Rail unions threaten national railroad strike Tuesday
Four AFL-CIO rail unions announced a 6 am Tuesday strike over contract disputes. Federal mediators sought a nine week delay to resolve the issue. President Ford had earlier named a fact finding board and most other unions settled contracts.
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Washington
Afl-Cio Railways Employees Department
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Blacksmiths
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers
Ford
James E. Yost
Railway Employees Department
Congress
Land Redevelopment Push Names Ard as Mall Project Salesman
Ard named to lead land acquisition for a downtown mall in Lawton with authority to incur out of pocket expenses. LURA aims to clear seven remaining property owners and 62 structures with 42 tenants still occupying. Demolition to resume January 1976. report on purchases and relocation planned. Vacations include First Street section and four blocks of alleyways.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority Board of Commissioners
Sam Ard
LURA
Arch March
Arch
March
Co‘aing
Bill Greb
First Street
F Avenue
Don Aust
Council Committee On Urban Renewal
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Perfect Football Weather Across Oklahoma This Weekend
AIR to partly cloudy skies and crisp fall weather are forecast throughout Oklahoma tonight and Saturday. Temperatures in Lawton dip to the low 50s with light northwesterly winds while Norman and Lawton reach mid to upper 70s Saturday. Skies stay sunny in the afternoon with no precipitation expected.
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Oklahoma
Norman
Lawton-Eisenhower
Cameron University Stadium
Lawton
Panhandle
County Ad Valorem Rate Reduced To 87 75 Mills
Lawton taxpayers will see 1975 property tax bills with the ad valorem rate cut to 87.75 mills from 92.82 due to county excise board action. The 20.07 mill countywide levy covers the budget and bonds, including 4 mills for school districts and 2.90 for the sinking fund. Net assessments rose to over 96.7 million, aiding the rate reduction despite higher valuations.
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Lawton
Lake Ellsworth
Comanche County
County Excise Board
Rosa Hines
Suburban Post Office Sites Studied By PAUL HART
US Postal Service studied several alternate sites for an expanded Lawton Post Office with downtown location kept as first priority. Expansion would require razing the Carnegie Library at Fifth and B, opposed by locals who seek to preserve it as a potential arts center. The building may be declared a national historic landmark, delaying demolition if listed on the National Register of Historic Places. See SUBURBAN.
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U.S. Postal Service
Lawton
Kinley McClure
Sth
McClure
Carnegie Library
Fifth and B
Walter Parks
Interior Department
Post Office City Hall Authority
Massachusetts
New England Society of Newspaper Editors
Boston
Ford
Secret Service
Westover Air Force Base
October Employment Rolls Increase and Jobless Rate Rise
The Labor Department reports unemployment rose to 8.6 percent in October with 8 million jobless, while total employment held at 85.4 million. Hard-core unemployment declined and average duration shortened, though inflation concerns loom as the economy shows mixed recovery signals.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Labor Department
White House
Ren Nessen
Ford vows no shift in strong defense policy
President Ford reaffirmed that reshuffling national security leadership won’t alter a steadfast defense stance. He defended U S intelligence services amid attacks while in Massachusetts and noted no change in his life long pledge to American strength and vigilance.
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Oston
Ford
United States
New England Council
U.S
Springfield
California
America
Donald Rumsfeld
Congress
NATO
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National Mediation Board
Yost
Presidential Emergency Board
W. J. Usery Jr
Federal Mediation Service
George Ives
Kevin Williams
Lee Elementary School
Ken Schraner
Kathy Langley
Joint Mall
Laura Helmich
Golden Dawn Horse Farm
Route 2
Brian Butler
Carla Cook
Lawton-Douglass
Ward Byers
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By Paul Hart
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