The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 74, No. 71, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 12, 1975 Page: 1 of 40
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Parking System Approval
Closes Gap In Mall Effort
TUESDAY NIGHT, city councilmen
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KISSINGER SAID the U S efforts in
the United Nations for political am-
nesty throughout the world are unre-
lated to U N moves against Israel
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ised to work closely with Donald Rum-
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HE SUPPORTED, however, current
negotiations which he said are attempt-
ing to achieve military stability at a
lower level of forces on both sides
Rumsfeld told Chairman John C.
Stennis, D-Miss , that he shared his
belief in the constitutional principle of
civilian control of the military He
promised to give Congress his personal
analysis of defense posture and policy
after drawing on the exerience of the
nation's military leaders
As a long time supporter of the vol-
unteer army concept, Rumsfeld said a
volunteer force remains his preference
and that he will try to make it work
Rumsfeld said he was absolutely op-
posed to a unilateral reduction in mili-
tary forces in Western Europe by ei-
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are actual payroll figures for those two
months and they do not take into ac-
count any other factors."
Dr. Campbell said the Southwestern
figures Boren released, which showed
464 employes in January and 702 in Oc-
tober. an increase of 238 or a whopping
51 3 per cent, were totally in error
Campbell said January included only
11 working days at Southwestern, while
October had 22 working days Since
Boren's figures were based on the
number of employes working a full
month, it created a false impression
Actually, Campbell said. South-
western had 396 67 fulltime employes
in January and 403 66 in October, an
HOWEVER, HF. said he will stand
ready to see the draft reinstated if he
finds that the United States military
cannot attain the necessary military
manpower through the volunteer sys-
tem
In a brief opening statement. Rum-
sfeld said he recognizes the National
Guard and reserve units as “increas-
ingly indispensable" in the United
States total defense concept and will
work to increase the readiness of the
reserve forces
sfeld, designated by President Ford to
be the new secretary of defense
“One thing we cannot afford," Kis-
singer said, "is this constant bickering
between our senior officials "
His remarks supported the view that
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HE SAID the policy of pursuing de-
tente with the Soviet Union is “useful"
and that he supports attempts to find
areas where U.S and Soviet interests
may converge
However, he said that in cases where
the two countries' interests may not
coincide, "there is no reason to agree
to something that is not in our inter-
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Boren Aide Admits College Pay Report Inaccurate
(KIAHOMA CITY (AP) - Aides to
• Gov. David Boren conceded today
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By The Constitution Staff
CITY COUNCIL approval Tuesday
night of a new downtown parking land
package closed what officials consid-
ered a major gap in Lawton's efforts to
present an attractive shopping mall
deal to potential developers
Since the urban renewal project's in-
ception in late 1969, no one could tell a
developer exactly what the parking
land would cost.
That and other financial hurdles
have contributed to the mall s delay
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The high Thursday is expected
Bicentennial Commission, the
wagon train pilgrimage includes au
thentic covered wagons — altered
somewhat to stand up to the rigors
of modern road beds — drawn by
two teams of horses
Each state in the continental U.S.
will dispatch a wagon from its capi-
tal to link up with other wagons on
the national trails Stops will be
made in cities and towns along the
route to meet the local residents
and receive signed scrolls prepared
by each bicentennial community
reaffirming faith in America on its
200th birthday.
es in agencies under his control
They said the higher education fig-
ures were included to avoid criticism
since higher education employment
had increased and they wanted to show
the complete picture
Holmes said the higher education
figures Boren released, showing an in-
crease of 1.553 in the number of full-
time-equivalant employes from Ja-
nuary to October, “were included sim-
ply to show the problem ”
Asked if that meant he could not
vouch for the accuracy of the figures.
Holmes replied. “We never did. Those
of those new employes were required
for a new medical records program in
the figures Boren released last week
showing soaring employment at some
on cuts in the number of state employ-
date for the Democratic presidential
nomination next year
In response to another Jackson ques-
tion. Rumsfeld said he had nothing to
do with the ouster of Secretary of De-
fense James R Schlesinger
In fact, Rumsfeld said, he gave
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NEW YORK (AP) — An Overseas
National Airways DUH jetliner on a
charter flight to Germany burst into
flames on take off at Kennedy Airport
this afternoon but the pilot brought the
craft to a halt in time to allow all 139
persons aboard to escape, officials re-
ported
the biological sciences department,
and three others were required by new
federal grants
The Southwestern president also said
his school had 4.200 students in Ja-
nuary and had 4,961 in October, an in-
crease of 761
Holmes and Pyron also said some of
the other higher education figures un-
doubtedly were misleading, but they
said they did not check them as care-
fully as the figures for other state
agencies because Boren does not have
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By SKIP GIBSON
Lawton’s two-cent sales tax has netted the city over
$250,000 more the first nine months of this year than during
the same period in 1974, according to Oklahoma Tax Com-
mission figures.
The city this month received its latest sales tax revenue
check from the state for September collections The check
boosted the 1975 total to $2,752,947 56, compared to
$2,496,224.59 for the same period last year.
The November disbursement, $317,762.31, is for September
business reported to the commission during October
Half of Lawton’s two-cent sales tax goes to the general
fund. The other half goes to the sinking fund to pay off
bonded indebtedness.
The November payment to Lawton was part of more than
$8 million distributed to 354 cities and towns in Oklahoma
It exceeded Lawton’s November 1974 check by $30,703.89
The sales tax has offered a steady source of growth reve-
nue to Lawton, both for annual operations and bond debt re-
tirement.
The first three months of this fiscal year, July, August,
and September, the total gain is $97,272.
and develop more than 950,000 square
feet of parking area, thus taking the
burden off a developer’s shoulders
Four recommendations were
adopted Public funds will purchase
and develop the parking land The
public will retain ownership Mainte-
nance. lighting and operation will be
the only costs left to the developer
The recommendations were initiated
last week by the Lawton Parking Au-
thority
A city council urban renewal com
mittee adopted them nearly word for
word and recommended adoption by
the full council
in other action, councilmen avoided
taking a position either for or against
the Lawton School Board's proposed
$4 5 million bond issue slated Dec 9
Action on the mall parking came lat-
er in the regular session
Council urban renewal committee
chairman Donald Aust called for and
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Rumsfeld said President Ford has
promised him, if he is confirmed by
the Senate as secretary of defense, to
give him a “full and dear hearing on
defense and national security issues.”
Rumsfeld was asked about his po-
tential political ambitions by Sen
Henry M Jackson, D-Wash., a candi-
“WE MUST now not swing to the
other extreme of not realizing some of
the benefits that the UN, with all of
its failings, still has for the United
States ”
Kissinger said the administration
has not decided on any specific course
of action He pointed out that, with the
large number of countries voting for
the U N resolution on Zionism, a deci-
sion by the United States to apply eco-
nomic sanctions would amount to a
major change in U.S foreign policy
However, he added, "a continuation
of these votes must have an impact on
our bilateral and multilateral rela-
tions ”
Lawton's Bicentennial Commis-
sion will be distributing scrolls in
January for Lawton residents to
sign Scrolls will be circulated
through schools, civic clubs,
churches and other organizations
The signed scrolls will be earned
by representatives of riding clubs
out to meet the bicentennial wagon |
as it approaches Lawton from Wal- l
ters along U S 261
Mike Loye, a member of the Law-
ton Rangers and the Lawton Bicen-
tennial C ommission said he expects
the prairie schooner to leave Wal-
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By DENNIS LANG
SOME people apparently have
• a deep-rooted fondness for
trees
After a small tree was cut
down on C Avenue in front of
the new Lucille's clothing store,
now under construction at 415
C, City Councilman Rex Givens
swore out a municipal criminal
complaint against owner Mrs
Lucille Saffa, 1115 Cherry
“I think there are not enough
trees in Lawton, especially
downtown She had no right
whatsoever to cut down the tree
because it was on public prop-
erty and therefore belongs to
the public," Givens said
According to a city ordinance
“every person who without
WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald H
Rumsfeld, nominated by President
Ford to be secretary of defense, as-
sured Congress today he is "totally
dedicated to a strong defense posture
for the United States."
He told the Senate Armed Services
Committee that he will devote his total
energy as secretary to maintaining
military strength
Rumsfeld testified at a confirmation
hearing on his nomination to succeed
James R Schlesinger in the top civil-
ian defense position
PliiSBURGH (AP) — Secretary of
State Henry A Kissinger said today
the United Nations vote equating Zion-
ism with racism “was extremely un-
helpful and highly irresponsible" in ef-
forts to bring lasting peace to the
Middle East
However, Kissinger said, “we have
to keep the American reaction in some
bounds "
In reply to questions at a news con-
ference here, Kissinger said "We went
through a period in which the United
Nations was described as the best hope
of humanity. That was exaggerated
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MONTGOMERY, Ala (AP) - Gov
George C Wallace, billing himself as
"the people's choice," officially an-
nounced his bid for the Democratic
presidential nomination today with a
firmly spoken call for a “political revo-
lution."
Wallace, cheered on by about 300
supporters in a crowded motel banquet
hall, spoke loudly at times from his
wheel chair to deride those who ques-
tioned his health. He said he was "able
to wage an active campaign in the
United States and shall do so "
Wallace disavowed any third party-
intentions and predicted "a political
revolution at the ballot box in the pri-
maries of 1976 "
Looking fit and fielding questions
from newsmen after a brief speech de-
claring his candidacy, Wallace said
that middle America is "not going to
allow a repeat of the 1972 convention."
The partially paralyzed governor,
who lost his bid for the nomination to
Sen George McGovern four years ago,
said that the Democratic party had
been taken over by the "ultra liberal
exotic left."
Wallace was surrounded by his fami-
ly. including his wife Cornelia, at the
announcement before supporters and
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CLEANING FLUID FIRE. Lawton Fire Marshal Ray Catlin, second
from left, and city firefighters examine smouldering debris from a
blaze today at Tom Brown Optical Service, 1408 W. Gore. The
fire broke out when fumes from an acetone cleaning fluid were
ignited by a heater and caused an estimated $40,000 damage
to optical materials inside the building. (Staff Photo)
By LYNN CALLISON
A REPLAY of early western his-
h tory will roll slowly through
the Lawton area Feb 13 as the na-
tional Bicentennial Wagon Train
Pilgrimage winds its way along an
old southern trail route from Hous-
ton to Valley Forge, Penn
Across America, early 18th Cen-
tury wagon trails have come to life
again as the national Bicentennial
Wagon Train Pilgrimage retraces
the historic routes that brought the
nation's settlers over the Allegheny
Mountains into the western Plains
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate
Banking Committee today killed the
nomination of former Georgia con-
gressman Ben B Blackburn to head
the Federal Home Loan Bank Board af-
ter vigorous objections to his votes
against fair housing and civil rights
bills.
The 8-to-5 vote crossed party lines
and marked the first time in the mem-
ory of veteran senators that a presi-
dential nomination of a former con-
gressman was rejected
Debate Heated
The vote was preceded by a soft-spo-
ken but intense debate which was
heard by reporters only because of the
recent passage of the so-called "Sun
shine" resolution which permits closed
committee sessions to be opened to the
press and public
Sen Edward Brooke. R Mass , who
said he had never previously voted
against a nominee to come before the
committee said he did so now because
he believes Blackburn's philosophy is
one of "insensitivity to the rights and
needs of racial minorities in the United
States "
Blackburn Defended
Other senators defended Blackburn
Sen John Tower. R Tex , said he be-
lieved the nominee when he said he
would uphold the law despite his per-
sonal philosophy and his voting record
during three House terms
The committee's vote means the
nomination cannot reach the Senate
floor and is dead unless President
Ford re-submits it
Chairman William Proxmire, D-Wis .
announced Tuesday he would vote to
reject the nomination of Blackburn, 48.
an Atlanta Republican, because he be
lieves Blackburn is “absolutely 1.000
per cent wrong in declaring that vot-
ing is not a right but a privilege that
should be qualified by some form of
literacy test
Views Criticized
"This position that voting is not a
right is a disqualifier right there,"
Proxmire told the committee "I don't
see how we could vote for a man with
his views. "
Sen Jesse Helms, R NC . said he
believed the only reason Blackburn
was rejected was because he is a con-
servative
Those voting for the nomination
were Tower, Helms, and Sens Jake
Garn, R-Utah, John Sparkman, D-
Ala and Robert Morgan, D-N C
Voting to reject the nomination were
Brooke, Proxmire and Sens Harrison
A Williams Jr D-N J . Thomas J
McIntyre, D-N H , Alan Cranston, D-
Calif., Adlai Stevenson, D-Ill., Joseph
R Biden, D-Del , and Robert Pack-
wood R Ore
The Federal Home Loan Bank Board
can influence the amount of home
mortgages available to minorities
through its regulation of the savings
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state colleges and universities were in-
accurate, but they said Boren had nev-
„ er claimed they were totally accurate
guilty of an offense Dr Leonard Campbell, president of
The maximum Penalty if Southwestern State University at
found guilty of the crime is a Weatherford, had said the figures Bo-
1100 fine, according to city ren released on his school were totally
prosecutor Dan Brown inaccurate Several other college presi-
Mrs Saffa pleaded innocent dents also have said Boren's figures
to the charge Friday. She was are misleading
granted a jury Dec. But ROb Pyron, Borens press secre.
17 and posted a $20 bond. tary , sven Holmes. one of the gov -
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