Ban on Saccharine Triggers Mixed Local Demand Spike
Government saccharin ban linked to cancer concerns has spurred uneven demand at area grocers. Delbert's IGA reports heavy purchases and emptied shelves, while Humpty Super Market and Safeway note doubled or moderate increases. Several stores see no change as buyers stock for possible shortages and prices are expected to hold.
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Lynn Baughman
Humpty
Safeway
Mel McCall
Oklahoma City
Federal Drug Administration
Viet Nam to Return Remains of 12 American Pilots
In Bangkok the Vietnamese government agreed to return human remains identified as 12 American pilots killed in the Vietnam War. The U S presidential commission said the gesture helps heal wartime wounds as it pursues missing personnel cases and normalization talks.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U.S. Presidential Commission
Vietnam
United States
Hanoi
Vientiane
Laos
Indochina
Pentagon
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Woodcock
U.S
Defense chief urges ban on unions in military bill
Secretary Harold Brown urged banning labor union collective bargaining in the military while warning the measure must respect First Amendment rights. He said the civilian bargaining system cannot apply to armed forces, stressing the need for immediate obedience to orders. Senate leaders say the bills would not bar reservists or active personnel from other memberships.
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Washington
Harold Brown
Brown
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stennis
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Senate
Bids Opened For Sheriff Patrol Cars And Wagon
County commissioners opened bids from Malone Motor Company Fletcher Eddie Cordes and Milo Gordon for four patrol units and a station wagon to equip the sheriff department with federal revenue sharing funds. Cordes offered a Dodge wagon at 5740 and full sized units at 5505. Malone and Gordon listed 6194 5910 and 5978 respectively.
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Sheriff’s Department
Coy Rogers
Cache
Medicine Park
Sterling
Geronimo
Malone
Gordon Lee
Hospital Help Applauded by Blue Teens in 1976
Lawton teenagers in the Blue Teens program of the Comanche County Red Cross logged 7,310 hours in 1976. They assisted Memorial Hospital wards, sterile processing, physical therapy, admissions, and reception, with smaller roles at Tomlinson-McMahon Nursing Home Reynolds Army Hospital and the PHS Indian Hospital.
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Lawton
Comanche County
American Red Cross
Memorial Hospital
Tomlinson-McMahon
Reynolds Army Hospital
PHS Indian Hospital
Joyce Gale
Memorial
Mall bid prompts downtown street closures in Lawton
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority plans phased street closings to prepare for a proposed shopping mall. First phase west of Second Street includes D Avenue Fifth to Second, E Avenue Fourth to Second, Fourth Street between C and E, Third Street C to F and nearby alleys. Barricades to be erected. exact closing day to be announced.
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Owntown
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
LURA
Vince Elmore
Bob Neale
Fort Sill
Kirk’s
Second Street
D and E Avenues
Second Due
D Avenue
Fifth Street
E Avenue
Fourth Street
Third Street
C Avenue
F Avenue
Elmore
Weather Outlook Southwest Oklahoma Saturday
Fair to partly cloudy skies with mild afternoons and cool nights forecast in Southwest Oklahoma. Temperatures should reach the upper 60s on Saturday while nights dip to the upper 30s. Thursday's high was 83 and the low 33.
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Okla
Coleshens Bane
Weather's February price spike linked to winter impact
U S government data show consumer prices rose one percent in February the sharpest monthly gain in two years with food costs leading the rise due to frost and drought disrupting supplies. Non food prices viewed as better inflation gauge, while analysts expect moderation after winter effects fade.
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Washington
Labor Department
Carter
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