Council Adopts Revised Call For Gasoline Price Probe
Lawton council approves a milder gasoline price probe resolution led by Mrs Norma Roberts and postpones Prince's tougher plan. The action includes a $100000 study for Torin Corporation site D 6 area and adds federal agencies to the investigation while noting no proven price fixing.
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Norma Roberts
Torin Corporation
Federal Trade Commission
U.S. Justice
Robert Prince
Prince
Roberts
Oklahoma
U.S
U.S. Attorney General
U.S. Justice Department
U.S. Federal Energy Administration
Mrs. Roberts
Comanche County approves record 1975 budget plan
County commissioners recommend a record 1.24 million budget for 1975 76, trimming 396 487 from department requests and adding a 20 per month raise for most workers The plan moves through 23 county offices with notable cuts to the sheriff department and a welfare funding increase while the excise board prepares to review the proposal.
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Comanche
County Excise Board
Excise Board
L. M. Knight
Coy Rogers
Budget Office Sees U S Recovery From Recession
The Congressional Budget Office reports the United States is beginning to recover from the recession but warns high unemployment and inflation may persist for years. The agency outlines two policy paths focusing on jobs or inflation, neither recommended, with likely trade offs.
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Hington
United States
Congressional Budget Office
Congress
Congressional
Budget Office
Congressional Office
CIA develops poisons and silent dart device
The CIA testified before a Senate committee that it spent nearly 3 million dollars on developing and maintaining poisons and devices for delivering them including a silent dart gun designed to kill without leaving a trace. Henry Kissinger warned that higher foreign oil prices could harm U.S. relations and global stability. Four Palestinian guerrillas who seized the Egyptian Embassy in Madrid were flown to Algiers after rejecting Sadat’s Sinai terms.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
William E. Colby
Senate
Orlando
Fla
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Cairo
Madrid
Algiers
Anwar Sadat
Sinai
Israel
Sadat
Lawton Weather: Clearing Tonight With Warm Wednesday Outlook
Lawton forecasts fair skies tonight with a mid-60s low and southerly winds of 8 to 18 mph. Wednesday should reach mid-80s under fair skies. Downtown Lawton recorded a high of 77 and a low of 63 with a trace of precipitation.
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Lawton
U S Soviet Grain Sale Accord Near
U S undersecretary Charles W Robinson ends talks in Moscow and says he is very optimistic a long term grain sale agreement will be signed in weeks. He notes a multiyear deal for substantial grain and confirms Soviet acceptance of long term purchases of American grain.
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Moscow
Charles W. Robinson
U.S
Robinson
Washington
United States
Ford
America
Canada
Memorial Hospital to lease 423500 in medical equipment
Comanche County Memorial Hospital will lease equipment totaling 423,500 from American National Bank for five years at seven and a half percent interest with a buy option. The items include an X ray unit, isotope camera, image intensifier, cardiac monitor, and cataract phacoemulsifier.
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Judy van
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
American National Bank
John Coffey
Coffee
Memorial Hospital
Coffey
American National
Memorial
Fort Sill Readies One Station Training Expansion in 1976
Fort Sill officials announce a combined basic and advanced artillery training program to add about 4,600 military and civilian jobs. The reception station opens Feb 1 1976 with 400 to 450 recruits by mid February. full operation aims for 3,500 trainees a 900 cadre and 200 civilians by mid April.
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Fort Sill
John Johnson
Field Artillery Center
Johnson
Field Artillery Training Center
Edward Kelley Jr
Oklahoma Parlay Card Crackdown Begins October First
Lawton report notes Oklahoma moves to curb organized commercial gambling with a new anti gambling bill. The law, effective Oct 1, targets commercial gambling including parlay cards and wagering pools, with penalties up to 10 years in prison and fines up to 25000 for violators.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
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