Lawton Marks 72nd Anniversary With Memorial Service
Lawton observed its 72nd birthday with a memorial service for early pioneers at the Museum of the Great Plains. The five day celebration opened with a city hall street dance, closes with the Lawton Rangers Rodeo, and included a sunrise breakfast and a city employee family picnic.
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Museum of the Great Plains
City Hall
Lawton Rangers
Lawton
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City of Lawton Employes At Mattie Bear Park
Skylab 2 astronauts start 34 hour space walk to fix cooling
Garriott and Lousma step into space from Skylab 2 to load film in a sunshade and probe air conditioning leaks as mission control tracks the 271 mile orbit. Commander Bean inside aids from Mission Control while ground teams assess coolant and propulsion issues and possible rescue plans.
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Pace Center
Houston
Space Station
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Ing
Garriott and Lousma
Earth
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Mission Control
Warmer Weather Expected Across Lawton and SW Oklahoma
Clear skies should bring warmer temperatures through Tuesday in Lawton and southwest Oklahoma. Daytime highs reach the lower 90s this afternoon with lows in the lower 70s tonight and mid 90s expected Tuesday. Sunday’s high reached 87 with a low of 67.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
White House reports top security spend on Nixon sites
The White House said the military spent about 6 million dollars on communications and security installations at Nixon California and Florida home and office complexes. Combined with roughly 2 million dollars by the General Services Administration and additional undisclosed Secret Service costs the total is higher.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
California
Florida
General Services Administration
Secret Service
Misguided U S B52 Strike Hits Cambodian Navy Base
A misdirected U S B52 strike hit the Mekong River base at Neak Luong injuring many and killing about 100. Officials said hazardous devices fell short of target amid unclear cause while another air strike near Phnom Penh killed at least a dozen civilians.
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Cambodia
U.S
Mekong River
Neak Luong
Washington
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Defense Department
Prek Eng
Navy
Preah Ket Mealea
Army
Preap Tuot
Convicted Bomb Slayer Escapes From McAlester Prison
Rex Brinlee, serving life for the 1971 bombing that killed Mrs. Fern Bolding, escaped from Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester. A heavy manhunt followed as guards searched maximum security blocks after his 3:21 a.m. disappearance amid riot conditions and mass inmate movements. Meanwhile, three Hodgens camp inmates escaped nearby and authorities reported no further sightings of Brinlee since the riot.
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Mcalester
Okla
Rex Brinlee
Anderson
Oklahoma
Hodgens
Heavener
Lexington
Gary Scenter
Junior Ray Houston
James Joe Wojahn
Brinlee
Tahlequah
McAles
Athens Airport attack leaves three dead and dozens wounded
Police say two Arab attackers refused to answer questions after a gunfire and grenade attack at Athens Airport killed three, including American newlywed Jeannie Salandi, 23, of New Jersey. A husband wounded, and two Americans and an Austrian among the dead, with 55 injured overall.
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Athens
Greece
Jeannie
Elbert Kersen
N.J
Kersen
Kate
Batista Dies in Spain Ends Cuban Dictator Era
Former Cuban strongman Fulgencio Batista died at 72 at a Marbella villa in Spain after a heart attack. His funeral is planned for Madrid with burial in San Isidro as exiles and officials reflect on his career.
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Spain
Marbella
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Ruben
Exsergeant
Guadamina
Madrid
San Isidro
Radio Havana
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Marcos Perez Jiminez
Costa del Sol
Estoril
Portugal
Lisbon
Gray says Nixon warned him of staff wrongdoing
Former acting FBI Director L Patrick Gray III testified that he warned President Nixon on July 6 1972 that staff members were trying to wound him by using the FBI and CIA to hinder investigations Gray stated Nixon did not order investigators to report directly to him and that Nixon later said he thought Gary was being unfairly attacked at the Senate
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Central Intelligence Agency
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Gray
Senate
Watergate Committee
Nixon
Gary
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David Hall
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Lawrence Banks
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Edna Moir
Stella Shelton
Stella Stemeyer
Ila Allsman
Blanche Lloyd
Aldridge
Mattie Rieser
Anna Gentry
William Salandi
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