Ford and GM Deny Fleet Price Fixing Charges
Ford Motor Co and General Motors deny federal charges alleging they fixed automobile fleet pricing after an 18 month investigation. The civil suit seeks an injunction and potential penalties while naming NADA and Peterson Howell & Heather as coconspirators.
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Ford
Detroit
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
National Automobile Dealers Association
Peterson, Howell & Heather Inc
Chrysler Corp
U.S
Health Congress Winners Named In Kansas City
Winners announced for the 1972 Mid-West Health Congress public relations contest. Awardees include Philip Gurney Omaha Immanuel Medical Center and Constance Barton St Louis Barnes Hospital among first prizes. Kansas City winners Lillian Burnett Menorah and William Roth Bethany Kansas City Kan. Jeanne Jones Freeman Hospital Joplin Mo. Awards cover 6 states and 26 health professions with ceremonies in Kansas City May 31 to June 2.
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Kansas City
Philip Gurney
Immanuel Medical Center
Omaha
Constance Barton
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Lillian Burnett
Mendorah Medical Center
William S. Roth
Bethany Medical Center
Kan
Jeanne Jones
Freeman Hospital
Joplin
Ark
Jon Karber
Ouachita Hospital
Hot Springs
William H. Keenan
Children’s Hospital
Nelle Skinner
Children’s Medical Center
Tulsa
Margery B. Hartsock
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Menorah
Ellsworth S. Cabot
Chastain’s Inc
Charles J. Marr
Nebraska Methodist and Children’s Hospitals
Jane Straeter
St. Mary’s
Edmund J. Leslie
Creighton Memorial
John P. Dreves
Research Hospital
OU Student Killed By Train
A 24 year old University of Oklahoma student was killed by a train in Oklahoma. The death raises the state's traffic toll to 233 for the year, up from 227 at this time last year.
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University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Glider Pilots Vie For Derby Win
In Phoenix six glider pilots prepare for the Smirnoff Sailplane Derby leg two from Turf Airport. John Ryan won leg one covering 365 miles California to Phoenix in about 5 1 2 hours for 1000 points flying a Nimbus sailplane.
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Phoenix
Ariz
John Ryan
California
Turf Airport
Ryan
Turffield
Wally Scott
Odessa
Tex
Heublein, Inc
Soaring Society of America
Briegleb
William G
Gus) Briegleb
Las Cruces
N.M
Here
Dallas
Tulsa
Okla
St. Louis
Joliet, Tr
Akron
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Police Cadet Victim Of Theft
Tulsa AP Gary Wayne Mullins, a police training academy graduate, was to start as a patrol officer Tuesday when a break in Saturday night at his home saw thieves steal his service revolver two other guns handcuffs pistol belt and holster Mullins was assigned to the same district section where his father Bruce Mullins began over twenty years ago.
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Tulsa
Gary Wayne Mullins
Police Training Academy
Mullins
Bruce Mullins
Federal controls could lift gas prices nationwide
Kansas residents face sharp price hikes if the Federal Power Commission ends gas field price controls. Charles F. Wheatley Jr. warned the proposed rule would push up costs by fueling windfall profits for producers and worsen shortages by tying new gas to interstate commerce without proper industry study. He argued antitrust action alone won’t curb prices and questioned the legality of deregulating producer prices.
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Wichita, Kan
Kansas
Federal Power Commission
Washington
Charles F. Wheatley Jr
American Public Gas Association
Kansas Municipal Utilities Association
Federal Commission
Commission
Congress
Kennel Club Show Sees 820 Entries In Lawton Oklahoma
More than 820 entries from across the United States will compete in the Lawton-Fort Sill Kennel Club annual Spring All-Breed Dog Show. The AKC licensed unbenched event runs 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Comanche County Fair Barn with groups in sporting hound working terrier toy and non-sporting. Best in group winners vie for best in show along with junior showmanship for youths 10 to 17.
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United States
Lawton-Fort Sill
World Deaths Peter Churchill and Harry Joe Brown
Peter Churchill a 63 year old British wartime secret agent died in France after parachuting into occupied territory and being captured by the Gestapo. Harry Joe Brown an 81 year old motion picture producer and director died in Palm Springs, noted for silent film work and Randolph Scott westerns.
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Peter Churchill Cannel
France
Peter Churchill
Britain
Churchill
Gestapo
Los Angeles
Harry Joe Brown
Palm Springs
Federal Telefilm Corp
Oil Firm Closes Tulsa Office Consolidates to Houston
Mara Thor Oil Co. which has operated in Tulsa since 1918 will close its local office by Sept. 1 and consolidate with the Houston division. The Tulsa site employs 107 people, with many offered transfers and assistance finding other work. The move targets administrative efficiency and will not affect Tulsa division exploration and operations.
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TULSA
Marathor Oil Co
Houston
Tex
Cityan Invited To Join York Cross of Honor
George E. Schutz, west of Lawton, is invited to join the Knights of the York Cross of Honor. Eligible members must have held presiding offices in the four York Rite bodies. Installation ceremony will be May 28 in Guthrie.
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George E. Schutz
Lawton
Knights of the York Cross of Honor
Guthrie
Ponce de Leon Discovered Florida
Ponce de Leon is credited as the discoverer of Florida in historical records. The claim centers on his exploration and encounter with the region during early Spanish voyages.
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Ponce de Leon
Florida
Dole Set To Kick Off Convention
Sen. Robert Dole will be the keynote speaker at the GOP State Convention opening in Oklahoma City. Delegates and alternates to the Republican National Convention will be chosen, with eight presidential electors named. A vote may seek to end youth bloc delegations as 18 year olds gain full delegate status.
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Oklahoma City
Robert Dole
Kansas
Republican National Committee
Oklahoma Hotel
Dole
Clarance Warner
Leo Winter
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Couple to Fight Judge's Order Over Foster Child Return
A Long Island couple will appeal a New York judge's order requiring them to return Adrianne Schoenowitz, a 9 year old they have fostered since infancy, to her biological parents Herbert and Elaine Schoenowitz. The judge weighed the natural parents rehabilitation and family reunification over adoptive ties and material advantages. Mrs. Cahan criticized foster parents as jerks as Adrianne reacted emotionally to the ruling.
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Mineola
N.Y
Long Island
State Supreme Court
Alexander Berman
William Cahn
Wantagh
Adrianne Schoenowitz
Herbert
Elaine Schoenowitz
Brooklyn
Berman
New York City
Navy doctor recalls hundreds left behind in Quang Tri
Lt Cmdr Graham Fallon said hundreds of South Vietnamese wounded remained in Quang Tri City as evacuation by three Jolly Green Giants faced rocket fire. He described isolation under five days of fighting and noted no bombing of the city during the exit. No American casualties occurred during the evacuation.
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Hue
Vietnam
Quang Tri City
Cmdr
Graham Fallon
Cleveland
Ohio
Fallon
U.S. Air Force
Falcon
U.S
Quang Tri
NAACP Lawton Chapter Sets Saturday Meeting
The Lawton NAACP chapter schedules a regular meeting for 5 p.m. Saturday at New Zion Baptist Church located at 21st and Roosevelt.
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Lawton
The
NAACP
New Zion Baptist Church
21St and
Roosevelt
Arab Voters Ignore Guerrilla Warnings in West Bank Polls
In Bethlehem and Ramallah Arab voters filled polls for new municipal councils amid guerrilla threats denied by Israeli authorities. Troops stayed in background as Arab election committees organized voting in the Israeli occupied West Bank, seen as a test of Arab Jewish coexistence.
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Bethlehem
Jordan
Christ
West
Israel
Ramallah
West Bank
Both Parties Oppress Indian in American Politics
LaDonna Harris, Comanche wife of Sen. Fred Harris, says both Republicans and Democrats oppress American Indians. She cites a life expectancy of 43 and high unemployment, blaming government policy and major institutions for Indians being sidelined, while accepting the American Jewish Committee’s Human Relations Award for her work on Indian social and political rights.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
LaDonna Harris
Fred Harris
D-Okla
Harris
America
American Jewish Committee
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Antitrust Division
Justice Department
Health Congress
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Derby
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Callif
Arizona Desert
Douglas Jernigan
First Assembly of God Church
902
Columbia
Civil Air Patrol
Arnold Owens
Cap
Jernigan
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
FPC
Wheatley
Sir Winston
Rudolph Hess
Huddleston’s
Lawton Funeral Home
D Avenue
McCord
Seea Pro
Rou
Oklahoma Association Insurance Agents
Zenith
Wye
Zenith Afc
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