Rainmakers to Begin Work Here Soon in Lawton
The article reports plans to deploy silver iodide generators around Lawton’s watershed to induce rain. Krick, hired previously, will set up a ring of devices around Lake Lawtonka and Lake Ellsworth as forecasts hinted a major storm near April 18. Cotton County farmers and ranchers are raising funds to support the project.
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Krick
Lawton
Lake
Lawtonka
Lake Ellsworth
Cotton County
Knick
James Kinder Sr
Cotton County Farm Bureau Board
Irving P. Krick
Cotton County Wheat Growers Association
Walters
Ferdie Deering
Farmer-Stockman Magazine
Gov. Hall
Deering
United States
Kinder
Oklahoma survey shows Edmondson leads in Democratic race
Edmondson holds 49.5 percent of Democratic votes with Nesbitt at 32.9 and Rogers at 6.1 in a sample in Edmondson Bartlett contest. Bartlett dominates GOP with 80 percent. Wilkinson 17 percent. Runoff shows Edmondson 57 percent over Nesbitt, while Bartlett trails both. Weather-modification funding eyed in Cotton County as drought lingers in Lawton with Krick contracted for runoff.
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Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Edmondson
Bartlett
Caster
Nesbitt
John Rogers
Jed Johnson
John Smith
Senate
al Terrill
Clara Luper
GOP
Oklahoma University
Bud Wilkinson
Bud Stewart
Edmonson
Rogers
Johnson
Super
Terrill
Smith
Rumors Delay unit deployment near Phu Bai Vietnam
About 100 soldiers balked at manning a forward defense position near Phu Bai but 45 only went after warning that absence would endanger another U S unit. The U S Command said no one refused orders and the 600 man task force moved in to secure the area south of Hue.
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Phu Bai
Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Hue
196Th Infantry Brigade
Farm price concern sparks talk of controls
Grayson criticizes Earl Butz over rising food prices and says the Price Commission may recommend controls on raw farm products or tighter limits on middlemen and grocers if costs keep climbing. Butz was in Moscow today and did not testify.
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Grayson
Secretary of Agriculture
Earl Butz
Price Commission
Butz
Moscow
Ultimatum to Nixon on prisoner release sparks armed group plan
Lindstrom, a Prospect Heights clergyman, leads 118 volunteers ready to form a combat unit if Nixon fails to secure the release of some U S prisoners within 30 days. He says a European mercenary, equivalent to a one star general and possibly Belgian, would command the force. The group demands use of U S military power and intelligence to free prisoners from the Douglas MacArthur brigade.
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Nixon
U.S
Douglas MacArthur
Lindstrom
Prospect Heights
Dil
Rockets Hit Da Nang as North Vietnamese push advances
North Vietnamese divisions threaten Da Nang and Kompong Track while renewed fighting spills into southern Cambodia and the Mekong Delta. Reports say Dak To and Tan Canh shelled. 100 NVA killed near Dak To and 13 South Vietnamese killed with 15 wounded. An Loc area sees armored columns under bombardment on Highway 13.
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Cambodia
Vietnam
Mekong
Kompong
Phnom Penh
Central Highlands
Saigon
Dak To
Tan Canh
Associated Press
Lynn C. Newland
Highway 13
Chon Thanh
An Loc
Two Oklahoma Traffic Deaths Reported In Week
A Henryetta woman died in an early morning two car crash on old U.S. 270 in Okmulgee County. A Drumright man who was injured Sunday died today in a Tulsa hospital. Oklahoma’s 1972 traffic toll rose to 197.
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Henryetta
Okmulgee
Drumright
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Ramona Lee Gilroy
U.S. 270
Dennis David Saliba
Nixon administration weighs next steps in Vietnam talks
Press secretary says Porter may travel to Paris soon for a possible pronouncement from Nixon. Officials deny any link to Paris talks and call North Vietnamese push as propaganda. Ford and Kissinger briefed lawmakers, noting public backing as South Vietnam faces invasion and potential further troop withdrawals after May 1 remain conditional on circumstances.
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Porter
Paris
Ziegler
U.S
Nixon
United States
South Vietnam
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Scott
Stock Market Rises on Earnings Hope Amid Vietnam Concerns
New York stock prices advance in heavy trading driven by first quarter earnings optimism and rising forecasts. The Dow Jones average climbs 8.80 to 971.40 as gainers outpace losers two to one with broad participation.
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New York
Vietnam
United Aircraft
IRS warns on unscrupulous tax preparers and fraud
Walters reported 53 arrests and 49 indictments with 11 convictions, while 254 investigations are ongoing. He criticized fly by night preparers and noted about 1,200 firms produce reasonably competent returns, with 1,800 firms linked to fraud. Innocent victims exist, but prosecutions will target both preparers and taxpayers. Taxpayers urged to file amended returns if aided by fraudulent preparers.
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Walters
IRS
Venus Visible at Noon in Brightest Sky Conjunction
In a favorable solar alignment Venus becomes visible at midday to the unaided eye. Observers report a bright planet discernible against the daylight sky during peak elongation.
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Venus
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