Omaha Tornado Aftermath Strikes City and Surrounding Areas
National guards patrolled 3400 blocks of Omaha to deter looting after tornados killed three and wounded over 100. Gov Exon called the damage catastrophic with 500 homes destroyed and 1000 severely damaged. Identified dead were Margaret Burke 86 Lloyd Kramer ~40 and Pamela Myers 23. Eight hospitals treated 132 injuries. Major damage centered in southwest and northwest Omaha including Wentworth Apartments and key schools churches and the bank. A 72 hour curfew was set by Mayor Zorinsky.
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Neb
National Weather Service
Nebraska
Exon
Douglas County
James Keenan
Margaret Burke
Lloyd Kramer
Pamela Myers
Tion
Keenan
Myers
GOP Leaders Begin Plans On Ford Race
Top Republicans plan Ford 1976 campaign steps after his formal candidacy declaration. Dean Burch leads talks on a campaign committee manager fundraising and primaries strategy. Ford asserts readiness to run and defend eight year GOP policies, citing Vietnam war end and POW return as central themes. See RACE, Page 2A.
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Washington
Ford
Dean Burch
Plan To Help Refugees Locate At Arkansas Center
Fort Sill and Lawton residents show interest in sponsoring Vietnamese refugees. Fort Chaffee hosts up to 2,000 refugees daily with HEW processing Social Security cards. Officials report births, illnesses, and concerns over food as hundreds arrive, with a volunteer coordinator directing inquiries to Fort Chaffee.
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Lawton
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Arkansas Center
Donna Evers Lawton
Webb
Ft. Chaffee
Jon Long
U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Dallas
HEW
Stuart Clark
Arkansas Post
Chaffee
Jacqueline Vu Thu Huong
Suez Canal opens as two West German freighters break eight-year wait
In Port Said Egypt two West German freighters Muensterland and Nordwind become the first commercial ships to travel the Suez since 1967. Crowds chant for President Anwar Sadat as 12 more stranded vessels are towed out while one American ship Africa Glen lies listing.
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Egypt
Great Bitter Lake
Port Said
Mediterranean
Hamburg
Anwar Sadat
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Suez Canal Authority
Mashour Ahmed Mashour
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Bitter Lake
Muensterland
Nordwind
Sinai
Mild Weather Forecast for Lawton Area Through Weekend
Sky conditions turn sunny with highs in the mid 80s Thursday. Tonight’s low around 50s with light southerly winds. Friday to Sunday expect fair to partly cloudy skies with possible scattered storms and cool nights in the 40s.
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Lawton
Congressman Rodino urges swift action on refugee aid bill
House Judiciary Chairman Pe ter Rodino Jr urged rapid consideration of President Ford s 507 million refugee aid request calling it a national priority He warned that delaying action would threaten the American dream and noted funding may run out next week as members signaled possible later action on the bill in the immigration subcommittee.
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Peter W. Rodine Jr
Ford
Finis
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Paul S. Sarbanes
Dmd
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Mass Rally in Saigon Promises Leniency for Opponents
A sea of people gathered at the former presidential palace in Saigon as the Saigon area commander pledged leniency for former Viet Cong opponents and respect for foreign residents. The rally introduced the new Saigon administration during its first week in power amid Ho Chi Minh’s portrait. Meanwhile in neighboring Cambodia and along the Thai border, other wartime moves and refugee flows were reported, including about 20,000 refugees arriving at Subic Bay after a convoy of South Vietnamese ships.
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Associated Press
South Vietnam
Saigon
Saigon Radio
Ho Chi Minh
Txxiia
Khmer Rouge
Cambodia
Subic Navy
Philippines
Lawton Woman Lone Call Helps Foil Burglary At Dante's Village
A Lawton resident alerted police at 3 a.m. to two men entering Dante's Pizza Village attic door. Officers arrested two 24 year old suspects at the scene, with the case likely to be reviewed by the Citizen's Alert Advisory Committee. Earlier, Larry Johnson also detained two men at Johnson's Milk Co. for alleged second degree burglary.
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Lawton
Dante’s Pizza Village
Cache Road
Ronnie Smith
Larry Johnson
Doug Alldredge
Paul Welker
Alford Hennessee
Dante
Johnson
Johnson's Milk Co
Prosecution Opens Case In Winters Bribery Trial
Oklahoma City banker Russell Swarts Jr testified that State Treasurer Leo Winters offered to place state funds in Guaranty Bank and First National Bank of Yukon in exchange for political contributions Swarts said Winters proposed funds of 250 dollars per month for each million deposited. The testimony came on the second day of Winters second federal court trial amid ongoing mail fraud counts.
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Oklahoma City
Leo Winters
Russell E. Swarts Jr
Guaranty Bank of
First National Bank of Yukon
Winters accused of pressuring banks for political donations
The indictment claims Winters used his control over state deposits to coerce bankers into funding his campaigns. Swarts testified that Paul Kelly, then board chair of both banks, agreed to payments totaling more than $23,000 after the deposits date. Swarts added he sought state deposits for the banks at Kelly’s request and that Winters warned any such contribution plan must be morally right and legal.
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Winters
Swarts
Paul Kelly
Kelly
Cameron University to Graduate 501 in Largest Class
Cameron University will award 501 diplomas at spring commencement 8 p.m. Friday May 16 in Cameron Stadium with Dr Marjorie Chambers as speaker. President Don Owen will confer degrees. ceremonies adapt to weather in Cameron Gym.
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Cameron Stadium
Jack Seymour
Marjorie Chambers
Don Owen
Richard Murry
Shepler Center
Chambers
Oklahoma Board of Regents
Cameron Gymnasium
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