Water Quality In Lawton Meets Safe Drinking Act Standards
The article notes Lawton area water systems meet federal Safe Drinking Water Act standards while a few small suppliers may need variances or alternate supplies. Most systems already test and monitor, with state health officials to inform consumers when problems arise and EPA reporting required only if standards aren’t met.
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Lawton
Standards of Safe Drinking Act
Sasser
State Health Department
US Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Mark Coleman
Environmental Health Services
Oklahoma
Coleman
Carter signals no B1 deployment while pursuing cruise missile path
President Carter refrains from continuing B1 bomber deployment and endorses testing the existing cruise missile program. He cites cost, defense value, and potential shifts in U.S.-Soviet relations, while noting possible changes if relations deteriorate. He mentions submarine launched and air launched cruise missiles with ranges up to 2000 miles.
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Harold Brown
Carter
House
Congress
Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev
Middle East
Washington
Menahem Begin
Israel
United States
China
Taiwan
Pentagon sees NATO Soviet clash risk with limited warning time
Pentagon experts warn Atlantic shipping would face heightened risk from Soviet air attack with uncertain warning times. A Warsaw Pact NATO conflict in Europe is deemed most likely, with potential advance notice of 23 days but a Senate study suggesting only hours or days. Submarines pose threats in longer conflicts, while NATO holds geo strategic advantage in the Greenland Iceland United Kingdom corridor. The U S fleet includes 10 diesel and 65 nuclear subs with 27 more planned to defend chokepoints.
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Democratic Party
Platform Committee
Carter
United States
White House
Pentagon
Defense
Harold Brown
Brown
Air Force
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Atlantic
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Europe
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Dewey Bartlett
R-Okla
Norway
Iceland
Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom
Murmansk
Lawton Sets Public Fireworks Sites for July 1–4
Lawton officials approved five discharge sites at Lake Lawtonka Lake Ellsworth and Elmer Thomas Park for July 1 to 4 noon to midnight with Lawton firefighters on duty and nearby communities on call. In 1976 fireworks caused 19 property losses totaling 11 500 and statewide injuries reached 9 000. 50 percent of injuries involved youths 15 or younger.
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Porter
Lawton
Elmer Thomas Park
Robinson’s Landing
Ball Park
Lake Ellsworth
Fisherman’s Cove
Ralph’s Resort
Food Service Work Permit Renewals Due Today
City health official reminds workers in restaurants bars clubs and delis that food service work permits must be renewed by today June 30. A grace period extends through July with mandatory food handling classes if expired. Permits cost 1 dollar annually and are available at Lawton City Hall.
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Will Sasser
Lawton City Hall
Sasser
Horticulture Field Trip Set In Wildlife Refuge
The Junior Horticulture Association of Oklahoma will sponsor a two day field trip through the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge on July 16 and 17. Contact OJHA president Doug Moesel at 4315 NW 10th Oklahoma City. Joe Maxson, OSU Extension Plant Scientist, is advisor. The trip will study native plants and wildlife.
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Junior Horticulture Association of Oklahoma
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Doug Moesel
OJHA
10Th
Oklahoma City
Joe Maxson
Oklahoma State University
Bobcat Protected by Cameron County Game Proctor
Norm Erickson, the Cameron County game protector, tends to a wounded bobcat found along a road. The animal, the largest he had seen, appeared scrawny and covered with porcupine quills as Erickson nurses it back to health.
Powwow Scheduled by Kiowa Gourd Clan at Carnegie Park
The Kiowa Gourd Clan will hold their annual summer encampment and powwow from Saturday through Monday in Carnegie City Park Carnegie. Principal leaders include Leonard Cozad Sr Bill Kaulaity and Ralph Kotay head singers Wesley Hudson Bubba Noel and Libby Moore head dancers and Gus Palmer leader of the Rabbit Society.
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Carnegie
Leonard Cozad Sr
Bill Kaulaity
Ralph Kotay
Wesley Hudson
Bubba Noel
Libby Moore
Gus Palmer
The
Rabbit Society
Public Housing Gas Meter Installations Begin for 124 Units
Executive Director Robert Pierce announced that gas meters will be installed in 124 Public Housing Authority units as part of a HUD mandated modernization program aimed at reducing energy use. Tenants must provide a $30 deposit to Arkla Gas, with individual arrangements for rent in months with deposits. Gas will be shut off briefly during connections. elderly housing not included. project cost $16,000 funded by HUD grant. locations between Roosevelt and Bishop Road, and 12th to 17th.
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Robert Pierce
Pierce
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Arkla Gas Company
HUD
Roosevelt
Bishop Road
Pleasant Valley
Abduction Sparks Manhunt Near State Park Camp
A sheriff said a girl abducted from a Girl Scout camp near Oscar Scherer State Park may have moved from the wooded area. The kidnapper drove a blue old car. a sneakered footprint was found at the sleeping tent. Authorities link the case to a prior Locust Grove assault.
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Denton
Charlotte
Bradenton
Oscar Scherer State Park
Cpl
Ray Pilon
Hardcastle
Eleanor
Virginia Wallace
Locust Grove
Oklo
Gene Leroy Hart
Lawton CTC Costs and Escape Rates Hidden in Study
A crime commission report reviews the Lawton Community Treatment Center noting an unsuccessful return rate of 27.1 percent since April 1973 and an escape rate of 3.4 percent in 1974 and 4.6 percent in 1976. It also highlights higher operating costs per prisoner at Lawton compared with other facilities.
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White
Lawton
Crime Commission
Enid
Muskogee
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
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