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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1978
Page
1
Lawton city street damage estimated at 940000 and Comanche County roads at 500000 as winter thaw uncertainty lingers. Officials warn costs could rise with ground thaw and additional finds.
President Carter unveiled a plan to revamp the federal civil service, aiming to replace automatic raises with incentive pay for 72,000 managers and to curb inefficiency. The package includes a whistleblower protection unit, end of veteran hiring privileges, and an elite 9,200 manager corps willing to trade tenure for salary bonuses, all to boost performance across 2.1 million workers.
The Lawton Urban Renewal Authority will permanently close three blocks of Second Street in the downtown mall area to reroute traffic for Ed Warmack’s mall project. An escrow holds nearly 1.2 million dollars due LURA as title transfers of about 600 000 square feet of downtown land proceed, with closure to enable utility relocation and sewer work.
The Carter administration guides 166000 striking miners toward approving the coal pact while staying officially out of campaigning. Labor Secretary Marshall said officials should not campaign for the pact, but discussions with Senator Kennedy about supportive roles occurred and he chose not to visit West Virginia to urge a vote to end the strike.
The Senate Banking Committee voted 14 to 1 to recommend confirming G William Miller as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board for a four year term. Proxmire opposed, citing lack of necessary experience. Miller, Textron chairman, faced questions over a $2.95 million Textron subsidiary payment to Air Taxi in Iran and denied knowledge of Khatami ownership.
Moscow dispatch from AP reports the Soviet Union launched a spacecraft into orbit with a Soviet commander Alexei Gubarev and a Czechoslovak cosmonaut researcher Vladimir Remek aboard. Tass identified the mission as the first two nation space launch.
The GAO report names Chilocco Riverside Anadarko FSIS as the three most costly Indian boarding schools in the nation with per student costs of 13334, 11145, and about 7000 dollars respectively. FSIS superintendent Williams says costs are under 7000 as BIA officials note potential job losses if consolidations proceed.
A preliminary hearing for two Fort Sill soldiers charged with first degree murder in the December 28 shooting death of Spec. 4 William Stine began this morning. Pvt. William F. Wells and Spec. 4 Thomas S. Clemmons are accused after a body found near a county road showed multiple gunshot wounds. Police traced a Fort Sill vehicle to the post parking lot six hours after the incident. A witness testified the victim’s body was found near a bar ditch and a car with a Fort Sill sticker was seen nearby.
A winter storm moved toward the southeast bringing fog drizzle and a chance of light snow to Southwest Oklahoma. By night a mix of weather conditions was reported across the state with cloudy skies light drizzle dense fog and isolated thundershowers in the eastern half.
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