Oklahoma House braces for redistricting action
Oklahoma House moves to consider a compromise congressional redistricting bill approved by Gov. Hall and legislative conferees. The plan would split Oklahoma County into three districts and place Pawnee in the 1st District with Tulsa County. Adjournment is expected by month’s end or early April.
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David Hall
Senate
Rex Privett
Finis Smith
Oklahoma County
Pawnee County
Tulsa County
Oklahoma Educational
Rainmaking Funds To Be Sought By Lawton Mayor
Mayor Whitaker seeks federal state aid to resume a local weather modification effort as Lawton confronts severe drought. He asks residents to curb water use while city considers cloud seeding and other options. Lake Lawtonka and Jake Ellsworth levels fall. downtown rainfall is only .42 inches year to date. A cleanup project in Lawton View is approved with a $60,924 budget.
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Don Whitaker
Whitaker
Lawton
Oklahoma
Lawtonka
Jake Ellsworth
Lawton View
Model Cities Permanent Advisory Board
17Th
23Rd Streets
Washington Avenue
Lee Boulevard
Lawton View Addition
East
Building and Safety Department
Lunar Colony Nearing Predicted By NASA Presenter
NASA official Thomas Hill told Eisenhower Elemental School pupils a permanent moon colony could be established by the end of the next decade. He toured with NASA's spacemobile exhibit and outlined how space research aids ecology and weather prediction.
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NASA
Fisenhower
Iysus
Thomas Hill
Eisenhower
Hill
Lawton
Western Hills
Pecan Grove
Eisenhower Junior High
Moon
Blizzards Kill, 118 Dead in Japan Weekend Storms
In Japan a weekend storm left 118 dead and 22 missing as heavy snow and winds struck. Mt Fuji saw 19 climbers die and six more missing after an avalanche triggered by rain and 90 mph winds.
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Tokyo
Japan
Mt. Fuji
Pageant Readers Bring Serious Energy to Easter Show
Ernest Oldshield leads 12 reading cast members in 11th year as voices for over 80 parts while 30 actors pantomime during the Wichita Mountains Faster Pageant on Easter Sunday April 2. The reading cast works in a control building with tight security and on night relies on taped music and microphones. Morgan Roberts, in his 26th pageant, reads Isaiah Herod Pilate John the Baptist and the angel Gabriel and sings on tape Nearer My God To Thee amid the Calvary scene.
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Sue Holmes
Ernest Oldshield
Wichita Mountains
Reading
Oldshield
Morgan Roberts
God
Moses
Calvary
Isaiah
Herod
Pilate
John the Baptist
Angel Gabriel
Gabriel
Tennessee Court Strikes Down One-Year Voter Residence Rule
The Supreme Court nullified Tennessee's one-year residency requirement for state and congressional voting by a 6 to 1 vote. Justice Marshall wrote the opinion, suggesting 30 days might be acceptable, while Chief Justice Burger dissented. The decision forms part of a decade of voting rights rulings emphasizing equal citizen votes.
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Tennessee
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Warren F. Burger
Florida
District of Columbia
Virginia
Primary race in Ward 2 votes open until 7 p.m.
Polls stay open until 7 p m in the Ward 2 primary as Roy B Hooper Jr and Carl E Stein seek the council seat. Hooper works in real estate and insurance while Stein is an engineer at radio station KCCO.
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Roy B. Hooper Jr
Elm
Carl E. Stein
Brent Circle
Hooper
Stein
KCCO
Balloting Begins In Illinois Primary
In Illinois two million voters edge toward the Democratic and presidential contests. Muskie faces McCarthy and McGovern in separate races with delegates split and many uncommitted to track the momentum from earlier primaries. Polls opened at 6 a.m. for twelve hours of balloting across the state.
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Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Illinois
White House
Muskie
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
George McGovern
South Dakota
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Sunny and warm weather continues for Lawton area
The Lawton area will see fair skies and warm conditions today into Wednesday with highs from the low 70s today to near 80 on Wednesday. Northwesterly winds 10 to 20 mph today become light and variable tonight as temperatures fall to the low 40s. High Monday was 79 and low 50.
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