Skylab Lifts Off In Cape Kennedy Orbital Mission
Skylab, America’s first space station, enters Earth orbit with Sky Lab 1 crew Charles Conrad Jr Joseph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz aboard. A 33 story Saturn 5 rocket launched from Cape Kennedy at 1 30 p m EDT sending the 85 ton lab into space. The crew will live aboard for 28 days as ground teams plan 56 day missions for later crews.
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Fla
Skylab
America
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Cape Kennedy
Mission Control Center
Mankind
Earth
Donald K. Slayton
Conrad, Kerwin
Weitz
U S Envoy To Peking Begins Historic Mission
David K. Bruce America s first diplomatic representative to Communist China crosses from Hong Kong into China en route to Peking. He says the assignment is intriguing and doubts Watergate or Vietnam cease fire issues will affect his work.
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Hong Kong
America
China
David K. E. Bruce
Peking
Vietnam
Bruce
Pleasant cool spell to linger in Lawton area
Fair to partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures continue in Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma through Tuesday. A large high pressure ridge from the Dakotas into Oklahoma maintains cooling trend with highs near 70 and lows around the upper 40s.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Dakotas
Gold price climbs as dollar weakens across markets
London dealers fixed gold at 102.25 an ounce, up 5.30 from Friday, with Zurich at 100 and Paris at 105.20 as the dollar sagged on foreign exchanges. Frankfurt moved 99.50 to 100.50 before a fix near 99.92. Paris noted a 7.21 rise.
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London
U.S
Zurich
Frankfurt
Paris
High Court Airs Split Ruling on Military Benefits for Husbands
The Supreme Court 8-1 overturns armed forces rules denying equal housing and medical allowances to husbands of servicewomen. The decision cites sex discrimination and notes historical bias, while four justices call for stronger equality. Other actions include preemption of jet-hours limits, funding for conscientious objectors, pollution prosecutions, Amtrak lawsuit review, and a Texas college hair-rule dispute.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Amtrak
Texas
William J. Brennan Jr
William O. Douglas
Byron R.white
Thurgood Marshall
Brennan
Warren E. Burger
Lewis F. Powell
Harry A. Blackmun
City agency seeks 425000 rise in urban renewal funding
LURA asks Lawton city council to increase local support by 425000 to meet higher commitments for the Downtown Project. The move would unlock 26 million in federal funds, with total project costs rising to about 19.88 million and local share to roughly 4.96 million.
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LURA
Arch March
March
HUD
Council
U S Denies Cong Charge of Violation
In Saigon the International Commission of Control and Supervision voted to probe Viet Cong accusations that U S planes struck inside South Vietnam. The United States disputed the charges. officials noted safety concerns for investigators amid recent hostile incidents involving ICCS helicopters near Viet Cong territory. Delegations from Indonesia and others urged inquiry into alleged B52 and fighter bomber strikes along the border with Cambodia.
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Saigon
International Commission of Control and Supervision
U.S
South Vietnam
United States
Michel Gauvin
Commission
ICCS
Cambodia
Gauvin
Oklahoma House-Senate OKs school funding bill
Conferees approve a common education funding bill to offset anticipated federal cuts and provide teacher pay raises from 330 to 550 dollars. The measure includes a guaranteed state aid factor to ensure at least 650 dollars spent per pupil, protecting Lawton and other districts from loss of category B impact aid.
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Oklahoma City
House
Senate
Lawton
Midwest City
Moore
al Terrill
Don Davis
Davis
Terrill
Ear- Lee
Four Eyed For Special Watergate Prosecutor
Four persons were named as possible special prosecutor for the Watergate matter by Elliot Richardson during confirmation hearings for attorney general. Names include Harold R. Tyler Jr., David W. Peck, Warren M. Christopher, and William B. Spong Jr., with others speculated.
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Associated Press
Elliot L
Richardson
Harold R. Tyler Jr
New York
John F. Kennedy
Baltimore Sun
William B. Spong Jr
Virginia
Elliot Richardson
Senate
Denver
Rocky Mountain News
Colorado Supreme Court
William H. Erickson
Erickson
Norfolk
Senate panel bans use of funds for Cambodia Laos wars
A Senate appropriations subcommittee votes to bar any money in a supplemental bill from being used for U S military operations in Cambodia or Laos. The move signals tightening controls over Vietnam era actions and foreign operations funding.
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Senate
U.S
Cambodia
Laos
Fort DIX
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Army S
John D. Layton
Enfield
Bellingham
Wash
Washington
Nixon
Kenneth B. Keating
New York
India
Israel
Derryberry and Terrill Weigh Gubernatorial Runs in 1974
Two 4th District officials Terrill and Derryberry show renewed interest in challenging Gov. Hall for the 1974 Democratic nomination. Bellman and Steed re-election decisions narrow their options as party dissension swells over the Hall administration’s issues.
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Larry Derryberry
al Terrill
David Hall
Derryberry
Terrill
U.S
Henry Bellman
Homa City
Altus
Bellman
Tom Steed
Hall
Capitol
State Industrial Development Department
State Realty Board
Steed
U.S. House
Congress
Nixon
U.S. Senate
Edmondson
Ed Edmondson
Senate
Little
Lee Democrats
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Charles Freeman
State Department
Freeman
U. S
Alfred J. Achton Jr
Comanche County
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Sharon A. Frontiero
Cantondia Ae
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