Forest Fires Near Los Alamos Mixed but Firefighters Close to Control
Gusty winds and low humidity hindered New Mexico Arizona and Colorado crews fighting large forest fires. About 10 000 acres burned with 8 million dollars in damage near Los Alamos threatening the laboratory before stabilizing. An estimated 1 000 firefighters from as far as Oregon battled the blazes as another fire near Flagstaff and Sierra Vista prompted evacuations.
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Associated Press
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Los Alamos
Max Salazar
Santa Fe
Oregon
Bandelier National Monument
SS Alamos City
National Park Service
Forest Service
Barker Wildlife Area
Philmont Scout Ranch
Tom Loring
Coronado National Forest
Huachuca
Sierra Vista
Coronado
Doug Salyer
Flagstaff
Ariz
Handicapped Guidelines Drive Changes In Lawton Schools
Lawton Public Schools have expanded special education programs over five years under HEW guidelines and a pending law. Sixty plus programs, facilities at Rogers Elementary, and state grants with local matching funds support deaf, learning disabled, and emotionally challenged students. Plans include home based services and added staff to meet by 1980 three to 21 year olds and 1978 three to 17 year olds.
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Mark Kingsolver
Federal Health, Education and Welfare Department
Lawton
Anna Claire Kuchta
Lawton Public School
Rogers Elementary School
States May Deny Some Jobless Benefits High Court Upholds
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that states may deny welfare benefits to children of fathers who are fired for misconduct or quit. The ruling upholds Maryland AFDC-UF rules and HEW regulations allowing state discretion on unemployment status. The decision notes Congress aimed for uniformity without forcing identical standards across states.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Maryland
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Congress
Harry A. Blackmun
Warren E. Burger
Potter Stewart
Lewis F. Powell
William H. Rehnquist
Byron R. White
William J. Brennan
Thurgood Marshall
John Paul Stevens
White
Supreme Court Today
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
High Court
Instapoll Questions From Lawton Publishing
The notice invites readers to participate in Instapoll surveys by calling the Lawton Publishing office at 353 0620 during evening hours Monday through Wednesday. It asks if Fidel Castro was involved in the Kennedy assassination and offers a Hot Line for questions on local government activities.
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Lawton Publishing Company
Instapoll
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
Uganda's Controversial Chief Believed Missing
Nairobi reports say Ugandan President Idi Amin is missing after a weekend assassination attempt. Officials dispute the claim, while a Nairobi paper cites gunmen attack near Entebbe and a police manhunt across Uganda. PMID: Adrisi confirms no official word. Radio Uganda hints at refugee day events.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Amin
Murchison Falls
Uganda
Nairobi Daily Nation
Bagitabire
Entebbe
Mustafa Adrisi
Adrisi
Radio Uganda
Kampala
Four Die In Oklahoma One-Vehicle Crashes Weekend
The Highway Patrol reported four fatalities from two one-vehicle crashes in Oklahoma over the weekend. A five-year-old Gracemont boy died when a pickup driven by his mother Ann V. Stevens, 33, left the road three miles north of Gracemont in Caddo County.
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Oklahoma
Gracemont
Fort Sillman
Highway Patrol
Geary Stevens
Ann V. Stevens
Caddo County
Accidents Involving Children and Trike Rider Reported
A pickup crash in Kiowa County injures a 10 year old girl Kimberly and 13 year old Paula A Dyer while another child, five, was crushed when the vehicle overturned. All three girls were treated and released. Gerald R Wilson 22 was hurt in a separate three wheel motorcycle crash near Lone Wolf. He was hospitalized at Altus Air Force Base Hospital for possible internal injuries. He was not wearing a helmet. The truck driver was Timothy Smith 19 of Virginia Beach.
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Kimberly
Paula A. Dyer
Gracemont
Eddie Wilson
Stevens
Anadarko Municipal Hospital
Gerald R. Wilson
Altus Air Force Base
Kiowa
SH 44
Lone Wolf
Wilson
Altus Hospital
David Morgan
Pag
Timothy Smith
Virginia Beach
Weather forecast shows hot high temps into next week
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies and hot temperatures through Tuesday. Tonight winds will be southerly at 7 to 14 mph. Tuesday high expected in the upper 90s with overnight low in the mid 70s. Sundays high reached 96 and the low 73. The outlook for Wednesday to Friday remains fair and warm with highs in the upper 90s and lows 65 to 75.
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Energy Research and Development Administration
U.S. Forest Service
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Organ Mountains
Las Cruces
Amy
Rosalynn Carter
Tucson
Carter
President
San Francisco
Ms. Kuchta
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Medicine Park
U.S
Ronald Pittman
Cache
SH 49
Bill Risener
Pittman
Instapoll Questions
Information Ministry
Lake Victoria
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