Comanche County offers 300 youth jobs this summer
County officials secured over $192 000 in federal funds to create about 300 county government positions for disadvantaged youths aged 14 to 21 from low income families. Applicants are urged to contact the Oklahoma State Employment Service or local counselors as openings begin later this month.
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Comanche County
Fort Sill
County Programs
Programs Office
Oklahoma State Employment Service
OSES
Sentry bids eyed for tripling Lawton plant expansion
Lawton Airport Authority approved a letter of intent that could expand Sentry Manufacturing Co. from 4,400 to about 10,500 square feet and add several hundred jobs. Production may start July 1 with completion possible in 1977. Current staff sits at 52, with forecasts ranging 450 to 500 total once financed.
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Lawton
Sentry Manufacturing Co
Municipal Sport
Don Reed
Sentry
Reed
Bill Cox
Lawton Metropolitan Area
U.S
Cameron flags display marks student design project
Cameron art students designed 18 flags representing school departments and the library. The three by five foot flags were previewed in the Administration Building and will be shown again at a post graduation reception in the Shepler Center mezzanine after commencement. Department chairs will decide their use and Wanda Shaw notes the flags may line the boulevard entrance for special occasions.
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Cameron
Cameron Art
Shepler Center
Wanda Shaw
Carter proposes five year U S Soviet nuclear test ban at UN
At a conference on nuclear energy, Jimmy Carter urged a five year U S Soviet agreement to halt all nuclear testing including peaceful uses. He also called for a World Energy Conference under United Nations sponsorship and pressed a worldwide voluntary moratorium on enrichment and reprocessing plant sales. Carter suggested centralized multinational facilities and noted Barnwell S C as a potential first multinational reprocessing site under IAEA.
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United Nations
N.Y
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
U.N
Carter
U.S
Barnwell
S.C
International Atomic Energy Agency
Severe storms sweep Oklahoma with high winds and hail
A fast moving cold front sparked severe thunderstorms across Oklahoma late Wednesday. Storms brought strong winds and golf ball size hail with heavy rain before the front moved out, leaving clear skies and cooler temperatures. Forecasts predict fair to partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures into Friday with highs around the upper 70s.
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Oklahoma
Storms In Texas Spawn Tornadoes
Storms in Texas produced tornadoes across multiple regions and caused property damage but no reported injuries. Widespread hail and flash flooding accompanied the system as it moved southeast, with West Texas skies clearing west of the Pecos River. Measured rainfall varied from trace to over two inches, including Anadarko and McAlester, while McCurtain reports noted damaged mobile homes and roof losses.
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Texas
Pecos River
Lawton
Oklahoma
Lawton Lakes
Meers
Lake Lawtonka
Duncan
Frederick
Hobart
Anadarko
McAlester
Waurika
Ford urges four year plan to reform U S regulation
President Ford asks Congress to pass comprehensive regulatory reform over four years. He outlines goals to reduce red tape and limit unnecessary government influence on markets while expanding review across sectors from transportation to service industries. Details await legislation.
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Ashington
Ford
Congress
Ing
Armed Forces Day display planned for downtown Lawton
Fort Sill units will move equipment into a three block Lawton area for Armed Forces Day 1976. The 9 AM to 5 PM event includes tanks missiles weather station and field unit displays bounded by 2nd 3rd Streets and C F Avenues with opening ceremonies at 10:30 AM and speeches by Maj General David E Ott and T D Nicklas.
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Fort Sill
Lawton
2Nd
C and F Avenues
Armed Forces
Recreation Services Division
Kissinger Buoys Africa Trip Gains and Cuba Debate
Secretary of State Kissinger told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee his Africa trip helped deter Cuban and Soviet influence. He cited African leaders' agreement to avoid direct dealings with liberation movements and to seek peaceful solutions across southern Africa. Aid and long term development remain essential as U.S. focus on justice and prosperity for the continent continues.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Africa
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kissinger
Rhodesia
United States
Captain of Navy Vessel Acquitted
Captain Walter R. Shafer, commander of the Belknap, is acquitted of neglect in the November 22 collision with the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy off Italy. Navy judge Capt. Horace H. Morgan ruled the Navy failed to prove its case after three days of testimony. no defense witnesses were heard. Lt. Kenneth M. Knull remains charged in connection with the incident.
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Norfolk
Navy
Walter R. Shafer
Horace H. Morgan
Shafer
Belknap
John F. Kennedy
Italy
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Ward Byers
Sam Ard
Lawton Industrial Development Service
Comanche County Industrial Development Authority
Cameron Flags
The
Associated Press
McCurtain
White House
Abby Sheen
Oreeeeeeenreeseresees
Sane Nerenecenenenes
Ceeeneerenetenes
Saeeeesecer
Circus
Editorial
Emony
David E. Ott
T. D. Nicklas
J. G
Kenneth M. Knull
Acquited
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