Park testimony shifts focus from scandal to diplomacy
Park, the ex race dealer, told Newsweek he delayed returning to Washington to let controversy over payments to U S officials fade. He said his testimony aims to move beyond the scandal and improve U S Korea relations. He declined to discuss specific allegations, inviting questions for his lawyer. Park plans to testify before House and Senate ethics panels and at former Rep Hanna's trial on influence-buying charges.
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George Town Club
Newsweek Magazine
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U.S
Dulles International Airport
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Senate
Rep
Hanna
Congress
Man Arrested After Slashing Incident Near SH 58
A 41 year old Medicine Park man was arrested at 10:30 a.m. today on charges of felony assault and battery for slashing a year old area man. Edward Topaum of Robinson's Landing near Lake Lawtonka was hospitalized with about 50 stitches after the Saturday night attack.
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SH 58
Medicine Park
Sheriff's Department
Neal Springborn
Edward Topaum
Robinson's Landing
Lake Lawtonka
Topaum
Springborn
Meers
Fort Sill Indian Hospital
Paul Tracy
Ronnie Hayes
Miners vote closes in on ratified contract terms
The United Mine Workers set a rapid ratification process with ballots in 2,100 union halls after district education sessions. The deal includes a 1 dollar hourly raise immediately, 37 percent over three years, health and pension guarantees, and reduced penalties for wildcat strikes. Officials expect approval amid media blitzes and statements from Carter and Marshall.
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International Executive Board
Miller
UMW
West Virginia
Carter
Ray Marshall
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
BCOA
Sion Trust
Booster Problems May Delay Shuttle
CAPE CANAVERAL FL A P The Space Shuttle may be delayed from its first flight next spring or summer due to rocket booster problems. Lou Rayburn deputy director of special space problems at McDonnell Douglas Aeronautics Corp says development problems caused slack time miscalculation and delays could affect the overall program.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Lou Rayburn
McDonnell Douglas Aeronautics Corp
Rayburn
Gas cloud disaster leaves 89 treated in swamp area chase
A chlorine gas cloud sickened and trapped people near a railroad in Georgia. Ninety volunteers and residents, including 18 hospitalized with six in critical condition, were affected as rescuers searched fields and swamps. NTSB pledged a full-scale probe. A diver used scuba gear to escape the cloud.
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Jay Golden
NTSB
Atlanta
National Transportation Safety Board
Bob Sullivan
Richard Kuhn
Fulton, N.Y
Tulsa Crash Leaves Teen Dead In Southeast Street Collision
A head on crash on a southeast Tulsa street killed 14 year old Bryan Newstrom. James Gary French 18 of Tulsa drove left of center and appears to have fallen asleep. Kelley G Nightengale 21 of Cleo Springs was hospitalized in fair condition with head and body injuries. Other passengers escaped serious harm.
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Tulsa
French
Working Mothers Rise Dramatically Since 1970
About 15 percent more married mothers worked last year than in 1970, with the sharpest rise among those with children under six. The finding highlights changing family employment patterns and early childhood labor force participation.
Califano seeks reversal in bid to halt Social Security actions
The judge rejected a bid to overturn a ruling that could disrupt Social Security benefits nationwide. The high court left two lower court orders intact, directing construction to begin on the Whitman Townhouse Project in south Philadelphia. The court also refused to interfere with federal price ceilings on interstate natural gas.
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Page
Joseph A. Califano
Philadelphia
Whitman Townhouse
Suspect Arrested In Shooting Case
An 18 year old Fort Sill man was arrested in Medicine Park after a ramming and shooting attack on Lake Road at SH 49. He faces assault with a dangerous weapon and transporting a loaded firearm charges, with other Medicine Park occupants, including two juveniles and a 19 year old, under possible charges. The incident occurred at 6 39 p.m. Sunday and police stopped the suspect vehicle about 7 p.m.
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Wildlife Refuge
Sheriff's Department
Medicine Park
Lake Road
SH 49
Fort Sillman
District Attorney's Office
All of
Neal Springborn
Ronnie Haynes
Bob Hall
Oklahoma liquor amendment framed to lure brewers back
Highways echoed Gatti's argument that the amendment is needed to maintain quality and to lure the five major brewers back to Oklahoma. Howard said voters will decide if giving in would enable brewer blackmail while the measure now awaits Senate passage and a statewide vote. Ross McLennan and Byron Gambulos decry the resolution as aimed at driving beer prices up and granting wholesalers monopolies to control the industry.
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Gatti
Oklahoma
Howard
House
Senate
Ross McLennan
Sooner Alcohol-Narcotic Education
Byron Gambulos
Gambulos
Lawton Student Eyes Tech School Crown
Marline Moore of Lawton, a student at Oklahoma State Tech in Okmulgee, is among 17 coeds vying for the 1978 Miss Tech crown. The pageant will be held March 16, with a parade in Okmulgee on March 15. Moore, daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Preston A. Butler, is the Tech Student Senate candidate and studies legal secretarial courses.
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Marline Moore
Lawton
Oklahoma State Tech
Okmulgee
Miss Tech
Moore
Preston A. Butler
Ranch Oak
Tech
Sheriff delays replacement as Rogers awaits sworn oath
Rogers, named by President Carter to be U S Marshal for Oklahoma's Western District, will not resign as sheriff until he is sworn in by the Oklahoma Supreme Court. County commissioners plan an emergency action to appoint a replacement, with a March or April appointee facing election later this year.
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Taliaferro
U.S. Marshal
Oklahoma
Western
Carter
U.S. Senate
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Ralph B. Hodges
White House
Bill Griswold
Washington
Oklahoma City
County Commissioners Office
U.S. Marshal's
Minco Man Killed in Tractor Crash
A 50-year-old Minco man, Robert Franklin Curtis, Route 1, was killed Saturday night when two wheels broke off his tractor as he turned onto a county road. He was thrown through the windshield and struck in the head, dying on arrival at Grady County Memorial Hospital, state patrol reported.
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Here
Highway Patrol
Grady County Memorial Hospital
Robert Franklin Curtis
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