Busy Bee Cab hearing at city council on cabs increase
City councilmen set a public hearing Tuesday on Busy Bee Cab Company request to raise cabs from 22 to 30. agenda also includes water conservation program, brick-in-tank proposal, property rezoning by McAfee, recreation equipment bids, police emergency vehicle truck bid, and urban renewal project property acquisition.
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Busy Bee Cab Company
Lawton Environmental Quality Advisory Board
Larry Fountaine
Cherry Williams
Aui
Claude
Margaret McAfee
Gore Blvd
POWs Exchange Delays Mark Vietnam Cease Fire Talks
The article notes more than half of 585 American POWs remain in captivity as the U S suspends troop withdrawals after a five day delay in prisoner releases. It details captures of Thompson, Manhard, and McCain and cites an on site probe request over alleged South Vietnamese attacks at Duc Pho during the Duc Pho Tam Ky exchange disruption.
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United States
Thompson
Demilitarized Zone
Manhard
State Department
Hue
McCain
North Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Duc Pho
da Nang
Viet Cong
Tam Ky
Downey CIA Spy Case Links to Peking Release
The article recalls the 1954 conviction of Downey and Richard Fecteau for espionage after a Seoul Tokyo CIA flight. Fecteau received 20 years, Downey 30. Fecteau was freed in 1971, Downey to serve five more years. Nixon and Kissinger later signaled continued review. The United States acknowledged Downey as a CIA agent in 19 years of secrecy.
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Tokyo
Central Intelligence Agency
Peking
Richard Fecteau
Fecteau
Downey
Nixon
Kissinger
U.S. U.S
CIA
Subscription Rates For Oklahoma Newspapers
The notice lists subscription options for Lawton newspapers with different daily and Sunday delivery plans. It specifies prices and terms for annual and shorter periods, indicating multiple edition schedules and regional coverage across Oklahoma.
Demos Push To Revise Party Rules at State Convention
Delegates at the state convention consider resolutions to overhaul party rules and hierarchy. Proposals require mandatory inclusion of county and precinct officials, ending inactive minority delegate practices, and tightening delegate selection to reflect active party work.
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Demos
Miami
Democrat Party
Democrat Central Committee
Giles
McGovernites
Myra Crawford
Ae Gmont
State Event Due Choral Meet’s Best
Norman West Junior High led the meet with best in voice. Lawton High, Eisenhower, Duncan and Chattanooga campuses earned superior sight-reading in multiple divisions. Norman West junior high girls and boys, and several high school choirs also posted strong results across categories.
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Man West
Norman West
Chattanooga High
Comanche High
Elgin Junior
Eldorado
MacArthur
Walters High
Frederick High
Lawton High
Eisenhower High
Duncan High
Elgin
Bermuda Orders Power To Detain Questioning Suspects
A Bermuda spokesman said few emergency conditions exist with most flights on schedule. The governor’s residence shows heavy security while Bermuda faces no large disruptions. HMS Sirius was told to delay departure as Royal Navy ships search for Christopher 26 and David 17 Sharples who left Rio de Janeiro for Bermuda aboard a family yacht after a South Africa to Brazil race.
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Government House
Hamilton
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Sirius
West Indies
London
Caribbean
Sharples
Christopher
David
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
South Africa
Weather and utility outage report affects water transfer
The forecast calls for tonight in the mid 30s with a Tuesday high in the 70s. Og is 68 with low southerly winds around 10 mph continuing tonight. A water transfer line leak limited operations between Ellsworth and Lawtonka, reducing daily transfers from the usual 74 million gallons to about 40 million gallons during the weekend. Repair work ran from 10 p.m. Saturday to 1 p.m. Sunday, delaying pump operations and affecting the weekly schedule.
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Harrison
Ellsworth
Lawtonka
France Plans Education Budget Boost Amid Population Rise
France will add 200000 to 300000 students yearly, raising education spending by 11 percent this year. School appropriations of 140 francs per citizen now total 18.38 percent of the national budget.
Oglala Sioux Nation Declares Sovereign State in Wounded Knee
Russell Means of AIM proclaimed Wounded Knee an autonomous nation asserting sovereignty and warning that any foreign official entering the village would be treated as an act of war. The event followed reports of four men identifying as U S and three pistols found on them. two were postal inspectors. The government offered no comment.
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U.S
United States
Nixon Defends Policy On Executive Privilege Before Panel
Nixon asserts continued use of executive privilege as a policy. He notes past Senate Foreign Relations Committee inquiries with Henry Kissinger were handled informally on neutral ground. He implies the approach will persist in future Congressional questions.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Committee
Nixon
Bond Work Costs Reported for Local Project
Local project expenditures reach 93 302 01 for building work soil tests architects services engineering and legal notices. Voters approved 7 3 million in bond funds with 8 700 380 in matching funds and 1 84 million approved for related work. Final design plans are drawn and bids expected late summer or fall.
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Force Protection Agency
Public Records Reported Theft and Vandalism Cases
City police logged multiple theft and vandalism reports including bicycles stolen from residences and vehicles. Names and addresses appear with details of the reported thefts and vandalism incidents.
Fire Department Logs Show Multiple Local Alarms
Lowton Fire Department reports include a Sunday 11 pm call for a stove fire on 4S and an 8 33 p m blaze at Sir and E cor. A Monday 6 36 pm incident at 1106 Georgic involved a minor house fire and a 10 23 am fire at Sird and Gore Piggly Wiggly cor. fire.
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Georgic
Sird and Gore
Injury accidents logged by Lorton Police Sunday
The Lowton Police Department reported injuries from an incident at 3:00 p.m. Sunday at 38 and Codhe Reed. Margaret Weshborn, 59, of 618 N. 25th, was taken to Memorial Hospital by Kirk's Ambulance.
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Lowton
Codhe Reed
Margaret Weshborn
Kirk
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