Dollar Strength Slips in Europe Amid Mixed Trading
The dollar firmed slightly in most European markets at opening but fell in Italy as Bank of Italy purchases supported the currency. In Milan the dollar dropped to 620.50 lire, while Zurich quotes climbed after Monday’s peak. London gold rose to 43.94 an ounce, then eased to 43.30, with Frankfurt and Zurich gold also softening from Monday’s highs.
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U.S
Italy
Milan
West Germany
France
Switzerland
Bank of Italy
Zurich
House
Senate Economics
London
Former Jersey City Mayor Gets 15 Years
Former Jersey City mayor and seven Hudson County officials convicted of extortion conspiracy were sentenced in Newark federal court. Judge Robert Shaw called the crime avaricious and noted funds meant for public welfare diverted to politicians. The officials resigned after the July conviction following a seven week trial detailing shakedowns and secret accounts.
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Jersey City
Newark
N.J
U.S. District Court
Robert Shaw
Shaw
Whelan
Hudson County
Rain Panel Pushes Five State Weather Program
A regional rain panel proposes a five state cooperative weather program led by Homacity and AP Gov. David Hall. The plan seeks shared resources and data to improve rainfall forecasting and drought response across the states.
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Rain Panel
Lawton Hospital Births and Surgeries Report
Memorial B Walton born Aug 7 at 11 10 pm weight 7 pounds D Kassing born Aug 9 at 6 47 pm weight 7 pounds 0 ounces. Indian births: Ronald Abhaitty Lindsay Aug 9 11 24 pm weight 8 pounds 64 ounces. Donald Kelly Aug 9 12 44 pm weight 7 pounds 1514 ounces. Admitted: Charlotte Wolf Anadarko Patsy Jones Anadarko Lillie Harjo Sasakwa Charlene Dunlap Anadarko. Medical and surgical notices list multiple patients with addresses across Lawton and nearby towns. Dismissed: Mrs Glen Wheeler Julius Banta.
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B. Walton
Lincoln
D. Kassing
Ave. I
Ae Bennight
Mountain Park
Sharon L. Berkley
Pershing Drive
Gay Blackburn
Elgin
Nellie Buttram
Posey Davis
Brent Dean
S. 49Th
Edith Drake
Eldorado
W. T. Fenberg
B. H. Good
Bradford Grant
Paul Meredith
Hot Springs
Louis Million
Marlow
Ellen Moore
Snyder
Kimberly Myers
Ricky Lee Pierce
Sherman S. Rhoads
Walding
Barbara L. Sanders
John Strum
N. 20Th
Nikki van Dyke
Cruesilla Wallace
Monroe
Michael Woessner
June Young
Cache
Ronald Abhaitty
Lindsay
Donald Kelly
Washington
Charlotte Wolf
Anadarko
Sarah Saddleblanket
Indiahoma
Patsy Jones
Lillie Harjo
Sasakwa
Charlene Dunlap
Elk Cityan Named Head of Crime Commission
Elk City businessman A Nor man Martin to be named director of the Oklahoma Crime Commission replacing C A McWilliams who has served as interim head. Martin co owns an Elk City funeral home and will lead the agency after Gov. David Adair's resignation context.
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Oklahoma City
Elk City
A. Norman Martin
Oklahoma Crime Commission Today
Broken Arrow
C. A. McWilliams
Martin
McWilliams
Davi Adie Amano
Former Trainee Named Manager at Salt Plains Refuge
Ron Sullivan, formerly a refuge manager trainee at Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, is named manager of Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge near Jet. He earned a degree from Southern State College in Magnolia Arkansas in 1961 and did graduate work at the University of Kansas before positions at Browns Park Colorado Tishomingo Kansas and Quivira Kansas refuges.
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Ron Sullivan
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge
Jet
Southern State College
Magnolia
Ark
The
University of Kansas
Refuge Here
Browns Park Refuge
Colorado
Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge
Kansas
Public Records Theft and burglary reports in local businesses
Public Records itemizes multiple thefts and burglaries in town. Frank's Lounge on Lee Street and USC Club on Fourth Street report stolen machines and equipment. Several residences show thefts of purses bikes televisions tires and valuables. Police note vandalism incidents and a few attempted burglaries.
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Frank's
Lee
Vancetam
Ker E. Miller Jr
Fort Sill
Doisye M. Coble
W. Ve
Hoover
USC Club
Tg&y
N. Sheridan
Clarence Billings
John Rowley
Bell
Chester Wickienson
Pennsylvania
Benny Allison
Andrew Blix
Garfield
Mag B . James E Bryent
Sedalia
Sacking Hall
Chisolm Troll
Carolyn Steward
Howard Smith Ford
Sheri- Gon
Fort Sil teens charged jointly in car theft case
Charles Filed James Maxwell Speed Jr. 17 9 S 34th faces grand larceny charges. Dale A. Block 2 Ross T. Bouchanan 17 Bobby C. Hearn 19 Relph E. Miller 18 and Pete St. Morrison 2 of Fort Sil are charged cooperatively with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
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James Maxwell Speed Jr
Dale A. Block
Ross T. Bouchanan
Bobby C. Hearn
Relph E. Miller
Pete St. Morrison
Ail
Fort Sil
Burglary Report Near Antioch Church
Mrs. Arthur Holliday reports a break in at her home west of Antioch Church on Gore Boulevard. Items including fishing tackle valued at 220 dollars and a hot water heater were stolen.
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Arthur
Fire reports logged by Lowton Fire Department
Monday 2 22 pm truck fire at 3m end Lee Boulevera. 2 07 pm at 308 Bell woman breathing trouble suspected drug scene. 7 56 am cor fire and A reported emergency.
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Lee Boulevera
Executive Officer Assumes Duties At Army Post
Col. Walter L. Mayo Jr. officially became the executive officer. Mayo has spent two tours in Korea during his Army career and was captured in the early 1950s and held as a prisoner of war for M months. He returned from his latest Korea tour in 1968.
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Mayo
Korea
Capetown students praised for rejecting racism and injustice
Rev. Dr. W. A. Visser 't Hooft told a University of Capetown audience that university students render the world a service by rejecting cultural impulses that fuel racism militarism social and economic injustice.
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Capetown
S. Africa
W. A. Visser ‘T Hooft
World Council of Churches
University of Capetown
Glamors Help Boost Market In Light Trading
New York stock activity shows glamor names lifting sentiment as the Dow Jones average slips 0.14 to 842.51 at noon. IBM Polaroid and Bausch & Lomb gain while Nippled gains and trade volumes reflect cautious advances in uneven early trading. Oklahoma livestock and state grain prices follow with cattle hogs and lambs active, and cash grain values listed across wheat barley Milo and alfalfa hay.
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Natomas
IBM
Polaroid
Memorex
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
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Keyes
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Medford
el Reno
Geary
Weatherford
Yukon
Kingfisher
Okeene
Watonga
Perryton
Afton
Altus
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Hobart
Enid
Temple
Fund
Denial Expected For Sill Request
Commission Chairman Charles Nesbitt said the request to improve the post's facility probably will be denied.
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Commission
Charles Nesbitt
$1000 Bond Set In Bicycle Theft Case
James Maxwell Speed Jr of 921 S 36th was arrested at his home after detectives and Jerry Williams found a boy’s bicycle reported stolen July 7 in the 900 block of S 3th. The bike had been taken from Thomas Goulart at 2912 J and was found the next morning by Goulart’s son while delivering papers.
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James Maxwell Speed Jr
Bill May
Jerry Williams
Thomas Goulart
Hearing Stated In Theft Of Car
Bond was set at 1000 dollars each for five Fort Sill men arraigned Monday on car theft charges. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 26 before Special District Judge John Taylor. Arrested Friday near Lawton by Highway Patrol Trooper Fred Whitehead were Dale A. Black 20 Ross T. Buchanan 17 Bobby C. Hearn 19 Ralph E. Miller 18 and Pete L. Morrison 20 all of Fort Sill. The 1971 car was seen making an improper U turn and stopping with a license plate linked to a 1966 car. The vehicle was reported stolen from Charley Wade Olds Motor Inc. at 105 S Second.
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Fort Sill
John Taylor
Highway Patrol
Lawton
Old
U.S
Dale A. Black
Ross T. Buchanan
Bobby C. Hearn
Ralph E. Miller
Pete L. Morrison
Fred Whitehead
Charley Wade
Oldsmobile, Inc
Whitehead
Wade
Half and Half on St. Martin Island Split Between France and Holland
The Caribbean island of St. Martin is divided between France and the Netherlands. One half remains a French department while the other is an integral part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. No border guards patrol the line.
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ST. Maarten
Netherlands Antilles
France
Holland
Caribbean
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Highway Agency approves release of land along old Oklahoma 36
Oklahoma Highway Commission approves request to release a tract of right-of-way along old Oklahoma 36 near Faxon. Original easement was granted to John W. Coldren family in 1930 for highway construction. In 1966 extra land was acquired to the north. south side property no longer needed. Final approval awaits Federal Highway Administration.
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Oklahoma 36
Faxon
Oklahoma Highway Commission
Oklahoma State Highway Department
John W. Coldren
Highway Commission
Federal Highway Administration
Sill Man Faces Aug. 25 Hearing
Richard Lee Short of B Battery faced a preliminary hearing before Special District Judge John Taylor on theft of a 1970 pickup. Bond set at $1,000. truck recovered after a post chase.
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Richard Lee Short
2Nd Battalion
Artillery Training Center
John Taylor
Short
Fort Sill
Euclid
Rogers Lane
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