Harvesting Hits High Gear Across Area Elevators
Area grain elevators report a strong 1976 wheat harvest with Grandfield at 90 percent complete and receipts surpassing last year. Co-Op Services notes Grandfield 775000 bushels by Sunday night while Walters Co-op sits near one million bushels and Chattanooga at 535000. Harvest quality is good though wild oats and weeds pose issues and late May rains raised moss concerns.
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Grandfield
Co-Op Services
Polone
Kerry Fryer
Walters Co-op
Ford approves stainless steel import quotas in Ohio
President Ford announced the approval of import quotas on stainless steel during a daylong Ohio motorcade from Cincinnati to Toledo. He said the quotas will create more jobs in Middletown and possibly raise prices slightly, as talks with Japan and the European Community failed to secure voluntary limits. The move follows a partial breakdown in negotiations and a 10 percent drop in stainless steel imports expected, with details to follow from the U S Trade Representative.
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Iddletown
Ohio
Ford
Cincinnati
Toledo
Middletown
Armco Steel
U.S
Frederick B. Dent
Dent
Japan
Convicted Robber Escapes Jail In Hobart
James Lee Click 27, sentenced to 99 years for shooting and robbery, escaped from Comanche County jail at 6 30 am during feeding rounds. Sheriff Coy Rogers said three secured doors stood between him and freedom and the escapee is considered dangerous though unarmed. An all out search was underway at noon.
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Hobart
Comanche County
Coy Rogers
James Lee Click
Robert Huskey
Click
Sheriff Department
Freedom
Rogers
Huskey
Quake Rattles Mexico City Causes Panic and Traffic Jams
A strong earthquake struck central Mexico for over a minute causing panic in Mexico City. Police reported no immediate casualties or damage estimates. The University of Mexico observatory placed the epicenter about 280 miles south likely in the Pacific Ocean off Acapulco.
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Mexico City
Mexico
University of Mexico Observatory
Pacific Ocean
Acapulco
Six on open Richter scale quake rocks Mexico City
A six magnitude quake was felt from Veracruz to Mexico City where skyscrapers swayed and many adobe structures cracked. Police handled rescue calls as electric cuts disrupted traffic lights, fires were contained, and factories halted operations.
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Veracruz
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico City
Syrian forces press Beirut drive in widening conflict
Syrian troops pushed into Lebanon and bombarded Beirut as tanks and jets attacked the hill resort of Safar along the Damascus Beirut highway. The offensive marked a sharp escalation in the civil war with Palestinian and leftist forces, forcing airport closures and drawing in Syrian air and naval support as 6,000 troops crossed into Lebanon last week.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Safar
Damascus-Beirut
Syria
Radio
Riyak
Radical
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Saiga
Associated Press
Mohammed Salam
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Army
Edward Cody
Kleiaat
City Attorney Cude Quits To Build General Practice
City Attorney Jerry Cude resigned effective July 12 amid a series of summer departures by Lawton officials. He cited a dispute over the city manager’s budget powers and said his move to a private general practice reflects his long focus on municipal law and public service since Lawton’s charter form of government began.
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Cude
Jerry Cude
John Thomson
Law 7
Larry Fountaine
Lawton
Ome
Cade
Don Aust
Partin Named Assistant Chief In Geronimo Police
Jack Partin 35 of Rt. 1 Geronimo promoted today to assistant chief of police in charge of line operations. He replaces Gillian as line operations chief, joining five captains considered for the slot. Gillian named police chief by City Manager to replace retiring Hennessee.
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Constitution
Jack Partin
Rt. 1
Geronimo
Lawton
Partin
Robert Gillian
Gillan
Gillian
John Thomson
Alferd Hennessee
Hennessee
Police
Kenneth Stradley
Crawford Hawkins
Bull Ward
Fred Mitchell
Southwest Oklahoma Forecast Shows Warm Front with Storm Chance
The National Weather Service reports fair to partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures for Southwest Oklahoma. A 20 percent chance of thunderstorms is forecast. Tuesday’s high will reach the low 50s with a low in the upper 60s. Sunday's high was 78 and the low 63.
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Oklahoma
National Weather Service
Oklahoma Legislature Nears Adjournment
Oklahoma City AP report says the legislature nears adjournment on the 90th day. Senate leaders expect most of 11 general appropriations bills to clear, with risks over a judicial pay bill and Gov. Boren's prison construction program facing votes and potential lawsuits.
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Klahoma City
Oklahoma
Senate
Gene Howard
Howard
General Appropriations Conference Committee
House
Bill Willis
Supreme Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
David Boren
Boren
Union City
Lexington
Homing
Willis
Man charged with murder in death of ex wife in city
Paul Len Stedman 26 was charged with second degree murder after police say he imitated Charles Manson in the fatal shooting of Debra K. Holcomb 22 at the Arlington home of Stedman’s parents. The incident occurred around 9 am Saturday as Holcomb went to pick up her child. The weapon, a .380 pistol, was found in a neighbor's yard. Stedman surrendered at the scene and faced arraignment.
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Charles Manson
Don Beauchamp
Paul Len Stedman
Stedman
Richard Robertson
Debra K. Holcomb
Gienn
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Arlington
Carl and
Eula Mae
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