Air Force backs MOA jet route near Wichita Mountains Refuge
Air Force officials propose a military operation area over the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge to shift noise away from Falcon Range. The plan, pending FAA approval, would route jets 3 miles across the refuge at 1000 feet or higher, 22 days next year, with flights Tuesdays and Fridays.
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Air Force Backs
Pat Hollis
Constitution
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Air Forces
Lawton Chamber of Commerce Wildlife Refuge
Air Force
Fort Sill
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Larry Meyers
Meyers
Falcon Range
West Range
John Erwin
Mount Scott
Quetone Point
Fort Sill Reservation
Warren Norman
Senor Air Force
Fort Sill Refuge
Quanah Parker Visitors Center
Civil Suits Hit Trucking Firms Over Duplicate Payments
The Inter state Commerce Commission charged 12 large Midwestern trucking firms with illegally keeping about 2.3 million in duplicate payments from shippers. Civil suits seek refunds and orders to halt future overcharges. Gateway Transportation Co. faced most of the sum, with suits also naming Advance Transportation, Checker Express, and others across Milwaukee Chicago Detroit Peoria Kokomo and Lebanon. The ICC aims to audit three years of records and notify shippers if criminal charges arise.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Chicago
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Gateway Transportation Co
LaCrosse
Wis
Commission
Gateway
Advance Transportation of
Checker Express Co
Long Transportation of
Detroit
Storm Freightways of
Peoria. Nl
Liberty Trucking of
Freeport Fast Freight of
O. K. Motor Service of
Summit
R-W Service
Sims Motor Transportation Lines
Brada-Miller Freight System
Kokomo
Ind
Turner Trucking
Lebanon
Extensive Search For Missing 19 Month Old At Southwest Site
Lawton police joined by 12 OSBI officers and about 25 lawmen pursued a wide ground search across a square mile after Nima Carter 19 months vanished from her home. Investigators interview neighbors while officials say no suspects yet. A $2,250 reward pool includes contributions from Sheridan Bank & Trust Audrey Carter and Comanche Tribal Office plus a benefit luncheon planned at Fort Sill Indian School.
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Lawton
Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation
OSBI
George Carter
23Rd SE Place
Carters
Nima
Dick Wilkerson
Oklahoma City
Police Department
Don Cunningham
Wilkerson
Wayne Gilley
Sheridan Bank & Trust Co
Audrey Carter
Comanche County
Comanche
Carter
Fort Sill
Film Premiere Stars Arriving for Local G Rated Movie
Fine Arts Editor reports three stars and producer director Jim McCullough arriving for the premiere of Charge of the Model T's filmed in Lawton. Cast members praise cool fall weather and anticipate strong turnout with openings in Lawton and San Antonio.
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Fine Arts
Hree
Jim McCullough
Lawton
John David Carson
John Doucette
Bill Thurman
Southwest
Oklahoma
Louisa Moritz
Hollywood
West Coast
Video Twin Theatre
McCullough
New York
Lee Willis
San Antonio
Texas
MGM Studios
Senate Tightens Abortion Funds Limits in 59 to 29 Vote
The Senate approved a 59 to 29 plan to limit federal abortion funding, dropping mental health and fetus health tests and defining harm as severe or long lasting. It allows payments for life endangerment, rape and incest treatments, pregnancy prevention drugs, and certain ectopic pregnancies, awaiting House action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Warren Magnuson
D-Wash
Labor and Health
Education and Welfare
Magnuson
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Texas man dies aboard El Al jet over Yugoslavia
W C Holder of Llano Texas died aboard El Al Flight 001 from Tel Aviv to New York after cabin pressure loss prompted a dive from 33000 to 14000 feet. Two doctors aboard examined him. he was dead on landing in Belgrade. The body was removed and his wife and two friends remained in Yugoslavia. The incident led to investigations and Amsterdam repairs. A separate American Airlines 727 rolled off a taxi at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City but no injuries occurred.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Yugoslavia
E al
W.C. Holder
Llano
Texas
New York
Amsterdam
Holder
Colman Goldstein
Belgrade
American Airlines
San Francisco
Tulsa
Will Rogers World Airport
Oklahoma City
American
Phoenix
Weekend Weather Outlook Ferries Fair Skies and Mild Temperatures
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies with mild days and cool nights through Friday. Friday highs near 70 with overnight lows in the upper 50s to 60s. Wednesday reached 60 and the overnight low may dip near 40s. Saturday to Monday stay mostly fair with little temperature change.
Fines Levied for Funeral Disruption in Mountain View
Two men and a woman from Mountain View were fined 500 each after pleading no contest to disturbing a funeral. District Judge Weldon Ferris imposed the penalties on Guy Bill Kobs his wife Kay and Kay’s father Jesse Kern for attempting to revive the deceased Kenneth Corbin at the June 30 First Baptist Church service.
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Obaet. Okla
Weldon Ferris
Guy Bill Kobs
Kay
Jesse Kern
Mountain View
Kenneth Corbin
First Baptist Church
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