Nixon Inauguration Journeys Through Personal Reflections
A city woman recalls a decade of social life and growth from childhood at Irving Grade School to her role as a Republican campaign admirer, leading up to Nixon's inauguration. She describes travel to Washington via American Airlines, the festivity of the historic week, and her hope grandchildren read of the experience. She notes the broader preparation around an inauguration.
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Cuba
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Dwight David Eisenhower
United States
Southeastern State College Chorale Performs at Henryetta High
The Southeastern State College chorale directed by George Smith will perform at Henryetta High School auditorium at 2 15 p m on Wednesday as the last stop of its inter semester tour. The select choir has appeared in New York Washington D C and Mexico City and helped open HemisFair 68 and Oklahoma Legislature session. A men's quartet will be featured and the program includes a wide variety of music with light numbers. The group will spend the night at Fountainhead Lodge Lake Eufaula before returning to Durant.
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Southeastern State College Chorale
Henryetta High School
George Smith
New York
Washington, D.C
Mexico City
HemisFair
Oklahoma
Fountainhead Lodge
Lake Eufaula
Durant
Nixon peace effort pledge noted in report
Police in Henryetta described a robbery at the Pitchers home on a Friday night. Two masked men robbed Mr. and Mrs. Pitcher as they watched television, one grabbing the husband by the hair and neck. Officers have a car description, questioned a dozen witnesses, and are tracing leads.
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Henryetta
Robert A. Pitcher
N. 11
Jack Summers
Pitcher
Nixon vows peace and unity in inaugural address
Washington reports Nixon, sworn in as 37th president, pledges to heal national divisions and pursue peace among nations. He calls for ending angry rhetoric, advancing civil rights, and seeking open world cooperation while insisting on peaceful competition with the Communist bloc. Security is triply tightened for the ceremony and parade.
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Richard Milhous Nixon
United States
Capitol
Nixon
America
Amerca
Vietnam
Barl Warren
Spiro T. Agnew
Isiah
Mer Shark
Pat
Pennsylvania Avenue
Secret Service
Earth
Toru
Henryetta Council Maps Airport Projects and Court Reform
Henryetta city council will vote Tuesday night on eighty thousand four hundred dollars in airport construction work. It will likely approve the lighting project bid by Crane Electric Co. of Henryetta at eighteen thousand three hundred forty three dollars, under estimate. Bids on an eighty by twenty foot hangar are expected to be rejected. Star Builders of Tulsa bid fifty nine thousand four hundred twenty dollars, above the estimate of fifty seven thousand. Also on the agenda is a new municipal court ordinance to align with state reform.
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Crane Electric Co
Star Builders of
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