Ford outlines strong defenses with new weapons for 1980s
President Ford promised the United States will have the weapons to give America a mighty power to defend itself and help build world peace. He highlighted B1 bomber, Trident missiles, a new battle tank, fighters, and an intercontinental ballistic missile as foundations for a technologically superior force through the 1980s. A new cruise missile was noted as a key technology.
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Four Murder Charges Filed In Traffic Deaths
District Attorney Don Beauchamp charged Ricky Lynn Overstreet with four counts of second degree murder in the deaths of four members of the Medicine Park family. The driver of a stolen police car crashed into the Dudark vehicle on U.S. 277. Linda Dudark died in hospital, and three others died at the scene. Overstreet remained in serious condition.
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Medicine Park
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Oklahoma City
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Children’s Memorial Hospital
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Ruby Dudark
Ruth Witt
Jennifer Felty
Overstreet
Dudark
U.S. 277
Rogers Lane
Southwestern Clinic
Lynne Overstreet
District Attorney’s Office
Military meat fraud payoffs alleged in Senate probe
Present and former inspectors testified to payoffs in a multimillion dollar meat fraud scheme. Nadia Hoyer-Booth described gifts including football tickets and trips, while Charles Reidinger claimed cash and call girls. Investigators link G G Packing Co and Blue Ribbon Frozen Foods to the scheme.
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Hamden
Conn
Subcommittee
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Pentagon
Chiles
Nadia Hover-Booth
Ferdinand Romano
Romano
Blue Ribbon Frozen Foods
Aftershocked Italy Faces Rescue Criticism Amid Quake Damage
Northeastern Italy endured additional tremors as officials faced critique over rescue and aid failures. Five tremors hit Friuli near the Yugoslav and Austrian borders with no new deaths but heavy damage to the National Archeological Museum in Cividade del Friuli. About 50 aftershocks have been reported since the killer quake on Thursday. 815 deaths are confirmed and thousands homeless. Authorities mobilize temporary shelters, with plans to use the liners Raffaello and Michelangelo for housing as relief efforts press on.
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Beirut Christians press Lebanon offensive after election
Christian militiamen launched an offensive against Muslim positions after Lebanon elected a Christian president. The Palestine Liberation Army said it would intervene to stop the Christians. James Earl Ray’s appeal of his guilty plea in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s shooting was denied by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. An independent LEAA study urged abolition of the agency and redistribution of its 4.4 billion dollars to general revenue sharing.
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Martin Luther King Jr
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Federal
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Congress
Oklahoma City Attorney Seeks TRO to Block Prison
Oklahoma City attorney C A Cargill said he will file suit Tuesday in Canadian County District Court to halt construction of a medium security prison near Union City. The suit will name Gov. David Boren, Corrections Director Ned Benton and each Board of Corrections member as defendants.
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Board of Corrections
Thunderstorms Haul Hail Across Oklahoma State
Severe weather pounded western and northwestern Oklahoma with golf ball to hub cap sized hail Sunday night. The storm moved east into the state, with reports of ground cover four inches deep between Woodward and Vici and a funnel observed near Seiling.
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National Weather Service
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Lawton General Fund Surpasses Budget Outlook
City revenues through April exceed the $6.6 million initial budget with a ten month total of $6.83 million and an April intake of $701,898.63. Officials project year end near $8 million as strong sales tax drives growth while last fiscal year posted a $872,099 surplus.
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Burglars Plague Handicapped School in County
Director Robert Greiner reports ongoing operations at the Comanche County United Cerebral Palsy School for Children and Young Adults with Handicaps despite five breakins this school year. Two recent burglaries in the past week and a half caused costly repairs to windows and doors, though items stolen were of little value.
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Comanche County
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