House Sees 5 Percent Pay Hike For Officials
The House rejected an 8.66 percent pay raise for Congress and top government officials and approved a 5 percent increase. The vote 278 to 123 maintains raises for senators representatives judges the vice president cabinet members and senior civil service staff effective immediately.
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Ashington
House
Congress
Ford
Supreme Court
Herbert E. Harris II
D-Va
Harris
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Senate
Capitol
Ex NASA Engineer Maps Funds Released Synchronization Of Traffic
Ex NASA engineer and five year city employee Trois Helvy designed a new radio pulse and digital traffic synchronization system. The device, two main components, a portable synchronization unit and a central control unit at the Lawton Police Department, aims to replace current cable controlled lights starting on Gore Boulevard.
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NASA
Trois Helvy
Gore Boulevard
Glen Marshal
Helvy
Mangum
Lawton
Bendix
Bermuda
Trois Megs
Lawton Receives HUD Release of First Year Funds
The Department of Housing and Urban Development releases over 5.6 million dollars for Lawton's first year community development funds. HUD area director Robert Breeden notified Mayor Wayne Gilley that 6.1 million is available for first year funding. The city may spend 561 thousand more on current or new projects. Funds come via letter of credit. money is on deposit with the U S Treasury. The city plans and contracts for the first year were approved earlier this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Lawton
HUD
Robert Breeden
Wayne Gilley
U.S. Treasury Department
Salary Increases Ordered for County Juvenile Staff
Associate District Judge Chad Bledsoe ordered Comanche County to fund $70,126.80 in Juvenile Bureau and Marie Detty Youth Service Center salaries for the coming year, despite a much smaller county budget. The ruling lifts salaries above the county plan, with federal grant funds unaffected and the judge stressing alignment with state pay authority to keep the unit competitive.
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Ward Bvers
Comanche County
Lawton Constitution
Chad Bledsoe
Marie Detty Youth Service Center
Juvenile Bureau
Miller
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Western District
Frank White
Bledsoe
Charles Ellenbrook
Whitaker Addresses White Collar Crime Seminar in Oklahoma
FBI official Kenneth Whitaker labeled white collar crime a major national threat at a Southwest Oklahoma seminar held at the Holiday Inn. About 50 law officers attended as sessions covered bank embezzlement credit card fraud and shoplifting while the FBI promotes information sharing among agencies.
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United States
Kenneth Whitaker
FBI
Oklahoma
Whitaker
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Holiday Inn
Big Brother
New York
San Francisco
Lawten Weather: Fair, Cool Tonight and Thursday
Weather report for Lawten predicts a fair and cool night with a low around 40s and light variable winds. Thursday should be sunny with a high near 70s. A stray line mentions 87 as a high in Lawten, IA, but details are unclear.
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Lawten
Lawten Ia
Kickoff Set for Lawton Fort Sill United Way Campaign
The 1975 campaign opens at 7 a.m. Thursday in the Hotel Lawtonian ballroom with goal 399,129 for 21 member agencies. Volunteers of 242 will receive packets to start work by Oct. 17 as Dave Sandstrom MCs and Gene Alder offers invocation before Miss United Way candidates perform.
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Lawton-Fort Sill
United Way
Lawtonian
Dave Sandstrom
Oe Gene Alder
Eis
Emperor Hirohito Visited Williamsburg in Grand Procession
Thousands of tourists greeted Japanese Emperor Hirohito as his horsedrawn carriage rolled down Duke of Gloucester Street amid armed guards. In Washington, multimillionaire Armand Hammer pleaded guilty to illegally concealing 54000 in Nixon campaign contributions and faced sentencing.
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Williamsburg
Hirohito
Duke of Gloucester Street
Washington
Armand Hammer
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
William B. Jones
Occidental Petroleum Corp
Hammer
Lightning Claims Sill Man and Involves Army Shooting
A Fort Sill soldier died by lightning early today while sitting in his tent on the West Range. Pvt Donald Hackney, 19, of East Chicago Heights Ind., was briefly treated and released. Separately a fatal shooting at Gold Medallion Apartments left Spec. 4 Jerry Kaelin 25 dead and two others wounded. no charges will be filed.
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Fort Sill
Lawton
Donald Hackney
East Chicago Heights
Ind
Reynolds Army Hospital
1St Field Artillery
Field Artillery
Ketch Lake
Don Beauchamp
Spec
Jerry Kaelin
Clarkesville
Gold Medallion Apartments
Kaelin
Economists urge extending 1975 tax cuts into 1976
Two leading economists Arthur M. Okun and Murray L. Weidenbaum told Congress that extending this year's tax cuts is essential to sustain the economic recovery from recession. They oppose any large increase beyond modest changes. The Congressional Joint Economic Committee indicated extending and increasing cuts by 8 to 10 billion dollars next year would be necessary.
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Washington
Congress
Arthur M. Okun
Brookings Institution
Murray L. Weidenbaum
Washington University
Congressional Joint Economic Committee
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Federal
By the Constitution Staff
County Commission
Marie Detty Center
Charles Miller
Juvenile Department
Dennis Lang
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Saeeewese
Eee
Circus
Editorial
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