Airline Chiefs Discuss Extortion Threats And Security
Secretary Volpe opened a meeting with 29 major airlines to address extortion plots and possible prohibition on ransom payments. Gen Davis proposed a buddy system for airport ground crews to ensure no employee enters a flight alone. Nixon ordered immediate rules to keep weapons and bombs off planes with new procedures in effect in three months.
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John A. Volpe
Nathon
Congress
Volpe
D. B. Cooper
Nixon
Gas Line Cut Causes Evacuation at Gore Boulevard Park
A grading machine ruptured an eight inch natural gas line feeding Lawton Fort Sill area causing evacuation of Gore East Mobile Home Park and a temporary traffic halt on East Gore Boulevard. Gas flow was stopped by 8:30 a.m. repairs and relighting pilots were expected later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Gore Boulevard
Lawton - Fort Sill
Hufnagel Construction Co
Lawton
Gore East Mobile Home Park
NE 2Th
Gore Boulevard
East Gore
Jim Noury
Arkla Gas
Ray Hufnagel
FDA bans almost all lead in paint by 1973
The FDA orders lead content reduced from one percent to five tenths by end of 1972 and to six hundredths by end of 1973 to curb lead poisoning. About 400 000 children affected annually and costs reach $200 million in earnings and care. Some firms may meet earlier, officials say.
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FDA
Ashington
Food and Drug Administration
Merlin K. DuVal
Scientific
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Senate
Charles C. Edwards
Edwards
Rogers charged with use of state postage in Senate race
Oklahoma Secretary of State John Rogers faces scrutiny over using state postage for campaign materials as he seeks the U.S. Senate seat. Officials say his postage bills rose sharply during the campaign, though aides deny misuse. Senate leaders plan to review public information expenditures and press for an accounting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rogers
Senate
Oklahoma City
U.S. Senate
Rogers
John Morgan
Morgan
Washington
Hilton Inn
Fred Harris
Harris
John M. Rogers
Public Information
State Budget Office
Secretary of State
Finis Smith
Tulsa
Warmer, Una Hurt In Ardmore Mountain Car Crash
State Republican Chairman Clarence Warner and wife Una were seriously injured in an early morning Ardmore-Arbuckle Mountains crash. Warner had a broken hip and facial injuries. doctors feared Una suffered a broken back.
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Ardmore
Okla
Clarence Warner
Una
Arbuckle Mountains
Here
Warner
Dallas
Cameron Singers Praised By Bob Hope at USO Banquet
Cameron College singers drew praise from celebrities including Bob Hope and Miss America Laurie Lea Schaefer at a USO Council banquet in Boston. Hope teased the frilly tux shirts as Liberace rejects while the group toured the city and prepared to return home after the $25 plate event at the Statler Hilton.
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HE Cameron College
Boston
USO Council
Bob Hope
Laurie Lea Schaefer
Hope
George Smith
Cameron
Liberace
Miss America
Statler Hilton
Oklaho
Lawton
Smith
New England
TWA
St. Louis
Lawton Uso
Felix Mantell
Albert Johnson
Westmoreland to gather with generals at Fort Sill
Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland will arrive at Fort Sill Tuesday to join about 40 generals for the Chief of Staff Forum. A 19 gun salute and the 77th U.S. Army Band will greet him, with a change of command for the 1st Battalion 18th Field Artillery to follow.
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Westmoreland
Fort Sill
William C. Westmoreland
Army
2Nd Field Artillery
Old Post
77Th U.S. Army Band
18Th Field Artillery
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
1St 18Th
Charles R. Weeks
James R. Broome
Southwest Chapter
The
Association of the U.S. Army
Continental United States
U.S. Continental Army Command
Conarc
Ralph E. Haines Jr
Henry A. Miley
U.S. Army Materiel Command
Joan Norton
U.S. Army Combat Development Command
Department of the Army
Washington, D.C
Patrick F. Cassidy
Fifth U.S. Army
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Fifth Army
Five candidates file for city council posts
Two more candidates joined an ongoing council race totaling five hopefuls. Roy B. Hooper Jr. and Harrell E. Moore filed as Democrats in Ward 2 and Ward 3 respectively, while Carl E. Stein entered in Ward 2 and Cleo Craig filed in Ward 3. Four council seats are up for reelection including Wards 1 2 3 5 with party dynamics noted.
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Roy B. Hooper Jr
Elm
Hooper
Harrell E. Moore
Woodland Circle
Moore
Cleo Craig
Carl E. Stein
Brent Circle
Stein
KCCO
Charles Beller
Craig
Kenneth Easton
Harold Beaty
Dave Cagle
Council
EPA halts interstate shipments of predator control poisons
The Environmental Protection Agency ordered an immediate halt to interstate shipment of pesticides registered for predator control and began recalling existing stocks. The ban includes thallium sulfate, a rodent poison misused to control livestock predators, with federal action barring predator control use.
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Fed. 8
William D. Ruckelshaus
Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
Nice Weather To Hang Around In Oklahoma
Pleasant weather is expected in Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma through Saturday with highs in the 80s and a low in the 50s. Gusty winds and low humidity keep a high fire danger warning in effect statewide, public lands and federal programs. Page 4, Col. 2.
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Lawton
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Associated Press
Ani
Air Force
Benjamin C. Davis
Sky Marshals
Northwest Airlines
Davis
United States
Mobile Home Park
By Craig Bird
Gas Company
By Jerry Scarbrough
Bill
New York
First National City Bank
Selective Service
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Miami
Lee Cameron
City Council
Environmental Protection
Oklahoma
Wyoming
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