Continental plan for Rio Airways service draws local opposition
Continental Airlines proposed substituting its single Midland Odessa to Tulsa daily flight with Rio Airways four daily flights via Dallas and stops at Wichita Falls Lawton and Oklahoma City with a link to Tulsa. Critics urge caution citing reduced Lawton service while Chamber officials express mixed doubts but likely support.
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Continental Airlines
Wichita Falls
Washington, D.C
Tom Corrigan
Continental
Lawton
Rio Airways
Rio
Dallas-Fort Worth
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Midland-Odessa
Lubbock
Midland- Odessa
Sooner Capital
Bill Cox
Cox
Frontier Airlines
Great Plains
Southwest Texas
Civil Aeronautics Board
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Raulston
Clark Carpenter
Chamber
Carpenter
Corrigan
CAB
Hunt Pushed For Scanner Stolen From Lawton Station
Lawton police officer John Stowe reported his police scanner radio was stolen from the patrol office at the Lawton Police station. The radio valued about $175 with serial number 185A88514 vanished after a week in the patrol room.
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Constitution
OHN
Stowe
Lawton
John Stowe
State to Take Bids on Sheridan Road Segment
The State Transportation Commission will take bids September 24 for the first segment of the Sheridan Road reconstruction from Cache Road to Rogers Lane. If bids are satisfactory, a contract could be set by October 4 with the second section to follow later. Kennedy cited right of way delays and a condemnation suit as past obstructions, and noted a $3 million state contribution at stake. The panel also awarded contracts totaling over $26 million for other highway work in Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma.
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State Transportation Commission
Sheridan Road
Commission
J. C. Kennedy
Kennedy
Cache Road
Rogers Lane
Lee Boulevard
Lawton
Oklahoma
Sheridan
Midstate Traffic Control, Inc
U.S. 62
52Nd Street
Midstate
Ford weighs shuttle diplomacy to ease South Africa crisis
President Ford said the United States must make a major effort to resolve the racial crisis in southern Africa and is considering sending Henry Kissinger on a shuttle diplomacy mission. Schaufele and Kissinger's Swiss talks with Prime Minister Vorster shaped the plan, with a report due before a final decision.
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Ford
United States
Southern
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
South Africa
William Schaufele
Schaufele
Africa
Kissinger
Switzerland
John Vorster
Julius Nyerere
William E. Schaufele Jr
Reagan to Campaign for Ford With Speeches
President Ford said Ronald Reagan will join Ford's campaign by delivering a series of speeches on his behalf. The plan, coordinated with other Ford supporters, comes as Carter campaigns and a Gulf Oil lobbyist recants a prior donation claim to Dole.
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Associated Press
Ford
Oval
Ronald Reagan
Gulf Oil
Carter
Reagan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
John B. Connally
Gulf Oil Corp
Claude Wild Jr
Bob Dole
Sen
Dole
Wild
Lawton Area Weather Forecast Calls For Rain Tonight
The National Weather Service predicts a 40 percent chance of rain tonight and Thursday. Tonight's low will be in the upper 50s and Thursday's high in the mid-70s. Tuesday's temperatures ranged from a high of 90 to a low of 6.
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Lawton
National Weather Service
Boren Signs Executive Order on Federal Funds Routing
Oklahoma Governor Da vid Boren signed an order mandating all federal funds requests by state agencies go through DECA the state clearinghouse for federal programs. He cited about 452 million of 2 billion yearly funds routed via DECA and said the move will improve openness and scrutiny. He noted welfare and higher education will be most affected and discussed related reforms and political appointments.
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Oklahoma City
David Boren
Department of Economic and Community Affairs
DECA
McSpadden
Boren
Russian Pilot to Seek Asylum in United States
Soviet air force Lt. Viktor I Belenko 29 who landed a MIG25 fighter jet in northern Japan plans to depart for the United States within a day or two unless delayed, after telling police he seeks asylum. White House spokesmen declined comment while U S officials consider the request.
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Tokyo
Japan
United States
Foreign Ministry
Viktor I. Belenko
U.S
White House
Ron Nessen
Washington
School Bus Collision Kills Two in Lafayette
A Southern Pacific engine and caboose struck a school bus with 23 people aboard on the second day of school in Lafayette Oregon. State police report at least two dead and many injured. Witness Herb Cline, 35, said the impact hurled the bus about 350 feet.
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Lafayette
Ore
Southern Pacific
Herb Cline
Lawton City Council Limits Audience Participation Time
The Lawton City Council adopted a policy cutting audience time and limiting each speaker to three minutes with nine minutes per issue to speed regular sessions. Council members will also see shorter reports as part of the new agenda format. Acting city manager Reuben Brown announced the hire of city attorney Russell D. Bennett at 25 000 a year starting Sept 22 replacing Jerry Cade who resigned July 12.
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Lawton
Charles Gibbs
Reuben Brown
Russell D. Bennett
Oklahoma City
Brown
Jerry Cade
Gibbs
Rogers Appointed To Oversee OSBI
Gov. David Boren appoints Comanche County Sheriff Coy Rogers and Melvin Singleterry to a new seven member state commission to oversee the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. The panel aims to limit political interference and also includes six others.
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Klahoma City
Comanche County
Coy Rogers
Southwest Oklahoma
David Boren
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Rogers and Stephens
Caddo County
Melvin Singleterry
Duncan
Boren
OSBI
Rogers
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