Northern Vietnam Battle Fronts Steady Despite Losses
News from the front describes heavy artillery and laser guided bombing as South Vietnamese forces retake Tam Quan in Binh Dinh and contest Que Son Valley near Da Nang. Reporting notes civilian evacuations, battlefield casualties, and air strikes on Hanoi’s Van Dien plant.
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Lawton Constitution Subscription Rates Listed
Lawton Oklahoma publications show monthly and yearly subscription options for the Constitution Press and Sunday editions. Rates cover in town, Fort Sill deliveries, and outside Lawton Fort Sill with separate pricing for APOs and single-copy sales.
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Campaign targets heat up as 1972 rivals clash
Democratic and Republican vice presidential candidates engage early rhetoric at public events. Agnew attacks McGovern on amnesty and marijuana while Eagleton counters from ABC, plus Meany outreach and fund-raising notes. Polls show Nixon leads noncollege youths. McGovern boosts youth turnout plans.
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Unmanned NASA satellite ERTS launches with high expectations
NASA officials hailed the ERTS satellite launch as a landmark unmanned mission. Ground controllers planned checks today and Tuesday before first images, with data from platforms near Boston Wallops Island and San Francisco Bay aiding initial operations.
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Regents approve two year college graduation policy
Oklahoma students may graduate from a four year state college in two years if they show proficiency through advanced standing exams. The policy sets uniform rules for accelerated completion based on mastery of courses without classroom instruction.
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Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board adopts new policy
The Pardon and Parole Board will not require nonviolent offenders to appear before the board for parole hearings. The policy, to start at the August Granite State Reformatory meeting, followed a May recommendation to parole 46 inmates and deny 11. Gov. Hall must act on these.
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Georgia Justice: Death Penalty Upheld After Jury Verdict
Bolton argues that Furman and Jackson rulings do not extend to Georgia death row inmates. He says the Supreme Court decision overlooks states’ rights to defend their death penalty statutes despite claims of cruel and unusual punishment.
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Nixon’s Japan visit seen as follow-up to January talks
Nixon heads to Tokyo with Secretary Rogers and Henry Kissinger to smooth relations strained by 1971 moves. Ambassador Eberle, Nixon’s trade negotiator, joins after a White House session with the President.
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William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
William Eberle
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Trapped Morgantown Miners Face Heat At WV Prospect
Fire in a soft coal seam near the Efforts to extinguish the blaze hindered by high temperatures between 2500 and 3000 F. Corcoran said rescue conditions were unfavorable as 100 plus workers in 14 teams searched. Families kept vigil while unions blamed Consol for lax safety. Trapped miners: Terrance Stoking 29 Frederick Phillips 42 Justin Beach Jr Conrad Belt 34 Billy Murray 37 Roy Sisler 24 Roy Dalton 42 Kenneth Haynes 21 Robert Tressler 32 all Morgantown.
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Leonard Pnakovich
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Terrance Stoneking
Frederick Phillips
Mount Morris
Justin A. Beach Jr
Conrad J. Belt
Billy Murray
Roy Sisler
Roy Dalton
Kenneth Haynes
Robert Tressler
Morgantown
Strike and Court Clash Over Longshoremen Crisis
The strike and suspension aim to defuse the crisis but the government says the Longshoremen are jailed for defying a court order, not for union activity, and cannot interfere with the judiciary.
General Ends Visit at Fort Sill Address to Field Artillery Students
Maj. Gen. George Sammet Jr. deputy chief of the Army Office of the Chief of Research and Development in Washington DC concluded a three day visit to Fort Sill this afternoon with an address to the students in the Field Artillery Officer Advanced Course.
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Army
Washington, D.C
Fort Sill
Field Artillery Officer
Eat Long holding FASTEETH Powder for dentures
A short promotional note touts FASTEETH powder as a solution that eases denture wearers’ worry by keeping dentures secure and comfortable.
OSU to award summer degrees at Lewis Field
Oklahoma State University will confer degrees at a 7:30 p.m. ceremony in Lewis Field Stadium on the Stillwater campus. Summer graduates include Altus Gary Jones, Anadarko Daniel Lawrence Dulworth, Carnegie Paula Marie Becker, Duncan Thomas Berninger and Jerald Budowsky, Lawton Jack Amyx, and many others from across the state.
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Lewis Field Stadium
Stilwater
Southwest Oklahoma
Public support urged to boost drug abuse control efforts
Ambrose told President Nixon that arrests and supply reductions show a start on the drug problem but not its end. He said the top need is more public support for drug abuse controls, while Nixon urged doubling the arrest figures next year.
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Jean Westwood
Democratic National Committee
Custer
S.C
Ambrose
Elderly Man Dies Of Burns In Oklahoma City
An AP report from Oklahoma City says 79 year old Ed Summers died after suffering second degree burns over about 60 percent of his body while taking a hot shower at Watkins Stephens Skyview Nursing Home. He passed away two and a half hours after being found by a nurse.
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Ed Summers
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