Hijackers Free 47 Hostages at Entebbe Terminal
Reported hijacking from Tel Aviv and Athens to Paris led to 47 hostages released at Entebbe. Israeli Prime Minister Ra bin vowed responsibility for Israeli lives while Paris refused to meet demands. Hijackers sought release of 13 prisoners from Germany Kenya France and Switzerland with an 8 am EDT deadline.
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Entebbe
Yitzhak Rabin
Jerusalem
Israel
France
Governent
The
Jerusalem Post
Tel Aviv
Athens
Paris
West Germany
Kenya
Switzerland
Vo Tech summer classes aid Lawton students and staff prepare for fall
Lawton area vo tech offered day and night courses in car mechanics crafts nursing and clerical work plus licensed practical nursing for 50 adults. About 140 high school students joined summer orientation, rotating through five courses over four days to guide enrollment for their sophomore year.
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Met
Lawton and Area
Vo-Tech School
Tommy Reece
Stillwater
Lawton
Senate extends withholding rates amid broad tax bill debate
The Finance Committee’s complex tax measure faces a two month extension of withholding rates as Congress cannot finish the 200 plus provisions tonight. Liberals push to curb benefits for wealthy investors and firms, but Sen. Russell B. Long and a Senate majority resist. Votes show openness to preserving oil, gas, and foreign business tax favors.
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Congress
Senate
Russell B. Long
D-La
Finance Committee
Supreme Court nixes Nebraska gag order on press
The court unanimously rules Nebraska’s pretrial gag on the media unconstitutional. Justice Burger writes for the majority, White adds a separate caution about broad rules limiting press access. Reactions from Joe D. Smith Jr of the American Newspaper Publishers Association praise the decision as restoring a free press.
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Burger
White
Nebraska
Supreme Court
Joe D. Smith Jr
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Smith
Alexandria
Town Talk
G. Woodson Howe
Omaha World-Herald
Media of Nebraska
Media of
Los Angeles
Manson
U.S. Circuit Court
San Francisco
William T. Farr
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
Farr
Susan Atkins
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Atkins
Overtime Pay Proposal for Police Sails Through City Committee
City committees back a time and a half overtime plan for police to be paid in extra time off or cash. Officers favor time off and want incentives to boost overtime including narcotics work and foot patrols on the north Lawton strip on weekend nights. Final council action pending after discussions referenced by Vic Ramirez Rex Pierce and Ed Riddle.
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Williams
North
Lawton
Vic Ramirez
Rex Pierce
Ed Riddle
FDP
Pierce
Microfilming Complete for Comanche County Court Records
A county courthouse crew completed microfilming all court records funded by a $115,000 Oklahoma Crime Commission grant. Dist. Judge Jack Brock leads the project with Janice Mitchell of the Court Clerks Office to take over operations Thursday. The system promises faster lookups and reduced storage, with 11 women on the crew assembling since April and records now up to date.
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Dist
Jack Brock
Oklahoma Crime Commission
Brock
Rosemary Black
Large Array Of Events Set For U.S. Birthday
Fort Sill plans a July Fourth program with a Landing Strip shuttle system running 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and multiple departure points. A USA bring your own picnic costs 75 cents, with tickets at local banks and shops. The outdoor drama Thunder Over the Wichitas debuts at 8 p.m. at Mon-Way House. A volunteer cookout and a Fourth of July powwow at Tia-Piah Park are also listed along with bank and office closures on Monday observance.
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Sury
Fort Sill
Recreation Services Division
William L. Myers
Service Club
EM Club
City National Bank
Sheridan Bank
Cache Road Bank
Gilbert-Woods Drug
Townes Mews Store
Liberty Travel Service
Citizens National Bank
Sears
Montgomery Ward
Mon-Way House
West Range
American Legion Post
Medicine Park
United States of America
Tia-Piah Park
Bartlett to Speak at Special Chamber Forum
U S Sen Dewey Bartlett will address a noon luncheon Forum at the Hotel Lawtonian as part of a summer series. He will also attend Fort Sill's Thunder Over the Wichita evening event during his July recess. Lunch costs 3 50 dollars.
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U.S
Dewey Barlett
Chamber of Commerce Forum
Lawtonian
Grove Republican
Congress
Fort Sill
Wichitas
Bartlett
Waurika Dam Project Costs Hit Lawton Burden
Lawton faces about 24.4 million dollars of the Waurika Dam work with Ford’s total near 63 million and the government covering the remainder. Construction of a 45 mile pipeline to Lake Ellsworth starts next month and water storage rights for about 22 million gallons daily are planned for Lawton. The dam will hold water by August 30 and the project dates to Congress in 1963 with initial work in 1971.
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Lawton
Army Corps of Engineers
Army Corps of Engineer
Waurika Dam
Congress
Waurika Reservoir
Lake Ellsworth
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Vo-Tech
International Red Cross
Ford
Fresno
Calif
Bee
Denver C. Peckinpah
Joe Rosato
William K. Patterson
George F. Gruner
Jim Bort
U.S. District Court For Northern Illinois
Meadors
Lee
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