Solons Vote 32 Billion Weapon Bill
The House Armed Services Committee approved a 32 billion dollar military weapons bill amid party division and amid debate over women’s eligibility for combat. It cut 185.8 million from flying command post development and 260.2 million from early warning aircraft, while adding 115 million for 24 A7D fighters for National Guard use.
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Washington
House
Armed Services Committee
Ford
Pentagon
Samuel S. Stratton
D-N.y
Trimble's Flair For Plants Blooms At Lawton Library
Library custodian Trimble tends 40 indoor plants at Lawton Public Library using only weekly thorough watering. Plants were chosen for hardiness under fluorescent light and minimal moisture, elevated on stands and shelves to maximize light. Original plant cost was about $500, and their growth has doubled since installation in 1973.
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Frank Trimble
Lawton Public
Rank Trimble
Trimble
Lawton Public Library
Horacek and Smith
Richard Smith
Horacek and
Smith
City Council Mulls Protest Over Bell Rate Increases
Lawton Oklahoma council members consider protesting proposed Southwestern Bell Telephone rate hikes to boost revenue by 35 million dollars. New mayor pro tem Adam Matthews, first Black in that role, and Ward 5 councilman Joyce Pursley push for action with a selective approach after others oppose a blanket protest. Hearing dates set before the Corporation Commission include pre conference May 21 and formal July 22 24.
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Lawton City
Adam Matthews
Ward 5
Joyce Pursley
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Pursley
Telephone Company
Oklahoma
Corporation Commission
John R. Parsons
South- Western Bell
Ward 1
Donald Rust
Norma Roberts
Robert Prince
Ward 3
Rex Givens
Prince
United States suspends removal of Viet airplanes from Thailand
The United States agrees to suspend removing South Vietnamese aircraft flown to Thailand by refugees at Bangkok's request. Up to 100 planes were said to be moved by U S and Thai observers, with the Midway carrier involved in the operation. Cambodian refugees were airlifted to the United States including former President Sau Kham Khoy.
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United States
Thailand
Associated Press
Bangkok
State Department
America
Cambodia
U.S
Midway
Gulf of Thailand
Chatichai Choonhoan
Utapao Air Base
Pentagon
Washington
Saigon
South Vietnam
Chatichai
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Vietnam
Mild Weather Continues With Warm, Dry Outlook
A cold front moved through the Law ton area bringing rain to end and leaving fair to partly cloudy skies. Dry air lowers humidity and mild temperatures are expected through Wednesday. Tonight’s low around 50s and Wednesday’s high in the mid 80s. Monday high 75 and low 68.
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Lawton
Duncan Youth Drowns After Cramp At Farm Pond
A 16 year old, Ricky Johnson of Duncan Oklahoma, drowned Monday night while trying to swim to a drifting beat at his grandparents farm pond. Sheriffs officials said he apparently suffered a cramp as others tried to reach him. his body was recovered early today.
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Duncan
Stephens County
Kenneth Landis
Ricky Johnson
Rt. 1
Johnson
Fire damages OU Adams Hall as arson suspected
An early morning fire at Adams Hall on the University of Oklahoma campus was apparently set to cover a burglary. Damage estimated at 250000 dollars, with two fires on opposite ends of the second floor. Three firefighters lightly injured. state Fire Marshal assisting. Exams moved from Adams Hall. rest of campus to reopen Wednesday.
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Norman
Business Administration
Oklahoma University
Bill Jones
Jones
Adams Hall
Sugar price plunge delights bakers and shoppers
Sugar costs have fallen sharply after a period of steep rises. A five pound bag now costs between 1.59 and 1.79, easing burdens on homemakers, wholesalers, and bakeries. Bakers like Johnson paid high prices earlier, while Cantu’s restaurant closed due to earlier hikes, illustrating the prior impact on small businesses.
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Uch
Jerry Johnson
Johnson's Bakery
Johnson
Ricardo Cantu
Cantu
Ford Furious Over Refugee Opposition
President Ford voiced anger at opposition to taking Vietnamese refugees to the United States. Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott and Rep. Hamilton Fish Jr. said Ford and adviser L. Dean Brown assured lawmakers refugees would be settled thinly nationwide. About 20,000 refugees had arrived, with 100,000 more at staging areas and others aboard ships.
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Ashington
Ford
United States
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
White House
L. Dean Brown
Congressional
Scott
Hamilton Fish Jr
R-N. Y
Brown
Fish
House
Judiciary Committee
Pacific
Mindszenty Dies in Exile at 83 Cardinal Mindszenty
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty longtime anti communist leader and former primate of Hungary died in exile at 83 in Vienna hospital after urological surgery. He spent 23 years in prison or as a refugee in the US mission including 1956 during the Hungarian uprising before moving to Vienna in 1971.
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Cardinal Mindszenty
Senna
Austria
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
U.S
Budapest
Hungary
Vienna
Brothers of Mercy
Mindszenty
United States
Paul VI
Esztergom
Bela Kun
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North Vietnam
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Ernestine Faye Lamberti
Ponca City
Okla
Paula Colem Fields
Michael William Cassel
Ottawa
Canada
National Energy Board
Lloydminister
Jordan
Israel
Middle East
Louis Wilson
Marine Corps
Robert E. Cushman
Earl K. Anderson
Wilson
Tee Ford
Rome
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