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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1972
Page
4
Evans conducts a 4 minute spacewalk to retrieve film canisters from a storage compartment. He drifts with the earth ahead and a full moon behind, expressing awe at the view as he returns to the capsule on a 25 foot lifeline.
Evans performs a three-step space walk on Taurus-Littrow with_Cernan and Schmitt. He gathers film canisters and lunar data while greeting family and reporting positive health after the EVA. The mission ends with a Pacific splashdown near USS Ticonderoga.
Police reports state 14 year old Donna Owens urged her father to hand the gun to officers but he refused. He allegedly told her to move as he aimed at an officer, and she stepped forward saying shoot me first. Gene Hill, her grandfather by marriage, persuaded Owens to surrender the pistol a .22 caliber loaded with five rounds of ammunition with one fired.
A girl jailed after four year old suspended sentence for allegedly beating her own baby. She underwent Fort Supply mental exams and was found sane. Survived by mother Phyllis Maxine, father Robert Hitner of Meriden, brother Rickey Dean, maternal grandmother Sarah Harrod of Frederick, and paternal grandfather Harry Hitner of Conshohocken. Funeral services held at First Baptist Church with two pastors. burial in Tipton Cemetery.
Wetherill urges Lawton city officials to inform homeowners and builders of potential damage from military demonstrations. He notes growing development from pasture land increases risk and asks for action to prevent more claims. Since December, nine structural damages, one stereo accident, and two livestock losses have been reported. Demonstrations will continue twice yearly.
The article recalls Nixon’s expected 521 electoral votes to McGovern’s 17, with Massachusetts and the District of Columbia as sole McGovern electors. It notes long-running reform debates since 1804 and explains why abolishing the Electoral College remains contentious between direct popular election proponents and supporters of the current system.
Police recovered a plastic wrapped message found in concrete addressed Dear Friends. It claims a small act compares to Indochina bombings and urges action, while officers report a surveillance team watched cement being poured at the AMF factory in York. Five suspects used a tub and cement in a van.
Sunday reports from a hospital indicate former President Truman remains in very serious condition with kidney failure and potential heart and lung complications. Doctors noted he could be on dialysis or a machine if needed but continued monitoring shows limited kidney function and cautious fluid management.
Kissinger says Nixon will not let South Vietnam block a peace accord. Haig notes linguistic differences between English and Vietnamese texts slow progress with 15 of 17 changes settled by final meeting, 16 new changes presented, including four substantive items, some unresolved.
The Palace of Weddings in Leningrad now operates ten hours daily. Washington state leads seven days a week in a national production scheme charging a fee of 1.65 dollars for an eight minute ceremony.
The suit, filed by two West Point cadets and nine Annapolis midshipmen, seeks to assert students’ right to freedom of belief. Griswold argued that cadets and midshipmen are not required to accept dogma but must understand their moral religious heritage.
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