Post Office Closings Draw Citizen Gripes
Washington senators and congressmen heard rural residents complain about losing post offices as the Postal Service faces heavy losses and insolvency. Lawmakers urged innovation while warning closures must not erode community identity or service quality.
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Joe Fisher
D-Va
America
House Post Office
Postal Service
Don Fuqua
D-Fla
William A. Steiger
D-Wis
Benjamin F. Bailer
Bailer
Steiger
Robert W. Kastenmeier
Dwis
Congress
City council votes to collect 30 day alarm fees
Lawton's new City Council upheld a $12 annual fee for each burglar alarm linked to the police department and ordered six firms with unpaid bills since 1971 to pay within 30 days or face disconnection. Three firms Automat ic Alarm Southwest Security Systems and Sooner Security owe $1,500, $984 and $96 respectively.
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Lawton
NEW City Council
City Finance Department
Southwest Security Systems
Sooner
Police Wound Two During Area Chase
Two armed robbery suspects from Quanah Texas were wounded by police during a chase from Altus to Frederick. They and a third man were captured at a roadblock west of Frederick after allegedly robbing a Jiffy Food Store. One Altus officer, Vernon C. McVicker, crashed his patrol car and was treated for injuries. The suspects were listed in satisfactory condition at Comanche County Memorial Hospital.
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Frederick
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Lawton
Quanah
Tex
Tipton
Vernon C. McVicker
McVicker
Jackson County Memorial Hospital
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Senate Compromise Ends One-Man Filibuster on FEC Bill
Senate leaders reached a compromise to end a one man filibuster and move toward voting on a resolution urging early action on Watergate reforms before a vote on the Federal Election Commission bill. Ford has shown no position on signing or vetoing the measure as candidates seek matching funds.
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White House
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Rhine Express and Dutch train collide near Rotterdam
In Rotterdam area a Rhine Express and a Dutch commuter train crashed head on on the same track near The Hook of Holland. About 20 people were killed, many children, and four to eight were trapped. The engineer of the Rhine Express escaped injury while the local train engineer lost a leg.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Hook of Holland
Oklahoma on track in fight against welfare errors
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare says Oklahoma is one of five states not facing a $123.4 million loss in federal matching funds for AFDC errors. HEW reports 45 states and DC failed to meet the goal of reducing improper payments, while Oklahoma, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, and South Dakota attained the target.
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Oklahoma
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Congress
District of Columbia
William A. Morrill
AFDC
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
South Dakota
Primary Vote Turnout Light As Reagan Pushes Campaign
Voters in Alabama Georgia and Indiana cast ballots as Reagan bids to overcome Ford in three state primaries amid light turnout under clear skies. Ford challenged Reagan on tax and Panama Canal while Texas results shifted momentum. Democratic races also held with Carter aiming for two-thirds of 177 delegates. GOP stake totals 139 with many uncommitted.
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Ronald Reagan
Ford
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Texas
California
Marion County
GOP
John Sweezy
Indianapolis
Fulton County
Atlanta
Columbus
Savannah
Panama Canal
District of Columbia
Carter
New York
Pennsylvania
Presidential Veto May Kill Military Aid Bill
A Republican member of the House says President Ford is expected to veto a $4 billion military aid bill. The bill would authorize aid for the Middle East, including Israel and Egypt, and limits Ford’s trade powers tied to North Vietnam. The measure passed both chambers but with no two thirds to override.
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Ford
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Senate
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
U.S
North Vietnam
Lation
Rainfall forecast signals active Southwest Oklahoma May start
The National Weather Service predicts a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms tonight and a 60 percent chance on Wednesday for Southwest Oklahoma. Through Friday, expect cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers as a broad low pressure area from Mexico moves north. Southerly winds 12 to 22 mph, temperatures in the upper 50s, with Wednesday high around the mid-70s. High Monday was 67, low 48. Moisture could bring showers tonight and Wednesday.
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National Weather Service
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