Thousands mourn King Faisal as coffin laid in simple Riyadh rite
In Beirut and across the Arab world thousands gathered for the funeral of King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. The service at El Eid mosque followed Wahabi customs with an unmarked grave. King Khaled and Crown Prince Fahd received royal pledges while radio networks broadcast live coverage. The assassin's fate remained unconfirmed amid varied reports.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Faisal
el Eid
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
Allah Akbar
God
Kuwait
Egypt
Syria
United Arab Emirates
Muezzin
Allah
Khaled
Fahd
Sassin
Massive airlift from Da Nang opens in Saigon crisis
U S forces begin a large refugee airlift from Da Nang as Thieu vows to defend Da Nang and fight to the death if needed. Kissinger warns Congress over aid cuts risking alliance betrayal while Ky returns to unite opponents to Thieu. In Cambodia, Cambodian soldiers abandon Svay Chhrum as Mekong crossing reports surface.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
United States
da Nang
Nguyen van Thieu
Viet Cong
Indochina
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu
National Salvation Front
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Svay Chhrum
Mekong River
Mekong
White House
Frederick C. Weyand
Ford Backs House Version of Tax Rebate Proposal
President Ford urged Senate House conferees to accept the House tax rebate bill with minor revisions. He criticized the Senate plan as too large and pledged to work with Congress to ensure a reasonable, economy-stimulating tax cut. Final details debated include a 10 percent rebate up to 200 dollars and a minimum 100 dollar payout.
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Ford
Washington
Senate House
Conference Committee
House
Carl Albert
Senate
Congress
Ron Nessen
Nelsen
Petitions Surface Over Carnegie Library Demolition Plans
Petitions circulate to save the Carnegie Library Building as the Lawton Post Office seeks to raze it for an expansion. No group sponsors the drive. supporters call the site historic and aesthetic. Officials say expansion is needed now and would be leased from the city.
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Paul McClung
Carnegie Library
Post Office
Carnegie
Fifth and B
Ralph Newcombe
City Hall Post Office Authority
Kinsey Mecclure
Western Oklahoma
Lawton
McClure
Postal Authority
Memphis
Solons Back Out In Rogers Power Shift
The Oklahoma House Appropriations Committee voted 14 to 3 to place the State Examiner and Inspector John M. Rogers under the merit system and remove him from two state statutory boards. The bill shifts the fund board to the state auditor and the archives commission to the lieutenant governor, citing a Senate investigation into donations linked pay raises.
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Senate
Rogers
State Emergency Fund Board
State Archives and Records Commission
Fund Board
Archives Commission
Atkins
Miskelly
State of Oklahoma
Jury Set To Consider Mack Case In Second Degree Murder Retrial
The second degree murder retrial of Alfonso Mack nears a jury as closing arguments wrap up. Mack testified that he was in El Reno at the time, while prosecutors cited witnesses placing him near the crime scene on April 23 24 1974 near 38th Street and Bishop Road in Frederick.
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Alfonso Mack
Jack Brock
Mack
David B. Edson
Frederick
38Th Street
Bishop Road
el Reno
Atty
Steve Lile
Edson
38Th and
Bishop
Edgar Martin
Martin
Lile
Bloodworth
Pope
High Wind Thunderstorm Front Hits Oklahoma Area
A strong weather front from the Rockies brings winds up to 60 mph across western and northern Texas and into Lawton Oklahoma. The storm system, with heavy thunderstorms and cooler temperatures, is expected to sweep Oklahoma for 24 to 36 hours, prompting high wind warnings statewide and lake wind advisories.
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Rockies
Texas
Lawton
Oklahoma
Kissinger backs Geneva peace conference amid Middle East crisis
Secretary of State Kissinger says the United States will support a Geneva Middle East peace conference as the only apparent way to avoid a new war. He warns of grave danger after the collapse of the step by step plan and says the U.S. will soon liaise with the Soviet Union to convene the talks, co chaired by the superpowers. He also urges restraint from Arabs and Israelis and stresses peace is indivisible and not served by betraying allies.
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Ashington
United States
Geneva
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Soviet Union
Kissinger
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Library Board Advisory Powers Debate Splits Lawton City Council
Lawton council voted 7 to 2 to keep the Library Board advisory with public relations duties. The library board favored broader advisory and policy powers, prompting debate over board size and potential resignations. Board terms for Raburn, Godlove, Owens, Jones, Moore, Neptune extend into 1977, 1976, and 1975 respectively.
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ITY Council
Lawton Public Library Board
Library Board
Josephine Raburn
Gedieve’s
Katherine Owens
John Jones
Caroline Moore
Richard Neptune
Raburn
John Thomson
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City Financial Institutions
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P.m
Garland Bloodworth
Oklahoma City
Abby
U.S. Weather Service
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Enid
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