Lawton City Council halts charter revision push
Lawton officials voted 6 to 4 to rescind all charter amendment action adopted April 26 and delay any public vote on charter revisions. The move followed a split council with new Ward 1 member Barbara Pipes and Vic Ramirez steering opposition to continuing the revisions.
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Lawton
Ward 4
Jack Norrell
Ward 1
Don Aust
Barbara Pipes
Pipes
Cind
Norrell
New Ward 1
Vic Ramirez
Ramirez
Rex Givens
Fredrick Chenault
Ashley Cagle
Ed Riddle
J.J. Pursley
Rex Pierce
Harry Anderson
U S Drops Stand Against Vietnam UN Membership
Paris AP The United States agreed to drop opposition to Vietnam joining the United Nations after two days of talks in Paris led by Richard Holbrooke. Hien and Holbrooke pressed for rapid normalization and discussed MIAs and war damages while Vietnam promised more information on missing servicemen and broader trade-relations steps.
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United States
Vietnam
United Nations
Phan Hien
U.S
Richard Holbrooke
Hien
Holbrooke
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
America
U.N
William W. Scranton
Welty Ordered To Stand Trial In Murder Case
Tony Kim Welty, 23, bound over for district court on a first degree murder charge for beating his wife Linda to death with a hammer Jan. 11. He also faces two counts of shooting with intent to kill linked to the day’s events at a body shop.
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Tony Kim Welty
Welty
Special Dist
David Carter
Linda
Keith Aycock
Kathy
Sheila Sproate
Don Beauchamp
Kathy Sproate
Ray
Storms Bring Wind and Thunder Across Southwest Oklahoma
Thunderstorms moved through southwest Oklahoma with winds over 70 mph at Altus Air Force Base and light rain in Lawton. Rain totals were scattered with .14 inches downtown, .4 inches at Lake Ellsworth, and .1 inch at Lake Lawtonka. The line of storms stretched from Kansas to Texas before dissipating near Lawton, with showers continuing into Thursday and a 20 percent rain chance tonight.
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Altus Air Force Base
Lawton
Lake Ellsworth
Lake Lawtonka
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Meers
Kansas
Texas
Tonry resigns as Louisiana congressman amid election fraud claim
Rep. Richard Tonry of Louisiana resigns from the House saying fraud tainted his election and vows to run again in a special election. He cites fraudulent and illegal votes affecting the nomination and notes a House committee is reviewing whether to declare the seat vacant.
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Richard Tonry
House
Louisiana
Tenry
House Administration Committee
Thomas P. “Tip” O'Neill Jr
Edwin W. Edwards
House (Administration
Tonry
Senate Panel Approves Farm Price Supports Aid Plan
The Senate Agriculture Committee backed a broad package for farm price supports and food aid for the poor, exceeding Carter's budget in parts with an estimated cost of 9.6 to 12.6 billion dollars. Higher crop-support payments would be delayed to the new fiscal year to avoid Budget Act violations. The House panel is crafting its own version while both chambers plan June debates.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Carter
House Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Carol Tucker Foreman
White House
Archaeologists Probe Fort Sill Site for Kiowa Apache Commissary Ruins
Great Plains Museum archaeologists Reid Ferring and Dan Crouch began digging trenches in a Fort Sill parking lot east of U S 277 to locate remains of two 1869 Kiowa Apache Indian Commissary buildings. They plan to salvage artifacts before new barracks construction.
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Fort Sill
Reid Ferring
Dan Crouch
Great Plains Museum
U.S
Cameron
Fort Sill Site Reveals World War II Tank Park
Excavation followed a Fort Worth District Corps of Engineers survey that identified 90 new historic sites at the Fort Sill post. A federal environmental law requires studies to assess cultural value before further construction. Artifacts unearthed will become U S Army Field Artillery and Fort Sill Museum property.
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Fort Worth
Ferring
U.S. Army Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Farm, Rural Home Interest Rate Dips
Federal Land Bank of Wichita cuts interest by one fourth on all new and existing variable rate loans effective July 1. The move lowers farm loan rates to 8 percent and rural home loans to 3 3/4 percent across Oklahoma Colorado Kansas and New Mexico. Announced by bank presidents in Altus and Anadarko after the board meeting, the decision affects regional associations serving multiple counties. See FARM Page 4.
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Federal Land Bank
Oklahoma
Colorado
Kansas
New Mexico
Federal Land Bank Association of
David Neely
Altus Bank
Pat McComas
Anadarko Bank
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