Gilley Trails Whitaker In Early Recount Vote Losses Mount
Incumbent Mayor Wayne Gilley dropped five votes by noon as the recount of Tuesday's election moved past the halfway mark. With 18 of 37 precincts counted, Whitaker led 3,838 to 3,700, while Gilley net lost five after shifts in Grove and other precincts.
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Gilley
Wayne Gilley
Don Whitaker
Grove
J. N. Logan
County Election Board
Whit
Aker
Whitaker
John P. Fullerton
Bob Gilley
Jim Tyner
Warren Wolverton
Eugene Bowman
Glenn Seay
Patterson
Kennedy—Gilley
Wilson—Whitaker
Garfield—Gilley
Grove—Gilley
T. D. Nicklas
Don E. Whitaker
Raymond Valliant
Lindsey Whitten
Mervil Hamm
Alfred Ferrer
LURA Approves Rose Hill Renewal and Downtown Land Sale
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority approves a 3.9 million Rose Hill renewal project adjoining Pleasant Valley after a public hearing with no opposition. The board also votes to begin a preliminary sale of 14 acres of downtown land to developers for a proposed mall entertainment complex motel and office building.
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Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
LURA
Rose Hill
Pleasant Valley
Dallas
Lawton
Charles F. Tupper
W. C. Hutcheson
Drake Cook
Urban Renewal Board
Military attacks hit Saigon region bases as Viet Cong shell civilians
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked Da Nang Lai Khe and Vi Thanh bases with rockets and mortars. Civilian casualties were reported as several towns endured damage while U.S. bombers increased pressure on enemy positions.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Mekong
Iiations
U.S. 20Th Engineer Brigade
da Nang
Holloway
Dak
Highlands
5Th Infantry Division
Lai Khe
Vi Thanh
Mekong Delta
U.S
Delta
United States
Easter Sunrise Pageant Draws Large Crowd In Mild Weather
Warm dry weekend expected boosts turnout for Wichita Mountains Easter Sunrise Service at the Holy City of the Wichitas. About 350 participants will perform the three hour dramatization from birth to resurrection starting around 2 a.m. Sunday.
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Wichita Mountains
Julian Howard
Wildlife Refuge
Wes Miller
Civil Air Patrol
Lawton
Holiday Inn
Ramada Inn
Jesus Christ
Pleasant Easter Weather Seen in Lawton Oklahoma
Fair skies and mild temperatures forecast for Easter weekend in Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma. Readings in the upper 70s predicted for Saturday after a low tonight in the mid-40s. This afternoon’s high should reach the mid-70s with northeast winds of 15 to 25 mph.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Nixon Action OK Calley Judge Says
Military judge Col Reid W Kennedy said he would have released Lt William L Calley Jr from confinement if Nixon had not intervened The President has the right to review any case Kennedy noted in Homestead Air Force Base interview Calley was convicted of premeditated murders of at least 22 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai and sentenced to life in prison before Nixon ordered his stockade release The judge also commented on Capt Aubrey Daniels letter praising Nixon actions
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Qa Fla
Reid W. Kennedy
William L. Calley Jr
Nixon
Kennedy
Homestead Air Force Base
Calley
My Lai
Patrick J
Washington
Baltimore News American
Aubrey Daniel
Daniel
Two Men Save Youth After Wolves Attack
At the San Diego zoo two visitors beat back a pack of wolves with tree limbs to rescue a 15 year old boy, David Williams. He underwent surgery and was listed in satisfactory condition at Mercy Hospital.
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San Diego
Calif
San Diego Zoo
David Williams
Palos Verdes Estates
Los Angeles
Young Williams
Mercy Hospital
Charles Sedgwick
Zoo
Jim W. Voorhis
Fallbrook
William E. Gra
Ham
Voorhis
Mary Ann Williams
Soviet Politburo Shakeup Elevates Podgorny Over Kosygin
Soviet Premier Brezhnev keeps top rank but Nikolai Podgorny rises to second, replacing Kosygin who falls to third as the Politburo announces after the 24th party congress. Podgorny’s move signals limits on Brezhnev power while favoring consumer goods over heavy industry.
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OSCOW
Communist Party
Leonid L. Brezhnev
Sovietiet Union
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Podgorny
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Whle Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
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Faanine
Drake Hutcheson
Tupper
Pleasant Valley Project
Garfield and
Llth
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Mth Place
Georgia Avenue
15Th Street
Bishop Road
Rose Hill Area
Model Cities
Lee Blvd
George Wilson
Kosygin
Viktor V. Grishin
Moscow Party
Dinmukhamed A. Kunayev
Kazakhstan
Fyodor D. Kulakov
Kunayev
Shcherbitsky
Kulakov
Grishin
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