Gilley Re-Elected as SKIP AWTON voters elect new council members
Gilley won the mayoral race with 54 percent of 8 945 voters while incumbents Rex Givens J.J. Pursley and Fredrick Chenault retained seats. Ashley Cagle claimed Ward 8 council, Barbara Pipes won Ward 1, and Ward 3 and 7 incumbents also held. A precinct inspector, Mrs Sue Gross, died of a heart attack during voting.
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Gilley
Pipes
Cagle
Snare
Awton
Wayne Gilley
Rex Givens
Fredrick Chenault
J.J. Pursley
Barbara Pipes
Charles Beller
William Layton
Clyde Williams
Beller
Layton
Williams
Delmar Warf
Robert Wheeler
Roosevelt Cash, Jr
Sue Gross
Andrews
Oklahoma travel claim scheme hits 21 state workers
Oklahoma governor names 21 Tulsa area Transportation Department employees suspended without pay over a travel claim scandal risking hundreds of thousands of dollars. The scheme allegedly involved falsified receipts for overnight stays at two or three motels dating back to the 1960s or 1970s, with foremen and supervisors possibly implicated.
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Oklahoma City
State Transportation Department Today
Tulsa
David Boren
Boren
Weather Notes and State Employee Travel Fraud Probe
Sunny skies give way to increasing clouds tonight in southwest Oklahoma with a mid-40s low and mid-60s high expected Thursday. The governor urges other state employees to come forward as district attorneys in Oklahoma, Tulsa, and Pawnee counties pursue criminal and civil actions over $1,600 in fraudulent travel claims by one employee. OSBI investigations begin after a confidential informant triggered the probe. Tulsa office staff are named in the findings.
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Oklahoma
Tulsa
Pawnee
Boren
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
OSBI
Transportation Department
U.S. Airlift Underway as Zaire Invasion Raises Alarm
Secretary Vance told Congress the Zaire fighting is dangerous, with mercenary forces possibly affecting copper mines. U.S. airlift of military and medical aid totals near $2 million, and Belgium ships weapons while the U.S. holds back. Two DC8s began deliveries from Dover AFB carrying 35 tons of supplies as parts for C130s are prepared for Mobutu government.
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Washington
Zaire
Cyrus R. Vance
Congress
Angola
Vance
U.S
Shaba
Katanga
Atlantic
House International Relations Committee
Frederick Z. Brown
State Department
Belgium
Dover Air Force Base
Delaware
Mobutu Sese Seko
Westside Group Challenges Mall Deal as Local Protest Forms
About 50 Lawton residents formed the Fair Government Association to monitor city spending and the Downtown Mall deal with Arkansas developer Ed Warmack. They oppose tax exemptions and seek more information from city officials, urban renewal, and Sam Ard. Cude says the group is not taking a Mall side. The group names Frank Lovell as president and other officers. Meanwhile a 31-year-old Rush Springs woman, Claudette Carnes, died after a failed passing maneuver on U S 81 bypass near SH 17 as her pickup struck guard rails and she was trapped for 45 minutes. A separate crash near Lake Overholser involved 16-year-old Joni Marguerite Murray while learning to drive.
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Lawton
Fair Government Association
Lawton Country Club
Arkansas
Ed Warmack
Jerry Cude
Cude
Sam Ard
Dan Manley
Rush Springs
U.S. 81
SH 17
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Claudette Carnes
Carnes
Vernon Riddle
Riddle
Joni Marguerite Murray
Oklahoma City
Lake Overholser
Planning Bites Back as Weather Warms Says OSU Expert
OSU Extension agent Gordon Hall notes a surge in home gardening seminars and rising interest in backyard plots and indoor pots. Garden center managers report early demand for seeds tools and plants as residents seek fresh produce and savings on food costs.
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OSU
Gordon Hall
Lawton
Hall
Sai
Lawton Garden Center
Bill Ballard
Swiss police nab hijacker after 8500 mile flight
Italian hijacker Luciano Porcari was overpowered by Swiss police and arrested in Zurich after commandeering an Iberian Airlines Boeing 727 on an 8,500 mile Europe and West Africa route. He fired one shot wounding a police officer. all 13 passengers and seven crew members were released unharmed. Porcari, 36, is in investigative custody with Spain seeking extradition.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Europe
West Africa
Luciano Porcari
Porcari
Spain
Iberian Airlines
Moscow
Boren Fires State Welfare Employee Grayson
Gov. Boren ordered the firing of Frank Grayson a former district attorney from Miami Okla who served a federal prison term for conspiring to promote gambling and prostitution Grayson had been hired as a probationary eligibility worker in Tulsa on the recommendation of Gene Howard and State Rep Joe Kilbee.
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Oklahoma City
David Boren
State Welfare Department
Frank Grayson
Oklahoma
L E Rader
Grayson
Miami
Boren Hesa
Welfare Department
State Senate
Gene Tioward
Tulsa
Boren
Mtawa
Delaware
Hadess and
Howard
Joe Kilveibbon
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Ashley Cagle
Charles
Cagie
Spector
Gross
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Givens
Pursley
Chenault
Africa
Westside
Warmack
By Mark Kingsolver
Ballard
Don Vor- Lee
Turin
Italy
Isabella Zavoli
Lou Rader
Grayson Boren
Rader
State Supreme Court
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