Oklahoma twister damages hit Haskell Okay and Joplin area
A series of tornadoes lashed Oklahoma and Missouri causing extensive damage. Haskell and Okay suffered heavy losses with a west wing roof torn off Western Hills Lodge. nearby Wahoo Bay injury reported. In Missouri, the Joplin storm killed one man and injured several. fatalities listed include Rick Johnson and Karen Fuhr among others.
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Muskogee County
Okay
Wagoner County
Wahoo Bay
Fort Gibson Lake
Western Hills State Lodge
Wagoner
Joplin
Carthage
Missouri Highway Patrol
Rick Johnson
Missouri Southern
Rallies Falter as Protesters Withdraw in Drenched Demonstration
Police win as antiwar demonstrators retreat after mass arrests. About 12 000 arrested this week over efforts to halt the government. Only a few dozen youths remained in rain at the embassy site while others dispersed. Leaders vowed to resume actions within six to eight weeks.
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Washington
John Fraines
Davis
Fraines
United Es
Funds OKd For Renewal Study Here
City planners consider renewal study for Model Cities area D-6 with potential sale of property. LURA seeks federal funds to provide facts for council decision at Nov 30 meeting after Nov 19 Model Cities session. Officials note possible industrial use for the district bounded area.
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Joe Crain
D-6
Lura
Reds Announce 48 Hour Truce in Saigon News
The Viet Cong via Liberation radio announced a 48 hour truce, later echoed by a South Vietnamese 24 hour cease fire declaration. President Nguyen Van Thieu said South Vietnamese forces would observe the pause.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Liberation Radio
Nguyen van Thieu
Nixon seeks 250 million loan guarantee to save Lockheed
In a Washington briefing, President Nixon urged Congress to approve a 250 million loan guarantee to prevent the Lockheed Aircraft Corp from collapsing amid escalating costs in a jet program. The Labor Department later reported April wholesale prices rose three tenths of one percent, a setback for inflation control efforts. The FDA issued a separate release in Washington.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Labor Department
Pentagon trims plan for nuclear frigate program
The Pentagon said it will scale back a new class of nuclear powered guided missile frigates due to rising costs, potentially saving more than 425 million dollars in future defense spending.
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Washington
Pentagon
Two California Bombings Hit Substation and refinery
AP reports two bombings in California with no injuries. One blast knocked out a rural power substation near San Jose while another caused minor damage at an East Los Angeles refinery.
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Los Angeles
California
San Jose
Legislators Governor to Honor State at Oklahoma Event
The Lawton Fort Sill community hosts the first annual Oklahoma honors event with Rep J Fred Ferrell Jr the Lawton Chamber Fort Sill and Cameron College as hosts. Gov David Hall not attending dinner. An 9 am honors ceremony with a 19 gun salute will honor Hall.
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Oklahoma
Lawton-Fort Sill
Southwest Oklahoma
The
Association of the U.S
Ferrell
AUSA
Commerce
Hall
Fort Sill
Cancer Funds Win Panel OK
In Washington an emergency bill advances two new programs a $100 million cancer research fund and a summer jobs plan for needy city youths. An anti-war amendment would bar use of funds for the Vietnam operation after December 31. The package also includes $2.66 billion for the Defense Department.
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Washington
Vietnam
Defense Department
City Calls for Flags as Loyalty Month Declared
The mayor urged businesses and residents to display the national flag in loyalty month observances. He tied the display to honoring armed forces and the American creed of one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. A parade route and military displays were noted along Army Avenue near Sixth Street.
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Armed Services
Sixth Street
Yippie Leader Arrest Highlights Conspiracy Inquiry
Justice Department may indict Rennie C. Davis and Tommie Fraines on conspiracy charges tied to violence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Abbie Hoffman is jailed in New York on travel to incite a riot and assault charges. Deputy AG Kleindienst says grand jury action likely, with May 12 preliminary hearings planned.
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Justice Department
Chicago
New York
FBI
Abbie Hoffman
Oklahoma University
Hoffman
Richard G. ‘Kleindienst
Davis and Froines
Kleindienst
John ‘N. Mitchell
Department
Davis
Fraines
Weather forecast for Lawton shows cooler trend with highs near 70s
Forecast calls for cool, cloudy conditions in Lawton this afternoon with northerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Tonight and Friday bring upper 50s to upper 70s, after a Wednesday high of 91 and overnight low around 60.
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Lawton
Tax-Weary Legislators Face New Tax Bills
Oklahoma lawmakers push Gov. Hall income tax plan of 17 million while advancing bills to exempt small savings accounts from income tax and widen liquor tax and insurance burdens. Turnpike financing gains move with three toll road bills passing the House and a tuition-free option for veterans in state colleges under review.
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David Hall
House
Senate
Oklahoma
Bill Skeith
D-Mcalester
House Roads and Highways Committee
Oklahoma-Kansas Line
Arkansas City
Catoosa
Ponca City
Skeith
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General Motors Research Laboratory
Santa Barbara
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Reds
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Army
Rennie C. Davis
John R. Fraines
John W. Hushen
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