Western Union Walkouts Close Offices Nationwide
In Oklahoma and New York, unions representing about 21 000 Western Union workers walked out after rejecting a 20 percent two year raise. The strike halted domestic telegrams money orders and overseas cables though some local transmissions were completed before the walkout.
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Lawton
NEW York
Western Unitay
United Telegraph Workers
Communications Workers of America
Aflcio
UTW
CWA
New Jersey
Federal Communications Commission
Wreck Victims Identified In Roanoke Mountaintop Crash
Rescue teams work to positively identify five World War I ace Audie Murphy and others among three bodies found on a rugged Roanoke mountaintop. State medical examiners expect final IDs by late today or Wednesday.
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Roanoke
Audie Murphy
Roanoke Community Hospital
State Medical Examiner
Rain floods Lawton area as Fort Sill drownings reported
Heavy rains pound southwest Oklahoma with 3.75 inches near Elgin and 1.91 inches downtown Lawton. Three drownings occur when a car misses a bridge into Sitting Bear Creek at Fort Sill. Four others injured. 1,000 plus houses lose phone service briefly. Rescue crews and barricades handle widespread flooding.
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Fort Sill
Kenneth Frazier
Lake Ellsworth
Oklahoma
Sitting Bear Creek
Joe Sutherland
Oklahoma Weather Modification Inc
Lawton
Gore
Elgin
Second
Tornado Watches and Tent Collapse Sweep Oklahoma
A severe storm system produced tornado watches across six southwestern Oklahoma counties and toppled a block long revival tent in Oklahoma City injuring one woman and prompting emergency responses. Power outages, downed lines, and widespread outages were reported across Chickasha and Tulsa area towns as the storm moved through.
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Oklahoma City
Interstate 35
R. W. Schambach
Philadelphia
Sub Surface Water Survey Urged Again
City council considers a no cost re survey by the USGS to assess subsurface water supply and forms a two man panel to study hiring a lobbyist for federal funds. Councilman Woody Wolverton cites talks with USGS Oklahoma head Jim Irwin and OU geology chief Dr. Charles Mankin as supporting an inexpensive re survey.
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Woody Wolverton
Council
U.S. Geological Survey
Wolverton
U.S. Capitol
Jim Irwin
USGS
Oklahoma
Charles Mankin
Geological School
University of Oklahoma
Junior High Graduation Programs Set for Four Schools
One thousand six hundred two ninth graders from MacArthur Central Eisenhower and Tomlinson junior high schools will graduate in afternoon ceremonies at 1 30 pm Wednesday. Awards for outstanding students include Rotary Band Down town Kiwanis American Legion Citizenship and VFW trophies.
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MacArthur
Central
Eisenhower
Tomlinson
Claudia Wilson
Cristy Limerick
Kenneth Bridges
Rotary Band
American Legion
VFW
Cuba to Release Hijacked Pan Am Plane Passengers
The White House says foreign diplomats report Cuba will free the hijacked Pan American Airways plane and all 68 passengers and crew held in Havana since Saturday.
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White House
Cuba
Pan American Airways
Havana
High Court invalidates vague loitering ordinance
The Supreme Court rules Cincinnati street loitering laws must be specific to be constitutional and voids a five or more gathering crime on sidewalks. Justice Stewart leads a 5 to 3 decision, citing vague conduct standards and infringement on free assembly. The ruling limits police power to arrest groups deemed annoying.
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Ashington
Supreme Court
Cincinnati
Arizona
Consid
Potter Stewart
Stewart
High Court
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Western Union
Earl D. Hilburn
By Donna Barron
Pam Butler
F Street
Reynolds Army Hospital
Squaw Creek
City Street
Park and Water Department
THE
Associated Press
Pryor
Carney
Collinsville
Stroud
Bristow
Drumright
Chickasha
North
Tulsa
Weather Bureau
Edith Greenwood
St. Anthony
Betty Jefferson
By Skip Gibson
Thelma Shattuck
Bud Chambers
Central Central Junior High School
Bridges
Dianne Chrickson
Gene Hancock
Sam Joyner Jr
Henry Weddle
Tomlinson Junior High
Kevin Wiggins
See Junior High
Bulletin
Washington
TV Channel 5
Boston
Greyhound Corporation
Armour & Co
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