Delay in Land Delivery Threatens Downtown Redevelopment Project
The Lawton Urban Renewal Authority cannot meet the July 1 deadline to deliver the first land parcel to Mark Real Estate Enterprises Inc. The board voted to extend the delivery date to October 1 amid relocations and utility delays.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
LURA
Arch March
Board of Directors
Mark Real Estate Enterprises Inc
Dallas
Mark Firm
Ralph Wolverton
Mark
March
Lawton Constitution
Deliv
Downtown Project advances with phased land delivery plans
The Downtown Project moves in six month phases with initial delivery of the entertainment district land while other parcels including a shopping mall motel district and bank and office buildings are scheduled later. A three month delay affects the overall land-delivery schedule.
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Ers
Downtown
Entertainment District
March
Entertainment
Pact Okayed After Nixon Soviet Leaders Talk Nuclear Arms Limit
News from Saigon reports heavy fighting across the central highlands with tanks destroyed at Kontum City and major clashes along My Chanh near Hue. Rank-and-file losses include 192 North Vietnamese killed and seven South Vietnamese killed with 3 wounded. Air strikes hit Haiphong area and bridges.
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Saigon
APY
U.S
Ae Nam
Kontum City
My Chanh
Hue
Saigon Command
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Kien An
April Trade Deficit Reaches Second Worst On Record
The Commerce Department reports April imports exceeded exports by 699.4 million dollars, the second worst monthly deficit in history, pushing the year’s total to about 2.2 billion. Officials cite rapid U.S. growth and sluggish foreign markets as the cause.
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Ashington
Commerce Department
United States
U.S
April trade figures show rising imports and shrinking exports
The spokesman noted a slow rebound in exports while imports rose to 4.459 billion dollars in April from 3.760 billion in March. The decline in exports was driven by fewer jumbo jets shipped out, keeping imports nearly steady and widening the trade deficit. Consumers may benefit from cheaper imported goods despite weaker American export performance.
City, Sill To Honor War Dead On Memorial Day
War dead will be honored Monday in the Lawton Fort Sill area with services at Highland Cemetery Sunset Memorial Gardens and Fort Sill Cemetery. A 10 a.m. ceremony at Highland will be followed by a 10 45 a.m. service at Sunset Memorial Gardens sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1193. Auxiliary presidents and leaders from Veterans of World War I Disabled American Veterans and the American Legion will place wreaths on headstones.
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Lawton-Fort Sill
Highland Cemetery
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Fort Sill Cemetery
Veterans of Foreign Wars
John Larkins i
Edward Roof
George O’malley
American Legion
Ted Huxford
John Larkins
Bonn
U.S
West Germany
Frankfurter Rundschau
Indochina
Red Army
Frankfurt
Warm Holiday Weekend In Sight
A slight chance of afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms exists through Saturday. The state can expect fair to partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures over Memorial Day weekend. Highs near 90, Lows in the upper 60s, with southerly winds easing tonight. Lawton area rain chance about 20 percent this afternoon tonight and Saturday.
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Lawton
Highway Patrol Plans All Out Memorial Weekend Safety
Oklahoma Highway Patrol will man every cruiser over the long Memorial weekend from 6 p.m. today to midnight Monday to cut deaths. Commissioner Bill Mayberry notes over half of fatal crashes involve a drinking driver and cites last year’s three day total of five deaths as a target. Patrol warns drivers to slow down and plan for longer trips while emphasizing drinking and driving enforcement.
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Oklahoma
Mayberry
Pentagon Drops Doctor Draft For Next Year
The Defense Department says the doctor draft will be dropped for the coming year. Dr. Richard S. Wilbur notes it may be necessary to draft medical men again before the current selective service law expires in mid 1973.
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Washington
Pentagon
Richard S. Wilbur
Defense Department
Joint Trade Commission Also Formed
The United States and the Soviet Union reached a final agreement to limit strategic nuclear weapons, with signing set at a Kremlin ceremony after Nixon hosts dinner. A two-hour summit with Brezhnev Podgorny and Kosygin produced the pact, plus a plan to form a joint commercial commission to broaden trade and finance credits.
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Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
White House
Kremlin
Nixon
Ziegler
Paut Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Alexi W N. Kosygin
U.S
Lawton Housing Plan Denied Over Racial Segregation Label
Lawton officials blame a two year old court ruling labeling Lawton racially segregated for denial of a 136 unit public housing project. Mayor Whitaker calls the cited decision unfair and cites UDAs concerns linking recent court decisions to the setback.
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Aweon
Don Whitaker
Lawton
Whitaker
Lawton View
Columbia Square Apartments
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