Peace Talks Resume as Two Leave Wounded Knee Camp
Two youths, Louis Gray and Michael Descharme, became the first nonresidents to depart the Wounded Knee encampment as peace talks resumed between Justice Interior officials and 200 Lakota Sioux leaders. A federal attorney voiced cautious optimism for a peaceful agreement allowing unarmed departures and addressing intra-tribal disputes over Interior intervention.
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Tepee
Justice and Interior Departments
Wounded Knee
Interior Department
Justice Department
Louis Gray
Michael Descharme
Gray
Descharme
Institute of American Indian Art
Santa Fe
N.M
Ralph Erickson
U.S
Pine Ridge Reservation
Pends Erickson
Oglala Sioux
Lawton Rain Totals Shake City as Front Moves On
Overnight soaking rains eased in Lawton with Lakes Lawtonka and Ellsworth at 8.0 inches by 9 a.m. The March total reached 1.42 inches in Lawton and 5.49 inches year to date. Elsewhere Oklahoma saw heavier totals and minor street flooding while a cold front cleared skies and cooler weather followed.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Lawtonka
Ellsworth
el Reno
Oklahoma City
Norman
Shawnee
Marlow
City Council Approves 2.1 Million Revenue Sharing Plan
City Council backs a 2.1 million revenue sharing program proposed by Direction 80. It funds 36 capital projects over 18 months including street maintenance water system sewer upgrades and drainage. The council authorizes design bids and up to 2000 per line item while noting some changes may occur.
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Max Seibold
Seibold
Lawton
Lake Lawtonka
Lake Ellsworth
Pearl Buck Nobel Author Dies at 80 in Vermont Home
Pearl S Buck Nobel and Pulitzer prize winning author on China dies at 80 at her Vermont home after gall bladder surgery. Private funeral planned, burial likely in West Virginia. family silent on service details. Buck, raised in China, wrote The Good Earth and had global impact.
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Pearl S. Buck
China
Nby
Beverly Drake
Miss Buck
West Virginia
United States
City mulls brick in toilets to save water
The city proposes buying 40,000 bricks to place in residents water closets to conserve water, potentially saving two and a half to three days of supply per year. Council debates practicality and liability while City Manager Fountaine suggests charging residents 10 to 20 cents per brick and forming a special commode team.
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Larry Fountain
Fountaine
CAA Programs Face Funding Cut and Alternatives
Comanche County Community Action Agency fears a $203000 loss of OFO funds may threaten current programs including Head Start and Day Care. Deputy Director Calvin Primus says non-OEO funding costs are affected and administration plans adjustments while 12 month funded programs remain for now. Oklahoma faces a broader $5 million OFO cut under the Nixon policy.
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Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
OFO
Comanche County
Community Action Agency
Calvin Primus
CAA
Caas
Primus
Oklahoma
Nixon
Eighty POWs To Fly Home From Clark Air Base
Eighty of 106 American prisoners of war released by North Vietnam will be flown to the United States on Wednesday. Planes carrying 20 men apiece will land at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington D C, Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, Kelly Field in San Antonio, and Travis Air Force Base in California between 2 30 and 5 30 p m local time. Forty two POWs remain at Clark Air Base along with two West Germans.
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Clark Air Base
Philip Spines
North Vietnam
United States
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington, D.C
Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Tex
Travis Air Force Base
Fairfield
Calif
Viet Cong seeks early prisoner exchanges with Saigon
A Viet Cong note to Saigon officials asks for one quarter of prisoners of war to be released in the second phase and demands dates for civilian detainee handover and military personnel releases. The message, from Col. Dang Van Thu to Lt. Gen. Du Quoc Dong, suggests a completion date by week’s end.
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Philippine
Manila
Viet Cong
Saigon
Dang van Thu
Joint Military Commission
du Quoc Dong
Paris
Thu
Humphrey pledges domestic funding fight in cities
Senator Hubert Humphrey told a joint National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting he will sponsor legislation to curb military spending and boost domestic programs. He said the plan would cap defense outlays while funding tax reform and redirect $10 to $14 billion to pressing urban needs. He warned against a 1980s neglect of domestic problems.
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Ashington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
National League of Cities
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Senate
Nixon
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