Convicted Murderess Clears First Hurdle
Witnesses support Caril Fugate release bid after 15 years in prison. Pardon board to decide, with Gov Exon and state officials among those involved. The Starkweather Fugate killings terrorized Lincoln in 1958 as a manhunt spanned Nebraska and Wyoming.
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Victor Walker
Miss Fugate
Pardon Board
J. James Exon
Allen Beermann
Clarence A. H. Meyer
Greenholtz
Parole Board
Lincoln
Starkweather-Fugate
Caril
Weld
Marion Barrett
Bennett
August Meyer
Carol King
Robert Jensen
C. Lauer Ward
Clara
Lillian Fenel
Douglas
Wyo
Merele
Great Falls
Mont
Starkweather
Bomb threat postpones Shultz speech at ABA meeting
Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz postponed his remarks at an American Bankers Association gathering after a hotel bomb threat. Police found no device and Secret Service advised delaying the talk, with the speech rescheduled for later today.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
George P. Shultz
American Bankers Association
Shultz
Secret Service
Army helicopter crash kills pilot near Perkins Oklahoma
An Army helicopter on a training flight from Guthrie to Tulsa struck two power lines over the Cimarron River six miles west of Perkins. Lt. Lynn Jewell of Fort Leonard Wood was killed. Capt. John Wilson and Lt. Rex Gooch were injured and in satisfactory condition at Stillwater Hospital. An inspection team will investigate.
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Rex Gooch
Ft. Leonard Wood
Army
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Guthrie
Okla
Tulsa
Rural Electric Association
Gilbert Lance
Stillwater
Letter bombs reach British offices and subway stations
A letter bomb delivered to No 10 Downing Street was found in a mail tray and defused without injuries. Other devices and hoaxes disrupted London stations including Fus ton and Waterloo, while an explosion in Belfast wounded two people and yielded similar bombs.
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Edward Heath
No. 10
Downing St
London
Heath
Chequers
Gustav Mahler
Fuston
Waterloo
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Gunman and accomplice jailed after Swedish bank siege
Police recount how Hansson and Olofsson, linked to a 1966 police killing, seized a bank, held hostages, and escaped in a sports car. Snipers paused after firings to avoid harming hostages. Olofsson joined Hansson inside the bank after being brought from Norrköping, with prior escapes and deportations tied to their crime history.
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Olofsson
Hansson
Aztec Treasures Found During Mexico City Subway Dig
Archaeologists uncover a bonanza of Aztec artifacts at a Mexico City subway site. Recovery teams expose painted sculptures bones 40 tons of ceramic fragments 380 burials and a small temple left as the centerpiece of a station.
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Mexico City
Mall bid effort fails amid tight market conditions
The land offering failed as bidders cited high interest rates and nationwide economic unrest linked to Watergate. Local developer Frank Sneed blamed rates for no bids while urging patience and caution on downtown plans until new market data. Disposition of parking land sits with the Lawton Parking Authority.
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Ralph Wolverton
Frank Sneed
Sneed
LURA
Weather modification election delayed in Woodward County
Woodward County officials postponed a county wide weather modification election amid legal questions about who may vote and how the three cent per acre assessment would be applied. Judge Joe Young declined to issue a mandamus blocking the vote, while Ellis County faces similar issues and seeks state opinion on voting eligibility for excluded areas.
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Woodward
Okla
Joe Young
Gene Cooper
Woodward County
J. M. Loomis
Ellis County
State Attorney General’s
Asst. Dist. Atty
Sam Barton
Barton
Hearing Set On Venue Change For Winters Case
U S District Judge Wes ley Brown in Oklahoma City scheduled a 9 30 a m hearing next Thursday on State Treasurer Leo Winters request to move his federal grand jury case from Oklahoma City to Muskogee Winters among 14 indicted in May on conspiracy bank fund misuse and mail fraud claims The Denver 10th U S Circuit denied Winters motion to transfer but allowed Brown to hear defense venue motions Winters case had been reassigned to Brown after Judge Bohanon requested relief from the case
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Oklahoma City
U.S. District Court
Wesley Brown
Wichita
Kan
Leo Winters
Muskogee
Brown
Winters
10Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Gene Stipe
D McAlester
U. S. District Court
Luther Bohanon
Bohanon
Denver Court
Skylab 2 Sees Gyro Repair Aiming To Stabilize Orbit
Flight director explains replacing six gyroscopes to restore three per axis as Skylab 2 risks tumble if one axis fails. Astronauts Garriott and Lousma conduct a space walk to service instruments and retrieve a dust-exposure experiment. Space endurance record nears with 59 day voyage.
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Neil Hutchinson
Garriott
Lousma
Bean
Space Agency
Royce Hawkins
Life Sciences
Johnson Space Center
U S Move To Pull Out Of Thailand Amid Vietnam Tensions
As North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces near Thailand, more U S troops and air units arrive under Lyndon B Johnson who ordered strikes from Thailand in 1965. Recent Thai politics show growing sentiment for departure with critics arguing the presence raises risk of confrontation and noting the United States pays no rent for bases.
Former Cityan Killed In Crash Near Snyder
Harold Wayne Richardson 42, a former Lawton resident who moved to Elgin, died after his van was struck by a pickup driven by 18 year old Dennis Nickerson north of Snyder. Nickerson suffered serious injuries. Richardson was pinned for about two hours. The crash occurred at a State Highway county road intersection one mile north of Snyder. Richardson's wife Frankie survived. several children and relatives are listed as survivors. Funeral arrangements were pending. Other fatalities included a Canyon Texas man and a Clinton city employee in separate incidents.
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Lawton
Elgin
Snyder
Highway Patrol
Harold Wayne Richardson
Dennis J. Nickerson
Indiahoma
Nickerson
Memorial Hospital
Richardson
Mike Casady
Hobart
Casady
Frankie
Clover Lane
Marlow
Shelley
Virginia Tucker
van Nuys
Calif
Rudy Montez
Indio
Doris Hein
Eugene Moeller
Tanglewood Drive
Cecil Richardson
Faye Montez
Becker Funeral Home
Arson Suspected In Two South Lawton Fires
Firefighters suspect arson in two house fires early today in south Lawton. Investigations followed two blazes at 1301 Pennsylvania at 2 10 a.m. and 1508 Douglas at 3 35 a.m. causing serious damage to both homes.
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South
Lawton
Pennsylvania
Douglas
Haiphong bombing recall and Cambodian hospital compensation
Friedheim recalls one prior errant bombing event leading to discipline after U S planes struck a Soviet cargo ship in Haiphong Harbor in the late 1960s. He notes discipline for ground troops over short artillery rounds causing friendly casualties. Earlier this week ambassador Swank offered compensation up to about 150000 for Neak Luong hospital damage and Cambodian deaths.
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Friedheim
U.S
Haiphong Harbor
Emory C. Swank
Neak Luong
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