Ford visit to Oklahoma sparks planning for Lawton stay
President Ford will spend the night in Lawton October 8 and stay in a one room block in Montego Bay. Local and state GOP officials await White House details on schedule and Fort Sill activities while Fort Sill awaits confirmation of any tours or briefings.
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Montego Bay
Barry Ivy
Ford
Lawton High School
Altus High School
Cameron University
Tate
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
White House
Fort Sill
Sen
Henry Bellman
Lawton
Paula Unruh
GOP
Don van Meter
Comanche County
van Meter
Washington
Texas
Dallas
SH 49
Wichita Mountains Estates
South Prairie Construction Co
H.E. Bailey
SH 58
Medicine Park
Frank White
Warren Shew
Bob Green
Oklahoma Department of Transportation
J. C. Kennedy
State Highway Commission
Ford Signs Jobs Bill Shift To Foreign Affairs
President Ford signed a Democratic backed public works and job program worth 3.7 billion dollars and extended 260000 public service jobs as Congress neared adjournment. He also signed a major anti trust bill while steering focus to meetings with French and Soviet ministers amid inquiries into his campaign finances. Carter challenged the president on public works claims, Ford defended his finances and said he is confident inquiries will find no impropriety. A Justice Department prosecutor investigation into Ford’s congressional finances was opened by Levi and top officials.
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Ford
Congress
Jimmy Carter
Carter
House
Justice Department
Waterg’*e
U.S. Atty
Edward H. Levi
Soldier cited after rear-end collision on Cache Road
Fort Sill 19-year-old soldier Tommy Lee Thomas collided with a car on Cache Road near northwest 20th Street. Chief of Police Robert L. Gillian said Thomas was cited for negligent driving after the minor damage to both vehicles and a brief, upset exchange with the other driver.
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Cache Road
20Th Street
Tommy Lee Thomas
Robert L. Gillian
Gillian
Thomas
Typhoon Liza Slams Mexico Coastline With 130 MPH Winds
Typhoon Liza struck the west coast of Mexico with 130 mph winds, killing at least 18 people in Baja California Sur. Reports from La Paz say many buried in sand as rescuers search for victims. The storm moved along the Cortez Sea toward Las Mochis, with heavy rains and gale winds extending about 180 miles.
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Mexico
Baja California
Ani
la Paz
Cortez Sea
U.S. National Weather Service
Los Angeles
Weather Service
San Francisco
Las Mochis
Baja Peninsula
Gulf of California
Syrian tanks press Palestinian strongholds in Lebanon drive
Syrian tanks under air cover push on two Palestinian positions along the Beirut Damascus highway as a four day mountain offensive resumes after Yasir Arafat rejects a cease fire. The assault aims to clear rebels from Bhamdoun and Aley and open Beirut's outskirts to a Syrian advance.
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Lebanon
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Yasir Arafat
Soviet Union
Hafez Assad
Syria
Bhamdoun
Aley
Beirut- Damscus
Arafat
Lebanese National Movement
Russians Near Limit On Grain
The Soviet Union is within 880000 tons of the 6 million ton minimum pledge to buy from the United States this year. The period for shipments begins today after a 400000 ton wheat sale. Israel will buy 3800000 worth of wheat and flour under Food for Peace credits. A four man USDA team will study Soviet grain storage for three weeks, amid expectations of a large harvest and storage plans.
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Soviet Union
Agriculture Department
U.S
Israel
Food For Peace
USDA
United States
U.S.S.R
Indiana Mayor Leads Swine Flu Shot Rollout in City
Mayor William H Hudnut received the first swine flu shot on Monument Circle launching a mass immunization drive. High risk patients followed, including a diabetic and a chronically ill senior, as officials warned of piecemeal vaccine deliveries and potential delays.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
William H. Hudnut
Hudnut
Monument Circle
National Center For Disease Control
Maristhill
Waltham
Boston
Stuart H. Shapiro
State Department of Health
Weather Outlook For Lawton Area Through Saturday
Forecast calls for continued warm weather and increasingly cloudy skies in the Lawton area through Saturday. Southwest winds 7 to 15 mph tonight. Tonight low expected in the upper 40s. Saturday high projected in the low 90s. Thursday highs reached 86 with a low around 20.
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Lawton
California signs first right to die law in nation
Governor Edmund Brown Jr signs a landmark California bill allowing terminally ill patients to refuse life support with a living will. The law, effective Jan 1, enables doctors to shut off life support when death is imminent, amid debate over euthanasia and dying rights sparked by the Quinlan case.
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Sacramento
Calif
Edmund Brown Jr
Karen Anne Quinlan
New Jersey
Barry Keene
D-Eureka
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