Oklahoma Day in Washington Highlights Ike High Drill Team
Eisenhower High School Patton Rifle drill team members join Oklahoma Day events in Washington D C They travel from Oklahoma City Will Rogers Airport to Fort Belvoir Virginia then perform at the Pentagon Soldiers Home Capitol and L Enfant Plaza with about 1000 participants and sponsors covering trip costs through state funding and private donations.
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Ighteen
Eisenhower High School
Patton
Washington, D.C
Oklahoma City
Will Rogers Airport
Washington
Fort Belvoir
Pentagon
Soldiers Home
Capitol
L’enfant Plaza
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Carl Albert
Pan American Union
Capital Steps
Oklahoma Avenue
Kennedy Center
Farragut Square
Capitol Steps
D. C. Village
Washington, Lincoln, and
Jefferson Memorials
Eisenhower
Robert Lewis
Harry Jones
Lawton and
Fort Sill
Amendments To Charter Aired Among Councilmen
City Council debates charter changes expanding council power over the city manager and reducing seats from eight to a lower number. Votes to override veto would require a four-fifths majority. five votes to adopt measures. six for emergencies. Public figures quoted include Vic Ramirez and Charles Gibbs with League of Women Voters weighing in on potential changes and election costs. The row follows a summer of conflict with former city manager John Thomson who resigned after a budget control clash.
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Riddle
Vic Ramirez
Charles Gibbs
John Thomson
Thomson
Multiple Air Crashes Leave Dozens Dead Across States
Crashes near Steamboat Springs Colorado and Peoria Illinois kill several including Don Evans and his wife. At Hot Springs New Jersey three crew members die. Virginia victims include McNeil Laboratories staff and Ortho executives plus families. Colorado pilot Harlan Yoder also among the dead. identities of two others pending.
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Homestead
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Dennis Sutton
Civil Air Patrol
Don R. Evans
Denver
Vegge
Garnett
Colorado
Halberts
Yocums
Plaskons
Polds
Hot Springs
Richard A. Hopkins
Cherry Hill
N.J
Roger Oliver
Titusville
Robert Moriarity
Flushing
N.Y
Evans
Harlan Yoder
Aurora
Don Welch
Illinois
Daniel Hoerr
Gretchen
Carl Herman
District Session Set For Cancer Society Meeting
The Comanche County chapter hosts the annual District 8 American Cancer Society meeting with registration from 10 45 am at the Holiday Inn Tuesday. Mrs Ruby Marsh presides and Gay Jones of the breast cancer control network speaks with Lodell Goodey outlining future plans. A district representative election is planned. Counties include Comanche Cotton Greer Harmon Jackson Kiowa Tillman.
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American Cancer Society
Comanche County
Holiday Inn
Ruby Marsh
Gay Jones
Oklahoma Hospitals
Breast Cancer Control Network
Lodell Goodey
Southwest
Comanche, Cotton, Greer
Harmon
Jackson
Kiowa
Tillman
Rhodesian crisis prompts U.S. UK consultation on unity plan
In Lusaka five African presidents met for 24 hours to press for a Rhodesia peace solution. They and Joshua Nkomo opposed Ian Smith's interim government proposal granting black majority rule within two years. The United States said it is consulting with Britain as Washington seeks clarity to resolve the impasse.
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Washington
U.S. State Department
Lusaka
United States
United Kingdom
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Agostinho Neto
Angola
Julius Nyerere
Tanzania
Samora Machel
Mozambique
Seretse Khama
Botswana
Joshua Nkomo
Rhodesia
African National Council
Nkomo
Smith
Legislative Council
Ford Strike Shuts Auto Production Amid Union Talks
The UAW walkout halts Ford vehicle output as negotiators seek a master contract to set a pattern for 700,000 workers across four automakers. The strike's ripple effects include layoffs of thousands and nearly 10,000 Canadian Ford workers. Ford and UAW report progress though remain split on wages pensions layoff benefits and overtime to create new jobs.
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Ford
UAW
Sprinklers Stop Fire at TG Y Store Office
A fire in an office at TG Y Family Center on Sheridan Road Sunday night was extinguished by the store sprinkler system before Lawton Fire Department units arrived. Assistant Fire Chief Bob Houser said an electric adding machine caused the blaze and damage was slight. Burglar alarms alerted police at 34 p.m., and units from Stations 3 and 4 arrived about two minutes later to mop up water.
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Tg&y Family Center
Sheridan Road
Lawton Fire Department
Bob Houser
Tg&y
Houser
Lawton Police Department
Fire Department
Houser Saxi
Tornadoes Hit Counties Prompting National Guard Help
A tornado tore through towns, causing extensive property damage and moving into Jackson and Jefferson Counties. Widespread debris included downed wires and a flattened barn, with roof damage reported near Westport in Decatur County. Governor Bowen ordered Indiana National Guard troops from Seymour to aid cleanup per Sheriff Harbaugh.
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Jackson
Jefferson
Henderson
Decatur County
Westport
Jackson County
Allen Harbaugh
Otis R. Bowen
Indiana National Guard
Seymour
Community Services Admin approves grant to Great Plains Foundation
Rep Tom Steed announces a $12 000 grant from the Community Services Administration to the Great Plains Improvement Foundation for the Community Food and Nutrition Program. The project serves about 580 elderly and low income citizens with emergency food aid and provides seed and plants to 1 500 low income families. Executive director is Mrs Bob G Cannon.
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Community Services Administration
Great Plains Improvement Foundation, Inc
Tom Steed
Bob G. Cannon
Police Log Of Local Thefts Burglaries And Incidents
A stream of police reports lists numerous thefts burglaries and vandalism across Lowton. Entries name victims and addresses including Vincent Duling Montego Bay Kathy Devine Donnie Russel and Ted Gover among others with incidents ranging from motor vehicle theft to home burglary and attempted break ins.
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Lowton
Vincent Duling
Texas
Montego Bay
SE Gore
Business Country Club Heights School
Kathy Devine
Columbia
Jeff
Price Beauchomp
Dearborn
Ovto
Curtis Buchanan
Reswence
Quenton Elom
Ovto Maquires
Exxon
Fort Silt Boulevard
Busness
Howard Smith Ford
Gore Bird
Ird Street
Shelton McLane
Deerbearn
Brazil
Motif Manor
Ted HH Gover
Meadowbrook
Bert P Gillis
Tim Angtin
Steven Russell
Hoover
Donnie Russel
Mission Blvd
Lewton
E. Lee
Robert Foucett
Std
Franklin Govte
Outo
Terence W. Thomas
Ellsworth
Ben V Ballard
Coliseum
James Welch
Artington
Michael Dict
Wilford Gill
Columba
Cache Road
S. A Jackson
Rt 2
Sheridan
Roy's
Gore
Cat's Products
Atlanta
Michael Dickson
McKinley
Center Pattersson
Ariington
Jake Adier
13Th
Park McClung
Euclid
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League of Women Voters
Jeannie Prince
Janice Nicklas
Federal Aviation Administration
Dave Olds
Will Davis
Peoria
Lancaster
Mount Hawley
Illinois River
Coast Guard
Woodford County Sheriff's Department
Frederick M. Anderson
Clifford G. Call
John R. Harrison
Dwain E. Crane
Kincheloe Afb
Dale J. Solon
K.I. Sawyer Afb
Virginia
Edward N. Halbert
McNeil Laboratories
Ft. Washington, Pa
Carol
Charles W. Yocum
Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp
Raritan
Janet
John J. Plaskon
Ortho Diagnostics Inc
Helen
Robert C. Pold
Ortho Manufacturing
Francine
For Cancer Society
UAW Am Ford
Cecil Lawson
Cache
Duncan Area
Vo-Tech
Duncan, Okla
Oklahoma Real Estate Institute
N. Lincoln Blvd
Zelma King
State Dept. of Vo-Tech Education
Oklahoma Real Estate Commission
W. Gore
Bulletin
Ray del Vecchio
Ray’s Rexall Pharmacy
D Avenue
Home Savings & Loan
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Federal Home Loan Bank System
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