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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1975
Page
2
Good reports on Betty Ford's health come from the White House after a periodical cancer check at Bethesda Naval Medical Center. Tests including a mammogram were negative, and she has started a two year chemotherapy course while continuing public duties.
In 79 A.D. Mount Vesuvius erupts collapsing Pompeii and Herculaneum, burying cities under ash and killing more than 2,000 residents. The disaster reshaped Roman life and regional history.
Michael Keith Jordan twenty of the 471st Transportation Co Fort Sill was listed in critical condition with a favorable chance after a van he drove collided with a pickup driven by Lewis Ballou seventeen of Star Route Lawton. The van was pushed 33 feet and tipped over pinning his head between the window frame and ground witnesses tipped the van upright to free him. Jordan was taken to Reynolds Army Hospital then transferred to Oklahoma City. Ballou and a passenger were uninjured.
The Associated Press reports rising costs of paper ink and wages push prices higher at papers nationwide. The New York Post cites higher operating costs, while Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Boston Herald American, and others increase home delivery and newsstand rates amid surging newsprint prices and union talks.
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