Salvation Army and groups bring merrier Christmas to 350 families
The Salvation Army and civic church groups will aid about 350 families in Lawton and Comanche County with food checks clothing and toys this Yule season. Checks range from 5 to 20 dollars based on family size as 250 core families are listed plus over 100 additional names submitted by school principals and supporters. Distribution runs from morning at the Salvation Army Boys Club through Saturday with care to avoid duplications and ensure coverage.
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Salvation Army
Lawton
Comanche County
Harold Brinson
Salvation Army Boys Club
Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services
Brinson
Nixon to Nominate Irwin Ambassador to France
President Nixon plans to nominate Deputy Secretary of State John N. Irwin II as U S ambassador to France as announced in Florida. Truman’s health fluctuated with dangerous cardiac instability but remained in very serious condition. Consumer prices rose three tenths of one percent in November undermining Nixon’s inflation goal for 1972. Nixon held a bayside strategy session with Kissinger and Haig Jr.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
John N. Irwin II
U.S
France
Florida White House
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Washington
Bayside
Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Quiet Christmas Hours See Lawton Area Closures
Lawton schools Cameron College and offices plan extended holiday breaks with classes resuming January 8 for Lawton Public Schools and January 18 for Cameron College. Most city grocery stores, downtown shops, and suburban centers will close Christmas Eve and all day Christmas, with many reopening Tuesday.
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Lawton Schools
Cameron College
Lawton Public Schools
Busi
Ness
Bombs Batter Hanoi Blows Hit U S Losses Rise
U S air strikes battered Hanoi and Haiphong with heavy losses and high casualties. U S reports tallied eight B 52 bombers and four fighter bombers missing since the Monday night assault, the heaviest toll in 19 months. Hanoi News Agency said POW camps were damaged and that some airmen were injured or captured. Activists Joan Baez and Telford Taylor visited the camp.
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Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
Radio
Telford Taylor
China
Haiphong Harbor
Peking
North Vietnam
Surendra Pal Singh
Pentagon
U.S. Command
Dealey kidnapping ends after ransom paid
Mrs. Joe M Dealey Jr 22 a Dallas socialite was freed after her father in law paid 250000 in ransom. Two men were arrested in Garland and FBI identified one suspect Franklin Joseph Ransonette 33. She said she was kept in an abandoned house and bound with tape before release.
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Amanda Dealey
Joe M. Dealey Jr
Dallas
Tex
Garland
FBI
Franklin Joseph Ransonette
J. Gordon Shanklin
Dealey
Clarence Jones
Frederick Man Killed In Crash On U S 11E
A 21 year old Frederick man, John Isaac Gardner, died when his car left U S 11E three miles north of Manitou and crashed into a ditch after traveling 288 feet on the shoulder. Three other Oklahomans died in separate crashes, raising the 1972 toll to 812.
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Frederick
Manitou
John Isaac Gardner
Highway Patrol
Gardner
Kay County
Newkirk
Charles Gamsjager, Jr
James Melton Locke
Robert Lewis Kissel
U.S. 69
Muskogee
Kissel
Pentagon disputes claim POW camp in Hanoi hit
Pentagon spokesman Jerry Friedheim called the Hanoi broadcast alleging U S bombs hit the Hanoi Hilton prison camp incorrect citing best information. He would not reveal sources and said it would not be in prisoners best interests to disclose POW locations. Radio Hanoi cited civilian visitors including Joan Baez in its report.
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Pentagon
Hanoi
Washington
U.S
Jerry W. Friedheim
Friedheim
Defense Department
Radio
Hanoi Hilton
Joan Baez
Mild Weekend Weather Near Lawton Forecast
Forecast calls for fair skies and warmer temperatures across Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma. South to southwest winds 8 to 16 mph, highs in the mid 60s today, then around 40 tonight. Saturday near 60, Sunday in the 50s, with no precipitation through Sunday. Thursday high 51, low 27.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Whak 5 Suatile Wont Ads
Circulation 353-0620 and 353-0626 listed for ad inquiries. The fragmentary notice implies a newspaper advertisement section with contact numbers.
Surviving Andes Crash Survivors Guide Search Helicopter
Two Uruguayans rescued after guiding a helicopter to a crashed Fairchild in the high Andes. Officials say 14 others alive, some injured, with many dead. Plane carried Old Christians rugby team members, the crew, and passengers when it disappeared October 13 amid a snowstorm.
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Antiago
Andes
Jorge Massa
Civilization
Air Force
Roberto Canessa Urta
Fernando Parrado Dolgay
Canessa
Parrado
Argentina
Chile
Old Christians
Montevideo
Uruguay
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