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Oklahoma City Gov. Hall hails Sargent Shriver choice as brilliant but remains cool on national ticket. Tokyo Prime Minister Tanaka to visit Communist China in September for talks. Oklahoma City ranchers Gene and Earlene Leach named to head Farm Families for Nixon in Oklahoma. Washington Air Transport Association offers 50000 reward for info on airliner bomb plots. Washington Pay Board and Price Commission plan joint meeting next Monday on wage increase standard. Bonn Foreign Minister Scheel says West Germany ready to recognize China after improving regional relations.
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Oklahoma City
David Hall
Sargent Shriver
Tokyo
Kakuei Tanaka
China
Tokyo-Peking
Orlando
Okla
Nixon
Oklahoma
National Committee For
Gene
Earlene Leach
Payne County
Washington
Pay Board
The
Price Commission
Bonn
Germany
Walter Scheel
West Germany
Europe
Viet Nam Front Lines Shift as Hue Area Fights Intensify
Ground combat around Hue sees South Vietnamese militiamen recapture five hamlets after a North Vietnamese Viet Cong battalion occupied them, with heavy civilian casualties. North Vietnamese artillery pounds Quang Tri as Marines suffer 58 wounded and two killed. The defense minister, Nguyen Van Vy, is dismissed for embezzlement, with seven colonels relieved and Tran Thien Khiem taking over.
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Vinh
Hue
Quang Tri
Highway 1
Phu Bai
Associated Press
Holger Jensen
Quang Tri City
Hanoi
South Vietnamese
Defense Ministry
Defense
Nguyen van Vy
Tran Thien Khiem
Police foil undercover agent murder plot in Oklahoma raids
Police and Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation agents say a bizarre conspiracy aimed to murder an undercover agent. Two of those arrested Saturday are held on conspiracy charges and a warrant is sought for another suspect. The plot was foiled when under cover operatives staged a fake homicide to lure a fellow agent, who was to testify in local drug cases. Authorities seized 16 000 illicit pills and other drugs, mostly at a trailer house 1107 Bessie, where four were arrested.
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Police
Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation
Rutledge
Bessie
Finance Department
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
C’’ Avenue
Lawton
Oklahoma
The
P.O
Model Cities
Department of Oes and Urban Development
Oak Lawton Model Cities Labor Rds
Lawton Urban
Trail Of Capital Killers Growing Cold, Police Say
Oklahoma City police report the investigation into a family triple slaying making little progress with many dead ends. Howard Siler 32 his wife Judy Ann 28 and their son Christopher 6 were killed at a grocery Siler managed. The robbers fled with $182 from the cash register and Siler’s wallet was empty as police questioned nearly twenty suspects and later released three men after negative paraffin tests and lineup results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Howard Siler
Judy Ann
Christopher
Siler
Woodward
Denver
Average Chinese worker earns between 240 and 272 dollars yearly
Report notes that the typical Chinese employee earns an annual salary in the 240 to 272 dollar range. The statistic highlights modest pay levels amid broad economic context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Shriver Says He Will Accept McGovern VP Nomination
Robert S. McGovern campaign confidant Edwin Shriver voices willingness to run with George McGovern if chosen. He cites family ties and loyalty to the party, and notes a meeting with the Democratic National Committee to confirm. Shriver reflects on United States leadership and the need to restore national purpose from Timberlawn, Texas views. He confirms discussions with Senator Muskie as a potential first choice and recalls visiting Kennedy gravesites after returning to Washington.
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McGovern
Democratic National Committee
Shriver
Thomas F. Eagleton
Eagleton
Miami Beach
Timberlawn
America
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
South Dakota
Cape Cod
Sen. McGovern
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Rose Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Penn Central Finance Chiefs Face SEC Probe and Bankruptcy
SEC may take action as Penn Central chief financial officer David Bevan and other finance officers face allegations of stock sales tied to bank loans and a $21 million transfer to Executive Jet Aviation. Grand jury action looms amid fraud and conspiracy charges, with multiple officers cited for stock transactions and investments.
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Penn Central
David C. Bevan
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Bevan
Mellon Bank
SEC
Dist. Atty
Arlen Specter
Philadelphia
Executive Jet Aviation Inc
Specter
Hodge
William R. Gersbecker
Robert Haslett
Jonathan O’herron
S.H. Hellenbrand
T.K. Warner Jr
Robert G. Flannery
A. Paul Funkhouser
Henry W. Large
A. E. Perlman
David E. Smucker
James R. Sullivan
Guy W. Knight
William A. Lashley
Bayard Roberts
Four Still Held In Beating Case At Fort Sill
Three Fort Sill men and a 17 year old girl remain in police custody after a hammer beating at 1129 North 31st near the home of Billy Jim Cherry’s former family. The victim Albert Jackson died two hours later at Reynolds Army Hospital.
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Fort Sill
Albert Jackson
2Nd Battalion
36Th Artillery
Reynolds Army Hospital
Billy Jim Cherry
Cherry
E. Battery
Artillery Training Center
William H. Hinds,Jr
Jackie M. Dubose
2Nd Artillery
Jackson
Ancient Sausage Origins Traced Back to Early Cookbooks
Sausages rank among the oldest foods with references in early cookbooks dating to about A.D. 228. They were eaten several hundred years before the birth of Christ.
Girls Found Safe After Large Search Near Base
Missing sisters were found behind a locked closet door near Lackland Air Force Base. Their father Floyd Fazi and a neighbor moved them to safety, amid a massive search with hundreds of volunteers. The girls, last seen at the Fazi home around 4 p.m. Wednesday, were in fairly good condition according to doctors.
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Air Force
Frank Holtz
Fara
Air Force T
Floyd Fazi
Fazi
Lackland Air Force Base
Alfred Carreon
Youngblood Dominates Four Night Rodeo With Low Time
Sharon Youngblood of Stephenville Texas led the four night rodeo, posting a Friday night time of 18.9 seconds the lowest among nine cowgirls. She finished with a total of 76.6 seconds and $156.09 in winnings with her victory in Barrel Race. Turner racks up $213.61 in go round and overall results from the event note multiple riders and times across steer wrestling and bronc riding.
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Turner
Sharon Youngblood
Stephenville
Tex
Ants Herd Aphids Like Livestock for Sweet Milky Loot
Ants not only feed on the honeydew produced by aphids but actively herd them as living livestock, guiding their movements and protecting them. The behavior mirrors human herding practices and demonstrates complex social insect coordination.
Pollution Trends Signal Growing Lake Decay and Stress on Industry
A government report warns phosphates and nitrogen rise in urban and rural rivers, boosting algae and threatening lakes. It notes runoff from farms and urban areas pollutes, urges better early warning methods for toxic chemicals, and forecasts higher pollution control costs and possible plant closures. It also flags rising prices across industries and expanding national park plans including new Alaska parks.
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Secretary of the Interior
Alaska
Man Drowns While Wading in Arkansas River
A 31 year old Newalla man James Darris Watts drowned in Pawnee County Oklahoma when he stepped into a hole while wading the Arkansas River. He carried his seven year old son on his shoulders as he disappeared. Watts’ brother saved the boy but could not reach his brother. rescuers planned to resume the search for Watts' body.
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Pawnee, Okla
Newalla
Arkansas
Pawnee
James Darris Watts
Watts
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