Political Pressure Forces Reversals In Base Cutbacks
Congressional political pressure has forced changes and delays in base cutbacks. The Navy will base four warships at Newport Rhode Island next fall to improve Atlantic fleet dispersal, reversing a 39-ship move from Newport four years earlier. Officials say the decision was political, influenced by Northeast and other regions, slowing a new round of base closings.
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Washington
Navy
Newport
R.I
Rhode Island
Defense Department
White House
Administration
Pentagon
Senate
Loring Air Force Base
William Hathaway
Maine
Carter
Loring
Hathaway
Tollgate Crash Leaves Truck Driver Critical
A Duncan truck driver, Bobby Sylvester Cox, 39, suffered 81 percent burns and was listed in critical condition after a semi slammed into a tollgate on the H E Bailey Turnpike near Newcastle at about 11 15 p m. The cause remains under investigation by Highway Patrol spokesman Joe Clark.
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Duncan
H.E. Bailey Turnpike
Highway Patrol
Bobby Sylvester Cox
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma City
Patrol
Joe Clark
Newcastle
Turnpike
Work Under Way On $6.1 Million Highway Project
Lawton begins a $6.1 million project on a two mile stretch of U S 62 from the Fort Sill Key Gate to Rogers Lane. Frascon Inc. handles construction. Crews remove old center median and portions of existing concrete to build a Rogers Lane interchange, widen segments to six lanes, and strengthen three bridges. Federal funds through the State Highway Department cover the cost. Lawton provides right of way and utility relocation.
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Lawton
U.S. 62
Fort Sill Key Gate
Rogers Lane
Frascon Inc
State Highway Department
Michigan Solon Indicted for Kickbacks and Payroll Fraud
Rep. Charles C. Diggs Jr., a Michigan Democrat and longtime House member, was indicted on 35 counts including padding his office payroll, taking kickbacks, and using government funds to pay Detroit funeral home employees. The charges total more than $101,000 in defrauded government funds with mail fraud counts. Diggs, in Maputo, proclaimed innocence and cited due process, while facing possible prison and fines if convicted.
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Washington
Charles C. Diggs Jr
Michigan
Detroit
United States
Diggs
House Committee On
District of Columbia
Senate approves retirement age bill to 70 nationwide
The Senate passed a bill raising mandatory retirement age to 70 for most workers and ending it for federal employees, with a 62 to 10 vote after the House approved it. President Carter is expected to sign. The measure, amending the 1967 Age Discrimination Act, applies to private employers with 20+ workers and covers state and local governments, with some exceptions for high risk roles and certain executive exceptions.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
Carter
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
U.S
Pepper
Weather unsettled as front brings showers and hail
A cold front from a low over the panhandles triggered thundershowers across north Texas and Oklahoma. Heavy rain and some hail were reported near Elgin, Medicine Park, and Lawton with a trace of rain overnight and highs in the sixties expected today after the front passes.
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Lawton
Elgin
Trail Road
Fletcher
Medicine Park
Oklahoma- Texas Panhandles
Texas
Oklahoma
National Weather Service
Altus
Fort Sill
Pauls Valley
Airport lease granted to A&G Air amid boundary dispute
The Lawton Metropolitan Area Airport Authority approved a six month lease to A&G Air Inc., parent of Wolf Creek, to use land previously leased to Wolf Creek. A survey showed part of the hangar sits outside the original bounds, potentially needing a further lease terms to fix the legal issue.
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Awton
Metropolitan Area Airport Authority
Wolf Creek Aviation Inc
LMAAA
A&g Air Inc
Wolf Creek
A&g
Clinton Herring
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
West Lawton
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Shawn Siebert
Dawn Graham
Kelly Galbraith
Robin Keene
Lisa Thompson
Margaret Ann
By the Constitution Staff
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
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Midwest
Massachusetts
Fort Devens
Mass
Ford Administration
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Walter F. Mondale
Fort Dix
N.J
Fort Jackson
S.C
Solon
Maputo
Mozambique
Africa
House of Representative
House of Representatives
House of Diggs Inc
Fort Sill’s
Key Gate
Panel Oks Airport Lease
Abby Eeereree
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