
A new payment schedule for Vernon cotton broker R. E. Huntley and G. F. Hemphill was to be filed in federal court today under the preliminary bankruptcy proceedings. A state court hearing on a permanent injunction against the pair was to be held but was expected to be called off in light of federal actions. The cases represent the latest moves in what observers see as a collapse of a multi state financial empire built on bogus cotton warehouse receipts and a nationwide check kiting scheme. The Vernon bank failure sparked attention to loans secured by phony receipts and a wider probe into bank drafts across Texas Mississippi and Oklahoma. A temporary restraining order was issued to prevent disposal of receipts.
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Ernon, Tex
Vernon
R. E. Huntley
G. F. Hemphill
State Bank of
Huntley
Texas
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Vernon Bank
Huntley and Hemphill
First National Bank of
Altus
Okla
Huntley and
Hemphill
Rex Sullivan
46Th District Court
Satala Tania Editorial Fragments and Page Tabs
Fragmentary newspaper page listing sections such as Editorials Dear Abby Merkets Classified Women Bridge and Obituaries with scattered page numbers and incomplete headings. The readable items indicate a mixed content page including a hospital note and a puzzle column.
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Dear Abby
Skylab 2 Crew Prepares For 59 Day Space Mission
Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma prepare for their 59 day flight aboard the space station orbiting 270 miles above Earth. Final countdown starts at 11 p.m. EDT with rehearsals, emergency drills, and prelaunch tests at Cape Kennedy and Johnson Space Center.
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Ape Kennedy
Fla
Ci! Center
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Tex
Space Lab
Cape Kennedy
French Nuclear Blast Expected in Pacific Tests
Paris AP reports France waits for the imminent explosion of a one megaton hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific. It would be the second test in this series and the fifth H bomb since atmospheric testing began seven years ago at Fangataufa atoll near Mururoa. Weather will set the countdown. past tests occurred at Fangataufa and Mu ruroa.
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Paris
South Pacific
France
Fangataufa Atoll
Mururoa
Refuge Petitions Signatures Grow to Over Three Thousand
MORE THAN 3,000 signatures have been collected on petitions protesting a Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife decision to curtail general recreational activities at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. Organizers James Freeman and Jimmie Hysaw plan to deliver copies at a public meeting and then send them to Rep. Tom Steed in Washington. The Aug. 1 goal is 20,000 signatures. Gov. David Hall backs the effort and will be represented by Chris Delaporte at the Hotel Lawtonian meeting.
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Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
James Freeman
Medicine Park
Jimmie Hysaw
Tom Steed
Washington D. C
Freeman
Hysaw
Hysan
Lawtonian
David Hall
Bureau
Hall
Chris Delaporte
Division of State Parks
Book Store Padlocked as Public Nuisance in Lawton
Judge Jack Brock granted a temporary restraining order and injunction directing Venus Book Mart at 1206 Cache Road to be padlocked as a public nuisance. Sheriff Elkins ordered to seal the store and preserve materials while Steven B Hess, operator and manager, faces three prior felony obscenity charges. Field seeks continued closure under Oklahoma public nuisance law to curb alleged ongoing violations.
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Ger
Jack Brock
Venus Book Mart
Cache Road
Steven Bellen Hess
Vernon Field
Field
Brock
Paul Elkins
Hess
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