Hughes Leaves Bahamas Hidden From Public View
The Bahamian government reports no order for Hughes to depart yet his staff faces immigration checks. A C4 cargo plane carried out items from Hughes ninth floor Britannia Beach Hotel suite to Nassau as officials monitor his residence and possible destinations including Mexico or Cay Sal.
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Nassau
Britannia Beach
Miami
Federal Aviation Administration
Fort Lauderdale International
Managua
Nicaragua
Fort Lauderdale
San Jose
Costa Rica
FAA
Baltron Bethel
Bahamas
Bethel
Ministry of Home Affairs
The
Britannia
Hannah
Hughes Tool Co
United States
Clifford Irving
Mexico
Cay Sal
Beverly Hills
Desert Inn
Las Vegas
Special Panel To Study Ad Valorem Realignment
Oklahoma City The Senate sent back to committee a bill to realign Ad Valorem tax on city property rather than land value. A seven member committee, led by Senate President pro tempore Finis Smith, will study the proposal with a target return date of Feb 29.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Finis Smith
Tulsa
House
Bill Poulos
Poulos
Nixon Begins China's Trip With Hawaii Guam Stop and Beijing Move
President Nixon departs by helicopter from the White House, flies to Hawaii for a brief stay, then continues to Guam before heading to Shanghai and Peking. The schedule shows arrivals, welcomes, and layovers through February 28, with core talks planned in China during the week ahead.
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Kafieohe Marine Corps Air Station
Hawaiian
Oahu
Nixons
Guam
China
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
Nixon
White Today
White House
Maryland
Hawaii
Mai China
Peking
Shanghai
Hangchow
Washington
Laird Signals SALT Ties While Boosting USMS Sub Program
Secretary of Defense Laird states USMS submarine missile program will proceed regardless of SALT talks. He links the effort to replace Polaris with cost of up to 1 billion dollars per ship and contemplates 10 to 30 submarines totaling 10 to 30 billion. He warns of manpower cuts to fund modernization.
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USMS
United States
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Laird
Pentagon
Heavy U S air raids strike North Vietnam amid new weapon threat
U S pilots rained missiles on southern Laos and northwest South Vietnam as five Soviet 130 mm guns and other equipment faced destruction or damage. The raid came hours before Nixon’s China trip and followed intensified bombing with 61 South Vietnam strikes in 24 hours.
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North Vietnam
Nixon
China
North
U.S. Commande
Air Force
Radio Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
South Vietnam
Laos
Creighton W. Abrams
Dmz
Quang Tri
Indochina
Thailand
Navy
San Diego
Kitty Hawk
Vietnam
7Th Fleet
Cambodia
City charter vote seeks four ward freeholders March 7
Voters will choose one freeholder from each ward to draft a charter if the March 7 ballot question passes. Candidates listed include WARD 1 Ashley Cagle Sam A Joyner III Ronald F Reese WARD 2 Curtis W Bailey Pedro J Rosado Harold L Walker WARD 3 Vernie Abla Dan Glascock Kinley McClure Joe Reynolds Margie L Schlapbach WARD 5 Mrs Theresia Carras Paul D Cook Elijah H McIntosh Sutt Pair.
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Ashley Cagle
Sam A. Joyner III
Ronald F. Reese
Curtis W. Bailey
Pedro J. Rosado
Harold L. Walker
Vernie Abla
Dan Glascock Kinley McClure
Joe Reynolds
Margie L. Schlapbach
Theresia Carras
Paul D. Cook
Elijah H. McIntosh
Sutt
Pair
Voters in Oklahoma City urged to set Freeway 77 priorities
Paul Strausburgh of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce says voters should have a clear list of priorities for the 250 million Freeway 77 road bond before the March 7 election. He expects a priority list to be shown, while highway officials cite a six month timeline. A pro bond campaign with 150000 from chambers, contractors, banks and engineers is being organized.
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Oklahoma City
David Hall
Paul Strausburgh
Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
Strausburgh
Chamber of Commerce
Ground Broken For New Guidance Center In Lawton
The Region VI Guidance Center breaks ground for a new campus at Sheridan and Ave I, with a learning disability unit and pediatric, psychological, and speech therapy services. The center serves six counties and supports about 60 children daily with a staff of 14 full time and one part time.
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Health Department
Lawton Guidance Clinic
Ted Stephens
Region VI
State Health Department
Lawton
Stephens
John Terry Tewell
Bill Pittman
Richard Yarborough
Richard
Phillipa) Pacquette
Hal Voda
Billie) Campbell
Ray
Sidney) Shackelford
Connie Torbett
Monroe
Jean) Wortham
John
Nancy) Turner
Fred
Janet) Whitehead
Dwight
Zerita) Grant
Tom
Jacqueline) Lansden
Lansden
Royce Means
Ronald Cagle
County Board of Health
Donald Angus
Kenneth Harrel
Fletcher
Chad Colclasure
Wesley Silk
Means
Marvy Duzan
James Duzan
Pat Kelley
Edward E. Kelley
Lawton Public Schools
Perry Horacek
Richard Smith
Comanche
Jail Escapee Selby Captured Near Walters
John Henry Selby 30 of Fort Worth Texas was serving a 30 day sentence for driving while intoxicated. He escaped a work detail at the commodity issue center on East Henry McCune Street and was arrested by an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper near Walters about four hours after the noon escape alert. Deputies issued an all points bulletin after the disappearance.
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Comanche County
Walters
Oklaoma
John Henry Selby
Ft. Worth
Tex
Commodity Issue Center
E. D
Henry McCune
Selby
Sheriff’s Office
Quail Named Nation's Top Game Bird in U.S.
The quail is commonly cited as the national game bird in the United States due to higher bagging numbers than any other species.
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U.S
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