Funding For Mental Health Center Here Virtually Assured
The Oklahoma Senate approved a House-Senate conference report funding the Jim Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center in Lawton with 18.3 million to the State Department of Mental Health and 126 946 earmarked for the Lawton center. Construction will start after July bids with completion aimed for fall 1974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Taliaferro
Senate
House-Senate Joint Conference Committee
State Department of Mental Health
Rep
Don Davis
Lawton
The
County Mental Health Association
State Association
Stafford
Washington, D.C
Mental Health Association
Nixon
Taliaferro Center
McMahon Foundation
Cameron College
Shepler Center
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
U.S. Offers Lifetime Medical Care to Tuskegee Surrendered Males
Seventy seven of the 114 surviving black men from the Tuskegee syphilis study accepted government funded medical care for life. Thirty declined, five undecided, two sought. CDC notes offer covers medical dental care appliances drugs and transportation chosen by doctor. Most participants are now over 70, some in their 50s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta, Ga
Tuskegee
Ala
Center For Disease Control
CDC
U.S. Public Health Service
Native activist Dennis Banks faces surrender deal at Rapid City
Indian leaders met with federal officials to turn over arms as part of a negotiated settlement. Dennis Banks had promised to surrender this week in Rapid City amid federal charges tied to the takeover. The group included 10 women and five children, and the plan was accelerated from Wednesday morning at the request of Banks and spiritual adviser Leonard Crow Dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Indian Movement
Dennis Banks
Frizzell
Banks
Rapid City
Richard Hellstein
Leonard Crow Dog
Standard Plans To Ration Gasoline Nationwide
Standard Oil Co of California announced plans to ration gasoline at its 21 000 service stations to meet anticipated summer fuel demand. A company spokesman said deliveries would not drop below last year’s 15 3 million gallons a day as a preventive measure due to lower inventories and expected consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Standard Oil Co
California
Cambodian Units Relieve Sephiro Garrison After Breakthrough
Cambodian army units pierced an enemy defense and broke the siege of Sephiro, 14 miles south of Phnom Penh, linking with the trapped garrison along Highway 30. Government forces reported control of Route 30 to Sephiro while foes remained entrenched nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phnom Penh
Sephiro
Bassac
City probes revenue drop and water rate hike plan
City official Fountaine outlines revenue decline and possible water rate increases for multi unit buildings. He urges studies on municipal costs and service pricing, meter checks, and tighter billing for pools garbage contracts and private landfill use amid looming budget gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fountaine
Iity
Dean seeks immunity as Watergate hearings loom
Dean reportedly sought immunity from both the Watergate grand jury and the Senate committee in exchange for testimony likely tied to President Nixon. The Ervin committee schedules hearings May 17 to 24 with a Memorial Day break, then three days weekly.
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Atty
John N. Mitchell
Dean
Nixon
White House
Watergate
Ervin
Senate Investigating Committee
Watergate Grand Jury
Sente Committee
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Time
Newsweek
Baker
Diplomat Leonhardy Kidnapped in Mexico Friday
Consul General Leonhardy was abducted by armed men Friday afternoon as he drove home alone. A telephone call from a bar confirmed his release at 10:25 p.m. a consul general was safe, with a doctor aboard the car that brought him home. The incident marks the first foreign diplomat kidnapping in Mexico, with two Mexican officials held and freed in previous years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonhardy
United States
Jack Dennis
Dennis
Terrance Leonhardy
Mexico
City Council Names Acting City Clerk and Elects Mayor Pro Tempore
Council recessed amid motions on city clerk posts and a tie vote led to Beller reintroducing a resolution naming Rhonda Marshall acting city clerk. The seven week period will allow applicant review while council also elected Charles Beller as mayor pro tempore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Glascock
Beller
Hooper
Royal Ambulance Service
Lawton
Kuykendall
Whitaker
Jimmy
S.J. Huddleston
53Rd
Cache Road
Robert B. Morford II
NW 31St Street
67Th Street
US 62
27Th and
Lee Boulevard
Jay Morgan
16Th Street
Rogers Lane
76Th Street
Gore Boulevard
State Highway Department
Disaster bill proposes $250000 grants to each state
The proposal would, in its first year, provide a federal grant of 250000 to every state to bolster disaster preparedness. It calls for centralizing major disaster activities in HUD and creating a single revolving fund for loans and a Disaster Fund for other aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Fort Sill soldier Davis convicted in shooting case
The verdict was returned at 9 30 a m. Davis was arrested by FBI agents in Brooklyn New York ten days after the Fort Sill shooting. U S marshals returned him to Fort Sill on Feb 21. Davis was convicted for shooting Pvt Wiles in a parking lot behind Building 913B during a dispute over a car. Wiles died in an Oklahoma City hospital more than a week later. The charges also reference prior incidents with Wiles and two other men who said Davis fired at them the day before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberation
Davis
FBI
Brooklyn
N. Y
Fort Sill
U.S
General
Pvt
Wiles
Oklahoma City
Penalty Rules Outline for Severe Crimes
The text lists offenses triggering penalties including preliminary hearings, trials, or grand juries for killing witnesses, slaying high officials and candidates, deaths in hijackings, murder for hire, and murder by inmates serving life sentences. It references federal succession officials and various public figures as protected targets.
Army Sergeant Major accuses service clubs of graft in 1969 hearings
Former sergeant major Wooldridge testified that service clubs spread corruption across postings from Germany to Vietnam. He said he used his position to funnel friends into club profits and described officials turning a blind eye. Other witnesses cited illicit slot machine profits and transfers of money as soldiers moved to Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Lazar
Wooldridge
Vietnam
John H. Hay
U.S. First Division
U.S
Senate
Set
Germany
24Th Infantry Division
William Cunningham
Cunningham
United States
Potatoes Not Fattening Says Study Findings
Contrary to belief, potatoes are not particularly fattening. A medium raw potato contains about 70 calories.
Area Men In Service Airtman Assigned as Personnel Specialist
Area military personnel news notes assignments and training details for airmen and soldiers. Bruce A. Baker an airman assigned to Keesler Air Force Base for personnel specialist training. Alan E. Hawkey completed motorcycle and recon scout training at Ft. Hood. Craig D. Wildrick to West Point commission. Col. James L. Hodge deputy commander of the 1974th Communications Group in Udorn Thailand. James M. Kirk assigned to Sheppard AFB for aircraft maintenance training. Pvt. Andy D. Booker completed basic training. Lester L. Clement attending air defense officer qualification at Ft. Bliss.
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Bruce A. Baker
Rt. 1 Cement
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
Air Force
Keesler
Baker
Lawton High School
Cameron College
Alan E. Hawkey
Lewis T. Hawkey
Ozman
1St Cavalry Division
7Th Cavalry
Ft. Hood
Tex
Hawkey
81St Armor
Army
Ft. Polk
Janice
Lawton
Fort Sill
Craig D. Wildrick
Richard M. Wildrick
Batson Ave
United States Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Col
Wildrick
Ft. Benning
McLean High School
McLean
Lawtonian
James L. Hodge
James M. Hodge
N. 25Th
Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base
Thailand
Col. Hodge
Oklahoma State University
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Elizabeth Ballard
James M. Kirk
James L. Kirk
Cheyenne
Sheppard Air Force Base
Technical Training Center
Sheppard
Kirk
Roosevelt Roads High School
Ceiba, P. R
Lester L. Clement
Lester C. Clement
Dearborn
Army Air Defense School
Ft. Bliss
Wright Resigns Penitentiary Post
Gordon Wright has resigned as chief of security at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, effective at the end of the month, officials said today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcalester
Okla
Gordon Wright
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Army medic course completed by Pvt Richard Haughney
Pvt. Richard G. Haughney 20 son of Sgt Maj and Mrs Thomas Haughney 5330 Elm completed a 10 week medical corpsman course at the Army Medical Training Center Ft. Sam Houston Texas He learned routine patient care and treatment duties in combat areas hospital units dispensaries clinics and other medical facilities and instruction in transporting the sick and wounded by ground air and water.
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Richard G. Haughney
Thomas Haughney
Army Medical Training Center
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Haughney
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Peggy JO Ormson
State House
Corrections Department
Jim Hamilton
Hamilton
House
Bill Willis
David Hall
Department of Corrections
Willis
Hodgens
Morelos 1864
Council
Gore East Inc
AAA Glass CO
Cinderella Gift & Import Shop
Cityan
Andy D. Booker
William M. Booker
Woodland Circle
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Booker
2Nd Brigade
Eisenhower High School
Cathy
Woodbridge
Man
AIR Defense School
Bruce Baker
Craig Wildrick
James Kirk
Wright
Imercan Bf
LTT
W. Gore Bird
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