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City Council clashed over revenue sharing funds with calls for rate hikes or tax increases to balance the budget. Council members debated the impact on city services, with Don Aust proposing a policy to shield services and limit budget cuts while Thomson warned it encroached on the city manager’s prerogatives. The tie was broken in favor of the budget policy by Mayor Gilley.
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Thomson
Rex Pierce
Pierce
Rust
Jack Norrell
Harry Anderson
Ward 1
Don Aust
Vic Ramirez
Givens
Ramirez
J. J. Pursley
Ed Riddle
Fredrick Chenault
Charles Gibbs
Mavor Gilley
Combine CB Thefts Likely Sweep Oklahoma Harvest
A sheriff deputy warns wheat harvest operators in southwestern Oklahoma to remove citizen band radio gear from combines when unattended. Last year saw record CB thefts. thieves are in a second cycle as devices are stolen from combines and trucks in Comanche County between 8 and 10 am on a recent day.
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Oklahoma
Sheriff Department
Bill Banks
Cbs
Comanche County
Banks
Sheriff's Department
Swift to stand trial in 1974 Mt Scott killing
Carl Anthony Swift, once held at Eastern State Hospital for mental care, is to be returned to state court to face murder charges in the 1974 slaying of Leon Jones, a Maine Detty Youth Services Center houseparent. Leroy Thomas already faced the death penalty for his role, and testified Swift killed Jones during an emotional outburst before the body was burned on Mt Scott.
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Carl Anthony Swift
Lawton
Mt. Scott
Swift
Leroy Jesse Thomas
Leon Jones
Summit
Maine
Detty Youth Services Center
Jones
Thomas
Eastern State Hospital
Vinita
J. Winston Raburn
R. D. Garcia
Eastern State
Garcia
Comanche County
Okmulgee
Lawsuit Seeks $2.1 Million Over Hatchery Contract Work
A state countersuit targets Turfcon for $850,833 claiming unperformed work and costs to hire another contractor to finish the project at a Medicine Park fish hatchery begun in 1974. Mid-Continent also faces $850,833, Poe & Associates is pursued for $420,486. The hatchery, run with the U S Fish and Wildlife Service, stocks lakes and ponds in Southwest Oklahoma.
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Turfcon
Poe & Associates
Medicine Park
U.S. Fish and Widlife Service
Oklahoma
Cadets Appeal Honor Code Violations At West Point
Army cites 46 additional cadets appealing their cases to a review board after 48 already accused. West Point warns more accusations likely as cadets implicate others, with guilt implied by honor code. Cadet Timothy Ringghold of Phoenix sues over tolerating cheating claim.
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West Point
Timothy Ringghold
Phoenix
Ariz
Arafat says U S stirs Middle East clashes in interview
In Algiers Yasir Arafat told Fl Moudjahid that the United States is pushing a confrontation between Palestinian guerrillas and Syria to seize control of the broader Middle East. He urged urgent Arab action to cool tensions in Lebanon as Syrian forces threaten a serious confrontation with Palestinian and Lebanese factions.
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Lebanon
Algiers
PLO
Yasir Arafat
Fl Moudjahid
United States
Syria
Middle East
Spain’s King and Queen Visit Amid Senate Treaty Talks
Queen Sofia attended Jewish services in Madrid signaling tolerance while Ford moves toward a bicameral legislature. U S officials see liberalization boosting Spain’s NATO bid as Senate weighs a 1.2 billion base treaty. The royals unveil a 66 ton Don Quixote sculpture at the Kennedy Center.
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Spain
Sofia
Madrid
U.S
Senate
United States
Don Quixote
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Lawton Skeet Range Lease Approved By Commission
Lawton Lakes and Lands Commission approves a lease with minor changes between the Lawton Water Authority and the Lawton Gun Club enabling use of five acres at Lake Ellsworth for a trap and skeet range. The lease goes to City Council for final approval amid other business on fishing ordinances shelters and an agriculture lease.
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Lawton's Lakes and Lands Commission
Lawton Water Authority
Lawton
Jamboree Set by Mount Scott CB Club at Great Plains Coliseum
The Mount Scott Citizens Band Radio Club will hold its annual CB jamboree from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on June 5-6 at the Great Plains Coliseum. Entertainment and door prizes are planned with trailer parking at the Comanche County fair grounds. Contact 353-0982 for more information.
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Mount Scott
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