Group Endorses Retiree Medical Service Stands
A Lawton city committee on retiree medical benefits voted to back Fort Sill Retiree Council recommendations aimed at guaranteeing fully financed medical care for retired military personnel. The panel urged Congress to restore CHAMPUS to 90 percent, speed claims, expand CHAMPUS to include dental care, and staff army hospitals with civilian physicians.
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Fort Sill
Wayne Gilley
Joint Service
Lawton Public Library
Don McConnell
Jack Wolfson
McConnell
Congress
Department of the Army
Oklahoma
Reynolds Army Hospital
Army Reserve
National Guard
Rah
Rats and ants search for scarce water in Bay Area homes
In Orinda California thirsty rodents and insects invade homes as drought drags on. Exterminators report up to a forty percent rise in calls to remove rats and ants from suburbs like Walnut Creek Concord Moraga. No health hazard confirmed yet.
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Orinda
Calif
San Francisco Bay Area
California
Peter Davidson
Corky
Bay Area
Davidson
Walnut Creek
Concord
Moraga
Oakland
Bill Wallace
Contra Costa County
U S and Russia Seek New Mideast Peace Meeting
Secretary of State Vance meets with Soviet and Israeli ministers in New York to discuss convening a fresh Geneva peace conference. Talks cover Arab Israeli negotiations and a possible new arms pact before the Oct. 3 expiry. Dayan asserts Washington pledged no PLO representation and questions a pan Arab mission for the opening.
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U.S
Russia
United Nations, N.Y
Cyrus R. Vance
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
Moshe Dayan
Israel
Carter Administration
United States
Soviet
Ion
Vance
Gromyko
Carter
Geneva
Palestine Liberation Organization
Dayan
PLO
Stewardess Shot As Plane Hijacked By Gunman In Paris
A hijacker aboard an Air Inter Caravelle bound for Lyon forced a return to Orly Paris wounding a stewardess and threatening to broadcast a message. He released six passengers and remained aboard with about 100 other people as police kept distance. Lucien Neuwirth, a Gaullist deputy, was among those aboard.
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Paris
Orly
France
Air Inter Caravelle
Lucien Neuwirth
The
National Assembly
Air Inter
Lyon
Champs Elysees
Japan Air Lines
Dacca
Bangladesh
Justice Dept to Meet Seoul Officials on Tongsun Park Inquiry
Justice Department officials will meet South Korean authorities in Seoul to discuss terms for communicating about alleged influence buying in Congress by Tongsun Park.
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Washington
Justice Department
Seoul
Tongsun Park
Congress
Department
Philadelphia gas leak hospitalizes 190 people
A chlorine gas leak at a Philadelphia water treatment plant forced plumbing and emergency crews to evacuate and treat more than 190 people. Firefighters and police were among the injured. patients were moved to upper floors as fumes spread toward East Falls.
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Philadelphia
East Falls
George Pell
Wayne Fowler
Fowler
Carmen Guarino
Medical College of Pennsylvania
William Morrissey
Morrissey
Weekend Forecast Calls For Partly Cloudy Skies
The forecast shows partly cloudy conditions tonight and Saturday with a 30 percent chance of rain tonight. Saturday high in the mid 80s and tonight’s low around 70. Thursday’s high 96 and low 73. Sunday through Tuesday outlook: generally fair, cool nights and warm days with highs 78 to 84 and lows in the 50s.
Lake Dredging Effort Finishes at Liberty Lake
The $1 900 project to clear cattails and silt in Liberty Lake, south of Cache Road between 16th and 17th Streets, is complete after 16 days. A private contractor and city crews removed 22 000 tons of material eight to 10 feet deeper, allowing natural refilling and restocking with perch crappie catfish and some bass.
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Liberty Lake
Cache Road
16Th
17Th Streets
Paul Brune
Solon Threatens To Block National Debt Measure
Senate filibuster leader Sen James Abourezk warns he will block passage of the national debt ceiling bill until the Senate rejects a plan to lift price controls on natural gas. The tactic risks government borrowing after Saturday to start the new fiscal year.
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Washington
Senate
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Abourezk
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Baker
Robert C. Byrd
Carter
Senate Today
Byrd
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
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Constitution Staff
Lawton
Ity
Khaddam
U.N. General Assembly
Mideast
Public Works
Chester Garrison
Elmer Grooms
Lawtonian
Dale (Barney) Barnett
Bulletin
By the Constitution Staff
See Lake
Solon
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