World Welcomes New Year With Global Celebrations
The year ends with varied rites from Rome to New York as crowds toast 1971. In New York Guy Lombardo will lead Auld Lang Syne at the Waldorf Astoria while London marks 1972 with the Royal Horse Guard. Central Park hosts one of the world’s largest parties as safety officials warn of traffic deaths this weekend. Free shuttles run in Sacramento and coffee is offered on the Illinois tollway to curb accidents. Police in Dearborn and Lake Zurich offer rides home, and a Louisville DJ quips about whisky as celebrations proceed.
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New York
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Father Time
Central Park
National Safety Council
Sacramento
Dearborn
Mich
Lake Zurich
Louisville
Lawton Educator Justin Kuntz 86 Died After Long Service
Justin Kuntz 86 of 414 Bell died shortly after noon at a local hospital after more than 50 years with the Lawton Public School system. Arrangements are pending at Becker Funeral Home.
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Bell
Lawton
Becker Funeral Home
Downtown project store to rise on Second and C
Gaskins said Oklahoma Tire and Supply Co officials signed final papers for a land contract to buy a 125 by 150 foot lot at the northwest corner of Second and C. OTASCO Employees Retirement Trust to purchase the lot for 60 937.50, with closing no later than March 1. Announcement followed board approval December 17 to sell 18 acres.
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Oklahoma Tire and Supply Co
Second
Otasco
Gandhi Upholds Stand On Bangladesh In U S Rift
India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi held a news conference in New Delhi saying the rift with the United States can only be healed when Washington recognizes Bangladesh's independence. She defended India's stance amid the India Pakistan war, noting U S aid suspensions would not push New Delhi back and that many Americans support India.
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Indira Gandhi
U.S
Washington
Bangladesh
India
Oklahoma Holiday Traffic Toll Rises with Several Fatal Accidents
The state records 1971 toll at 832 after a Tulsa pedestrian collision at 12:05 am and a Grant County one car crash near the Kansas line. A head on crash near Chickasha claims James Mans and a Texas man dies in a Marietta area crash.
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Grant County
James Alfred Mans
Anadarko
U.S. 62
Chickasha
Texas
Orven L. Davis
O& Richardson
Marietta
Former County Sheriff Hale Dies at 54
Everett Ray Hale, a native of Comanche County and former sheriff who served eight years during prohibition, died early this morning at 54. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Ritter-Dalton Funeral Chapel with Dr. Charles Green officiating. Burial is in Highland Cemetery. Born Sept. 12, 1917 in Lawton, Hale served overseas 1942–45 as a first sergeant in Ireland, England and North Africa with a signal unit.
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Everett Ray Hale
Comanche County
Ritter - Dalton
Charles Green
Mission Village Baptist Church
Highland Cemetery
Lawton
Ireland
England
North Africa
Hale
Israeli Premier Expects U S Jets As War Eases
AP report notes U S and South Vietnamese forces join Viet Cong in a New Year cease fire across South Vietnam while allied air strikes continue against North Vietnam and Laos. One South Vietnamese militiaman killed during initial cease fire hours. pilots reported missing or captured.
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U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Laos
Central Highlands
Mu Gia
Ban and
Ban
U.S. Command
Vinh
Hanoi
Air Force
Thanh Hoa
Dowdy Bribery Case Marks First In-Office Conviction in 15 Years
Representative John V. Dowdy of Texas, 59, convicted in a $25,000 bribery scheme, faces up to 40 years in prison and $40,000 in fines. Sentencing delayed seven days for motions for a new trial. Dowdy may seek appeal, retrial, resignation, or reelection next November. House expulsion would require a two thirds vote. He offered no comment after the verdict.
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John V. Dowdy
Texas
Dowdy
Leon H.A. Pierson
Lawton County Approves Midnight Sales Tax Increase
Lawton voters approved a one cent additional sales tax to fund a 13.04 million bond issue as part of a 26 million public improvement program. The new tax raises the total city rate to two cents, yielding four cents when combined with the state tax, aimed at retiring bonds for sewer system improvements.
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Lawton
Don Whitaker
Mild Weather Forecast for Southwest Oklahoma in New Year
Fair to partly cloudy skies and mild afternoons greet Southwest Oklahoma as the new year arrives. Temperatures will be in the lower 50s this afternoon, fall to the lower 30s tonight, and rise to the mid 50s Saturday. Light winds shift to southwest 8 to 15 mph tonight.
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Oklahoma
Meir says US to resume Phantom deliveries to Israel
Premier Golda Meir claimed Washington will restart F4 Phantom jet deliveries to Israel despite a termination last summer. She cited a Washington dispatch, noted by the State Department, as evidence the planes will come. Jordan and Egypt reported intensified air activity and maneuvers amid regional tensions.
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Golda Meir
United States
Israel
Middle East
Jordan
Egypt
Washington
State Department
New York Times
Meir
U.S
Two Oakland Teens Survive 12 Days On Mount Shasta
Vern Clevenger and Bill Dougherty, both 16, were found safe near McCloud after enduring subzero temps and days without food. They hiked to 13,200 feet, weathered a whiteout, and survived in a tent for five days before air and land searches located them.
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Dougherty
Clevenger
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