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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1971
Page
1
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority votes to enter final negotiations for selling 14 acres of downtown land to Dallas developers. The plan includes a large mall entertainment center motel and office bank buildings with development by Charles Tupper W C Hutcheson and Drake Cook.
The United States vacated Fire Base Charlie 2 the final DMZ base, with about 500 troops from the 1st Brigade, 5th Mechanized Infantry Division leaving. Roughly 50 Americans remain to operate an 8 inch battery and oversee advisory, radar, and sensor duties. South Vietnam’s Alpha 4 followed, about 200 U.S. troops exiting while 100 stay for artillery and electronic tasks. Major General Pham Van Phu said the McNamara line turnover completes a long process begun in 1969.
Reports describe a major aftershock in central Chile with widespread damage and victims. Officials cite a high seismic reading near Valparaiso, Chile, as police and seismographs monitor the tremor’s epicenter about 60 miles north along the coast.
Rabbi Meir Kahane leader of the Jewish Defense League and two other members pleaded guilty in U S District Court before Judge Jack B Weinstein to conspiring to manufacture explosives during a pre trial hearing in New York.
The wholesale price index advanced four tenths of one per cent in June, the same as May. After seasonal adjustment the rise matched May's three tenths, suggesting inflation is slackening. See PRICES, Page 4, Col. 8.
In New York two bandits robbed a Brinks cash shipment of 142000 at a credit union on the third floor. An off duty officer fired on the suspects as they escaped in a getaway car toward the Brooklyn Bridge, with the robbers reaching the second floor during the attempt.
The National Weather Service shows a 20 percent chance of moisture tonight and a 30 percent chance earlier in the day. Temperatures are expected to be around the cen-
The State Department released figures showing Greece would receive 19.8 million in arms sales and 38 million in excess U.S. supplies as part of 2.3 billion in global military assistance for the year starting July 1. Proxmire had threatened disclosure if details remained secret.
The Civil Aeronautics Board rejects new schedules of Qantas Air Australia and the United States as retaliation for the Australian attitude. The board asserts it can withdraw its notification to Qantas and that changes in Australian schedules will affect the CAB review of public interest. The move follows Australia blocking American Airlines growth and pressuring Pan Am. See AUSSIES, Page 4, Col. 4.
The United Way of Lawton Fort Sill announces a 350000 fundraising goal to unify campaigns from the Lawton Fort Sill United Fund and the Combined Federal Campaign. Executive director Jay Dee Fountain notes federal memorandum led to pooling of donations with the Fort Sill Activities Fund and Crisis PAL added to the funded agencies.
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