Viet Refugees Leave Chaffee For Oklahoma
Two female Vietnamese refugees the first to leave Ft. Chaffee Arkansas bound for Oklahoma arrived in Oklahoma City flown by Gen. Clyde J. Watts and will stay with Mrs. Clifton Davis Pham Thi Muoi and Thai Thi Hain were workers in the American embassy in Saigon they were among the first refugees processed at Ft. Chaffee Eighty four refugees were scheduled to leave Ft. Chaffee today for families sponsors and jobs Refugee population at the camp rose from 1158 to an estimated 1682 by midnight Sunday Fort Sill has 596 troops at the Arkansas post Maj Arne coordinated the processing Sen Dale Bumpers visited and praised handling of the evacuees.
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President seeks 507 million for South Vietnamese refugees
President Ford to ask Congress for 507 million to transport and care for about 135 000 South Vietnam refugees for one year. The plan covers possible processing of up to 150 000 refugees and outlines measures for deployment, return options from Guam, and refugee categories while noting current counts and international cooperation.
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United States
Pleas For Unity Heard As Gilley Five Take Posts
Mayor Wayne Gilley and five city councilmen were sworn in for two year terms with incumbent Ward 2 councilman Harry Anderson to serve one year. Outgoing mayor Don Whitaker and council members Wayne Smith Dan Glascock Whit Ozier Willie Hopkins left office amid a period of controversy, tax and spending debates, and a grand jury investigation into the former city manager. Ozier urged unity and less division as the new administration began amid trying times and public pleas for cohesion.
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Don Whitaker
Wayne Smith
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Whit Ozier
Willie Hopkins
Ozier
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Ambassador Keating Dies at 74 Former U S ambassador to Israel
Kenneth B. Keating former ambassador to India and a Rochester New York congressman died at 11 15 a m at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City He had been hospitalized since April 17 after a heart attack while visiting his daughter in Short Hills New Jersey Keating who would have been 75 on May 18 had just returned from Jerusalem amid a heart ailment His death drew praise in the Senate from leaders Mike Mansfield and Hugh Scott and follows a long political career as a U S senator and diplomat in contrast to career Foreign Service appointees in Arab capitals
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Carpool Locator System Fails to Catch On in Lawton
Gas prices rose to 60 cents a gallon and fears of shortages spurred carpooling as an eco friendly solution. A year later few residents use the Lawton Fort Sill locator boards or join carpools despite city university and Fort Sill efforts.
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Fort Sill
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Social Security Deficit Projections Widen
Washington AP trustees of the four Social Security trust funds report higher short and long term deficits than earlier projections. The Old Age Survivors and Disability Insurance program will pay out more than payroll taxes this year with a deficit near 3 billion dollars and reserves projected to be exhausted by 1981. Over 75 years the average annual deficit is seen around 5.3 percent.
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Outgoing Mayor Hints Of Possible Higher Office
Former mayor Don Whitaker, after handing over to Wayne Gilley, said he may pursue a higher political role but will focus on private business for now. He cited reviewing four years of accomplishments and declined to name specific offices, noting possible state or national bids within two years and plans to join a South Lawton bank board.
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New National Bank
South Lawton
Weekend Road Toll Rises With Fatal Oklahoma Crash
A Chickasha man Oscar Pizzaro Rodriguez died at Memorial Hospital after an 8 p.m. single vehicle crash ten miles north and half a mile west of Lawton on a county road. Passenger Guadalupe Olivas Carrasco, 29, Elgin, remained in ICU with broken ribs and a punctured lung.
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Elgin
Showers Continue Tonight With Mild Temperatures Ahead
The weekend rain is expected to persist tonight with a 60 percent chance of more showers and possible severe thunderstorms. Downtown Lawton measured .50 inch and Fire Station No. 5 logged .49 inch over the two days. Temperatures will stay mild to warm with a low in the mid 50s and Tuesday's high around the mid 80s. Southerly winds 12 to 22 mph and partly cloudy skies are forecast for midweek with 70s by Friday. In a separate crash, Rodriguez lost control on a wet road and was ejected after a 300 foot slide. At Mt Scott, John Peters, 19, Fort Sill, suffered serious injuries when his motorcycle toppled on gravel. Deaths, Page
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