U S Planes Strike North Vietnam Radar Sites
American warplanes attacked three antiaircraft radar sites in North Vietnam in a series of protective reactions. The strikes targeted sites near the Ban Karai Pass and near Dong Hoi as U S air operations intensify amid Hanoi concentrating defenses along bombing corridors into Laos.
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Nixon to address troop pullout talk in TV broadcast
The White House announced President Nixon will deliver a nationwide television and radio address from the Oval Office at 8:30 p.m. EST amid reports he may set a withdrawal date in exchange for POW releases. Aides declined to reveal details of the foreign policy topic or confirm a Vietnam trade offer.
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Nixon
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Lawton Voters Decide School Board Members and Levies
Polls open until 7 p.m. for Lawton registered voters to choose a Board of Education member and to vote on school millage levies. Voting sites include Lawton High Central JH Eisenhower HS Tomlinson JH and Cleveland Hoover Rogers Sullivan Village elementaries. Incumbent H D Hulett and seven others seek Office No. 2 on the school board.
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H. D. Hulett
Jack Anthony
Michael Fraser
Mando Moschella
Samuel
Doc) Pewewardy Jr
Bernard Wallin
Richard Wheeler
Jesse Wright
1971 Trade Deficit Largest In History
The Commerce Department reports 1971 ended with a calendar-year trade deficit of 2.047 billion dollars as imports rose 14 percent and exports 2 percent. December alone showed a 273.7 million deficit, with the last quarter hit by dock strikes and distorted shipments.
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Nixon Nominates Kenneth Rush for Deputy Defense Secretary
President Nixon named Kenneth Rush a former Duke University law professor and former West Germany ambassador to be deputy secretary of defense. Rush, 62, of Rye New York, would replace David Packard who resigned December 13 to return to Hewlett Packard. The post pays forty two thousand five hundred dollars annually.
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Aid Agency Announces Major 25 Percent Personnel Cut
The AID plans a 25 percent staff cut as part of a wide reorganization outlined by Administrator John A. Hannah. Most reductions will hit overseas posts, with 12 years of service factors guiding retirements. A new population and humanitarian bureau will consolidate related programs.
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Agency For International Development Today
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$10 Million Lawsuit Filed Against Kerr
Oklahoma City AP report says James Spears filed a $10 million alienation of affections suit in Oklahoma County District Court against Robert S. Kerr Jr. The complaint seeks $5 million for deprivation of his wife plus $5 million in punitive damages for alleged enticement from June 1966 to August 1971 amid Kerr’s ongoing divorce hearing.
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Oklahoma County
Robert S. Kerr Jr
U. S
James Spears
Kerr
Spears
City outlines bond fund investment and project plan
Acting Treasurer Salvador Taranto presented a detailed schedule for investing and spending the $13.04 million bond issue approved last October. The plan calls for $12.49 million in certificates of deposit and first year expenditures of $2,032,600 for streets airport facilities library and sewage projects with more than $13 million in future local and state matching funds.
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Rockefeller Impeachment Move Sparks Assembly Clash
New York Assemblyman Arthur Eve filed impeachment against Gov Nelson Rockefeller over Attica prison rebellion and resulting deaths. Party leaders argued the move procedurally improper amid brief parliamentary battle.
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Buffalo
Nixon asks 50 billion debt ceiling hike to 480 billion
President Nixon seeks a 50 billion increase in the national debt limit to 480 billion, calling it the largest year to year rise since World War II. The move follows deficits estimated at 38.8 billion for the year ending June 30 and 25.5 billion the next year, with hearings planned and Treasury officials warning the ceiling could be breached by March.
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