Three Witnesses Testify Before Lawton Grand Jury
Three witnesses testified to the grand jury with jurors hearing notes from the Lawton area. Mrs Grady Crabtree spoke of papers and evidence and Mrs L L Ingolf appeared to discuss county matters. Marlene Kehbone, inmate at Comanche County jail, was the third witness as the panel shuffled between city and county offices.
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Lawton
Grand Jury
Grady Crabtree
L. L. Ingolf
Post Exchange
County Commissioners
Marlene Kehbone
Miss Kehbone
Comanche County
Robertson
Medicine Park
County Sheriffs’ Department
County District Attorneys’ Office
Court curbs federal reach on state employee wages
The Supreme Court, in a 5 4 decision, overturns the 1968 ruling extending the Fair Labor Standards Act to state hospitals and nonteaching school workers. Justice Rehnquist states the 1968 reasoning is no longer authoritative. The act covers minimum wages and overtime. states remain distinct from individuals or corporations in Congress commerce power disputes.
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Marshall
John Paul Stevens
William H. Rehnquist
Rehnquist
Congress
Massachusetts Employees End Strike After Three Days
Massachusetts officials say striking workers end a three day walkout after a judge's ruling seen as a step toward ending the strike. The judge expresses seriousness and hopes sanctions will not be needed and urges union leadership to comply.
Ford Proposes Time-Limited Busing to Desegregate Schools
President Ford outlines a desegregation plan with a three year busing limit, extendable by two more years if necessary, then halted after five years if communities show good faith. AttyGen Levi supports a possible three year limit with two additional years. Civil rights leaders oppose the plan while House Republican Leader Rhodes says it may quiet dissension.
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Ford
Edward H. Levi
Indianapolis
House
John Rhodes
Arizona
White House
Rhodes
Congress
Lawton Principals Face Pay Increase Recommendation
The PMP urges raising Lawton principals salaries to align with six comparator districts Tulsa Oklahoma City Midwest City Putnam City Altus and Duncan. A four month study led by Abe Deutschendorf found Lawton principals paid below peers while beginning teachers earn more. The plan adds 1803 to admin salaries plus 800 across the system and links future raises to an administrator to teacher pay ratio. Local totals cover 77 principals, assistants, and central office staff.
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Lawton
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Midwest City
Putnam City
Altus
Duncan
Abe Deutschendorf
Joan Shutts
Charles Boyle
John Bowmen
Geraldine Williams
Rodney Mastin
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Downtown post office site eyed for Lawton expansion
The Urban Renewal sale of Optimism 2nd and 3rd parcels to a local businessman at 2 per square foot was followed by a April notice of post office interest. The real estate office concluded a downtown site appeared the best expansion option for Lawton.
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Lawton
McClure
City overtime rule would raise 1975 77 costs for police fire
Overtime rules set caps at 240 232 and 216 hours per 28 days with transitional dates. Officials question if base pay should include longevity holiday pay and other benefits in calculating overtime.
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Bridwell
Storms bring tornadoes and flash floods across several states
Storms spawned nine tornadoes in Kansas, two in Nebraska and Texas, and one each in Georgia and South Carolina. Flash flood watches covered eastern Kansas while thunderstorms hit Greenville Mississippi. Damages included three mobile homes damaged and one injury.
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Nebraska
Texas
Georgia
South Carolina
Greenville
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Oklahoma City Market Prices for Grains and Hay
State Department of Agriculture reports today’s prices with Wheat at 3.25 to 3.814 dollars per bushel across towns including Aston Pauls Valley Eldorado and Lawton Soybeans show bids from Banner Pauls Valley Weatherford Muskogee and Gulf at 5.60 to 6.25 dollars per bushel Alfalfa hay quoted per ton in Chickasha and Pauls Valley at 55 to 65 dollars.
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Oklahoma
Democrats push for payroll reforms in House action
Rep. Dawson Mathis opposed House Democratic Caucus reforms guiding payroll and expense changes after the Capitol scandal. He announced plans to force full House action as the House Administration Committee met. The caucus ordered 10 of 12 reforms through regulations, rejecting a bid for full House action 127 to 112.
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House
Capitol
Dawson Mathis
D-Ga
House Administration
Fire alarms log from Lawton Fire Department notes
Wednesday dispatches include car fire on Eisenhower Drive at 1 30 p.m. and grass fires at 24th and Lee and Mockingbird Lane. A house fire on 1209 Tavior is listed as minor and an electrical power down at 1119 List and Gore. Fire totals show 1 39 dispatches this year.
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