South Viet Nam Launches First Attempt to Recapture Quang Tri
South Vietnam begins its first large scale push to retake Quang Tri with over 20 000 marines para troopers and armor crossing the My Chanh River on a 10 mile front. U S B52s and air support back the offensive as heavy fighting looms and casualties are reported without confirmed totals.
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AIGON
My Chanh
South China Sea
Highway 1
Quang Tri
Hue
U.S
Demos Push To Hike Debt
Democrats press a 20 percent Social Security increase attached to a debt ceiling bill. Sen. Frank Church says the amendment is ready. House leaders seek to accept it when the bill returns. Nixon opposes the move amid looming Friday deadline.
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Washington
Nixon
Frank Church
Idaho
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Lawton School Board Rehires Weddle In Surprise Vote
In a special session the Lawton Board of Education swore in Jim Odom as treasurer and then voted 2-1 to reinstate Henry Weddle after a 3-2 vote to fire him last Thursday. Leo Holmes and others debated eligibility before reversing the earlier dismissal.
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Donna Evers
Lawton Board of Education
Jim Odom
Henry Weddle
Weddle
Leo Holmes
Lawton Schools
Leo
Sam Joyner Jr
H. D. Hulett
City National Bank
Coady
Emergency funds approved for Agnes storm victims in East
Senate votes 200 million dollars in relief for tropical storm Agnes victims in the Eastern United States doubling Nixon's request. House Democrats reject new party rules as not in party's best interests and call for further study of the charter. Senate panel approves a bill to ban cheap Saturday Night Specials handguns and Hart pushes for a broader handgun ban. London pound falls as Europe faces unsettled money markets while the dollar stays steady amid low spirits.
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Senate
Agnes
United States
Nixon
Jashington
House
Democratic Party
Democratic Party of the
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Congress Urged To Cut Spending Crisis Warning
Secretary of the Treasury George P. Shultz told Congress that higher federal spending could trigger inflation. He urged resisting budget overreach and backing Nixon’s proposed spending ceiling of 246 billion dollars, expressing deep concern about the fiscal situation.
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Congress
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Nixon
Senate Finance Committee
County Property Valuations Jump Five Million in 1972
County valuations rose to a record 91.5 million, up 5.3 million from 1971. Real estate totaled 68.1 million, personal property 11.6 million, and utilities 11.8 million. Lawton gross values reached 72.1 million, up nearly 5 million, with homestead exemptions climbing about 688 thousand.
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Lawton
Nixon orders 10000 U.S. troops withdrawn in two months
President Nixon announced a two month withdrawal plan reducing South Vietnam forces by 10000 and requiring draftees to volunteer for future service. The target by September 1 is 39000 with some forces remaining to address prisoners missing in action and other duties.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
South Vietnam
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegier
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
Zieger
McGovern Platform Divides Oklahoma Senate Hopefuls
A Tulsa World poll shows five Oklahoma Democratic Senate hopefuls split on most McGovern planks. Ed Edmondson Nesbitt Rogers Johnson Terrill oppose key reforms including amnesty for draft evaders and guaranteed income. Rogers and Nesbitt reject major budget cuts and policy shifts.
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South Dakota
McGovern
Tulsa World
Ed Edmondson
Muskogee
Corporation Commission
Charles Nesbitt
John Rogers
Jed Johnson Jr
Chickasha
al Terrill
Lawton
Nesbitt
Rogers
Johnson
Edmondson
Europe
Heat Wave Eases Slightly Across Southwest Oklahoma
A heat wave loosens with highs forecast in the upper 90s through Thursday and a 20 percent chance of mainly afternoon and nighttime storms. Lawton hit 106 Tuesday, with a 73 overnight and about 70 expected tonight. Tornadoes hail and strong winds battered Oklahoma City and Tulsa Tuesday night.
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National Weather Service
Lawton
Oklahoma
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