Postmaster General Urges Congress On Postal Subsidy Doubling
Postmaster General Bailor asked Congress to double the 920 million dollar taxpayer subsidy to keep postage affordable. He announced the Kokomo Plan will be piloted in Portland to rework letter carrier routes using computerized measures, with future national rollout possible.
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Benjamin F. Bailor
Congress
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Bailor
Kokomo
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Bailer
Public Service Study Commission
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Fort Sill pilots new shuttle amid two week trial
Only three riders used the Fort Sill shuttle during a two week trial to gauge soldier demand after Lawton Fort Sill Bus Co suspended service. Transportation chief J Mahoney said awareness is low with two morning runs needing about 14 riders each to be viable. Two passengers rode the 6 30 a.m. run and one rode the 7 10 a.m. run.
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Oliver
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Start Of Boston School Busing Program Sparks Arrests
Boston on the first day of desegregation buses, police and U.S. marshals guard routes and schools as about 100 arrests occur mostly for disorderly conduct. Attendance lags with roughly a quarter to half of projected students attending eight elementary and four high schools.
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U.S
National Guard
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Probusing Committee Against Racism
Robert Donahue
Office of Implementation
Donahue
Armed Troops and Police Ride Nearly Empty Buses
In Louisville Kentucky national guard troops and police rode nearly empty school buses as Jefferson County resumes classes after four days of antibusing protests. Attendance falls at many schools with white students in the south riding mostly empty buses while black student routes stay near full. Superintendent Grayson cites driver shortages gasoline refusals and threats as causes, while Judge Gordon orders mandatory busings for safety amid violence and arrests. Todd Hollenbach blames outsiders and the Ku Klux Klan for the disturbances.
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Jefferson County
U.S. District Court
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Todd Hollenbach
Ku Klux Klan
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Ford backs oil price controls extension amid GOP split
President Ford supports a 45 day extension to oil price controls as Republicans and Democrats debate a six month extension. A breakfast with GOP senators forecast the veto on Tuesday would stand in the Senate. Ronald Reagan is expected to launch a GOP presidential bid before Thanksgiving. Senator Paul Laxalt confirms Reagan’s candidacy and timing.
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Ford
Senate
California
Ronald Reagan
Paul Laxall
R-Nev
Reagan
Lawton Area Weather Forecast With Cooler Temps
Cooler temperatures continue over the Lawton area through Tuesday under clear to partly cloudy skies. Tonight's low will be in the upper sixties with southeast winds 6 to 12 mph. Tuesday's high will reach the low 90s with sunny skies. Weekend highs and lows were partially unreadable in the record.
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Lawton
Upper-Bis
Youth Mauled By Pet Bear In Oklahoma
In Muskogee a 12 year old boy was mauled by a pet bear while visiting relatives in Okay area. His older brother Joel shot the 400 pound bear with a .22 rifle, saving the boy from further harm. Doyle Battles sustained severe leg injuries and other lacerations and was listed in poor condition at a local hospital.
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Muskogee
Doyle Stacy
Udell Battles
Doyle
Joel
Gene Falwell
Hit And Run Claims Sterling Man On County Road
Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports 39 year old George Rother of Sterling was killed when a hit and run driver struck his car which was stuck in a ditch. The incident occurred about 11 p.m. Sunday one and a half miles west and half a mile north of Elgin.
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol
George Rother
Elgin
Rother
Highway Patrol
Michael Kelley
Larry Sallee
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma
Earl Henry Moore
Hydro
Stephen Eugene Fritz
Mountain View
Oklahoma 58
Caddo County
Montego Bay Motel sale nets 2.2 million bid in sheriff auction
American National Bank with a Cleveland mortgage firm bid 2.2 million for the Montego Bay Motel in Lawton as the sheriff’s sale followed a July 6 district court judgment against L and H Land Development. 98.92 percent of the bid went to the National Mortgage Fund, while the Lawton bank kept 1.08 percent or 23760. A separate 300000 bid for furnishings and fixtures from NYTCO was accepted. District court confirmation is expected Friday.
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Montego Bay
Comanche County
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L & H Land Development Co
Montero Bay
NYTCO
Detroit, Mich
E. Gore
District Court
John Mackey
Lawton
Russell Jones
Lawton Gas Price Probe on City Council Agenda
City council weighs a resolution asking state and federal agencies to probe gasoline prices in Lawton. Some members favor keeping the wording about organized price fixing, while others urge revision as a wholesaler calls the language slanderous. The draft letter to authorities is on the Tuesday agenda.
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Lawton
J. J Pursiey
Paul Welch
Jerry Cude
Lawton Considers Gasoline Price Fix Allegations
Lawton citizens claim organized price fixing in gasoline sales with costs 3 to 6 cents higher than elsewhere in the state or north Texas. Councilman Robert Prince initially backed the investigation, publicizing the proposal August 12, and continues to stand by the inquiry as details unfold.
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Lawton
North
Texas
Robert Prince
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