Military Meat Scandal Spurs Reform Moves
A Senate panel will draft legislation to reform the Pentagon food procurement system after hearings exposed bribes to Army meat inspectors and bid manipulation by Boston meat packers. Immunity granted witness Romano described a collusive scheme to limit competition and raise diced beef prices for military uses.
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Pentagon
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Senate Government Operations
Chiles
Defense Department
Justice Department
Boston
Army
Ferdinand Romano
G & G Packing Co
State Beef
Abe Cohen
Romano
Cohen
Harry Goldberg
Goldberg
G&g
Paul H. Riley
Defense
Lawton Father Held as Baby Beating Death Probe Grows
A 16 month old Lawton girl Veronica Jones died in Oklahoma City after suspected beating while in the care of her father Specialist Kevin V. Jones 21 a Fort Sill cook held in the county jail as detectives weigh first degree murder or manslaughter charges. The case follows police statements and autopsy notes citing bruises scratches and possible internal bleeding. See CHARGE Page 4A.
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Lawton
Oklahoma City
Fort Sill
District Attorney’s Office
Veronica Jones
Kevin V. Jones
Deborah
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Don Beauchamp
Jones
Beauchamp
Russian Journalist Charged in Tokyo Spy Case
In Tokyo police arrested 38 year old Soviet journalist Alexandre Matchekhine of Novosti and charged him with trying to buy U S Navy radar and codes from a chief petty officer aboard the aircraft carrier Midway. U S officials said they were reviewing the case.
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Midway
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Alexandre Matchekhine
Novosti
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Matchekhine
Yokohama
Oklahoma GOP nominates Reagan supporters for national convention
The Oklahoma state Republican Executive Committee selected 18 Reagan loyalists as proposed delegates after interviewing 132 candidates. The move sidelines Ford backers and is likely to be confirmed at the state convention, potentially giving Reagan all 36 of Oklahoma's national convention delegates. Betty Brake, Reagan campaign co chair, predicted the committee would pick the Reagan slate.
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Reagan
Oklahoma City
Ronald Reagan
California
Paulina Unruh
Ford
Betty Brake
Inside 68 Comics 76 Crossword Obituaries
A compact page note highlights comics at 68 and a 76 crossword with a features section listing 100 obituaries. The layout suggests a mid tier newspaper page focusing on entertainment and obituary notices alongside puzzles.
Child Slayer Loses Bid To Cancel Pleas
Jesse Lee Steele, 25, failed in a second attempt to withdraw guilty pleas to first degree manslaughter in the 1975 beating deaths of his twin four year old stepsons. District Judge J. Winston Raburn overruled the motions after a courtroom marked by outbursts and the defendant was removed to the county jail.
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Jesse Lee Steele
Dist
J. Winston Raburn
Steele
Raburn
Mackey
John Mackey
Rockefeller Reaffirms U S Stand in Berlin
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller declared unwavering U S military commitment to West Berlin stressing defense of freedom begins in Berlin and that protecting the city safeguards democratic ideals. He cited 30 years of American presence as a prideful chapter of shared democracy with Germany.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
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West Berlin
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Berlin
Europe
Rockefeller
Italy
West Germany
United States
Federal Republic
Weather Outlook: Fair Skies Through Sunday With Warm Weekend
The National Weather Service forecasts fair to partly cloudy skies and a slight chance of showers through Sunday with warmer temperatures on Saturday. Northerly winds will diminish tonight with temperatures in the lower 50s. Saturday's high will reach the lower 80s. Thursday's high was 74 and the low 50.
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National Weather Service
Downtown Mall Land Deals Move Forward and Pause
Urban Renewal Authority commissioners removed a peripheral parcel from the downtown mall list and approved a $1.75 per square foot offer for a 50 foot frontage at Second and C Avenue from J. T. Wright via Lance Wade. The two parcels now await City Council approval and the retention of Dr. Dan Woesner’s 22 D Avenue parcel was approved for removal from the acquisition list amid developer Warmack altering plans.
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Lura
J. T. Wright
Second and
C Avenue
Wright
Lance Wade
Dan Woesner
D Ave
Woesner
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