Rain Spreads Through Lawton Areas With Moderate Totals
Early morning showers draped Lawton city areas with moderate rainfall. Lake Lawtonka and Lake Ellsworth each recorded .25 inches, Meers in Lawtonka watershed picked up .5 inches with .07 inches at Constitution & Morning Press and .19 at Fire Station Five. Skies clear later with mid 60s highs into Friday and a low near 40 tonight. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph ease through the day.
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Lake Ellsworth
Meers
Lawtonka
Constitution & Morning Press
53Rd
Gore Boulevard
Oklahoma
Ott Picked To Replace Wetherill As Fort Sill Commander
Maj. Gen. David E. Ott named to replace Gen. Roderick Wetherill at Fort Sill. Wetherill will retire this May with Ott arriving from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in Washington, D.C. The announcement, made in Washington, D.C., notes Ott’s background as a West Point graduate in 1944 and a career artillery officer.
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David E. Ott
Roderick Wetherill
Fort Sill
Wetherill
Washington, D.C
Ott
Army
Secretary of Defense
International Security Affairs
Washington, D. C
Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
U.s.military Academy
West Point
Auburn University
Auburn
Ala
Nixon Defends Social Welfare Plan Up As a Incron
President Nixon defended his revamped social welfare program amid intense controversy and misunderstanding. He emphasized reorganizing and scrapping some federal human resources activities to boost efficiency and ensure the reforms put muscle behind generosity. The reforms aim to eliminate wasteful programs while expanding targeted assistance.
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Incron
Nixon
Senators Seek End To Hostage Siege In South Dakota
South Dakota senators McGovern and Abourezk flew to Ellsworth Air Force Base to aid talks aimed at freeing 11 hostages held by 200 American Indians in a siege at a small hamlet. Officials stressed negotiation over force, with support from staffers of Kennedy and Fulbright.
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Wounded Knee
South Dakota
George McGovern
James Abourezk
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Mili
Rapid City
Ralph Erickson
U.S
Washington
American Indian Movement
Senate
Bureau of Indian Affairs
FBI
Abourezk
McGovern
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Twelve Nations Back Vietnam Peace Pact Initiated in Paris
Foreign ministers from Britain France China the Soviet Union and the United States along with North and South Vietnam launched a multi nation peace pledge to maintain calm and reconvene if six powers file a complaint. Mitchell Sharp of Canada opened the document but did not commit his government.
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William P. Rogers
Britain
France
China
Soviet Union
North
South Vietnam
Internnational Conference Center
Mitchell Sharp
Canada
North Viet POW list turn over by North Vietnam
The United States announced that North Vietnam turned over a list with 106 American POWs and two Thai prisoners to be freed over the weekend. Viet Cong had not yet released a list for 30 Americans. Two West Germans and two Filipinos were later found included in the misreported totals.
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Saigon
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Monika Schwinn
Bernhard Diehl
da Nang
Maltese Aid Society
Candido Badua
Arturo M. Balagot
Philippines
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Green spring forecast from Lawton nurserymen amid flood warnings
Lawton area faces potential spring flash flooding as ground remains saturated after heavy late 1972 and early 1973 rains. Nurserymen say little watering may be needed to avoid reservoir strain, with forecasts predicting a very green spring if rainfall stays normal through May. Reservoir runoff and watershed conditions influence Lake Lawtonka and Lake Ellsworth levels amid the saturated ground.
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Lake Lawtonka
Lake Ellsworth
Lawton
Prison escapees seize hostage then flee in insulin truck
Two armed escapees freed a hostage after commandeering a vehicle that ran out of gas about 25 miles northwest of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. Guards with bloodhounds searched a wooded area southwest of Quinton, Oklahoma, as the fugitives remained at large.
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Mcalester
Okla
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Quinton
Model Cities Board Cuts Budget and Seeks Revenue Share
The Model Cities advisory board voted to cut 592,201 and 40 jobs from the current budget while seeking general revenue sharing funds to back its recommendations. A unanimous motion urged council to consider devoting eco funds to its program, though no amount was specified. HUD notified that action year funding totals, with only 391,000 available to start the fourth action year.
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Skip Gibson
Eecoe
80 Citizens Advisory Board
Gram
Lawton
Model Cities
PAB
Acquisi
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Eisenhower Junior High School
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Egil
By Nick Stuart
Awton
Wealth Mine Storing
Lawton Constitution Press
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Pentagon
Haiphong
Oklahoma City
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Wilbur Wright
David Hall
Capitol
Williams
Oklahoma City Trades and Labor Council
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Hamilton
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Los Angeles
William C. Wooldridge
Justice Department
Tulsa
John Steele Zink
John Zink Co
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Philbrook Museum
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
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