Coroner Ties Ferry Disaster to Drinking and Fatigue
New Orleans coroner Frank Minyard testified that ferry captain Egidio Auletta had a blood alcohol level near the legal limit and fatigue impaired his judgment during the collision with the tanker Frosta on the Mississippi River. Autopsy found no drugs. 68 bodies recovered, about 100 dead, 18 survived. Survivor Kenneth Beenel described the ferry’s fatal approach as a possible self-inflicted misjudgment as warning signals sounded from the tanker.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Frank Minyard
Minyard
Egidio Auletta
Louisiana
Coast Guard
Frosta
Mingard
Auletta
Becnel
Strong Safeguards Enacted After School Bus Shootings
Five Lawton Public Schools buses were shot at near Lee Boulevard and 45th Street this morning by a pellet gun described as very strong. Three bus windows were shattered but no serious injuries occurred, stated transportation director Bob Dismuke. Police responded around 8:30 a.m. Witnesses sighted a young shooter fleeing the scene.
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Bob Dismuke
Lawton Public Schools
Lee Boulevard
45Th Street
Dismuke
Hoover Elementary School
Hoover
Lawton High School
Great Plains
Vo-Tech
Jefferson
U.S. Expands NATO Airpower with F15 and F111 Deployments
The Pentagon announces a major increase in U S fighter strength in Europe with 72 F15s to West Germany and 84 F111s to Britain. The move boosts total Western Europe aircraft to about 550, aims to counter Soviet Mig25s, and marks a key step in NATO defense upgrades.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Pentagon Today
U.S
Europe
NATO
Bitburg
Germany
Hahn
Ramstein
Spangdahiem
Deputy Secretary Rejects Deep Defense Budget Cuts
Deputy Secretary Williams P. Clements rejects cuts of six to seven billion dollars as unworkable saying he would have been fired. He tours Fort Sill Lawton and discusses a 112 billion dollar budget this year and a 120 billion dollar projection for 1977. He notes 55 percent of the budget funds personnel and criticizes proposed reductions affecting Fort Sill Tinker and Lawton.
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Dewey Bartlett
Henry Bellman
Willam P. Clements
Clements
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Jeff Dixon
Williams P. Clements
Lawton
Tinker Air Force Base
Defense Department
Sen
R-Okla
Senate Budget Committee
Soviet Union
Chamber of Com
Carter Ford in dead heat in Tulsa Tribune poll
In a Tulsa Tribune poll Carter leads Ford 688 to 678 after two days in four districts. Independent Eugene McCarthy has 35 votes. Polls in districts 1 and 5 will be added in the four districts surveyed.
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Tulsa
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Tulsa Tribune
Carter
Eugene McCarthy
Carter and Ford Move Northeast Amid Nixon Tie Debate
President Ford and Jimmy Carter head from the Midwest to the Northeast as the campaign dispute over Ford's links to Nixon policy persists. Ford insists he has reduced White House staff power and expanded Cabinet authority since succeeding Nixon in 1974, while Carter accuses Ford of retaining Nixon officials in government.
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Associated Press
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Midwest
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
White House
Illinois
Atlantic City
N.J
Snow Hits Panhandle. Travelers Advisory In Effect
A wintry storm blanketed the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles with light snow, mist, and drizzle. Temperatures hovered near freezing as officials issued a travelers advisory and many areas reported light precipitation totals, with Lawton receipts around .27 to .30 inches by noon.
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Oklahoma Panhandle
Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma-Texas
Federal Spending Falls Below Budget
The Ford administration reports total government spending this year is $11.4 billion below budget. Economists say the shortfall may drive slower economic growth, with $7.6 billion under in the last quarter. Treasury Secretary Simon and Budget Director Lynn cite a broad government slowdown as the source.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Treasury
William E. Simon
James T. Lynn
Lawton Council Seeks 3.4 Million for Six Public Works Projects
Lawton Oklahoma councilmen launched six grant applications totaling 3.4 million under the federal Public Works Capital Development Act including library expansion, a city hall annex, museum expansion, Gore Boulevard widening, industrial park shell building, school sidewalk projects, and park improvements. A Nov 4 public meeting will consider five city charter amendments.
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ITV
Reuben Brown
Museum of the Great Plains
53Rd
67Th Street
West
Lawton
US Commerce Department
Lawtonians
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Lake Lawtonka
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Deer Abby
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