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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1971
Page
1
The House approved a measure with a 15.8 billion three year tax cut aimed at accelerating cancer research and care. President Nixon supports signing the bill into law as it goes to the Senate for final action after a conference resolved organizational disputes and kept the program within NIH.
Secretary of State Rogers told NATO allies Nixon would not bargain with the Soviet Union over Europe’s force reductions. West Germany offered 181 million dollars over two years to house 200,000 U.S. troops as part of offsetting dollar outflows. A Berlin settlement and East-West talks loom, with a Moscow meeting unlikely before 1973.
India says its troops pressed to 25 miles from Dacca and reports about 7,000 Pakistani troops seeking to cross the Ganges to reach the capital. Indian forces also advance toward the Meghna River and claim major towns Comilla and Sylhet captured while Pakistan’s Dacca command reports fierce east-front fighting.
Lawton schools superintendent Hugh Bish predicts MacArthur High football will go through state. A student shouts We’re No. 1 as rally attendees chant support amid a crowded pep event at the junior senior high campus.
The weekly Friday forum begins at noon with a lunch priced at $2.25 per plate. Guests include representatives from Brownwood Texas and Howard Payne College. The event also features a team meeting with Cameron College in the first and away game.
Brig. Gen. John W. Donaldson faced murder and assault charges over the My Lai killings but the Army dropped the case after a four month investigation led by Claire E. Hutchin Jr. The development makes Donaldson the highest ranking U.S. officer linked to civilian deaths in Vietnam and the first general charged with a war crime in 70 years.
Ralph Johnson Bunche, Nobel Peace Prize laureate for 1950 mediating Arab Israeli end to 1949 war, dies at 67 in New York. He stepped down as UN undersecretary ten weeks earlier. President Nixon expressed sympathy and pride in his career. Bunche’s death at New York Hospital followed months of illness.
Fort Sill holds its annual Christmas tree lighting as Maj. Gen. Roderick Wetherill flips the switch. The 7:30 p.m. ceremony at New Post Chapel signals the start of the season with a carol procession, a candlelight walk, and a medley by the 77th U.S. Army Band under CWO Owen Kirby.
Forecasters predict a brighter day tomorrow for Lawton and southwest Oklahoma after a dreary morning. Showers or thundershowers are likely this afternoon with up to 9 percent precipitation. highs in the upper 40s and northerly winds 5 to 15 mph. Tonight's low mid 30s. Friday partly cloudy to cloudy with mid 50s highs and no additional precipitation. hazardous driving warnings due to freezing drizzle earlier.
E. G. Hahney of the Chamber of Commerce received a paid wager after Cameron State College defeated New Mexico Highlands University 13 to 12 in the Boot Hill Bowl. The Las Vegas New Mexico chamber manager sent an apology note noting eight Roadrunner hunts yielded only an old rooster and sore feet before paying.
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