City Council Debates Ward Redistricting Plan and Commission Authority
Lawton city council debates ward numbering and population changes as it weighs directing a restrengthened ward map. The panel may switch Lee and Whittier precincts to Ward 4, while considering legal boundaries and ethnic unit guidelines. The city also moves to condemn property south of Lawton for a new sewer plant, offering 80,000 on 160 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woody Wolverton
Ernest Roper
Lared
Dory Ferguson
Wolverton
Ferguson
Harrell Moore
Roy B. Hooper Jr
Redman
Bob Norris
Commission
Lee and Whittier
U.S. 62
Clifford Dove
Lawton
Don Whitaker
Larry Fountaine
Cache Creek
Watergate defendants face verdict in landmark break-in case
Alch argued the defendants sought information to aid the Nixon campaign amid spring 1972 violence, linking McCord to information that could assist Republicans. Howard Hunt pleaded guilty as Liddy, Hunt, Barker, Martinez, Sturgis, and Gonzalez were named in the Watergate probe and the jury heard 51 witnesses in three weeks.
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Alch
McCord
Democratic National Committee
Washington
Y. Howard Hunt
White House
Bernard L. Barker
Eugenio R. Martinez
Frank A. Sturgis
Virgilio R. Gonzalez
Miami
Watergate
Liddy
Hunt
George McGovern
Earl J. Silbert
Oldest surface rock found in the Canadian Shield region
The Canadian Shield contains some of the world’s oldest surface rock. The statement highlights ancient geological formations in a vast Canadian region known for Precambrian rocks.
Arab League backs unified plan for war against Israel
Egyptian war minister Ahmed Ismail was named commander of three Arab fronts against Israel with a Syrian led air force coordination proposed. The 18 nation Arab League endorsed a united military strategy amid Jordanian-Palestinian tensions. Dayan urged US mediation as Israel warned on potential troop redeployment depending on Jordan’s actions.
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Cil
Israel
Ahmed Ismail
Syria
Lebanon
Arab League
Ismail
Jordan
Middle East
Moshe Dayan
Jerusalem
United States
Mideast
United Nations
Gunnar Jarring
God
Dayan
Egypt
Washington
America
Jordan River
Penalty provisions expand first degree murder category
Lawmakers debate death penalty scope with amendments. Rep Mark Hammons removes slaying of a state legislator from mandatory first degree murder while other high risk cases remain. The bill covers killings of peace officers, judges, witnesses, and officials during crimes or in official duties, plus slayings in transport piracy and hired murder.
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Mark Hammons
D-El Reno
Cityan Invited To Hall Reception
Vicki Bain a national 4 H winner is invited to a Thursday reception by Gov David Hall. The 16 year old and her parents Mr and Mrs Harned Bain will attend at 11 a m in the Blue Room of the State Capitol. The event honors 27 Oklahoma 4 H club members named national and Santa Fe scholarship winners at the National 4 H Congress in Chicago. Bain won a national prize in photography and a $1 000 scholarship. Oklahoma winners and parents will be introduced to state legislators in the Senate and House chambers Thursday afternoon.
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Vicki Bain
David Hall
Miss Bain
Harned Bain
State Capitol
Hall
Chicago
Oklahoma
Senate
House
Rights cast by Oklahoma lawmakers for amendment
State Representatives from Oklahoma City Muskogee Tulsa and Lawton support the amendment. Don Davis of Lawton voted in favor citing ratification and the need for full House consideration. Davis said mail favors ratification nearly three to one and argued opponents lack substance.
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Charles Elder
Purcell
T. W. Bill Holaday
Oklahoma City
Jan Cartwright
Muskogee
Warren Green
Tulsa
David Stratton
Cinton
L. H. Bengtson
Don Davis
Lawton
Davis
Deputy Sheriff's Home Burglarized in Lawton
The north Lawton residence of Deputy Sheriff Larry LaFrance was broken into Monday between 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. A piggy bank in his bedroom contained about $50. A bedroom window was broken. Nine days earlier Sheriff Paul Elkins reported thefts including a television two pistols a diamond ring and a wrist watch while his family attended a basketball game.
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North
Lawton
Larry LaFrance
LaFrance
Paul Elkins
Peace Unit Delayed and Cease Fire Tensions Persist
A second planeload of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong delegates sat in Hanoi bound for Saigon and refused to fill Tan Son Nhut immigration forms. The joint military commission faced repeated disputes over credentials as ICCS members pressed for field observation teams while North Vietnamese accusations of ceasefire violations mounted. Meanwhile in Oklahoma, Galla Khalad the Thoroughbred mare topped OHJA 1972 championships with multiple titles at Fort Sill.
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Joint Military Commission
Saigon
Thieu
Tan Son Nhut
U. S
Ellsworth Bunker
Agnew
Hanoi
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Canada
Indonesia
Hungary
Poland
ICCS
North Vietnamese
South Vietnam
United States
Nguyen Dui Trinh
North Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Binh
Viet Cong
Paris
J. R. Neale
Lawton
Oklahoma
Hunter and Jumper Association
OHJA
Fort Sill
Kim Andrews
Barrett Andrews
Magic Christian
Judy Brown
W. D. Brown
Okinawa
Bruce Peterson
Tulsa
Col. Neale
Ansel Sharp
Stillwater
Margaret Thurston
Norman
Wanda Blackwell
Winners Named In County 4 H Speech Contest
Wendy Watson of Elgin 4 H and Joe McMahan of Flower Mound 4 H were junior champions in girls and boys divisions at the Comanche County 4 H Speech Contest in Cache. Seventy seven 4 H members from Bishop Cache Chattanooga Eager Beaver Elgin Flower Mound Geronimo Sterling Tomlinson participated.
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Wendy Watson
Elgin
Joe McMahan
Flower Mount
Comanche County
Cache
Cindy Rankin
Tad Lovelade
Eager Beaver
Darwina Jepsen
Sterling
Susan Howell
Perkins Resident Killed In Highway Crash
Wilson J. Austin, 55, of Perkins, died in a pickup car collision on the Cimarron River bridge south of Perkins on U S 177 in Payne County. The death lifts Oklahoma 1973 highway toll to 30, compared with 58 a year ago.
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Associated Press
Perkins
Oklahoma
Wilson J. Austin
U. S. 177
Payne County
Highway Patrol
Austin
Cimarron River
Pentagon updates POW counts from Vietnam war records
The Pentagon reports 555 Americans identified as POWs in Vietnam, with 508 previously captured and 45 previously listed as missing. One Marine, Earl C Weatherman, was listed as deserter. North Vietnam identified 55 dead in captivity, with 27 previously POW, 11 missing, and 16 killed in action.
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Pentagon
North
South Vietnam
James
Ridgeway
Frederick Louis Elbert
North Vietnam
Earl C. Weatherman
U.S
Southeast Asia
Rodgers Selected In NFL First Round
New York AP reports Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers of Nebraska was the 2st player chosen in the NFL draft. Rodgers was picked toward the end of the first round. No Oklahoma player was selected in the first round.
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New York
Johnny Rodgers
Nebraska
Rodgers
Oklahoma
USSR Structure: Federation of Fifteen Union Republics
The text states that the U S S R is organized as a federation comprising fifteen Union Republics. It highlights the federation as the central political arrangement of the Soviet state with each republic contributing to the union's governance.
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U.S.S.R
Union Republics
Chanel Will Freeze Distribution of Chanel Will 40 Million
A Paris court froze the 40 million dollar Chanel will after a letter allegedly directing a million dollars to Chanel's secretary surfaced. Secretarial beneficiary Jean-Francois Mironnet seeks to block the payout citing forgery disputes.
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Paris
Gabrielle
Coco
Jean-Francois Mironnet
Miss Chanel
Mironnet
Three Killed in Ulster Sectarian Violence
In Belfast a Protestant man in his mid twenties killed and dumped in a shop doorway. two Roman Catholic men, one 22 and one 15, shot in separate incidents. A 15-year-old boy died and another 15-year-old was seriously injured as sectarian violence persisted. The toll reached 694 deaths over 34 years.
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Belfast
Ulster
Water in the Air Delivers Most U S Water Supply
A historical note explains that over six times the amount of water moving through the atmosphere crosses the United States compared with rivers, yet only 5 to 15 percent of that moisture ultimately reaches the ground.
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United States
Fort Sill shooting suspect nabbed by FBI in Brooklyn
James Charles Davis 21, a Fort Sill native AWOL, was arrested by FBI agents in Brooklyn on an assault with intent to murder warrant connected to the Jan. 19 shooting of Pfc. Roy Wiles at Fort Sill. Wiles remains in critical condition. Davis held on $50 000 bond.
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Sill
FBI
Brooklyn
Fort Sillman
N. Y
Fort Sill
James Charles Davis
New York City
Arnold C. Larson
Oklahoma City
Davis
U.S
Charles R. Jones
Larson
Pfc
Roy Wiles
Wiles
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Fire At Oklahoma Center Dorm Evacuates 350 Youth
A fire tore through an eight story dormitory at the Oklahoma Children's Center in Taft evacuating 350 residents. An estimated $850000 damage was reported with minor injuries including a 16 year old treated at a Muskogee hospital. Fire units from Muskogee Boynton and Haskell fought the blaze beginning 6 45 p m with an electrical malfunction suspected.
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Taft
Okla
Oklahoma Children’s Center
Oklahoma
Linzy Wilson
Muskogee
Boynton
Haskell
Wilson
Shortened School Year Is Approved
CHICAGO AP The Board of Education adopts an 850.2 million budget with a planned 31 day closure beginning November 7 due to funds shortage. Directors aim to trim the budget to avoid the pre Christmas shutdown, needing about 70 million more to keep schools running while approving a 2.5 percent raise and benefits from an 11 day strike.
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Chicago
Board of Education
U.S. Spends Billions on Coffee for Citizens
The United States buys about half the world's coffee supply. Over a billion dollars yearly funds coffee for each resident, averaging around 750 cups per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U.S
Third Robbery Suspect Sought in Meeker Bank Heist
Lincoln County sheriff Hubert Kinnear was dragged by a fleeing suspect in a bank burglary near Meeker and hospitalized in Prague with skin abrasions. Two suspects, Prentiss Kirkland and Paul Bates, were wounded and bonded at $50,000 each. a third was at large. All are thought to be from Billings, Montana.
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Meeker
Okla
Lincoln County
Kinnear
Gene Dawson
Prentiss
Newt” Kirkland
Former Midwest City mayor dies in accidental shotgun blast
Orin Allen Kimball, 53, former Midwest City mayor, died Sunday night from a chest shotgun wound at his local business. Police said he was found by his son around 11 p.m. after an apparent trip and discharge of the weapon during a search of the premises.
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Midwest City
Okla
Orin Allen Kimball
Kimball
W. E. Bailey
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Chanel
Lawton Lumber Co
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Oklahoma Morris (Plan Company
Gore Boulevard
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