Four men held in Oklahoma City triple slayings
Oklahoma City police detained four young men late Monday night in the Friday robbery slayings of Howard Siler his wife Judy Ann and son Christopher. A .22 caliber rifle missing stock was found on arrest. Investigators said new witnesses could identify suspects and released composite drawings.
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Oklahoma City
Howard Siler
Judy Ann Siler
Christopher
Siler
State Department of Public Safety
Larry Upchurch
State Crime Bureau
Suspects In City Murder Conspiracy Held In Texas
Lawton couple linked to an undercover narcotics case were arrested in Austin Texas by a Lawton vice squad, an Oklahoma agent, and Austin detectives. Alice Harrington 15 also known as Valerie Nachtrieb and Christian Nachtrieb 21 face warrants from Lawton. Fort Sill soldier Benjamin Creech 22 was also charged in the conspiracy.
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Lawton
Austin
Tex
Oklahoma
Alice Faye Harrington
Valarie Nachtrieb
Christian Nachtrieb
Fort Siller
Roy Moore
Harrington
Previ
Ron Rutledge
Texas
Fort Sill
Benjamin Michael Creech
House panel backs limited court power in desegregation cases
The House Education and Labor Committee approved a bill to set standards guiding courts in school desegregation actions, a modification of a Nixon proposal. Ford recalls 157,467 1972 wagons for bumper jack-slot inspection. Nixon signs law giving priority admissions to military academies for sons of POWs and MIAs. Longshoremen clash with police in Britain’s 12 day dock strike. William C. Sullivan named director of the National Narcotics Intelligence Center.
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Washington
House Education and Labor Committee
Nixon
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
William C. Sullivan
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
National Narcotics Intelligence Center
Justice Department
Boy Recovers From Fat Jaws Alligator Attack
Six year old David Abbott of Jacksonville was bitten on the right leg by an alligator in Casa Linda Lake during a Cub Scout outing at the naval air station. Florida agents removed the alligator and search for a second, with the wound described as 24 inches long and requiring possible skin grafts.
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Zacksonville
Fla
David Wayne Abbott
Fred Abbott
Jacksonville
Florida
Water Fish Commission
David
City slaying yields murder charge for five suspects
A murder charge was filed in district court naming Billy Jim Cherry William R Hinds Jr Jackie M Dubose Verena Cherry and Wayne E Dumond as suspects in the hammer slaying of Sgt LC Albert Jackson 31 of Headquarters Battery 2nd Battalion 36th Artillery. The six suspects pleaded not guilty and a preliminary hearing was set for Aug 30 with bond denied. Verena Cherry remains in custody at Marie Detty Youth Service.
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LC. Albert Jackson
36Th Artillery
Jack Brock
Billy Jim Cherry
Artillery Training Center
William R. Hinds Jr
Jackie M. Dubose
2Nd Artillery
Brock
Cherry
Verena Cherry
N. 31St
Wayne E. Dumond
1St Battalion
Women Set for Duty Aboard Warships Amid Sweep Orders
Warfront developments report sweeping Navy orders opening service for women on ships. In Vietnam, Communist forces hit near Saigon with 30 to 40 South Vietnamese militiamen killed or wounded, while battles expand into Cambodia and Prey Veng. U S B 52 bombs strike fuel targets in southern North Vietnam.
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Saigon
Vung Tau
Cambodia
Mekong Delta
Kompong Trabek
Saigon-Phnom Penh
Prek Trabek
Phnom Penh
Svay Rieng
Prey Veng
Kompon
Soviets and China feuding over Asia border dispute
Moscow accuses Beijing of territorial claims to vast Siberian regions in a published Chinese atlas. Izvestia frames the atlas as Maoist propaganda and recalls historical treaties and 17th century exploration to justify modern claims.
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Peking
Izvestia
China
Siberia
Soviet Far East
Senate Defeats Handgun Control Bill Amendment
The Senate rejected a strengthened handgun control bill 75 to 16 and defeated amendments to ban concealed snub-nosed pistols and require registration of all firearms. Chief sponsor Birh Bayh said the bill aimed to curb gun violence after the Wallace incident and Kennedy urged stricter registration and licensing.
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Senate
Washington
Sen
Adlai Stevenson
D-Il
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Bayh
Hart
Kennedy
Wallace
Robert F. Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Navy Chief Expands Equal Rights, Opens Sea Duty
Navy Chief Admiral Zumwalt announces sweeping orders for equal treatment of women and opens the way to assign women to ships, aviation, and Annapolis, pending ratification of the equal rights amendment. A pilot program will assign women to the hospital ship Sanctuary, with task forces reviewing laws and policies to remove barriers.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Adm
Elmo R. Zumwailt Jr
Naval Operations
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Zumwalt
Wacs
Women’s Army Corps
WAC
Secretary of the Navy
Slim Rain Chance For Lawton Area Forecast
A cold front from Kansas may bring showers to central and southern Oklahoma tonight with only a 2 percent chance in the Lawton area. Daytime highs reach the mid 80s before a mid 60s low tonight. Wednesday highs near 90. Downtown Lawton records a high of 80s Monday and a low of 69 early today.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Lawton
Council to draft ordinance for three charter revisions
City council votes 6 2 to direct the city attorney to draft an ordinance calling a special election to revise three provisions in the charter. Support comes from Wolverton and several allies, while Seibold Hooper oppose changing the charter before testing it.
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ITY
Woody Wolverton
Cleo Craig
Larry Ferguson
Charlies Beller
Farrell Moore
Ernest Roper
Max Seibold
Roy B. Hooper, Jr
Don Whitaker
Whitaker
Wolverton
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Ager
Bill Cox
By the Constitution Staff
Creech
Miss Harrington
Nachtrieb
Dong- Lee
London
Britain
By Don Harras
Marie Detty Youth Service
Tl Women
Long Thanh
North Vietnam
Moscow
Union
Asia
Russia
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Senate Judiciary Committee
League of Cities
Council
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