Gore Boulevard plan changes approved by council
The City Council approved changes along Gore Boulevard and Lee Boulevard including a dedication on the south side of Lee from 11th to 12th and the west side of 11th from Lee to Garfield. They purchased 26 garbage containers from Turog Manufacturers and discussed trash cleanup and landfill information. A meeting with the State Highway Department on lighting for Cache Road interchanges is planned, and new street lights were approved for 41st Street at 42nd Street Lindy Avenue and Pollard Avenue.
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Lee Boulevard
Lee
11Th
12Th
Garfield
Sanitation Department
Turog Manufactirs
Dave Cagle
Pioneer
Lawton
L. M. Knight
State Highway Department
Knight
Wayne Gilley
41St Street
42Nd Street
Lindy Avenue
Pollard Avenue
Open Letter to Hugh Bish and School Board
A reader expresses support for Superintendent Hugh Bish and the school board while acknowledging low turnout at a public forum. The writer commends administrators for enforcing the dress and appearance code in the interest of the schools.
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Hugh Bish
Mr. Bish
Bob Roundtree
Com
Laird Outlines Deterrence Strategy
Defense secretary Laird presented a deterrence plan stressing flexibility for SALT talks and a fourth missile site at Warren Air Force Base or Washington. He warned Russia could keep more than 1,900 ICBMs by the mid-1970s even if it halts certain operations.
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Warren Air Force Base
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wem
Laird
Russia
Hobnlsth
Oklahoma Legislature Drives to Expand Pollution Board Power
Twin drives in the Oklahoma House and Senate seek to turn the Pollution Control Board from a paper body into a general supervisory watchdog over all pollution. The House Environmental Quality Committee plans to consider both bills together and adopt the best features.
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Oklahoma City
House
Senate
Oklahoma
Pollution Control Board
Department of Health
Agriculture
Candle Fire Damages Home During Move In
A candle used while moving into a frame house at 38th and was blamed for a morning fire that caused about 300 dollars in damage before the Lawton Fire Department arrived. Lt Al Adamson said Richard Smith was moving into the house owned by Jake Adair when the blaze started in a southwest bedroom. Curtains caught fire and the flames spread to walls ceiling and rafters with a stereo and mattress sustaining minor damage.
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38Th
Lawton
al Adamson
Station 2
Richard Smith
Jake Adair
Smith
Adamson
Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass author note
The statement identifies Walt Whitman as the author of Leaves of Grass, a landmark poetry collection published in 1855 and later revised, famed for its expansive free verse and celebration of American life.
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Walt Whitman
Clark To Help Defend Berrigan
Former Atty Gen Ramsey Clark joins the defense of Rev Philip Berrigan and five others charged in Harrisburg with plotting to kidnap presidential aide Henry Kissinger. Leonard Boudin Paul O Dwyer and Addison Bowman also join the team assisting in the federal case filed Jan 12.
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Cambridge, Mass
Ramsey Clark
Philip Berrigan
Henry A. Kissinger
New York
Leonard B. Boudin
Benjamin Spock
Boston
Paul O'Dwyer
Addison Bowman
Washington
Harrisburg
Poli
La Paz Claims Highest Capital Status At Elevation
La Paz Bolivia sits at twelve thousand seven hundred ninety five feet above sea level making it the world’s highest capital city and a notable geographic record.
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la Paz
Bolivia
England's Domesday Book Was Not A History Census
England's Domesday Book was not a history but the first official census of the realm. It gathered landholdings, resources, and households to assess tax and governance.
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England
Four U S airmen kidnapped in Turkey freed after ransom fears
Four radar technicians from an Ankara area base were abducted by five gunmen as they left duty. They were questioned by Turkish police and American officials, treated well, and later released. Families expressed relief and US officials praised swift handling. relations with Turkey were expected to strengthen.
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Sexton
J.C. Richard Caraszi
Stamford
Barbara
Gholson
Alexandria
Ment
William Sandler
Turkey
Pene Atte Handley
Ankara
My Lai Trial Testimony Roughly Counts Bodies Cited
Platoon Leader testified he saw fewer than 30 bodies at My Lai and could not confirm a zero count. Murray said he saw between 10 and 20 bodies, with Capt. Medina and an interpreter present during questioning. The discussion covered body counts, prisoners, and timing during the assault.
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My Lai
Calley
Pla
2Ysereid Murray
Sears-Roebuck
Odie Murray
Medina
Murray
Reid Kennedy
Kennedy
My Lai Assault Witness Corroborates Quick Enemy Kill Count
Witnesses testified the My Lai operation concluded by noon after a village shooting. Murray described questioning prisoners and interpreting contact with command posts while noting radio logs referencing 23 Viet Cong captures and 69 killed within about an hour after landing. He could not recall the conversations described.
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Murray
My Lai
Medina
Task Force Barker
Returning Skeletal Remains Of Indian Woman To Fort Sill Museum
The skeletal remains of a Comanche woman from the late 1800s were returned to Fort Sill Field Artillery Center Museum after authentication tests by the Lawton Museum of the Great Plains and Civil Aeromedical Institute. The artifacts were transported under VIP handling, with no public display plans announced.
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Fort Sill Field Artillery Center
Lawton Museum of the
Ant
Jon R. Nickles
Medicine Bluffs
Fort Sill
Post (Museum
Hallett -Hammatt
Post Museum
Fort Sill Military Reservation
Griffith G. Gates
ATC Reorganizes Headquarters Leadership and Transfers
Col Robert G Cramer former 1st Brigade commander becomes ATC deputy commander. Col Leo D Johns former 2nd Brigade commander named executive officer and to depart for Germany in May. Batteries at ATC HQ deactivated and consolidated then reassigned to other post units.
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ATC
Robert G. Cramer
Leo D. Johns
Germany
Weather outlook with cloud cover through Wednesday
Cloudy and mild through Wednesday. Today's highs in the lower 60s and tonight's low in the upper 30s. Wednesday's high in the mid 60s. High Monday 68 with an overnight low of 4.
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