Record 109 Degree Temps Hit Lawton Area
Lawton and surrounding towns reported 100 plus degree heat Sunday with Lawton reaching 109, causing transformer overloads and an hour long blackout south of Duncan. Public Service Co. officials warned of ongoing high demand as a cool front moves south, with highs near 105 today and a near 90 forecast for Tuesday.
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Coy Hobbs
Lawton
John Winstead
Public Service Co
Red River
Duncan
Glen McGee
Altus
Hobart
Fort Sill
Ardmore
Wichita Falls
Tex
Kansas
Oklahoma
North Viet steel plant hit in weekend U S raids
U S pilots knocked out North Vietnam's main steel plant and a power facility, with two bridges destroyed in weekend operations. US command reported no pilot losses, while Hanoi claimed six Phantoms downed. > 270 strikes Saturday and Sunday, laser guided 2000 pound bombs used on Viet Tri plant.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Radio
Hanoi
Viet Tri
7Th Air Force
Thai Nguyen
Air Force
South Vietnam
Nixon lifts meat import quotas to curb price rises
President Nixon announced removal of all meat import quotas for 1972 to ease a short term shortage and slow rising prices. Secretary of the Treasury George Shultz cautioned the action may not quickly lower prices and said further measures may follow. Australia may increase shipments as Rogers visits.
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Ashington
Nixon
Secretary of the Treasury
George Shultz
White House
Australia
William P. Rogers
United States
Shultz
Oval Office
Clean-Up Begins As Waters Recede After Flood
The flood toll stands at 117 with tens of thousands homeless as waters recede and residents return to property to clear silt. Relief and rebuilding push forward with federal aid pledges after governors and officials met in Harrisburg. Red Cross reports 112,000 homeless in shelters across four states, launching a $10 million disaster fund. Areas like Petersburg and Almond remain watchful as flood threats ease.
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Associated Press
East
Agnes
Florida
Red Cross
Pennsylvania
New York
Virginia
Maryland
Petersburg
Appomattox
Almond
N.Y
Supreme Court upholds limits on Army civilian surveillance
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision, ends a major test of Army civilian surveillance. Chief Justice Burger says Congress, not courts, should judge executive action and finds no proven harm to the four individuals and nine groups behind the suit.
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Supreme Court
Warren F. Burger
Congress
Courts
Burger Affirms Civilian Privacy Concerns Over Army Surveillance
The majority opinion preserves a cautious stance on Army surveillance of civilians. The decision acknowledges strong American resistance to military overreach and notes the suit reflects this traditional concern. Page 4.Column 6.
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Burger
Ponti a Christian church held up by two youths
In Pontiac Michigan a Sunday service at Christ in Christian Union Church was interrupted by two youths who burst in with guns and robbed collection plates. The minister Rev James Ray Nesselroad spoke to one gunman saying God loves you as parishioners prayed for the youths. Police investigate and the congregation favors leniency over prosecution.
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Ontiac
Mich
Christ In Christian Union Church
Pontiac
Registration Opens for July Charter Election
The county election board announces open registration for the July 25 city charter election. Voters may register at the County Courthouse or with precinct registrars. Registration books remain open through Friday, July 17.
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County Election Board
J. N. Logan
Election Board
Disappearance of Air Bandit Remains Puzzle
FBI teams from Illinois Indiana and Ohio along with state and local officers search a briar filled woodland near Peru Indiana for a skyjacker and more than 500000 dollars in ransom. The unidentified suspect is a young white man with pockmarked face and visible sores armed with a .45 caliber submachine gun.
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Peru
Ind
FBI
Indiana
Linois
Ohio
Indian School to Get ROTC Unit Next Year
Fort Sill Indian School receives Army approval to host a Junior ROTC unit for 1972-73, joining Wingate High School Fort Wingate New Mexico. An American Indian instructor will lead the program as an elective with about 350 students enrolled.
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Donna Evers
Fort Sill
Department of the Army
M Sidy Ade
Patrick Casy
Fifth Army
Fort Sill Indian School
Wingate High School
Fort Wingate
N.M
The
Bureau of Indian
BIA
Judy Connywordy
Jack Williams
University of Oklahoma
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Waurika
McGee
Terral
Ryan
Hastings
North Viet
Greg
Scott Lockwood
Cecil Lockwood
Bill Dixon
Cost of Living Council
Pensylvania
Harrisburg
George A. Lincoln
President
U.S. Army
Washington
High Court
Erwin N. Griswold
Griswold
James Ray Nesselroad
Cecil B. Tupper
Nesselroad
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