Female Drill Sergeant Breaks Barriers At Ft Leonard Wood
Set. J.C. Powell a 5 foot 107 pound female drill sergeant led basic trainees at Ft. Leonard Wood Missouri with Company E ird Bn 378th Regt 2d Bde. She trained after earning one of the first female graduates of the 95th Division Reserve Drill Sergeant School attending two weeks of active duty training at Ft Polk La in July 1975 She faced initial surprise from male drill sergeants but earned respect from company commander Capt Ashley Cagle Powell 6930 Cherokee became a drill sergeant in 1974 and served nine years of active Army service including 16 months in South Vietnam in 1968 1969.
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Army
J.C. Patricia M. Powell
J.C. Powell
Army Reserve
95Th Division
Ft. Polk
Powell
Company E. Ird Bn
378Th Regt
Ft. Leonard Wood
Ashley Cagle
Set
South Vietnam
Pace
Senate approves five FEC nominees amid debate on quorum
The Senate confirms five former members of the reconstituted Federal Election Commission and plans to confirm a sixth later. The action raises questions about whether the FEC can disperse campaign funds with only two sworn-in members, while debate centers on quorum and timing for Thomas Springer’s nomination.
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Ashington
Senate
Federal Election Commission
Neil Stabler
Michigan
Robert Tiernan
Rhode Island
Vernon W. Thomson
Wisconsin
Thomas Harris
Virginia
Joan D. Aikens
Pennsylvania
Springer
Cannon
FEC
Robert P. Griffin
Mike Mansfield
Ford
Thomas B. Curtis
Griffin
Federal Power Commission
Jury Deliberations Near In Murder Charge Trial
The prosecution rested its case in the first degree murder trial of Michael Ray Sykes 19 after a four hour morning session with two physician witnesses Judge Bill Roberts recessed for lunch and the case resumes at 1 30 p m The state alleges Jeffrey 12 months old died from injuries suffered during a beating by his father
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Dennis Lang
Michael Ray Sykes
Bill Roberts
Sykes
Jeffrey
Robert
Killing Of Soldier Denied By Suspect In Refuge Slaying
Roy L. Bowman 33 and co defendant Jeannie Hinton 17 face second degree murder charges in the February 15 killing of Pvt Michael John Perkins 18 at Rush Lake within the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. Testimony linked Bowman to the night of the crime while defense contends various alibis and alternate accounts.
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Mike Ray Spec
Roy L. Bowman
Michael John Perkins
Rush Lake
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Bowman
Jeannie Hinton
Lawton
Gerald Neuwirth
Renee Patricia Gallaway
Kathy Ann Wilson
Miss Gallaway
Jessie M. Brown
Perkins
Kathy Wilson
Brown
Perkins Brown
Brown and
Hinton
Play Pen
Cache Road
Typhoon Pa mela roars over Truk Island
Typhoon Pamel a roared across Truk Island with 150 mph winds and heavy rains. Eight killed and several missing as mudslides buried a house, while rescue crews searched debris. National Weather Service warned the storm would swing south of Guam in three days.
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Aga? A
Guam
Pamela
Truk Island
Pacific Islands
Here
National Weather Service
Truk
National Weather Service Here
Giscard Addresses Congress Backing Detente Policy
French President Giscard dEstaing told a joint session of Congress that detente with Communist powers is open and sincere, stressing reciprocity and the defense of liberty. He praised U.S. goals in Europe, urged cooperative ties with the Soviet Union, and cited crises from the Middle East to southern Africa.
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Associated Press
Valery Girard d'Estaing
Giscard d'Estaing
France
Pin Ford
Giscard
Estaing
Congress
United States
Soviet Union
Ford Administration
Georges Pompidou
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Europe
America
Giscard d’Estaing
Corpus
Lebanon
Middle East
Africa
Southwest Oklahoma Weather Forecast Clear Skies Through Wednesday
The National Weather Service reports clear skies and warm temperatures for Southwest Oklahoma through Wednesday. Tonight winds southerly 8 to 16 mph with mid-50s temps. Wednesday's high in the upper 70s. Monday's high was 76 and low 50.
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Oklahoma
National Weather Service
Lawton Voters Decide On $2.5 Million Junior High Bond
Lawton polls opened at 7 and run to 7 with turnout rising as residents vote on a $2.5 million bond for a new east Lawton junior high. At Sullivan Village School 90 voters and at Eisenhower High 116 voters had cast ballots by 10 a.m. A majority approval is required.
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AST
Lawton
Sullivan Village
East Lawton
Eisenhower High School
Law- Lee
Four Month Construction Tally Boosts City Pace in Spring
The report shows first quarter construction value at $6,159,404, up from $2,295,325 a year earlier, driven by housing and the Town West Shopping Center start at 53rd and Cache Road. April totals dipped to $1,842,461 but exceeded April 1975, with 103 permits issued, and 36 new single family homes priced at $904,500.
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New Town West
53Rd and
Cache Road
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Rone
Lee
Looney
Maj
Askold Mosicszuk
Reynolds Army Hospital
Richard Boatsman
Mosicszuk
Reynolds
Jeffrey Sykes
Bill Reeves
Mosiczuk
Mosicjzuk
Reeves
Mosicszyk
Boatsman
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Pope
Eee
Abby
Eernreenense
Pacific
Sue Carroll
James Hall
U.S
Judy van Rest
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