Gas Curb Asked As City Shivers
Oklahoma road crews brace for a winter storm as icy roads and blowing snow disrupt travel across the state. Authorities report numerous nonfatal accidents and slick interstates from Yukon to Tulsa, with blizzard warnings in the northwest and ongoing precipitation expected today.
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Western Panhandle
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U.S. Weather Service
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Oklahoma City
el Reno
Enid
Cimarron County
Skelly
Tulsa
Missouri
Blackwell
Kansas
Highway Patrol
Funeral Rites for Nick Carras Held at Blessed Sacrament
Funeral services for 77 year old Nick Carras of 702 Summit were held at 10 a m at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church with Rev Elmer Schwarz officiating. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery under Ritter Dalton Funeral Home direction. Carras died Sunday at a local hospital.
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Summit
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Elmer Schwarz
Highland Cemetery
Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Carras
Nixon’s POW Stand Criticized By McGovern And Leggett
Senators McGovern of South Dakota and California congressman Leggett, both who spoke with North Vietnamese in Paris, accuse President Nixon of deceiving the public on prisoner of war exchanges and warn the administration’s timing aims at election gains. Leggett cites private and table offers for a trade, while McGovern says negotiators confirm the exchange idea.
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George McGovern
D-S.d
California
Paris
Nixon
McGovern
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Robert L. Leggett
Dcalif
United States
Leggett
South Dakota
Trucker’s Leg Amputated To Free Him From Wreck
Billy Eugene Godwin a 33 year old truck driver from Windsor North Carolina remained conscious during emergency rescue after he swerved to avoid a car and struck a Norfolk area bridge abutment on Interstate 64. Doctors amputated the remaining leg to free him from the wreckage and stabilize him at Norfolk General Hospital as rescue squads police and fire units cleared the scene causing traffic delays along I 64.
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Norfolk
Billy Eugene Godwin
Windsor
N.C
Norview Ave
Godwin
Norfolk General Hospital
Carl Sandburg Biography Weighs In As Lincoln Work
Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln deemed the greatest biography of modern times. The book appeared in two volumes The Prairie Years and The War Years. Sandburg won the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for History for The War Years.
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Carl Sandburg
Abraham Lincoln
Sandburg
World wood production shares by country
The annual global sawed wood output is about 140 trillion board feet. The USSR accounts for 32 percent, the United States 24 percent, Japan 8 percent, Canada 5 percent, with Sweden Finland and West Germany contributing smaller shares according to Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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United States
Japan
Canada
Sweden
Finland
West Germany
Encyclopaedia Britannic
Hall Maps Road Plan Amid Growth Revenue Push
Hall unveils a multifaceted 9.3 million growth revenue plan alongside tax policy shifts including medicines exemption and food tax credit pause. He endorses a 250 million highway bond concept, with 5 year matched funding and broad county road expansion, while noting prior allocations boosted education with new classrooms and teachers.
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Hall
Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Authority
Turnpike Authority
India silent on peace talks offer after Mujib release
New Delhi officials avoided comment on Pakistan president Bhutto's plan to release Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and invite talks. A spokesman cited Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and said sincerity and fruitful talks would determine modality. Opposition parties praised Bhutto's decision as statesmanlike.
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Shiek Mujibur Rahman
Indira Gandhi
India
Muj‘b
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Shiek
Bangladesh
International Red Cross
Mujib
Pakistan
Draft Boards Have Vacancies in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City AP report says a new law to place younger men on Selective Service boards has brought 70 to 75 new members in the state over the past two or three months. Col. Herbert Hope notes many resignations across 83 local boards as members must resign at 65 or after 20 years of service, with new appointees under 60.
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Treasury
Congress
IRS
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Herbert Hope
Fort Sill Phone Center Closes After Declining Use
Southwestern Bell officials closed Fort Sill Phone City, a 51 booth center with 12 operator assisted stations opened in 1966 for GIs to call home. With troop strength down, the center will relocate staff and expand the 350 pay telephones elsewhere on post as demand grows.
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Fort Sill
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Jesse Eppler
Eppler
Aerospace contract raises stalled after board debate
The Pay Board failed to decide on aerospace contract raises covering UAW and IAM at six firms after a December 21 meeting. The North American Rockwell pact grants a first year 51 cent rise on a $4.32 hourly average, about 11.8 percent, while United Aircraft Corp IAM in Connecticut won 8 percent. Day said board members aim to cut raises to 8 or 7 percent, with public members possibly seeking 7 percent.
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Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
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North American
Rockwell Corp
IAM
United Aircraft Corp
Connecticut
Day
United
Council Seeks Funds for Creek Work and City Projects
Lawton council approves a 15 day extension for emergency business operations and a committee to revise the ordinance. Police receive 73 009.50 from the State Crime Commission for a tactical unit legal advisor and equipment. Land near Lake Lawtonka eyed for a sanitary landfill as the current site closes. Mayor Whitaker to deliver State of the City next Tuesday.
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Wolverton
Don Whitaker
Whitaker
Kenneth Easton
Lawton
Alford Hennessee
State Crime Commission
Lawton Urban Renewal
U.S. 277
Second Street
Douglas Avenue
Lake Lawtonka
Henry Nabers
State Health Department
Public Records Fire Alarms Reported by Lawton Fire Dept
Fire alarms investigated include a 4:54 p.m. mobile home fire with minor damage at 122 C. At 6:27 p.m. power lines down at Sixth and D. A 9:48 p.m. car fire at 2100 Gore. A 10:05 p.m. house fire with incomplete details at 1707 Smith.
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Gore
Smith
Injury accidents listed by Lawton Police at multiple locations
Times and places of personal injury accidents investigated by Lawton Police Department are given. At 1 59 p m Columbia at NW 12th drivers include Stephen Lipinski 25 of Fort Sill and Tom Littiechief 67 of 1603 Euclid. Littiechief was taken to P H S Indian Hospital by Royal Ambulance per Traffic Officer Robert Boyd.
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Lawton Police Department
Columbia
Stephen €. Lipinski
Fort Sill
Tom Litttiechief
1603 Euclid
Littiechief
P.H.S. Indian Hospital
Royal Ambulance
Robert Boyd
Japanese Firms Inkrole in US Southeast and Missouri Outsourcing
Officials note Japanese textiles operate in the U S Southeast while a German company makes bearings in southwest Missouri. The service is consulting with its ad agency and exploring Japan advertising but no firm plans exist yet.
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United States
Missouri
Japan
New Peace Talk Session Slated
PARIS AP The United States and South Vietnam agreed to a Viet Nam peace talks session on Thursday after a four week suspension. The U S had canceled meetings on December 16 23 and 30 to allow North Vietnam and the Viet Cong more time to consider their position. Both sides accused the other of wrongful military action amid renewed U S air strikes.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
Vietnam
North Vietnam
U.S
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