Riot at Comanche County Jail Fails to Injure Inmates
Fifteen inmates caused about 500 in damage in cell block one north tank at the Comanche County jail after ricey complaints over food. Officers arrived at 9 a.m. and moved prisoners to another cell with no injuries reported.
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Dave Patchell
Oklahoma
Comanche County
Bill Dixon
Lawton Police Department
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Branscom
Paul Elkins
Treasury Chief Connally to resign from Nixon cabinet
President Nixon announced the resignation of Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally after 18 months in office. Nixon plans to nominate George P. Shultz to succeed him, with Caspar Weinberger to move from OMB to Treasury. Connally says politics did not drive his decision and does not rule out a VP run if asked.
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Washington
Nixon
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
White House
George P. Shultz
Labor
Office of Management and Budget
Connally
Treasury
Shultz
OMB
Agency
Caspar Weinberger
Air Defense HQ Blasted as U S Strikes North Vietnam
American F4 fighters hit the Bach Mai air defense headquarters south of Hanoi destroying several structures. The attack coincided with a broad offensive that shut down major rail links and cut the main pipeline feeding tanks and trucks in the northern and southern fronts.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
U.S
Bach
Nixon
China
7Th Air Force
Thanh Hoa
Paper Salvage Plant Proposed Here
Lawton officials initiated a study of a plan to locate a paper salvaging plant in the city. Mayor Don Whitaker formed a multi member panel to assess feasibility with backing from Oklahoma Paper Mill Supply Co. Manager Barton Kahn outlined three hurdles: site, $100000 in equipment, and city cooperation. He said local work would involve collecting sorting and preparing paper for mills with limited capacity near the Rock Island tracks.
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Lawton
Don Whitaker
Oklahoma Paper Mill Supply Co
Barton Kahn
Kahn
Whitaker
Paul Cullen
Ray Catlin
Wallace Favored in Primaries Despite Wounding
Governor George C. Wallace remained a strong contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in Michigan and Maryland primaries despite being shot in Laurel Maryland. He faced rivals George McGovern and Hubert Humphrey as polls opened with Wallace hoping for a sympathy vote and continued campaign.
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George C. Wallace
Michigan
Maryland
Wallace
Washington
Laurel
George McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Tom Turner
Detroit
AFL Cio
Humphrey
Alabama
McGovern
Lincoln Park
Billy Joe Camp
Nixon
Florida
Tennessee
North Carolina
Bremer
U.S
Clarence Goetz
Baltimore
Man Charged With Shooting Alabama Governor Questioned At Rally
Kalamazoo police said Arthur H. Bremer was questioned on a suspicious person report four hours before Governor Wallace spoke at a Kalamazoo rally. Bremer, born August 21, 1950, sat in a blue Rambler with Wisconsin plates near the National Guard Armory and wore a Wallace campaign button. He said he was waiting to secure a seat.
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Arthur H. Bremer
Kalamazoo
Mich
George Wallace
Maryland
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
National Guard Armory
Edward Gooding
Gooding
Wisconsin
Wallace gravely wounded after Maryland shooting
George C. Wallace, shot at a Laurel Maryland rally, underwent five hours of surgery and remained critically injured with partial paralysis. Arthur Herman Bremer, 21, of Milwaukee, was tackled and arrested. Wallace’s prognosis was guarded but improving, with doctors noting possible temporary paralysis and uncertain long term recovery as primaries moved forward.
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Silver Spring
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Fair Skies Bring Warm Weather to Lawton Area
Summer-like conditions returned to Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma with mid 90s highs and fair skies. Tonight’s lows in the mid 60s, Wednesday’s forecast mid 90s, and Monday’s high 88 with southwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Bicentennial commission rejects 1976 Philadelphia fair
The American Revolution Bicentennial Commission voted against an international exposition in Philadelphia for the 200th birthday observance. In Paris the U S declined demands to resume Vietnam peace talks this week. Tulsa officials face desegregation delay denial while Norman police investigate a double homicide linked to Sunday night fires.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Paris
United States
Vietnam
U.S
Stephen Ledegar
Norman
Okla
Bill Henslee
Oklahoma reacts to Wallace shooting with anger and calls for unity
U S Representative John Jarman and Gov. David Hall condemned the attack on George Wallace, stressing that politics should not justify violence. Campaign figures, including Tom Boyd and other Democrats, called the act unconscionable and hoped for the suspect’s swift arrest and Wallace’s speedy recovery.
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Wallace
Tom Boyd
South Dakota
George McGovern
Gov. Wallace
Oklahoma
David Hall
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Milwaukee
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Tulsa
U.S. Justice Department
Tulsa School Board
Ome
Ines
Ciated Press
Tion Todayampaigning
Fappy Camp
Ex- Peete
John Jarman
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