Bombs Found in Bank Vaults Tied to 1969-70 Attica Links
Investigators connected bombs found in safe deposits in Marine Midland Bank with threats tied to radical figures George Jackson and Sam Melville. Authorities traced letters with Chicago postmarks to banks in New York and San Francisco, warning of “The Movement in Amerika” and demanding political concessions. Police prepared to oversee vault openings as the threat loomed, while recalling a 1949 blast and prior arrests in Manhattan.
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Charles Christopher Mohr
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Philip Neary
Marine Midland Bank
Manhattan
Samuel Joseph Melville
Attica State Prison
George Jackson
Sam Melville
Jackson
California
San Quentin
Howard Pierson
Amerika
Fornia
Melville
New York City
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Sun-Times
San Francisco Chronicle
Berkeley
Calif
Berkeley Tribe
KSAN
First National City Bank
William St
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
Wall St
Marine Midland Grace Trust Co
Broadway
Continental Ilinois National Bank
LaSalle St
First National Bank of Chicago
First National Plaza
the Northern Trust Co
South LaSalle St
Bank of America
Market and
New Montgomery
Crocker Citizens National Bank
Montgomery St
Wells Fargo Bank
Market
Montgomery
FBI
India letters signal ambassadorship shift amid Vietnam tension
Reports describe India weighing embassy status for North Korea and East Germany amid Indochina anxiety. A bomb threat letter lists banks and notes seven month timers, with FBI assessing legitimacy and potential targets in New York Chicago and San Francisco.
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New Delhi
India-Vietnam
India
ICC
Indochina
Vietnam
Notice of Dissolution for Aust Mortgage and Investment Co Inc
State of Oklahoma Comanche County notice states that Aust Mortgage and Investment Co Inc has consented to voluntary dissolution. The board approved winding up its affairs on November 30, 1971. Creditors must present claims to John D Aust at 1% OD Avenue Lawton OK by January 15 1972.
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Lawton
State OF Oklahoma
Comanche
Aust Mortgage and Investment Co., Inc. G Corporation
John D. Aust
OD Avenue
Lowton
Oklahoma
Officials to Inspect Leak Affecting Cache Creek
Break officials plan an on site inspection this afternoon. City administrator notes uncertainty about how long the line had leaked into Cache Creek but says the leak was detected early by sewer plant staff. The city maintains service by storing sewage in eastern lines and pumping across the creek via temporary lines.
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Cache Creek
U.S. Jobless Rate Climbs In December
The unemployment rate rose to 6.1 percent in December, near the nine year high, with about 5 million Americans out of work in 1971. Whites dropped to 5.4 percent while nonwhites rose to 10.3 percent. Teenagers faced 17.5 percent unemployment. total civilian workforce barely changed.
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U.S
Washington
William Proxmire
Dwis
Senate House Economic Committee
Lawrence F. O’brien
Richard Nixon
White House
James D. Hodgson
Nixon
Congress
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Hijackers seize PSA flight crossing California to Los Angeles
Passengers describe a hijacking on a San Francisco to Los Angeles commuter flight. A man with a shotgun forced a stewardess to the front while a woman carried a baby and a pistol. The plane landed, passengers deplaned under escort as hijackers refueled the craft and kept crew aboard, with authorities silent.
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John Heffernan
Lynn Thomas
San Mateo
Calif
Larry Ward
Los Angeles
Ward
Heffernan
San Francisco
PSA
Florida
Federal Aviation Administration
Powell and Rehnquist sworn, join Supreme Court bench
Justices Powell and Rehnquist were sworn in separately by court clerk E. Robert Seaver. They attend a closed conference with seven colleagues, as Eric Johnston protests outside. The new members cannot vote on existing cases but may grant review to many appeals as hearings begin.
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Black
Harlan
Powell
Rehnquist
Prize Corner Chambers
Lawrence Hammong
el Paso
Tex
Covert Parnell
Thomasville
Ala
J. Harvie Wilkinson
Richmond
Allen Snyder
Takoma Park
Justice Department
Frederick Lambert
Millburn
N.J
Arizona
Michael Meehan
Tucson
Nixon Sato discuss tariffs and line of peace with China talks
In long talks Nixon and Sato weighed Japan United States trade moves and a possible Washington Tokyo hot line. They examined concessions and a trade gap while aiming toward normalized relations with Communist China and the Taiwan barrier to formal ties with Peking.
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Connally
Japan
United States
U.S
Rogers
Okinawa
Nixon
Washington
Tokyo
Sato
China
Taiwan
Peking
Tulsa Youth Killed In Street Where Kevin Lumas Died
Five year old Kevin Boyd Lumas was struck and killed while running across a Tulsa street late Thursday night. The death raises Oklahoma 1972 traffic fatalities to seven, up from six at the same time last year.
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Tulsa
Kevin Boyd Lumas
Oklahoma
Fire reports list dorm fires investigated by Lawton FD
A Thursday 4pm update lists incidents including at 403 N 40th with a grass fire and 5.3 percent, 1401 S Eighth with a grass fire at 10 35am, and 1409 Bell with an appliance fire. The note also claims a non fired gun fatality history in Nebraska's deer and antelope seasons.
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S. Eighth
Nebraska
B52s Strike North Vietnamese Buildup Near Laos Border
U S raid report says 30 B 52s dropped 900 tons on supply routes depots and bunkers in North Vietnam with strikes in the Laotian border area and central highlands near Cambodia. Officials fear an offensive before Nixon visit to China and Saigon fights to hold Dak To Kontum region without air support.
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AIGON
U.S
Nixon
China
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Saigon
Washington
Peking
Paris
William
Highlands
Pleasant Winter Weekend Forecast for Lawton Oklahoma
Continued pleasant temperatures were forecast for Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma this weekend. The high this afternoon near 60 degrees with Saturday reaching the mid-60s. Lows in the mid-30s both nights and skies expected to remain clear through Saturday.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
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Constitution & Press Circulation
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Southwest
Lawton Evening Constitution
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Waller
Champlin
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