Gas curtailment lifted as Arkla restores Lawton service
Arkla Gas Co. officials say natural gas shortages eased with warmer weather and a newly laid temporary pipeline. Service is back to normal, including Fort Sill, with curtailment lifted for industrial and commercial customers and pilots relit for homeowners. Gas pressure returned to usable levels around 10 p.m. Tuesday.
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COY
HOBBS
Lawton
Arkla Gas Co
James J. Noury
Arkla
Fort Sill
Noury
Cities Serv
Ice Oil Co
Chickasha
Arkla Office
Lawton Tues
GAS Service
Nixon Plans Space Shuttle Development Amid NASA Talks
President Nixon authorized development of a 5.5 billion space shuttle to carry four men in a 30 day orbital flight returning like an airplane. NASA administrator Dr James Fletcher and deputy George Low were to meet with Nixon as Apollo missions wind down. The White House session followed Nixon's schedule for summit talks with Japan and his State of the Union prep.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Space Agency
White House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
James Fletcher
NASA
George M. Low
Fletcher
Fisaku Sato
State of the Union
Congress
Robert Gottschalk
McLean
Gottschalk
Lawton Schools To Reopen Thursday After Gas Shortage
Lawton Public Schools will reopen Thursday as announced by Hugh Bish. Classes canceled today due to gas shortages will be made up later this year. The additional makeup day will be announced then. Great Plains Area Vo Tech School will also resume Thursday.
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Lawton Public
Hugh Bish
Great Plains Area
Vo-Tech
Pair Sought In Slaying Of Delaware Trooper
Police hunted a man and woman linked to two motel holdups and the killing of a Delaware trooper and wounding of another near Concord Motel. A 90 mile per hour chase, 300 officers, helicopters and dogs scoured a 175 acre oil tank farm in Pennsylvania. The dead trooper was Ronald L. Carey 29 of Wilmington Delaware and David C. Yargington 24 of Wilmington was critically wounded. Suspects Irving R. Hogg 30 and Marilyn Doborlenski 19 from Toledo Ohio were tied to the abandoned car.
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Chester
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Concord
Ronald L. Carey
Holiday Hills
Wilmington
Del
Tank Farm
Ohio
Michigan
Irving R. Hogg
Marilyn Doborlenski
Toledo
Doborlenski
Carey
Yarington
Con
British Troops Up Firepower in Northern Ireland
In Belfast the British army issued a 20 paragraph guide allowing 14 000 troops to use automatic fire on city streets under minimum force rules. The move accompanies a campaign by Irish Republican Army gunmen to expel British rule. Prime Minister Brian Faulkner warned of a Protestant backlash if Northern Ireland's constitutional status is altered.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Brian Faulkner
Gunman Locks 3 Captives In House
Gunman robs a state bank then abducts three people locking them inside a house before setting it on fire. Police are investigating whether others were involved as fire crews battled the blaze.
Mercury Dips To Low Of 9 In Downtown Law ton
The low of nine degrees was recorded in Downtown Law ton early this morning. The forecast calls for a warming trend with mid 30s this afternoon and mid 40s Thursday. Tonight’s lows should reach the upper teens and winds will ease from 10 to 18 mph to 5 to 10 mph.
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Lawton
Mercury
Medical helicopters in Vietnam disarmed nationwide
The U S Army began removing guns from most medical evacuation helicopters in Vietnam, painting them white, and issuing leaflets urging Viet Cong and North Vietnamese not to shoot. By Friday all guns are to be removed except for the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Cavalry, with four of six still armed. The Medical Command operates 48 evac helos across Vietnam, with 13 painted white so far.
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Saigon
USS
Vietnam
1St Air Cavalry Division
Army
Medical Command
U.S
3Rd Brigade
11St Airborne Division
Oklahoma Legislature Faces Split Over Highway Bond Plan
Oklahoma lawmakers opened with Gov. Hall’s legislative program in hand though the $250 million highway building bond issue drew mixed reactions. House Speaker Rex Privett backed the plan as vital for Oklahoma’s development, while Senate President Pro Tempore Finis Smith raised concerns about long term high interest rates. Hall said the road program is not yet part of his official agenda, pending stronger Senate support and momentum.
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Oklahoma City
Cap
Oklahoma
David Hall
Hall
Rex Privett
Senate
Finis Smith
Tulsa
Smith
Four Highway Projects Approved in Oklahoma City Meeting
The Oklahoma Highway Commission approved four road projects totaling about 2 million dollars for Comanche and Kiowa counties. Key U S 62 surfacing deals cover seven miles near the Kiowa County line, four miles east, and 4.5 miles west with costs of 863000, 548000, and 460000 respectively. A fourthproject funds bridge work on Lake Road from S H 4 to the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge at 70000.
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Comanche
Kiowa
Oklahoma Highway Commission
Oklahoma City
U.S. 62
Comanche-Kiowa County
Lake Road
S.H. 4
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Trio Nails Three Closets Robbery in Willow Bank Heist
A gunman abducted Willow town marshal and a bank officer couple, forced them to help rob the bank, then locked them in closets and set the home on fire. They escaped unharmed. about 200 in silver was taken, and the assailant fled with multiple weapons.
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Willow, Okla
Lester Snow
Mangum
Bailey Snow
Altus
Okla
Snow
Robert Watson
Highway Patrol
Willow
Greer
Oklahoma
Wesley J. Underwood
Watson
Underwood
Underwoods
U.S. Airstrike in North Vietnam Marks First of Year
A U S fighter bomber launched a protective reaction strike 10 miles north of the Ban Karai pass marking the year’s first attack in North Vietnam. An Air Force F105 fired a Shrike missile at an anti aircraft radar site, suspected to be destroyed. MIG jets sighted near Laos border prompted warning of potential engagement. B52s then targeted positions in South Vietnam near the DMZ where ten North Vietnamese troops and three South Vietnamese marines died in combat.
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AIGON
U.S
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Ban Karai Pass
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Dmz
Saigon
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