Court Refuses To Halt Upcoming City Elections
A federal court declines to block upcoming city elections affecting wards 2 and 4. Plaintiffs argued redistricting misbalanced population, citing testimony from city planner Walt Belland and commission members. Judges delayed ruling on demurrers, then issued a decision after about four hours of testimony.
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Redistricting Commission
Walt Belland
Bob Norris
Commission
Brownie Burmeyer
van Meter
Joyner
Rhoads
Norris
Nixon defends separation of powers and talks price policy
President Nixon defends separation of powers and presses actions to curb price rises. He signals material controls may come, warns Vietnam cease fire violations, and discusses resumed arms sales to Pakistan and opening a U S liaison office in Beijing. He hints at possible foreign trips and backs death penalty legislation for serious crimes.
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Dean
White House
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Pakistan
Indian Subcontinent
India
David Bruce
Peking
United States
China
Africa
Japan
Brothers Reunite After POW Return at Clark Field
U S airmen Flynn and Smith arrive at a Royal Air Force field where Smith’s brother J H Smith a Hong Kong import export executive is waiting. The siblings hug, tears flowing, after eight years apart. They shopped in Peking days earlier and loaded ten gift packages onto the plane. They exchange news with Adm Noel Gaylor and Lt Gen William Moore at Clark Field.
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Royal Air Force Field
U.S
Smith
J. H. Smith
Hong Kong
Flynn
Peking
Clark Field
Philippines
Chet Hanson
Hanson
Robert Smith
Sill OCS at Fort Sill May Close Reports Say
Rep. Tom Steed's office is checking reports that Fort Sill Officer Candidate School will close and civilian jobs on post may be cut. Army Times says OCS training would move to Fort Benning. Post Commander Maj. Gen. Roderick Wetherill's farewell news conference was canceled due to illness.
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Tom Steed
Fort Sill
Steed
Washington D.C
Army Times
Fort Benning
Roderick Wetherill
Wetherill
Post Information
Rep
Nye Library to Rise as New Fort Sill Facility
Nye Library will be a one story brick veneer concrete panel building covering about 30 000 square feet. Construction starts after March 19 with a project cost of 890 022 dollars. Maj. Richard D. Waddell Fort Sill assistant director of facilities engineering announced.
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Nye
Helene Rehkopf
Maj
Richard D. Waddell
Fort Sill
J. R. Youngdale
San Diego
Calif
Court Dismisses Charge on Judge in Tulsa
Tulsa municipal judge dismissed a public drunkenness charge against Seminole County Judge Frank Howell Seay, 3%, who was arrested in December 1972 after police found him in his car in a ditch while attending the Oklahoma Bar Association meeting. He pleaded innocent.
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Tulsa
Okla
Seminole
Frank Howell Seay
Seay
Oklahoma Bar Association
Demand for beef seen rising despite price hikes
Economists and industry spokesmen say a short lived drop in beef demand may not affect the wholesale market. Demand in Washington area stores softened while wholesale slaughter and livestock prices rose, with officials weighing possible supply increases and a potential price relief if demand falters.
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Washington, D.C
Safeway, Inc
Washington
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Local Elections Set as Scheduled for March Primary
Judges Raburn and Brock ruled elections proceed on schedule with four seats effectively decided. March 20 hosts the city primary and April 3 the general election. At large post No. 2 features Norma Roberts, Toney Brooks, and Ralph Bruning in a three way race. Ward 1 sees Arthur Maxberry versus Wayne Smith. Ward 5 includes Whit Ozier Stitt Pair Howard Parham and Joe Reynolds in a four man scramble. Odd numbered wards only vote alongside mayor and at large posts.
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J. Winston Raburn
Jack Brock
Norma Roberts
Toney Brooks
Ralph Bruning
Arthur E. Maxberry
Wayne A. Smith
L. W
Whit) Ozier
Stitt Pair
Howard L. Parham
Joe Reynolds
Derryberry Signals Possible Runs Beyond Attorney General
Derryberry says posts in other offices could influence his choices and declines to rule out opposing Hall for governor next year. He notes some Democrats urge a run for governor, but he will not decide yet. He also mentions potential candidacy for the 4th District seat if Steed retires, weighing options as he nears age 38 in 1978.
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Sen. Bellman
Derryberry
Hall
Tom Steed
U.S
Dewey Bartlett
Shultz and Brandt Outline Dollar Crisis Talks
In Bonn, Treasury Secretary Shultz meets Chancellor Brandt and top West German officials to discuss the dollar crisis ahead of a Paris 15-nation finance ministers meeting. They review attitudes toward world trade talks and reform of the monetary system as Bonn awaits U.S. moves on Common Market measures.
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Bonn
Germany
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Willy Brandt
Paris
Shultz
U.S
Brandt - Shultz
Washington
William P. Rogers
Helmut Schmidt
Paul A. Volcker
Hans Friderichs
Moscow
Helmut Sonnenfeldt
Henry Kissinger
Volcker
Brussels
Sonnenfeldt
Vol
Icker
Martin Hillenbrand
Schmidt
American Legion's 54th Anniversary Observed at Medicine Park
American Legion posts Bateman Zarling 193 and Lowery Whitehead 29 sponsor a 1 PM Sunday dinner at Legion Hut Medicine Park X to mark the 54th anniversary with C P Buzbee directing and Ottie Morgan as guest speaker. Distinguished guests include A J Kitchens and Mrs Ed Hollis.
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American Legion
Lawton
Fort Sill
American Legionnaires
Bateman-Zarling Post
Legion Hut
Medicine Park “X
Lowery Whitehead Post
C. P. Buzbee
Ottie Morgan
Oklahoma Department of American Legion
A. J. Kitchens
Ed Hollis
Mary Jo Jung
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