Lawmakers Debate Death Penalty Amendments in Oklahoma House
Oklahoma House members pressed proposed amendments to the capital punishment bill as it moves between chambers. Reps. George Camp and Charles Cleveland floated changes to aggravating circumstances and defense rights, aiming to tighten limits and preserve constitutionality.
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Oklahoma City
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Tulsa
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Black Russian Citizen Returns For U.S. Visit
George Tynes, 70, born in Roanoke, Virginia, who lived in the Soviet Union for decades, returns to the United States to visit relatives and friends and to assess changes. He says he found no racism in the Soviet Union and later became a Russian citizen after marrying there, served in the Soviet army during World War II, and retired in 1974 with medals for exemplary labor.
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LA Times
Washington Post
Baldwin Hills
Calif
George Tynes
Soviet Union
America
Tynes
Wilberforce University
Ohio
Russia
Uzbekistan
Madeline Clark Foreman
Moscow
Train derails in Alpine tunnel closure disrupts traffic
Panic on the Riviera Express as it derailed near a major rail tunnel in the Alps. Two women and two children among the victims, 13 hospitalized with one in critical condition. Train passengers evacuated through broken windows as workers cut through doors with torches. The Riviera Express had left Ventimiglia for Hamburg when the tunnel accident forced a closure until at least Saturday. Buses carried passengers over the Alps. The incident echoes a deadly derailment in 1971 that killed five Italian workers.
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Riviera
Ventimiglia
Maly
Hamburg
West Germany
Europe
Alps
Fatal Collision and Tractor Crash Reported in Oklahoma Area
Oklahoma Street Thomas crash killed Bass from Thomas due to broken neck and internal injuries after a head on collision with Carl Schmitz 87 who was uninjured at 8 30 p m Thursday. In Hughes County farmer Joe Willie Johnson 71 of Wetumka died when his tractor went off a county road rolled 33 feet down a embankment the tractor struck a tree and he was run over by a hay cutting machine.
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Joe Willie Johnson
Wetumka
Hughes County
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Vaccine guidance outlines swine flu program and dosing
The report favors a single swine flu vaccine dose for the general public with potential boosting later for ages 18 to 24. High risk groups would get a combination dose against swine flu and the A Victoria strain, plus access to Hong Kong flu vaccine commercially. Children 3 to 10 showed weaker responses than adults and more field trials are planned.
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Army fine sparks family fears over defense costs
A father of two says the Army has taken his dignity and could push him toward bankruptcy after a defense fine of more than $1,500. He laments the impact on his family and notes his mother’s remark to Senator Muskie’s office about adultery fines and budget cuts.
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London
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LURA approves relocation and audit contracts amid budget details
LURA lists miscellaneous expenses and 12322.48 in contingencies and awards a contract up to 3000 to George Moore and Associates of Dallas for relocation and technical advice on moving KSWO. Downtown Project Board tables a decision on an independent audit for the Downtown and Rose Hill projects.
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Rose Hill
U S Government Adjusts To New Era In Philippines
The United States and the Philippines face tense talks on a new bases agreement as Manila seeks full sovereignty over Clark Air Base and Subic Bay while debates over jurisdiction and past incidents test the relationship. U S officials cite strategic value. Manila pushes for Filipinized control and reduced extraterritorial rights amid a shifting regional policy.
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Henry A. Kissinger
William Sullivan
Washington
Eduardo Z. Romualdez
Navy
Port Clark
Singapore
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Sullivan
Asia
Air Force
Oklahoma City Market Prices Report Grain and Hay
State Department of Agriculture lists current prices for wheat barley Milo soybeans and alfalfa hay across Oklahoma markets with per bushel and per ton figures. Areas cited include Afton Muskogee Eldorado Hobart Lawton Temple Clinton Pauls Valley Weatherford Beaver Perryton Medford Banner El Reno Geary Kingfisher Okeene Ponca City Watonga Yukon Liberal Keyes and Gulf with ranges for each commodity. Broilers live weight priced at 72 to 44 cents per pound.
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Perryton
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Banner
el Reno
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Okeene
Ponca City
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Yukon
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Gulf
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Ewt
Muskowee
Mystery Suspects Sought After Kidnapping Probe In California
Authorities pursue three young men tied to a Chowchilla case as a gag order limits details from a lavish Woods estate. Investigators cite a license plate lead from a Chowchilla resident and note a prior October 1974 joyriding arrest in Downieville. The search targets a moving van trailer repurposed as a subterranean cell. motives remain unclear.
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Woods
California
Newhall
Henry Mayo Newhall
Sagus
Mass
San Francisco
Madera County
Chowchilla
Newhall Land and Framing Co
James Schoenfeld
Woodside High School
Schoenfelds
Peninsula
Bates
Downieville
Calif
Houchins
Fire department dispatch log reports multiple alarms
Fire department records list alarms Thursday at 3% am 6964 Forest for grass fire. 718 am 2205 Lindy washing machine fire. 1 am 270? J. service cost. 1 am 160? Georgia cor fire. 2401 S$ 19% cor fire. 1:53 am 1207 SE 45th trash fire. Year total dispatches 1.667.
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