West German Attache Fatally Injured in Stockholm Embassy Siege
Five extremist actors seized the West German Embassy in Stockholm and fatally wounded Lt. Col. Andreas von Mirbach, the German military attache. They demanded 26 anarchists be released from West German jails and threatened the ambassador’s execution and a building explosion. Police set a 200 yard security zone as evacuations continued.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Andreas von Mirbach
Baader-Meinhof Gang
Ulrike Meinhof
Andreas Baader
Stuttgart
Dietrich Stoecker
von Mirbach
Saigon awaits outcome of leadership shuffle
In Saigon a power struggle unfolds as Premier Nguyen Ba Can and his cabinet resign. President Tran Van Huong offers Duong Van Minh as premier while Minh balks at the presidency, with North Vietnamese and Viet Cong reportedly pausing to see the political moves.
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Washington
Congress
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Saigon
Wynant Sidle
Tran van Huong
Duong van Minh
Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Ba Can
Nguyen van Thieu
Senate Okays Federal Loans To Help Jobless Homeowners
The Senate approved federal loans for unemployed homeowners unable to meet mortgage payments. The measure, 89 to 1, would offer up to 300 dollars a month for up to three years, with House plans offering 250 dollars for two years. Sen. Tower warned of a likely presidential veto as debate opened.
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Senate
Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Senate Banking Committee
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Tower
National Site Status Eyed For Library
A citizens group plans to file an application to place the old Fifth Street library on the National Register of Historic Places. The move aims to preserve the Carnegie Library as a national landmark while the Postal Service seeks the site for a main post office expansion north of the building. The effort was announced at a meeting of the Post Office City Hall Trust Authority.
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Washington, D.C
U.S. Postal Service
Fifth Street
Audrey Routh
Fifth and B
Mattie Beal
Lawton
Post Office
City Hall Trust Authority
Postal Service
Poge
Solon pens protest bill targets lawmakers in high security rush
Three Oklahoma City legislators who pressed for probes into Langston Cameron and Southeastern State Universities face retaliation. State Rep. Gordon Beznoska proposes a maximum security prison in Nichols Hills, aiming to curb perceived arrogance and force consultation on college affairs.
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Oklahoma City
Cameron University
Langston, Cameron
Southeastern State Universities
Gordon Beznoska
Geronimo
Nichols Hills
Soviet Gromyko pledges strict Israel guarantees for 1967 war return
In Moscow at a dinner for Syria's Khaddam, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko promised Israel the strictest guarantees for its existence if it returns all Arab territories seized in 1967. He said the USSR would ensure peaceful conditions for all Middle East states.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
Israel
Moscow
Abdel Halim Khaddam
Gromyke
Soviet Union
Middle East
Workmen begin tearing west side of Fourth Street for plaza project
Workmen started demolishing the west side of Fourth Street in front of City Hall to narrow and landscape the street to foster pedestrian use. The $230 library plaza and parking development under Lawton Urban Renewal Authority's Civic Center project continues, with sections south of the library already complete. LURA staff engineer Bob Neale described broader walkways, landscaping, and pedestrian islands at Fourth and B and at the project ends to boost foot traffic.
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Oakmen
Fourth Street
City Hall
Fourth
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Civic Center
Third
USO
LURA
Bob Neale
Barn Converted To Nursery Moo Ma Fills Time By Caring For Calves
Marguerite Anderson runs a calf nursery in a former barn near Troy Wisconsin caring for 30 Holstein calves. She feeds with bottles, provides a sick room and collects colostrum. Veterinarian John Crawley says raising calves is an art and notes Hood’s busy farm left calves neglected. Hood pays $0.50 per calf after weaning while Anderson charges $1 per calf daily for the first 50 days.
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AST
Troy
Wis
Marguerite Anderson
Robert Hood
John Crawley
Palm
Crawley
Hood
Anderson
Lawton Clean-Up Drive Kicks Off Friday Townwide
Spring cleanup runs Friday through May 5 as Mayor Don Whitaker designates Lawton a bicentennial city and honors the 1976 diamond jubilee. The Chamber of Commerce Environmental Committee coordinates help for trash removal, weed mowing, and deadwood clearing with city divisions assisting. Residents may place items at curbs excluding junk cars. hot-line numbers are provided for heavy items. Local firms offer free junk car removal upon owner request.
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Awton
Don Whitaker
Lawton
Chamber of Commerce Environmental Committee
Bill Layton
al Auto Salvage
Bevill’s Auto
Utility Jump Expected by Oklahoma Commission Chief
Chairman Rex Privett of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission said the panel knows the PSC plan to implement a 15.6 million rate increase over three years will cost some customers. He noted the elimination of electric living discounts and higher summer rates could nearly double certain monthly bills, a change requested last year by the OCC.
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Oklahoma Corporation Commission
The
Public Service Co
PSC
Rex Privett
Dmaramec
OCC
John Winstead
Southwest Psc
Muggy Weather To Persist In Lawton area Through Friday
A stalled weak cold front over northwest Oklahoma keeps the Lawton area in muggy conditions with warm temps through Friday. No precipitation is expected locally through Friday though showers may begin in northeastern Oklahoma tonight. Lows near 60s and highs in the 80s with lake wind warnings in effect.
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Lawton Area
Northwest
Oklahoma
Lake
Old Fashioned Clean-Up Urged By Lawton Fire Chief
Lawton Fire Chief Jimmie Martin urges a city wide old fashioned cleanup during Spring Clean Up Week Friday through May 5 to remove fire hazards from attics garages and closets. He promotes donations to Goodwill and distributing Junior Fire Marshal pamphlets to 6000 students to guide home safety and prevention.
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Lawton
Jimmie Martin
Martin
Goodwill Industries
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