No More Grain Deals Delayed Over Labor Boycott
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz said no further grain deals with the Soviet Union this year until the union boycott over the shipments is settled. Longshoremen threatened a sick-out. Meany endorsed the action, and Butz warned the test will be loading ships with grain to or from the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Earl L. Butz
Soviet Union
Butz
Thomas W. Gleason
Gleason
Seafarers International Union
Senate Agriculture Committee
Henry Bellman
D-Okla
Afl-Cio
George
Meany
Fort Sill appoints Col Hulley post provost marshal
Col Robert Hulley becomes Fort Sill chief of police in a 147 square mile precinct. He oversees 200 MPs, corrections and security programs, and reviews security of Army Reserve units in Oklahoma and Arkansas. He assumed the post in mid July.
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Col
Robert Hulley
Fort Sill
Stan Lobodinski
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Col. Hulley
Fort Sills
Hulley
Lawton-Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Sinai accord signed as Soviets boycott ceremony in Geneva
Israel and Egypt signed the U S sponsored Sinai pact in Geneva, a Soviet boycott marred the ceremony, and the United States followed suit by not attending. The agreement calls for Israeli troop withdrawals from the Sinai and loss of Abu Rudeis oil fields, with Egypt promising political concessions and 200 American technicians to man early warning radar stations. UN watchers attended as Kurt Waldheim noted the Soviet absence.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Israel
Egypt
Sinai
United States
New Times
Sinai Desert
Abu Rudeis
State Department
Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
United Nations
New York
Kurt Waldheim
Jacob Malik
United Way Drive Begins at Lawton Meeting
The Lawton-Fort Sill United Way campaign started with a breakfast at Hotel Lawtonian where about 25 advance gifts workers received campaign materials. Forty workers in advance gifts aim to raise 206 500 dollars toward a 399 126 dollar goal before the October 2 kickoff, with campaign leaders introducing the private public and professional groups. Sam Joyner Jr. spoke on the campaign's community impact and J D Fountain outlined program details.
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Advance Gift
Lawton-Fort Sill United Way
Lawtonian
Advance Gifts
Don Whitaker
Sam Joyner Jr
Lawton-Fort Sill
United Way Board
United Way
J. D. Fountain
Nine Hostages Released After Albany Standoff Ends
Nine hostages freed after a 17 hour downtown Albany coffee shop siege ends with the surrender of armed captor Robert Roscoe Jr 33 of Washington DC He is to be arraigned later today Police Chief Edward McArdle identified hostages including John M Koutelis 59 and his wife Angie 43 shop owners and several others Elia Burleigh a Western Union manager and two unidentified secretaries were among hostages The gunman reportedly acted as a gentleman and did not threaten the victims.
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Albany
N.Y
Robert Roscoe Jr
Washington, D.C
Edward McArdle
John M. Koutelis
Angie
Koutelis
Nick
Eugenia
Michael
Elia Burleigh
Lawton Forecast Quiet With Slight Rain Chance
Lawton skies will be fair to partly cloudy tonight with cooler temperatures. A 20 percent chance of precipitation is forecast, low in the upper 60s, southerly winds 7 to 14 mph. Friday also has a 20 percent rain chance with a high in the upper 80s. Downtown Lawton reached 95 degrees and 70 for the low on Wednesday.
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Lawton
Monster sightings spark warnings in XIE area
Sheriff Bob Arnold warns gun wielding drunks may harm people while investigating reports of a seven foot hairy creature seen by six locals near old houses. A resident fired three times at the beast but it walked away, prompting cautions about armed actions and continued sightings.
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Xie
Okla
Nowato County
Bob Arnold
Oklahoma
Arnold
Marvin Parret
Parret
Harold Lay
New Blue Collar Workers Praised By Lawton Official
Public Works Director Paul Brune praises 106 blue collar workers hired last month amid a labor dispute. He says they are hungry for work and performing beyond expectations after layoffs in August.
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Lawton
Public Works
Paul Brune
Editorial stoppage yields rehiring and new hires
Brune praises the workforce after a stoppage led to 25 rehired workers and 81 new hires to fill vacancies. He notes many new hires were experienced, previously unemployed for months, bringing high morale and enthusiasm as applicants outnumbered openings.
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Brune
Public Works
Whittier Rooster Golden Fluff Debuts At County Fair
Golden Fluff the educated New Hampshire Red rooster from Whittier Elementary wowed Comanche County Free Fair visitors in the children's petting section. School staff and about 40 students describe the bird as unusually calm and crowing softly, after hatching from OSU Extension eggs and raising at Milburn’s farm.
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Rhonda Rittle
Nell McNeely
Cache
Comanche County
Whittier
Ernestine Hightower
New Hampshire
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