Edmondson Favored in Oklahoma Democratic Primary Poll
A statewide UPI Oklahoma straw poll shows Congressman Edmondson with 48.3 percent, well ahead of Nesbitt and others, risking a runoff if undecided votes don’t shift. Nixon leads McGovern in the presidential race, with 63.8 to 17.1 and 19.1 percent undecided.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Ed Edmondson
U.S. Senate
Howver
Corporation Commission
Charles Nesbitt
Senate
al Terrill
Jed Johnson
Muskogee
Nesbitt
Edmondson
Nixon
George McGovern
McGovern
Little Dixie
Johnson
Terrill
Emondson
Tulsa
Hijacker Detains United Jet in Reno to Vancouver Demanding Cash
A bicycling gunman seized United Airlines flight 877 in Reno and forced landing in Vancouver after demanding 2 million dollars to aid crippled Vietnam War children. He wore a ski mask and ordered passengers off the jet while authorities negotiated. The hijacker also sought the money and weapons on the ground, with a broadcast statement delivered to a Vancouver radio station.
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Vancouver
B.C
United Airlines
Reno
Nev
Vancouver International
Chicago
United
CJOR
San Francisco
House OK's Anti-Busing 2-Day Talks Bill
The House passed antibusing legislation by 282 to 102 after a 12 hour session, banning cross-town busing except as last resort and allowing reopeners of desegregation orders. The measure goes to the Senate where action is uncertain amid pending bills and political maneuvering. Henry Kissinger arrived in Tokyo after two days of talks with Thieu, to discuss the U S Japan summit and peace negotiations. a report on progress and timing will follow.
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Senate
Tokyo
Washington
Nixon
House
Oklahoma
Belcher
Camp
Edmondson
Jarman
Steed
Albert
James B. Allen
D-Ala
Senate Education Committee
Allen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Henry A. Kissinger
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Kakuei Tanaka
Ohira
Honolulu
Camp David
U.S
Thieu
Vietnam
Paris
Kissinger
Viet rockets strike Da Nang wounding 93 people and damaging aircraft
In Da Nang and nearby Ku Lai, Communist rockets killed or wounded 22 Americans and 72 Vietnamese. 16 U.S. and South Vietnamese aircraft were damaged or destroyed, nine buildings lightly damaged, with substantial U.S. air losses and Vietnamese casualties reported.
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da Nang
Ku Lai
U.S
South Vietnam
Highway 1
Thailand
da See
North Viets
Laird predicts Nixon learns new Vietnam withdrawal Aug 28
Secretary Melvin Laird said Nixon will announce another Vietnam troop withdrawal on August 28. The next cut is seen around 15,000, lowering U S forces in Vietnam below 25,000 from a peak of 543,400 in April 1969, with details to follow after the Republican National Convention.
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Retary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Vietnam
GOP to unveil first plank of 1972 platform
Republicans plan to release the first installment of a Nixon era platform focusing on military and foreign policy. It backs strong defense spending, calls for an Indochina cease fire after all U S prisoners are freed, and rejects deep military cuts.
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Miami Beach
Fla
White House
Nixon
Indochina
U.S
GOP
Congress
George McGovern
Crazy Days Sale Set by Lawton Merchants
Downtown Lawton Inc. sponsors the 10th annual Crazy Days Sale from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. featuring a crazy clothing contest for store employees judged at 3 p.m. on the courthouse lawn with prizes of 25, 20 and 15 dollars.
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Lawton
Lawton Inc
Inside Pages and Column Snippets Listed
The notice lists page and section markers for a newspaper edition. It references columns Dear Abby sports women comics crossword and obituaries, indicating the diverse content layout of the issue.
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Dear Abby
Mental Health Board backs new courthouse bonds for jail
The Comanche County Mental Health Association endorses a 3.3 million courthouse bond to replace the jail. Joined by Lawton groups, the resolution cites past jail injuries and calls for citizen support of a plan placing jail facilities on the ground floor of a new five story courthouse. The bond election is set for September 12.
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Jeff Dixon
County Election Board
Mental Health Board
Comanche County Mental Health Association Board
The
Association Board
Association
H. D. Ladyman
Health Association
Lawton Women’s Forum Board
Lawton Realtors Association
Lawton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
New Lawton School Board picks first Black member
Phail Wynn was appointed to fill the unexpired term of John Coady on the Lawton Board of Education. He says he has mixed feelings about being the first Negro on the board and notes his qualifications and Fort Sill experience. Wynn’s wife Valree was the first Black teacher at Lawton High. their children include an Army captain and a college student. Wynn’s term ends January. appointment supported by Joyner and Hulett, with Morford abstaining.
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Lawton Board of Education
Phail Wynn
John Coady
Wynn
Fort Sill
Valree
Cameron
Lawton High School
Wynns
Phail Jr
Fort Bragg
N. C
Patricia
University of Oklahoma
Michael David
MacArthur
Joyner
H. D. Hulett
Leo Holmes
Bob Morford
NEW School
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Albert Anderson
Billy Brown
Jesse D. Knipp
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Frederick
Sayre
Nevada
Seattle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Atty
Richard H. Kleindienst
Albert H. Quie
R-Minn
Supreme Court
Laird
Sec
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Platform Committee
Rhodes
QHARP
By Donna Evers
Cameron For the
School Board
Sam Joyner Jr
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