Councilman urges cut in urban renewal costs and downtown closeout
Lawton council member Donald Aust calls to trim administrative and interest costs of urban renewal after receiving a Lawton Urban Renewal Authority report. He advocates closing the Downtown Project soon to avoid further interest, noting $342,276 in downtown interest and $288,515 in admin costs last year. The request comes as LURA seeks a new loan period to refinance $6.63 million. A separate measure funds a D-6 Model Cities study requested by Torin Corp. for a potential multi use development.
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Donald Aust
Aust
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Council Committee On Urban Renewal
J. J. Pursley
Don van Meter
Riod
LURA
Lawton Parking Authority
Council
Woman Sought Custody Before Ford Visit, Senator Says
Senator Jo Thea, Democrat and head of the Senate appropriations subcommittee for Secret Service funds, said information about a custody request prompted the Secret Service to interview Sara Jane Moore Sunday night. Moore was not held or placed under surveillance.
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Ford
Jo- Thea Democrat
Senate Appropriations
Ice Funds
Secret Service
Sara Jane Moore
We Os
Wiies
Jane Moore
St. Francis Hotel
Eloise Smashes Florida Panhandle Causing Floods and Fires
Hurricane Eloise struck central Florida's panhandle, ripping roofs, knocking out power, and sparking fires. In Panama City a factory truss plant burned from a possible gas leak or electrical fault as fire crews battled winds and rain. Three tornado touchdowns reported near Fort Walton Beach destroyed a house and damaged several others with no injuries reported.
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Panama City
Fila
Eloise
Florida
Fort Walton
Robber Garnered Life Terms In Comanche County
Gamble 26 was convicted by a district court jury on robbery by force and fear and attempted robbery after a prior felony. Dist Judge William Roberts sentenced him today in Comanche County District Court to life imprisonment on both charges.
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Dennis Lang
Willie Gene Gamble
Dist
William Roberts
Roberts
Gamble
Comanche County
Military Historians To Convene At Fort Sill Fellows Meeting
About 60 fellows and members of the Company of Military Historians will tour Fort Sill and nearby sites during their 1975 Fellows Meeting. The Field Artillery Museum sponsors the event, with sessions in Oklahoma City and Lawton including visits to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Western Heritage Center and the Wichita Mountains Refuge.
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Company of Military Historians
Fort Sill
Gillett Griswold
Field Artillery Museum
Oklahoma City
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Western Heritage Center
Lawton
Museum of the Great Plains
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Mil- See Military
Lawton Weather Forecast Predicts Mild Week Ahead
Lawton expects clear skies and cool tonight with a low in the upper 40s and light variable winds. Wednesday will be sunny with mild highs in the mid 70s. Downtown Lawton records a high of 73 and a low of 45 on Monday.
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Lawton
Army Vice Chief to Visit Fort Sill Events
Army's vice chief Gen. Walter T. Kerwin Jr. will arrive at Fort Sill Henry Post Army Airfield at 6:30 p.m. Thursday for a two day visit. He will observe artillery training with the 2nd Battalion 18th Field Artillery and dine with soldiers before a tour of the Field Artillery Training Center.
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U.S. Army
Fort Sill
Walter T. Kerwin Jr
Henry Post Army
David E. Ott
Kerwin
U.S. Army Field Artillery School
18Th Field Artillery
Field Artillery Training Center
Ott
Congressmen oppose plan to close 12000 rural post offices
Four rural district lawmakers testified against the GAO backed proposal to let the Postal Service close more than 12 000 rural post offices. They warned of community identity loss and urged protecting local post offices as a business base. The GAO says closings could save 100 million dollars, while the Postal Service fears big deficits. Additional opponents cited petitions letters and city resolutions.
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Ashington
Congress
Keith G. Sebelius
Kan
America
GAO
Postal Service
Patsy Mink
Hawaii
Clair W. Burgener
R-Calif
Alvin Baldus
D-Wis
Crest
Calif
Oklahoma driver blinds by sun kills two schoolchildren
A woman blinded by sun crashed into a bicycle in northeastern Oklahoma County killing two youngsters riding to school. Identified as Jaanita Namapeah, 11, and her nephew Carl Pepiaketah, 7, both of Jones. In Paris, a rebel chief delaying a French archaeologist’s release agreed to a reprieve while ransom talks proceed.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma County
Highway Patrol
Jaanita Namapeah
Carl Pepiaketah
Jones
Paris
Xavier Beauchamps
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