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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1971
Page
1
District of Columbia police broke up a Vietnam veterans antiwar demonstration on the Supreme Court steps arresting 110 protesters. Bonds were set at 10 dollars each, with donations sought for bail or fines and plans to sell blood at 25 dollars a pint.
Island nation grieves dictator Francois Duvalier who died at 64 as Jean Claude Duvalier is sworn in to succeed him. The US says it has stepped up military surveillance near Haiti to gauge the situation and prevent Cuban influence amid possible instability.
Haiti's 19 year old Jeane Claude Duvalier, named as successor and sworn in during the night, becomes president after the death of François Duvalier. Officials announced the elder Duvalier died after a three month illness, with a new cabinet named and speculation of power struggles amid an atmosphere of mourning and political change.
U S fighter bombers attacked radar controlled surface to air missiles this week amid heavy air activity. About 30 B52 bombers dropped nearly 1000 tons on supply routes depots and infiltration corridors in upper Laos and eastern Cambodia. Two F105 planes escorted the bombers and fired Shrike missiles at SAM sites inside Laos and near the Mu Gia pass. Results were unknown as enemy missiles did not fire during the engagements.
The Chinese withdrawal from the ILTF follows a visit by a U.S. Table Tennis team and a warm exchange with Premier Chou En-lai. Peking cites ILTF acceptance of Chiang Kai-shek loyalists, creating two Chinas, as the reason for severing ties. The story notes Formosa-Nationalist China affiliation discussed a year earlier.
A 55 year old Norman man faces murder charges in Cleveland County over the April 10 bicycle accident that killed Renee Smith of Lawton. The truck driver Reuben B Simpson had been held for observation after a drunk driving charge. he also faces leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injury.
Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin authorized special drought aid programs for farmers in Comanche and eight other Southwest Oklahoma counties. He inspected local fields and noted disaster conditions exist, though he stopped short of declaring a major disaster area. a presidential declaration was needed for that status.
In southwest Oklahoma Comanche Caddo Cotton Jefferson Kiowa Stephens and Washita counties are included in a tornado watch from 1 to 7 pm today. The watch replaces an earlier severe thunderstorm watch for 51 counties as storms are expected statewide tonight. An early morning thunderstorm left .26 of an inch rainfall.
Rainmaking Cloud seeding flights by Weather Modification Inc. were canceled as a thunderstorm dumped .26 inch of rain on Lawton. Lynn Cooper said the storm was unexpected and no flights occurred despite seven cloud seeding attempts this month.
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