Antiwar Protesters Foiled By Mass Arrests In Washington
Antiwar demonstrators clashed with police in a six hour series of skirmishes in the capital. Authorities say more than 6 000 protesters were arrested as tear gas and billy clubs dispersed crowds during rush hour. National Guardsmen Marines and Army troopers assisted police with about 600 arrests in the city and 300 in suburban Virginia bringing total arrests well above typical days for the era.
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Ashington
Nooh
National
Army
Washington
Oklahoma death penalty challenges fail but executions unlikely soon
Oklahoma has not carried out an execution in nearly five years and the U S Supreme Court ruling upholding the death penalty does not imperil the 15 inmates under death sentence. Most are blocked by pending appeals or other legal issues, with no immediate dates expected. Gerald Pate remains jailed at Eastern State Hospital after going insane in 1965 and being paralyzed in a gunfight. 13 others are on death row at McAlester.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
U. S. Supreme Court
McAlester
Eastern State Hospital
Winita
Freddie Lee Tilford
Parachute tragedy cuts short Fort Sill officer’s son
The 24 year old Michael Gee Parmley, son of Lt. Col. (Ret.) Gee Parmley, died after his parachute failed during a Palo Duro sky diving exhibition. He was with the Ft Hood Sky Diving Club. Funeral services were set for Fort Sill with military honors at Fort Sill Post Cemetery.
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Palo Duro
Tex
Michael Gee Parmley
Gee W. Parmley
No. 16
Ft. Hood
New Post Chapel
Fort Sill
Maj
Franklin H. Page
Fort Sill Post Cemetery
Greenlawn Funeral Home
Parmley
Paco
Wash
North Viets Push New Attack After Heavy Loss
North Vietnamese troops launched a fresh assault on Dai Loc headquarters near Da Nang despite heavy losses. The pre-dawn attack involved about 60 mortar and recoilless rifle shells, damaging a house with no casualties reported. A allied communique credited U.S. air strikes with repulsing the infantry assault. 92 attackers were killed and two captured.
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Saigon
Dai Loc
da Nang
U.S
Rain Likely in Lawson Southwest Oklahoma Weather Outlook
A 30 to 40 percent chance of rain is in the area outlook for Lawson and Southwest Oklahoma tonight. Readings are expected to reach the upper 70s today with a low around 60 and a high in the lower 80s Tuesday. Sunday's high was 79 and the low 53.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
New Administration Sworn In as Gilley Leaves Mayor Post
Wayne Gilley completed a 10 year term and urged the new mayor and council to pursue water supplies. Industrial coordinator Robert Head, who joined Nov 1, urged continued efforts to attract industry to Lawton and noted potential water from Fort Cobb reservoir up to 15 000 acre feet annually.
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Wayne Gilley
Gilley
Gaveling
Ture
Robert Head
Lawton
Head
Fort Cobb
Nixon Fast Tracks Measures to Boost Farm Income
President Nixon unveils a 400 million program to aid farmers and expand exports. A 349.4 million loan portion raises total credit and aims at 10 billion in annual exports, with 140 million more for Farmers Home loans and 9.6 million for federal state drought relief. Early radio address previews inflation relief and lower trade barriers.
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AN Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Washington
Iowa
Lion
Foreign Agricultural Service
Congress
City Educators Mulling Impact Of Class-Size Bill
City educators weigh how a class size bill will affect schools with limits set at 32 students per class for 1971 72 and 30 per class in 1974 75. Grades seven through nine enrollments may rise 42 to 3 percent over four years with a small deviation allowed to avoid tiny classes.
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Stu
Injured City on Bleeds To Death
A 50 year old Lawton man died after his horse fell on him at a farm southeast of Marion. Sheriff reports hoof marks suggest the animal pinned him. the rider may have been wearing a saddle. Anderson was a Comanche County resident since 1936 born August 22 1920 in Apache.
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Lawton
Marion
Stephens County
Anderson
Mixon
Comanche County
Apache
Rocket Pawn Shop
N. Sheridan
Cityan
Supreme Court Keeps Jury Power In Death Penalty rulings
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 3 decision, allowed juries to decide life or death in capital cases. The ruling may enable earlier executions and affects 644 men and seven women on death row across 33 states. Justices Harlan Burger Black joined in the opinion.
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John M. Harlan
Texas
Georgia
Dennis C. McGautha
Los Angeles
James E. Crampton
Toledo
Ohio
McGautha
Crampton
United States
Justice Harlan
Warren E. Burger
Hugo L. Black
Lawton Grants Fund New Mental Health Clinic and Guidance Center
State Sen. Jim Taliaferro announced funds totaling 13 million dollars for a new mental health clinic on Cameron College campus in Lawton and a 200 thousand dollar child guidance clinic at the City-County Health Department complex.
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Jim Taliaferro
Cameron College
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