Police Receives List Of Local Theft And Burglary Reports
City police logged numerous complaints listing individuals and businesses. Reported offenses include thefts of purses wallets bicycles tires tapes travelers checks and auto parts plus several burglaries and vandalism across multiple addresses.
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Aew
Mike Watkins
Melba Cigir
Netre Orville L. Jones
E Lake
Robert F. Bryant
Odessa
Tex
Northside Baptist Church
Taylor
Jim Kennedy
S. Sheridan
Elmon Ethell
Meadowbrook
James €. Shoffston
Motif Manor
Elmo Armstrong
Compass
Istautry
Kevin O'Connor
Carmen Bell
Ferris
Ira Brown
Garfield
Janice Companetlcs
N. 41St
Claude Smith
S. Tith
Meo Troops Reoccupy Ban Na in Laos Defense Push
Meo forces retook Ban Na 13 miles north of Long Cheng on Saturday and prepared to retake Hill 1663 as part of restoring the government line near the Plain of Jars. The action followed a four month siege and air drops to supply the troops.
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Vientiane
Laos
Long Cheng
Ban Na
Vang Pao
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Plain of Jars
Tam Bileung
Pathet Lao
Pakse
Mekong River
Rescuers Hope As 58 Miners Still Missing In Idaho Mine
A fire at Sunshine Mining Co. in Kellogg Idaho cut power delaying rescue efforts and raising the missing count to 58 after an exhaustive roster check. Rescuers reach the 3700 foot level near the No 10 shaft while a parallel shaft is prepared. Union officials call for congressional investigation and church leaders offer prayers.
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Kellogg
Idaho
Marvin C. Chase
Sunshine Mining Co
Chase
Steel Workers of America
Frank S. McKee
British and American Newsmen Held by African Authorities
An American AP correspondent, Larry Heinzerling, and British Observer journalist Martin Meredith were detained in Sierra Leone and Uganda respectively. Heinzerling faced questions at a Castro reception in Freetown and had his camera, notes, and passport seized. Meredith was detained in Kampala after interviews with Idi Amin and inquiries into Ugandan refugees.
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Africa
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Associated Press
Larry Heinzerling
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Uganda
Martin Meredith
Central Africa
London Observer
Kampala
Kenya
Heinzerling
Lorie Koroma
Castro
State House
Criminal Investigation Headquarters
Lynn Heinzerling
Meredith
Idi Amin
Senate Hearings to Probe U S Involvement in Viet War
Senate Foreign Relations Committee opens hearings reviewing two decades of U S Vietnam involvement. The staff report warns Vietnamization cannot end the conflict and Laos and Cambodia could sustain the war, with Hue's fall seen as a possible tipping point. Witnesses include Gelb Thomson Chomsky and Schlesinger.
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Senate
U.S
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vietnam
Nixon
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Stuart Symington
Dmo
John Stennis
Saigon
Hue Falls
Stennis
D-Miss
Armed Services Committee
Hue
Nguyen van Thieu
ABC
Leslie Gelb
Defense Department
Pentagon
James C. Thomson Jr
White House
Harvard
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
Kennedy
Johnson
Noam Chomsky
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abbot Low Moffat
State Department
Ho Chi Minh
Fulbright
Committee
County Officials To Get $700 A Year Pay Raise
Comanche County officials including the District Attorney will receive a $700 yearly raise after a March end legislative act signed by Governor Hall. The raise, based on population and property evaluation, becomes effective in January with the final amount tied to the July evaluation. Current total salaries run about $99,250 for most officials, while the superintendent earns $8,250.
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Comanche County
Vernon
Hines
Oklahoma
David Hall
Market Prices Fall as Trade Slows Across Markets
Prices decline across a broad stock market amid slow trading in New York with the Dow at 933.85 and the market pressured by Vietnam-related uncertainty. Auto, airline, oil, and chemical shares fall while steel and electronics sectors drift lower. cash markets in Oklahoma show cattle, hogs, and grain prices with modest gains and varied regional quotes.
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New York
Vietnam
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Business Letter Clinic Scheduled
The Lawton Chamber of Commerce will host a business letter clinic from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Artillery Room at the Hotel Lawtonian. W. H. Butterfield, author of 16 books on business correspondence, will conduct the clinic. Open to the public. registration at the Chamber office. A $12 fee covers the course and 15 letter-improvement charts.
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Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Lawtonian
W. H. Butterfield
Chamber
Troops Down Warplanes Up in Vietnam Buildup
The U S command says U S troop strength in South Vietnam fell last week by 2 700 to 65 400 while air power and naval support outside the country press the South Vietnamese effort The breakdown shows Army 43 800 Navy 2 900 Marines 1 400 Air Force 17 200 and Coast Guard 100 with 41 000 men aboard 7th Fleet ships offshore aiming for a 49 000 July target.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Forc
Coast Guard
Government Orders Student Editor Expelled
The University of the Witwatersrand student editor Douglas-Home was expelled after the government threatened him over a 21 April cartoon showing a boy asking a prime ministerial question. He was summoned to police headquarters and warned his residence permit would expire at midnight Wednesday amid threats. supporters protested in Parliament and he went into hiding last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas-Home
University of the Witwatersrand
Expelled Bedouin Arabs Reject Land Settlement Offers
Bedouin Arabs expelled from the Gaza Strip write to Prime Minister Golda Meir rejecting compensation and demanding return of their land. The letter, published locally, denounces the dispossession of about 6000 Bedouins and calls for justice as Dayan faces criticism over the expulsion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Golda Meir
Gaza Strip
Israel
Moshe Dayan
Dayan
Labor Party
Elk City Man Dies After Shed Accident
Fifty four year old James Coy of Elk City died from injuries after a truck backed into a shed in Custer County and pinned him between the truck and a trailer. He walked away from the scene and died at Oak City hospital.
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Elk City
Okla
James Coy
Custer County
Coy
Oak City Hospital
First Aid Course Set at Comanche County Red Cross
A combined standard and advanced first aid course begins Tuesday May 16 at the Comanche County Red Cross Chapter House. Joy Denney will teach eight sessions from 7 to 10 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays at 401 Gore Blvd. The free course covers wounds fractures resuscitation poisoning emergencies and victim transport. Enrollment hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday.
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Comanche County
Red Cross
Joy Denney
Gore Blvd
Researcher Links TV Violence to Bad Driving in Hawaii
Honolulu AP reports a University of Hawaii mass media researcher ties television violence to reckless driving. He says viewers of programs like Hawaii Five O Mannix The FBI or Cannon may be more likely to drive carelessly compared with fans of Lawrence Welk The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.
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Honolulu
University of Hawaii
Hawaii Five-O
Sitaram
Mannix
Cannon
FBI
Death notices for Hollie Ward and Freida Dunn in Cache and Fort Sill
Obituaries report 69 year old Hollie Ward of Cache died after a heart attack with services set at Cache Church of Christ. Surviving relatives include a wife, four sons, a daughter, sixteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Also listed are Freida Dunn of Fort Sill who died at Reynolds Army Hospital and whose services are pending. The notice names her husband Sgt J C Dunn and four daughters and three sisters as survivors. A separate excerpt discusses Dr. K Sitaram's study on how bad drivers watch violent TV and how it may influence driving behavior with notes on program familiarity and memory.
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Cache
Hollie Clark Ward
Cache Church of Christ
Vernon Turner
Cache Funeral Home
Ward
Chattanooga
Jewell Anderson
Lawton
Cache Church
Lawton Ritter-Dalton
Freida Dunn
Harron Road
Fort Sill
Dunn
Reynolds Army Hospital
Germany
Barbara Schafer
Linda Daut
Lisela Andressions
Mannix
McGarett
Sitaram
Mahatma Gandhi
German General Will Tour Fort Sill in May Visit
Lt. Gen. Herbert Wehnelt commander of the German Air Force Tactical Command will tour Fort Sill May 9–10. He will visit Pershing missile systems and tour III Corps Artillery and several Army artillery and development offices while meeting acting post commander Brig. Gen. Lawrence H. Caruthers Jr.
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Herbert Wehnelt
German Air Force Tactical Command
Fort Sill
U.S
Wehnelt
III Corps Artillery
U.S. Army Combat Developments Command
Field Artillery Agency
U. S. Army Field
Probe Findings To Be Released At Claremore College
Oklahoma Education Association president Betty Ward says its probe into the Claremore Junior College firings reveals strong implications of unethical conduct. The board abolished tenure rules after Dr. Robert Mosier was named president designate, prompting dismissals cited as necessary for changing the school from a military academy and saving funds.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Education Association
Claremore Junior College
Betty Ward
Bartlesville
OEA
Ward
DEA
Robert Mosier
Board of Regents
Oklahoma Military Academy
Mosier
American Slot Machine King Missing Aboard Yacht
William J. Crum a prominent American slot machine supplier to U S installations in Vietnam and four guests were reported missing after Nostromo left anchor Saturday on a short sail. British minesweepers police launches and a helicopter were sent to search the 53 foot ketch. Crum, cited in Senate hearings as the money king of Vietnam, was born in China and educated in California.
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Hong Kong
William J. Crum
U.S
Vietnam
Crum
U.S. Senate
Yangtze River
China
California
Federal Reserve Nominee Faces Senate Criticism
Sen. William Proxmire sharply criticizes Chairman Arthur Burns and the Nixon administration over the nomination of Jeffrey M. Bucher to the Federal Reserve Board. Proxmire accuses Burns of packing the board with inexperienced amateurs and vows to oppose Bucher, citing concerns about monetary policy experience and economic judgment.
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Washington
William Proxmire
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Oklahoma Highway Deaths Rise Over Weekend Toll Climbs
Thirteen people died in Oklahoma traffic accidents over the weekend raising the 1972 highway toll to 250, up from 239 a year ago. Victims include Harold C. Christenson, 57, and wife, Pawhuska, killed in a collision at Oklahoma 11 and 11A near Wakita. an Oklahoma City woman and eight-year-old Thomas Dale Murray in a city crash. Stephen Carl Ellis, 22, of Wetooka, killed when his car hit a concrete wall west of Ada.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Harold C. Christenson
Pawhuska
Oklahoma 11
Wakita
Grant County
Oklahoma City
Thomas Dale Murray
Stephen Carl Ellis
Wewoka
Ada
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United Church of Kellogg
Gary Lindbo
American Lutheran Church
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J.W. Fulbright
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Eisenhower
Symington
United States
Edward M. Kennedy
Y Craig Bird
North Vietnam
Oklahoma Livestock
State Department of Agriculture
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Liberal
Perryton
Alva
Manchester
Medford
Kingfisher
Okeene
Clinton
Watonga
Weatherford
Afton
Altus
el Reno
Geary
Hobart
Yukon
Enid
Hillsdale
Temple
Gulf Export
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Gulf
Lamont
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7Th Fleet
Hollie C. Ward
Dr. K
Sill
Mr. Bucher
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