Boy Rescued After 7-Hour Ordeal In California Hole
A 6 year old boy named Anthony Bernardino was rescued after nearly seven hours trapped 27 feet underground in a hole near a road project in El Monte California. Rescue workers used a crane and a crane shaft while helicopter transport ferried the boy to a medical center for observation. Authorities said he sustained no serious injuries and asked for his parents during the ordeal.
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Boy
Hole
Anthony
Los Angeles
Sandra
Dave Rathburn
William Baker
el Monte
Anthony Bernardino
U S Jobless Rate Dips In February
The February unemployment rate fell from 5.9 to 5.7 percent, the lowest in 17 months. Average weekly earnings rose to $130.27 with a 6.2 percent year over year gain, while total employment edged up to 79.3 million and the jobless total held at 5.4 million before seasonal adjustment.
Former City Treasurer Ker mit Denham Sentenced in Embezzlement Case
Ker mit Denham was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined 432770 by Chief District Judge Jack Brock after pleading guilty to embezzling 216385 from the City of Lawton between May 2 1968 and July 8 1971. He awaits transfer to the state penitentiary with parole possible after one third served. See DENHAM Page 4 Col 3.
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Tenced
Jack Brock
Denham
Lawton
Vernon Field
Field
Kleindienst denies memo linking ITT settlement to campaign funds
Acting Atty Gen Richard Kleindienst calls a memo about an ITT antitrust settlement and a $400000 political contribution untrue. Senate panel seeks testimony from Jack Anderson and former official Mitchell as subpoenas for Dita Beard go unfulfilled.
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Washington (Ap
Richard G. Kleindienst
Jack Anderson
Dita D. Beard
Washington
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Nixon
Anderson
Senate
Kleindienst
Mitchell
ITT
Felix Rohatyn
San Diego
Michell
James C. Eastland
Dmiss
Beard
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Eastland
Educators Told Of Confidence Crisis In Education
Dr. Stephen Romine of the University of Colorado told Lawton educators that a decades long rise in education costs has sparked a confidence crisis. He cited inequality of opportunity, high dropout rates, illiteracy estimates, and flawed measurement of achievement as key issues fueling public anxiety alongside unemployment and inflation.
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Oklahoma Education Association
Lawton
Stephen Romine
College of Education
University of Colorado
Boulder
Lawton High School
Romine
SDOEA
Jo Givens
Adams
James Eddie Phillips
Cameron College
Plan Recall Sparks Highway Bond Battle in Oklahoma
Lawton State Highway Commission chair Payne rebuts former Gov. Raymond Gary on a $250 million road bond, recalling Gary’s 10 year old $500 million proposal and urging unity to upgrade Oklahoma roads. Payne cites traffic growth and a national engineers study while denying claims of corruption or overstaffing. He notes Speaker Carl Albert supports the bond and federal financing feasibility.
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Harlie D. Payne
Lawton
State Highway Commission
Raymond Gary
Payne
Gary
Oklahoma
Hall
Bellman
Highway Department
Carl Albert
Kissinger Kidnap Scheme Read In Harrisburg 7 Trial
In Harrisburg seven conspiracy case, Boyd F. Douglas Jr. testified about a letter and note guiding him to deliver to Rev. Philip Berrigan in prison. The letter described abducting Henry Kissinger as a tactic to end bombing in Vietnam, with calls to halt B 52 strikes and release political prisoners.
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Arrisburg, Pa
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
Harrisburg Seven
Boyd F. Douglas Jr
Elizabeth McAlister
Philip Berrigan
Lewisburg
Douglas
Berrigan
Kissinger
William Lynch
Eqbal Ahmad
Elizabeth
Big Housing Bill Clears Senate
The Senate passed a large housing bill described as one of the most important in years. It would curb closing costs on mortgages, subsidize mass transit deficits, and consolidate federal housing programs. The measure moves to the House after Easter recess, with Democrats altering some President Kennedy recommendations.
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Washington
Senate
House
Nixon
Allies Launch Raid To Bust Red Buildup
Allied forces with U S air and ground support began a new operation aimed at countering a North Vietnamese buildup in the central highlands near Pleiku and Kontum. U S B 52s flew over 30 missions while an OV10 observer plane was shot down over Laos and the pilot was rescued.
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Hichlands
U.S
Laos
North Vietnam
Sgirgon
Highlands
Pleiku
Kontum
Ben Het
Mahson H. Long
Pulaski
Tenn
U.S. Command
Air Force
Demilitarized Zone
Wind Falls Fire Danger Prompts Area Warnings
High winds and low humidity raise grass land fire danger in the Wind Falls area as warm weather returns to Lawton. Temperatures peak near 70, fall to around 40 tonight, then rise to the low 60s Saturday as another cold front nears. The National Weather Service says the main front will miss most of the state Saturday, leaving cooler, cloudy to partly cloudy skies in the southwest. Southerly winds at 18 to 28 mph today diminishing to 10 to 18 mph tonight.
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Lawton
National Weather Service
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Jim Bernardino
Baker
Sid
Anthonys Bern
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ker
Mit Denham
Comanche County
State Penitentiary
John Chadwick
Associated Press
Pace
Fee
By the Constitution Staff
Harrisburg
Bucknell University
FBI
Cambodia
Ahmad
Ponce
Col
Saigon
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