Four Arrested In Plot To Steal Elvis Body
Four men were arrested outside Forest Hills cemetery in Memphis on suspicion of planning to break into Elvis Presley’s mausoleum and steal the body for ransom. Police said no explosives were found and investigators noted no extortion threat, with arrests for investigation of attempted burglary and charges pending.
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Presley
Memphis, Tenn
Elvis Presley
Memphis Commercial Appeal
E. Winslow Chapman
T. McCochren
Forest Hills Cemetery
Memphis
McCachren
Chapman
John Molnar
Meany Backs New Panama Canal Pact Support for treaty grows
President Carter won a key ally in the Panama Canal treaty fight AFL-CIO President George Meany signaled support saying territorial rights alone are insufficient to sustain the pact Meany cited job protections for American workers as a core reason for backing the agreement His endorsement was expected from the federation's executive council later in the day and underscores labor influence in the ratification effort.
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Washington
Carter
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Panama
Labor Federation
Executive Council
Meany
Instapoll Questions for Lawten published survey
Readers are invited to answer Instapoll questions by calling 353-0620 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today through Wednesday. The prompts ask whether Continental Air Lines aims to protect its franchise by keeping other airlines out and whether a total pullout would be best for Lawten.
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Lawton Publishing Company
Continental Airlines
Metro Airlines
Lawten
Continental
Flood Floods Hit Cache Area After Storm with 8.6-Inch Rain
A summer storm drenched Cache Medicine Park and Faxon Sunday with up to 8.6 inches of rain in three hours. Civil Defense Red Cross and law enforcement rescued ten in Cache and six in Faxon as bridges failed and homes flooded. A Fort Sill MAST helicopter rescued six children near Faxon and power flickered in several towns.
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The
Constitution
Cache
Medicine Park
Faxon
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Comanche County Sheriff's Department
Lawton
Lake Lawtonka
Lake Ellsworth
Southwest
West Lawton
Wes Miller
Fort Sill
County Commission
Harry Garrett
Garrett
Comanche County
Indiahoma
Public Service Company of Oklahoma and
Cotton Electric Co-op
Tom Maiberger
Bob Nunley
Jeff Dixon
Final Decision Due On Wheat Acreage Cuts
Carter nears a final decision on curbing 1978 wheat production with a White House briefing expected. Agriculture Secretary Bergland backs a 25 percent 1978 set aside, idling around 15 million acres, without direct payments, to bolster prices and reduce surpluses.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Bob Bergland
Bergland
U.S
Agriculture Department
National Association of Wheat Growers
Six-Man Panel Kills Anti-Canal Resolution at Georgia Conference
A six member committee of the Southern Governors Conference deadlocked 3-3 on an anti Panama Canal treaty resolution. Governor Edwards of Louisiana will seek to gauge broader sentiment by moving to debate regardless, hoping a three fourths vote might fail. Other governors split on the issue while energy policy talk was postponed.
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San Antonio
Tex
Southern Governors Conference
Louisiana
Edwin Edwards
Edwards
Carter
Kentucky
Julian Carroll
Panama
South Carolina
James B. Edwards
Oklahoma
David L. Boren
Carroll
Arkansas
David Pryor
Puerto Rico
Carlos Romero Barcelo
Texas
Dolph Briscoe
Irving S. Shipiro
The
DuPont Co
Army study on women in combat support units withheld
The Army delayed releasing findings on women's performance in combat support units amid controversy over how results should influence policy. The study covered 40 companies with up to 35 percent women and aimed to assess impacts on combat missions.
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Detroit
Army
Detroit Free Press
The
Cecil D. Johnson
U.S. Army Research Institute
Arthur Drucker
Virginia
Federal Agents Shot At Tavern In Oklahoma
A 32 year old Cache man is sought after the Sunday shooting of two ATF agents at the Bonanza Club six miles west of Lawton. Agents Robert Valadez and Jerry Tate were wounded but in satisfactory condition at Memorial Hospital. Tate was hit twice. Valadez once. Parker is named on warrants by the district attorney.
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Bonanza Club
Lawton
Memorial Hospital
Robert Valadez
Jerry Tate
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Tate
Valadez
Bonanza
Don Allen Parker
District Attorney’s Office
Elephant A Smashing Success At Nursing Home
A 38 year old circus elephant named Barbara escaped during a tent raise in Sauk City Wisconsin and roamed four miles to Maplewood Nursing Home. She smashed a window and door, causing disruption as nurses watched in disbelief. No injuries were reported.
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Nursing Home
Sauk City
Wis
Tillie Nolden
Barbara
Maplewood Nursing Hore
Marjorie Krause
Fond du Lac
Maplewood
Mrs. Krause
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Faxon Hill
Eugene Matthews
Gore
Monica Peters
Don Colwell
Cade
Rex Taylor
Cache Creek
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Lee Flood
San Francisco
American Psychological Association
Skip Gibson
Phants
Carson & Barnes Circus
Wisconsin
D.R. Miller
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