Gray testimony recalls Nixon groin? warning and Watergate ties
Gray testifies that President Nixon warned of revenge against administration enemies and offered a future place in the administration. He quits FBI leadership amid the wiretap scandal and says John Dean falsely claimed he relayed FBI Watergate reports to the President. Gray began providing Dean FBI reports soon after the June 17 1972 break in.
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Gray
Nixon
White House
John W. Dean III
FBI
Dean
Sen
George) McGovern
Oklahoma attorney and Frizzell dispute over travel expense repayment
Oklahoma City Atty. Gen. Larry Derryberry met with Joe T. Frizzell's attorney to review a state demand that Frizzell repay nearly 17 000 in travel and related expenses. Frizzell allegedly authorized by Real Estate Commission records to be examined. Nixon signs 3.2 billion crime funds over three years. New York banks raise prime to 9 percent. Chase Manhattan among leaders.
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Oklahoma City
Larry Derryberry
Joe T. Frizzell
State Real Estate Commission
Frizzell
Derryberry
Jim Harrod
Harrod
Commission
Real Estate Commission
Washington
Nixon
Oval Office
New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Bristow Escapees Mantle of Violence and Rioting at McAlester
Prison uprising at McAlester left three inmates dead and 35 injured after fires and clashes last week. Inmates escaped, a guard described a volatile Brinlee figure, and authorities pursued multiple escapees including John Davis of Oklahoma City.
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Highway Patrol
Hodgens Farm
Scenter
Houston
Wojahn
Brinlee
Bristow
Lexington
Americans Killed in Laos Cambodia Spy Missions Reported
Saigon AP reports the Pentagon has disclosed 102 Americans killed on spy missions in Laos and Cambodia since 1965. The missions named Daniel Boone were run by SOG with Montagnard and Vietnamese troops in North Vietnam and Laos.
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Saigon
Pentagon
Laos
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Daniel Boone
SOG
Vietnam
U.S
Congress
Hanoi
Central Intelligence Agency
5Th Special Forces Group
Skylab cooling leak prompts review and mission impact
Astronauts report a fluid leak in Skylab with a 60 day secondary supply and a slower leak. Garriott and Lousma will search for leak sources during spacewalks while officials assess corrective actions and potential effects on Skylab 3 planned November launch or October reshuffle.
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Garriott
Lousma
Skylab
William C. Schneider
Donald Puddy
Paddy
Two Arabs seize Athens airport lounge in mass shooting
Witnesses say two Arab men, crouched with 35 hostages behind a marble bar for two hours, opened fire at Athens transit lounge after dropping a large object. An unarmed time bomb lay in a letter box four hours earlier. Passengers fled as over 1,000 people sought cover amid flying glass and gunfire.
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Middle East
Athens
Trans World Airlines
Tel Aviv
New York
Gerald Stern
Pittsburgh
Rites Memorial Service Honors Lawton Pioneers
Jay Smith outlined technological progress since Lawton’s founding and urged future generations to learn from past mistakes. Buddy Garber paid tribute to more than 8,000 local veterans and called for real peace. Steve Wilson of the Museum of the Great Plains emphasized remembering pioneers and Lawton’s early history. A sunrise breakfast for 300 residents accompanied by local civic groups.
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Iar
Jay Smith
Smith
Buddy Garber
Lawton Area
Garber
Steve Wilson
Museum of the
Wilson
Lawton
Wichita Mountains
Rangers
Cambodian base under siege as U.S. bombs persist
Government forces hold a six mile southern road stretch toward the base near Neak Loung. The base with about 3,000 troops shelters navy gunboats guarding supply convoys to Phnom Penh as B52s and U.S. fighters pound the area. Viet Cong claim a Saigon bombing killed or wounded about 50 at Thanh An village 30 miles north of Saigon.
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Neak Loung
South Vietnam
Phnom Penh
U.S
Bangkok
Thailand
U.S. Congress
Cambodia
Praphas Charusathien
United States
Saigon
Viet Cong
Thanh An
Sun Dance draws about two thousand attendees at Rosebud site
About 2,000 Indians gathered at Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota for the Sun Dance, a 500 year old Plains Indian rite. AIM leaders and supporters arrived from White Oak Oklahoma and California to witness the ceremony, amid tensions with Crow Dog defined rules and access restrictions.
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Leonard Crow Dog
Crow Dog
AIM
White Oak
Oklo
Carter Camp
Ponca City
Okla
Russell Means
Clyde Bellecourt
Minneapolis
Vernon Bellecourt
Denver
Dennis Banks
Camp
Means
Banks
Wounded Knee
S.D
Here
FASTEETH Denture Adhesive Powder Ad Promises Comfort
An advertisement touts FASTEETH Powder as giving dentures a longer firmer steadier hold for more comfort. It urges regular dentist visits and notes dentures that fit are essential to health.
Stock Prices Decline As Trading Opens In Quiet Session
New York trading opens with stock prices slipping as investors watch banks raise prime rate to 9 percent, the highest in history. The Dow Jones average falls 3.24 points at noon while volume on exchanges shows mixed moves and commodity prices echo regional reports.
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New York
Jat
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Twentieth Century Fox
Levitz Furniture
Teleprompter
McCulloch Oil
Amex
John H. Harland
Batista’s Rise and Fall Tied to Cuban Revolution
The narrative traces Batista’s ascent from army sergeant in 1933 to leading a mid 1930s coup against Machado’s government. Batista’s factions toppled Grau San Martin, who briefly became president, before Batista ousted him and then won the 1940 presidential election at age 39.
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Castro
Gerardo Machado
Batista
Ramon Grau San Martin
Gran San Martin
Preparation H Provides Relief for Infected Hemorrhoids
Doctors report Preparation H ointment or suppositories shrink swelling in infected hemorrhoidal tissue and relieve pain and itching for hours. Tests across many cases show noticeable improvement without prescription use.
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McAlester
Constitution & Press
Southwest
Lawton Evening Constitution
Constitution
Berry's
NEA, An Bone
California
Poe
Jjo
Arizona
D.C
Don Hall
Po-Jo National
el Paso Rd
Carlsbad
N.M
Oklahoma
State Department of Agriculture
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Medford
Afton
Manchester
Altus
Clinton
el Reno
Geary
Hobart
Okeene
Watonga
Weatherford
Yukon
Muskogee
Gulf
Temple
Mangum
MILO
Mangjum
Alfalfa Hay
Ton
Chickasha
Pauls Valley
Home Savings
D Avenue
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Federal Home Loan Bank System
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