Police Contract Gains Approval In Council Vote
The City Council narrowly approved a new Fraternal Order of Police contract after a 5-5 tie broken by Mayor Wayne Gilley. The agreement raises holidays from eight to ten, doubles uniform allowance to 200 dollars, and provides a six percent pay increase plus education incentives. City costs rise to 1.29 million in salaries next year, with past year at 1.221 million. Opposition questioned bid procedures on the 11th Street repaving project tied to HUD local contracting rules.
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Paul Hart
Lawton
Wayne Gilley
11Th Street
Order of Police
John Thomson
Thomson
van Meter
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Oklahoma City
South Prairie Construction Co
LURA
HUD
Power Use Reaches New High Amid Oklahoma Heat
The Public Service Company reports a new peak load of 2.11 million kilowatts as heat swelters across Southwestern and Eastern Oklahoma. Officials say demand remains high through Thursday with low winds and support from 360,000 customers in their service area including Lawton.
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Lawton
Winstead
Multi Million Dollar Torin Plan Heads To City Council Decision
Lawton officials consider a 5.9 million redevelopment plan for the D-1 area. The project would create a low and moderate income community within a community, a town center, and a Torin Corp. plant. LCDC seeks funds of 2.6 to 3 million in CDBG funds. The plan draws on Marcel Breuer and Associates designs.
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Torin Nears
Lawton
Torin Corp
Lawton Urban Renewal
11Th
15Th Streets
D-1
Lawton Community Development Corp
Turin
LCDC
Devel
Chicago
Marcel Breuer and Associates
New York
See Torin
Nation's Military Chief Plans Visit To Lawton
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General George S. Brown will visit Lawton and Fort Sill in late October, with Sen. Dewey Bartlett notifying Mayor Wayne Gilley and Fort Sill Commander Maj. Gen. David Ott of the planned trip. Local officials expect a tour and briefing plus a function sponsored by the Southwest Oklahoma Chapter of the Association of the United States Army amid tentative scheduling. Brown, an Air Force general, became chairman on July 3, 1974 and has a long record including service in World War II, Vietnam, and as Air Force chief of staff in 1973. The exact date will be set as his other Southwest U.S. commitments are arranged.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
George S. Brown
Lawton
Fort Sill
U.S
Dewey Bartlett
Wayne Gilley
David Ott
Gilley
Joint Chiefs
Bartlett
Brown
Southwest Oklahoma
The
Association of the United States Army
United States
Air Force
Richard Nixon
West Point
Old
Army Air Force
Polesti
Romania
Nathan Twining
Defense
Robert McNamana
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Air Force Systems Command
Ford Nominates New Army Chief
President Ford nominated Gen Bernard W. Rogers to be Army chief of staff, replacing retiring Gen Frederick C. Weyand who ends his four year term Oct. 1. Rogers, 55, heads the Army Forces Command at Fort McPherson, Georgia, and has served as deputy chief of staff for personnel and as chief legislative liaison. Weyand, 60, sought to revitalize morale and readiness and rose from ROTC to Army chief. Rogers, born in Fairview Kansas, has combat command experience in World War II Korea and Vietnam.
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Ashington
Ford
Bernard W. Rogers
Army Forces Command
Army
Senate
Rogers
Frederick C. Weyand
Weyand
U.S
Vietnam
Arbuckle
Calif
College Reserve Officers Training Corps
Fairview
Kan
Korea
Quake Hits China After Pair of Massive Shocks
A powerful double quake, magnitude 8.2 and 7.9, struck northeastern China before dawn, damaging Tientsin and shaking Peking. Casualties were initially unclear as reports described collapsed buildings and widespread destruction, with officials and observers noting extensive damage and delayed casualty figures.
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Tokyo
China
Tientsin
Peking
Guatemala
Federal ruling on interstate gas set to raise Arkla bills
The Federal Power Commission tripled the top price for interstate natural gas to 1.42 per thousand cubic feet from 52 cents, likely increasing Arkla Gas Co bills though exact amounts aren’t yet known. Cities Service Gas Co says Oklahoma customers face about 90 cents more per month, while Arkla’s Nelson notes his firm cannot immediately determine impact due to existing long term contracts and gas mix.
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Federal Power Commission
Arkla Gas Co
Cities Service Gas Co
Oklahoma
Sheffield Nelson
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Arkla
Little Rock
Nelson
FPC
Viking Robot Arm Scoops Mars Soil For Life Check
In Pasadena, the Viking lander arm scooped Martian soil and left a trench visible in the ground image. It will take hours to confirm the dirt was placed into the biology lab and weeks for experiments to yield results on life possibilities.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viking
Mars
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Murder Counts Faced Overstreet Hearing Begins
Ricky Lynn Overstreet, 18, faces three counts of second degree murder in a May 4 crash involving a stolen police car and a Medicine Park family auto. Four family members died. a state witness was unavailable, delaying a fourth charge hearing to Aug. 13. The surviving Dudark, 11, testified and recalled little about the wreck.
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Feere God
Ricky Lynn Overstreet
Overstreet
Medicine Park
Atty
Steve Lile
U.S. 277
Rogers Lane
Ruby Dudark
Ruth Witt
Jennifer Felty
Linda Dudark
Dudark
Robert Charles Dudark
Robert
Oklahoma City
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
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Sam Ard
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Tom Strickland
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