Frederick Tornado Aftermath Prompts Disaster Tag Request
A monster tornado struck Frederick last night causing extensive damage. Gov. Hall urged President Nixon to declare a disaster as damage exceeds $1 million, with insurance estimates above $2 million. About 75 buildings harmed, several hundred residences damaged, two schools and two churches totaled, and power outages affected roughly half the city. More than 30 people hospitalized, many former Hallmark Nursing Home residents among them, while volunteers aided cleanup.
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BRICK
Alieates
David Hall
Nixon
Tal Defense
Public Service Co
Altus
General Telephone Co
Firestone executive kidnaped in Argentina by gunmen
John Thompson a 55 year old U S citizen and Firestone Argentina executive was seized outside the plant 15 miles south of Buenos Aires by 10 armed men in five vehicles. Police said ransom demand not yet known. The case echoes other high profile kidnappings in Argentina involving foreign firms.
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Buenos Aires
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
John Thompson
U.S
Thompson
Argentina
Firestone
Akron
Ohio
International Telephone and Telegraph
Eastman Kodak
Coca Cola
First National Bank of Boston
Ford Motor Co
Trotskyite
People’s Revolutionary Army
Ford
Kelley aims FBI post amid political pressure concerns
Kansas City Police Chief Clarence M. Kelley told the Senate Judiciary Committee he would not bow to political pressure if confirmed as FBI director. He described police administration as a balance between various duties and pressures.
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Washington
Kansas City
Clarence M. Kelley
FBI
Kelley
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lawtonka Floods Rise After Storms Hit Southwest Oklahoma
Rain and high winds caused flooding in Lawtonka and area while Frederick and Apache recorded tornado damage. Lake Lawtonka overflowed floodgates for the first time since 1962 and Lake Ellsworth rose near four feet below capacity as rainfall totals reached up to three inches at Lake Ellsworth and 1.70 inches at Lawtonka.
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Lake Lawtonka
Lake Ellsworth
Lawtonka
L. T. Harrison
Meers
Harrison
Nixon Brezhnev Sign Four Cooperative Trade Deals
President Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev toasted the signing of four cooperative agreements with focus on agriculture oceanography and transportation research. Officials from both nations witnessed the ceremonies at the State Department as Rogers Butz and Gromyko signed the documents.
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Washington
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
William P. Rogers
Earl Butz
Andrei Gromyko
Brezhnev
State Department
Senate
House
U.S
Rogers
Butz
Gromyko
Mandatory Tie-Downs Eyed For Mobile Homes In Lawton
Lawton city council considers a mandatory anchoring ordinance after storm damage to trailers. Councilman Charles Beller asks City Manager Larry Fountaine to draft the measure within two weeks. The council also bids on equipment, holds hearings on rezonings, and plans a budget and holiday program review.
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Lawton
Charles Beller
Larry Fountaine
Beller
Fountaine
Public Works
Paul Brune
Space Walk Successful On Skylab
Commander Charles Conrad Jr. and Paul J. Weitz conducted a three hour space walk outside Skylab in near half the time. They revived a dead battery with a hammer repair and recovered six canisters of film that could reveal solar secrets. The crew entered 45 minutes early and completed the task ahead of schedule.
Two Men Die In Midget Sub Rescue After 31 Hours
Rescuers, unloading a Johnson Sea Links mini sub stranded 351 feet underwater, announced two trapped diver occupants were dead. Clayton Link and Albert Stover had been unconscious since 2:30 a.m. EDT Monday as doctors and Navy officials monitored the rear chamber.
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Key West
Fla
John Maurer
Clayton Link
Edwin Link
Albert Stover
Navy
Maurer
David Youngblood
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Elder Link
John J. Maurer Jr
Navy Underwater Swimmers School
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Hositals
Hallmark Nursing Home
Tillman County Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma
Texas
John D. Duckworth
Frederick and
Tillman County
Hallmark Village
Nursin
Bandits
Annapolis
Blagden H. Wharton
Spiro T. Agnew
Wharton
Appropriations Committee
San Francisco
Treasury Department
National Weather Service
Carnegie
Caddo County
Fort Cobb
Apache
Lawton Metropolitan Area
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace Winter
Mini-Sub
Bo High School
Honka Otter
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