Ballistic Missile Production Line Remains Open
Defense Secretary Harold Brown orders the Minuteman III production line kept open for two more months to maintain ICBM production capability amid ongoing SALT talks. The move allows key parts to serve as spares and does not plan to increase combat-ready missiles beyond the current 550.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington (Ap
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United States
Soviet Union
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House Committee
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Ross
Ford Administration
Congress
Carter Administration
Carter
Geneva
Gerald R. Ford
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Vladivostok
Coffee pricing puzzles Lawton shoppers amid coupon chaos
Lawton shoppers face rising prices and confusing cents-off coupons as coffee costs climb. Coupons from Folgers and Maxwell House mix with multi pound cans to complicate purchases, while managers report lower warehouse orders and varied local prices from 2.75 to over 4 dollars per pound.
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Folgers
Maxwell House
Schlesinger Urges Congress To Okay Carter Energy Bill
White House energy adviser James R. Schlesinger urged Congress not to modify major parts of President Carter's energy plan calling it balanced. He defended a standby gasoline tax and noted possible mandatory conservation if incentives fail. He stressed the plan aims to share burdens fairly and would have limited short term economic impact.
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Congress
Washington
White House
James R. Schlesinger
Carter
United States
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
Jackson
Talks Open as U S and Vietnam Begin Normalization Efforts
Paris AP: U S and Vietnam begin diplomatic talks to normalize relations amid demands for reconstruction aid. Hanoi media cite three linked issues including missing servicemen and U S contributions. Delegations led by Richard Holbrooke and Phan Hien meet at the Vietnamese embassy with planned rotation between venues.
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U.S
Hanoi
United States
Nhan Dan
Communist Party
Vietnam
America
Richard Holbrooke
Phan Hien
Pham van Dong
James Rosenthal
State Department
Indochina
Frank Sie- See
Carter seeks new ethics law and temporary prosecutor body
President Carter urged Congress to pass a broad ethics bill to curb conflicts of interest and public-trust abuse. He backed forming a temporary special prosecutor for misconduct by high ranking executive officials and the creation of an Office of Government Ethics to oversee compliance.
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Carter
Congress
Office of
Government Ethics
Civil Service Commission
Office of Government Ethics
Senate
Probe Of Auto Arson Investigation Continues In City
Police and fire department officials investigated an auto arson Monday after Oliver J. Gordon reported a rag stuffed into his car’s gas line and set ablaze at his residence. Fire Marshal Dorwen Porter tied the incident to a possible confrontation at a bowling alley and said leads are being pursued.
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Oliver J. Gordan
Gordans
Dorwen Porter
Gordon
Porter
Berney Scharen
N. 56Th
Barley Coffee Trial Cuts Costs at Cameron Unit
Cameron University Technical Department experiments with Depression Coffee using roasted barley mixed with real coffee. Two Lawton Constitution staffers tried it and found the brew tasty and less bitter with no caffeine. Barley costs six cents a pound at feed stores, cheaper than grocery or health stores, and is prepared by cleaning, drying, and roasting before grinding and mixing with coffee.
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Cameron Coffee Klatch
Cameron University Technical Department
Lawton Constitution
Jan Mathis
Cameron
House Senate conferees reach new standard deduction
Washington AP reports conferees adopt a standard deduction aimed at 47 million taxpayers. The plan would cut taxes for most filers while increasing taxes for some specialists, with an estimated average saving of 121 dollars per 47 million taxpayers.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ousted Official Gave Up Fight in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Tax Commission official Owen Austin resigned effective May 1 after firing amid allegations he directed an employee to work at Gene Howard's Tulsa radio station KKUL. Chairman D M Berry said the resignation ends further investigation and any appeal.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Owen Austin
D. M. Berry
Commission
Austin
The
Tax Commission
State Senate
Gene Howard
Berry
State Merit Board
Attorney General’s Office
State Personnel Board
Wayne Carr
Howard
Tulsa
KKUL
Carr
Jim Claunts
Weather outlook with warm mainly fair midweek
Forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions. Rain chances tonight about W percent and 50 percent on Wednesday. Monday high 76 and low 59. Wednesday high near 89, tonight low mid 60s. Thu through Sat show scattered showers and thundershowers, lows around 50, highs near 80.
Truman Week Highlights Public Service Award at Truman Library
Independence observes Truman Week as Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey is to receive the fourth annual Harry S Truman Public Service Award on the Truman Library rotunda. The event accompanies the library reopening of the Garden Room and honors outstanding public service.
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Kansas City
Hubert H. Humphrey
Harry S Truman
Truman Library
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