Sharp Rise In Cattle Market Prices Keeps State Ranchers Contented
Oklahoma City stockyard prices are $6 to $10 higher per 100 pounds for most beef grades and Lawton stockyard owner Earl Glover predicts prices will hold up for the rest of the year. He notes gains versus last year, with 400-500 pound choice steers at 57.75 and heifers at 48.50, while cows reach 36.50. Glover cites demand, fewer cattle, and weather as factors but sees no single cause for the rise. He expects a strong year for the beef industry with sustained sub moistures and price stability into fall delivery.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Earl Glover
Glover
Choice
Lawton sees five year low in February crime drop
Lawton police report February crime in the city fell to a five year low with a 61 percent drop from six months earlier. Chief Robert Gillian credits public awareness and strong police work along with Neighborhood Watch support. Theft (non-auto) fell 17 percent from January while vehicle theft rose 41 percent from January. Violent crime nudged up with one homicide and three rapes reported, robbers and assaults increasing as well, yielding a four percent overall decline in February. See CRIME, Page 4
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Lawton
Robert Gillian
Gillian
Natalia Overstreet
Train Derailment Triggers Evacuation Near Justin Texas
Fifteen cars of a 67 car Santa Fe freight derailed near Justin Texas spilling styrene monomer. Evacuations included several families and about 25 elementary pupils moved to a high school. Farm Road 156 closed as fumes drifted. no poisoning or explosion risk reported.
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Justin, Texas
Santa Fe
Texas
Justin
Denton County
Randy Kaisner
Sheriff's Office
Kaisner
U S Attorneys Seek Court Order to End Coal Miner Strike
The Carter administration urged Judge Aubrey Robinson to command striking United Mine Workers to return to work and to order coal companies to reopen mines idle since December 6. The 80 day Taft Hartley backed move targets 1,451 defendants including 810 UMW entities and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association.
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U.S
Washington
National Health and Safety
Justice Department
Aubrey Robinson
United Mine Workers Union
Robinson
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
International Board
Israel seeks separate arms pact with Congress
Israeli Defense Minister Ezer Weizman urged Congress to separate Israel’s arms deals from the Carter administration’s plan to arm Egypt and Saudi Arabia, arguing a combined package could shift regional military balance. He met House Armed Services members and planned talks with Carter, Vance, and Brown, while seeking broad support for a $13.5 billion 10 year arms plan ahead of potential approval.
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Washington
Ezer Weizman
Congress
Carter
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Israel
House Armed Services Committee
Weizman
Middle East
Pentagon
Senate Armed Services Committee
City seeks unclaimed $10 water deposit refunds
City utility officials say thousands of former customers still hold $10 to $14 deposits from pre meter era, with many names long gone. About 800 pages of current uncollected deposits cover more than 10 000 accounts, including Swyden's Restaurant at 422 D. If not claimed, funds cover administrative costs. some owners are military or moved and unaware. See DEPOSITS, Pose 4.
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City Hall
City Utility Collections Division
Edna Pursley
Utility Collections Office
Swyden
Pursley
Lantern Area Weather Forecast Flips Between 60s And 40s
Spring weather was predicted for the Lantern area with temperatures rising to the mid 60s today and Friday. Wednesday's high reached 45 degrees and the overnight low fell to 28.
Soviets propose treaty to ban the neutron bomb
At the Geneva disarmament conference the Soviet Union proposed a treaty to ban the neutron bomb. The United States denounced the move as propaganda and warned that deployment would escalate military confrontation. Soviet delegate Viktor Likhachev said the weapon would threaten detente and ally security, while US chief delegate Adrian Fisher criticized Soviet hypocrisy and cited Soviet arsenals as far more powerful. The neutron bomb was described as a small warhead for Lance missiles and artillery shells.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Soviet Union
United States
Viktor I. Likhachev
U.S
Adrian S. Fisher
Fisher
Lawton Airport Panel Adopts T Hangar Maintenance Rules
The Lawton Metropolitan Area Airport Authority approved guidelines banning commercial maintenance in leased T hangars and imposing minimum safety standards. The unanimous lease-approval followed a January fire marshal report, with AOPL's Tom Wilkerson welcoming the trimmed rules. Lew Johnson led the leasing committee in finalizing the measures and noting the inclusion of the fire marshal's requirements. The group also moved to speed a legal solution regarding future use of the See AIRPORT reference on Page 4.
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Lawton Metropolitan Area
Safter
Tom Wilkerson
Aircraft Owners and Pilots of
Lawton
AOPL
Lmaaa Leasing Committee
Authority
Lew Johnson
Johnson
LMAAA
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B Avenue
Griffin Bell
Carter Administration
Bell
BCOA
Federal
Fred S. Hoffman
Senate
Howard Baker
Tennessee
Cyrus R. Vance
Defense
Harold Brown
Skip Gibson
Constitution
Wyden
Ciro
Smith
Medicine Park
Mrs. Pursley
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