Burglary Merchandise Recovered in Four County Thefts
Three pickup loads of stolen home furnishings were recovered by the Couty sheriff after five burglaries in Co manche County. Investigators expect more arrests as property valued in the dec hot burglaries was found at a Fletcher house. Items stolen included beds dressers lamps and a gas heater. Additional burglaries near Sterling and Lawton yielded fence posts baling wire and other goods later impounded or recovered. A trailer house loss plus a refrigerator and range were also traced to recent crimes.
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Comanche County
Sheriff's Department
Bill Banks
Banks
Fletcher
Ida Bussey
Sterling
Jake Adair
Lawton
Adair
C. C. Hardzog
SH 65
Mobile
SH 7
Flower Mound Road
Kima Khan
Anchorage
Alaska
Richmond
Calif
San Francisco Bay Area
Chile
Mills Confirms Illness As Acute Alcoholism
Rep. Wilbur Mills says he will remain in Congress despite an illness he describes as acute alcoholism. He notes abstinence, medical care, and support will keep him well and plans to continue in Congress, citing his experience and desire to contribute to national problems. He is hospitalized in Bethesda after a Washington incident with Annabel Battistella and a limousine, and he vows to discuss nothing further with reporters.
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Wilbur Mills
Congress
Mills
Congress of
United States
Arkansas Democrat
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Boston
Annabel Battistella
Tidal Basin
House
Ways and Means
Comanche County
Oklahoma
Mental Health Department
Alcoholism Division
Comanche County Improvement Association
Army Teams Begin Rescue Operations Pakistan Earthquake Toll Soars
An earthquake in northern Pakistan killed about 4,700 people and injured around 15,000 across nine villages near Pattan. Army rescue teams worked around the clock with field hospitals, helicopters, and tents, while the Karakoram Highway remained severed, hampering aid deliveries.
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Pattan
Pakistan
Karakoram Mountains
Islamabad
Indus
Rawalpindi
Mohammad Yasin
Nicaraguan Extremists Free Hostages and Fly to Cuba
Eight Sandinista National Liberation Front extremists released held captives after 60 hours and fled to Havana with 10 sympathizers. Archbishop Miguel Ovando y Bravo escorted the group. a jet aircraft waited at Managua airport. Negotiations reportedly involved a ransom in small bills and later demands for workers’ salaries and repressions ending.
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Nicaragua
Cuba
National Guard
Havana
Miguel Ovando Y Bravo
Sandinista National Liberation Front
Lanica
Spain
Mexico
The
National Bank
Arraignment Set On Murder Case For Ming Chu Ellis
A 24 year old city woman Ming Chu Ellis faces a second degree murder charge after her husband Rob ert Ellis died from a stab wound Sunday morning. District Attorney Don Beauchamp said the complaint was filed this morning and Ellis would be arraigned at 2 p.m. at district court. Police were called to the Ellis apartment at 5 45 a m and met Reva Hail who reported the disturbance.
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Dist
Atty
Don Beauchamp
Ming Chu Ellis
Bishop Road
Apt
C-2
Robert
Southwestern Hospital
Ellis
Reva Hail
Wisconsin
Hail
Law
Brezhnev Postpones Middle East Junket
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev cancels his January visit to Egypt Syria and Iraq amid reported differences with Egyptian leaders over political and military issues. Tass gave no reason but Cairo sources cite stalled Arab Israeli settlement talks as the underlying cause.
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Middle East
Moscow
Tass
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Cairo
Brezhnev
Lawton detox center used for public drunkenness cases
Lawton residents charged with public drunkenness may spend four hours at the Lawton Detoxification Center instead of jail as part of a year long trial program. Since July 1, 337 people have used the center averaging about 60 monthly under the NIAAA funded plan.
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Lawton
Miller Manor
Oklahoma Cities
National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Addiction
NIAAA
Rehabilitation Service
Kent Crook
Library chief to be named at Lawton Public Library
Lawton officials expect a new head librarian to be named by Tuesday from up to 10 applicants. The post has been vacant since October after Charles Grasmick resigned and is currently held on an interim basis by staff. The chosen supervisor would likely start by late January or early February with two other posts still unfilled. City actions include a five percent city employee cut by attrition ordered this month.
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Lawton
Jim Richardson
Charles Grasmick
Richardson
Library Board
Larry Fountaine
Cover-Up Trial Jury Receives Instructions
U.S. District Judge John J. Sirica told the Watergate cover-up trial jury to ignore Nixon’s pardon when deciding guilt. The five defendants Mitchell Haldeman Ehrlichman Marcian and Parkinson face counts of conspiracy to obstruct the Watergate investigation with perjury charges for three.
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Washington
John J. Sirica
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Sirica
Watergate
Atty
John N. Mitchell
White House
R. Haldeman
John D Ehrlichman
Robert C. Marcian
Kenneth W. Parkinson
Mardian
Mitchell
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Chance Of Rain With Cool Temps In Lawton Area
Tonight and Tuesday bring cool air and partly cloudy skies across most of the Lawton area with scattered light rain from Altus to Reno. Temperatures fall to the low 30s tonight while Tuesday highs reach the mid 40s. A 70 percent precipitation chance is forecast for southern Oklahoma with a risk of freezing rain. A large high pressure system over Arizona ushers in colder air Tuesday, with fair to partly cloudy skies and a modest warming trend Wednesday through Friday.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Altus
FE Reno
Arizona
Citywide New Year Holiday Closures Across Lawton Area
Most city businesses and offices will close Wednesday for New Year’s Day, with federal state county and city offices shut except for police and fire units. Fort Sill and Post Office operations will adjust hours, while banks will largely close with Security Bank trimming hours Tuesday.
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the Post
Lawton
Savings and Loan
Security Bank and Trust Co
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