Men Trapped In Midget Sub Rescue Underway
Two British submariners trapped 24 hours beneath the Atlantic inside Pisces II say morale is fantastic as an international rescue begins. The crew of Pisces II has oxygen to Saturday morning while the Vickers Voyager and divers work from Cork 150 miles south of there.
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Cone
Ireland
Atlantic
Vickers Voyager
Cork Harbor
Cork
Roger Mallinson
Roger Chapman
Leonard Edwards
Pisces NT
International Hydrodynamics Co. Ltd
North Vancouver
Chinese Politburo reshuffle signals collective leadership
Hsinhua reports Mao Tse tung remains chairman as the 10th Central Committee elects a 21 member political bureau in August talks. The order of names follows stroke count in Chinese characters suggesting a shift toward collective leadership and a quieter Mao role.
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Tokyo
Hsinhua
China
Mao Tsetung
Central Committee
Mao Tse-tung
Part
Mao
Wang Hung-wen
Shanghai Textile
Shanghai Municipal Revolutionary Committee
Stalin
Soviet Union
City Housing Starts Down During July
Residential construction permits in July fell from the prior year with single family permits totaling 919 000 down from 1 223 700 for five units. Business construction issued 497 500 including a 320 000 office building by Fred White at 4111 W Gore Blvd and a 100 000 Toyota of Lawton facility at 4011 W Cache Rd. Total permits last month reached 1 540 685 versus 1 824 090 a year earlier.
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City Building and Safety Department
Fred White
W. Gore Blvd
Toyota of
Lawton
Cache Road
Area Faces Slight Rain Chance With Warm Temperatures
A 30 percent chance of showers or thundershowers is forecast for Southwest Oklahoma today, diminishing to 20 percent Friday. Partly cloudy skies and warm highs near 90 this afternoon, lower 70s tonight, and lower 90s Friday. Southerly winds 10 to 18 mph. High Wednesday was 88, low not stated.
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Oklahoma
Rustling Blaze Hits Southern Oklahoma Ranches
Bryan County Sheriff Red Highfill said a cattle theft ring is operating in southern Oklahoma with a fourth haul in a week. He warns rustling is the worst he has seen and cites rising cattle prices as a factor.
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Durant
Okla
Oklahoma
Bryan County
Judge Denies Winters Bid For Stay In Oklahoma City Case
U S District Judge Wesley E Brown denied State Treasurer Leo Winters motion for a stay of proceedings and said evidentiary hearings would precede a ruling on a venue change Winters through Senator Gene Stipe sought transfer to Muskogee The judge warned he could transfer the case to a district outside Oklahoma and ordered limits on press statements while press coverage was discussed in court
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Alahoma City
Leo Winters
U.S. District Court
Wesley E. Brown
Brown
Kansas
Winters
Oklahoma
Gene Stipe
McAlester
Muskogee
Sale of Mattie Beal Home OK'd
The Lawton Heritage Association won board approval to buy the Mattie Beal Payne Home at Fifth and Summit for 21300 from Southwestern Hospital. Norman Loftin said the sale preserves the property's historic value. The group plans a membership drive and an October meeting at the McMahon Foundation.
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Lawton Heritage Association
Mattie Beal Payne
Fifth and Summit
Southwestern Hospital
Norman Loftin
Don Davis
Lawton
Oklahoma Historical Society
McMahon Foundation
Prison Riot Damage Exceeds $14 Million
Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester suffered repair costs totaling 14.297 million dollars as declared by Corrections Director Leo McCracken. He cautioned it will take two to three weeks to estimate rebuilding expenses beyond buildings supplies and equipment. Legislators criticized slow decisions on McAlester’s future, debating modernization and whether to relocate prison industry. The special committee plans to report by September 21 in Tulsa, with two options for McAlester under review.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
McAlester
Leo McCracken
McCracken
Miskelly
Legislative Council Executive Committee
Tulsa
Corrections Department
Legislative Committee
Two More Suspects Nabbed In City Drug Crackdown
Two more persons sought on drug sale warrants were arrested Wednesday night, bringing to 14 the number targeted in a city crack down on street dealers. Grant W. Hardin, 21, Fort Sill, charged with sale of marijuana, and a 17 year old Lawton girl on a warrant alleging sale of barbiturates, were in custody along with a Fort Sill man who surrendered. Thirty citizens were targets in a multi agency probe after weeks of undercover work. Some suspects named or on John Doe warrants may evade arrest as some have left Lawton. Arrestees include Dennis Halley, 24, Fort Sill, facing sale charges for marijuana and LSD with bonds set at 10 000. See DRUGS Page 4A.
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Grant W. Hardin
Fort Sill
Lawton
Fort
Dennis Halley
William Riley
Retailers Given One More Week
The government extended the retail gasoline price freeze for a week to Sept 7 allowing retailers more time to post new price ceilings. A new system will show ceiling prices and octane on stickers at about 33 000 post offices. actual sale prices remain on pump displays.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
Council
John T. Dunlop
Old West Action Packed for Cache Frontier Days
The Cache Frontier Days features real rodeos and buffalo chip throwing with a world championship at high noon Saturday. Governor David Hall and Maj. Gen. David E. Ott plan to attend, with a parade, barbecue, and a chip tossed by the governor possible. The event is led by the Cache Chamber of Commerce and includes a three night rodeo and a Western dance, with annual chip procurement to replace disintegrated throws. Don Burt won in 1971 and Clarence Hix in 1972 for reference.
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Frontier Town
Cache
David Hall
David E. Ott
Fort Sill
Cache Chamber of Commerce
Earl Parker
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Rex Taylor
Chamber of Commerce
Jim Harrell
Don Burt
Clarence Hix
Eue
Cache Boys
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Li Teh-sheng
Shanghai
Wang Wen-yao
Kang Sheng
Tung Pi-wu
Tibetan Autonomous Region
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Liu Po-cheng
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Hsu Shih-yu
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Hua Kuo-feng
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United States Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corp
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Baptist Medical Center
Little Rock
Ark
Mattie Beal
Beal
John Miskelly Jr
D-Choctaw
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