Lon Nol Resigns as Cambodian Premier Sick with Stroke
Phnom Penh reports say Lon Nol resigned citing ill health after a stroke on February 8 in Honolulu. Lon Non predicts a quick return with a new cabinet while observers debate a full, clean house and a possible government reorganization. The 57 year old had led the ouster of Prince Sihanouk in 1970 and had earlier faced political uncertainty.
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Lon Nol
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Hawaii
Sisowath Sirik Matak
Lon Non
Cheng Heng
U.S
Honolulu
Sihanouk
Washington
Norodom Sihanouk
Sharp named president of Oklahoma University
Dr. Paul F. Sharp, president of Drake University since 1966, was named president of the University of Oklahoma and will assume office around August 15. Interim president Dr. Pete Kyle McCarter has led OU since Hollomon’s resignation last September.
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Paul F. Sharp
Drake University
University of Oklahoma
Sharp
J. Herbert Hollomon
Pete Kyle McCarter
Hollomon
City Delays Salvage Yard Study and Bids
City delays a salvage yard study as four firms’ proposals are opened and referred to a five member committee. The council also approves a $12,917 contract with Urban Transportation and Planning Association for a traffic study and sets a May 10 hearing with the State Highway Department.
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Urban Transportation and Planning Association of
New Orleans
State Highway Department
Highway Department
Oklahoma storms injure six and drop heavy rain
Storms across Oklahoma last night injured six people in a tornado near Seminole and dumped up to more than two inches of rain in eastern districts. Western areas cleared while temperatures rose into the 60s and 70s as the weather system moved east.
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Wister
Zoe
LeFlore
Hartshorne
Heavener
Arkansas
Mills Propose Swift Minimum Wage Increase in House
News in brief covers a Mills driven bill to raise the minimum wage from 1.60 to 2 dollars per hour with hearings on a slower alternative. A Bank of America branch in Berkeley suffered a pipe bomb blast causing structural damage and injuries. A Newark indictment names a former bank president and four stockbrokers on conspiracy and bank funds charges exceeding 10 million dollars. A Bangkok fire killed 25 foreigners and others. USW votes to merge with District 50 of ATW, creating the world’s largest industrial union with 1.5 million members.
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Washington
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Berkeley
Calif
Bank of America
Newark
N.J
New Jersey Bank
U.S. Atty
Herbert J. Stern
Eatontown National Bank
Douglas J. Schotte
Lincroft
Pittsburgh, Pa
United Steelworkers Executive Board
District 50
Allied & Technical Workers
United States
Canada
USW
United Steelworkers
Soviet Fighters Going To Ceylon
Six MIG 17 jets with crews are to operate from Ceylon near Colombo to fight ultraleftist insurgents. Sixty technicians are based at Brown's Beach Hotel near Katunayake Airport where the aircraft will be stationed. Arrival was expected by Wednesday and observers doubt the jets will affect the rebel tactics.
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Ceylon
Soviet Union
Brown's Beach Hotel
Katunayake
Cyclon
Fort Sill to Host Armed Forces Day Parade May 15
Lawton gears up for the annual Armed Forces Day parade on Saturday May 15 at 10 am. Fort Sill will showcase units from III Corps Artillery with CWO Owen C Kirby leading the parade band and drum corps. The display includes a mounted element with 105 mm howitzers and missiles culminating in Honest John and Pershing rockets.
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E Nation
Lawton
Armed Forces
Fort Sill
Iander
III Corps Artillery
CWO
Owen C. Kirby
Artillery Combat Leader
Lawton Sees Light Rain and Hail Across Region
Intermittent showers and hail drenched the Lawton area with up to .78 inches of moisture. Gore and Lard Fire Station reported .78 inches and hail, while other sites recorded varying amounts including Fort Sill .28 and Lake Lawtonka .50. Forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy skies, highs around 70, and winds 15 to 25 mph.
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Gore
Lard
Constitution Press
Fort Sill
Lake Lawtonka
Lake Ellsworth
Grandfield
Meers
Wildlife Refuge
Hobart
Altus
Sterling
Oklahoma
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