Senate approves 250 million Lockheed loan in tight vote
The 48-48 deadlock broke when Sen. Marlow W. Cook R Ky voted aye and Sen. Lee Metcalf D Mont switched late. The swing vote moved through a high-stakes Senate session as White House pressure and last‑minute doubts collided.
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Washington
White House
Montana
Cook
R-Ky
Senate
Lee Metcalf
Dmont
Metcalf
Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Lockheed
MacGregor
Lockheed loan bill narrowly passes Senate amid aviation fears
The chamber backed a $250 million government rescue for Lockheed with a 49 to 8 vote margin, after late switches by Cook and Metcalf amid White House lobbying. Avco’s stake in the TriStar program and regional job concerns influenced decisions as lawmakers weighed possible bankruptcies.
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Cook
Metcalf
Lockheed
Airbus
Aerospace Company
William Proxmire
D-Wis
White House
Clark MacGregor
Nixon
Peter M. Flanigan
Steel price hikes expected after U S Steel move
Pittsburgh AP reports U S Steel leads planned price increases about 8 percent affecting most raw steel products. Four other top producers Bethlehem Steel Republic Armco and Youngstown Sheet & Tube follow with similar raises. First effects show Thursday with full impact by December 1 1971 model year. The new steelworkers contract increases wages with a 30 percent rise over three years and raises or improves fringe benefits.
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U.S. Steel
White House
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers of America
Bethlehem Steel
Republic
Armco
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Israeli Sisco urges large pullback along Suez Canal
Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Sisco presses Israel to accept a substantial pullback from the Suez Canal with a token Egyptian force on the canal east bank. Israeli officials indicate a partial pullback is possible but refuse full Egyptian army movement in Sinai. Rogers seeks canal reopening as step toward peace.
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Egypt
Teh See
Ca Sisco
Golda Meir
Moshe Dayan
Yigal Allon
Abba Eban
Sisco
East Bank
U.S
Wil
Liam P. Rogers
Israel
America
Nixon
Jerusalem
Lawton 70th Anniversary Week Schedule Details
The remaining events include a Tuesday parade through Downtown Lawton on C and D Avenues at 5 p.m. and a Rodeo at LO Ranch at 8 p.m. The schedule adds a Wednesday rodeo at 8 p.m. A sunrise breakfast is planned Thursday and Friday at 6 to 8 a.m. The memorial service at the Institute of the Great Plains recalls Lawton’s founding on Aug 6, 1901, followed by an 8 p.m. rodeo each night.
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Lawton
Pioneer
Lawton Rangers
LO Ranch
Oklahoma
Rodeo Grounds
Institute of the Great Plains
Lawton Rodeo Riders and County Notes in Brief
Yesteryears profiles Alice Dilling and Diane Freeman of Fletcher riding to Lawton for the grand entry of the Lawton Ranger rodeo for fun. A Pioneer Club chair is listed for a Lawton Jubilee parade. Comanche County Singing Convention set at Sterling Assembly of God. Women's Christian Temperance Union meets led by Mrs. Ford Gantt. Beaver Valley School District links with Elgin and Sterling amid county totals. sheriff Skinny Tomlinson and assistant county attorney Jack Cummins react to a gas bomb explosion at the courthouse.
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Alice Dilling
Diane Freeman
Fletcher
Lawton
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Beaver Valley
Elgin
Sterling
Comanche County
Skinny Tomlinson
Jack Cummins
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