Political issues at heart of international money crisis
London AP reports that the current world money crisis centers on political aims and rival national interests. Leaders including Johnson Nixon de Gaulle Pompidou Wilson Heath Sato and Tanaka balance democracy defense with fair trade and burden sharing while seeking to avoid economic collapse.
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Britain
Pound
America
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
France
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
Harold Wilson
Edward Heath
Japan
Eisaku Sato
Kakuei Tanaka
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Europe
Vietnam
Heath
Atkins Sees ERA Still Alive Despite House Stance
Oklahoma City Rep. Hannah Atkins says the Equal Rights Amendment remains alive if the Senate ratifies it. She will push to pass the measure in the 34th legislature. House Speaker Bill Willis had said the ERA is not to be considered further this year or next. Atkins warns pressure could force action and notes the governor and supporters want it out.
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Oklahoma City
Bill Willis
House
Hannah Atkins
Senate
Willis
Atkins
House Defeats ERA Resolution Tracked to Committee
The Senate backed the Equal Rights Amendment last year but the House rejected it 45-53 two weeks ago and kept it on the calendar by a reconsideration motion. Mrs. Atkins sent the measure back to committee to be reviewed by the House Professional and Occupations Committee led by ERA opponent Rep Don Huddleston. Willis said he would assign the Senate resolution to the same committee if sent to the House.
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Senate
House
NAACP Official To Speak At Cameron College
Dr. Alfred Baker Lewis executive treasurer emeritus of the NAACP will lecture to Cameron College sociology classes at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. and in a public talk 7:30 p.m. at St. John's Baptist Church. NAACP Lawton branch will hold an executive meeting after the address.
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Alfred Baker Lewis
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Cameron College
Lewis
Midwest
St. John’s Baptist Church
Roosevelt
Lawton
Dr. Lewis
Massachusetts
Legal Service Halt Possible
Washington AP. The government legal services program may stop taking new clients as 30 day funding limits create pressure on attorneys. Theodore Tetzlaff, fired as head, says political pressure and battles with officials threaten the program, founded in 1965 to aid the poor with legal access.
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Washington
Theodore Tetzlaff
Tetzlaff
Office of Economic Opportunity
Howard Phillips
Legal Services Program
Nixon
Phillips
Legal Services
Production Costs Trim Farm Income
Washington AP reports higher costs this year may prevent farmers from matching the 1972 record net income of 19.2 billion while 1973 net farm income is projected near 19 billion. Costs rose last year to 47.2 billion, with prices for livestock and crops rising into 1973 though government payments may fall. Consumer food prices could rise over 4 percent this year, and wage gains plus tax refunds may boost disposable income despite higher social security taxes. Tax data show farm real estate taxes climbing faster than property values, with 1971 levies averaging 1.21 per 100 of value.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
ERS
Poetry Cause For Retrial in Tulsa
A Tulsa judge granted a new trial for 17 year old James Earl Martin after a prosecutor read a poem in court in a tearful voice. The defense victory came despite a prior mistrial request denial and potential appeals from the state.
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Tulsa
Okla
Associate District Court
Richard Armstrong
James Earl Martin
Asst. Dist. Atty
Jerry Truster
Aisk
State Criminal Court of Appeals
Truster
Son
War Resister Sent To Prison
Texan war resister Tom Flower, 40, of San Antonio and a War Resisters League coordinator, was jailed after missing a federal bond hearing on his appeal of a Tinker Air Force Base protest conviction. Flower, sentenced to six months and a $500 fine, is being held at Texarkana Federal Prison while his appeal to the 10th Circuit proceeds.
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Oklahoma City
Federal Correctional Institution
Texarkana
Tex
Tom Flower
San Antonio
War Resisters’ League
U. S. District Court
Luther Eubanks
Flower
Tinker Air Force Base
10Th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Hall Backs Security Bid Payne Gets Nod
Oklahoma Governor David Hall asked the legislature for 25000 to install a closed circuit TV security system at the mansion and Capitol offices while planning to renominate State Highway Commission Chair C D Payne and Commissioner Robert Kerr for new eight year terms. Representative Boren questioned the expenditure amid fiscal concerns tied to Tinker Air Base and the state medical center.
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Oklahoma City
David Hall
Capitol
Hall
State Highway Commission
C. D. Payne
Lawton
Robert M. Kerr
Altus
State Senate
David Boren
D-Seminole
Tinker Air Base
Wallace
Boren
Alabama
George Wallace
Hail
Bank Robbery in Fort Smith Under Investigation
Police search for a long-haired man who robbed the First National Bank of Fort Smith on Monday, fleeing with at least $10,000. Branch manager Jim Hanks said the suspect entered at 1:55 p.m. with a pistol, demanded money from Joyce Summerill, and left after taking car keys and cash. the abandoned vehicle was later found across town.
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Fort Smith, Ark
First National Bank of
Fort Smith
Jim Hanks
Joyce Summerill
Hanks
Ham and bacon rules delayed by U S department
The Agriculture Department postponed two new packaging rules for bacon and ham for six months to August 19. One rule requires that bacon show at least 70 percent visible slices. the other mandates listing curing ingredients on ham labels.
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U.S
Washington
Agriculture Department
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