AIM Chief and Aides Head to Washington Peace Talks
An AIM delegation including Russell Means and Leonard Crow Dog leaves Wounded Knee for Washington to press a presidential treaty commission and broader actions. Means is free on 25 000 bond after arraignment on multiple charges. others sign six point agreement ending the siege and outline federal investigations, lawsuits, and a treaty review with White House aides.
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Washington
Wounded Knee
Russell Means
American Indian Movement
Leonard Crow Dog
AIM
Ramon Roubideaux
Torrenzo Bad Cobb
Oglala
Hank Adams
Capital
Leonard Garment
Nixon
U.S. Atty
Kent Frizzell
Rapid City
Pine Ridge Reservation
Justice Department
White House
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S.C
U.S
James Wilson
Stanford Adelstein
Clyde Bellecourt
Carter Camp
Pedro Bissonnette
Rogers outlines tariff aid and Latin America outreach at OAS
Secretary of State William Rogers told the OAS assembly the Nixon administration will ask Congress to extend generalized tariff preferences to developing countries. He said he may visit Latin America to show U.S. interest and urged regional ministers to seek world solutions beyond the hemisphere. He defended Cuba embargo and noted Latin America’s growing imports despite delays in tariff action.
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William P. Rogers
Nixon Administration
Congress
Organization of American States General Assembly
Rogers
Latin America
United States
Hemisphere
Nixon
OAS Assembly
U.S
Panama
Chile
OAS
Cuba
Mississippi River Crest Eases Hope Flood May Be Past
The Mississippi River crest at St Louis came in lower than predicted at 39.84 feet as officials say the worst of the flood may be past. Weather service notes continued risk and urges a week with no rain, while the Corps of Engineers warns pumps stay active and evacuations possible if conditions worsen. More than 1.2 million acres remain underwater from Hannibal to Cairo.
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Mississippi River
St. Louis
Weather Service
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Mississippi
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Hannibal
Cairo
Meat boycott prompts price cuts and Hill meeting plans
A major supermarket lowers prices as the week-long meat boycott nears end. Congressmen say boycott leaders from across the nation will meet on Capitol Hill Wednesday to craft further plans.
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Capitol Hill
Pentagon Pays Less For Beef Amid Boycott
The Pentagon reports lower beef prices than last December for staple cuts, while feeding 650000 service members daily. Prices for grilled steak, Swiss steak, oven roast, pot roast, and minute steaks have dropped, with the department buying about 200000 pounds daily as housewives protest rising food costs.
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Pioneer 11 heads for Jupiter on fast轨ine launch toward Saturn
America's Pioneer 11 spacecraft launches from Cape Kennedy aboard an Atlas Centaur on a 620 million mile trajectory to Jupiter. The 570 pound, 48 million dollar probe follows Pioneer 10 by 13 months and aims to test a theory of life building elements beneath Jupiter's clouds. A minor boom deployment issue was reported but not expected to affect the mission.
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Jupiter
Saturn
Cape Kennedy
Pioneer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Flight Control Center
FBI Nominee Sought As Gray Quits Race
A Justice Department official and several prominent figures are named in Washington rumor mills as possible successors to L Patrick Gray Ill after his withdrawal over the Watergate affair. Names include John Ingersoll Richard Ogilvie Matt Byrne Henry Petersen and DC Police Chief Jerry Wilson.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
FBI
Justice Department
Byrd
West Virginia
Senate
Nixon
L. Patrick Gray
Gray
Los Angeles
Atty
Richard G. Kleidienst
Senate Judiciary Committee
John Ingersoll
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ilinois
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Henry Petersen
Jerry V. Wilson
District of Columbia
Petersen
Wilson
Washington Post
Saturday Rain Possibility Slim For Lawton Area
A 30 percent chance of showers or storms is forecast for Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma on Saturday. Otherwise expect partly to mostly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with a high in the mid 70s. Tonight’s low near 50. Thursday’s high 64 and low 41.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Economy Expands as March Jobs Surge Report
Washington reports 700000 rise in civilian employment in March reaching 83.9 million, unemployment falls to 5.0 percent. Teenagers drive gains, average work week rises to 37.2 hours, and weekly earnings climb to 140.23 dollars. White, adult men, and women show mixed rates.
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Herbert Stein
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Lawton Places Second in State Community Contest
Lawton finished second to Muskogee in the Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce Community Achievement Contest. Comanche’s Marilla Ladd won the Pride in Oklahoma Essay Contest with a 1000 word essay on Oklahoma State of Accountability earning a 1000 dollar savings bond and Britannica set.
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Lawton
City of
Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma
Muskogee
Marilla Ladd
Comanche
Ladd
U. S
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Helen Patrick
Comanche High School
Don Whitaker
Oklahoma City
H. Gene Walker
Susan Apple
Lawton High School
Dwight McWilliams
Eduardo Rodas
Eisenhower High School
Patricia Arena
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