Father and mother flee as two children die in trailer blaze
A mobile home at 410 S. 23rd Lane was destroyed by fire early Sunday in Laton. William King Jr., age 3, and Patty King, 16 months, were pronounced dead at the scene. The couple escaped with the help of a male adult who is with Fort Sill. The blaze reportedly started near a hot water heater in a hallway next to the back bedroom.
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William King Jr
Patty King
Charles Green
de Corre
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Plaza Park Trailer Courts
Ray Catlin
Brinlee Murder Hearing Delayed in Sapulpa
Rex Brinlee Jr. facing murder charges in the Bristow teacher explosion case had his arraignment postponed to June 30. Defense and prosecutors seek time to study a 250 page transcript from last week’s Bristow prelim and to prepare possible motions.
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Bristow
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Violence and arson follow police blockades in Columbus
A 20-year-old black youth was shot and killed as he drove through police roadblocks after two holdups and a series of fire bombings. Authorities linked 19 fires since Saturday to arsonists amid a blacks rights march for more Negroes on the city police force.
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Columbus, Ga
Heavy rains fail to lift Lawton water woes
Rainfall across Lawton and surrounding areas reached up to 1.75 inches in downtown Lawton with Meers and Apache recording multiple measurements. Creeks feeding Lake Lawtonka and Lake Ellsworth were not running, while a cloud-seeding flight occurred. Power outages affected about 15 customers after a lightning strike on a utility pole.
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Meers
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Lake Ellsworth
Fort Sill
Hoffa Quits Teamsters Presidency Amid Legal Hurdles
James R. Hoffa formally resigns as Teamsters president while jailed on a jury tampering conviction and seeking parole. Tennessee local Don Vestal sues in federal court to block the national convention and seek a trusteeship, with a hearing set for June 28.
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Washington
Tennessee Teamster
Teamsters
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Don Vestal
Nashville, Tenn
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U.S
June Green
Vestal
Supreme Court allows jury-less trials for juveniles
The U S Supreme Court ruled six to three that youths accused of crimes may be tried without juries. Justice Blackmun wrote that juvenile proceedings are not Sixth Amendment criminal prosecutions. The decision affects cases from Pennsylvania and North Carolina involving 15 year olds and 46 youths in Hyde County demonstrations.
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Supreme Court
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North Carolina
Philadelphia
Hyde County
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Blackmun
Eight-Judge Panel To Hear Times Pentagon Case
The government seeks to bar further Times publication of a secret Pentagon Vietnam study. A full eight-judge Second Circuit panel will hear the case on Tuesday after postponing the previously scheduled three-judge hearing. The Times argues publication defense and state freedom of information law rights.
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New York Times
Pentagon
2Nd
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Further Times
Moderate quake shakes Los Angeles area
A moderate earthquake struck parts of the Los Angeles area at 9 01 a m Monday described as an aftershock of the February 9 tremor that killed 64 people. No major damage reported though one man said his refrigerator toppled. phone service disrupted in part of the San Fernando Valley.
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San Fernando Valley
Johnson disputes Pentagon leak view of Vietnam study
Lyndon B. Johnson says the Pentagon study of the Vietnam war misstates his role. Time and Newsweek report he calls the documents biased and notes the leak nears treason. The study, ordered by Robert McNamara, is stored in the Johnson Library in Texas.
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