Six Persons Hurt By Howling Storm
Severe weather battered Oklahoma with 70 mph winds and heavy rain injuring six in Chickasha. A mobile home overturn in Sallisaw injured two as windows and roofs were damaged. Tornadoes reported between Blanchard and Pauls Valley and near Warner caused no damage. hail hit Roff with no damage. Forecast calls for scattered storms, highs near 90, lows in 60s.
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Associated Press
South Chickasha
Oklahoma
Sallisaw
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Blanchard
Pauls Valley
Warner
Roff
Pontotoc County
Smuggling Web Smashed Across U S Border Network Crumbles
The narcotics ring linked Bogota to Tijuana and San Diego with operations reaching San Francisco Seattle Chicago Kansas City and Miami. Eighteen arrested or convicted for possession trafficking and sales including De Mase serving five years. Authorities say investigation continues as the organization collapses.
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Tijuana
San Diego
United States
DeMase
von Cleve
Bogota
Colombia
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Chicago
Kansas City
Miami
van Cleve
Lawmen Capture Escaping Inmate Near Courthouse
An inmate James Wilson age 22 escaped from Comanche County jail and fled into Fort Sill area. He was chased by sheriff deputies and city patrolmen, entered J C Penney store, and surrendered after lawmen closed in. Police credited rapid cooperation between sheriff office and city police for quick recapture.
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Comanche County
James Wilson
Bob Williams
Wilson
Annette Briley
Williams
Fort Sill
J. C. Penney
Fifth and C
Billy Godfrey
Fifth Street
J. C. Grooms
C Avenue North
Grooms
Ford sets out bid for 1976 election with duty and unity
The article outlines Gerald Ford’s pledge to serve as president with stamina and focus while urging broad American participation in the electoral process. It notes his sudden rise from vice president to president in 1974 after Nixon’s resignation and mentions Ronald Reagan’s planned opposition to Ford for the Republican nomination.
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Ford
Michigan
Richard M. Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
House of Representatives
Congress
Miami Herald
Ronald Reagan
Califernie
Commission weighs closed sessions on convention services
Former congressmen argue for executive session to discuss advisory opinions as the Campaign Reform Act of 1974 commission rules possible corporate support for donated convention services. Staff says such contributions would violate the law prohibiting payments or gifts connected to political conventions.
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Crime rises in June as bike and auto thefts surge
Police note a seasonal uptick in summer crime with bicycle thefts and thefts from auto rising sharply in June. May reports were five and four respectively, while June jumped to 65 and 114. The six month totals for 1975 remain near 1974 levels across seven major offenses.
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Gillian
Federal focus on reviving central cities urged by Hills
Boston reports quoting Housing and Urban Development Secretary Carla A Hills call for concentrating federal efforts on preserving and rehabilitating central cities and limiting suburban sprawl She notes a city recycling study shows lower costs for urban renewal compared with new suburbs.
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Boston
Housing and Urbana Development
Carla A. Hills
Council Debates HUD Bus Approval Over 10-Year Cost
City council members clash over HUD mass transit funding with calls for a tighter HUD ruling and a 10-year cost estimate if federal funds end. Several officials push staff to seek a definitive HUD position before continuing budget review of the mass transit plan.
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HUD
Norma Roberts
Fredrick Chenault
Adam Matthews
Roberts
Donald Rust
Harry Anderson
Breeden
van Meter
Council
Group to Meet for AARP Dinner at Christian Church
Lawton AARP chapter schedules a 6 30 p m covered dish dinner at the First Christian Church 701 D Sen with guests Mr and Mrs Al Terrill and Rep and Mrs Fred Ferrell. Members and visitors are urged to bring a dish and attend. Contact Vivian LeBlanc at 353 5313 for details.
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Lawton
American Association of Retired Persons
First Christian Church
al Terrill
Fred Ferrell
Vivian LeBlanc
Sears Tops Ad Spending With 477 Million Outlay
Advertising Age names Sears Roebuck as the nation's leading advertiser for last year, reporting a spending total of 477 million dollars, more than two dollars per person in the United States.
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Sears, Roebuck & Co
Memorial Day Observed First Time On May 30 1901
The observance marked its inaugural ceremony on May 30 1901 as a national tribute. It established a lasting annual holiday honoring military service members who died in battle or on duty.
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Janes
New York
John J. Riccardo
Chrysler Corp
Riccarde
Lymm A. Townsend
Eugene A. Cafiere
Automotive
Washington
University of Oklahoma
Barry Switzer
Switzer
University of Texas
Darrell Regal
University of Michigan
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Schembechler and Sons
Dewey Bartlett
R-Okla
Robert P. Griffin
Rmich
Portland. Ore
John Joseph Newvile
Ford Administration
Don van Meter
212Th Field Artillery
Cannonade Field
David Blackledge
James N. Hale
Niles Fulwyler
II Corps
Center
Hale
Blackledge
SEARS
U.S.D
DIAL
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