Oklahoma Candidates File For Congress And State Posts
Edmondson faces four Democrats in 2nd District bid while Steed contends with Crozier Trotter and others. Jed Johnson joins Senate field as McGovern prospects loom. Bartlett remains sole Republican candidate. statewide filings push totals to 30 Democrats and 29 Republicans for 27 Senate seats and House offices.
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Edmondson
William E. Crozier
Minco
Owen Trotter
Chickasha
Tom Steed
Oklahoma City
Henry Howell
Blackwell
Democratic Senate
South Dakota
George McGovern
Oklahoma
Johnson
Congress
Maine
Edmund Muskie
McGovern
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Dewey Bartlett
Kent Royals
John Harman
Harman
Rvals
John N. Happy Camp
Rwaukomis
U.S. House
Carl Albert
State Corporation Commission
Wilburn Cartwright
Cartwright
State Board of Property and Casualty Rates
Chris Tirev
U.S. Dist. Aty
Andrew Potter
Ray Jones
Enid
Commission
Ray C. Jones
House
James Howard Edmondson
J. Howard Edmondson
Young Edmondson
John McCune
Harris push for tax reform sparks convention clash
At the Oklahoma caucus, Harris pressed for a tax reform plank to favor McGovern, seeking an appointment to the Platform Committee. Drummond refused, a floor fight paused by Gov. Hall, and Harris, initially ruled ineligible, was later deemed an alternate delegate amid procedural disputes. Wesley Watkins backed Harris as a proponent of populism aiming to help McGovern win.
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Democratic Party
Harris
George McGovern
McGovern
Oklahoma
Cecil Drummond
Pawhuska
Hannah Atkins
Oklahoma City
Patform
Drummond
David Hall
Convention
Hall
Mississippi
Wesley Watkins
Watkins
Minority Report
Yvonne Breathwaite Burke
Noes
Fire Base Checkmate changes hands amid Vietnam clashes
Army and allied reports reveal Checkmate recaptured for the fourth time in two weeks, with 28 enemy dead and 55 North Vietnamese bodies found near Fire Base Bastogne. In Quang Tri, Vietnamese forces seized the initiative, with paratroopers and U S air strikes amid sand storms and artillery duels.
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Checkmate
Bastogne
Route 547
Hue
Quang Tri
Associated Press
Dennis Neeld
U.S
Neeld
Quang Tri City
Radio
Hanoi
Communist Peoples’ Revolutionary Committee
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Hong Kong
Quang Ta
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Robison
Hull
North Vietnam
Dong Hoi
U.S. Command
Indochina
Crime increases slow in first quarter of 1972
crime rose 2 percent overall in the first quarter of 1972. Violent crime showed mixed changes with murder up 2 percent and rape up 17 percent while robbery fell 2 percent. Aggravated assaults rose 5 percent. Suburban agencies reported a 4 percent rise, rural areas up 5 percent.
McGovern Backers Plan Celebration in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma supporters of George McGovern planned a 7 p.m. victory party at the Holiday Inn Northwest in Oklahoma City to celebrate expected on first ballot Democratic nomination at the Miami convention. Campaign workers said they would watch the Miami convention on television.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
South Dakota
George McGovern
McGovern
Miami
Holiday Inn Northwest
Colorado Admission to Union in 1876
The state known as the Centennial State was admitted to the Union on August 1 1876, a century after the Declaration of Independence was signed.
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Colorado
Miami Beach Fashion and Finance Shape a Winter Paradise
A vivid portrait of Miami Beach as a coveted winter haven where oceanfront land commands top-dollar from wealthy visitors arriving by jet. The piece describes climate, luxury hotels, inflated midwinter prices, pristine beaches, and the eccentric scene of sun lovers and bikini norms shaping the locale.
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Miami
Miami Beach
New York
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