Mayaguez crisis escalates as U S forces move in
U S Air Force planes from Thailand ordered to prevent Cambodian efforts to move the Mayaguez. Pentagon says about 1 000 Marines moved to Utapao in Thailand amid Thai objections. Rescue attempts by U S helicopters interrupted by Cambodian fire. reports surface of Caucasians being taken from the Mayaguez. Senate leaders discuss potential use of minimum force to recover the crew.
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Hugh Scott
Scott
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Ford Administration
Foreign Ministry
Kukrit
Edward E. Masters
Stans Seeks Leniency After Third Nixon Aide Sentence
Stans, a former Nixon Cabinet member and career accountant, was sentenced on five misdemeanor counts for illegal political contributions and reporting violations. He stated he acted in good faith and asked for understanding, while Judge Smith emphasized rehabilitation deterrence protection and punishment as sentencing aims.
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Nixon
Meeting Slated On Child Abuse in Comanche County
The Child Abuse Council of Comanche County will meet at the Child Guidance Center 1010 Sheridan Road at 7 p.m. Thursday. Speaker Charles Ellenbrook, director of the Comanche County Juvenile Bureau, will discuss child abuse and the law along with Lt. Col. Bill Tatum. Sponsored by the Lawton Jaycees and the Community Action Agency. Public urged to attend. For more information contact Fred Brown at 248-6450.
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Child Abuse Council
Comanche County
Child Guidance Center
Sheridan Road
Charles Ellenbrook
Comanche County Juvenile Bureau
Bill Tatum
Fort Sillso
Lawton Jaycees
Community Action Agency
Fred Brown
Pacific War Risk Seen After Cambodian Crisis
Pentagon officials assess Cambodia would struggle against U S air power and the U S Seventh Fleet in the Gulf of Thailand. Cambodian navy is small, with about 20 seagoing craft, while Thailand fields a larger force unable to match the U S fleet's strength.
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Thai premier protests Marines arrival as sovereignty violation
A Mayaguez related ultimatum delivery prompted Thai Premier Kukrit to condemn the U S Marines arrival as a violation of sovereignty. Thailand warned that relations would deteriorate if Marines remained and protested without advance embassy notification.
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Kukrit
U.S
Thailand
America
Benefit Dance By Whitewolf ESA Club
The Whitewolf ESA-Rosa Club hosts a Sunday benefit dance at Tia-Piah Park from 2 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Supper is served. bring chairs and dishes. Proceeds aid the ESA-Rosa event planned for June 6-7 at Tiah-Piah Park with Ernest Kauahque Frankie Carter Leonard Cozad Sr. and Edgar Monetathchi leading.
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Whitewolf
Tia-Piah Park
Tiah-Piah Park
Ernest Kauahque
Frankie Carter
Leonard Cozad Sr
Edgar Monetathchi
Rector-Pinkard seeks Saudi contract amid Lawton growth
Rector-Pinkard negotiates a major Saudi Arabia supply contract with most production sent by truck. Expansion plans include using Oklahoma rail lines for shipping despite Rock Island railroad troubles. Comanche County approves GO bond funds on CCIDA recommendation. The project is seen as an asset to Lawton with local hiring and training links to Great Plains Votec and Lawton Industrial Development Service.
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Jackson
Rector-Pinkard
Rock Island Railroad
Comanche County Commission
Bill Griswold
CCIDA
Lawton
Oklahoma Weather Toll: Drenching Storms Hit Stillwater and OKC
Overnight rainfall totaled 2.35 inches at 10 pm with another inch by noon. About 150 Stillwater residents evacuated as Boomer Creek rose. Four OKC residents injured as tunnels and tornadoes struck Payne and Cleveland counties. A 31-year-old teacher's aide in critical condition after a lightning strike in Oklahoma City.
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Boomer Creek
Oklahoma State University
Payne County
Oklahoma
Cleveland
University Hospital
Moore
Interstate 35
TornadoescausewidespreaddamageacrossNorthTexas
A two pronged twister tore through Coleman causing heavy damage as a violent storm drenched towns with hail and torrents of rain. No deaths or serious injuries reported elsewhere though funnel clouds appeared over Garland and Northeast Dallas with additional reports near Bridgeport Gainesville Sherman Denison area and across North and West Central Texas. Weather watches and warnings covered much of the state before clearing from the west. In 1497 Portugal expelled Jews who refused Catholic conversion.
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Dallas
Garland
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Gainesville
Sherman- Denison
McEnney
Texas
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Goldthwaite
Killeen
Waxahachie
San Antonio
West Side
Victoria
Central
East Texas
East
Fort Worth
del Rio
Thirteen Receive First Degrees In Cameron Home Economics
Thirteen Cameron students will earn Bachelor of Science degrees in home economics at commencement in Cameron Stadium. The program, approved in 1973, allows Cameron to award the degree locally, aiding students who could not transfer.
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Cameron
Cameron Stadium
Oklahoma State Regents For Higher Education
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Colleges and Universities
Chang
Grace Githens
Jennifer Aldrich
Lawton
Bernie Cooke
Woodine Dean
Altus
Loretta Hardin
Temple
Linda Harper
Marilyn Hutton
Frederick
Lorene Kelly
Duncan
Sue King
Mickey Prescott
Dorothy Reed
Davidson
Margaret Sultenfuss
Fort Sill
Teresa Smith
Kathleen Willeford
Elgin
Fire alarms logged across Lawton area with injuries minimal
Lawton Fire Department reports alarms at multiple locations Tuesday and a rescue call on Wednesday. Incidents include smoke investigations after lightning on NW Elm and near the Golf Club pro shop, an electrical fire minor on NW Cherry, and a gasoline washdown after a traffic crash at US 277 and Fort Sill Gate 2. Dispatch totals show 598 fire department calls for the year.
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Camden Way
Beil
W. Gore
Lawton Golf & Country Club
Elm
Cherry
Cheyenne
U.S. 277
Fort Sill Gate
Cache Road Square
Anthony's
Office Equipment Co
Missionary St. Francis Xavier Reaches Japan
St. Francis Xavier begins Christian outreach in Japan between 1549 and 1552, introducing Catholic faith missions to local communities and establishing early Jesuit presence in the region.
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St. Francis Xavier
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Bill) Griswold
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