Crackdown Renewed On Private Club Liquor Violations
Lawton police renew efforts to enforce private club liquor laws after City Council directive. Officers will check clubs for violations including open saloon and illegal liquor sales, with cases possibly prosecuted under licensing and liquor statutes.
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E Lawton
John Thomson
Alford Hennessee
Hennessee
VFW
Guys & Dolls
Tennessee
Sonnel
Coop
Lawton Urban Renewal Board Eyes Open Mall Plan
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority members hear a joint venture group seeks to redevelop the downtown mall parcel as an open or free standing project without major department store anchors. The board clarifies openness to both covered and open mall concepts and discusses selling options.
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Skip Gibson
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority Board
Bill Greb
Greb
Pre Holiday Mail Rate Hike Averted
The Postal Service will not raise mail rates during the Christmas rush and will file for a rate increase after the holiday period. The current 10 cent first class rate remains permanent from Sept. 14, with a new temporary rate case possible within two weeks.
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Washington
Postal Service
Benjamin Bailar
Bailar
Postal Service Board of Governors
Postal Rate Commission
New York
Cache Fair Swine Winners Eye State Competition
James Martin 17 Cache FFA won grand champion barrow a Crossbreed while Mike DeMarcus 13 4 H won reserve grand barrow a Duroc at the Comanche County Free Fair judging day. Both plan state bids in Oklahoma City or Tulsa. Martin has nine years in livestock showing with Cache High School and his family listed. DeMarcus carries four rosettes after today's victory.
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Cache
Comanche County
Row
Mike Demarcus
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Martin
Cache High School
Robert C. Martin
DeMarcus
Coup attempt collapses in Sudan as rebel leader dies
In Khartoum an abortive coup against President el-Numairi ended in under two hours with the revolt's leader Maj Hassan Hussein Osman killed. Vice President Ahmed said the culprit was silenced forever, though details remain undisclosed.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Jaafar el-Numairi
Mohammed Baghier Ahmed
Hassan Hussein Osman
Weather Outlook for Lawton Tonight and Saturday
Cloudy skies and a chance of rain enter the Lawton forecast for tonight and Saturday. Tonight's low near 60 under partly cloudy skies with a 3 percent precipitation chance and northwest winds 7 to 15 mph. Thursday high reached 95 and low 69.
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Lawton
Assassination Attempt Thwarted On Ford in Sacramento
Lynette Fromme, 27, a follower of Charles Manson, pointed a loaded .45 at President Ford as he shook hands on a Sacramento street. Secret Service agents wrestled her down and seized the weapon, and Ford continued his walk to the state capitol unharmed.
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Calif
Charles Manson
President Ford
Sacramento
California State Capitol
White House
Ron Nessen
Lynette Fromme
Manson
Ford
Nessen
Larry Buendrof
Secret Service
Roy Miller
Miss Fromme
Fellows
Immunization Pilot to Vaccinate 4000 Lawton Children
A pilot immunization program launches in Lawton on September 14 and 15 to vaccinate over 4,000 of Comanche County's preschoolers. Free vaccines for diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, rubella, and measles will be given at the City County Health Department from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday. The effort, backed by state and city county health departments, the March of Dimes and Jaycee Jaynes, aims to model a national mass vaccination plan if successful.
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March of Dimes
Jaycee Jaynes
Oklahoma Department of Health
Comanche County
Sheridan Road
Lawton
Oklahoma
Unemployment steady as wholesale prices surge in August
The Labor Department reports the U S unemployment rate at 8.4 percent with employment rising by 275 000 to 85.4 million while the labor force grows to 93.1 million. Wholesale prices jump 0.8 percent led by fuels related products and power, offsetting gains in jobs and signaling persistent inflation pressures.
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Ashington
Labor Department
Enrollment Tops 5126 at Cameron Tally for Fall
Cameron University reports 5,126 students enrolled as of Sept 2 for the fall term a rise of 1,150 from a year earlier. Dean Richard Murray notes strong full time equivalency growth and estimates final head count near 6,000 with FTE projected at 4,088.
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Eron University
Richard Murray
Cameron
Board of Regents of
Oklahoma State University
A & M Colleges
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