Lawton Fort Sill Fourth Of July Picnic Draws Large Crowd
About 10 000 residents attended the Association of the United States Army Fourth of July picnic at Fort Sill Landing Strip No 15. Fireworks were set off at Elmer Thomas Park, with minor injuries reported including a tear gas canister incident and an infant head abrasion. The event also featured a premiere outdoor drama Thunder Over the Wichitas at Mow Way House Fort Sill.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Association of the U.S. Army
No 15
AUSA
Elmer Thomas Park
Janet Ingle
Memorial Hospital
Lawton-Fort Sill
At & P.m
Mow-Way House
West Range
Nation's 200th Birthday Party Smashing Success
The nation celebrates its 200th birthday with nationwide displays from New York harbor to Valley Forge. President Ford tours Independence Hall and the USS Forrestal as the day unites Americans in optimism and patriotism amid postwar sentiment.
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Nation
Atlantic
Pacific
New York Harbor
America
Vietnam
Watergate
Alf Landon
Kansas Plains
Ford
American Liberty
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Jefferson
Adams
Forrestal
Israel Hails Entebbe Raid Rescue of 101 Hostages
Israeli forces freed more than 100 hijacking victims at Entebbe Airport in a three plane operation. Palestinians vowed reprisals while U N and foreign leaders weighed consequences. 101 hostages returned to Israel, 3 killed in the hour long battle. one hospitalized.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Lebanon
Beirut
East Africa
Yitzhak Rabin
Knesset
Shimon Peres
Ford
Rabin
e.Sears
Air France
D. Muldoon
New Zealand
Everone
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Africa
Kampala
Idi Amin
Entebbe International Airport
United Nations Security Council
Ismail Fahmy
All
Paris
Amin
Madison
Wis
Janet Robey Almog
Nairobi
Kenya
Entedde
Uganda
707
Haifa
Fort Sill Colonel Electrocuted Three Die In Holiday Weekend
Three Southwest Oklahomans died during a holiday weekend mishap spree. Lt Col John E Hayes 41 Fort Sill was electrocuted when a live wire under a Lake Texoma dock touched his arm while fishing. Charles F Keever 23 Frederick died when his auto left US 62 west of Cache and he was ejected. Jim Pennycuff 30 Elmer drowned after falling from a boat at Lake Altus as dragging operations resumed at dawn.
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Oarth
Elmer
Lake Altus
Gan
Hayes
Old US
Keever
Pennycuff
Area No. 3
Highway Patrol
Race Develops For Clerk's Post As Filing Opens
Comanche County witnesses a three day filing period for the clerk's race with incumbent Rosa Hines facing challenger Charley Maguire. All four county office incumbents filed, along with Maguire, marking the start of this year's election slate.
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Comanche County
Rosa Hines
Charley Maguire
Maguire
Comanche County Election Board
Hines
Rt. 2
Fletcher
Southwest Abstract
C Ave
Coy Rogers
Janice Mitchell
Don Duggins
State Election Board
Senate
Jim Taliaferro
House
Don Davis
Gordon Beznoska
Roy B. Hooper, Jr
Fred Ferrell Jr
New England Bomb Suspects Arrested In Series of Attacks
Two Maine men were arrested and two others sought as investigators tie new blast to a bank explosion in Revere Massachusetts. Aceto 23 held for arraignment on transporting explosives after crash. large cache found in car and home. Carlson 38 arrested in Portland on related charges.
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Topsfield
Mass
Maine
New England
Revere
Joseph A. Aceto
Massachusetts
Salem District Court
Aceto
Peabody
Augusta
Portland
Everett C. Carlson
Pope
Police Backtrack on Carpitcher Slaying Lead
A new suspect is named in the Carpitcher twins case as police backtrack to find a link to a fresh lead. Police refuse to identify the suspect or reveal details while insisting the probe remains open and exhausted leads continue to be investigated. The mother, Tina Agent, claims investigators have renewed effort and questions the initial handling of the disappearance and discovery of the twins Tina and Mary Elizabeth.
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Robert
Gillian
Tina
Mary Elizabeth
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LA Times
Washington Post Service
Daniel Arap Moi
Organization of African Unity Sumrut
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Patrick
Madill Hospital
Guthrie
Mickey
SE 38Th
Diana
Lisa
T. P. Hayes
The
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Angela Keever
Morial Hospital
Oklahoma
Kiowa and
Greer County
Altus
Anveeweenee Deer
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Aaeenwenese
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Oklahoma City
Paul Taliaferro
George Stuever
D-Lawten
Earl Simmons
James Kardokus
Bob E. Harper
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Dennis Lang
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