Sooners Set Sights On Election
Oklahoma voters face a sprawling primary with about 600000 expected to vote. Democrats seek U S Senate and multiple races while Republicans target the U S Senate and two congressionals. Key names include Ed Edmondson Charles Nesbitt Jed Johnson Al Terrill and Dewey Bartlett.
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Lee Slater
U.S
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Rex Privett
U.S. Atty
Andrew Potter
Public Safety
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Edmondson
Ed Edmondson
John Rogers
Billy Brown
Jesse D. Knipp
Henry Howell
Jed Johnson
al Terrill
Clara Luper
Albert Donald Anderson
Charles Nesbitt
Bill Tiffany
South Viets Block Red Push Into Lowlands
South Vietnamese troops launch a drive to block a North Vietnamese division from expanding from the Que Son Valley toward Da Nang coastal lowlands. U S Air Force reports 130 mm guns and tanks with heavy bombing by B 52s. Refugees flee as fighting rages across the valley and coast.
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Protesters prep for action as GOP convention nears
In Miami Beach police and demonstrators faced off across night sticks on the eve of the Republican National Convention. About 4,000 protesters stayed at Flamingo Park while 1,000 National Guard and 2,500 Army troops guarded the area.
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California
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Students For A Democratic Society
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Nixon signs 1.6 billion flood relief bill
President Nixon signed a 1.6 billion flood relief measure for Agnes damaged areas and earlier Rapid City floods. About 1.3 billion will fund disaster loans to rebuild homes farms and businesses. Some victims complain of delays, but officials say momentum and progress are evident.
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Nesses
Frank Carlucci
Pennsylvania
Editorial Endorsement Praises Tom Steed for Oklahoma District
An editorial urges voters in the Fourth District to support Congressman Tom Steed in the Democratic primary and November election. It lauds Steed as a powerful appropriations leader defending Oklahoma interests, citing funds for Fort Sill and the Waurika Dam and his influence with Speaker Carl Albert.
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Comanche County
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Oklahoma
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Waurika
Carl Albert
Copernicus Satellite Launch Breaks Records In Space
Cape Kennedy Fla AP a massive U S astronomical observatory named Copernicus launched aboard an Atlas Centaur booster to study young stars ultraviolet light and interstellar matter It weighs 4900 pounds costs 81.6 million and orbits over 400 miles high with six telescopes headed by a Princeton built 32 inch ultraviolet telescope to reveal star birth and galaxy chemistry.
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Hot dry weather continues in Lawton area
Forecast shows fair to partly cloudy skies with lingering heat in Lawton. Temperatures will peak near 100 degrees today with low 70s tonight and similar highs into Tuesday. Sunday reached 98 with a 74 low.
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Lawton
Bellmon Statement Sparks Oklahoma Republican Feud
Oklahoma Republicans clash after U.S. Sen Henry Bellmon says the party fails to back candidates. House Leader Charlie Ford and Sen James Inhofe from Tulsa criticize state Chairman Clarence Warner. Dewey Bartlett seeks to unite voters and says the dispute will blow over, aiding Nixon era campaigns.
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James Inhofe
Tulsa
State
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Bartlett
Senate
Nixon
Drama Off Stage at Nixon Nomination Convention
The Republican convention opened with unopposed Nixon renomination and staged welcomes. Off stage drift included a potential future seating dispute and a possible draft clash. Eisenhower tribute preceded Nixon’s spotlight as Miami Beach hosts delegates. Skip Healey and Grace Boulton won Oklahoma GOP posts.
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Eisenhower
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Fla
Skip Healey
Davis
Oklahoma
Grace Boulton
Oklahoma City
GOP convention preview highlights 1960 race and party splits
The piece notes speeches praising four years in office and factional struggles over delegate selection. It details rules committee meetings before the convention, a push for stronger platform language, and possible floor skirmishes led by Mathias and Schweiker. Nomination events and adjournment timings frame a stark GOP contrast to the prior Democratic gathering.
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Charles McC. Mathias Jr
Maryland
Richard S. Schweiker
Pennsylvania
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