Eight Die In Holiday Blazes In Pittsburgh And Cedar Rapids
Flames swept two story homes killing Roxanne Showalter 5 and Jessica 7 in Cedar Rapids while two adults and four children perished in Pittsburgh. Georgia Showalter 9 is in intensive care with serious burns. parents Melvin and his wife hospitalized. Killed in Pittsburgh were Charlotte Hillebrecht 26 and her children Edward 10 William 8 Lisa 6 Michele 2. An infant suffered smoke inhalation. cause under investigation. See BLAZE, Page 4.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
West Virginia
Putnam County
Charleston
Roxanne Lynn Showalter
Jessica Louise
Georgia
Melvin Showalter
John
Charlotte Hillebrecht
Edward
William
Hope For Future Offered Marlow Railroad Job Corpsmen At Center
A Wichita Mountains Refuge center hosts a turkey dinner for Treasure Lake Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center corpsmen and graduates. The program accepts disadvantaged youths aged 16 to 21 months to join the Marlow railroad project and benefit from training opportunities.
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Hope For Future
Marlow Railroad
Treasure Lake
Job Corps
Civilian Conservation Center
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Treasure Lake corpsmen train across nine fields for pay and transfer
The program offers room board and a $300 monthly stipend with deductions leaving $28.24, potential raises up to $50 monthly, and placements in Midland Houston and Lubbock at $6.35 per hour. Many corpsmen come from Mexican or Spanish descent with other groups represented, while Treasure Lake operates at full capacity within budget.
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Johnny Killebrew
Oklahoma City
Royce Robinson
Midland
Houston
Lubbock
Treasure Lake
Interior Department
Midwest Snowstorms Halt Holiday Travel and Claims Lives
Severe snowstorms pounded the Midwest disrupting Thanksgiving travel with at least 18 deaths blamed on the storm. Chicago saw nine inches of snow as out of town traffic and air travel lagged. Missouri and Kansas reported multiple fatalities and icy roads. A Pilots plane crash near Moline prompted reminders of harsh winter conditions as temperatures plunged to record November lows.
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Lambert International St. Louis
Jefferson City
O’hare International
O'Hare
Busch Memorial Stadium
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Bills
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California
Texas
Quad City
Molime
Ill
Ed Stoll
Elwood
Neb
Dean
Nebraska
Warning issued on Soviet might
U S Sen Dewey Bartlett urged maintaining military strength as he warned that Soviet weapon development is eroding U S superiority. He cited rapid gains in ground forces, artillery, air defense, missiles and helicopters from 1964 to 1974 and noted the programs are in active service, not experimental.
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U.S
Dewey Bartlett
United States
Bartlett
Ussr
Oklahoma
Enid
Weekend warmth expected as Southwest Oklahoma warms
A fair to partly cloudy day pushed temperatures into the 50s this afternoon and forecasters predict a high near 60 Friday after a mid-30s overnight. Gusty winds up to 28 mph prompted lake wind warnings across Southwest Oklahoma. Wednesday reached a high of 42 and a low of 16.
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Oklahoma
Real Estate Trade Edges Higher As September Shows Growth
The Lawton Board of Realtors reports 194 multilist transactions worth 2 726 189 in September, with 1975 sales up 2.3 percent from September 1974 but down 32.3 percent from September 1973. Through September, multilist trade totals 35 545 472, up 5.2 percent year over year.
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EAL
Lawton Board of Realtors
Don McConnell
McConnell
Len Parks
Parks
Ume
National Association
NAR) of Realtors
NAR
Vietnamese Refugees Get First Thanksgiving Turkey
Lawton sponsor Bob Reynolds hosts nine new Vietnamese relatives at 1710 Kenyon for a first Thanksgiving with turkey and pumpkin pie. The Tran family have moved from Ft Chaffee Ark to Lawton since June, joining relatives from Chicago for a crowded holiday meal and a mix of Vietnamese dishes.
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Turkey
Bob Reynold
Bob Reynolds
Kenyon
Reynolds
Hoang
Tran
Lawton
Ft. Chaffee
Ark
U.S
Vietnam
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