Soviets Back Vietnam Aid Despite U S Air Raids
Moscow says it will continue to supply necessary assistance to North Vietnam in face of U S accusations of responsibility for air raids. Krasnaya Zvezda claims American aggression harms Indochina and vows ongoing Soviet support to repel what it calls aggression.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
Defense Ministry
Krasnaya Zvezda
Red Star
Washington
United States
Indochina
Vietnam
Memorial Expansion Bonds Sold By Comanche County Hospital
A $4.5 million revenue bond issue for Comanche County Memorial Hospital expansion was sold to UMIC Inc Memphis Tenn. at 5.337 percent, with net interest cost of 6 130 774 02. Sale awaits county commissioners approval. Other bids were from Merrill Lynch and several firms.
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Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Urbane Skinner
Fletcher
John Coffey
Frank J. Lovell
Paul Johanning
Oklahoma City
Board of Trustees
Umic Inc
Memphis, Tenn
Umic Inec
Comanche County Board of Commissioners
Sheridan Bank
UMIC
Aete
Hospital Board of Trustees
Merrill, Lynch
East African VC10 crash kills over sixty near Addis Ababa
An East African Airways VC10 crashed on takeoff for Rome and London with 106 aboard. More than 60 are reported dead, many believed to be British.
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Addis Ababa
East African Airways
Rome
London
Patrol Center Contract Let by Lawton Authority
Lawton Industrial Development Authority awarded a contract to W. D. Ford and Sons for 177 402 to build a new highway patrol headquarters within the Great Plains Tourist Center at Seventh and East Gore Boulevard. The project team will also add a 1 750 square foot tourist information center funded by the State Industrial Development and Parks Department.
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Highway Patrol
W. D. Ford and Sons
Great Plains
Seventh
East Gore Boulevard
Trust Authority
McMahon Foundations
McMahon Foundation
Wes Miller
State Industrial Development and Parks Department Commission
Weather generators ready as rain threatens Oklahoma
Ten silver iodide ground generators from Irving P. Krick are in place across towns including West Cache Road, Chattanooga, Temple, Duncan and Hobart ready for cloud seeding operations. Forecasts show 20 percent rain chances this afternoon with 3 percent tonight and Wednesday. Lawton winds will gust up to 20 mph. The city council previously approved Krick’s cloud seeding contract for 27,000 dollars over a year to set up the devices by April 18.
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Oklahoma
Irving P. Krick
Paul Caubin
Krick
Caubin
Caucin
Eraters
West Cache Road
Chattanooga
Temple
Duncan
Rush Springs
Tipton
Eldorado
Mangum
Hobart
Hollis
National Weather Service
Lawton
Dr. Krick
Tivity
Nixon halts air strikes north of Hanoi to pressure North Vietnam
Reports say U S air attacks paused above the 20th Parallel as Nixon weighs North Vietnam's response to its South Vietnam offensive. Saigon sources note continued raids south of Hanoi while Laird denies suspending attacks north of the line.
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North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Nixon
Saigon
Melvin R. Laird
Washington
Demilitarized Zone
19Th Parallel
Laird
Bull Elephant Rescues Car From Ditch At Circus Lot
A motorist drove into a ditch in the Cameron College parking area while watching animals from the Carson and Barnes Circus. A bull elephant, trained by the circus, pulled the car out on the first attempt with a chain attached to the bumper. The woman, embarrassed, was scheduled to perform later at 4:30 and 8 p.m. at 38th and Gore.
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Robert Boyd
Carson and Barnes
Cameron College
Boyd
Gore
City Water Use Tops 12.3 Million Gallons Daily
Lawton Fort Sill area records show average daily water use of 13.367 million gallons in the first three and a half months of this year, up from 12.352 million in early 1971. February marked the largest jump, with 13.687 million gallons daily vs 12.155 million in February 1971, while a mayoral appeal to curb waste helped slow the rise in mid April.
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Awton
Fort Sill
Lawton-Fort Sill
Apollo 16 Moon Mission Troubles Resolved by Crew
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr. and Thomas K. Mattingly II fixed guidance and antenna glitches during early flight as Apollo 16 inched toward its rendezvous with the moon. They reset switch logic in the command ship and repaired radio links while star sightings continued. The craft hovered about 190 000 miles from Earth and 50 000 miles from the moon as paint flaked on the lunar lander Ori.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Moon
Earth
Mattingly
Jupiter
Wage Price Program Working Panel Told
Government wage price controls show progress Grayson says up to 10 percent of large firms may earn illegal excess profits He suggests price rollbacks refunds and possible food controls if inflation remains unbroken Proxmire disputes the outlook citing discouraging indicators and eroded public confidence
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Sen
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Grayson
Proxmire
City Council Drops Garage Sale Permit Fee
The council amended the garage sale ordinance to remove the $5 permit fee and the requirement to list item serial numbers. It limits sales to two per year per group, each up to three days, with a cash fine for violations. May 5 enacted.
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E City Council
Woody Wolverton
Wolverton
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Andrei Kovalev
Kremlin
Memorial Expansion Bonds
Peggy JO Ormson
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson Jr
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Bangladesh
Banghalesh
Dacca
Britain
Sayed Sultan
Commonwealth
Arnold Smith
State Supreme Court
Helsinki
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
Joseph McCann
Patrol Center
Lopment Authority
U.S. Air
By Coy Hobbs
Don Whitaker
Pace Center
Houston
Wage
By Skip Gibson
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