Oklahoma Legislature Near Historic Adjournment After Redistricting Vote
Oklahoma lawmakers push to adjourn by Thursday or Friday after Senate passage of the redistricting bill. Gov. David Hall expected to sign soon. Senate 29 18. emergency clause passes 32 15. County lines split among Steed Camp and Jarman districts.
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David Hall
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Oklaoma County
Tom Steed
Shawnee
John Happy Camp
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al Terrill
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Vose
Hecomite Kew
Avernor
Weather modification plan eyed for Lawton area
City leaders discussed a federally funded weather modification project in Southwest Oklahoma. Comanche County was added to a $300 000 Office of Emergency Preparedness request, with Lawton agencies told to expect operation within two weeks. Dr Irving Krick Associates offered a separate contract but was rejected in favor of a Norman firm.
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Todey
Oklahoma
David Hail
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Comanche County
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Tillman
Jackson
Kiowa
Don Whitaker
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Whitaker
Fim
Lawton
Irving P. Krick
Krick
Jordanian Leader Nixon Begin Talks On Palestine Plan
King Hussein of Jordan met with President Nixon at the White House to press a semiautonomous Palestinian state on the West Bank and seek 40 million dollars in new U.S. military aid. The talks included plans for a meeting with Secretary Rogers and a medical checkup at Walter Reed before Hussein’s U.S. visit and vacation.
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U.S
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Washington
Panel OKs Pay Hike For Some On Social Security
The Senate Finance Committee backed a plan to raise minimum Social Security payments for those with at least 30 years of work to 200 dollars a month and 300 for married couples. The measure narrows gaps between low wage and high contribution recipients, shifting toward more equal monthly benefits. The change would affect about 340,000 people immediately at an estimated cost of 110 million dollars.
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Ashington Sap
Senate Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
Ground Fire Downs Two U.S. Copters in Central Highlands
Communist forces shot down two U.S. helicopters and one South Vietnamese machine near Kontum as ground fire damaged others and wounded twelve South Vietnamese rescuers. One U.S. crewman was killed and six wounded. a second U.S. helicopter was shot down Monday with the pilot killed and three crewmen wounded.
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U.S
Highlands
Kontum
Charlie
Inmate Tries Escape at Santa Clara County Jail
A Tuesday escape attempt at the Santa Clara County Jail involved a female inmate and a sheriff's deputy taken hostage at knifepoint. Dozens of officers surrounded the two story building as guards said the area was well secured. one person was injured and no inmate escaped.
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San Jose
Calif
Santa Clara County
Don Tanian
Sheriff's Department
Tamim
Panhandle Faces Light Snow And Freezing Temperatures
Light snow flurries spread across the Panhandle with mixed farm reports this morning. Forecasters predicted snow and freezing temps for the northwest and north central regions later today, with a 30 percent chance in Lawton this afternoon and 40 percent tonight. Cloudy skies and cooler air. highs in the lower 50s, a low around mid 30s, and a Monday high of 68 with a 43 low. Freeze warnings were in effect for the northwest and north central areas.
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Panhandle
U S Records Second Highest Trade Deficit
The Commerce Department reports a February merchandise trade deficit of 597.6 million dollars, second only to October’s 821.4 million. Leading economic indicators rose for the eighth straight month, though the gain was 6.5 percent, the smallest in five months.
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U.S
Commerce Department
Department
West Coast
Guard charged with drunken driving near Nixon home
Adolph Chop, 35, a Treasury guard assigned to the Florida White House, was charged with drunken driving after hitting a utility pole near President Nixon's bayside home in Key Biscayne. He was suspended from duty. Robert Newbrand of the Secret Service said Chop is not a Secret Service agent.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
US. Treasury Security
Florida White House
Nixon
Bayside
Robert Newbrand
Secret Service Office
Miami
Adolph Chop
Newbrand
Secret Service
Chop
Soviets Draft Chemical Weapons Ban at Geneva Conference
The Soviet Union submitted a 14 article draft for a total ban on chemical weapons and their destruction at the Geneva disarmament talks. Alexei Roshchin said the plan aims to form a basis for concrete negotiations and would bar signatories from developing producing stockpiling or retaining toxic agents and delivery means. Japan urged immediate renunciation of large scale underground tests and a phased verification program with seismographic checks.
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Soviet Union
Alexei A. Roshchin
U.S
Roshchin
Japan
United States
Masahiro Nisibori
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