Vo Tech Funding Delays Growth and Fall Course Additions
Funding delays push back Great Plains vo tech expansion into 1975 while preparations proceed. A fall lineup adds evening classes in small engine repair real estate and more with fees ranging from 6 to 86 dollars. Staff hires include Lois Holeman and Eldon Goeringer.
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State Department
Worley
Great Plains
Vo-Tech Department
Zelma King
Green & Green Company
Oklahoma City
Fitchndustrial
Lawton
Lois Christine Holeman
Muskogee General Hospital
Eldon Goeringer
Ardmore
Charles Winton
Cache
Second Woman Senator Ready For Short Term
Elaine Edwards wife of Governor Edwin Edwards will be sworn in Monday in Washington as the second woman in the U.S. Senate. She was appointed temporary successor to Sen. Allen Ellender with a brief term to permit the governor to name a successor after the November 7 election. Edwards noted the appointment aims to avoid influencing the current campaign and indicated possible candidates include former Gov. John McKeithen.
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Baton Rouge
Elaine Edwards
Louisiana
Edwin Edwards
Washington
Senate
Edwards
Allen Ellender
Margaret Chase Smith
Rlaine
John McKeithen
State Democratic Central Committee
Anna
Victoria
Stephen
David
Richard Hensgen
Edwin
Judge comments on deferred judgments in DUI cases
Field argues that low conviction rates reflect probation or deferred sentences rather than justice mismanagement. He notes deferred judgments target first offenses or guilty pleas without trial. Johns cites nine counties with low DUI arrests and blames short juror terms and thin DA staffs for handling delays.
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Administration of Justice
Field
Department of Public Safety
McClellan Senate Seats Approved At Democratic Caucus
Senate Democrats at the Miami Beach convention adopted new rules and named Mansfield and Sen Harold E Hughes to the Democratic National Committee. McClellan and Ervin retained chairmanships by seniority with Jackson poised for Government Operations if desired. McClellan will relinquish the permanent investigations subcommittee chair to Jackson next year. Bayh and Ellender shift to Elaine Edwards as Louisiana’s new senator.
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Mendations
Mansfield
Sen
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Democratic National Committee
Senate Democrats
Miami Beach
McClellan
Ervin
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Government Operations Committee
Jackson
Senate Interior Committee
Senate
Bayh
Public Works Committee
Ellander
Agriculture Committee
Louisiana
Elaine Edwards
Edwin Edwards
West Virginia Averages and Temperature Range
The West Virginia mean temperature is 55.6 degrees with January averaging 36.6 degrees and July averaging 74.9 degrees. The figures summarize annual climate in the state.
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West Virginia
U S Command Reports Vietnamese Downed Helicopter Casualties
The United States Command disclosed a helicopter downing near Cai Be 50 miles southwest of Saigon during an operation to clear heavy North Vietnamese and Viet Cong concentrations. A senior South Vietnamese officer was killed, and another American adviser Rudolph Kaiser aged 53 fell in a Viet Cong ambush near Go Cong.
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U.S
Cai Be
Saigon
Rudolph Kaiser
Go Cong
US. Command
North Vietnam
Dems Ready to Replace Eagleton as Deliberations Begin
Panel begins work before all states name delegates as McGovern and Eagleton move to set a running mate. The DNC may expand its committee and rapid selection urged while eight contests loom in states like Illinois Wisconsin New Jersey and Ohio with rulings over seating contested delegates.
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Eagleton
Daniel Covelli
Chicago
William Singer
National Committee
DNC
Governor’s Conference
Congress
Joseph Califano
Califano
Westwood
Cal
City budget faces cuts as supplemental requests loom
The city’s 1972 fiscal budget stood at 5,884,620 with a 5 percent pay raise costing about 187,000. Personal services total over 4 million for 660 employees. Longevity pay, police and fire allocations, and cuts to proposed new offices and positions shaped a leaner plan. The Lawton Urban Renewal Authority received only 90,895.04 of 485,320 requested, with 394,424.96 deferred for later supplemental requests.
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Lawton
Sal Taranto
Whitaker
Lawton Woman Celebrates 94th Birthday With Parade and Rodeo
Mrs. Anderson born January 5, 1876 in Chicago, longtime resident with husband Isaac Anderson. Five day events include downtown parade, 25th Lawton Rangers Rodeo, Sunrise breakfast and Pioneer Women’s Memorial Service. She has eight children and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Autopsy Confirms Self Inflicted Fatal Shot After Police Shootout
State medical examiner in Oklahoma City reports Donald Mack died from a self inflicted gunshot wound after fatally shooting his wife Rebecca Sue Mack and engaging in a shootout with police. Four shots were fired by officers. three lodged in bedroom walls and one struck Mack’s right arm. The wound is described as a contact self inflicted injury with bone and tissue damage. Rebecca Sue Mack, 29, and Donald Mack were killed Monday night in the confrontation at their 707 McKinley residence.
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State Medical Examiner
Oklahoma City
Donald Mack
Robert Gillian
Mack
Gillian
Rebecca Sue Mack
McKinley
Lawton Publishing Co. Subscriptions Rates Notice
Lawton Publishing Co announces subscription rates for multiple editions including Constitution-Press and Sunday Press-Sunday. Rates vary by delivery type and region with monthly and yearly options and postages.
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Lawton Constitution
Sun
Lawton Morning Press
Lawton Constitution and Morning Press
Lawton Publishing Co., Inc
Ard & A Ave
Lawton
Ohio
Oklahoma
Fort ‘New
Constitution
Lawton-Fort Sill
Senate wrestles with troop withdrawal amid procurement vote
In Washington the Senate pressed the $20.5 billion Pentagon procurement bill amid deep pushback on troop withdrawals. McGovern’s $4 billion cut failed 59 33, while Hatfield’s draft end failed 64 25. Kennedy secured a policy amendment on federal funding for risky human experiments. A one time veteran benefits recomputation was approved 82 4, costing $275 million the first year and $10 billion overall.
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Senate
Pentagon
George McGovern
George Aiken
R-Vt
White House
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
McGovern
Mark Hatfield
R-Ove
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
FAA orders thorough searches for suspicious passengers before boarding
The FAA requires every passenger matching a hijacker profile and accompanying individuals to undergo weapon and baggage searches before boarding. The rule, urged by President Nixon after a Delta hijack, applies to all U S scheduled airlines and terminals in the United States and abroad, excluding foreign carriers.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Delta Air Lines
Algeria
FAA
John H. Shaffer
Nixon
Transportation
John A. Volpe
U.S
Air California
Pacific Southwest
United States
Denver's founding tied to 1858 Pike's Peak gold rush
Prospectors located gold in the Denver area during the Pike's Peak gold rush of 1858, leading to the city's founding and growth as a mining hub.
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Denver
Pike’s Peak
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