Rand Study Urges Removing Civilians From Defense Payrolls
Rand Corp proposes saving up to 10 billion yearly by cutting civilian defense staff and lengthening the minimum career hitch. Dr. Richard V L Cooper says recruit more career soldiers, shift to 50 50 mix, cut pension growth, and cut training costs to boost efficiency and savings. Navy Army and Air Force pension costs would rise without policy changes, he notes, as retirees gain billions in pensions. He also cites black volunteer increases post draft. Page 2.
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Calif
Rand Corp
Richard V.L. Cooper
Think Tank
Cooper
Rand
Parole Board Rejects Plea For Clemency
McAlester Ohio AP The State Pardon and Parole Board rejects the clemency bid of Elk City wife killer Dallas Quinton Sharp 45 after a 3-2 vote. Sharp was convicted in 1963 for killing his partially paralyzed wife Edna Mae Sharp with brutal charges. A separate case Ada slayer Claud Johnson 36 wins 4-2 support for parole after the victim’s wife backs his bid. Johnson has served 11 years of a life sentence for the 1966 Mills killing near Ada.
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Ohio
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Elk City
Dallas Quinton Sharp
Edna Mae Sharp
Sharp
Henry Bellmon
Bellmon
Claud Johnson
Ada
Johnson
Jody Mills York
Floyd Leon Mills
Mills
Mexico
Oklahoma
Vance Defends Panama Canal Treaty Before Senate Panel
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the Panama Canal treaty forms a partnership for peaceful canal operation. He rejected charges of imperialism and said the Joint Chiefs approve keeping the canal open indefinitely. Linowitz and Bunker echoed the stakes and the long negotiations since 1964.
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Cyrus R. Vance
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vance
Carter
House
Sol Linowitz
Ellsworth Bunker
Secretary of Defense
Harold Brown
Gen
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Panama
Joint Chiefs
Latin America
Linowitz
Canal
Robbery suspects at large after driving-in shooting
Three black men sought after a Saturday night shooting at a Lawton drive-in box office left two employees injured. Ray Duvall, 28, in ICU with a shoulder wound, and Laura Griffin, 57, with an arm wound, were hospitalized. Police said lights from a passing car caused the trio to flee.
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Lawton Drive-In
Ray Dean Duvall
Laura Griffin
Duvall
University Hospital
Oklahoma City
Griffin
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Hawkins Drive-in
Ms. Griffin
Memorial Hospital
Accidents Claim Area Residents
Two Verden residents died in a U S 62 collision near Verden Grady County when a pickup veered left of center and struck a tractor trailer. The driver Roger Birch 17 was hospitalized with a ruptured spleen. A passenger Robert Sharp 16 suffered massive head injuries.
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U.S. 62
Grady County
Gracemont
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Wayne Rhoads
Carlotta Ann Birch
Roger Bruce Birch
Pasenger
Robert Coady Sharp
Anadarko
Weather forecast: warm, partly cloudy through Tuesday
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with warm temperatures through Tuesday and a 20 percent chance of rain tonight and Tuesday. The high Tuesday should be in the mid-90s and the low tonight in the mid-70s. Sunday's high was 96 and overnight low 67. The outlook Wednesday through Friday calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and continued unseasonable warmth.
Senate battles filibuster over natural gas price bill
Senate leaders move to end a filibuster on a natural gas pricing bill to allow a vote on a compromise. President Carter warned he might veto if the measure removes price controls. Also, Panama Canal treaty hearings begin and Byrd seeks TV coverage of ratification debates. Banking committee weighs federal bank regulation amid Lance probe.
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Senate
Carter
Virginia
Henry Howell
Norfolk
Congress
Robert C. Byrd
Senate Committee
Byrd
Senate Banking Committee
Bert Lance
Henry M. Jackson
Senate Energy Committee
US and Soviet Union Resume Talks on Arms Limits
The United States and the Soviet Union resume strategic arms limitation talks this week while pledging to abide by the 1972 pact. Paul Warnke will travel to Geneva for intense talks, with Cyrus Vance and Andrei Gromyko to meet in New York next Friday.
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United States
Soviet Union
State Department
Hodding Carter III
U.S
Paul Warnke
Geneva
Cyrus Vance
Andrei Gromyko
New York
United Nations
Vance
Gromyko
Fort Sill to Dedicate Radar Facility and Tower
A ribbon cutting at 9 30 a m Tuesday marks the opening of Fort Sill s new six story airfield control tower and the Army radar approach control facility. Col George T Burns and Col Myron J Longmore will oversee the ceremony at Henry Post Army Airfield as the system s air surveillance radar and radar terminal enable broader aircraft monitoring. The facility handles about 40 000 operations annually, with half from civilian flights into Lawton Municipal Airport.
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Fort Sill
Henry Post Army Airfield
George T. Burns
U.S. Army Communications Command
Training and Doctrine Command
Fort Monroe
Myron J. Longmore
Lawton Municipal Airport
Instapoll Questions From Lawton Publishing Company
The Instapoll survey asks readers if Congress should outlaw mandatory retirement before age 70 and if Social Security recipients should earn beyond the $3,000 ceiling. Readers are urged to call 353 0620 during evening hours for Instapoll and Hot Line questions.
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