Rain-laden Weekend Lifts Lawton Wheat Yields
Continuous weekend rain pleased area farmers as Lawton officials report about one inch average rainfall boosting wheat growth and forage prospects. Polone and Moten note improved subsoil moisture and seed-bed readiness while Durant faces flooding on the Blue River with 33.5 feet record high.
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Lawton Agricultural
Lawton Co-op
Rex Polone Polone
Red River
Wichita Mountains
Lawton
Comanche County
OSA
John Moten
Moten
Polone
Durant
Blue River
Oklahoma
OSU
Tenerife crash toll climbs to 580 in aviation disaster
The collision of Pan American and KLM Boeing 747s on a foggy runway at Santa Cruz de Tenerife killed 239 on the Dutch jet and left 72 survivors from the American flight. Officials weighed pilot misjudgment versus permission to take off as key factors in the worst aviation disaster.
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KLM
Air Ministry
James Naik
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Calif
Cifra
Victor Grubb
Centerport
N.Y
U.S
Manuel de Prado
Beria
DE Prado
Tenerife
Antonio Oyarzabal
New York
Nixon Appeals to Block Release of White House Tapes
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Nixon arguments against releasing 30 White House tape recordings from the Watergate era. The circuits court ruled tapes are no longer confidential and may be released to the public despite Nixon's privacy concerns. The tapes record Oval Office conversations involving Nixon and Watergate figures.
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Richard M. Nixon
White House
Watergate
Nixon
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Public Television
News Directors’ Association
John Mitchell
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Robert Mardian
Kenneth Parkinson
White House Oval Office
Brown allows review of over 432000 military discharges
Defense Secretary Harold Brown authorized the armed services to upgrade more than 432000 discharges from Vietnam era offenses including desertion and drug abuse. Each case will be reviewed on its merits, contrasting with President Carter’s blanket pardon of draft evaders. Eligible individuals must apply for a change as Carter backs the Pentagon plan.
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Washington
Harold Brown
Armed Services
Carter
Pentagon
Cityans narrowly miss disaster by two days
Thirteen Lawton residents, among 38 University of Oklahoma alumni on a Canary Islands tour, arrived safely after their Boeing 747 left Tinker Field Airport 3:30 p.m. Friday, less than 36 hours before two jets crashed on a fogbound runway killing over 530 people. Passengers blamed crowded terminals and poor airport administration, while several called for better luggage handling and safer travel.
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Lawton
Canary Islands
University of Oklahoma Alumni Association
Tenerife
Brezhnev presses warning as Vance begins talks in Moscow
Brezhnev used the opening session to fault U S support for dissidents in Russia and argue it harms U S Soviet relations. Cyrus Vance, reading a formal paper, outlined topics for three days of discussions while Gro myko reaffirmed the 1975 Helsinki principles.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Cyrus R. Vance
Russia
Carter
Brezhnev
U.S
Vance
Hodding Carter
Andrei A. Gromyko
Richard M. Nixon
Gromyko
United States
Helsinki
Council Could Act Soon On Sewer Rate Bids
City leaders weigh changes after bid opening on operating costs for the Lawton sewer plant. With EPA backing, proposed equalized rates would raise residential bills from about 2.75 to 4.10 monthly and push some industrial charges above 1000 dollars, affecting all users.
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Lawton
Robert Metzinger
Environmental Protection Agency
Benham-Blair & Affiliates
Metzinger
Oklahoma Senate Leader Seeks Reserve for Gas Tax Funds
Senate President Pro Tem Gene Howard backed by Gov. Boren proposed delaying $62 million from a natural gas tax revision by placing it in a retirement reserve for a year. The move would affect higher education welfare highways and capital projects already funded, with the aim of court testing the proposal’s constitutionality.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Gene Howard
David Boren
Howard
Oklahoma
Weather outlook fair to partly cloudy with mild temps
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures through Tuesday. Tuesday’s high around 70 and low in the mid-50s with no rain forecast. Sunday’s high was 66 and the overnight low was 4.
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