Rogers Forecasts Progress in U S USSR Talks
Secretary of State William P. Rogers told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he is hopeful about significant progress in 1972 on U S Soviet negotiations including a first step arms card. He cited global peace hinges on U S Western Europe Japan the Soviet Union and China and praised Nixon era policy.
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People’s Republic of China
U.S
Rogers Says Moscow Mixed Record on Exploiting Crises
Secretary of State Rogers told senators Moscow has a mixed record in stirring volatile situations for advantage, citing 1971 as most helpful in Berlin and least in Indochina. He urged patience on SALT progress and defended his absence from top Chinese talks during Nixon's Peking visit.
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Kremlin
Moscow
Berlin
Indochina
Rogers
Nixon
Peking
State Department
Charter Commission Set as Glascock Wins Freeholder Seat
Lawton voters approved a charter commission to draft a city charter, electing eight freeholders led by Dan Glascock after an official tally corrected a 20 vote error from Turner Precinct. Ward 3 results shifted to Glascock over Ronald Cole, while Tom Strickland won the second Ward 3 seat. The eight freeholders begin work within 90 days to propose a council manager government. City Hall offered for first meetings as the plan advances.
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Ronald Cole
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Glascock
Logan
Turner
Tom
Strickland
David Hall
Don Whitaker
Lawton
Joyner
Sneed
U S Bombers Attack Inside North Vietnam
U S fighter bombers attacked antiaircraft defenses inside North Vietnam for the seventh straight day and more than a score of B 52 bombers conducted heavy raids south of the DMZ. An F4 Phantom hit an antiaircraft site about 25 miles north of the DMZ with unknown results. a Navy A4 pilot was rescued after a crash near Da Nang. B 52s conducted nine missions against base camps around Khe Sanh south of the DMZ.
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U.S
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Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Laos
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S. Command
Khe Sanh
Fire Warning Stays In Effect Across State
Warm temperatures and gusty winds keep fire danger high as spring-like weather returns after a cold front. The National Weather Service predicts mid 60s today with a tomorrow mid 70s high and a tonight near 40. Northeasterly to easterly winds of 10 to 20 mph will ease to 6 to 12 mph tonight. The fire danger warning remains in effect statewide through Thursday.
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National Weather Service
Muskie Narrowly Leads in New Hampshire Democratic Primary
In New Hampshire Muskie holds 11 of 20 delegates while McGovern has nine as counting continues. The split delegation possibility grows as results show Muskie leading the Democratic delegates with McGovern close behind the race for convention votes remains unsettled.
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Muskie
Anchester
N. H
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
New Hampshire
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
MacGovern
Floy.da
New England
White House
Explosion at Las Vegas jetliner tied to extortion plot
An unoccupied TWA 907 jetliner exploded on arrival at McCarran Airport in Las Vegas, severing the fuselage and scattering debris. Authorities linked the blast to a worldwide extortion scheme seeking $2 million, with dogs detecting another bomb on a separate TWA flight. No injuries.
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World Airlines
TWA
New York
Fusela
McCarran International
Los Angeles
Charles Wyre
Oklahoma Voters Reject Governor Hall Highway Bond Plan
Oklahoma voters defeated Gov. David Hall's $250 million Freeway 77 highway bond plan by more than 3 to 1. With 3,001 of 3,005 precincts reporting, Yes 114,652 No 363,676. Only six counties favored the plan. rural turnout failed to save it. Hall lost Tulsa County and faced a decisive statewide setback.
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David Hall
Oklahoma
Atoka
Haskell
Jackson
Pushmataha
Sequoyah
Tillman County
Tulsa
Hall
Southwest Oklahoma Backs Hall Bond Issue Freely
Southwest Oklahoma gave Gov. David Hall's 250 million bond plan the strongest statewide backing in the region. Among six approving counties, Jackson and Tillman supported the program, while the region overall leaned against it by 32 to 48 percent. The seven-county tally stood 16 820 in favor to 11 562 against.
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Southwest
Oklahoma
David Hall
Jackson
Tillman
Nixon orders new system to curb secrecy in government
President Nixon announced an executive order to make classification harder and speed up release of secret documents. He urged an open and democratic society and said abuses of the security system must end. The new system takes effect June 1 with revised classification procedures.
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Nixon
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United States
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Stitt Pair
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