Initial Citizen Enthusiasm For $2 Bill Fades In Lawton
The new two dollar bill issued in April faces reluctance from residents to spend it. Clerks report confusion making change and few customers request the note. Banks and stores note limited circulation, with some success at Gibson Discount Centers after creating a dedicated slot for the bill.
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Robison
Ak Ee
Maxine Pankey
American National Bank
Humpty Supermarket
Gibson Discount Centers
Dave King
Cache Road
Western nations pledge to prosecute hijackers worldwide
Heads of nine West European governments agreed to prosecute or extradite hostage takers and urged a global accord to combat terrorism and hijackings. They endorsed cooperation with other nations and sought U N Security Council support amid debates over the Uganda hostage crisis.
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Brussels
Belgium
U.N. Security Council
New York
Israel
Uganda
Air France
James Callaghan
United States
Security Council
United Nations
William W. Scranton
Carter narrows running mate search ahead of convention
Carter works in seclusion narrowing his running mate list after a morning meeting with New Jersey delegates. A decision is expected today after the convention nominates him. Favorites include Mondale and Muskie with others such as Glenn Stevenson Jackson and Church also considered. Delegates at the opening session echoed calls for unity and national purpose.
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W York
Jimmy Carter
New Jersey
Carter
Jody Powell
Georgia
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
John H. Glenn Jr
Ohio
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Illinois
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Frank Church
Idaho
Glenn
Jordan urges national unity and self belief at convention
Miss Jordan spoke to delegates urging restoration of belief in self and shared national endeavor. She called for national community and equality for all, saying the nation seeks unity to fulfill its purpose. Mondale told NBC Today he seeks substantive influence, not a ceremonial role, after a Plains discussion with Carter.
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Barbara Jordan
Texas
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Ford
NBC
Mondale
Carter
Plains
Miss Jordan
Soviets Said Ready to Aid Left in Lebanon
BEIRUT AP report says the Soviet Union may back Palestinian guerrillas and Lebanese leftists against Christian and Syrian forces. Alexander Seldatov conveyed a Kremlin decision to Arafat and Kamal Jumblatt, urging Syria to withdraw 13,000 troops and 450 tanks. No confirmation or details on action.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Alexander Seldatov
Kremlin
Yasir Arafat
Kamal Jumblatt
Seldatov
Hafez
Assam
Syria
Moscow
Arafat
Cairo
Kamal
Assad
Abdel Salam Jalloud
Tripoli
Beirut- Damascus
Sidon
Egypt
Arab League
Tal Zaatar
Baalbek
Ted Mack Dies At 72
Ted Mack, longtime host of the Original Amateur Hour, dies at 72 in Tarrytown New York. He began in vaudeville, joined Bowes show in 1935, and emceed the program from 1948 until its final 1970 telecast, helping launch many future stars.
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Tarrytown
N.Y
Ted Mack
Mack
Phelps Memorial Hospital
Major Bowes
Bowes
William Edward Maguiness
Greeley
Colo
Denver University
Ben Pollock
Glenn Miller
Benny Goodman
Los Angeles
Dumont
NBC
ABC
CBS
Film Crews Shoot at Fort Sill Range for Model T Film
IM McCullough Productions moved from Eagle Park to Fort Sill west range for a second day of filming Charge of the Model T's. The Shreveport producer says location work is public except on Fort Sill. Interiors resume Wednesday at Eagle Park. The Medicine Park area and Cache ghost town serve as sites with new buildings and a Welcome Tex fountain. Actors John David Carson and John Doucette arrived in Lawton last week.
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IM McCullough
Fort Sill
West Range
Shreveport
Cache
Eagle Park
McCullough
Montego Bay
Medicine Park
Welcome
Tex
Mexico
Texas
John David Carson
John Doucette
Lawon
Lawton Offers Summer Classes for Vietnamese Refugee Youth
Sixty seven Vietnamese children in Lawton attend six week summer instruction at Carriage Hills Elementary start June 7 funded by federal money. Reception includes English as a second language and Vietnamese culture discussion with field trips to Great Plains Area Vo Tech and Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
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Lawton
Carriage Hills
St. Mary’s School
Great Plains
Vo- Tech
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
University of Oklahoma Studdlass
Southwest Oklahoma Weather Outlook Through Wednesday
Partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures with a slight chance of thundershowers. Rain probability at 20 percent tonight and Wednesday. Wednesday high expected in the upper 80s, tonight’s low around the mid 60s. Monday’s high reached 90 and low 71.
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Oklahoma
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