Hall's Top Aide Resigns After Grand Jury Indictment
Gov. David Hall's chief assistant Joe Carter resigns voluntarily amid a Tulsa grand jury indictment for perjury. Carter said he will step aside to focus on his legal defense while Hall, vacationing in Utah and bound for the Rose Bowl, defends him as loyal and honest. Carter, a former White House aide, faced a 1,000 dollar bond and a Jan. 3 plea deadline after the seven week probe into Hall campaign funds.
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Hall
Oklahoma City
David Hall
Joe Carter
Tulsa
Joe
Ed Hardy
Utah
California
Hardy
Carter
Tulsa County Grand Jury
Raymond Graham
Amtrak Coast Starlight Derails Near Redding Injuring Eighty
An Amtrak Coast Starlight train traveling from Seattle to Oakland derailed six cars near Anderson California injuring about eighty people. The rear six cars left the tracks in light rain sparking a lengthy wreck scene with twenty-two ambulances and hospital transports to area facilities.
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Anderson
Calif
California
Amtrak
Redding
Southern Pacific Railroad
Coast Starlight
Seattle
Oakland
Hughes Faces Jury Charge In Federal Indictment
Hughes and three codefendants are charged in a nine count indictment returned by a federal grand jury. The 68 year old Hughes, long hidden, is believed sequestered in a Bahamas hotel. Spokesmen would not comment until copies arrive. Richard Hannah based in Los Angeles declined to say if he has contact with Hughes. FEDERAL Page 4.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Bahamas
Richard Hannah
Los Angeles
Federal
Six Degree Cut Ordered In Homes Heated By Oil
Energy chief William E Simon ordered a six degree cut in oil heated homes and placed service stations last in line for gasoline beginning Jan 15. Owners must lower thermostats or risk running out of oil. fines up to 5000 dollars apply to suppliers. Commercial oil heated buildings must drop 10 degrees. Gas, electric or coal heated buildings are exempt.
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Ashington
William E. Simon
Simon
Federal Energy Office
Petroleum Retailers Fight Ration System in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Retailers Association denounces the proposed stand-by gasoline rationing plan. Bud Welch argues coupons will exceed pump prices and invite theft, warning the system would hurt retailers and reduce allowable purchases from about fourteen to six or seven gallons per car.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Retailers Association
Oklahoma
Bud Welch
Welch
Associa
Nixon signs 1.5 billion manpower bill ending four years of bickering
President Nixon announced he would sign a 1.5 billion manpower bill praising it as fine legislation. The act shifts job training and placement program operation from the Department of Labor to state and local authorities while preserving national oversight. It includes a public service job program and provides 600 million to hire about 50,000 unemployed workers yearly over two years.
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Ss’ Clemente
Calif
Nixon
White House
Congress
Department of Labor
Secretary of Labor
di- Lee
Cloudy Mild Weather Forecast for Oklahoma Over New Year Weekend
The National Weather Service expects cloudy to partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures for Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma through Saturday. Daytime highs reach the mid to upper 50s with nights near 30, then highs in the low 50s Sunday and Monday. Thursday's high was 50 with a 35 low. A pleasant weekend and New Year holiday are forecast.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Burning of the Greens Set for Friday in Elmer Thomas Park
The annual Burning of the Greens will start at 7 p.m. Friday in Elmer Thomas Park. Lawton Recreation Division sponsors the event with prizes of 15 dollars for the largest tree and for the largest number of trees brought by a boy and a girl. Trees should be brought to the park after 3 p.m. Friday, east of the Museum of the Great Plains, to be counted by contest officials.
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Elmer Thomas Park
Lawton Recreation Division
Bill Stamps
Recreation Division
Museum of the Great Plains
Lawton Progress Cited by City Manager in 1973
City manager Larry Fountaine credits 1973 for a sound financial basis and positive employee attitudes in Lawton. He cites more equitable utility rates, state sharing funds, tight spending controls, and fuller public disclosure through a comprehensive budget report and quarterly division updates. Citizens can comment via a blue report program.
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Larry Fountaine
Lawton
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SEE Contractors Inc
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Bill Dixon
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Andy Anderson
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San Francisco
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Petroleum Retailers Fight
Federal Energy
William Simon
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