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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1975
Page
1
Thunder rolled and lightning flashed across the state as a major storm front dumped flash flood rain and hail on most of Oklahoma. Little local damage was reported despite the strong storms that rumbled eastward through the evening and early morning hours.
A tornado with two funnels struck Coleman West Central Texas killing Minister Samuel G Taylor 72 and his wife beside the Jehovah's Witnesses church. The storm and other twisters swept across the state with heavy rainfall hail and flooding from Lawton to Meers before fading. Affected areas reported rising flood gates at Lake Ellsworth and Lake Lawtonka with continued showers into today.
Premier Kukrit Pramoj gave the United States until Thursday morning to remove 1,100 Marines brought to Thailand to assist in the Mayaguez incident or face drastic action. Cambodian gunboats seized the merchant ship on Monday and Thai officials warned of serious consequences if the Marines stay. At Bangkok airport 40 or 50 student protesters urged the US to leave as ambassador Charles S. Whitehouse arrived.
In Brunswick Maine Admiral James Holloway the Navy's top officer says 7th Fleet and Marine forces near Southeast Asia are prepared to act on orders regarding Cambodia's seizure of the Mayaguez. Ford demanded release and Holloway noted options while warning on Soviet seapower.
U S warplanes destroyed three Cambodian patrol boats and damaged four more to stop moving Mayaguez crew from Koh Tang to the Cambodian mainland. A Pentagon briefing said one Cambodian boat escaped to Kompong Som while a destroyer escort Holt neared Koh Tang.
Tass reports US warplanes destroyed three Cambodian ships and damaged four near the seized Mayaguez. Marines are sent to Thailand as part of the response and the Pentagon announced the action. United Nations seeks release of Mayaguez and crew. Laos embassy staff to be cut due to danger. Lao mobs loot. Hanoi broadcasts say Thang and Tho lead a North Vietnamese delegation for Ho Chi Minh birthday celebration and vow reunification.
A Rock Island train fatally struck Carl Wesley Hardwick 42 of Goodwell while he lay on the tracks. The fatality raised Oklahoma's 1975 highway toll to 252 from 209 for the same period last year. The body was dragged 375 feet down the line.
Former Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans was fined 5000 for five admitted federal election law violations. U.S. District Judge John Lewis Smith said a monetary penalty serves justice and imposed no jail time. Stans faced up to one year on each count. And he expressed deep remorse.
U S officials say Cambodia has almost no air force and a tiny navy to oppose any U S effort to retake or destroy the captured Mayaguez. Cambodian pilots loyal to the ousted government flew most of the air force into Thailand as Khmer Rouge seized Phnom Penh in April. About 101 Cambodian air force planes, including over 50 T28 attack planes, are in U S hands in Thailand.
Rector-Pinkard Manufacturing plans a multistage move to Lawton within 30 to 45 days with up to 50 employees and 505000 in county general obligation bonds. The firm will use 1505 S Sheridan for offices and a manufacturing plant, with expansion planned at the Lawton industrial park and inventories of oil field tools.
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