Portable Classrooms Key to Shifting Lawton Student Population
Lawton school officials use 48 portable classrooms to handle a moving student population. New portables cost 14 900, moving a unit costs 500. Portables may relocate to Kuntz Elementary and Eisenhower Junior High with plans to stay flexible until MacArthur Junior High is built.
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Awton
Lawton
Pearl Harmon
Harmon
Kuntz
Eisenhower Junior High
Crosby Park
Western Hills
MacArthur Junior High
MacArthur High
Brookland
Geronimo Road
Lawton High
Eisenhower High
Howell
Park Lane
Rogers
Cleveland
Eisenhower
Crosby
Judy Jones
August wholesale prices drop marking inflation slowdown
The Labor Department reported an 0.1 percent fall in wholesale prices in August led by a 2.9 percent drop in agricultural product costs the sharpest since 1975. Declines in grain hogs cotton and oil seeds offset by higher poultry cattle eggs and coffee prices.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ford
Forecast for Law ton area Labor Day weekend
Weather today calls for fair to partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures with light southerly winds. Tonight low around mid-60s and Friday high near 90. Wednesday ranged 78 to 66 degrees.
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Lawton
Ford Carter Ready For Debates
Washington AP reports Democratic nominee Carter and Republican candidate Ford will hold three televised debates starting Sept 23 with topics including economy and foreign policy. A vice presidential debate between Bob Dole and Walter Mondale will follow the second Ford Carter clash.
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Washington
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Carter
Ford
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
League of Women Voters
Bob Dole
Walter Mondale
Oklahoma Court rules life sentence for pre 1976 first degree murder
Oklahoma's Court of Criminal Appeals decides that inmates on Death Row for first degree murder, including 36 at McAlester State Penitentiary, must be resentenced to life in prison. The ruling upholds severability of the old statute after the death penalty was struck down, preserving life terms for those convicted before July 24 1976.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Ovate Court of Criminal Appeals
McAlester State Penitentiary
U. S. Supreme Court
Riggs
Supreme Court
Lawton approves 12.1 million operating budget with capital fund plan
Lawton City Council approved a 12.1 million operating budget with no major changes but preserved periodic reviews and transfers for capital improvements. The measure passed 9 to 1, with J J Pursley voting no, and includes pooling 260,000 unspent funds into a contingency capital improvements fund.
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YHE
Lawton
Ed Riddle
Vic Ramirez
Harry Anderson
Jack Norrell
Don Aust
Rex Pierce
Fred Chenault
Charles Gibbs
Rex Givens
J.J. Pursley
Riddle
Reuben Brown
Gibbs
North Korea U S Set Friday Talks on Panmunjom Agreement
U S and North Korea will hold another meeting Friday after failing to seal a pact on force separation in Panmunjom. KMAC secretaries have met daily since Tuesday, debating North Korea's plan to draw the demarcation line and end four south side checkpoints.
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Seoul
South Korea
United States
North Korea
Panmunjom
Korean Military Armistice Commission
United Nations Command
Demilitarized Zone
Inside Panmunjom Joint Security Area Rules and Tensions
The Panmunjom site, a joint security area about 850 yards across, permits free movement for both sides under the armistice. The August 18 killings of two American officers prompted U S air deployments to Korea, heightened military alerts in both Koreas, and renewed American demands for talks.
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Panmunjom
Korea
North
South Korea
Comanche County Free Fair Opens With Livestock Entries
County and farmers prepare for the 1976 Comanche County Free Fair opening Thursday at the Sheridan Road grounds. More than 800 animals expected across 888 classes with $7,000 in premiums. Highlights include dairy cattle judging, crop exhibits, the first Great Plains Championship Rodeo queen contest, and the Children’s Barnyard. Exhibits stay on grounds through Sunday September 12.
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Omanche County
Comanche County
Sheridan Road
Great Plains
Fair Board
Chuck Dickens
Fairgrounds
Ralph Holloway
Snyder
Ners
Bill Hasenbeck
Ronal Stoll
Jim Rucker
Moore
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