Apollo Crew Sets For Moon Walk On Taurus Littrow
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt prepared to land in the Challenger at Taurus Littrow while Ronald Evans remained in orbit aboard America. The three men would conduct a three day lunar mission totaling over twenty miles of exploration and rock sampling.
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Challenger
Cernan
Schmitt
America
Mission Control
Lunar
Moon
Taurus-Littrow
Dole to Quit GOP Post as Bush Named to Replace
Republican National Chairman Robert Dole announced his resignation after a White House meeting with Nixon. George Bush of Texas was picked to replace him as party chairman but would remain U.N. ambassador through the current General Assembly session. Dole would stay on in an advisory role for a month or two to aid Bush's transition.
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GOP
Bush
U.S
Kansas
White House
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
United Nations
U.N General Assembly
Winter storm cripples Oklahoma roads delays schools
A new winter storm bringing sleet snow and freezing rain swept across Oklahoma creating hazardous driving conditions in Lawton and southwest areas. State safety officials urged motorists to stay off streets as ice warnings and blended precipitation threatened travel.
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Oklahoma
Lawton
Bill Mayberry
John Elkins
Bert Seesaran
Seesaran
Trirevel
Secret Paris Peace Talks Progressing
Paris AP report says Henry Kissinger and Hanoi official Le Duc Tho met for the 13th time in three weeks at a Neuilly villa to discuss a possible cease fire and final terms. Furtive discussions continued as experts debated draft details. Kissinger's aide Haig traveled between Washington and Paris amid renewed secrecy.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
Nixon
Neuilly
Kissinger
Tho
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Washington
Haig
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Moscow
An- See
Explosions Hit Cuban Owned NY and Miami Firms
Three blasts this morning damaged VA Cuba Forwarding Co in Miami and its New York office in Washington Heights plus Calypso Travel Agency in Queens. No injuries reported. Investigations by federal agents and police warned of possible anti Communist group involvement.
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New York
Miami
United States
Cuba
Va-Cuba Forwarding Co
Va-Cuba
Washington Heights
Calypso
Queens
Ananda Falcon
Charges on Four Held in Fort Sill School Incident
Lawton police say investigator Rob ert Gillian will file felony charges against four of six men arrested Sunday near Fort Sill Indian School. Two face possession of marijuana counts tied to 17 bags found in a car. two others face possession of stolen merchandise after a .38 revolver linked to a Washington, D C. police officer theft was found in another car. The arrests occurred on U S 277 near the Fort Sill Key Gate. The four named suspects are Jimmy Knoxah 21 of Lawrence Kansas Alfred Lyle Knight 23 of Oklahoma City Larry Kenny 25 of Stillwater and Alonzo Victor King of Kansas City Missouri. Police note Knight was a passenger Knoxah the driver of a Volkswagen with Kansas plates King a passenger and Kenny the driver of a Mustang with Oklahoma plates. See CHARGES Page 4 Col 2.
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Robert Gillian
Fort Sill
U.S. 277
Fort Sill Key Gate
City
Jimmy Knoxah
Lawrence
Kans
Alfred Lyle Knight
Oklahoma City
Larry Kenny
Stillwater
Alonzo Victor King
Kansas City
Knight
Knoxah
Kansas
King
Kenny
Oklahoma
Nixon Aide Nominated for Interior Under Secretary
In Washington AP reports the Nixon administration is nominating John C Whitaker as under secretary of the interior and Egil Krogh Jr as undersecretary of transportation. In Kansas City doctors report Truman remains in serious condition but says he feels all right after a restful night. In Torrington Mark Van Doren Pulitzer Prize poet dies at 78 after hospital admission for undisclosed ailment. In Saigon fresh North Vietnamese forces infiltrate toward the city and clash with South Vietnamese militia in a sharp ground battle.
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Washington
Nixon
Interior and Transportation Departments
John C. Whitaker
Interior
Egil Krogh Jr
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Torrington
Conn
Mark van Doren
Charlotte Hungerford
Nixon to seek extension of wartime wage controls
President Nixon will request Congressional extension of the economic stabilization law and maintain wage price controls. Treasury Secretary George Shultz said Nixon ordered a freeze on executive pay and halted new hiring and promotions until a new budget is sent to Congress in January.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Treasury
George Shultz
Shultz
Judging Chili Cook-Off Sparks Texas Style Rivalry
Judging a chili cook-off in Wichita Falls proved tough on an ulcer as 11 chili varieties were sampled at the Pioneer Bowl Pow Wow. The event leads to a Terlingua national cook-off amid fanfare and colorful promotions by competing chefs and bands.
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Wichita Falls
Terlingua
Texas
Fulton Battise
Alabama -Coushatta
Aubrey Cox
Parole Recommended for former Lawton treasurer Denham
Kermit H. Denham 60, former Lawton city treasurer, pled guilty to stealing 216000 from city funds and mingling it with his nursing home account. The Pardon and Parole Board recommended parole after he began a seven year sentence on March 6 for embezzlement tied to supporting a 100 bed nursing home project.
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Lawton City
Kermit H. Denham
State Pardon and Parole Board
Supreme Court to rule on Hatch Act cases
The justices agreed to decide if federal and state employees may be barred from political campaigns in two cases. One from D C involves the 1939 Hatch Act covering 5.5 million workers. the Oklahoma case covers a similar state law. Arguments set for spring with a decision by June term.
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Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Oklahoma
Ion
Kent State University
Ohio
CIA
Moose Lodge
Supreme
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