Senators Vote to Delay Alaska Pipeline Plan
The Senate defeated a move to delay the trans Alaska oil pipeline by 61 to 29, blocking proposals to route oil via Canada. Mondale proposed a year delay with NAS study of routes and immediate talks with Canada on Mackenzie Valley routing. A court case by conservation groups could still stall the project for years.
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Canada
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Alaska
Mondale
National Academy of Sciences
Mackenzie River Valley
Mackenzie River
Congress
Nixon Spends Restless Night At Navy Hospital
President Nixon suffers chest discomfort from viral pneumonia at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Doctors report a restless night with four hours sleep after analgesic and antibiotics, with inhalation therapy to ease lung symptoms. Stay estimated seven to ten days. Nixon to work from hospital and rest.
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Navy Hospital
Frances Lewnle Shington
Bethesda Naval Hospital
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Tkach
Oklahoma governor accepts Gowdy resignation as agriculture head
Gov. David Hall accepts Billy Ray Gowdy's resignation as president of the State Board of Agriculture effective Aug. 15. Gowdy returns to his farming and cattle feedlot near Guymon, Oklahoma. A Grady County grand jury is to issue a final report after a week long session focused on Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts. U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy will keynote a Democratic fund raising dinner in Oklahoma City Sept 8. Waldheim plans a trip to Egypt Israel and Jordan to assess the Middle East situation, with dates to be arranged.
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David Hall
Billy Ray Gowdy
State Board of Agriculture
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Gowdy
Guymon
Chickasha
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Grady County
Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts
U. S
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Ed Edmondson
Edmondson
Kennedy
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U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Egypt
Israel
Jordan
Middle East
Waldheim
Fort Sill to shift training as base centralizes units
Army plan consolidates training at a few bases. Fort Sill will lose the track vehicle mechanic course to Fort Knox while gaining students from Fort Benning. The radio mechanic course will be expanded and moved to Fort Sill, with slight increases in staff and no new facilities. The track vehicle course ends Aug. 10 after decades at Sill, with impacts on input, instructors, and payroll.
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Fort Sill
Field
Ft. Knox
Ft. Benning
Fort Benning
Manhunt for California Suspect in Glennan Slaying in Arkansas
A manhunt is under way in north central Arkansas for Marvin Glen Earnest and two other men in connection with the murder of 81 year old Florence Glennan at her home west of Lawton. Earnest was charged in district court with the murder and two accomplices are being sought as investigators pursue leads across rough terrain aided by police dogs from four counties. The case links to an arson investigation in Woodland California where a white van connected to Earnest and another man was found outside a burned house. The van contained cosmetics similar to items Glennan sold door to door, andEarnest previously resided in Lawton off and on with a criminal record including a 1969 Sacramento assault to commit murder sanction.
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Arkansas
Florence Glennan
Lawton
Marvin Glen Earnest
Little Rock
Comanche County
Paul Elkins
Earnest
Glennan
Don Beauchamp
Elkins
Beauchamp
California
Woodland
Calif
Paul Mays
Sacramento
Pace
Weather outlook for Lawton Southwest Oklahoma adds showers
A 50 to 60 percent chance for showers and thunderstorms is forecast through Saturday. Today and Saturday highs should reach the mid to upper 80s with tonight’s low near 70. Thursday’s high was 89 with a low of 72.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Legislator Slain in Baltimore Drug Probe
Maryland state legislator James A. Scott Jr., 48, was found shot to death in the basement parking garage of his apartment building. Police noted shotgun wounds, two spent shells, and mimeographed papers signed Black October scattered nearby.
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Baltimore
Maryland
James A. Scott Jr
Scott
Milton E. Allen
Solons May Subpoena White House Records
Senate Watergate committee chairman predicts a vote to subpoena White House documents if Nixon does not voluntarily release them. Nixon says he is willing to meet with Sen. Sam Ervin Jr. but will not back down on withholding the documents.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
Nixon
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Ervin presses for Nixon testimony on documents
Senate Watergate committee chair Sam Ervin urged President Nixon to testify in person about documents the panel seeks. Ervin plans to meet alone with Nixon, take no notes, and disclose only the outcome, not details. He indicated support for issuing subpoenas if needed and said the committee could vote to compel turnover of notes and letters.
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Nixon
Ervin
Downtown Mall Land Up for Bids Nationwide
LURA seeks bids for 300000 square feet of central business district land to host a vast shopping mall. 58 national developers receive bid packets with Aug 23 bid deadline and Aug 24 proposal opening. No minimums set. price and development plans key to award. review up to 45 days.
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LURA
J. C. Norman
Authority Board
Fers
Wall Street Journal
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