Skyscraper Blaze Triggers Midtown Evacuation
A two alarm fire at a 33 story Midtown building on 40 W. 57th St near Sixth Ave sent hundreds fleeing as smoke filled the floors after flames began on the 18th. Officials reported six smoke inhalations and a firefighter with a broken wrist. five were hospitalized. The blaze cooled after about 90 minutes as helicopters circled above and workers sought safety on the roof.
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W York
Midtown
57Th St
Sixth Avenue
Rockefeller Center
Patti Dolan
John Semich
Kissinger and Gromyko report progress in arms talks in Switzerland
Secretary of State Kissinger and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko wrapped up a two day session in GFNEVA with both sides calling the talks constructive. They said progress was made in narrowing differences toward a 10 year pact and discussed on site inspection options while signaling possible compliance steps and detente momentum.
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Gfneva
Switzerland
Henry A. Kissinger
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Kissinger
Soviet Union
Moscow
Quate
United States
Washington
Ford
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S
Brezhnev
Vladivostok
Beirut distributes free food to aid kidnaped colonel case
Lebanese authorities begin handing out five tons of sugar and five tons of rice in the Maslakh district of Beirut. The move aims to pressure for the release of U S Army Col Ernest R Morgan who is held by kidnappers demanding American aid. A U S Embassy official denied involvement calling it a Lebanese affair.
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Eirut
Lebanon
Beirut
National Relief Agency
Maslakh
U.S. Army
Ernest R. Morgan
U.S
Rashid Karami
Morgan
Oil price caps and arms policy fill Washington brief cuts
Senate and House conferees agreed price ceilings on all U S oil production and rolled back new oil to 1 28 a barrel to extend the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act The House International Relations Committee approved resuming limited U S arms shipments to Turkey authorizing about 185 million in weapons The FAA ordered design changes for wide bodied jets to better resist in flight depressurization tying to the 1974 Paris DC 10 crash that killed 346 people.
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Washington
Senate
House
U.S
House International Relations Committee
Turkey
Congress
Federal Aviation Administration
Paris
Weather Outlook for Lawton Area Turns Mild and Dry
A system brings drier air over Lawton with mild spring like weather. Skies are fair to partly cloudy and temperatures near 90s. Thursday’s high reached 92 with a 67 low in downtown Lawton as rainfall gauges show 14 inches in the afternoon.
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Ceeler
Lawten
U S Soviet space shot on schedule
NASA at Cape Canaveral reports mating of Soyuz spacecraft and booster completed. Soyuz and rocket to be moved to Baikonur launch pad Saturday. Soviet cosmonauts and American astronauts have passed final major physical exams as they prepare for the joint Apollo Soyuz test project set to begin Tuesday.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Russia
NASA
Oklahoma guards acquitted in jail gas attack case
A federal jury acquitted nine current and former Oklahoma State Penitentiary guards of civil rights abuses tied to a mass gas attack in a maximum security area last year. The verdict ends a five hour deliberation after a trial that charged brutality linked to a fatal incident.
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Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma State
U.S. District Court
Joseph Morris
Morris
U.S. Dist. Atty
Richard Pyle
McAlester
Pyre
Justice Department
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Corrections Deparment
John Grider
Department of Corrections
Grid
Irregularities Alleged In City Pay Claims For Officiating
City officials investigate claims that pay for Little League officiating was claimed by youths who did not officiate or receive checks. Norma Roberts alleges names from Eisenhower High were used. Recreation leaders deny knowledge or approval of irregularities.
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Norma Roberts
Cty
Little League
Eisenhower High School
City Recreation Commission
Recreation Division
Roberts
Oklahoma funds approved for Lawton programs
About 250000 of 2 million federal funds approved Thursday by the Oklahoma Crime Commission executive committee will support Lawton projects. Lawton Community Treatment Center receives 203790 for one year, up from 16357 last year, and Comanche County Jail Treatment Project gets 40327. The LCTC serves inmates nearing release and has operated since April 1973, handling roughly 45 inmates at a time. The Comanche project began May 1973, with prior grants totaling 110600 and 110900, each for one year. Funds cover counseling, court aids, job placement, release planning, family services, and technical support.
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Oklahoma Crime Commission
Lawton
Comanche County
LCTC
T. G. Burns
Grant County
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