Optimism Aboard Downtown Lawton Post Office Site
Optimism on a large downtown Lawton post office site follows talks among postal officials urban renewal and city leaders. The land block spans 177 600 square feet from E to F and Fifth to Sixth with expansion potential and a possible price near the land’s bottom dollar.
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Lawton
Arch March
Fifth
Sixth
Postal Service
Tom Coe
Atlanta
Postal System
Coe
Kinley McClure
Central Business District
The
Memphis
Puise Service
McClure
March
City Hall
Home Starts Still Building
May construction activity shows total permits valued at 1 281 240 with residential work at 1 036 240 up from 1975 totals. New single family starts reached 28 valued at 827 140 while 21 permits valued at 661 250 were issued in May 1975. Parks Jones Realty adds a 135 000 town house complex at 4529 4535 NE Bell. Finley Realty’s 100 000 shopping center permit covers 1308 1316 W Lee Blvd.
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Constitution
City Building and Safety Division
Parks- Jones Realty
Bell
Finley Realty
W. Lee Blvd
Hard Rain, High Winds Hit Ellsworth and Surrounding Area
Thunderstorms driven by a slow front lashed western Oklahoma and Central Texas with heavy rain and damaging winds. In Oklahoma, Lake Ellsworth and Lake Lawtonka levels dropped while power lines failed and trees were uprooted. Two mobile homes overturned in Mangum and Snyder. Snyder saw a brief tornado near the town.
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Lawtonka
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Jimmy Creek
Lawton
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Gore
Lawton Publishing Co
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Mangum
Snyder
Tex
Big Spring
Battles Raged In Beirut As Clash Over Refugee Camps Intensifies
In Beirut tensions flare as Christian attackers claim breakthrough against Palestinian and leftist Lebanese Muslim lines in eastern Beirut near the Jisr el Basha and Tal Zaatar camps. Palestinian officials deny decisively while reporting heavy fighting and large-scale casualties. Reports say camps are under siege by about 5,000 militiamen with over 100 tanks and armored vehicles, with communications cut between Beirut and foreign capitals for a second day.
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Beirut Radio
Jisr el-Basha
Tal Zaatar
Christian East Beirut
See
Lawton Schools Discuss Administrator Salary Boosts
Lawton Public School teachers and staff may see about $800 raises with administrators facing up to $2,600 increases. The PMP committee, in liaison with the school board, proposes higher principals salaries and similar adjustments for Shoemaker Center admins. The board could act at its July 5 meeting as Supt. Hugh Bish also prepares his separate proposal.
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Lawton
PMP
Shoemaker Center
City School
Hugh Bish
Ford proposes five year limit on busing orders
President Ford asks Congress to limit desegregation busing to five years and restrict court orders to cases of official government actions. He calls for a national advisory committee to aid voluntary desegregation and says some courts have overreached. The plan targets acts of governmental discrimination and aims to restore conditions as if constitutional violations never occurred.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
White House
Supreme Court upholds zoning ban and sides with states on overtime ruling
The Supreme Court split 5 to 4 strikes down a federal extension of the Fair Labor Standards Act to state and local workers, citing limits on Congress interstate commerce power. The decision also allows cities to use zoning to constrain sexually oriented theaters, and requires no warrant for police entering a home viewed from public. The ruling blocks environmental impact studies for certain developments and cites abeyance on wage costs. Justice Brennan White and Thurgood Marshall dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
10Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Illinois River
Oklahoma
William J. Brennan Jr
Byron R. White
Thurgood
Court decision to save city considerable money
U S Supreme Court strikes down extending overtime pay to state and local workers, saving Lawton taxpayers money. City officials say overtime costs will drop. police now get straight time and firefighters time and a half. Budgeted figures for this year include 12150 for police overtime and 3230 for fire overtime.
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Bridwell
Massachusetts Strike Ends After Three-Day Statewide Walkout
State workers resumed duties across Massachusetts ending the first statewide strike in state history after three days on the picket line. Union leaders and representatives returned to bargaining while a court mediator pressed for a final contract as fines loomed for continued work stoppage.
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OSTON
Massachusetts
State Department of Public Works
Massachusetts District Commission
Howard V. Doyle
Schmertz
Superior Court
Thomas E. Morse
Alliance
Doyle
Paul Quirk
Michael S. Dukakis
Calleg
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Chuck) Bridwell
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