Workshop draws 100 at Lawton anti-drug program session
Deputy Oklahoma narcotics official Bryan Tipton opened a two day workshop at Great Plains Area Vo Tech School drawing about 100 attendees from Lawton Fort Sill and area schools. He urged broad community involvement and warned against complacency noting Lawtons drug problem dates from 1967 and will require sustained effort beyond a single year.
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Eleven Die On State Roads In Oklahoma
Traffic accidents claimed eleven lives in Oklahoma Saturday and Sunday. In the Heavener crash three men died on a rain slick street involving Randy Pickle Joseph Wilson and Stephen Woods. Other fatalities included Johnny Ball near Kansas and Willie Johnson near McAlester.
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Nixon Signs Federal Election Spending Bill
President Nixon signed a federal election spending reform bill to close reporting loopholes and curb rising campaign costs. The measure caps presidential and congressional ad budgets, requires full sources and uses disclosure, and applies spending limits across media while excluding an overall cap on total spending.
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Front Holds Lawton Temperatures From Rebounding
A sharp Arctic front swept Lawton reducing high temperatures to 50 then to 18 overnight with a 36 degree mid afternoon reading. Forecasters expect a mid 40s high today and a low in the low 20s with a gradual warmup into Tuesday into the low 50s as the front eases.
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Redistricting Deadlock Persists Amid County Battles
Oklahoma lawmakers struggle to redraw districts with Wagoner County opposing inclusion in the 1st District and western Oklahoma opposing any Oklahoma County inclusion in the 6th. Tulsa County remains a GOP stronghold and debate centers on how much of Oklahoma County fits the 6th District.
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Berlin pledge remains as Rush departs for Pentagon
In Berlin Kenneth Rush, the incoming deputy secretary of defense, told U S soldiers at Tempelhof Airport that the U S will keep a military presence in Berlin. Rush departs Bonn Feb 26 after 25 years as ambassador to West Germany and signals continued alliance support amid East West tensions.
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Diplomat Llewellyn Thompson Dies at 67
Llewellyn E. Thompson, a career ambassador who spent 11 years in Moscow, dies of cancer at 67 in Bethesda Maryland. The longtime diplomat shaped U S policy toward the Soviet bloc and cultivated ties with Nikita Khrushchev. Secretary of State Rogers called him one of the outstanding diplomats of his generation.
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Nixon urges Congress to pass $2 billion manpower plan
President Nixon renews call for a single umbrella manpower program replacing patchwork efforts. He proposes $1.7 million to states and locals the first year and $200 million for national activities, with funds allocated by labor force and unemployment. The plan depth aims to bridge promises and performance in job training and related services.
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Panel Approves Partial Dock Strike Injunction
A House Labor Subcommittee voted 5 to 1 to authorize a 60 day anti strike injunction while allowing major parts of the West Coast dock strike to continue. A court could halt strikes affecting military and agricultural shipments and shipments to and from Hawaii upon petition by the attorney general. The panel rejected the President Nixon emergency strike proposal 5 to 3 along party lines.
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Local Man Injured When Car Hits Moving Train
Bulletin reports Lowell Carter 62 of 90914 F taken to Reynolds Army Hospital Fort Sill after his 1969 Rambler struck a moving train at a railroad crossing on south Fort Sill Boulevard. Carter suffered a neck cut but was not believed seriously hurt.
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