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Newspaper

Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1973

Page

4

City Council to vote on utility rate changes and zoning hearings

City council plans to raise apartment and mobile home charges to residential levels and cut sewer and garbage rates for seniors over 65. A final payment of 181 325 48 to Indiana Gunite for Lawtonka clearwell repairs follows a 68 860 partial. Public hearings on rezoning requests and zoning ordinance amendments are scheduled along with maintenance bonds and a joint fire-fighting facility letter to Fort Sill.

Indiana Gunite & Construction Corporation Lawtonka Clearwell Skyline Road E. Gore Blvd Park Lane Fort Sill Oklahoma Highway Department Cache Road

Laos Coup Try Tests Neutralist Government Now

The right wing opposes a plan letting Pathet Lao station 500 troops in Vientiane as U S. Ambassador warns against the coup. Gen Phoumi Nosavan denies involvement while Thailand's Thanom Kittikachorn orders a border alert and monitoring of Lao migrants.

Pathet Lao Vientiane Laos France Indochina Souvanna Phouma Kong le Souvanna Boun Oum United States Washington Thailand Phoumi Nosavan Phoumi Thao Ma Thanom Kittikachorn Long River

Plot to Kill Nixon Bared During New Orleans Visit

Federal authorities disclosed an alleged plot to kill President Richard Nixon during a New Orleans stop. The announcement followed a public Secret Service statement asking Nixon not to motorcade, amid security alerts and heightened precautions.

Nixon Nnto New Orleans Secret Service Warner FBI Clarence M. Kelley Atty Elliot L. Richardson Gaudet Clarence Giarrusso Giarrusso Algiers Lake Pontchartrain Canal Street Bourbon Street Rivergate Convention Center Mississippi River Watergate Florida White House Key Biscayne America Indochina Kansas City California White House

Judges Dismiss Charges Over Date Change Impulse

Federal judges in Buenos Aires dropped charges against a woman who altered her birth date on official documents to seem six years younger. They described the act as an understandable impulse of feminine coquetry.

Buenos Aires Argentina

Oklahoma City Poultry and Egg Prices Fall Again

A local produce official reports a second weekly decline in poultry prices and a drop in eggs as consumers resist high costs. Liberman Produce and Janger Produce Company executives note chicken prices down 17 to 14 cents per pound and eggs six to 10 cents per dozen, with some hope prices will rebound.

Oklahoma City Produce Companies Henry Fine Liberman Produce Co Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Produce Company Murl Reeves Janger Produce Company Reeves Fine

Nixon defends secrecy on air strikes to save lives

President Nixon says secrecy was needed to protect American lives during the air strikes. He argued public disclosure would provoke protests from the Cambodian government and halt bombing, risking U S soldiers' lives. The bombing was disclosed to government and congressional leaders.

Nixon

City Eyes Joint Fire Training Center With Fort Sill

Walker said survey findings support a combined fire training facility in the city with Fort Sill backing and revenue sharing funds approved. The plan would relocate or supplement training now done at Oklahoma State University Stillwater, providing ongoing programs for Lawton and Fort Sill firefighters with a spring 1974 target.

Walker Fort Sill Oklahoma State University Stillwater Lawton

Farmers seek baling wire across states for harvest

Musgrove holds 160 acres prairie hay and 250 acres Sudan to harvest yielding about 45 and 80 bales per acre. He needs 100 rolls of baling wire. Jack Morrison aims for 8 000 bales. Henry Renschen seeks wire for 10 000 bales after failing to procure in California Oklahoma and North Texas.

Musgrove Sudan Jack Morrison Chattanooga Henry Renschen Geronimo California Oklahoma Texas Renschen

Airfield Of Ancient Astronauts Captured By Skylab 2 Crew

Skylab 2 astronauts Alan Bean Owen Garriott and Jack Lousma photographed the Nazca plains in Peru seeking clues to a possible ancient civilization. They also monitored Tropical Storm Brenda while troubleshooting two small coolant and humidity leaks aboard the lab.

Skylab Peru Bean Nazca Andes Lima Mission Control Brenda Gulf of Campeche Mexico Lousma Garriott

Ultraman Taro star Saburo Shinoda hospitalized after bus crash

Saburo Shinoda 24 known as Ultraman Taro was hospitalized after a bus crashed into a wall while en route to a filming site in Nakanojo Japan. The incident involved his television show crew and occurred as filming preparations were underway.

Nakanojo Japan Saburo Shinoda Ultraman Taro

Sharp Directs Traffic in Rainstorm Tuxedo

Ottawa Foreign Secretary Mitchell Sharp became a traffic policeman during a thunderstorm after a minor accident on the way to a party. He stood in the rain directing cars until police arrived.

Ottawa Mitchell Sharp Sharp

Preparation H Brings Quick Relief For Hemorrhoidal Itch

Doctors tested preparation H on hundreds of patients and found prompt temporary relief from pain and itching plus reduced swelling. Many physicians use or recommend it for their families. The product comes in ointment and suppositories.

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