Ceremony Dedicates Fort Sill Radar Tower and Airfield Facility
Fort Sill officials dedicate the new Army Radar Approach Control Facility and a six story control tower at Henry Post Army Airfield. Col. Burns Col. Longmore and Mack Jameson lead the ribbon cutting as a crowd tours the site and notes space for future equipment. The system includes an air surveillance radar and a radar terminal system with 30 mile surveillance aim. Westmoreland says U.S. Vietnam effort was a shabby performance and calls for updated Cuba policy while speaking in Nashville at Vanderbilt University.
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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
Mack W. Jameson
U.S. Army Communications Command Agency
Col. Burns
Heavy Post Army Airfield
Nashville, Tenn
Army
William C. Westmoreland
U.S. Army
Vietnam
America
Westmoreland
United States
South Vietnam
Gen. Westmoreland
Nashville
Vanderbilt University
Communications Command Agency
Henry Post Airfield
Percy says White House inner circle targeted him in Lance case
Sen. Charles Percy charges a White House inner circle plotted to weaken him and influence Lance hearings. He cites Jody Powell Hamilton Jordan and Bert Lance as central figures, while Carter denies Carter involvement. Percy says the Sun Times report misstates events and he did not accuse the White House of coordinating Eagleton remarks.
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Washington
Charles H. Percy
White House
Bert Lance
Chicago Sun-Times
Illinois Republican
Carter
Jody Powell
Hamilton Jordan
Percy
Powell
Lance
Clark Clifford
Jordan
The
Sun-Times
Associated Press
Sun- Times
Thomas Eagleton
D-Mo
Eagleton
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Lawton Chiles
D-Fla
Judge replaced on Tennessee appeals court after bored remark
Knoxville AP report: Judge Charles Galbreath is removed from the Court of Criminal Appeals after remarks about fellow judge Martha Craig Daughtrey. The replacement follows Hamilton County session in Nashville where he muttered Oh for God's sake. Russell and Daughtrey cite inane questions. Galbreath defends himself. previous censures over Hustler letter and a June arrest for jaywalking remain unresolved.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Charles Galbreath
Supreme Court
Court of Criminal Appeals
William Russell
Galbreath
Nashville
Russell
Martha Craig Daughtrey
Daughtrey
Nashville Tennessean
Tennessee Judicial Conference
Appellate Court
Larry Flynt
Hustler
Criminal Appeals Court
Tennessee
Flynt
Columbus
Ohio
Daugherty
Cache Man Convicted Of Rape In Comanche County
Forrest Peahway, 19, of Cache was found guilty by a seven to two jury for first degree rape of a 78 year old Cache woman on March 16. The verdict followed a short trial that included testimony from the victim, seven deputies, and a forensic chemist. Investigators tied Peahway to the crime via hair samples and a wristwatch found in the victim’s bed. The judge set sentencing under the statute.
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Comanche County
Forrest Peahway
Cache
Poahway
Comanche County Sheriff's Deputies
Lawton
Margaret Poahway
Sheriff's Department
H. Ray Anderson
Pentagon Backs Canals Pact For U S Security
Defense Secretary Harold Brown and Gen. George Brown testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Pentagon fully supports the Panama Canal treaty. They described continued U S military presence in the Canal Zone until 2000 and said the pact protects U S defense interests in the Western Hemisphere. A separate Judiciary subcommittee vote subpoenas a discharged soldier Hor Rodriguez Brustmeyer amid allegations tied to treaty negotiations.
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Washington
Harold Brown
Pentagon
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George
Canal
Senate Judiciary
Panama
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Hor Rodriguez Brustmeyer
Brooklyn
N.Y
Fall weather eyed after 100 degree Lawton high
A 100 degree high in Lawton on Monday sparks talk of an early fall. The weekend through Tuesday forecast expects partly cloudy skies with highs in the low to mid 80s and lows in the mid 50s to 70. Rainfall this month remains well below average with 0.99 inches to date.
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Lawton
Lawton Publishing Company
Conferees Reach $14 Billion Housing Grant Bill Deal
Senate and House conferees end a two month stalemate on a 14 billion housing and community development authorization bill. The accord extends the block grant program for three years and funds basic housing programs for one year with a dual funding formula favoring older eastern and midwestern cities.
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Senate
House
Congress
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Lee Radar
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Caribbean
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Chiles
Mark Kingsolver
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Canals
Joint Chiefs
United
By Pat Hollis
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Midwest
Atlanta
Georgia
George Busbee
Conference Committee
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D-N.j
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Federal Housing Administration
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