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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1972
Page
16
Multiple zones show fair to partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures through Tuesday. South to southeast winds 6 to 22 mph with highs in the mid 90s and lows around 70s. isolated thunderstorms possible in zones 18 19 20 and 213 with rain chances up to 30 percent Tuesday.
Denver AP The Springold teams move to semi finals at the Summer Nationals with nine top seeds eliminated. Becker of New York faces Levitt of St. Louis and Smith of Houston faces Kantar of Los Angeles. An all California masters Swiss team leads with Stein Baron Lawrence and Bergevoy atop eight straight wins.
The Associated Press reports two fatalities in Oklahoma traffic incidents. Curtis Don Parker, 45, died when his pickup was struck by a freight train on a county road 14 miles north of Boise City. Brenda Caughron, 8, died when the motorcycle she rode as a passenger was hit by a car northeast of Drumright. The 1972 toll reaches 450, up from 441 a year ago.
James Parker Jr. aged 14 drowned while swimming toward a buoy in the Wahoo Bay area of Fort Gibson Lake on Sunday evening, according to Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
London ap reports longshoremen and other workers joined a labor protest against a new wages and security contract. The strikes could spark food shortages as Prime Minister Edward Heath planned talks with Trades Union Congress leaders about the labor relations act and port officials.
In Houma Louisiana President Nixon and a top delegation attend the funeral of Senator Allen Ellender longtime Appropriations chair and Democrat from Louisiana Ellender died at 81 last Thursday. The trio flew in on Air Force One and were joined by Agnew Eastland Albert McGovern Eagleton Kennedy and others. The service at St Francis de Sales church followed a state in which Ellender lay in state at the Houma Municipal Auditorium.
Eastern Airlines says its reservations computer records will include the Ms designation for women who prefer the title. The move aims to respect passenger preference and align with evolving gender options in booking data.
In Winchester Hampshire a schoolteacher recalls an 11 year old pupil responding to a prompt with a witty line about imagination. The boy said a bee's stinger is only a fraction of an inch long the rest of the 12 inches is imagination.
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