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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1971
Page
1
Heavy rainfall fell in Lawton area watersheds feeding Lake Ellsworth and Lake Lawtonka. Ellsworth received 2.85 inches with little expected runoff. Lawtonka saw 1.90 inches with Meers reporting 1.55 inches. Runoff remained light, limited to minor tributaries, not raising lake levels significantly.
Fresh rioting left two men dead as conflicts between Protestant and Catholic factions escalated in Northern Ireland. A Protestant sniper is blamed for Patrick McAdorey’s death amid disputed gunfire by troops or civilians. Prime Minister bans annual parades for six months, inflaming tensions and halting the Apprentice Boys of Derry march.
The program directed by Dr. Archie Kahan chief of the Atmospheric Water Resources Management division in Denver Colorado will involve aerial cloud seeding and will be conducted by the U S Board of Reclamation.
Israeli troops moved into southern Lebanon and fighting extended 15 miles north of Hebbariye. Ambulances were seen racing to the area, suggesting renewed clashes near upper Galilee. In Cairo, Anwar Sadat demanded Sinai withdrawal terms before signing a Suez reopening accord, including a six month timeframe for Israel to pull from the east bank.
India and the Soviet Union signed a twenty year pact after Swaran Singh and Andrei Gromyko inked the agreement in New Delhi. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi defended nonalignment while Singh called the treaty a stabilizing peace measure and a deterrent to aggressive powers. The pact promises mutual consultation if either party faces attack or threat, amid regional tensions with Pakistan and shifts in US and China relations.
Huey P Newton cofounder of the Black Panthers faces a possible third trial after an 11 to 1 hung jury in his retrial over the killing of an Oakland policeman. The deadlocked panel prompted Judge Harold Howe to set a new trial date while Newton remains free on $50,000 bail.
Washington AP reports President Nixon signed a bill allowing Lockheed Aircraft Corp to borrow 250 million dollars in government guaranteed loans from private sources to ease financial pinch.
A weekend traffic toll reached twelve as a pickup in Pawnee County Oklahoma 18 left the road and overturned injuring its occupant. In Texas County a car with six aboard left U S road and overturned at the Beaver River bridge.
The Army expands the urinalysis program to GIs on 14 day and seven day rest and recreation leaves to Bangkok Formosa and Saigon. GIs leaving for the United States must report to the leave control center at Camp Alpha and may be sent to a drug treatment center if tests prove positive for barbiturates or amphetamines. The program also includes soldiers seeking to extend 12 month Vietnam tours due to rising access to drugs.
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden started a multi week debriefing schedule at Space Center Houston to detail the 12 day voyage including 67 hours on the lunar surface They greeted families at Ellington Air Force Base ending quarantine for the first time since the July launch.
American fighter bombers carried out their 48th strike of the year inside North Vietnam with B52s targeting positions near the DMZ. Reconnaissance aircraft were escorted by fighters as smoke obscured bomb damage. Additional B52 runs hit troop concentrations near Cam Lo and the Lao border amid reduced U.S. troop counts.
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