Indians Awareness Week Opens With Events Across Center
The Southern Plains Intertribal Center marks American Indian Achievement Week with open houses at Indian owned businesses, films, an art contest, and a historical day. Activities run today through Friday include a Volunteer of the Year award, exhibits at the Lawton Public Library, and partnerships with Oklahoma Indians Opportunity.
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Southern Plains
Wayne Gilley
Bob Cannon
Great Plains Improvement Foundation
O10
Moore Hat Co
Red River
America
Haskel Junior College
Carter attacks Ford over Arab boycott and Eastern Europe policy
President Ford and Senator Carter spar over Free Enterprise stances and Arab boycott penalties while addressing voters. Carter cites a Treasury letter accusing Ford of opposing tax penalties on firms aiding the Arab boycott. Ford campaigns with Southern Baptists as Rev. Criswell denounces Playboy and praises Ford’s faith.
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Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Romania
Cyprus
Ford
Israal
Congress
Treasury
William Simon
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Car
Olive branch barbs mark Lebanon Syria talks progress
Lebanon accused Syrians and Lebanese Christians of unacceptable conditions that could doom talks. Arafat adviser Hani Hassan, head of the guerrilla delegation, said they offer an olive branch but will keep their guns ready and tolerate no aggression as a new round of discussions opens in Chtoura.
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Chtoura
Arafat
Hani Hassan
Fire reports and political notes from a busy weekend
Fire department records list multiple blazes including electrical and car fires on Lindy Laird and Kinyon streets with minor house fire near Sheridan and Bishop. Dispatch total reaches 2407 this year. Separate political commentary covers Dole and Mondale campaign stops in Newark and Buffalo with Betty Ford appearance and Polish-American reactions to statements on Eastern Europe.
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Laird
Kinyon
Sheridan and
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Ozman, Trotter House
Cache Road
Europe
Buffalo
Stanley Makowski
Mondale
Warsaw
Communist Party
Ford
Oklahoma City Market Report Cattle and Hogs
Markets show cattle and calves 3500 head with gains on cows and bulls. Utility and commercial cows 21.00-24.30, cutter 19.75-22.50, bulls 28.25-32.50 per 100 pounds, good stock cows 19.75-21.25. Hogs 1300 head, feeder pigs US 1-2 39.00-43.00, barrows and gilts not quoted.
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Oklahoma City
Ford strike terms seek pay rise and more leave
The proposal calls for a wage rise of 3 percent yearly and a 20 cent increase in the first year. It would raise paid days off from 33 to 40 by year four and cut hourly rates from 25 to 35 cents over three years by job classification. Average base wages under the old contract ranged from 6.57 for assemblers to 9.00 for top skilled trades.
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Ford
Palestinian Guerrillas Seized Embassy in Beirut Raid
Rome placed sharpshooters on nearby rooftops after militants freed a wounded counsellor Hunen Ha tem and released another hostage to pursue talks with Algeria Libya and Yemen ambassadors. Soon after noon Palestinians surrendered and were jailed on charges including attempted murder hostage taking and weapon offenses.
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Hunen Hatem
Algeria
Libya
Yemen
Lebanon
Trains Collision Near Pittorreal Causes Wrecked Observation Car
Police said a passenger train collided with a freight train near Pittorreal about 200 miles west of Chihuahua, tumbling an observation car into a 45 foot canyon. Rescue workers worked to reach trapped passengers as diesel fuel limited cutting methods. The freight train traveled east from San Rafael while the passenger train headed toward Chihuahua City on the same line.
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Chihuahua City
U.S
San Rafael
Farmers eye crop stand as rain misses Wheat County
County farmers note wheat stands improving while Armyworms and rainfall gaps raise concern. Jerry Coakley, area entomologist, says cotton planting is approved, but conditions vary by area and hopes are high for no worsening pest or drought impact.
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Cotton County
Jerry Coakley
Lucas Said
Rape Probed After North Lawton Assault Incident
Lawton police investigate an alleged rape and assault reported Sunday by a 39 year old woman. She was beaten and raped around 6 50 a m and taken to PHS Indian Hospital for treatment of facial injuries with no witnesses to the incident.
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Lawton
North Lawton
Phs Indian Hospital
Redman Joins Woodwind Choir at Southwestern State
Miss Tammy Redman daughter of Mr and Mrs Manville Redman 325 N 35th named as a member of the Woodwind Choir at Southwestern State University Weatherford She plays bassoon First concert set for 8 p m Thursday in the Memorial Student Center Ballroom
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Tammy Redman
Manville Redman
N. 35Th
Southwestern State University
Weatherford
Redman
SWSU
Funeral service for Oscar Huffman in Lawton
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Lawton for Oscar Franklin Huffman 48 of 814 C who died Sunday. Burial plans are announced later. Huffman born May 27 1928 in White Sulphur Springs Va came from Baltimore and lived in Lawton 10 years. He was a World War I and Korean War veteran married to Lucy Reyes Feb 10 1976 in Lawton. Survivors include wife Ruth Huffman of Baltimore Md his father Bonnie Stapleton sister and two step sisters in Baltimore and Logan W V.
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Bush
Bob Dole
Walter F. Mondale
Newark
N.J
Dole
Italy
Oscar Franklin Huffman
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Hilltop
Allen Rich
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Mr. Huffman
White Sulphur Springs
Baltimore
Lawton
Lucy Reyes
Ruth Huffman
Baltimore, Md
Bonnie Stapleton
Logan, W.V
Dorothy
Cirrus Clouds Described as High and Feathery
A weather note describes cirrus clouds as very high in the sky, feathery in appearance, and delicate white in color, signaling peaceful atmospheric conditions.
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