Soviets launch space station Salyut 4 into orbit
The Soviet Union launched another space laboratory named Salyut 4 into orbit, Tass announced. No crew was planned for boarding the station as scientists at stations nationwide and aboard the ship Academician Sergei Korolev track and study the craft. The launch aims to test design, onboard systems, and conduct scientific experiments in space flight.
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Survivors Of Australian Cyclone Face Disease Threats
Surviving Darwin residents battle waterborne illness as polluted supplies trigger more hospital admissions than injuries. Immunizations begin as evacuation plans move 10 000 people from the stricken city. Airlifted medical aid plus international offers aid relief efforts amid a cyclone toll that includes deaths and widespread destruction.
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Australia
Northern
Darwin Hospital
Three Captives Freed By Prisoners Inmates Still Hold 7 Hostages
Inmates at Lorton Reformatory freed guard James Griffin and kitchen steward Roy Parks, leaving seven hostages. U.S. Attorney David Hopkins weighed immunity from prosecution as negotiations continued. Law firm lawyer Lawrence Jamison said a deal without reprisals was sought, with hostages healthy and supplied.
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Lawrence Jamison
Feder
Roy Gerard
Lorton
Prions
Ford sets week with CIA report on tap and policy aims
President Ford plans a busy schedule after Christmas in Colorado. He will study the Colby report on CIA domestic spying before deciding on actions. Friday he meets Energy Resources Council, Saturday economic policy board, as part of January policy road map and budget talks.
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Ron Nessen
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Energy Resources Council
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Post Holiday Anxiety Grips Dad After Shopping Frenzy
A humorous reminiscence from a father enduring post holiday jitters after a rapid Christmas Eve sale at a department store. The narrator wrestles with whether to buy poinsettias or a toy, ends up with head scarves and a fruit cake, and recalls a rooftop ladder mishap while decorating Old Mom’s lights.
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Oklahoma stock trailer numbering law draws gripes
Oklahoma ranchers and farmers debate HB 1689 as new rule requires livestock trailers used in state road transport to bear owner driver or organization numbers. Trailers must display readable numbers on rear from left to right, 36 to 72 inches high, with penalties for misnumbering.
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Merals
Commissioners Must Increase Sheriff Requests Urgent Staff Boost Urged
County Sheriff Coy Rogers asks for a nearly one third manpower increase to strengthen law enforcement in Omance County. He seeks 10 more staff including a narcotics officer and jail workers while Frank White, chairman of the board, has no decision yet. The unit currently operates with 19 members. Deputy shortages impact field service and court paper service.
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Omanche County
Coy Rogers
Frank White
County Board of Commissioners
Rogers
Sheriff's Office
White
Snowstorm disrupts Oklahoma as snowfall nears four inches
A winter storm draped the western Oklahoma region in snow with four inch accumulations possible. Freezing drizzle sleet and rain spread across the state while ice storm warnings lined north central Texas. Motorists from Fort Worth toward southern Oklahoma were told to expect slick highways and bridges as the storm moved northeast.
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Rockies
Lawton
Zonia
New Mexico
Texas
Fort Worth
Okla
Highway Patrol
Christmas Over For Another Year
The Christian world resumed work after Christmas as Christians celebrated from Bethlehem to Moscow and Hanoi. Security guarded the Bethlehem birthplace, while Arab guerrilla threats remained absent. A 17 year old Jacksonville girl wounded in a bus attack faced possible leg amputation in Jerusalem, and Israel fired shells into southern Lebanon amid a tentative farmer harvest truce. Pope Paul VI opened the Holy Year before 30,000 in St. Peter's Square.
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Northern Ireland
Holy Land
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Australia
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Moscow
Hanoi
Jerusalem
Jacksonville
Fla
Israel
Mecca
Paul VI
St. Peter's Square
Traffic toll tops 130 on Christmas Day in nation
One day Christmas traffic fatalities reached 137 nationwide, with the National Safety Council predicting 200 to 260 deaths on highways during the holiday. The period ran from 6 p.m. Tuesday to midnight Wednesday. Oklahoma reported its fourth Christmas toll fatality as the state’s total rose to 730 for 1974, up from 79 a year earlier. In Washington, Sen. J. V. Fulbright resigned effective December 31, citing vacation plans and higher retirement benefits. Also in brief, John Stonehouse was reunited with his wife Barbara in Melbourne as Australia weighed deportation for entering on a false passport. Ed Edmondson said he would seek a rehearing in his Senate race petition by Friday’s deadline, or request more time if needed.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Edmond
Oklahoma
Washington
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Fulbright
Melbourne
Australia
John Stonehouse
Barbara
England
Commonwealth Detention Center
Oklahoma City
Ed Edmondson
State Supreme Court
U.S. Senate
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