Thanksgiving feast at Vo-Tech School feeds 300 in Lawton
Students and teachers at Great Plains Area Vo-Tech hosted a Thanksgiving lunch for about 300 people including 200 students, with Wallace and seven advanced students working overnight in shifts. Adults paid $1 and students 40 cents for a varied menu. The piece also reports Lawton Comanche County census data on poverty, labor force, and employment by sector.
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Great Plains Area
Vo-Tech
John Wallace
Food Service
Wallace
Advanced Food Services
Lawton
Comanche County
Census Bureau
Fort Sill
Ward boundary change eyed to balance population
Discussion suggests moving part of Ward Three into Ward Four to equalize population. Commission members listed include Bob Norris Terry Reffert Ward 1 J L Logan Jason Monroe Ward 2 Dr Robert Hillis Gerald Reed Ward 3 Lawrence Kuykendall Dennis Hamilton Ward 5 and LMAPC representative Mrs Jo Johnson. City Planner Walt Belland serves as ex officio non voting member.
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Commission
Bob Norris
Terry Reffert
J. L. Logan
Jason Monroe
Robert Hillis
Gerald Reed
Lawrence Kuykendall
Dennis Hamilton
Jo Johnson
LMAPC
Walt Belland
Gas firms appeal to high courts over Oklahoma price plan
The Oklahoma gas commission aims to enforce minimum prices on in state natural gas to prevent waste, despite a Federal Power Commission rejection of a request by two producers for up to 14 cents more per thousand cubic feet. At least 10 companies have appealed to the state court. Chairman Charles Nesbitt announced the stance Monday.
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Oklahoma
U. S
Supreme Courts
Charles Nesbitt
Commission
Federal Power Commission
Front-line clashes intensify as cease-fire talks drag on
Ground action in South Vietnam accelerates amid Paris negotiations. Communist shelling hits Da Nang and a string of hit-and-run attacks around Saigon. For the fifth day heavy fighting persists south of the DMZ and in the central highlands near Pleiku. North Vietnamese artillery targets Quang Tri with over 1000 shells. Marine losses mount as air and ground actions claim lives and injuries on both sides.
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South Vietnam
Paris
da Nang
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Pleiku
Quang Tri City
Central Highlands
Highlands
Central Purchasing Plan Moves Lawton City Expansion
City actions include rezoning of 2101 2109 West Gore property from R 4 to C 1 for business growth near the family hardware store. A downtown alley vacate was directed to accommodate Lawton Urban Renewal Authority plans.
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Easton
Family Hardware
West Gore Boulevard
E Avenues
Lawton
West Baltimore
North 23Rd Street
Swinney School
Swinney Pta
Freeman Inc
Sungate
Cleo Craig
Max Seibold
City Mission
Goodwill Industries
Goodwill
PAL
Crisis
The
Disabled American Veterans
Craig
Seibold
Fighting Flares In Golan Heights Amid Syrian Skirmishes
Israeli air forces bomb Syrian army and guerrilla bases and artillery positions after intensified terrorist activity in the Golan Heights. Syria shells paramilitary settlements as Soviet arms deliveries to Damascus reportedly step up. Israeli losses include six planes, with a total of 39 Syrian planes downed since 1967. two MIG21s were shot down in the last major clash on November 9.
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Golan Heights
Damascus
Israel
Syria
Sahm el Jaulan
Jilin
Jiser Ashari
Winter Storm Drops Up to Ten Inches in Oklahoma
Northwestern Oklahoma endures four to ten inches of snow with Woodward near ten inches by midmorning. Snow and fog hinder visibility across the state as warnings remain in effect for western and northern areas. Road slickness causes accidents and one death in the Oklahoma City region while the southeast sees mixed precipitation and fewer impacts.
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Oklahoma
Woodward
U.S. Weather Service
Hobart
Weather Bureau
Northwest
Panhandle
Oklahoma City
Highway Patrol
Guyman
Ardmore
Lawton
New Mexico
West Texas
Western
Gulf
Arkansas
Kansas
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Lubbock
Tennessee
Uniform Evidence Rules Issued By High Court
The Supreme Court issued uniform evidence rules to govern federal and civil and criminal trials nationwide with July 1 as the anticipated effective date. Justice Douglas dissented, while Albert E. Jenner Jr. praised the move as a milestone unifying practices across courts as lawyers and judges move between jurisdictions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Albert E. Jenner Jr
Chicago
Bar
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Criminal Laws Subcommittee
William O. Douglas
U.S. Judicial Conference
Jenner
Associated Press
Kissinger Talks With Saigon Leader Over Paris Peace Draft
Kissinger conferred Monday night with Pham Dang Lam head of the Saigon delegation to the Paris peace talks while Hanoi said similar contact was kept with Viet Cong representatives. Thieu rejects the cease fire draft citing troop withdrawal and a pro Communist election supervision council as unacceptable. Kissinger and Tho reportedly reached general agreement in secret talks last month on the draft.
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Kissinger
Pham Dang Lam
Saigon
Paris
Hanoi
Tho
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
Council of Communists
British phone delays hit yearlong waits for new lines
In Britain customers face delays of up to a year for telephone installations due to a backlog of new subscribers. The issue affects households and businesses awaiting line connections amid growing demand.
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Britain
Statement of Nondiscrimination Assurance Summary
A rural electric cooperative files a Compliance Assurance with the USDA Rural Electrification Administration to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. It pledges no discrimination based on race color or national origin in service, rates, facilities, meetings, or beneficiary rights and outlines complaint procedures with a 90 day filing window.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Department of Agriculture
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
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