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Developer Jack Jacobs, center, discusses prospects for Lawton's downtown
shopping mall with Lawton Urban Renewal Board Chairman Don Gaskins, left,
and Executive Director Arch March. Jacobs' option on Lawton's mall land ex-
pires May 30. He said it will be late this year before he can move on the
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ministration spokesman said
the difference probably was
due to the types of jobs being
counted He said some author-
ities count only jobs directly
created by the funds. while
others counted jobs indirectly
created
The Bureau of Labor Statis-
MADRID. Spain (AP) - Police today broke up an antigo
vernment demonstration outside the Spanish Supreme Court
where an appeal began for nine workers and a Catholic priest
sentenced to jail for Illegal association
cilmen, urban renewal and
parking authority members
Jacobs heads Hanover De-
velopment Corporation which
last April optioned downtown
land for a massive covered
shopping mall He's one of the
top 25 mall developers in the
country
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The bankrupt Penn Central Rail-
road says it won't have to shut down at the end of February af-
ter all The line's trustees had threatened to halt service at the
end of the month because of a cash shortage But the trustees
today postponed that drastic action at the urging of Congress
and its union employes
in that missile's guidance system
He also urged purchase of another 50
Minuteman III missiles for flight testing
and tn preserve the option to deploy
more" than the currently planned 550 of
the MIRV weapons
The near term improvement of this
country's missile firing submarine force
will move ahead with construction of 10
huge 1K,700 ton submarines mounting 24
Trident 1 missiles However Schlesinger
said the building schedule is being slow
ed in part "to ease the financial strain
on the defense budget "
Looking beyond the mid-1980s, Schlesi-
THE MONEY "can be put
to immediate use ” Ford said,
adding that spending can get
under way by June 30
The President said he would
urge the states to focus first
on projects that would quickly
create new jobs
He also calk'd for work on
key unfinished links in the in-
believe that the US must now move for
ward in an orderly and deliberate man-
ner with the qualitative improvements
initiated last year for the ICBM forces "
he said
"This action is unavoidable if essential
equivalence in stratgic power between
the T S and the USSR is to be preserved
through the 1970s and beyond
To achieve major strengthening of the
U s K BM force through the early 1980s.
Schlesinger said the United States should
complete engineering development of a
more powerful multiple warhead for th'
Minuteman HI missile and refinements
been turned away in the past
due to heavy fog, rain and
snowy weather conditions
He said there may still be
some instances when aircraft
will be unable to land here
due to overcast weather condi-
tions but added such cases
would be very infrequent
Under construction since
last October, the ILS will
make Law ton a regular alter-
nate landing station for air
ports throughout Oklahoma
and Texas which are closed
due to inclement weather Cox
said this would mean further
gas sales at the airport.
According to Dr Gilbert
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ton Airport Authority, the en-
tire ILS project, including in-
stallation. testing and future
maintainance was financed by
the FAA Lawton was respon-
sible for providing the land
for the ILS, a total of about 10
acres.
Cox described the ILS as a
very precise landing system
made up of five separate com-
ponents working together to
bring airplanes to the ground
through the use of radio
beams
When completed the ILS
will consist of
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And he indicated some of
the money could be trans-
ferred to urban mass transit
programs where no top prior-
ity highway projects are pend
ing
The President has been un-
der pressure both from state
officials and congressional
leaders to free $4.3 billion in
highway funds for fiscal year
1975, which have been im-
pounded by the Office of Man-
agement and Budget
A RESOLUTION currently
is pending in the Senate which
would overrule the President's
deferral of the federal aid
highway funds
Sen Jennings Randolph D-
W V a., author of the resolu-
tion. said last week he had re-
ceived information indicating
that more than $2 billion in
highway work could be placed
under contract by the end of
June in addition to the $2 3
billion already programmed
for that period
"This could create well over
300,000 jobs — or even more if
the money is concentrated in
projects that have a higher la-
bor usage than the average.''
he said.
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Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration. the new ILS landing
equipment will enable air-
planes to land at the airport
here under more severe
weather conditions than in the
past.
Aircraft will be able to
touch down with a minimum
200-foot cloud ceiling and half-
mile visibility , Cox said With
the airport's old Visual Omni-
Range landing system, air-
craft needed at least a 400 foot
cloud ceiling and one-mile vis-
ibility to clear for landing
here.
Cox estimated that between
25 to 30 flights per year had
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SAIGON, South Vietnam (AP) — Fighting slackened to the
lowest level in two weeks across South Vietnam today as the
country began its annual celebration of Tet, the four-day festi-
val of the lunar new year The Saigon military command re-
ported 58 rocket and mortar attacks and four infantry assaults
during the 24 hour period ending at dawn
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ASMARA, Ethiopia (AP) — Eritrean insurgents today
claimed to have shot down one of Ethiopia's dozen 1 .S.-built
FiA jet fighters during raids on rebel positions north of As-
mara. diplomatic sources said If confirmed it would be the
third F5A lost by action of the Eritrean Liberation Front —
ELF Diplomatic sources in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capi
tal, said government troops beat back a determined rebel at
tempt Monday night to take Asmara's airport and cut the be
sieged northern provincial capital's only remaining supply
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not allow them to win a missile race if
the Soviets choose that course
■ In making their decision, they should
remember that the tortoise won because
the hare did not try very hard very of
ten.” he said "This hare may be differ
ent "
Despite the U S Soviet arms limitation
agreement, Schlesinger said a fully depl-
oyed new generation of Russian missiles
"could come to jeopardize the survival of
our fixed base (Minuteman) ICBM silos
by the early 1980s
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tics estimates that 31,667 on
site jobs are created for each
$1 billion spent in highway
funds, while 31.514 off-site
jobs are created in manufac-
turing. wholesaling and other
categories The estimates are
based on 1972 dollars
There was no breakdown
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Mrs Thatcher is generally
held to be an advocate of
tough financial policies de-
signed to cut government
spending. Some of her critics
suggested that this approach,
coupled with her Oxford ac-
cent and London suburban
style, might handicap the par
ty in northern industrial areas
which it must win back to re-
gain power.
Mrs. Thatcher immediately
takes over leadership of the
Conservatives in Parliament,
Her election will go through
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tors and a more accurate guidance sys
tern
Schlesinger estimated the ultimate cost
of the MX development would be about
$2 5 billion
At sea. Schlesinger said, the Trident II
would give the United States a longer
range submarine-launched missile with
greater "throw-weight," or pay load
Discussing U S conventional military
power, Schlesinger said the Army needs
to increase its combat forces from 13 to
16 divisions because "in the aftermath of
Vietnam and the changeover to the all
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TRENTON N J (AP) -
Gov. Brendan T Byrne of
New Jersey said today he
would file a court challenge to
the Interior Department's
plans to open areas off the
mid-Atlantic Coast for oil and
gas development.
Byrne was the first witness
at public hearings opened in
Trenton on the Interior De-
partment's proposal for mas-
sive leasing of untouched off-
shore areas
As the hearings began.
Royston Hughes, assistant in
tenor secretary for program
development and budget, told
the gathering that the Interior
Department was publishing
today an invitation for oil
companies and the public to
propose specific tracts for oil
and gas leasing off the shores
of New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland, and Virginia
Byrne said the secretary of
the interior assured the state
of New Jersey several years
ago there would be no call for
such offshore nominations un-
til the Supreme Court settles a
dispute over offshore jurisdic-
tion between the federal gov-
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T ONDON (AP) — Margaret
1 Thatcher today was
elected the first woman leader
of Britain's Conservative par-
ty She would automatically
become the first British wom-
an prime minister if the
Tories, now in the opposition,
won the next general election
due by 1979
Mrs Thatcher. 48 a former
education minister and leader
of the party’s right wing,
polled 146 votes, outvoting
four male competitors and
giving her an outright major-
ity of the 276-member Con-
servative caucus in the House
of Commons.
This was 16 votes more than
she got last week when she
out polled former prime min-
ister Edward Heath and top-
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pled him from the Tory lead-
ership without herself getting
a decisive margin
Her main rival this time,
former secretary for Northern
Ireland William Whitelaw
polled 79 votes. James Prior
and Sir Geoffrey Howe each
polled 19 and John Peyton 11
Two members were absent or
abstained.
Mrs. Thatcher, currently
party spokesman on financial
affairs, pulled off a stunning
political upset in deposing
Heath The former prime min-
ister had agreed to put his
leadership to the test after
losing two national elections
to Harold Wilson's Labor par-
ty last year
Even in this second round of
the voting, the Thatcher camp
had not been certain of out-
right victory Had Mrs That-
cher polled fewer than 139
votes — a majority of the
caucus — the race would have
gone into a third ballot Thurs-
day.
A burst of cheering greeted
the result as it was announced
to Tones in a committee room
which had been used for the
voting
"She is like Joan of Are —
courageous and determined to
show that the Tory party is
not for burning," one of her
supporters, John Spence, said
later
nutter located at the north
end of the runway which di-
rects a narrow radio beam
down the exact center of the
runway to allow pilots to ex-
actly align themselves before
beginning descent
2. A glide slope transmitter,
located near the south end of
the runway, which transmits a
second radio beam on a per-
fect glide angle to the runway
Pilots will follow the beam to
continuously maintain the
proper glide angle until land-
ing.
3 An outer marker site, an-
other radio transmitter lo-
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Cameron will give us a 12
year lease on the stadium."
school board member Dr.
Gary Wheatly said today The
school board has offered Cam-
eron $150,000 in exchange for
a 10-year lease
' It's unfortunate that Mr
Sneed's offer is dependent
upon what the school board
pays, but I think the situation
can be worked out by extend
ing the lease," Wheatly
added.
Board members Pat Conway
and Robert Sims said today
that they do not favor the
board paying any more than
$150,000
"We have gone as far as we
can go Our offer of $150 000 is
more than fair," Conway said
"Our offer is just about our
limit considering the other
obligations we have For ex-
ample. the state has told us to
get a physical education pro-
gram started, but they didn't
give us the money to do it
with Robert Sims said
"Our offer is not unreason-
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nger said further U S missile improve
ment must wait development of a new
successor to the Minuteman, now called
MX, and the longerrange Trident II sub-
marine-fired weapon
How we proceed with the devel-
opment of MX and the Trident II will de
pend upon future developments in the
Soviet strategic missile forces,” he said
Schlesinger said the advanced MX
missile he proposes couid be deployed in-
terchangeably in existing Minuteman
silos, or in a mobile form either on land
or in an airplane
it would have new, better rocket mo
Mayor Don Whitaker in his
annual State of the City mes-
sage today lauded Lawton for
avoiding "devastating eco-
nomic blows," and urged con
tinned industrial development,
rebuilding of the downtown
area, and controlled city gov-
ernment spending.
Whitaker spoke at a brief
City i ouncil meeting this
morning The council handled
several matters, then recessed
to meet with the potential
downtown mall developer The
council was to reconvene this
afternoon
( onstruction Lauded
Whitaker, delivering what
may be his last State of the
City speech, offered an opti-
mistic view
"Actually, the state of the
city as I see it today is very
busy with new construction of
buildings, street-sewer -drain-
age improvements Hearing of
old structures and blighted
areas, and generally speaking,
a lot going on," he said
An additional $7 million in
public works was authorized
by voters in a Jan. 21 bond is-
sue Most of the projects are
water retail'd
Economy Accented
“One of the primary ben-
efits of the water improve-
ments projects will be eco-
nomic The projects will pro-
vide a healthy boost for the
Lawion economy," Whitaker
said
He then pointed to Lawton's
success in generally avoiding
economic woes which have hit
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RANDOLPH said (be road-
building industry currently is
operating at less than 50 per
cent of capacity He said
shortages of materials that
hampered construction in the
past year have since eased so
there should be few delays
caused by material shortages
Randoph said he based his
estimate of the number of
jobs on a study by the Federal
Highway Administration show-
ing that 151,040 jobs are
created for each $1 billion
spent in highway construction
Other sources said, how-
ever. that the estimate was
high and said about 70,000
jobs are created for each $1
billion spent
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JACOBS, WHO has head
quarters in Chicago, wasted
link' time during a specially
arranged briefing in urban re-
newal offices to tell officials
national economic woes will
prohibit obtaining key finan-
cial and retailer commitments
for a mall until late this year,
at the earliest
On the other hand, Jacobs
said, "I'm an optimist"
I m of (he opinion that a
lot of things will happen in
the country that are better
than those that have already
happened
"It (Lawton ‘s mall) will get
done I hope were part of it I
want to la- part of it That's
what we're committed to," he
said
HE NOTED (his area s gen-
erally good weather, com-
paratively cheap and plentiful
utilities and available work
force
"The major anchors realize
it You can’t do anything but
prosper," he said.
But he spread these "facts
of life" before an obviously so-
ber audience
— Major retailers who would
become anchors" in Law-
ton s mall are in a "hold pat
tern " He said they don't plan
to open new retail outlets for
business in cities of Lawton’s
size until 1979 He's optimistic
enough to believe that sche-
dule can be moved back to
1978.
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Woman’s Son Angered
Elderly Cityan Loses
$440; Probe Pushed
By DENNIS LANG
A NEARLY blind. 78-year-old Lawton woman has lost $446 —
f $250 to a robber and $190 to an out-of-town exterminating
company in what the woman's son describes as a swindle
Police are investigating the matter
Mrs Bertha Austin, of 403 S. 17th, said she was contacted
about Jan 10 by a man who said he was a representative of the
company and would provide her with a free estimate for ex-
termination of termites.
The man came out to the elderly woman's house and report
edly examined the structure, stating that she didn't have ter-
mite trouble hut that the home did need leveling (a process of
bracing and reinforcing a structure's foundation), she said
The woman agreed to the work, for which she was charged
$190, and paid the man from some $440 kept in her Bible
Mrs Austin told police that later the same night someone
kicked in the front door of her house and demanded money
from her Bible, which she gave the intruder
Police are investigating to determine if there is a connection
between the events
Bud Austin, the woman's son, said today that he checked
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By SKIP GIBSON
DEVELOPER JACK Jacobs,
whose option on some 10 acres
of downtown Lawton land ex-
pires May 30 today bluntly
told city officials it will be
late this year at the soonest
before he can possibly as-
semble a covered shopping
mall package
"I didn't come here to
spread gloom. I'm just telling
you the facts of life ’ Jacobs
told the mayor, city coun-
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vely pursued the major ten-
ants . But it (commitments
lo cities Lawton s size) is on
the hack burner until January
1979.” Jacobs said
"If the economy turns
around in late 1975, maybe
their thinking will change."
he said
—It is nearly impossible to
sign up major national retail
chains who could also be ex-
pected to occupy the mall
along with two to three major
anchors
"They have deferred major
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A cold front has moved into
the Lawton area, chasing the
spring-like weather away and
bringing cloudy skies with it
Tonight's temperature will be
wild while Wednesday is ex-
peeled to be fair and cool.
Northwesterly winds will di-
minish tonight.
Tonight’s low should be in
the mid-20s Wednesday’s
high should be near 50
Partly cloudy skies and
mild temperatures are fore-
cast for Thursday through
Saturday.
Monday’s temperatures
ranged from a high of 64 to a
low of 37.
TOPEKA, Kan (AP) -
President Ford announced
today he is releasing up to $2
billion of impounded inter-
state highway funds as an
anti recession move
Ford told a joint session of
the Kansas legislature he was
acting at the urging of many
governors who have told him
that "owing to softness in the
construction industry" they
can now undertake highway
projects at lower costs
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By DONNA EVERS
rHREE Law ton Board of
I Education members re-
acted today to McMahon
Foundation board member
Frank Sneed’s offer Monday
lo ask the McMahon board for
$75,000 to help install artificial
turf in Cameron Stadium
Sneed’s offer was made with
the condition that the Lawton
school board would increase
its share of the turf's $300,000
total cost from $150,000 to
$175,000
"I think we could come up
with an additional $30,000 if
By LYNN ( ALLISON
(OMPLETION of Law ton
• Municipal Airport's new
Instrument Landing System
(ILS), a radio-beam setup for
bringing airplanes to the
ground under severe weather
conditions, has been set for
Feb 27, Bill Cox, airport man-
ager, said today
Lawton is the third city in
Oklahoma to install the in-
strument Landing System
(ILS), Cox said Tulsa and
Oklahoma City airports have
had similar radio-beam land-
ing equipment for a number
of years
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By FRED S. HOFFMAN
AP Military Writer
VJASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of
V V Defense James Schlesinger offered
the Russians a swap today — US re-
straint in developing advanced missiles
in return for Soviet restraint in depl-
oying a powerful new family of missiles
"They currently have the initiative,
and it is up to them to decide how much
additional effort the two sides should put
into these programs," Schlesinger said
in his MIU page annual dels rise report
At the same time Schlesinger warned
the Russians that the United States will
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) — The United States warned the
worid’s leading trading nations today against (he temptation to
isolate themselves in the present state of "global economic dis-
tress." "This tendency toward isolationism ... is a threat to
the well-being of all the nations.” U.S. delegate Harald B. Mal
mgren told a 90 nation conference opening the Tokyo Round of
talks to further ease the flow of world trade.
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