Kissinger Seeks Angola Ties While Pushing Cuban Exit
Secretary of State Kissinger says the United States could recognize a Marxist Angola if Cuban troops are expelled, and would offer economic aid. He framed Rhodesia talks as only path to avoid violence and urged negotiated settlements with foreign powers absent intervention.
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Onrovia
Liberia
United States
Angola
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Zaire
Rhodesia
United Nations
U.S
William R. Tolbert Jr
Ford
Tration
Popular Movement
Washington
Ian Smith
Kinshasa
Africa
Oklahoma petition drives for liquor by the drink tops 160000
Sponsors of a liquor by the drink petition say 160000 signatures are gathered, about 40000 above the 120727 valid total required to trigger a statewide vote. Ben Owens of FACT says the drive targets only legal sale by the drink in hotels, motels, restaurants and clubs, filed with the Secretary of State and continued through Thursday.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Owens
FACT
Soviets Name New Defense Minister
Dmitri F. Ustinov, long head of the Soviet arms industry, named defense minister after the burial of Marshal Andrei Grechko. Western observers note his heavy spending stance and tech push, while some officers fear shifts from a career general to a civilian head of the military machine. Ustinov, 67, is now army general and a Politburo member.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Dmitri F. Ustinov
Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Andrei Grechko
Kremlin
Grechko
Ustinov
Communist Party
Tass
Sabotage Theory Raises Blame Over Peking Embassy Blast
A Chinese official named a counter revolutionary as responsible for the explosion at the Soviet Embassy entrance in Peking. Tass said two guards died, while Tanjug reported guards blown into the air and injured. No Chinese confirmation or explanation was given as investigations continued.
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OKYO
Peking
Tanjug
Tass
Kyodo
Hsinhua
Peking Radio
Gillian Named Police Chief Replacing Retiring Hennessee
City Manager John Thomson selected Robert Gillian a 16 year veteran from five applicants to become Lawton police chief on June 6 after Chief Alford Hennessee retires. Gillian has risen from dispatcher to major and holds a Cameron University business degree.
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Skip Gibson
Robert Gillian
Police Department
John Thomson
Gillian
Alford Hennessee
Hennessee
Tennessee
Thomson
Lawton
Cameron
Cameron University
Lee Gillian
Patriotic Bicentennial Band to Perform Free Concert
Lawton high school musicians join the U S Armed Forces Bicentennial Band and Chorus for a free 8 p m concert at McMahon Memorial presented by the Constitution staff The program features Sousa marches Kern tunes and patriotic selections with a Love Music Medley and Stars and Stripes Forever in the lineup Music will be piped outside to Elmer Thomas Park for overflow spectators with seating for ticket holders at 7 45 p m.
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Lawton
Eisenhower
Cletus Rowland
Doris Ellis
Bill Ingram
Ellen Harmon
MacArthur
Maureen Graham
Vanessa Solomon
Spec
Lance Sweigart
Armed Forces Bicentennial
MacArthur High School
McMahon Memorial Auditorium
U.S. Armed Forces
McMahon Memorial
Orval Jones
Bill Martin
Mike Burns
Eisenhower High
Marie Rodriguez
Heda Perez
Ricky Meadors
Lawton High
Bab Ree Sterett
Pam Thomas
Marsha Millender
MacArthur High
Key
Ward
Anderson
USA
Harding Epps
Steven Marvin
Mai Karla Harris
Army
M.sgt. Llewellyn Matthews
USAF
Sousa
Elmer Thomas Park
Civic Auditorium
Rainfall Sets Record Across Southwest Oklahoma April
April rainfall in southwest Oklahoma exceeded prior records with Lawton area stations reporting over seven inches by noon. Lawton Lake Tonka and Ellsworth recorded high totals, while the Lawton Publishing Company logged 6.75 inches, surpassing 1925 marks. Forecast calls for clearing skies and mild weekend temperatures.
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Lawton
McMahon Foundation Honored at Oklahoma Arts Luncheon
Lawton based McMahon Foundation received a Governor's Arts Certificate of Merit at a statewide luncheon for strengthening Oklahoma's cultural development. Representing the foundation were Jim Wood and Jeanie McCutcheon. Six other certificates of merit were awarded to individuals and organizations, including Ardmore's Goddard Lee McMahon.
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Bill Crawford
Alahoma City
McMahon Foundation
Today
Governor’s Arts
Lawton-based Foundation
Oklahoma
Foundation
Jim Wood
Jeanie McCutcheon
The
Ardmore’s Goddard
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Miami
Fair Alcohol Control Today
Jerome Byrd
Soviets
Chi- See Glast
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
By the Constitution Staff
John Philip Sousa
King Cotton
Mystic Shrine
Jerome Kern
Thomas R. Watts
Grofe
David Boren
Arts Assembly
Lee McMahon
Abby
Cere RE
Circel
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