Sandis Eye Sports Buildup With Saudi Plans
Don Boucher, former Peace Corps director for three nations, discusses Saudi Arabia's three year $19.2 million program to build sports and recreation. He notes aims to train Saudi coaches, develop a Riyadh university college for recreation and physical education, and foster self coaching in track, swimming, basketball and tennis.
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Chile
Don
Peace Corps
Honduras
Venezuela
Boucher
Lawton
Oklahoma Baptist University
Springfield College
Mass
Texas Tech
Saudia Arabia
Whittaker
Kingdom
Board reveals acting director as permanent post awaits study
The wildlife agency will appoint Wint as acting director while an independent management study of the department proceeds. Lansden urged delaying a permanent choice, but the board opted to proceed with an acting head, amid political commentary from lawmakers defending the commission.
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Boren
Lansden
Jack Parish
Tishomingo
Wint
Kenneth Converse
Bob Funston
Broken Arrow
Phil Watson
R-Edmond
Funston
Watson
Sen. Funston
Sen. Watson
Converse
Most-Used Words in English Language Overview
A compact analysis lists the frequent English words by rank. It highlights the top items the, of, and, to, a, in, that, is, I, it, for, as and notes I as the most common spoken word.
High Court to Review Abortion Control and Campaign Finance
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a Missouri abortion control appeal and a challenge to campaign finance limits ahead of the 1976 elections. Justices may set an early hearing to decide rules before campaigns begin.
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High Court
Washington
William C. Douglas
Supreme Court
Missouri
Douglas
City considers parking plan and streetlight actions
City council weighs not appealing Caddo County verdicts over Lake Ellsworth property owned by Floyd and Dora Martin. A separate vote considers adding street lights in the city park on Rogers Lane and Westair subdivision, removing 25 Sheridan Road lights for a waterline, and a Sheridan Road water line change order for a 30 inch valve. Also on agenda use of rural water for Lake Ellsworth facilities and hearings on Taft property weeds. Community health appointees and arts council seats are up for terms and an emergency scraper parts purchase is proposed.
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Caddo County
Lake Ellsworth
Floyd E. Martin
Dora E. Martin
Jumes
Rogers Lane
35Th Place
Westair Subdivision
Sheridan Road
Gore Boulevard
Cache Road
Taft
Lawton Fire Department
Don Benefield
Health Department
Environmental Quality Advisory Board
Clyde Mason
Wayne Smith
Lawton Arts & Humanities Council
Jayne VanWey
County panel balks at judge’s demand to fund juvenile salaries
Judge Bledsoe claimed authority to order funding for the juvenile bureau with federal revenue sharing to cover a 15000 plus gap. Commissioners said budget cuts left no room this year and review possible legal opinions on the judge’s authority and potential tax implications.
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Bledsoe
County Excise Board
State Examiner
Commission
W. F
Bill) Griswold
Juvenile Bureau
Oklahoma Crime Commission
Arson Injunction Sought Over City Firefighter Strike
Local 42 of the International Association of Firefighters reported its 858 members voted 100 percent to continue the strike. Fires were not major but forced evacuations in older apartment districts. Some substitutes treated for smoke inhalation. Police report arrests for traffic violations and some firefighters found with flammable liquids. A grand jury will hear arson evidence soon with witnesses from the strike.
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International Association of Firefighters
Wheeler
Tax Cut Plan Promotes Synthetic Fuel Plants in U S
The proposal aims to spur private industry to build coal and shale conversion plants to produce synthetic fuels. Ford is set to meet this afternoon with India's foreign minister Y B Chavan to discuss related issues.
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Lion
United States
Ford
India
Y. B. Chavan
Reading Program Open House Held at Eisenhower High
Sixty five parents and students attended an open house in Eisenhower High School's Dimensions in Reading room. The course aims to improve reading skills and showed two years of slide presentations. The next meeting is in December. A parents council formed with Mrs. James Osborn elected president. Teacher Mrs. Georgeann Vineyard spoke to the Stephens County Reading Council in Duncan recently.
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Eisenhower High School
James Osborn
Georgeann Vineyard
Stephens County Reading Council
Duncan
Lawton Senior Robert B. Malloy Commended by National Merit
Lawton High School senior Robert B. Malloy was commended by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation for high qualifying test scores. He is among 35,000 commended students, just below 15,000 semifinalists in the national scholarship competition.
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Robert B. Malloy
Lawton High School
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Malloy
Fire department logs drivers time and place of alarms
Lawton Fire Department reports multiple alarms this weekend including grass fire at 36th and Rogers Lane at 2 a m Sunday kitchen fire on 1502 D apt 9 at 5 49 p m Sunday car fire at 13th and Lee at 6 33 p m Sunday service call at 2213 Crosby at 10 12 p m Sunday electrical fire four miles east five north one east and one quarter north of Lawton at 6 22 a m Monday trash fire at 1222 N Sheridan Road at 8 15 a m Monday totaling 1194 dispatches this year.
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Lawton
Rogers Lane
Apt
13Th and
Lee
Crosby
Sheridan Road
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Art Ponder
Evening Optimist Club
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Wendell McCrary
Bob Wadley
Claremore
Sandy Sanders
Oklahoma City
the Lawton Constitution
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Lawton Morning Press
THE
Sunday Constitution Lawton Publishing Co., Inc
Jrd & A Ave
Okla
Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Constitution
Eres
APO
James L. Buckley
Eugene McCarthy
U.S. Court of Appeals
Cole
Cache Rd
Cleta Booker Hood
Hood-Donley Insurance Agency, Inc
D Ave
Lillian Kalbfleisch
OME Savings & Loan Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Federal Home Loan Bank System
D Avenue
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