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The Daily Oklahoman from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma • 15

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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July 7, 1968 IS THE SUNDAY OKLAHOMAN State Clergy MeetatOSU Downtown Oklahoma City: There'll Be Changes Made Oklaho STILLWATER ma clergymen will meet at Oklahoma State University Sunday to begin an economia education conference. Conference topics will in clude international economic problems, consumer finance, money, credit arid banking, saving, economic values in a Judeo-Christian society and" 100 Park Avenue Building, $1.5 million Tivoli inn, $1 million. Emmer Brothers, $30,000. I nvestors Capital Building, $900,000. Kerr-McGee's 111 Kerr Avenue Building, no figure announced.

Old Oklahoma Publishing Co. building, $150,000. Skirvin and Skirvin Tower Hotels (still under way) $1 million. Earl's Ladles Wear, 311 Main, $200,000. Sooner Building (old Sears building), $60,000.

OPUBCO's Color-graphics and Webb Offset, unit blocks NW 3 and 4. ing, $3.8 million. Kermac Building, $4 million. Oklahoma Continental Apartments, $5.5 million. Oklahoma Publishing Co.

building, $3 million, New Mistletoe Express building, $1 million. Skirvin Hotel ballroom, $2 million. Downtown Holiday Inn, around $1.5 million. Southwestern Bell's new building and equipment at 111 NW 3, $4.7 million. Major remodeling and renovation during the same period, and its costs, Included: the price system.

Carl A. Beers, manager of employe and community re; latlons lor lienerai Jiieciric in Oklahoma City, is listed among guest speakers. He will discuss "Business Views Downtown Oklahoma City is undergoing a $75 million fa celif ting. New construction to cost amount or more already has been announced. Most prominent of the new buildings will be the 35-story Liberty Tower to be built by H.

T. Griffin between Main and Park Ave. on Broadway. Liberty National Bank and Trust Co. will occupy seven floors of the new structure.

The building site now is being cleared. Up the street, in a block bounded by Broadway, NW 3, Robinson and Robert S. Kerr Kerr-McGee Corp. will build a 30-story building plus a partially enclosed plaza area to be leased as retail stores. The $15 million complex will feature an underground parkinggarage.

Dean A. MeGee. board chairman-and chief executive officer, in announcing the building, called it "a NARROW ESCAPE earn Saturday for two occupants of this car, which slammed into a light pole on 1-35 and NE 63 overpass. The driver, Percy Robinson, 21, was pinned in his car for about 30 minutes but sustained only a broken leg and minor cuts and bruises. A passenger, Lincoln Crawford, received scratches.

Wrecker crews chained the car to the pole to keep the car from rolling down an embankment. the American Economy. The conferenc ends Thursday. continuing expression of our confidence in the community and Oklahoma City." Fidelity National Bank and Trust Co. plans a $6 million, 15-floor office tower and three-story bank building in the next block west of Kerr-McGee.

A sprawling, $22.9 million convention center will become a reality if an $18 million bond issue is approved in the July 16 election. The center will be located between Sheridan and Reno and Robinson and new Santa Fe. Construction of two municipal parking garages is virtually assured. One with a capacity, a minimum of four levels and a maximum of seven, will be on new Santa Fe between Main and Kerr Ave. The other, a 400-car garage will have at least four levels and not more than six.

It is to be on the northeast corner of Broadway and Kerr Ave. The combined garages will cost about $4 million and will be financed by revenue bonds. On the east side of Broadway between Kerr Ave. and NW 3 will be the previously announced Liberty National Bank drive-in. No cost estimate has been announced.

Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. plans a six-story addition to its new building at 111 NW 3. The addition Rugged Colonial Bunk Bed Outfits Complete with Mattresses and Springs 7 Sears SAVE $2587 to $298 3 Groups Help Boost Bond Drive 8-Pc. Colonial Outfits with Serofoam Mattresses Heavy hardwood bunk in rich SAVE $25.87 lawn Diown lu i -71 two twin beds. Regular 1 nr.

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All of this will be in ad- New Jobs Division of thel campaign. Thomas II. Flesher wa: dition to more than $35 million worth of construc appointed chairman of the tion and major remodeling Civic clubs committee, witn that has taken place down Jim Bowlin named to head town during the past five the aviation industry committee 'of the new jobs years. Major construction and its, costs during that period Members of the retail committee are George Y. Al nas mciuaea: len.

Charles Boagart, Robert Fidelity National's D. Crowe, Dwight uavis, J. Duplantis, J. H. Hamby, drive-in at NW 4 and Robinson, $500,000.

Sheraton Oklahoma Hotel's ballroom, $3 Kermit Hardwlck, Kenneth Jinks, J. Harold Land, Jim Quillian, Herb Schall, Roger Smith, Frank Swan, Austin Troxel, Charlei Truhitte and County Office Build Jim Bradshaw. Lights of City 8-Pc. Spindle Style Bunks with Serofoam Mattresses Run Astronomers Members tit the civic clubs committee are Charles L. Unger, Jim Brlggs.

Lem Jones, A. Neal, Vernon Cook, Bill Lane, Gabe Za-blatnik, Lee Allan Smith, Al Out of Town NEW YORK (AP) O'Connor, Ted J. Davis, Nor that glitters in New York man Morse. Charles B. Stuart, Mike Dudley, City is not good for the Co- lumoia university astrono Authentically styled Colonial bunks of maple finished hardwood convert to two twin beds.

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The university said Satur Jack LaMonte, Karl R. Wheland, Mrs. Warren K. Jordan, Robert C. Kumler, Tom Parrington, Gaylon Stacy, Tom Smith, John Blackford and Philip Chandler.

Members of the aviation day tnat tne "illuminated haze" that often enveloDS Manhattan has made the de partment's 12-inch telescope Industry committee are virtually unusable. The ob NO MONEY DOWN on Sears Easy Payment Plan Lloyd Catlin, Robert Word, V. R. Westbrook, Robert S. Kerr.

Charles M. servatory is atop a classroom building on the Morn-ingslde Heights camrjus. Brooks, Dan Oreutt, John Thompson, Al Pollard, A new $200,000, 24-Inch reflector telescope will be built on Mt. Orama in the Rama-po Mountains near Harrl-man, N. the university Tames Gagnon, L.

V. Van r-Torn. Hnskel Blair, Walt1 Bowden, Ralph Ball. W. Smith, Bill Patton, Clarence saia, wnere ine city ugnts won't Interfere wilh science.

Page and Bob uson, BOND ISSUE SQuESTION Boxj 8-Pc. Bookcase Style Colonial Bunk Outfits 8-Pc. Spindle Style Colonial Bunk Outfits Do you have a question about the upcoming July 16 Oklahoma City bond issue election? If so, simply drop It in the mall to Bond Issue Question, Post Office Box 25125, Oklnhoma City, and The Daily Oklahomari will answer it for you. Today' questions: QUESTION: Will any of the money in the proposed street bond issue go toward relieving the daily traffic Jams around the Classen Circle? ANSWER (by Pat Brian, city bond issue co-ordinating engineer): Yes, indirectly the situation at Classen traffic circle will be helped by approval of the street bonds. By paying our one-tenth share of right of way costs for the Interstate routes in Oklahoma City, as proposed In this bond Issue, we get the other nine-tenths of right of way plus all the construction cosls paid for by the state find federal governments.

The state plans a Clnsson Circle bypaRs at: Bolle Isle lake, and Is risking for the city share on right of way to keop this find othor city freeway projeqts on schedule. QUESTION: Why Is nn employe of the city, the mayor's secretary, being allowed to work full time at bond issue headquarters? ANSWER (by Mayor Norlck): The person referred to is Mrs. Glenda Phillips, She Is not on the city payroll but is eratary to Norlck Bros, printing company, a po-sition she hi held -stnee 1959; She is working at bond fMadquarters to co-ordinate activities thart. SAVE 26.87 Regular SAVE 26.87 Regular 176.75 14988 Rugged maple finished hardwood bunk made from 2-in. stock converts to two twin beds with handy bookcases.

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