Alcohol Now Ranked Nation's Most Abused Drug
A government report brands alcohol the nation's top abused drug, with 9.6 million alcoholics or abusers and a $15 billion annual economic impact. It outlines a federal effort to unify treatment, prevention, and rehabilitation while noting high rates among American Indians and links to homicides and traffic deaths.
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Washington
Congress
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
National Institute On Alcohol and Alcoholism
Elliott L. Richardson
House
Carl Albert
Morris E. Chafetz
The
Alcoholism Institute
Nixon Expected To Meet Mao In Hangchow At Resort City
President Nixon en route to China summit discussions is expected to meet Chairman Mao Tse tung in Hangchow the resort city on his China itinerary. American sources call Hangchow a logical site as Mao’s role wanes while Premier Chou En lai leads daily affairs. Nixon and Mrs Nixon stay in Hawaii through Saturday then Guam before Shanghai and Peking.
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Nixon
China
Mao
Onolulu
Mao Tse-Tung
Hangchow
Chou En-lai
Peking
Chou
Red China
Ernoon
Washington
Hawaii
Guam
Shanghai
California Supreme Court eliminates death penalty ruling
The California Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional affecting 100 men and five women on death row. Justice Marshall F. McComb dissented. The decision follows past state rulings about jury discretion and evolving standards of decency.
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California Supreme Court
San Francisco
Sirhan
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
New Jersey Supreme Court
California
Marshall F. McComb
McComb
U.S. Supreme Court
United States
Colorado
Boy Found Living in Cave Near 79th and Gore
A ninth grade boy living in a cave near 79th and Gore was picked up by Lawton police on Thursday and placed in the Marie Detty Youth Center. Police say he moved into the cave after a fight with his brother following his parents' divorce in Tennessee.
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79Th and
Gore
Lawton
Marie Detty
Tennessee
Zoo keeper Gary Clarke preaches animal respect at Lawton talk
Gary K. Clarke, 1971-72 president of the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums and director of the Topeka zoo, spoke to about 500 at Hotel Lawtonian. He urged audiences to avoid judging animals by human standards and shared stories of animals watching people, stressing that no animal is ugly or mean. See ZOO Page 4, Col. 5.
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Anthony Amsterdam
Stanford University
American Civil Liberties Union
Amsterdam
California
American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums
Lawton
Gary K. Clarke
Topeka
Kan
Lawton Knife & Fork Club
Tonian
Milwaukee
Samson
Clarke
Fire danger warnings issued for second day in Oklahoma
Relative humidity under 20 percent and brisk winds prompted the U.S. Weather Service Bureau in Oklahoma City to issue fire danger warnings for a second day. Officials called conditions an almost explosive situation. Fair and mild weather expected in the Lawton area through Saturday with highs around 60, tonight’s temperatures in the upper 30s to 50s, and Thursday’s high at 63 and low at 36.
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U.S. Weather Service Bureau
Oklahoma City
Weather Bureau
Lawton
Hall pledges full highway bond details next week
Gov. David Hall told Oklahoma publishers at the Oklahoma Press Association winter meeting that he will disclose all details of his 250 million highway bond plan next week including proposed road start dates. He urged backing of the March 7 special election and said Freeway 77 bonds would boost education funding by at least 10 percent, targeting 85 percent of new revenues for education in future years.
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Alahoma City
David Hall
Hall
Oklahoma Press Association
Oklahoma
General Fund
Arrestees Foil Cocaine Shipment Targeting U.S.
In Fort de France four arrests halted a cocaine shipment valued at 1.4 million dollars. Suspect German Arrogo, 44, a Colombian, was seized at a beachfront luxury hotel. The other reports note Belfast civil rights figure Bernadette Devlin jailed for parade ban defiance and a Wisconsin student injured in an electrical explosion.
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Martinique
U.S
United States
Arrogo
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Bernadette Devlin
Spitfire
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le Duc Tho
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Lee Nixon
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Robert E. Bingham
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Francis P. O'Leary
J.C. Jimmy Sims
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McClung
Topeka, Kan
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