Cambodian Crisis Deepens As Exile Accuses Sihanouk
Sirik Matak, kin to Sihanouk and member of Cambodia’s High Political Council, issued a six page letter accusing the exiled king of collaborating with North Vietnam and the Viet Cong from 1966 onward. US defense chief Schlesinger commented on reports of clashes near Phnom Penh. In Saigon, South Vietnam reported a 93.4 percent turnout for senatorial elections with pro Thieu tickets winning. Viet Cong attacks disrupted polls at Que Son and a southern village, with eight deaths.
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Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
Cambodia
Sirik Matak
Phnom Penh Goverment
Washington
U. S
James R. Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Nbc-Tv
Meet the Press
Taching
Khmer Rouge
Phnom Penh
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Senate
Que Son
da Nang
Binh Dinh
Picket Action at Southwestern Bell Office Protests Six Day Weeks
Picket lines formed by Communications Workers of America Local 6009 outside the Southwestern Bell Telephone office at 17th and Gore Boulevard to protest six day work weeks. Pickets were removed by noon and service remained uninterrupted as 114 operators continued to report for duty. Union claims staffing shortages and vacations drive the extended schedules. Bell manager Jessee Eppler says overtime paid and that the action is informational and temporary.
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Communications Workers of American Local 6009
Southwestern Bell Telephone
17Th and
Gore Boulevard
Bell Telephone
Jessee Eppler
Eppler
Slaying Sparks Racial Disturbance In Virginia
In Kilmarnock Virginia authorities report a fatal shooting sparked racial disturbances with at least eleven arrests to date. Police deployed a helicopter and about 80 troopers along with 25 sheriff deputies from five counties to patrol the area as incidents including assaults shootings and arson were investigated.
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Kilmarnock
Lancaster County
Garland Forrester
Forrester
Clarence Milton
Signs Change Help Arizona Litter Cleanup
In Arizona highway crews struggled with litter until signs were rewritten from Deposit litter ahead 14 mile to Litter container 14 mile. Officials say cleaner roads followed the reworded notices as motorists stopped misreading the prior poster.
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Arizona
Temporary Reopening Of Dunbar Hailed By Board
The Lawton Oklahoma school board and Black community representatives agreed to a temporary reopening of Dunbar School if HEW approves. Students in Lawton View stay in their designated schools unless they choose Dunbar. The move aims to reduce unrest while awaiting U.S. District Court guidance and HEW action. The district says Dunbar remains unsafe and should be permanently closed, but allows optional attendance for Dunbar in the interim.
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Booth
Lawton View
Dunbar
Lawton
Shoemaker Center
HEW
Board of Education
Dunbar School
Prison Reform and Politics: Beto Calls Incompatible
Former Texas Corrections Director Dr. George Beto urged against political control in prison systems. He criticized leadership driven by governors, proposed classifying criminals by crime, and advocated expanding community corrections, vocational programs, and rehabilitation services in Oklahoma and Texas.
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Oklahoma City
Texas Department of Corrections
George Beto
Sam Houston University
Huntsville
Tex
Beto
American Corrections Association
Oklahoma
London bomb scare prompts tighter security for diplomats
A Washington letter bomb explosion led the Foreign Office to order extra security worldwide for diplomats. Police defused a larger bomb, while Scotland Yard blamed the Irish Republican Army for over 50 recent bombs and incendiaries in London. A Foreign Office spokesman pledged stricter security.
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Foreign Office
Washington
London
Scotland Yard
Irish Republican Army
Demolition Bids Invited for Lawton Downtown Project
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority seeks sealed bids for demolition of buildings and site clearance on 10 parcels in Downtown Urban Renewal Project OKLA R 37. Bids due by 3 00 p m September 13 1973 at 416 C Avenue Lawton Oklahoma with public opening and reading aloud.
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Lawton
The
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
P. O
C’’ Avenue
Oklahoma
Skylab 2 faces power limits as crews press experiments
Astronauts on Skylab 2 logged over 10 days in orbit on Apollo 12 era missions with Charles Conrad Jr. as record holder. They planned a half shift of medical and solar observatory tests to begin Skylab 2’s second half while monitoring battery losses and power from solar panels.
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Charles Conrad Jr
Bean
Funeral Services for Ethel Morris and Others in Lawton
Funeral for Ethel Morris 78 of Irving Texas will be 2 PM Tuesday at Wyatt Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Walters Cemetery. She moved from Cotton County in 1942. survivors include daughter Georgia Crow and son John Morris. Also noted are funeral services for Regenna Gale Weaver 25 and Dora P. Bryan 80 with details of deaths, placements, and survivors.
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Walters
Cotton County
Ethel Morris
Irving
Tex
Wyatt Funeral Home
Walters Cemetery
Morris
Irving Hospital
Calera
Herbert D. Morris
First Methodist Church
Georgia Crow
Las Vegas
Nev
John Morris
Regenna Gale Weaver
Ferris
Becker Funeral Home
N. N. Antonson
Trinity Baptist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Dora P. Bryan
Bell
Forrest Siler
First Baptist Church
Highland Cemetery
Bryan
Saint Jo
Lawton
Coeds At Southsea Beach Ordered to Cover Up
Six French college women at a crowded Southsea family beach were ordered to cover up by police after stripping to the waist. One girl told the officer that in St. Tropez no one would notice.
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Southsea
England
Bobby
St. Tropez
World’s Largest Flower Rafflesia Found in Asia
The rafflesia, the world’s largest flower, grows wild in Malaya and Indonesia. It has no stems or leaves and can reach three feet in diameter.
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Malaya
Indonesia
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