Jets Transport Troops to Europe From Fort Sill
Air Force jet transports will move Fort Sill soldiers to Germany this weekend then return to Altus AFB with a homebound group. Avance parties from two Fort Sill battalions head Friday to set plans for the rest of the force, with Oct 1 and Oct 11 departures. Eighty soldiers depart Friday morning. rotations replace units returning to Fort Sill in October. The program shifts to permanent stationing at Augsburg to boost European readiness and morale.
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Augsburg
Defector Belenko meets Soviet Embassy reps after police exit
Belenko walked from a police station smiling as he left for Honolulu. A Soviet official said Polyanskii told Foreign Ministry officials the Japanese government has not met any Soviet demands since the pilot's Monday landing, despite a prior hour-long meeting.
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Lawton Hospital Births and Admissions List
A daily hospital notice records new births to Mr. and Mrs. Turnbull in Elgin a daughter born Sept 8 at 11 03 pm weighing 7 10 and to Mr. and Mrs. Price Jr in Lawton a daughter born Sept 8 at 5 30 am. Sons born to Mr and Mrs Weaver at 7 30 am weighing 7 8 and to Mr and Mrs Strohl at 7 33 pm weighing 7 7. Admitted include Judy Brock Hollis and numerous patients with full names and addresses. Dismissed list follows including Road Joe Kelsey Elgin Frank Long Snyder Pat Mitchell Florida Lucille Norris Altus and others. The notice names multiple families and residents in Lawton and nearby towns with Sept 5 births noted for several spouses.
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Chuck Turnbull
Elgin
Bill Price Jr
Atlanta
Bob Weaver
Jack Strohl
Joe Kelsey
Frank Long
Snyder
Pat Mitchell
Florida
Lucille Norris
Altus
Vickie Powell
Roosevelt
Winona Queton
Crosby Park Circle
Mark Rhea
Grandfield
Mary Rhody
Apache
Robert Riddle
Ruth Schmitt
Bishop Rd
Raymond Stauffer
Shawnee
Karen Strohl
Beryl Wright
Hammon
Helen Young
Knob Hill
Dolores Zech
Duncan
Andy Street
S. 18Th
Linda Turnbull
Angela Denham
Walters
Ford Attacks Carter Defense Cut Proposals
President Ford challenged Jimmy Carter's defense cut plans calling them dangerous to national and allied freedom. Carter proposed trimming 5 to 7 billion from the defense budget and removing the El bomber while scaling U S troop levels in Korea Europe and Asia. Ford hosted a Polish American delegation and designated October 11 as Casimir Pulaski memorial day praising the revolutionary general.
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Pulaski
Chamber explores city room tax plan to boost tourism
Oklahoma cities already have room tax laws and Wichita Falls weighs a similar ordinance. Chamber officials favor contracting a private chamber to manage tourist promotion while city attorneys outline steps for the city as a government agency. The meeting also covered Continental Airlines service changes, Harvest Days plans, and requests for congressional stands on the Clean Air Act. Several members urged clearer stances from reps Steed and Jarman.
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Muskogee
Barry Ivy
Montego Bay
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Chamber
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Continental Airlines
Texas City
Lawton
Rio Airways
Ken Easton
Tom Steed
John Jarman
Subscriptions Offer Details Prompt Monthly Rate and Tax
The notice states for subscriptions under one year a monthly rate applies with 2 percent sales tax already added. It likely targets customers choosing shorter terms and clarifies pricing including tax. The fragment references a subscription plan and tax inclusion.
Unclear siren alert prompts investigation in Lawton
Sirens sounded briefly near midnight causing officials to search for the cause today. A cold front moved through the state with gusty north winds and cooler temperatures, with Lawton reporting 58 degrees at 7 am.
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Lawton
Fair schedule outlines judging and events across 4-H and rodeo
The fair features 45 classes with premiums up to 9 dollars in market and breeding categories. Judging for Extension Homemakers, open women's, 4-H and FFA opens at 10 a.m. today in the Women's Exhibit Building, crops and horticulture at 2 p.m. today. Swine judging resumes Friday at 8 a.m. in the arena, junior tractor operator at noon. Beef cattle show Saturday 9 a.m. with heifers, 1 p.m. steers. horse show Sunday 9 a.m. in the arena, worship service at 11 a.m. Great Plains Championship Rodeo starts Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Jerry Cart providing stock. Saturday features rodeo queen selection. Children’s Barnyard opens 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. today through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
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Jerry Cart
Hinton
Great Plains
Mao Tse-tung Dies at 82 After Beijing Radio
Mao Tse-tung is reported dead at 82 by Peking radio. Residents in Peking, reached by telephone from Hong Kong, say there was no mass outburst of emotion with some people seen weeping yet walking about normally.
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China
Continentals Plan Faces Regional Opposition In Texas
Airport officials delayed a decision on Continental Airlines amid protests from Lawton and Wichita Falls leaders who fear losing air service. Rex Madeira urged CAB delay to study traffic patterns, while Clark Carpenter warned Wichita Falls officials now oppose the plan. A meeting with Lawton and Wichita Falls was sought as a press for time and study.
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Airport Authority
Rex Madeira
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Continental
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Clark Carpenter
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Madeira
Aeronautics Commission
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Ramming
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Chamber
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Anadarko
Jeanne Heim
Lucille Isbell
William E. Johnson
Cache
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Avalon
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Cotton Nursing Home
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Frederick
Essie Hunter
McKinley
Donald Bennett
Ola Miller
Linda Danhoutean
Pollard
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Mary Williams
Garfield
Doris Morales
Kathy McFarland
Lynn Bevill
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Taylor
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Monroe
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Alan Smith
Thomas Macias
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Newkirk
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Fletcher
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Chu Teh
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Hua Kuo-feng
Chiang Ching
Chang Chun-chiao
Wang Hung-wen
Yao Wen-yuan
Yeh Chien-ying
Chen Hsilien
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