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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1976
Page
4
Consulting engineers propose a $600000 financing plan for a new sewage disposal plant. The City Council previously eliminated summer surcharges for sewer customers, arguing irrigation drives higher water use. The council argues for fairness, while engineers forecast higher charges under a $2 per month base plus 30 cents per 1000 gallons scheme.
Washington columnist laments declining taste as Woodward and Bernstein's Final Days frame Mrs Nixon in unflattering terms. Julie Eisenhower defends her mother with statistics, noting May 1974 as the period of focus and disputing coverage of social events.
The column argues Mrs. Nixon showed public duty and travel despite scrutiny, defending her while condemning the Watergate-era smear. It notes Mrs. Eisenhower’s praise for public activity and questions claims of alcohol use, accusing Woodward and Bernstein of sensationalism. The piece criticizes a media culture that villifies Nixon's wife.
New York critics dissect The Canfield Decision Playboy Press a suspense novel attributed to Spiro Agnew. The review calls the book violent and melodramatic with conspiratorial press themes and anti Jewish overtones. It questions Agnews political motives and potential future ambitions.
Across several papers critics urge swift passage of the Lobby Disclosure Act of 1946 without weakening amendments. They warn of labor and business forces shredding the bill in the House while decrying government boards and affirmative action debates in other states and nations.
Washington reports a winner take all California primary shaping the Ford Reagan battle for the Republican nomination. California offers 167 convention votes, the largest bloc, with party leaders eyeing the June 8 primaries in California New Jersey and Ohio. Reagan's managers faced missteps in Ohio and New Jersey.
The piece notes Frank Van Der Linden for delegate races and warns Reagan may win the popular vote yet gain few delegates as in Wisconsin and Maryland. Ford’s team cancels Kissinger trips, while Human Events predicts a first ballot Reagan win if he takes California, with 1,156 delegates to Ford’s 1,103 overall.
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