HUD Receives Plan for East Lawton Elderly Housing
HUD has received a proposal from a private developer to build 61 Section 8 elderly housing units at 45th Street and Camelot Drive in East Lawton. The land is owned by Frank Richards. city officials note the project uses private ownership with federal rent subsidies. The city faces a 30 day window to object if the plan conflicts with its housing assistance plan approved after a May 31 city council vote.
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HUD
Billy Austin
Wayne Gilley
45Th Street
Camelot Drive
East Lawton
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Gilley
Frank Richards
Richards
Lawton Constitution
Oklahoma Housing Finance Authority
Vance to Tour Middle East China and Soviet Talks
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance will visit the Middle East in July, travel to China in August, and hold high level arms talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in September. The moves aim to show progress toward a new U S Soviet weapons treaty and resume peace negotiations in the Middle East with Israel and Arab states. Vance is expected to stop in Israel Egypt Syria Jordan and Saudi Arabia with departure dates not disclosed.
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Cyrus R. Vance
Middle East
China
Andrei A. Gromyko
Carter
Vance
Israel
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Lee Vance
Johnson to End Term as Leader of Area Refuge
Roger D. Johnson, manager of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, will depart as manager after being accepted into Interior Department’s manager development program in Washington. Johnson will serve until a new manager is chosen, with a target Sept. 1 start. The Albuquerque office will select the successor, subject to Greenwalt approval. Plans include $4.5 million in five year improvements at the refuge, with public input ongoing through local groups and the Keep The Refuge Open group.
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Paul McClung
Roger D. Johnson
Wichita Mountains Wildlife
Department of Interior
Washington, D.C
Gordon H. Hansen
Albuquerque
Johnson
Hansen
H and Wildlife Service
Greenwalt
The
and Wildlife Service
Washin
Gpon
Washington
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Interior
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Roger
Wichita
Hensen
Oklahoma Senate moves on seven appropriation bills in special session
In a five day special session Gov. David Boren conceded a proposed constitutional amendment is dead. The House passed two major appropriation bills including a 322 million common school measure, while the Senate sent five funding bills to the House. Wednesday and Friday were set for heavy work as officials aim to finish the process. See SESSION. Page 4
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Secity
Senate
Canees
David Boren
House
State appeals prison crowding order in two facilities
Atty. Gen. Larry Derryberry announced an appeal of Judge Luther Bohanon’s order to cut inmate populations at Oklahoma’s two main prisons. He seeks a stay from the 10th U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver if Bohanon declines. The plan targets McAlester and Granite units with a 150 monthly reduction, though officials say space will open as prison construction finishes later this year.
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Larry Derryberry
U.S. Discf
Luther Behanon
Boren
Behanon
10Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Bohanon
Derryberry
Ned Benton
Bohanen
McAlester
Inma
Weekend Warmth With Scattered Thunderstorms Possible
The forecast calls for Friday partly cloudy and warm with a high in the low 90s and an overnight low near 70. Wednesday reached 86 with a 70 low. Saturday to Monday show warm, clear to partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers, highs mid 80s and lows around 60s.
Camp Scott killings draw mobile lab and search dogs
Oklahoma authorities mobilize a mobile crime laboratory and a trained German shepherd to pursue a killer after three Girl Scouts are found dead at Camp Scott near Locust Grove. fingerprint and footprint clues, burglaries, and a tent ransacking are under investigation as families await updates.
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Mayes County
al Foyer
Camp Scott
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Nesday
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