Fort Sill holds farewell for Maj. Gen. Donald R. Keith
Maj. Gen. Donald R. Keith bid farewell at Fort Sill Old Post Quadrangle after a 13 gun salute marking his one year tour. Keith will become acting deputy chief of staff for research at the Pentagon. Maj. Gen. Jack Merritt will assume Fort Sill command in a Oct. 26 arrival ceremony.
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Donald R. Keith
Fort Sill
Old Post
Keith
Pentagon
Washington, D.C
Jack Merritt
Lawton
III Corps
Ft. Hood
Tex
Erika
Michael Thomas Keith
West Point
Field Artillery
Fort
Michael Keith
Merritt
Myron J. Longmore
Melvin J. Holifield
Ft. Sill
2Nd Field Artillery
Merritt Named Major General at Fort Sill
Fort Sill named Maj. Gen. Jack N. Merritt as new commander and Fort Sill’s Field Artillery School head. Arrival honors set for 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Old Post Quadrangle with a full dress review if weather allows.
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Fort Sill
Jack N. Merritt
Old Post
Merritt
Lawton
Donald R. Keith
U.S. Army Field Artillery School
Keith
President Carter
Washington, D.C
Downtown mall and post office demolition near start
Lawton urban renewal says bids are out for street removal and utility work to clear land for a $13 million downtown shopping mall and a $2.5 million post office. Work starts late December with mall prep in early January 1978 and a May 1978 post office start.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Bob Neale
Ed Warmack
F Avenues
First
Fifth Streets
U.S. Postal Services
Sixth Street
Neale
Fifth
Mindoro Helicopter Crash Kills Ten Marines
A CH 53 helicopter participating in Fortress Lightning crashed on Mindoro Island killing at least ten of the 39 aboard. The incident halted rescue operations as crews worked to locate additional missing personnel and determine the cause.
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Manila
the Philippines
Mindoro Island
Navy
Michael
Subic Bay
Pacific
Skyjacker Ends Hijack Drama with Suicide in Flight
The Frontier Airlines hijacker Thomas Michael Hannan killed himself after releasing 13 hostages during a 14 hour cross country ordeal from Nebraska to Georgia. FBI says Hannan chose death over prison after negotiations. George David Stewart, identified as a fellow homosexual, had urged surrender. Stewart and attorney Thompson had sought calm resolution. no other injuries reported. The two men were previously charged in Mobile with a $7,000 bank theft. Stewart remained jailed while Hannan, released on bond, returned to Nebraska.
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Atlanta
Nebraska
Thomas Michael Hannan
Frontier Airlines
James Dunn
FBI
Hannan
George David Stewart
Stewart
J. Roger Thompson
Dunn
Mobile
Ala
Hannon
Mike
Irrigation official resigns amid conflict of interest concerns
President Carter accepted the resignation of assistant agriculture secretary Robert H. Meyer who admitted contacting officials over irrigation water rules affecting his Imperial Valley farm. Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland said Meyer offered to resign. Carter indicated the choice was Meyer's.
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Washington
Carter
Bob Bergland
Robert H. Meyer
White House
Bergland
Meyer
Imperial Valley
California
Weekend forecast calls for mild, partly cloudy days
The forecast projects fair to partly cloudy skies with mild temperatures. Tonight a 20 percent chance of rain is expected and Saturday carries a 40 percent probability. Highs near the low 80s and a mid-50s low tonight. Thursday's high reached 88 with a 59 overnight low. Sunday's through Tuesday remain fair and mild.
Cameron's Homecoming Shifts Into High Gear
Cameron University hosts a packed homecoming with luncheons, concerts, parades, carnivals, a banquet, sports, and a dance. Friday features an eight o clock Homecoming Music Extravaganza with four groups. Saturday's events include a 10 a m to 4 p m carnival east of Shepler Center a 1 p m campus parade a 3 p m basketball scrimmage a 8 p m Cameron Texas Lutheran football game and an 11 p m homecoming dance. The queen will be crowned at halftime. Wayne Bean says 50 units enter the parade with ROTC color guard a host of bands floats dancers riding clubs and six queen finalists. Parade route details pass the Administration Building to University Drive and back toward Shepler Center parking.
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Constitution
Ameron University
Cameron Singer
Cameron Swingers
Cameron
ROTC
Cheryl Taptto
Lawton
Chris Soli
Old Kim
Walters High School
77Th Army Band
University Drive
Student Union
West Shepler Center
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The
Constitution Staff
Fort Sill News Service
By Skip Gibson
D Avenue
LURA
Warmack
Fort Smith, Ark
Department Stores
Sears
J.C. Penney and
Dillards
Penney’s
Fifth and C
C Avenue
Sherman
Subic Bay U.S. Naval Base
Here
U.S
Seventh Fleet
Mindoro
Subic’s
Clark U.S. Air Base Hospital
Skyjacker
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