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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1971
Page
7
The U S House ends secret voting on amendments adopting teller recorded votes for amendments linked to a debt limit bill. Members will sign cards and pass to tellers for counting as reform mirrors Parliaments 1830 change. Attendance improves with more members on the floor for vital issues.
Washington reports top civilians seek accelerated U S withdrawal of remaining Marines from Vietnam within months. Corps leaders object due to risks to allied strength in the northern region as Laos and Cambodia operations loom. Pentagon notes indicate Marine air and ground units to be moved back to California and Japan as withdrawals continue.
Phillips Petroleum Co. signs a three year contract with S.P.S. Tanker Corp. to lease two tankers for transporting Ekofish crude in the North Sea. One tanker is 45,000 deadweight tons and the other 35,000 tons, with bow loading from a single point mooring buoy first in the industry. Availability begins with field production in a few months.
Salina plans a $1 million timber and lumber products industry to serve ten eastern Oklahoma counties including Mayes Delaware Cherokee Adair Sequoyah Haskell Latimer LeFlore Pushmataha and McCurtain. Vern Stevens leads the Salina firm aiming to create up to 10000 jobs in planting reforestation and lumber processing.
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