White House guard shoots intruder at fence
AP reports President Ford says the White House guard did his duty in shooting and killing intruder Chester M. Plummer 30 a cab driver as he raised a pipe on the White House lawn. Police say the guard Pvt Charles A Garland fired a single shot. The Secret Service cites no prior threat listing for Plummer. Page 4.
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Executive Protective Service
White House
Charles A. Garland
Plummer
Pennsylvania Ave
Mental Center Staff Changes
The Jim Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center reports nine psychology and sociology staff departures since June 1 and the addition of a full time psychiatrist and clinical psychologist. Dr. Julio Lozano and Dr. Edith King lead the new hires. Other changes include Margaret Sultenfuss moving to Cameron University and Betty Wilson shifting roles within medical records.
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Jim Taliaferro
Royce Means
Lawton
Fort Sill
Julio Lozano
Edith King
Lozano
Bogota
Columbia
Central State Hospital
Norman
Indian Health Service
Tishomingo
King
The
Center
Oklahoma City
Chickasha
Margaret Sultenfus
Arkla Signs 20Year Gas Pact To Boost Supplies Here
Arkla Gas and Snee & Eberly of Oklahoma City finalize a 20 year purchase deal likely to improve regional gas supply. The deal covers gas from 2500 acres in eastern Oklahoma with one new well producing about 10 million cubic feet daily. A second well nears completion and a third has begun drilling on the lease. The Spiro sand area is believed to hold about 20 billion cubic feet in reserves.
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Arkla Gas
Oklahoma City
Richard Moore
Arkla
Altus
Snee & Eberly
Oklahoma
Spiro Sand
Arkla to take 92 percent of gas from Snee & Eberly wells
Arkla will receive 92 percent of gas produced from Snee & Eberly lease wells near Fort Smith area under a new agreement. One well replacing half the 21 million cubic feet Arkla must supply an eastern utility follows a June FPC order, prompting Arkla to stop serving new industrial customers and triggering an Oklahoma legislative investigation led by State Sen. Al Terrill. Arkla expects the producing well to be connected to its pipeline in November before winter.
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Ark
Snee & Eberly
Arkla
Moore
Federal Power Commission
Special Investigating Committee On Public Utilities
Oklahoma
al Terrill
Lawton
Reagan names Schweiker as running mate in bid for nomination
Ronald Reagan announced U S Senator Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania as his vice presidential candidate if he wins the Republican nomination He said the move departs from tradition to inform delegates and voters ahead of the convention Schweiker described as independent minded and business oriented Reagan noted Schweiker’s awareness of foreign policy shortcomings and inflationary deficits in the United States This report updates ongoing delegate counts showing Ford leading nationwide and in Pennsylvania with 71 delegates to Reagan 6 and 25 uncommitted separate from the convention fight See SCHWEIKER Page 4.
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Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
U.S
Richard S. Schweiker
Pennsylvania
Reagan
Schweiker
Ford
Associated Press
Pennyslvania
Pennslyvania
Sen
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Washington
California
New Helmet May Replace Steel Pot in Army
Army researchers in Berdeen Md developed a synthetic helmet code named Fritz to replace the 1930s Hadfield steel helmet. The design shifts balance toward the back of the head for comfort and protection and features a neck skirt. Final testing is in fall with hoped regular issue by 1980. project cost is 2.5 million dollars.
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Berdeen
Army
Weather Outlook for Southwest Oklahoma Through Tuesday
Partly cloudy and hot in Southwest Oklahoma with a 20 percent rain chance through Tuesday. Tonight southerly winds 7 to 15 mph, temperatures around 70. Tuesday highs in the mid-90s. Sunday’s high reached 99 with a low of 69.
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Oklahoma
West Virginia Coal Miner Strike Expands Into Ohio
West Virginia miners strike paralyzes nearly all state mines and spreads to Ohio. Meigs County had three Southern Ohio Coal Co. mines shut down with 1,400 to 1,500 workers idle. Protest aims to curb federal court involvement and seek arbitration.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Harleston
W.va
Edwin Wiles
West Virginia Coal Association
Meigs County
Southern Ohio Coal Co
West
Wiles
City schools add phones to aid parent contact
Lawton elementary schools will gain a second telephone line each this fall, totaling two lines per school except Geronimo Road. The change, approved by the Lawton Board of Education, supports mandatory parent teacher conferences and raises annual elementary line costs to 9180 dollars. Secondary schools have no planned expansion.
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Geronimo Road
Lawton Board of Education
Lawton
Elkins
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