Carter Meets Officials in Washington After Victory
President elect Jimmy Carter arrives in Washington for his first post election visit. He tours Blair House and meets with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Lynn about budget management and organizational matters. Carter plans further talks with Ford and congressional leaders.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Blair House
Carter
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Don
Ald Rumsfeld
Elect
Lynn
Bedert
Ford
Lyne
Albany
Rumsfeld
LURA Details Road Closings In Mall Region
Lawton urban renewal plans five street closures in downtown to accelerate Ed Warmack mall development by August 1977. Closures target D Avenue and adjacent streets with limited merchant impact and full access maintained to nonclosed areas during holidays. Vacant LURA structures on D Avenue to be demolished. closures expected on or after Feb 1 1977. Downtown business officials remain optimistic about the mall’s progress.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Ed Warmack
D Avenue
Vince Elmore Lura
Fifth Street
First Street
F Avenue
Fourth Street
D Avenues
Third Street
C Avenue
F Avenues
Second Street
Republican Party Chairman Smith Resigns Amid GOP Tensions
Mary Louise Smith, Republican National Chairwoman, announces resignation in January amid insurgent conservative pressure. White House aides say Ford’s role in choosing a successor is undecided. Smith urges unity and warns against a fatal lurch to extremes as party considers an orderly transition.
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Washington
Mary Louise Smith
White House
Rom Nessen Sai
Ford
Carter
Repeblican National Cormatier
Seth Sans Ote
Nessen
Sensth Radsouehi
Prudent
South
Republican National Committee
Light Santa Monica Quake Felt Across Los Angeles
A minor 3.4 magnitude quake centered off Santa Monica rattled the Los Angeles area Monday. Seismologists at Caltech said the event lasted several seconds with no damage or injuries reported. Residents in Van Nuys and Westwood felt the tremor as homes and dishes trembled briefly.
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Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Les Neles
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
San Fernando Valley
Westwood
van Nuys
Press Trouble Delays Papers
The Lawton Publishing Company presses, running at 36 000 copies per hour, halted when a bearing in the folding mechanism froze. Foreman Paul Blubaugh and Bob Knowles, aided by four crew members, worked until about 5 a.m. to restart the press.
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Constitution
Lawton Publishing Company
Paul Blubaugh
Bob Knowles
Lawton
Israel Tightens Forces on Lebanon Border
Israel reinforced troops along the Lebanon frontier and warned Syria against moving its peacekeeping force to Israel's border. Officials said the move aims to prevent a one sided border shift and deter renewed Palestinian attacks amid reports of Syrian advances toward the border and southward moves near Tyre and Marjayoun.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Syria
Washington
Lebanon
Davar
Tyre
Marjayoun
Comanche Deputy Shot During Extortion Stakeout
Deputy F L Estes, 33, was shot during a stakeout on an extortion demand near Comanche Saturday evening. He underwent chest surgery in Comanche County Memorial Hospital and remained in stable condition in intensive care as investigators seek leads. the gunman fled and was at large at 10 am. The incident occurred about a quarter mile west of the Cattlemen’s Stock Yards on U S 81 two miles north of town.
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Stephens County
F. L. Estes
Kenneth Landis
Estes
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Landis
Here
U.S. 81
Southwest Oklahoma Weather Forecast
Fair to partly cloudy conditions and rising temperatures on tap for Southwest Oklahoma through Tuesday from the National Weather Service. Tonight lows near 38, Tuesday highs around 58. Sunday record shows a 49 high and 25 low.
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Oklahoma
National Weather Service
Sooners Critical of Government Study Shows
A University of Oklahoma survey finds Oklahomans content with life in their communities but critical of government. 53 percent are very satisfied with life in the United States, lower than a 1971 national figure of 35 percent. The poll notes limited awareness of Washington events and that 22 percent are satisfied with state government.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Center For Economic and Management Research
United States
The
Washington
Fort Sill man slain in suburban duplex shooting
Police probe the Sunday morning slaying of 22 year old Spec 4 Terence Johnson of Fort Sill assigned to Hq Btry 3rd Bn 18th FA. Investigators await autopsy while questioning Johnsons estranged wife Terri. Neighbors report two gunshots around 1 30 a m. no robbery motive found.
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Terence Johnson
Ferris Duplex
Mark McFarland
Johnson
Silsbee, Tex
Fort Sill
18Th Field Artillery
McFarland
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