Lawton Council approves housing revision and related measures
City council OKs Model Cities area plan including Second Street underpass work and blight clearance in southeast Lawton. They awarded $500 demolition bid for Block 23 in Lawton View Addition, tabled Model Cities funded neighborhood facility bids, and set July 6 public hearing on Art Hudson's rezoning request at 52nd and U S 62.
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NDP
Lawton
Second Street
Pass
H Avenue
Council
Lawton View
Pickering
Tompkins and Co
B. W. Melton
Nabers
Model Cities
Carriage Hills
Art Hudson
52Nd
New U.S. 62
Appalachia Coal Mine Strike Spurs Regional Walkout
The five state coal strike spreads in West Virginia with over 30,000 miners not working, protesting UMW President Boyle's dismissal as trustee of the Welfare and Retirement Fund. Officials say wage losses reach at least 1.4 million dollars daily and contract talks loom in two months.
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Charleston
W. Va
Appalachia
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
W.A
Tony” Boyle
UMW
Joe Ellis
Norfolks
Virginia
Boyle
Oklahoma deputy dies after shootout at hospital arrest
State police and sheriff units surrounded the city after a shootout near University Hospital. Ratikan, a three year officer, was fatally shot after a suspect fled a traffic stop. Shelton wounded the youth and alerted reinforcements. Ratikan died shortly after midnight.
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Ratikan
Charlies Shelton
University Hospital
Shelton
Plant in Okmulgee to house $2 million fabric facility
Governor Hall announced a $2 million fabric dyeing and finishing plant will be built in Okmulgee by Steveoknit of New York. The 200,000 square foot facility will employ 200 people at start and is expected to triple in size within five years. Steroknit is described as the largest circular knit company in the country.
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Okmulgee
David Halli
Steveoknit
New York
Britannica Defines Marijuana From Hemp Leaves
The encyclopedia states marijuana is derived from the leaves and other tissues of the hemp plant.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Turbulent Albuquerque clashes ignite fires and arrests
Police and National Guard cleared the park after a confrontation at Chicano Hill with tear gas, missiles, and 100 arrests. Five injured including two guardsmen, one shot in the campus area in serious condition. Fires and bomb threats followed across the city as the Black Berets planned a public meeting with Police Chief Byrd.
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Chicano Hill
University of New Mexico
New Mexico National Guard
Don Daniel
Black Berets
Donald Byrd
Byrd
Rogers says Communists hold POWs for ransom in Vietnam talks
Rogers warned the Communists may be using American prisoners as leverage to block U S troop withdrawal. He said the government cannot pay ransom and will pursue objective, with talks to widen economic and military aid and a residual force after most troops depart. He noted plans to speak with Soviet ambassador about timing and location of further talks. He also condemned a bazooka attack on an Israeli oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden as a serious matter.
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Paris
Clifford
U.S
Rogers
South Vietnam
Anatoliy Dobrynin
United States
Gulf of Aden
House vote looms on 2 billion public works bill
A major public works bill worth about 2 billion dollars heads to a House vote amid veto risk. The measure would allocate 1.95 billion for local government aid and authorize up to 100 percent federal funding for some hospitals and water projects in redevelopment and high unemployment areas.
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House
Senate
Public Works Committee
State Group Fails To Find Houston's Missing Wigwam
The Oklahoma Historical Society failed to locate a wigwam in sites between Fort Gibson and Okay, believed to be Wigwam Neisho where Houston resided. Knight met Muskogee residents over the weekend but found little new information, calling it a recap of prior clues.
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Houston
Muskogee
Okla
Oklahoma Historical Society
Fort Gibson
Okay
Knight
Hall Signs SCS Bill
Oklahoma City AP report notes Hall signs a measure concerning SCS, detailing political action and potential implications for state policy and funding.
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Hall
Tulsa Official Accuses Colleague of Leaking Report
Tulsa Economic Opportunity Task Force executive director Joe Cain is accused by the board president Fred Davis of leaking one critical report to the press while withholding two others. The dispute centers on internal handling of sensitive evaluations.
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Tulsa, Okla
Joe Cain
Tulsa Economic Opportunity Task Force
Fred Davis
Ping Pong Tournament At YMCA Scheduled This Week
A YMCA ping pong match is set for Wednesday from 2 36 to 5 p m with a concurrent event on Thursday. Registration closes at 1 p m on tournament day for both members and non members.
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YMCA
Funeral Rites Held For Lela Mae Jump
Services for Mrs. Lela Mae Jump 1907 1980 will be at Apache First Baptist Church at 2 PM Wednesday. Rev Kenton ial will officiate. Burial in Fairview Cemetery under Crews Funeral Home. Survivors include husband Tommie and four sons Odis Tommie Lee Elmer. sisters Lois Fox Violet Dixon Rosy Tony Pearl Dixon. brothers Walter Walter William Carl James. one grandson.
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Lela Mae Jump
Stecker
Apache First Baptist Church
Kentonial
Fairview Cemetery
Crews Funeral Home
Oklahoma City
Odis
Omaha
Ark
Tommie Lee
Elmer
Lois Fox
Portland
Ore
Violet Dixon
Ceres
Calif
Rosy Tony
Muskogee
Pearl Dixon
Patterson
Walter Reeves
William Reeves
England
Carl Reeves
Sallisaw
James Reeves
Gracemont
Senators Highlight Nixon Foreign Policy Shift In Vietnam
Reporters Neil Sheehan Hedrick Smith E W Kenworthy Fox Butterfield Gerald Gold Allan M Siegal and Samuel Abt cover a Senate GOP chief remarking the Vietnam issue may affect international trust. Scott notes Nixon acted swiftly after taking office to reassess the Vietnam situation and craft a new foreign policy.
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Neil Sheehan
Hedrick Smith
E.W. Kenworthy
Fox Butterfield
Gerald Gold
Allan M. Siegal
Samuel Abt
Scott
Nixon
Vietnam
New Access Road Plans Include Tribal Right of Way
In September 1970 authorities plan a new access road to the hospital from the north. Right of way was secured from the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache tribes for emergency vehicle use.
Britain Should Help Lockheed, Panel Told
Washington AP head of General Electric told Congress that Britain should take over the Rolls Royce commercial engine business to keep the Lockheed L1011 jumbo program alive. He warned that British actions raise costs and threaten U.S. industry as subsidies from foreign governments grow.
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Washington
General Electric Co
Congress
Rolls Royce
Borch
Senate Banking Committee
Lockheed
Airbus
Rolls-Royce
U.S
United States
William H. Moore
Bankers Trust Co
Charles J. Tillinghast Jr
Trans World Airways
Cuba to Appeal After Cuban Court Fines Four Fishermen
A U S district court in Key West fined four Cuban fishermen ten thousand dollars and ordered six to time in Monroe County Jail. Their attorney Manuel James said an appeal bond is being arranged with word from the Cuban government. The Havana broadcast noted the men admitted entering Cuban waters illegally.
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Cuba
U.S
Key West
Monroe County
Manuel James
Havana
Bender
McGuire
Lawton Man Arraigned on Shooting With Intent Charge
James Willis King 32 of Lawton is out on a $3,000 property bond after arraignment on a charge of shooting with intent to kill. The Moore shooting left Palmer wounded with three gunshot injuries. A hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. July 27 before Special District Judge Roy Moore in front of the African Breeze Lounge.
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Lawton
James Willis King
Hoover
Moore
King
African Breeze Lounge
Palmer
Roy Moore
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