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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1972
Page
4
The report notes past British air disasters, citing a 21 year old Welsh football fan crash with 81 deaths, the 1966 BOAC Boeing 707 loss near Mt Fuji killing 124, and recent deadly crashes in India and South Vietnam. It mentions doctors including Dr Thomas Fergus Stewart and wife Elizabeth, traveling to a homeopathic congress.
Tulsa police charge 54 year old John William Marx, a former Phillips Petroleum employee, in the May F M bank president kidnapping and robbery. FBI traced fingerprints on a cashier's check to Marx, who faced bail denial and one year probation on a prior loan case.
The AP linked James W. McCord Jr. to Nixon's committee amid Watergate arrests. McCord, listed as security coordinator, faces $30,000 bail on attempted burglary charges. Other suspects from Miami faced $50,000 bail each. Police recovered $6,500 in new bills and gear from Watergate hotel rooms.
The storm lashed the Panhandle causing evacuations from Port St. Joe to Carrabelle. A tornado near La Belle killed Vickie Messer and injured others. Twisters in the Keys damaged buildings and about 80 mobile homes. Highways out of Apalachicola closed as floodwaters rose.
Julie the buffalo calf born by Cesarean at the refuge will live at the Oklahoma City Zoo after an exchange trip led by Daniel M. Watson. The calf passed a Brucellosis test with no issues, weighs about 100 pounds, and has begun grazing with her new caretakers.
U S air forces conducted 300 bombing missions across the southern half of North Vietnam on Sunday targeting antiaircraft gear from the DMZ to Quang Khe. The 76 SAM2 missiles, 45 sustainer canisters, eight boosters and five launchers were destroyed. Photographic analysis traced much of the equipment to a camouflaged Dong Hoi area 45 miles north of the DMZ.
Mrs. Nancy Teakell, a pediatric nurse with the City-County Health Department, finished a two week program on mental retardation offered by the Child Study Clinic at the Tulsa Children’s Medical Center.
Wallace faces a 90 minute operation to remove a bullet lodged near the cauda equina after being shot May 15 in Laurel Maryland. Dr. Stacy Rollins said the spinal cord is bruised but intact and that Wallace could face wheelchair use but may regain some function over 6 to 18 months. He remains hospital bound with at least two weeks more in Holy Cross Hospital before possible return to Alabama.
The unit based in Oklahoma City includes eight highway patrol troopers, a Department of Public Safety attorney, and Dirck. It operates a mobile lab with a breathalyzer and tape recorder. Dirck notes two troopers may draw blood if requested. The squad began June 1 after 70 hours of training in detection and apprehension of drinking drivers and criminal law, testing and booking a driver takes about 30 minutes versus 244 hours previously for county jail processing.
Fire officials say a acetylene torch sparked tar and wood on the roof of a building at 11th and A during demolition of the former Safeway outlet. Fire crews extinguished the blaze in minutes with no injuries reported.
Chicago readers can obtain a non operating model of Beltone’s smallest aid at no cost. The device weighs under one third of an ounce and sits at ear level with no body wires. No obligation or charge. Write Dept 2782 Beltone Electronics Corp 4201 W Victoria Chicago IL 60646 to claim.
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