White House Not Alarmed by Jobless Rate Rise to 6.1%
The government reported the unemployment rate rose to 6.1 percent last month with Black unemployment at 10 percent the highest since January 1964. White House aides said expansionary policies should eventually lower joblessness while Labor Secretary Hodgson criticized the report as disappointing and noted rising wholesale prices. Dec/April rates showed slight gains in total employment and Negro workers at 10 percent.
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Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Bt GH
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Secretary of
Labor
James D. Hodgson
Europe
BLS
Cache Educator Denies Lunch Charge Allegations
Oklahoma officials testified before a Senate committee denying claims that Indian children are mistreated in schools. Cache Superintendent T E Lauderdale said no evidence supports Miss Barbara Bode’s accusations and urged specific proof if any teacher is involved.
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Cache
Senate
Oklahoma
T. E. Lauderdale
Barbara Bode
Leslie Fisher
Superintendent of Public Instruct
Lauderdale
U S Air Campaign Hit North Vietnam As Marines Withdraw
U S fighter bombers struck targets north of the DMZ while Hanoi reinforces anti aircraft defenses. An F4 Phantom was shot down farther south as U S forces press on with air campaigns against the Ho Chi Minh trail. More than a dozen Marine units totaling 3085 men prepared to pull out as part of a larger 100000 man cutback.
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Vadnanhandie
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Johnson
U.S. Command
Vietnam
Nixon observes capital salute to agriculture
President Nixon hosts 70 agricultural leaders at the White House for a farm policy discussion amid a pastoral display on the grounds. He outlines a $400 million program to boost income and exports, stressing agriculture as a national strength, while critics allege political motives and misused funds. Kuhfuss of the American Farm Bureau says he’s generally pleased with the policies.
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White House
Agriculture Department
Washington
Executive Mansion
Democratic National
Lawrence O’brien
O'Brien
Southwest
William J. Kuhfuss
American Farm Bureau Federation
Rogers Visits Tel Aviv as Talks Weave Through Sinai Flyby
Secretary of State Rogers toured Sharm el Sheikh with Israel's army chief guiding a 15 minute copilot tour over the Sinai stronghold. He pressed for more flexibility in Arab peace talks and met Prime Minister Golda Meir in Jerusalem, describing talks as good and animated.
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Israel
Sharm el
Middle East
Jerusalem
Golda Meir
U.S
United States
Yigal Allen
Allen
Egypt
Abba Eban
Joseph Sisco
Mideast
Weedaes
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Lebanon
Pope
Customs crackdown targets drugs in military shipments
Customs Commissioner Myles Ambrose announced a 100 percent examination of all mail from Southeast Asia and baggage of returning servicemen. The intensified drive aims to halt a high grade heroin influx, with 17 pounds seized at Ft Monmouth from Bangkok. No arrests yet. 248 similar seizures in March to April 24.
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Ambrose
United States
Special Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Agents
Ft. Monmouth
N.J
Bangkok
Thailand
Customs
Dollar Legalized For China Trade
The United States ends controls on using American dollars in transactions with mainland China. Since 1950 the U S barred dollar based credits with Red China, but a general license by the Treasury removes the restriction and signals looser controls for future trade.
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Washington
United States
China
U.S
Newspaper reunites 99 year old Lawtonian with Alabama family
Louis Farley a Lawton Oklahoma resident born March 19 1872 will fly to Montgomery Alabama to reunite with relatives he lost contact with in 1896 He left Wetumpka Alabama for Oklahoma decades ago and now at age ninety nine seeks remaining kin in the Montgomery area A niece in Alabama traced him through a letter and a phone call confirms the family link with Farley planning the trip from Lawton Saturday afternoon
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Lawton
Alabama
Oklahoma
Louis Farley
Jack of All
Ethae Ore
Wetumpka
Ala
Montgomery
Odessa F. Knight
Deatsville
Katie
Jessie Farley
Mary
Dale Logsdon
Knight
Logsdon
Louis
Weather to Stay About The Same in Lawton Oklahoma
Fair to partly cloudy skies and mid-50s temps expected across Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma today and Saturday. Northwesterly winds around 10 mph in the Lawton area this afternoon. Tonight's lows look to be in the mid-30s.
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Oklahoma
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