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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1971
Page
1
Gov. Hall and Indian leaders press Nixon officials for nearly 1 million under the Emergency Employment Act for Oklahoma Indians. They argue Oklahoma should be favored for aid as the state with the largest Indian population, while noting reservations were dissolved to open land for white settlers.
New York AP report says Mayor John V. Lindsay defected from the Republican Party to the Democrats to push for new national leadership. He stressed ongoing independence and left open a possible 1972 presidential bid while promising active party participation.
Forty seven years after a nursemaid abducted Janet Lynn Bramon on August 14 1945 in Los Angeles during wartime pandemonium Mrs Bramon still hopes for news. She believes her daughter may be dead or living with a new family and asks for any information.
Protestants and Roman Catholics clashed again in the capital of Northern Ireland amid new street fighting. In separate reports, major allied drives across Cambodia were set, while Washington noted that act team members are not advisers or trainers of Cambodian forces.
In the Mekong Delta night fighting left 13 rangers dead and 10 wounded as 100 to 150 rangers clashed with enemy forces. Reports say five enemy soldiers died and two were captured with Rangers suffering one additional wound. An 1,000 man sweep 120 miles southwest of Saigon killed 11 more Viet Cong and wounded nine South Vietnamese soldiers. The drive followed Viet Cong tax collectors' raid on Long Tanh.
British troops battled Protestant and Catholic mobs in Belfast as four days of violence left about 20 dead and over 100 wounded. IRA gunmen clashed with security forces while a bakery was seized and later retaken at dawn. Stores closed and food shortages grew as rioting spread through the city.
Lawton mayor Don Whitaker Cameron College will use a grant of 4731 dollars to equip campus police. The commission approved the grant on Tuesday and Whitaker will match with 1577 dollars. Equipment includes radios gas son pelmets rot clubs gas Sek dinpeepetet WA javelline and handcuffs.
The White House says President Nixon directed federal agencies within the last month to seek school desegregation without long distance busing and warned heads will roll for noncompliance. The move contrasts with a Supreme Court ruling that allows busing as a desegregation tool. Governor Wallace urged reversing court decrees on busing.
Long lines workers struck Southwestern Bell Telephone Co across Oklahoma over a woman worker's transfer request. A federal judge issued a temporary order halting picketing. Local 6050 president Bob Harris said he was fired for refusing to order the pickets removed. No pickets reported at Lawton.
A cool front on the Kansas Oklahoma border kept alive rain chances for Southwest Oklahoma after widespread thundershowers. The weatherman forecasts a 40 percent chance of rain this afternoon tonight and Thursday with highs in the mid 80s and tonight's low near 70. Thunder and lightning were reported south of Walters to north of Walters with 1.40 inches measured.
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