U S Military Installations To House Sixty Thousand Viet Refugees
U S military bases in Florida Arkansas and California will temporarily accommodate up to 60 000 South Vietnamese refugees with 20 000 expected to move within two days to Eglin Ft Chaffee and the Maine Base at Camp Pendleton Calif The sites will hold refugees for about 90 days or more The plan follows word from House leaders after talks with Ford administration officials.
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Eglin Air Force Base
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Ark
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Calif
Carl Albert
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Winant Sidle
U.S
Oklahoma Prison Disturbance Ends After Rebelling Inmates
McAlester Oklahoma State Penitentiary warden Richard Crisp reports the maximum security unit has cleaned the area and life returns to normal. He warns further outbreaks will be met with high pressure hoses and stricter concessions as inmates who disrupted Sunday are blamed for the mess.
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Crisp
Ford Definitely Plans To Run In 1976
Washington AP reports White House spokesman confirms President Ford intends to seek re election in 1976 and dismisses Newsweek claim he may be unable to run due to his wife’s health. Nessen says candidacy will be announced soon and rejects rumors of a sabotage campaign. Ford also convenes major regulatory commissioners to discuss competition and inflation at the 63rd U S Chamber of Commerce meeting. He opposes a federal consumer protection agency as unnecessary bureaucratic expansion.
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Ford
Ron Nelsen
Newsweek Magazine
Newsweek
Nessen
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Administration
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Consumer Protection Agency
Six Terrorists Hit Israeli Consulate In South Africa
Six gunmen seized the Israeli consulate in downtown Johannesburg taking nine hostages and spraying gunfire. At least 40 people were wounded with reports of up to five dead inside the building. Palestinian groups and others reacted from Beirut as the attackers threatened to blow up the building and to shoot a hostage every 15 minutes unless the Israeli ambassador was produced.
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South Africa
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Lawton Considers Transit Authority and Funding Plan
City Council plans a public hearing Tuesday to form the Transit Trust for Lawton and seek urban mass transit funds from the federal government to establish a bus system. A five year agreement fronts local Community Development funds totaling 562,269 with annual steps up to 132,470.
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Housing and Urban Development
Front Brings Stormy Skies Across Oklahoma Sunday
A Pacific cold front triggered scattered showers and thunderstorms across Oklahoma Sunday bringing high winds and tornado threats. Tornado sightings were reported near Waurika Shattuck Marlow Erick Seiling and Leedey with marble and golfball hail in Grandfield and Henryetta. Winds up to 75 mph felled power lines while Lawton saw heavy rainfall and lake levels rose modestly.
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Henryetta
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Gore
Lake Lawtonka
Lake Ellsworth
Law
Sewage Rate Hike Considered For New Plant Costs
City manager John Thomson says the planned sewer plant will cost about 701000 annually to operate, up from 95355. He asks council to decide on funding now, possibly reprogramming federal funds or raising rates to pay for the plant, which may open July 1976.
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John Thomson
Thomson
City Supply and Maintenance Division
Assessments Of Farms Unequal, Panel States
The Comanche County Equalization Board opened its annual review of property assessments and found large differences in the valued worth of similar farm land. The board, meeting from the fourth Monday in April to the first Monday in June, began its task today by examining records and noting unequal valuations across parcels.
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Comanche County
County Equalization Board
R. E. Glenn
Glenn
Harrison King
Stanley Sasser
Sasser
Police Await Infant Autopsy in Child Beating Case
Police and court officials await autopsy results for 17 month old Jeffrey Sykes who died after hospital admission from injuries believed to be from a beating. The infant’s father Michael Ray Sykes 18 is jailed on a child beating charge with bond set at 5000 dollars. Authorities may file further charges if autopsy confirms.
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Jeffrey Sykes
Reynolds Army Hospital
Sykes
Reynolds
Michael Ray Sykes
Fort Sill
Dist
Atty
Don Beauchamp
Oklahoma
Suit Against TV Networks To Continue
The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling allowing the antitrust case against NBC CBS and ABC to proceed after a dismissal without prejudice. The government filed a new suit two weeks later alleging exclusion of non owned entertainment from prime time. The court also ruled agencies need not disclose internal memoranda in administrative cases.
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Supreme Court
U.S
Robert J. Kelleher
Los Angeles
William H. Rehnquist
NBC
CBS
ABC
Viet Cong Reject Peace Overture As Minh Inaugurates
President Duong Van Minh was inaugurated and urged a cease fire and negotiations. The Viet Cong rejected the move and issued new demands calling for the abolition of the Saigon government and its army. Bombing hit Tan Son Nhut air base forcing a pause in evacuations. Bien Hoa faced a heavy artillery attack, flames and mass flight as urban fighting appeared possible but ground assaults were not confirmed.
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Duong van Minh
Viet Cong
Saigon
Washington
Minh
Tan Son Nhut
U.S
Bien Hoa
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