Veterans Day ceremony at Fort Sill honors fallen
A Veterans Day event at Fort Sill Post Cemetery featured taps by two buglers, a 21 gun salute, and wreath laying led by Maj. Gen. Donald R. Keith. Color guards in WWII Civil War and WWI uniforms accompanied the firing party and veterans groups. Keith framed the day as gratitude and a pledge for the future.
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Dennis Lang
Fort Sill
Post Cemetery
Veterans Organizations
Donald R. Keith
Field Artillery
Keith
Maj
Jack Lindstrom
Lawton Veterans Organizations
Veterans’ Monument
Fort Sil
Post Cemetéry
Final Week Of Campaign Blitz As Ford Carter Rally
Ford pledges continued restraint on federal spending to curb inflation while Carter rests in Plains Ga before eight day final sprint across states. Both vie for decisive electoral votes as polls show a tight race with surveys forecasting battleground outcomes.
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Associated Press
Ford
Mutual Network
United States
Jimmy Carter
Plains
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California
Pacific Northwest
Jerry
Joe
Joe Garagiola
America
Labor Department
Garagiola
Carter
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Illinois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
New Jersey
Texas
Plains Baptist Church
Time Magazine
Yankelovich
Chilten Research Service
Ford Ami
Detroit News
Michigan
North Carolina
the News
Ponca City
Enid
Woodward
Altus
Oklahoma City
Ada
Wes Watkins
Coalgate
Durant
Hugo
Antlers
Atoka
McAlester
Peanut Brigade
Wilburton
Poteau
Idabel
Cease-Fire Holds in Beirut Amid Southern Lebanon Fighting
The cease-fire in Beirut holds on day four as right wing Christian forces press Palestinians in the south. A Christian Army for the Defense of the South says 75 percent of southern areas are liberated with Tyre and Nabatiyeh under threat, while Moslem leaders charge Israeli support for the drive.
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Associated Press
Beirut
Lebanon
Cairo
New
Christian “Army
Mt. Hermon
Tyre
Nabatiyeh
Sidon
Israel
Arab leaders divided over Lebanon peace force at Cairo summit
Arab League spokesmen reported split views on a 30 000 man peacekeeping force for Lebanon with Iraq opposing including the 20 000 Syrian troops. Riyadh talks last week favored Syria as major contingent. Libyan delegation joins after boycott. President Sadat urged peaceful dialogue and backed strengthening the PLO.
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Cairo
The
Arab League
Iraq
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Saadoun Hamadi
Libya
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
Southwest Oklahoma Forecast Fair Skies Warmer Through Tuesday
Weather today shows fair to partly cloudy skies follow by warmer temperatures in the southwest region through Tuesday. Southeasterly winds tonight bring mid-30s low temperatures. Tuesday highs expected in the lower 60s. Sunday records show a high of 51 and a low of 37.
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Oklahoma
Ex Japanese Soldiers and Allied POWs Share Kwai Bridge Reunion
Former Japanese soldiers and Allied prisoners joined a walk across the Bridge on the River Kwai in Thailand, recalling jungle hell memories. Dennis Roland carried two American flags as Takashi Nagase led the anniversary gathering.
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Denis D. Gray
Kwai
Thailand
River Kwai
Stanley Wilmer
Nk. Va
Willner
Burma
Dennis Roland
Roland
New York
Takashi Nagase
Groups Drop Mandatory Membership Lets Teachers Choose
Oklahoma teachers vote to withdraw two groups from the Oklahoma Education Association allowing members to join the Council on Exceptional Children and the Oklahoma Science Teachers Association without mandatory OEA or NEA affiliation. Lawton educators note personal choice and continued ties.
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Oklahoma Education Association
Lawton Science and Special Education Teachers
Council On Exceptional Children
CEC
Oklahoma Science Teachers Association
OFA
National Education Association
OEA
NEA
Tulsa
Science Teachers Organization
Charles Henry
Big State Campaigns With Rosalyn Carter and Tower in OK
In the final campaign week before the November election, Rosalyn Carter leads a Daw 1 list of Carter allies visiting Oklahoma, while Texas Senator John Tower headlines Republican activities. Democrats feature Gov. Boren Attorney General Derryberry and Commissioner Cartwright traveling the state, with a Georgia Peanut Brigade backing Carter in various cities through Sunday.
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Oklahoma City
Rosalyn Carter
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Texas
John Tower
David Boren
Larry Derryberry
Jan Cartwright
U. S
Henry Beillman
Dewey Bartlett
Oklahoma
Tower
Tulsa
Boren
Cartwright
Derryberry
Sissy
Lawton
Ardmore
Peanut Brigade
Georgia
Midwest City
Shawnee
Madiil
Durant
Hugo
McAlester
Henryetta
Okmulgee
Muskogee
Tahlequah
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