Waurika Water Deal Advances In Lawton Vote
Lawton voters approve a water storage and pipeline contract with the Waurika Project Master Conservancy District by 5 498 to 382 93 percent. The related property tax assurance proposal passed 4 835 to 904 in all precincts.
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Waurika Project
Waurika
Master Conservancy District
Waurika and
Comanche
Veyance
Duncan
Walters
Temple
Lawton
Settlement Ends Otasco Opposition to Downtown Streets
Otasco withdraws its protest against street vacations near the downtown mall after traffic controls for the Second and C store were pledged by the Lawton Urban Renewal Authority and the City of Lawton. The plan clears a major hurdle before the HUD land sale to developer Ed Warmack, with signatures expected soon and a journal entry to be filed this week.
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Otasco
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
City of
Lawton
Otasco Employees Retirement Trust
LURA
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ed Warmack
Warmack
Dist
J. Winston Raburn
Raburn
Manville Redman
Sam Johnson
Jack Atkinson
Redman
Federal pay raise may add $11 million to local economy
The new fiscal year's federal pay hike is projected to inject about $11 million into the Lawton Fort Sill area. Officials say the post could see broader economic activity as pay raises take effect.
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Lawton-Fort Sill
Post
Congress
Public Affairs Office
the Information Office
Fort Sill
Information Office
Soldiers To Repay Lost Army Material
The Army plans corrective steps after losing track of 118.5 million dollars in food and clothing. Soldiers must repay government losses due to negligence, while a new task force studies prevention. The inspector general cites 5 percent as stolen and notes mismanagement during the Vietnam era.
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Washington
Army
Marvin D. Fuller
Fuller
United States
Weather forecast for Thursday to Saturday
The forecast calls for clear skies and warmer temperatures with a Thursday high in the lower 80s and a mid-40s low tonight. Tuesday logged a 64 high and 35 overnight low. Friday and Saturday look fair to partly cloudy with a chance of isolated showers Saturday. highs mostly in the 70s and lows in the 40s to low 50s.
Carter signs 14.7 billion housing bill to aid needy
President Carter signs a 14.7 billion housing bill to aid low income elderly and handicapped families and revitalize cities. The package includes 1.2 billion to help rent payments. He recalls New York City slums and calls the bill a giant step forward. He notes concerns about flood plain building restraints and will seek corrective legislation next year.
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Washington
Carter
South Bronx
New York
White House
Congress
House
P. O'Neill
Senate
O'Neill
Pioneer Returns Home Prairie Grass Days Recalled
Jennie Barrett Bellamy recalls Fort Sill in the 1890s during a return visit at age 86. She remembers vast prairie grass, Walapai the horse, and early life with her family, including Bill Barrett, a scout who helped Crook and arrived in 1880 to run a carpenter shop.
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Geronimo
Quanah Parker
Fort Sill
Barrett
Jennie Barrett Bellamy
Lawton
Walapai
Barretts
Horace Jones
Jennie
Bill Barrett
William Roscoe
Bill) Barrett
George Crook
Custer
Kansas
Supreme Court Takes Up Bakke Reverse Discrimination Case
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Allan Bakke's challenge to UC Davis medical school admissions and affirmative action. The case centers on race based preferences and could shape future policy in education and business. Crowds lined up overnight, with about 50 seats for listeners.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Allan Paul Bakke
Bakke
University of California
Davis
Calif
High Court
Archibald Cox
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