Fire Bombs Hit Booking Agencies Killing Woman
An anonymous caller said incendiary devices exploded at the offices of two Soviet talent booking firms in New York. Impresario Sol Hurok was injured along with six others. a woman was killed. Columbia Artists Management offices were unoccupied. The blast caused smoke and a small fire at Hurok’s 20th floor suite.
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EW York
Sol Hurok
Associated Press
Hurok
Columbia Artists Management Corp
Avenue of Americas
Columbia Artists
West 57Th Street
Jewish Defense League
Oklahoma congressional redistricting stalls in committee split
Oklahoma City AP report says a three way split and new plans bog down the redistricting effort. Rep. C H Spearman defends his plan while Sen. Bryce Baggett proposes two options. The panel adjourned until Feb 7 as court challenges loom and Rep. Steed's fate hinges on district boundaries.
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Oklahoma County
Tulsa
Heber Finch
D-Sapulpa
Vo Odom
Dis- 4
Wagoner County
Washington County
Jerry T. Pierce
Bartlesville
Bryce Baggett
Oklahoma City
Capitol Hill
Tom Steed
Steed
Tinker Air Force Base
Spearman
Rep
Congress
Sen. Baggett
Hulett Declared Winner In Lawton School Levy Race
Lawton Public School district levies pass by a little over two to one as H. D. Hulett is re elected to the Board of Education with 2 074 votes the highest total for a Lawton school board candidate. Dr Jesse Wright 717 Bernard Wallen 287. Hulett calls the victory a vote of confidence and pledges attention to students teachers and patrons in policy making.
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Lawton
H. D. Hulett
Board of Education
Hulett
Lawton School Board
Jesse Wright
Bernard Wallen
Allies Cautious as Nixon Peace Plan Draws Mixed Reactions
The Associated Press reports that North Vietnam and the Viet Cong denounced Nixon's Paris peace plan as disingenuous while several U.S. Asian allies reacted cautiously. Hanoi rejected the eight point proposal and accused Kissinger of secret talks as U.S. negotiators prepare to present the plan in Paris.
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North Vietnam
Nixon
Indochina
Henry Kissinger
Paris
U.S
Asia
Nguyen van Thieu
South
South Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
Plan
Hanoi
White House
William Porter
12 Precincts Being Changed in Comanche County
The Comanche County Election Board mails 3500 city voters letters about new polling places precinct boundary changes and new voter IDs. No re-registration required. Consolidations cut costs with shifts from Ward I to III and merging Kennedy with Washington into a new Washington Precinct.
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Comanche County
Logan
Patterson
Kennedy
Washington
Wilson
Madi
Vietnamese fighter bombers knock out North Vietnamese tanks
South Vietnamese fighter bombers struck four North Vietnamese tanks along the western central highlands marking the first such battle inside South Vietnam since 1969.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Cameron Band Heads to Mardi Gras Parade
Cameron College plans its 58 member band to march in New Orleans Mardi Gras on February 9 under director Gail Campbell. A fundraising drive seeks 2000 from Lawton interests to cover travel costs while Lawton High School Band also attends the Louisiana event and Cameron claims unique Oklahoma college representation in the parade.
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Ameron College
New Orleans
Gail Campbell
Lawton
Cameron
Bob Pyle
Louisiana
LHS
Cameron College
Oklahoma College
Campbell
Front Brings Cold Weather Across Kansas Oklahoma Border
A cold front moved through the Kansas Oklahoma border area overnight, pushing into northwest Oklahoma and prompting colder conditions for Lawton tonight. Lows fall near zero in the northwest and into the 20s for Lawton, with one to three inches of sleet or snow possible through Thursday in the northwest, creating hazardous driving as highs Thursday dip to five to 10. Mild temps are forecast for Lawton with a high near 50 this afternoon.
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Bill Livermore
Bob Butterfield
Butterfield
Seattle
Wash
Oklahoma Panhandle
Northwest Third
Oklahoma
Kansas-Oklahoma
Lawton
Nine elderly die in Cincinnati house fire at Green Home for the Aged
Fire gutted the Green Home for the Aged on Cincinnati's north edge. Nine residents and staff perished while three escaped, all bodies found in beds. The home licensed to Mary Green Gregory. Fire sparked after neighbors alerted the department. owner operator believed among the dead. Authorities investigating cause.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
James Lowery
Lincoln Heights
Cleo Nattker
General Hospital
Ohio Department of Health
Mary Green Gregory
Mary Brooks
Fire Department
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Romania
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Seattle-Tacoma
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