Kissinger Meets Tho For Lunch Break At Paris Peace Talks
Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese envoy Le Duc Tho resumed talks after a 24 hour pause. The Paris sessions were held at a private house in a park behind a wall with American officials including Haig and Sullivan, while Tho was joined by Xuan Thuy and Nguyen Co Thach along with aides.
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White House
Nixon
Kissinger
Arnaud Clerc
Paris
Tho
Alexander M. Haig Jr
William Sullivan
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen Co Thach
City Man Pleads Guilty To Marijuana Charges
A 23 year old Lawton man, Doyle Kent Ogden, waived a jury trial and pleaded guilty to delivery of marijuana. Judge Jack Brock accepted the plea and scheduled sentencing.
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City Man
Lawton
Doyle Kent Ogden
Smith
Jack Brock
Brock
Ogden
Fort Sillman
Joseph R. Arriola
Arriola
Charles Hood
Motif Manor
Monte F. Merritt
Ozman
Lucille Brooks
Douglas
Scott’s Apparel
Miss Brooks
Levine’s
Fort Sill
Billy J. Cherry
William R. Hinds Jr
Jackie M. Dubose
Wayne E. Dumond
Sgt
J.C. Albert Jackson
Jerry Don Owens
Patsy
Floyd Dean Yates
Valentino Saladino
James J. de Zell
Betty Stuber
Lamont Shelton
Michael A. Turnbow
Oscar Thomas
Tennison Eckivandah
Jarry D. Owens
Evelyn Jones
Vickie R. Smith
Hazel Montgomery
Irwin G. Johnson
Canton Manufacturing Company
Southwest Chemical Company
Dwight F. Palmer
Farmers Insurance Company
Addie Smith
Roger D. Walden
Jimmie R. Harrison
Jack W. Carraway
Gisela A. Glenn
Sears and Roebuck
Rays Finance Corporation
Jessie Wright
Jessie Winegart
Melody Homes
Apollo Moon Missions Chronicle Immense Lunar Trek
A detailed rundown of Apollo moon excursions from launch to return. It covers moon car setup, flag raising, and four hours of scientific work at the landing site, including collecting young volcanic ash and subsurface rocks. The log tracks cratering at South Massif, North Massif, and lunar hills, plus the 75 hour surface stay and return to orbit.
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Page
Challenger
North Massif
Planes pilot engages in interception drill over South Carolina
A McEntyre Air National Guard base pilot of Eastern Air Lines participated in a training exercise to intercept a turboprop. An Air Force C130 from Pope AFB carried 12 crew members. Rescue teams searched through the night for 13 missing men as wreckage spread along U.S. 701 near Loris and Conway.
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Eastern Air Lines
McEntyre Air National Guard
Columbia
S.C
Hagood
Murtle Beach Air Force Base
Pope Air Force Base
N.C
Air Force
McEntyre
National Guard
Mullins
U.S. 701
Loris
Conway
City sends second batch of computer bills in Lawton
Lawton is advancing its shift to a computerized utilities billing system. Finance Director Sal Taranto said 1,174 customers received the second set of bills last Friday, following a first batch last month. About 24,000 water, garbage, and sewer customers will receive a third set this month, with completion expected early next year.
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Lawton
Sal Taranto
Taranto
Launch Tonight as Saturn V Poised for Moon Flight
Weather warned of cloudiness at 12 000 feet but space officials hoped for timely liftoff. Launch window opens at 9 53 and could shift if necessary with a potential postponement to January 4 due to celestial positions. Families of Cernan Evans said goodbye. Schmitt remains bachelor as Apollo veterans mingle with newcomers at the Cape.
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Evans
Earth
America
Pacific Ocean
Samoa
Ticonderoga
Walter Kapryan
Cernan
Goodby
Schmitt
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin
Adm
Alan Shepard
Astronaut Office
Funeral Rites for Michael Leon Vaughn
Graveside services for Michael Leon Vaughn one year old son of Spec 4 and Mrs Vernell Vaughn now of Neualm Germany will be held at 2 30 p m Thursday at Fort Sill Post Cemetery. Rev L K Jones of Galilee Baptist Church will officiate burial under Miller's Mortuary. The child died November 26 after a brief illness.
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Michael Leon Vaughn
Lawton
Spec. 4
Vernell Vaughn
Neualm
Germany
Fort Sill Post Cemetery
L. K. Jones
the Galilee Baptist Church
Post Cemetery
Miller
Funeral services pending for Goldia Regan 83
Goldia Regan 83 of 2120 Bell died at 4 a.m. in a local nursing home after a lengthy illness. She was born December 23, 1888 in Mead Kansas and married Rev. Cleveland Regan in 1914. She moved to Lawton in 1957, was a licensed real estate broker and former teacher. Survivors include two sons a daughter six grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Memorials to the Methodist Home Tahlequah or to the Heart Fund.
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Goldia Joy (Fears) Regan
Bell
Lawton Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Regan
Mead
Kan
Cleveland Regan
Grandfield
Lawton
Centenary United Methodist Church
Women’s Society of Christian Service
WSCS
Methodist
Tahlequah
Charles Everett
Elm
Raymond Wesley
No. 7
S. 51St
Floyd S. Bryant
Chattanooga
Heart Fund
Town and Country boosts profit sharing fund
The Quality Homes Division of Town and Country Manufacturing Company deposits 150000 in its employee profit sharing trust for profits earned in the year ending October 31. Barry Donnell, president, announced the new deposit averaging about 447 per employee for 335 full time staff, lifting trust net worth to over 1 million. The firm runs four plants across four states, with Lawton plant employing about 200 people.
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Quality Homes
Town & Country Manufacturing Company
Barry Donnell
Lawton
Rocket attack on Tan Son Nhut kills nine in Saigon
Midafternoon air strikes continued as rockets hit Tan Son Nhut International Airport. Nine people died and 54 wounded in the attack, including one American among the dead and two Americans among the wounded. most casualties were civilians. Communists penetrated within four miles of Saigon to deploy launchers before a city crowding rush hour. U S helicopter gunships and South Vietnamese bombers targeted the sites during the hour long barrage.
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Tan Son Nhut
U.S
Peterson Named Special Representative for International Economic Policy
Nixon asked Peterson to travel to Europe, Japan and other Asian nations to coordinate U S economic policies with trading partners. Peterson will wrap up the mission in spring and return to private life after serving as presidential assistant for international economic policy. previously he led Bell and Howell.
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Europe
Ziegler
Nixon
Peterson
Japan
Latin America
United States
Bell and Howell
Oklahoma Ice Storm Bites Lawton and Statewide Cold Wave
The district report cites overload faults affecting about 20 customers in the Beta and North Second and North 63rd blocks. Lawton saw a noon 42 degree high with a late evening drop to 14. Wind chills neared minus 19 as 12 mph northerlies persisted. Waurika lost power for four hours, and Ryan recorded a landmark house fire. Forecast calls for clearing skies and mid 40s Thursday as a new system approaches Oklahoma with subfreezing overnights.
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John Winstead
North Second
North 63Rd
Winstead
Lawton
Waurika
Ryan
Grady Epperson
Panhandle
Guyman
Gage
McAlester
Oklahoma
Truman in serious condition at Kansas City hospital
President Truman remains acutely ill with uncertain recovery and possibly unstable vital signs as doctors rate his condition serious for the first time during this hospital stay. Mrs Truman and aide Mike Westwood stayed with him, with daughter Margaret Daniel notified in New York.
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Dreves
Margaret Truman Daniel
Trumans
Kansas City
Drewes
Truman
Independence
Mike Westwood
Wallace Graham
Clifton Daniel
New York
Antique Car Club Elects Officers in Lawton Meet
Lawton Antique Auto Club elected officers during a Tuesday night meeting at the Museum of the Great Plains. Re elected were Ken Karrow as president and Charles Wolf as vice president. Also serving are Mrs Merle Slagle secretary treasurer Carroll Blythe national publicity chairman and Jerry Evers local publicity chairman.
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Lawton Antique Auto Club
Museum of the Great Plains
Ken Karrow
Charles Wolf
Merle Slagle
Carroll Blythe
Jerry Evers
Citizens Panel Reviews Plans For Courthouse
The Citizens Committee for a New Courthouse gave favorable review to the latest architectural plans. Committee Chairman Al Ashton said the plans are being built exactly as expected and the group will continue reviewing progress into construction. County Commissioner Frank White said bids for the $3 million building will be advertised early next year, possibly in March.
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Citizens Committee
al Ashton
Frank White
Appeals court opinion on evidence exclusion votes in Biggers case
The majority, led by Powell, concludes evidence need not be excluded. A 39 year old nursing victim testified she saw her assailant by kitchen light and by moonlight during the attack. Brennan with Douglas and Stewart dissented, arguing to uphold the lower courts' findings and criticizing the two court rule.
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Biggers
Powell
William J. Brennan Jr
William C. Douglas
Potter Stewart
Brennan
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