Air Force orders probe into cadet forgery and theft ring
The Air Force orders a full investigation into claims of a cadet forgery and theft ring at the Air Force Academy since 1972. A spokesman cited isolated later cases, while lawyer Edward Meyer alleges two dozen cadets were robbed and ring members cashed forged checks in Colorado Springs and at the academy bank. Meyer says transcripts show cadets admitting involvement and potential wider knowledge of the scheme.
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Air Force
AIR Force Academy
Colo
Air Force Office of Special Investigations
Monte Blews
Edward Joel Meyer
Middletown
N.Y
Meyer
Colorado Springs
Air Academy National Bank
West Point
Air Surveillance System Planned For Sill Airport
Fort Sill will install the ARAC system including ASR-8 radar and ARTS II to provide in depth air traffic data. Five components will be spread across the post with most in the new Henry Post tower, some 5000 feet from the radar. ARTS II may be ready in 1978 and will show aircraft altitude and tail numbers, enhancing hijack alerts.
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Fort Sill
ARAC
Army
Oklahoma Army Post
Henry Post Army Airfield
Post
ARTS
William Clarkson
U.S. Army Communications Command Agency
Clarkson
U.S. 277
Labor Day Holiday Closures and Lawton Rest Stop Planned
Labor Day closures affect CHOOLS banks and government offices with full city, Cameron University, Fort Sill, and post office shutdowns. Lawton Jaycees run a traveler rest stop in front of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol building on the Pioneer Expressway with a 6 p.m. opening. Refuse and recycling routes shift to Tuesday through Friday next week and return to normal on Sept 13.
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Lawton Jaycees
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Lawton Banks
Cameron University
Fort Sill
Weather outlook for Southwest Oklahoma through Saturday
Forecast shows continued warm conditions in Southwest Oklahoma with highs in the upper 80s and overnight lows around mid-60s through Saturday. Thursday’s high reached 86 with a low of 68.
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Oklahoma
Ford to Kick Off Fall Campaign in Ann Arbor
President Ford will open his fall campaign road show the week of Sept 12 in Ann Arbor Michigan. White House spokesman Ron Nessen said the trip may include a speech at the University of Michigan, details to be announced. Education tops Ford's seven major issues for the campaign.
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Washington
Ford
Ann Arbor
Mich
White House
Ron Nessen
University of Michigan
Nelsen
Nessen
James A. Baker III
Baker
Viking 2 Lander Cleared for Mars Separation and Landing
NASA engineers in Pasadena say Viking 2 is ready to separate from its orbiter for a 3:40 p.m. EDT separation and a 6:58 p.m. EDT touchdown at Utopia Planitia. Minor radar and gyroscope issues are addressed. heat concerns and cooling plans are prepared if needed.
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Pasadena
Calif
Apr
America
Mars
James Martin
Martin
Viking Command
Utopia
Tom Young
Young
Viking
Viking 2
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Cost Reduction Sought Plan For Medicine Park Plant Eyed
Medicine Park officials propose acting as principal contractor for a waste water treatment plant to reduce costs toward the 900000 funding from EPA and FHA. They would subcontract work to firms on 26 acres of Fort Sill land south of the Medicine Park Y.
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Medicine Park
Edward Hilliary Jr
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Housing Administration
Old Fort Sill
Hilliary
EPA
FHA
Wichita Falls
Tex
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