Americans among Varig jet crash victims near Paris
Varig Airlines listed three Americans among 122 killed when a Boeing 707 crashed in an onion field near Longjumeau, south of Paris. Survivors, all in cockpit areas, were hospitalized after a fire sparked by the crash.
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Paris
Varig
Bernard Regan
Elio Rosa
Yole Rosa
United States
Gilberto da Silva
Orly Airport
Rio de Janeiro
Longjumeau
Orly
da Silva
Boeing
Jean- Francois Frerot
Nixon Lowering the Boom On Aides
Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell testified before the Senate Watergate committee that President Nixon had been lowering the boom by ousting aides implicated in the scandal. He cited H. R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman, noting Nixon accepted their resignations April 30. Mitchell described further dismissals and discussed absence of presidential documents being turned over.
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Ashington
John N. Mitchell
Democrat
Nixon
Senate
Mitchell
Daniel K. Inouye
Hawaii
Insaye
City Panel Backs Strong Lake Enforcement for Lakes
The Lakes and Lands Commission urged City Council to enforce Lake Ellsworth and Lake Lawtonka rules to the letter and back lake patrols fully. The panel plans temporarily sworn peace officers after 120 hours training within a year and to reestablish the skier traffic pattern for safety.
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City Lakes and Lands Commission
Lake Ellsworth
Lake Lawtonka
Commission
City of
Lawton
Firecracker Battle at Elmer Thomas Park draws huge crowd
July fourth celebration at Elmer Thomas Park attracted about 10 000 people across 300 acres with fireworks everywhere. Police logged 29 incident calls totaling 320 minutes, and at peak there were about 100 calls. Injuries included a five week old, a 30 year old woman, and a 25 year old woman.
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Elmeer Thomas Park
New Orleans
Ray Catlin
Lawton
Fire and Park Departments
Fire Sweeps Sixth Floor Of Military Record Center
A fire at the Military Personnel Record Center in Overland Missouri damaged thousands of records on the building’s sixth floor. Federal agents investigate arson as a possible cause amid a history of about a dozen incendiary fires in the past two years. About 50 people were inside when it started, with water and smoke damage spreading to lower levels.
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Military Record Center
Overland
St. Louis
Ronnie L. Hudson
General Services Administration
Howard Whiteley
Kansas City
Whiteley
Army
Navy
Wesley C. Scarborough
Washington
Senate rejects Godley for East Asian post decried as deplorable
The White House called the Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote to block G MacMurtrie Godley from the East Asian affairs post deplorable He was rejected 9 to 7 with Fulbright saying Godley favored U S military involvement in Southeast Asia The committee later approved William H Sullivan to be ambassador to the Philippines and Republican Leader Hugh Scott criticized the move
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Washington
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
G. McMurtrie Godley
Godley
Laos
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
U.S
Southeast Asia
Gerald L. Warren
Nixson
William H. Sullivan
Philippines
Sullivan
Senate
Hugh Scott
G. MacMurtrie Godley
United States
Scott
Capitol
J.W. Fulbright
Two To Quit Airport Board Members Plan Resignations
Lawton Oklahoma flight officials Jack Allen and Bob Scott intend to resign from the Lawton Metropolitan Area Airport Authority over a potential conflict of interest. Allen said he and Scott will step down to launch an aviation related business at the airport. Scott was away. Allen and John Griswold of Lawton formed A and G Air Inc and built a hangar at the airport. The firm plans an aviation sales operation soon.
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S. Jack Allen
Bob Scott
Lawton Metropolitan Area
Allen
Scott
John Griswold
Lawton
A & G Air Inc
Washington
Cost of Living Council
John T. Dunlop
Dunlop
Weather Outlook Keeps Lawton Area Warm Through Friday
Forecast calls for fair skies and mid 90s across Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma through Friday. Overnight low should dip to the low 70s with highs around 90 and a low 70s tonight.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Derryberry demands Frizzell refund or face suit
Oklahoma Atty Gen Larry Derryberry called for the refund of 16952.57 by ousted Real Estate Commission official Joe Frizzell or a lawsuit to recover state funds. Other items report on inflation policy and Watergate funding, Ardmore center protest, oil production, and pages in Congress.
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Oklahoma City
Larry Derryberry
State Real Estate Commission
Joe Frizzell
Oklahoma
American Automobile Association
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Filento S. Muller
Arena Party
Agostinho Dos Santos
Brazil
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Celso Ribeiro
Sao Paulo
O Estado
Dos Santos
Athens
Editerics
Dear Abby
BA Entertainment
Charles J. Beal
2Nd Artillery
Earnest P. Terrell Jr
Fort Sill
2Nd
U.S. Artillery Regiment
Vietnam
Beal
By Skip Gibson
Lake
Dan Glascock
Elmer Thomas Park
Heea
Paul
Warren
Secretary of State
Airport Board
Ardmore
Okla
David Hall
Jack Morgan
Archibald Cox
Senate Appropriations
Congressional
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Capitol Page
Ted Pilind
Desert Hot Springs
Calif
View Buffalo
Camp Doris
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Meers Area
Comanche County
Jeff Dixon
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