Pet Lion Likes People Except While Eating
Kephart's 13 month old African female lion weighs 175 pounds and eats two chickens daily plus other meat. She enjoys being petted by Alvin and Bennie Cooper's dog unsettles her during meals. The lion grew from a $500 purchase from Lion Country Safari and is kept fed with cold meats and scraps.
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Lyin Kephart
Alvin
Bennie Cooper
Mrs. Kephart
Lion Country Safari
Dallas
Lion
Kephart Place
Lawton
Beiruts new president sworn amid Beirut fighting
Elias Sarkis was sworn in as Lebanon’s president in Chtoura with Syrian forces guarding the town as rockets and machine-gun fire raged in Beirut. He pledged reforms, dialogue, and support for the Palestinian cause while calling for an immediate ceasefire to end the civil war. Franjieh handed over constitutional authority in Jounieh as 67 parliament members convened in Syrian-held territory.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Elias Sarkis
Suleiman Franjieh
Sarkis
Chtoura
Syria
Franjieh
Jounieh
Ott Ceremony Nears At Post Fort Sill
Fort Sill commander Maj. Gen. David E. Ott will be honored in a farewell review Friday at 9 a.m. at the Old Post Quadrangle before leaving for command of the Army’s VII Corps in West Germany. The ceremony includes marching troops, 13-gun salute, and a shell casing presentation.
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Pean Fort Sill
David E. Ott
Old Post
Ott
Fort Sill
Army
VII Corps
West Germany
Ford
U.S. Senate
77Th U.S. Army Band
Field Artillery
Btry
2Nd Field Artillery
Lawton Municipal
Kissinger Ends African Peace Shuttle in Kenya
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger wrapped up his first African peace shuttle in Nakuru and met with President Jomo Kenyatta seeking Kenyan backing for his pro West peace plan. He left for London after 10 days, saying he carried a warm feeling and sense of hope.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Henry A. Kissinger
Africa
Rhodesia
South-West Africa
Kissinger
London
Crete
Jomo Kenyatta
Black Africa
Nakuru
Kenyatta
America
Kinshasa
Zaire
United States
Mobutu Sese Seko
Julius K. Nyerere
Tanzania
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Students chase gingerbread boy at ITTIER Elementary
Kindergarten pupils toured ITTIER Elementary learning locations like the kitchen and auditorium. They spotted a gingerbread boy in the oven and planned to tow him to their room after cooling. Mrs. Bettye Smith and Principal Gwen Cox guided the playful lesson with questions about school spaces.
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Whittier
Ittier Elementary School
Gwen Cox
School Kitch
Bettye Smith
Ford and Carter Readied For First Debate
Ford and Carter prepare for a high profile debate in Philadelphia expected to reach about 100 million viewers. A U S Steel lobbyist revealed past associations with Ford including Disney World stays and Caribbean vacations. William Whyte’s son Roger has served two years as an advance man for Vice President Rockefeller.
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America
Ford
Jimmy Carter
U.S. Steel Corp
William Whyte
Roger
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Weather forecast for Lawton area aims for warm, fair skies
Weather today calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions and warm temperatures in the Lawton area through Friday with light southeasterly winds tonight. Tonight’s low expected in the low 60s, Friday’s high in the upper 80s. Wednesday’s range was 84 high and 39 low.
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Lawton
Cosmonauts End Eight Day Earth Orbit Mission
Cosmonauts Valery Bykovsky and Vladimir Aksenov landed 94 miles northwest of Tselinograd after an eight day photography mission in space aboard Soyuz 22. Tass reported the pair parachuted to earth in Kazakhstan east of Baikonur and noted they feel well. They photographed Soviet and East German territory with a new East German camera to gather geological and environmental data and conducted plant and fish experiments during the flight.
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Moscow
Earth
Tass
Valery Bykovsky
Vladimir Aksenov
Kazakhstan Steppes
Baikonur Space Center
Tselinograd
Baikonur
East Germany
Aksenov
Outer Space
Bykovsky
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SWAPO
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United Nations
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Lusaka
Dar Es Salaam
Lee Kissinger
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