Kissinger to Meet Vorster in West Germany
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and South African Prime Minister John Vorster will confer in West Germany on June 23 and 24 to discuss Rhodesia apartheid and Namibia. Officials call the talks exploratory with no agenda and aim to avert a regional race war through peaceful negotiations.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
John Vorster
West Germany
Rhodesia
Africa
State Department
Robert Funseth
Department
South Africa
Namibea
Kissinger
U.S
Vorster
Congressional Black Caucus
United States
Southern Africa
Zambia
America
Namibia
Leftist Guerrillas Defy Syria Ultimatum in Lebanon
In Beir ut, leftist Lebanese and Palestinian guerrillas rejected a Syrian order to evacuate mountain strongholds along the Christian enclave near Beirut. A guerrilla spokesman said Syria warned of devastation if not obeyed, and noted no attack by morning. Reports also tied Syria to moves toward Marjayoun and Arkoub, with Israel watching but cautious.
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Beirut, Lebanon
Lebanon
Kamal Jumblatt
Beirut
Israel
Marjayoun
Syria
Arkoub
Israel Border
Rawak
As Safir
Tripoli
Rabies Incident Confirmed With Skunk Attacks
The City County Health Department records a third confirmed rabies case from skunks in a month, linked to a Meadowbrook Addition incident on Memorial Day. Dr. Clyde Mason notes a local vet reported a positive test on a skunk that attacked a dog. earlier skunk tests near Hulen and a dog incident led to police involvement and euthanasia.
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Clyde Mason
Health Department
Meadowbrook
Hulen
Oklahoma City
Mason
Bond Money Eyed For Nursing Home Expansion
The Comanche County Industrial Development Authority weighs up to $300,000 in bond financing to add a 42 bed wing to the McMahon Tomlinson Nursing Center at 3126 NW Arlington. If approved, planning continues with bids by late summer and construction to start this fall.
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McMahon-Tomlinson
Comanche County Industrial Development Authority
Arlington
John Coffey
Memorial Hospital
Comanche County Hospital
High Speed Chase Ends in Crash Near Chickasha
Two Southwestern Oklahoma residents died from crashes and a third man drowned in Lake Chickasha. Ricky Lynn Null, 21, of Chickasha, died at the scene after eluding a Chickasha police unit and crashing at high speed on a county road. Mabel McFall, 81, of Frederick, died from injuries in a May 26 collision in Tipton after a Wichita Falls hospital transfer. Albert Chair, 34, of Chickasha, drowned while returning to shore from a buoy.
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Oklahoma
Lake Chickasha
Grady
Chickasha
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Ricky Lynn Null
Clarence Lowery
Null
Mabel McFall
Frederick
Wichita Falls
Tex
Tipton
Carl
Albert Chair
Lawton Drug Agent Sues Over False Arrest Damages
Fort Sill sergeant Larry Hugh Smith, 24, an undercover narcotics agent, filed a 175000-dollar damages suit against the City of Lawton, Comanche County, Lt. Carl Morrow, and assistant district attorney Steve Lile alleging false arrest and imprisonment and seeking expungement of a felony drug charge. Dean Arthur Nowe is named but not as co-defendant.
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Fort Sill
Lawton
Comanche County
Larry Hugh Smith
Smith
Lawton Police Department
Carl Morrow
LPD
Steve Lile
Dean Ar
Thur Nowe
Altus Law Firm
Myers, Mollison & Weber
Nowe
Weather outlook for Southwest Oklahoma through Saturday
Partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures with a 20 percent chance of rain tonight and Saturday. Saturday highs near the mid-80s with lows around the mid-60s. Thursday posted a high of 86 and a low of 64.
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Oklahoma
New Economic Reports Signal Modest Gains In May
The government reported May unemployment fell to 7.3 percent from 7.5, with 6.9 million jobless and a record 87.7 million employed, up 300,000. Wholesale prices rose 0.3 percent after April’s 0.8 percent surge, easing inflation fears and aiding President Ford’s political standing ahead of primaries.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ford
Lawton Area Posts Face Closings Scrutiny
Lawton section surveys 33 fourth class post offices to decide if closures are needed amid a federal push to prune such facilities. Residents of Leon protest, petitioning Congress and Senators, while Leon mayor fears the outcome is unlikely to save their post office.
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Wenty
Lawton Management
Lawton Sectional Center
Woodward
Ardmore
Lawton
Kinley McClure
Washington
McClure
Lawton Center
Love County
Leon
Washington, D.C
U.S
Carl Albert
Leona Hyman
Hester Monkres
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Pat Leach
Woody Wade
Dearborn
Lake Helen
Lake Lawtonka
Lawton Constitution
Jeff Dixon
Coenseeseeccoosess
Dear Abby Markets
Bridge
Circus
Editorial
Bond
By Paul Hart
Sam Ard
CCIDA
Leviton Manufacturing Co
Coun
Ty. Industries
Authority
Coffey
By Mike Ray
Morrow
By Donna Evers
U.S. Postal Service
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