Last Enclaves On Central Coast Threatened
The Communist advance threatened Saigon’s last central coast enclaves triggering evacuations of Americans from Saigon and suspending the refugee rescue from Da Nang. Heavy fighting 25 miles northwest of Qui Nhon. radio contact with Saigon broken though government held. US officials evacuated staff from Saigon and Tuy Hoa while consulates operated in Nha Trang.
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Qui Nhon
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Sunrise Service Draws 6300 In Cold Wichita Night
More than 6,300 people endured twenty degree temperatures and snow at the 50th Easter Sunrise Service atop Audience Hill at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. About 6,396 vehicles entered the pageant with 2,000 staying to view the sunrise before leaving. Temperatures ranged from the upper 20s to lower 30s with light wind and intermittent snow flurries. Three emergency medical cases were reported and one child treated for ticks. Page 4.
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Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Audience Hill
Red Cross
Joy Denney
Runoff Set In Ward 2 Contests In City Elections
Incumbent City Councilman Harry Anderson faces Mrs Wy Nell McKenzie in a Ward 2 runoff Tuesday as part of spring city elections. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm to decide the one year seat filling Roy B Hooper Jr's term.
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Wynell McKenzie
Donald Aust
Rex Givens
Joyce Pursley
Fredrick Chenault
Roy B. Hooper Jr Hooper
Anderson
Civil Service
Hooper
Front To End Warm Weather Push Clears Lawton Sky
An Arctic cold front is expected to push today's warm windy weather out of Lawton by Tuesday. No significant precipitation is forecast through Tuesday as clouds increase. Northerly winds will prevail tonight with lows in the low 40s and Tuesday highs in the mid 50s. Variable cloudiness returns Wednesday through Friday with cooler temperatures. Sunday's temperatures ranged from 55 to 37.
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Lawton
National Weather Service
Aegrada
Crime rate soars nationwide in 1974 report
FBI statistics show a 17 percent rise in serious crime in 1974, the largest since 1960s. Attorney General Levi calls it a failure of the justice system. Property crimes led gains with Oklahoma City up 15.62 percent and Tulsa 28.47 percent. city totals rose to 27,401 and 23,892 respectively.
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FBI
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Tulsa
Lebanese artillery repels border incursion in south Lebanon
Lebanese Defense Ministry says a 20 man Israeli force crossed into southern Lebanon on a mine laying mission and was driven back. The Israeli command offered no immediate comment as flames and heavy fire erupted near Bustan about 60 yards from the border.
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Associated Press
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Lebanese Defense Ministry
Beiurt
Bustan
Lease Revocation on City Leases Heads Lawton Council
Lawton City Council will consider revoking 15 city lake land leases covering about 2 665 acres for non compliance. Eleven grazing leases totaling 2304 acres were overgrazed and four agricultural leases lacked sufficient wildlife forage. If revoked, leases end June 30 and land remains unused until new bids are sought next January. Other items include accepting the 38th Street Tennis Complex and rezoning 6306 NW Maple District from R 1 to R 2 with a public hearing set for April 22.
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City Lakes Heads
Lawton City
City Lakes and Lands Commission
Jim Richardson
High Court declines timetable on Lake Superior waste dump
The Supreme Court refused to order Reserve Mining to halt dumping 67,000 tons daily into Lake Superior from its Silver Bay plant within a year. The court also did not set a timetable after a circuit court order issued March 14, despite environmental groups urging action.
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Supreme Court
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Wisconsin
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Funds Dispute Worries Judges Overpay and Controls
District judges in Comanche County faced a missing month end paycheck as lawmakers clash over a 1.4 million state court fund supplement. Officials warn local fund surplus may be tapped to cover expenses if the plan with tight controls passes.
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Senate
House
Comanche County
Janice Mitchell
Clemency Officials Brace For Rush
Officials overseeing Ford clemency for Vietnam deserters and draft evaders await a possible surge before midnight deadline. By Friday 22 556 of about 120 000 eligible had signed up across three sign up paths including the Clemency Board Ft Benjamin Harrison and Justice Department programs.
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Ford
Vietnam
Benjamin Harrison
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Clemency Board
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Charles E. Goodell
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Congress
Ford Vows Nation Can Solve Woes
President Ford spoke in Bakersfield vowing the nation’s problems can be solved in the true American spirit. He promoted energy policy talks with Congress and touted Elk Hills oil reserve as key to a billion-barrel supply. He avoided Vietnam questions and pressed for a compromise energy plan by May 1.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Elk Hills
America
Congress
Nessen
da Nang
Administration
Eleven Die in Easter Family Tragedy in Hamilton
In Hamilton Ohio a Easter family reunion ended in massacre as Charity Ruppert 65 and her son Leonard 42 and his wife Alma plus their eight children aged 3 to 18 were found shot to death. James Ruppert 40 faces aggravated murder charges and appeared in court with bond set at 200000. He seeks psychiatric examination before a Friday preliminary hearing.
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Charity Ruppert
Ruppert
Hamilton City
Holcomb
John Spear
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