South Viet troops push into Quang Tri Province
U S helicopters dropped more than 1 000 Marines near Quang Tri City while over 20 000 government troops pushed north into enemy held Quang Tri Province. Casualties numbered 165 North Vietnamese and six South Vietnamese killed with 34 government troops wounded. One unit found an abandoned North Vietnamese T5359 tank.
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Associated Press
Michael Putzel
Quang Tri Province
Stormy Rain Beats Heat Across Lawton Area
Thunderstorms dropped 1.50 inches in Duncan and over 1 inch in nearby towns with Lake Lawtonka at 1.20 inches. Lawton saw scattered outages on the west side for about 30 minutes. Higher temps return, with mid 90s forecast for today and Friday.
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Lawton
John Winstead
Public Service Co
53Rd and
Gore
Hijack Suspect Taken By FBI
A 28 year old Wyandotte man Martin J. McNally was arrested at home and charged with air piracy after hijacking an American Airlines Boeing 727, receiving 502500 dollars and parachuting over Indiana. FBI Detroit said the suspect would face arraignment.
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Indiana
FBI
Martin J. McNally
Wyandotte
Neil J. Welsh
Michigan
McNally
St. Louis
American Airlines
Tulsa
Okla
Nixon adds seafood to price controls in new order
President Nixon extended price controls to fresh vegetables seafood and some raw products after the first sale by the farmer. The rule covers wholesale and retail levels with profit margin limits and requires price increases to be tied to higher costs. Rumsfeld cautioned the move cannot lower prices by itself.
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Washington
Nixon
Io Price Commission
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Death Penalty Struck Down by High Court 5 to 4
Oklahoma officials reacted coolly to the Supreme Court ruling overturning capital punishment. Warden Park Anderson and U S Attorney William R Burkett sought official confirmation before acting. Judge Hez Bussey warned of possible sentence reviews and potential gubernatorial clemency possibilities.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
U.S. Supreme Court
Park Anderson
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Oklahoma City
U. S
U.S. Atty
William R. Burkett
Wichita
Jeff Laird
Arnold C. Larsen
Dama
Supreme Court
Hoover
Oklahoma County
Atty
Chtis Harris
State Corrections Board
Charles Cooper
James Donald French
Statehood
Hez Bussey
Court of Criminal Appeals
Bussey
State Pardon and Parole Board
Supreme Court Abolishes Death Penalty Nationwide
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that the death penalty as applied in the United States violates the Constitution. The decision commutes all existing death sentences, with some justices noting legislatures may reinstate capital punishment in certain cases.
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Supreme Court
United
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Nixon Administration
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Georgia
Texas
McGovern Brushed Back as First-Ballot Bid Dims
In a sharp setback for Senator George McGovern his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination suffered a crippling blow as the party wrestled with the race for the top spot. The AP dispatch notes mounting opposition and the struggle for momentum ahead of key primary contests.
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Ashington
George McGovern
Oklahoma death row inmates gain Supreme Court stay
Thirteen Oklahoma death row inmates, plus others in a hospital and an insane asylum, received temporary and possibly permanent stays after the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. Ages range from 21 to 35. one prisoner, Gerald Pate, 35, went insane after years on death row. Pate was convicted of killing his 15 year old girlfriend near Shawnee in 1959.
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Mcalester
Okla
U.S. Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Gerald Pate
Pate
Shawnee
Senate Defeat Keeps Independent Legal Services Plan On Hold
The Senate rejected a Republican bid to strike from a 9.6 billion anti poverty bill a provision creating an independent corporation to run the Legal Services program for the poor. Nixon officials argued the plan allowed legal aid attorneys to engage in political activity.
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Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Nixon
Nelson
Robert C. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
Stewart
Senate
High Court
Mixed Reactions In Lawton Over Supreme Court Ruling
The U S Supreme Court decision declaring the death sentence unconstitutional drew mixed responses from Lawton leaders and residents. Local attorney John Doolin doubts the ruling will ruin the country. Associate District Judge Fullerton urges reading the opinion first. Rev N H Jones warns criminals will run wild. Mayor Don Whitaker voices initial disagreement.
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U.S. Supreme Court
John Doolin
John P. Fullerton
Lawton
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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