Supreme Court voids tax deductions for nonpublic school parents
The Supreme Court struck down tax deductions for parents of nonpublic school students as violative of the First Amendment. The ruling also voided New York and Pennsylvania tuition reimbursements and state payments for private school tasks. It rejected state aid for racially segregated private schools in Mississippi.
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Ashington
Supreme Court
New York
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Nixon
Dean Testimony Hinted Nixon In Watergate Not Realizing Implications
Former White House counsel John W. Dean III testified before a panel that he believes President Nixon was involved in Watergate but did not grasp the full implications. He expressed hope Nixon will be forgiven once all facts are clear.
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Washington
White House
John W. Dean III
Nixon
Dean
Senate
Charles W. Colson
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Asst. Atty
Henry Petersen
Senate Committee
Robert C. McCandless
John Dean III
Inmates Free 4 Hostages In Kentucky
Four hostages were released unharmed from the Kentucky State Penitentiary after inmates held them for almost 18 hours. The convicts Jerry Tingle Gerald Fair and Danny Dobson demanded a transfer and threatened to kill staff if guards rushed the canteen. Knives and a soldering tool were seized, and authorities denied amnesty while negotiating transfer.
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Eddyville
Kentucky State Penitentiary
Kentucky
Jerry Tingle
Carrollton
Gerald Fair
Lexington
Danny Lee Dobson
Louisville
Fair
Charles Holmes
Fire kills 29 at New Orleans lounge in mobbed crash
Police seek identities of 29 charred victims from The Up Stairs Lounge blaze in the French Quarter. Coroner aides plan dental checks as officials say many bodies burned beyond recognition amid crowding and burglar bars. Survivors recall a spray of fuel and flames as patrons drank and danced through the night.
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New Orleans
Orleans
M. Morris
Water Use Surges as Temperatures Rise in Lawton Fort Sill
Daily water consumption exceeded 17 million gallons as heat pinned the area with highs around 90s. June 1972 average stood at 17.9 million gallons per day per L T Harrison city filter plant superintendent.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Fort
L. T. Harrison
Oklahoma
Beating Death Linked to Fingerprint Checks Near Lawton
An 81 year old widow, Florence Glennan, was found beaten to death at her home seven miles west of Lawton on old U.S. 62. Prints from the scene were being compared to her known identity as investigators probe the Cordell area for suspects. Evidence included a bloodstained hoe handle and a 20 pound log plank. The body was discovered Sunday afternoon by John and Robert Stewart after their car overheated seeking water. The purse is missing and last seen alive Saturday evening. Authorities note two possible calls to Lawton before the death.
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Here
Oklahoma City
Florence Glennan
Lawton
U.S. 62
Cordell Brothers
Comanche County
Paul Elkins
Grennan
John
Robert Stewart
Cordell
Waurika Funds Backed By Panel
The House Appropriations Committee approved 7.4 million dollars for fiscal 1974 to continue the Waurika reservoir project as requested by President Nixon. Rep. Tom Steed notes House action could come later this week. The project aims for completion by July 1976 and accompanies 7.07 million for Mountain Park Dam and dike work.
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House Appropriations Committee
Waurika Reservoir
Nixon
Tom Steed
Shawnee
House
Congress
Waurika Lake
Mountain Park
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Oklahoma
Joint Communique Caps U S Soviet Talks at Summit
The United States and the Soviet Union ended a week of summit talks with a 3400 word communique promising new arms curbs peace in Cambodia expanded trade and an early East West European settlement. Brezhnev heads home to Moscow via Paris after meeting Nixon in California and Washington and Camp David.
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San Clemente
Calif
United States
Soviet Union
Cambodia
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Moscow
Paris
Nixon
Brezhnev
Middle East
Dancers in Nude Satanist Rituals Reported in Lawton House
A Kansas farm worker visiting Lawton said two women invited him to a house where they disrobed and danced with large reptiles. He was forced to kiss the snakes and was told to stay for a spell. He escaped and notified police, with reference to a California based cult.
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Jerry Weber
Kansas
Lawton
Liberal
Kan
Satan
California
Martin Named Interim Fire Chief in Lawton
Jimmie Martin a 34 year veteran of the Lawton Fire Department will serve as acting fire chief after Fire Chief Harris Hancock announced his resignation set to retire June 29. Martin 54 of 1625 North 25th was chosen by City Manager Larry Fountaine to lead during the search for a permanent chief. Hancock a 59 year old 35 year veteran and chief since 1953 criticized the city charter and Fountaine saying department heads are not used right and that Fountaine has too much authority.
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Dave Brittain
Jimmie Martin
Lawton Fire Department
Harris Hancock
Martin
N. 25Th
Larry Fountaine
Hancock
Fountaine
H. Gene Walker
Richards Wins Turnkey Housing Nod In Lawton
The Lawton Housing Authority board awarded a 1 million turnkey housing contract to Frank Richards for 45 general occupancy units at a site near Sullivan Village Addition. Bid and land price totaled 986 049 with HUD negotiations ahead. Unsuccessful bidders were W C Shelton Co D H Developers and Cambold and Associates. A public hearing on July 9 at 11 am at the Housing Authority office will address the site.
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Lawton Housing Authority
Frank Richards
Richards
Sullivan Village
HUD
W. C. Shelton Co
Lawton
D & H Developers
McAlester
Cambold and Associates
Housing Authority
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Powell
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Pope
Ellsworth
Lawtonka
Harrison
Lake Ellsworth
Lake Lawtonka
Elkins
Waurika
Mick Taylor
U.S
Communist Party
Soviet Communist Party
Daughters of Satan
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