Michener Critiques Nixon China Visit in Lawton
James Michener and News Digest representative discuss the Nixon China trip. He praises limited freedoms for travelers yet condemns the secrecy of Nixon’s arrival and airport reception. He predicts a possible breakthrough or agreement with China amid cautious optimism.
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Peking
James Michener
Michener
Readers Digest
Nixon
China
Emperor Haille Selassie
Mao
Chou En-lai
Oxendine Seen, But Gets Away Near Howe
Eddie Oxendine 41 serving life for murder and Chester McClain 29 serving four years for burglary were spotted near Howe Oklahoma as they fled a Hodgens area burglary. A letter carrier saw them and tracking dogs failed to regain them.
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Oxendine
Hodgens
Lawton
Hodgens Vo
McClain
Howe
Trial date set in Fort Sill howitzer case and long legal fallout
Lt. Steven A. Miller pleaded innocent at a Fort Sill preliminary hearing on involuntary manslaughter dereliction of duty and destruction of government property in the howitzer blast that killed one soldier and injured three others. The judge set a March 15 trial date after Davis’s proceedings, with Turner as prosecutor challenged.
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Ist
Steven A. Miller
Fort Sill
George G. Russell
Lt. Miller
Charles W. Davis
Sgt. Davis
Arthur L. Aiken
Roderick Wetherill
Wetherill
Miller
Perry Raymond
Charles W. Turnbaugh
Turnbaugh
Oklahoma bond plan faces AFL CIO opposition and questions
Labor leaders question long term funding for Freeway 77 after a five year spending spree. The AFL CIO magazine lists hostile queries about federal funds and revenue growth. State Sen. Inhofe forms a bipartisan group to oppose the bond plan.
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Labor
Hall
Oklahoma
Afl-Cio News
Afl-Cio
Henry Sikes
Jim Inhofe
Tulsa
Juvenile Officer to Be Honored at Friday Forum
Johnnie Rhoades a 19 year veteran juvenile officer with Lawton Police will receive the Lawton Sertoma Club second annual Service to Mankind award at the Chamber of Commerce Friday Forum. Claude Henderson Sertoma Club president will present the award at the noon hotel luncheon. Travis Harris Oklahoma Department of Institutions and Rehabilitation Services director of visual services will be guest speaker and winner of the 1967 International Service to Mankind award. Harris, who is handicapped, supervises rehabilitative projects for Oklahoma's handicapped.
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Johnnie Rhoades
Lawton Police Department
Lawton Sertoma Club
Chamber of Commerce
Claude Henderson
City Sertoma Club
Lawtonian
Travis Harris
Oklahoma Department of Institutions and Rehabilitation Services
Harris
Oklahoma
Bail opposition cited as high court ruling nears finality
Bond Bert Harris Jr. says bail should not be set while the high court ruling remains unsettled for 30 days and the attorney general plans a rehearing. McAfee, 33, recalls meeting Miss Davis about two years ago at an antiwar protest rally at Fort Ord California.
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Bert Harris Jr
McAfee
Miss Davis
Ft. Ord
Calif
Library gripes aired over hours dress code and policy
Byrn discusses Thanksgiving closures and the need for a second librarian to extend hours at Cameron Library. He notes five professional librarians, a policy to notify overdue students, and a proposed smoking area plan. Dress code debates arise with dean Mack noting unit-specific rules.
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Byrn
Cameron
North Central Association
Richard Mack
Student Senate
Library
Gun-wielding attendant scares motorist at rural gas station
Medi cine Park man Charles Sage told Deputy Donnie Lovelady about a 6 am stop for gas where the attendant refused to wash windows and ordered Sage to wash them himself. Sage says the attendant threatened to shoot him and warned him not to return after Sage insulted the worker.
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Sheriff's Office
Medicine Park
Charles Sage
Donnie Lovelady
Sage
Mecca Black Stone Said to Be Meteorite Fell from Heaven
The sacred Black Stone at Mecca is described as having fallen from heaven and is regarded as a meteorite by observers.
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Mecca
Dinner for Potential Scout Leaders Promoted
A together dinner for prospective Boy and Cub Scout unit leaders is set for 6 30 p m at St Andrew s Episcopal Church. Lawton civic group members and leaders are invited to boost scouting involvement. Charles Rager says the aim is to recruit adults to extend scouting to more boys. A scouting film and round table will introduce the program followed by unit organization.
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Lawton
Charles Rager
Army combat enlistments rise and fall through months
Army enlistments in the combat arms peaked at 4 021 in June, dropped to 1 813 in October, and rose to 3 673 in January. For the year 26 874 volunteered, up 1 200 percent from 3 106 in 1970.
London workers split by central area employment share
About half of London's 4.5 million workforce are employed in the central district. The figure highlights concentration of jobs in central London and implications for commuting and urban planning.
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London
Central
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James Spence
Ruth Zimmerman
Pardon and Parole Board
Spence
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Albuquerque
N.M
Karastan
Oren Sar
Ti Spm
Bond
PLT
Neo National Bank
Gore
LaSill
2Nd
Dearborn
Ramada Inn
Sandwich Dept
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