Apollo 16 Moon Mission Ends With Successful Splashdown
Apollo 16 crew John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr. and Thomas K. Mattingly returned to Earth after 11 days lunar mission. They brought back 245 pounds of rocks and data. Casper splashdown 175 miles southeast of Christmas Island 1500 miles south of Hawaii.
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Uss Ticonderoga
Earth
Pacific Ocean
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly
Casper
Christmas Island
Hawaii
Major North Vietnamese assault around Quang Tri
North Vietnamese forces and tanks launched a major attack around Quang Tri near the DMZ as U S Navy ships fired on positions in the Gulf of Tonkin. U S and South Vietnamese units reported holding their own with significant enemy casualties.
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Quang Tri
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Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Associated Press
Lynn C. Newland
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnams
Oklahoma City
Richard B. Anderson
Gurke
Quang Tri Province
Quang Tri City
South Vietnam
Rain deluge boosts Lawton area water reserves
A drought-breaking rain dumped up to 4.7 inches in the Lawton region, raising Lake Lawtonka by 15 feet and boosting two local reservoirs by an estimated 2.6 billion gallons. The storm covered Oklahoma with the heaviest rainfall in the Lawton watershed under a $27,000 project by Irving Krick. Skies are to stay fair through Friday with highs in the upper 60s.
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U.S. Weather Service
Oklahoma
Associated Press
Irving Krick
Lake Lawtonka
Red Negotiators Dismiss U.S. Demand As Absurd
ARIS AP reports the United States demanding North Vietnam end its invasion of South Vietnam. North Vietnam replies the claim is utterly absurd and rejects the accusation as false.
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U.S
ARIS
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Congress of
Former Ghana President Kwame Nkrumah dies in exile
Kwame Nkrumah former president of Ghana died today in exile in Conakry Guinea Guinean radio reported President Sekou Toure announced the death on national radio Nkrumah had become prime minister in 1951 and president in 1960 His rule grew autocratic before a coup toppled him February 24 1966 while abroad
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Senegal
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Conakry
Guinea
Sekou Toure
Nkrumah
Britain
Peking
North Vietnam
Flood runoff boosts Oklahoma lakes water levels and rainfall totals
Overnight rainfall the Meers area reports 3.% inches while Lake Lawtonka sees about 4.5 inches at the filtration plant. Medicine and Jimmy Creeks overflowed their banks into Canyon Creeks as Lake Ellsworth and Lake Lawtonka rise from runoff. Lake Lawtonka is forecast to gain 4 700 acre feet and lift toward 14.5 feet below the spillway. Ellsworth expected to rise 2.5 feet adding 3 900 acre feet. See CITY Page 4A.
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Jimmy
Canyon
Lake Lawtonka
Lake Ellsworth
Cache
Chandler
Meers
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Jimmy Creeks
Lake Elmer Thomas
See City
Dismissals at Claremore Junior College Prompt Probe
Two education groups launch inquiry into a series of faculty dismissals and resignations at Claremore Junior College. Sixteen contracts will not be renewed for the fall term, with two resignations reported prior to dismissal.
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Claremore, Okla
Claremore Junior College
Nation's trade deficit surges to record quarterly level
The Commerce Department reports a March deficit of 584.3 million dollars, lifting January to March 1972 deficit to 1.5 billion. Officials warn a growing shortfall worsens the balance of payments and strains the dollar's stability.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Nixon Announces New Vietnam Troop Pullouts and Bombing Stance
President Nixon vows to withdraw another 20 000 U S troops from South Vietnam by July 1 while continuing air and naval bombing until Hanoi halts its South Vietnam offensive. He seeks nationwide support and warns against Communist efforts to sway Congress and public opinion as Paris peace talks resume.
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Tass
Nixon
Vietnam
Indochina
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Ashington
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Saigon
Paris
Navy Names First Woman As Admiral
Defiance Ohio native Alene B. Duerk, head of the Navy Nurse Corps, was named the service’s first female admiral. Her promotion, approved by President Nixon, follows four other women achieving flag rank in the armed forces over the past two years. Duerk joined the Navy in 1943 and served in World War II hospitals and aboard the Benevolence before leaving the service after the war.
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Duerk
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Senate
Air Force
Army
Defiance
Toledo, Ohio
Naval
Portsmouth
Bethesda
Japan
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Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
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Germany
Willy Brandt
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