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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1973
Page
1
Washington AP The Food and Drug Administration issued twelve rules to standardize nutrition labeling. Rules require per serving totals for calories proteins carbohydrates fats and seven key nutrients on labels or ads. Final and proposed rules implement White House conference recommendations and aim for clearer consumer information.
Gen. Alexander Haig Jr met President Nguyen Van Thieu for an hour to discuss a revised peace draft. Indications grew a cease fire was near as Thieu provided some answers to Nixon's envoy. Haig waited in the wings as Thieu consulted advisers at Independence Palace and potential follow up talks were not disclosed. Haig planned to meet Cambodia, Thailand and Laos leaders as diplomatic sources said a settlement was near.
The court ruled unanimously that defendants may ask jurors if they are racially prejudiced, reversing Gene Ham's marijuana conviction. The decision does not extend to other forms of prejudice, such as against beards or boards, and cites the 14th Amendment as grounds for juror questioning on race. In a separate Kansas report, authorities investigated a break-in at the National Guard Armory vault in Council Grove with guns missing and FBI involvement expected.
The Direction 80 advisory group urges doubling capital expenditures and approves water goal plans. It calls for mapping water facilities, public approval for Waurika water contract, and upgrades to treatment and distribution. The group prioritizes water, then crime, streets, housing, recreation, and more.
U S warplanes pound North Vietnamese positions in South Vietnam despite cease-fire rumor. B52 and fighter-bomber strikes total hundreds of targets across Quang Tri and Saigon River corridor. Civilian casualties reported near Quang Ngai. Da Nang base hit. a bridge destroyed by a floating mine. See STRIKE for details.
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President Ferdinand E Marcos ends U S style government and signs a new charter toward a parliamentary system while keeping martial law indefinitely to protect the people. He assumes powers of president prime minister and legislature before a Peoples Congress. About 15 million of 40 million Filipinos reportedly approve in public assemblies.
In Richmond a federal judge granted Thomas C Wansley bail of 10000 dollars to await potential retrial or state decision. Wansley, 25, has spent years in prison for rape and robbery and is now free while the state chooses whether to retry him.
A 30 percent probability for rain is forecast for Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma tonight and early Thursday. Otherwise expect variable cloudiness and mild temperatures through Thursday. Highs in the mid 60s, lows near 50. Tuesday’s high 57, low 48.
Comanche County Memorial Hospital will award contracts totaling about 5 million dollars for expansion and renovation at a special 7 p.m. meeting of the hospital board. Nine bid packages cover site structure HVAC plumbing electrical roofing and more with construction set to begin February first.
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