Rockefeller Legacy Marked by Public Service and Turbulence
Arkansas figure known for industrial growth and prison reforms had a career spanning governor terms and a life on death row clemencies. His wartime service included the Leyte landing and a Bronze Star. He left a complex record from Rockefeller’s public profile to his personal life and education.
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Arkansas
Rockefeller
Dale Bumpers
Seattle
Barbara “‘Bobo” Sears
New York
Lincoln School
Columbia University
Teachers College
New York City
Loomis School
Windsor
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co
Guam
Leyte
Philippines
77Th
Henrico
Kerama Retto Islands
Okinawa
Laos Cease-Fire Holds As Communists Pause Attacks
News from Laos shows a halt in U.S. air raids after a cease-fire signed in Vientiane. North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces reportedly issued orders to remain ready to break violations, while observers from India Canada and Poland struggle to define supervision duties. The planned coalition government between Vientiane and the Pathet Lao awaits formation details and a functioning supervisory mechanism.
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Plain of Jars
U.S
Pathet Lao
America
Saigon
Laos
Mekong River
International Control Commission
India
Poland
Canada
Laotian Communist Army
Vientiane
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
Souphanouvong
Sam Neua
Indochina
International reactions to Libyan Airliner disaster
UN Secretary-General Waldheim voiced shock and condolences to Libya and concern for Israel after the Libyan Airways Flight 114 crash. Survivors, including a French steward, were treated in Beersheba. Cairo tapes suggest navigational error with MIGs cited. Arab and Soviet outlets condemned Israel, urging peace moves and warning against escalation.
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United Nations
New York
Kurt Waldheim
Libya
Israel
U.N
Cairo
Libyan Airways
Sinai
Egypt
Tripoli
Benghazi
Hassam Selim
Egyptian Civil Aviation Organization
Selim
Beersheba
Red Cross
Hava
Theodoropolos
Asad Masalani
Jean-Pierre Bourdiat
Becaue
el Moudjahid
Algeria
Munich
Middle East
Izvestia
Near East
Tass
Nixon Pushes Spending Limits for Tax, Inflation Control
President Nixon urges Congress to match his spending ceiling and backs a tax credit for private school tuition. He defends budget cuts and wage price controls while predicting inflation may rise before easing. He cites job growth and women’s expanding economic role as key themes. House Leader ONeill criticizes farm policies.
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Nixon
Congress
House
Senate
Thomas P. O'Neill
Massachusetts
Food prices rise amid overall CPI stagnation in January
The January CPI shows food prices climbing at 12.7 per cent yearly rate while nonfood items rose 1.3 per cent. Meats poultry and fish led food gains, with fresh fruits vegetables and dairy up, offset by declines in clothing and used cars. Butz warned against projecting a 24 to 36 per cent yearly rate, calling it phony.
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BLS
Earl Butz
Butz
Kissinger outlines China U.S. exchange plan and talks with Mao
Kissinger reports a joint plan to expand trade and cultural exchanges. Liaison offices will be set up in each capital. China to send artifacts from the Forbidden City and scientific groups to the U.S. next year. the U.S. will send delegations to China in 1973.
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Cache
Oklahoma
Shepherd Engineering Company
Norman
Crete
Kissinger
China
United States
Peking
Forbidden City
Philadelphia Symphony
Congress
Chile Plans Whisky Rationing to Curb Drunkenness
Chile announces a program to ration whisky amid efforts to reduce drunkenness. Government officials indicate controls will limit alcohol access and curb public disorder.
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Chile
Woman Given Four Year Term For LSD Delivery
Betty Stuber a 23 year old Lawton woman was given a four year sentence by District Judge J Winston Raburn with 60 days to be served in county jail and the balance suspended with supervision. Stuber of 2107 B was arrested in a May drug roundup and charged with selling LSD to an undercover officer on March 1. She pleaded guilty to the felony.
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Lawton
J. Winston Raburn
Betty Stuber
Miss Stuber
Gold markets surge on liberalization hopes across Europe
Gold prices jumped to record highs in London and Zurich as news of possible liberalization prompts buying. Prices reached 83.37 in London and 83.50 after opening in the city, with dealers noting hectic trading and strong demand due to fewer sellers.
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Zurich
London
Europe
Frankfurt
Paris
West Germany
U.S
Tokyo
Slough project costs and boathouse fees eyed for Lake Lawtonka
Slough project estimated under 10 000 dollars funded by Street Department and fish and game. Boathouse permits cost 20 dollars yearly with 200 000 cubic yards of earth to be moved at Schoolhouse Slough. Lake Lawtonka stores and patrolhouse sell permits where patrolman Hale lists current slough boathouse owners and requires proper tie downs and piering.
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Brune
Fish and Game
Fountaine
Joe Skrolle
Dale Miller
Joe Richard
City of Lawton
Bobby Duddark
Ross Porter
Max Sharp
Robert Gardner
Dwain Watts
Wolverton Furniture
Bill Drewry
Tony Russell
John Erwin
Frank Muse
B. J. Scatnowaski
Jim Stockard
Lon Parks
Charles Singleton
S. C. Cordial
Herman Hughes
B. A. Allen
Court dissents on sabotage of electrical transformers
Justice William Douglas dissented joined by Chief Justice Warren Burger and Justices Powell and Rehnquist in a ruling on sabotage of a transformer station. He argued wage demands via violence fall under extortion. Stewart warned the act needs clearer language to avoid federal policing of strikes.
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William ©. Douglas
Warren E. Burger
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Douglas
Stewart
Congress
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Arc & A Ave
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Fort Sill
Sundey
Constitution
Lawton-Fort Sill
Constitution, Press
APOS
Ral
Mixed Commission
John Hammil
City Cleb
City Hall
Ella E. Madden
Red Chinese Plan
Mao
Chou
King
Chi Peng-fei
State Department
Alfred Jenkins
Chang Wen-chin
Hanoi
William P. Rogers
Sheridan
Oklahoma Association Insurance Agents
Lee
National Bank
Slough
Mshinat and
Btn
Odds and Ends
da Pr
Men’s Sox
Capitol Hill
MR. Phil’s Shoes
Cache Road Square
Lawton Shields South Shopping Center
Maine Cas
Mustang Shopping Center
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