Beating Death Scene Fingersprints Located At Home
Deputies report a woman was killed in a break in at her north side home three fourths of a mile west of the Peppermint Club. Dentures were found near the body and a box of Kentucky Fried Chicken inside the door. The door had been forced open and the bedroom ransacked. Officials ask residents to report any vehicles seen Saturday evening or Sunday. Funeral services for Mrs. Glennan are pending. She was born October 21, 1891, with survivors including two sons, two daughters, ten grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.
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Larry LaFrance
Peppermint Club
Elkins
Sheriff's Office
Glennan
Lawton Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Kansas
Pat
Los Angeles
Calif
Kenneth
Colorado Springs
Colo
Irene McMichael
Apache
Margie Harmon
Globe, Ariz
Court narrows church state aid in tuition plans
The Supreme Court divided over whether state tax deductions and tuition reimbursements for nonpublic schools violate the First Amendment. Justices Powell and a majority struck down New York and Pennsylvania plans as aiding religion, while Mississippi and South Carolina cases showed more leeway for aiding religious education.
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Powell
New York
Pennsylvania
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Potter Stewart
Thurgood Marshall
Harry A. Blackmun
Warren Burger
Byron R. White
William H. Rehnquist
South Carolina
The
Baptist College
Charleston
Fire chief race and city government tensions in Lawton
Martin outlined a selection process for a new Lawton fire chief after Hancock’s retirement. Fountaine to lead tests. three assistant chiefs may apply. Hancock, serving through June 29, cited ongoing department issues and questioned charter changes.
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Ing
Fountaine
Walker
Hancock
Martin
Richard Tannery
J. W. McCaig
Lawton
Watergate figure Dean Testimony Details Obstruction and Funds
Federal prosecutors deny immunity for Dean as he opens with a 245 page statement admitting obstruction of justice and perjury. He also acknowledges using 4850 in campaign funds for honeymoon expenses later repaid and disputes Nixon’s characterizations of his investigatory role. He says he would have advised Nixon differently and recalls briefings with Haldeman and Ehrlichman on early wiretapping plans.
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Dean
Nixon
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Waurika rike reservoir to supply Lawton region water
The Waurika Lake reservoir will deliver over 22 million gallons daily to Lawton and about 14 million gallons to other area towns. Construction began November 1972 with a $5.6 million start on the dam and related works. Dahlstrom Corporation of Dallas won the contract. total project cost near $50 million.
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Rike
Lawton
Dahlstrom Corporation
Dallas
Birch Lake
Clayton Lake
Copan Lake
Hugo Lake
Kaw Lake
Optima Lake
Skintook Lake
Webbers Falls
Washita River
Arcadia Lake
Arkansas
Candy Lake
Richards Gets Nod On Turnkey Project
Lawton Housing Authority selects Richards proposal for a turnkey 45 unit housing project with HUD deadline extension under review. Board cites site quality and design, with total costs near 1 million including land, construction, inspector, and admin salaries.
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Richards
Lou Brox
Kenneth White
Jerry Bucklew
Lawton
Hugh Bish
Lawton Community Development
Gene Walker
HUD
Bucklew
LHA
Bill Kindt
W. C. Shelton Co
Dambo d and Associates
Fire destroys bar as patrons flee and burns claimed lives
Eyewitness accounts describe a panic filled escape when flames trapped patrons on a front stairway and windows. Firefighters arrived within two minutes and extinguished the blaze in sixteen minutes. Names given include Adolph Medina from San Antonio and Linn Quinton from Houston, with one woman among the dead and several injured.
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William McCrossen
Adolph Medina
San Antonio
Tex
Linn Quinton
Houston
Quinton
Bill Larsen
Metropolitan Community Church
Food store sales rise 7.7 percent in 1972
The retail sector reports food store sales totaling $101.7 billion for 1972, up 7.7 percent from the previous year. This reflects stronger consumer spending in groceries and related food items across the nation.
Summit aims at 2 to 3 billion in trade over three years
The leaders set a goal of 2 to 3 billion dollars in trade during the next three years, noting about 1.3 billion has been traded in the past year. They pressed for an early end to the Cambodian conflict and left Vietnam Laos Cambodia’s futures to their peoples without outside interference. No arms aid discussion noted. They announced October 30 for talks in Vienna on mutual balanced force reductions in Europe. Nixon and Brezhnev called the summit a milestone toward improved relations and world peace, with a nonbinding accord on avoiding nuclear war described as a historical landmark. SALT talks in Geneva were recessed but viewed as favorable for reaching a permanent agreement on limiting strategic arms. They signed a statement of basic principles guiding SALT negotiators.
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Cambodia
Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Southeast Asia
Vienna
Europe
Nixon
Brezhnev
Geneva
Frankfurt Airport Leads Europe in Mail Handling
Frankfurt Germany port processes the largest volume of mail in Europe, ranking top among European airports for mail handling capacity and throughput.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Europe
Prison staff face uncertainty as inmates hold hostages
At Kentucky’s Eddyville prison a group of inmates seized hostages including guard Guy Lowry and civilian Paul Gray. Inmates led by Tingle and Dobson demanded transfers to prisons in Arizona Missouri or Washington. No bloodshed followed. sentences ranged from five to 20 years for various charges.
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LaGrange
Arizona
Missouri
Washington
Henry Cowan
Cumberland River
Kentucky
Guy Lowry
Tolu
Crittenden County
Paul Gray
Eddyville
August Meyer
Jefferson County
Supreme Court
Hardy Stepp
Tingle
Dobson
Fair
Young Man Declines Charges After Incident Described
Police were told the suspect did not want to file charges. The two women, in their early 20s with dark tans, were said to be in a red Volkswagen during the reported event.
West Germany tops Europe in car registrations at 16.5 million
West Germany leads European nations with about 16.5 million cars registered, while East Germany has roughly 1.4 million. The stark difference highlights regional disparities in vehicle ownership and market size across the bloc.
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West Germany
East Germany
FBI Adds Teethprints to Identity Verification
The FBI expands biometric methods with teethprints from dental x rays. Bone structure, root shapes, and cavity patterns enable person identification alongside fingerprints voiceprints and footprints.
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FBI
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Onvenon
Sax
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