New Year Observances Across the World Mark 1973 Start
The New Year neared as observers adjusted clocks to Earth's rotation, with celebrations worldwide. In Times Square Russell Brown oversees the ball drop, while leaders like Kosygin Suharto and Chiang Kai-shek issued peace and recovery calls. Israel begins the new year amid conflict signals.
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Associated Press
Russell Brown
Ohio State
University of Southern California
Pope Paul VI
Taipei
Chiang Kai-shek
Taiwan
China
Chiang
Israel
New Year's Baby Born At Fort Sill
An eight pound one half ounce boy greeted 1 13 a m today at Reynolds Army Hospital Fort Sill named the 1973 New Year’s baby for the Lawton Fort Sill community. He is the son of Sgt and Mrs Howard Bridges 5758 B Rutledge Road Fort Sill. His maternal grandmother Mrs Julia Moore of Toledo Ohio also was a New Year’s baby born January 1 1890. The baby is the Bridges seventh child. Attending physician was Dr Maj Gerald Rodriguez.
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Howard Bridges
Fort Sill
Lawton-Fort Sill
Reynolds Army Hospital
He Is
The
Set
Rutledge Road
Julia Moore
Toledo
Ohio
Bridges
Sgt
Editorials and Special Pages Overview
The page index lists sections including Editorials, Dear Abby, Weather, Sports, Classifieds, Women, Bridge, Comics, Hospitals, Crossword, Entertainment, and Obituaries. It notes office contact numbers for the editor, circulation, and want ads.
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Dear Abby
Britain Joins Europe’s Common Market
London AP report notes Britain joins the Common Market amid mixed public reaction. A survey shows 39 percent oppose sovereignty loss, 38 percent support the move, and 23 percent undecided, with divided opinion across Britain and on the continent.
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Britain
Europe
London
Highway Deaths Greet New Year in Oklahoma and Britain
The Oklahoma toll for 1972 rose to 841 after a Watonga man died when his pickup hit a freight train in El Reno, while a 22 year old Altus man perished in a crash near Mangum. The report also notes early 1973 fatalities and European economic coverage from London.
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Watonga
el Reno
Pierce Wheeler
Reno
Agnes Wheeler
Parkview Hospital
Oklahoma
Altus
US 283
Mangum
Jerry Travis Jenkins
Unusual 1972 Agricultural Year Highlights Local Impacts
The year 1972 brought unusual weather and mixed outcomes for area farming. Breathing drought tempered by timely showers saved wheat and cotton, while cotton county farmers received both drought and flood relief. Cattle markets stayed strong and prices rose, but wheat and cotton faced challenges from the first nematodes and a screwworm outbreak. Lawton’s weather modification contract with a rainmaking firm followed by Cotton Lee agreements marked a new era in regional farming.
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Drouth
Lawton
Pleasant Weather Welcomes New Year In Lawton Area
Weather ushers in the new year for Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma residents with fair to partly cloudy skies. Highs reach the mid 40s, northerly winds 6 to 12 mph, tonight low mid 20s, increasing clouds. Tuesday outlook shows cloudy skies near 40. Sunday's high 48, low 28.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
U S Halts Bombing North Vietnam Tied to Paris Talks
The United States broadens the bombing halt above the 20th parallel to include all North Vietnam as a 24 hour South Vietnamese cease fire ends. The halt is tied to secret peace talks resuming January 8 in Paris with reported prisoner statements from captured pilots. Government counts cease fire violations include deaths and injuries among soldiers and civilians.
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Saigon
United States
Hanoi-Haiphong
North Vietnam
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Haiphong
Paris
Peking
Hsinhua News Agency
Carl Herbert Jefcoat
Vietnam
William Walter Conlee
Hungary
MTI
Jetcoat
Mississippi
Conlee
Illinois
Paul Louis Granger
John Harry Yuill
Pirates Star Outfielder Missing In Plane Crash
Pirates outfielder Roberto Clemente and four others are missing after a four engine cargo plane crashed into the Atlantic near San Juan Puerto Rico while on a relief flight to Nicaragua. Coast Guard search teams found wreckage but no survivors amid ongoing nightlong efforts. Clemente was leading Puerto Rico relief for Nicaragua earthquake victims as family watched from shore.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Roberto Clemente
Nicaragua
San Juan
P.R
Pirates
U.S. Coast Guard
San Juan International
Managua
Caribbean
Clemente
Puerto Rico
Vera Cristina
Melchor
Star
Amadee Chardon
Pair Jailed After Chase Near Sayre
A Sayre Oklahoma pursuit ended with Deputy Sheriff Carol Copeland killed and two suspects arrested after a service station stop in Shamrock Texas. The driver was wounded. a passenger fled on foot. Law enforcement from multiple agencies converged on the area before two suspects were apprehended.
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Sayre
Okla
Wheeler County
Tex
Shamrock
Here
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
OHP
Carol Copeland
U. S. 66
Copeland
Oklahoma
OHP Unit 95
Interstate 40
Ed Thompson
Billy Ray Thompson
Todd Michael Lewis
Salinas
Calif
Beckham County
Oklahoma Beckham County
Erick
Elk City
Washita County
Texas Highway Patrol
Roger Mills County
Juvenile and Narcotics Problems Highlight Lawton Police Plan
Lawton Police Chief Alford Hennessee cites juveniles and narcotics trafficking as the two main enforcement targets for the coming year. He notes 1,000 youths aged 10 to 18 involved in offenses in 1972 and about 35 to 40 runaways monthly, with glue sniffing shoplifting burglaries and curfew violations common. He urges better home responsibility and expanded juvenile counseling staff with sociology training.
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Lawton
Alford Hennessee
Hennessee
Police Department
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